...Vera Ellen Wang was born and raised in New York City, and is of Chinese descent. Her parents were born in Shanghai, China, and came to the United States in the mid-1940s. Her mother worked as a translator for the United Nations, while her father, Cheng Ching Wang, owned a medicine company. Wang has one younger brother, Kenneth. She graduated from The Chapin School in 1967, attended the University of Paris and earned a degree in art history from Sarah Lawrence College. Wang began figure skating at the age of six.[2] While in high school, she trained with pairs partner James Stuart, and competed at the 1968 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. She was featured in Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd in the January 9, 1968 issue.[3] When she failed to make the US Olympics team, she entered the fashion industry.[4] Wang continues to enjoy skating, saying, "Skating is multidimensional".[2] In 1968, Wang was presented as a debutante at the International Debutante Ball at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. In 1989, she married Arthur Becker in an interfaith Baptist and Jewish ceremony.[5][6] They resided in Manhattan with their two adopted daughters:[6] Cecilia (born 1990), who currently attends the University of Pennsylvania, and Josephine (born 1993), who attended The Chapin School and currently attends Harvard University. Becker was the CEO of an information technology services company called NaviSite until August 2010. In July 2012, Vera Wang Co. announced that...
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...Research Questions: 1.Why did Wang design the first bridal gown? 2. What made Vera Wang’s collections become very popular? 3. Did Wang have some difficulties when she opened the first bridal store? Outline I. Thesis Statement: Vera Wang, known as a queen of wedding dresses, a leader of fashion trends and a symbol of independence, is a famous American fashion designer especially for bridal gowns since 1989. II. Vera Wang’s Different Collections A. Wedding gowns B. Haute Couture C. Lifestyle Collection III. Different Prices Ranges A. Different prices for different designs B. Sampling of a few Vera Wang wedding dresses C. Different prices for discounted and sample sale IV. Reasons of Vera Wang Collections are so popular A. Some famous people have wore Vera Wang’s bridal gowns B. Some famous people have wore evening dresses C. Some famous figure skaters have wore designed costumes V. Achievements and Rewards A. 1993 Chinese American Planning Council's Honoree B. 1994 Girl Scout Council's Woman of Distinction Award C. The André Leon Talley Lifetime Achievement Award from the Savannah College of Art and Design VI. Vera Wang’s general introduction--Basic information of Vera Wang A. Life experience B. Academic life C. Marriage Life VII. Vera Wang’s Experience—Career Experience A. Former Figure...
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...thels Vera Wang Darren L. Clay Professor Wright Business Management 302 Strayer University Describe the business leader’s primary business or businesses, highlighting how the leader got started and analyze the leader’s three (3) major business challenges in establishing and/or running the company The fashion career of Vera Wang began in 1971, She worked extremely hard eventually earning a position as Senior Editor for Vogue. In 1987, she started working for already established fashion designers like Ralph Lauren, dealing mainly with accessories. Due the frustration of limited options that were compatible to her exclusive taste she began to designed her own wedding gown, commissioning a seamstress to assemble it. “This inspired her to launch Vera Wang Bridal House Ltd., in the Carlisle Hotel on Madison Avenue, New York City”.(bridal house, 2003). Vera decided to target upper class clientele, initially offering bridal gowns by designers such as Guy Laroche, Arnold Scaasi, Christian Dior and Carolina Herrena. Her background spawned her birth as a force to be reckoned with in the fashion world: the discipline she learned from competitive ice skating; the trips to Paris for fashion shows with her mother, as a child; her high-priced education; the mentors she acquired during her career at Vogue and with Ralph Lauren, who broadened her knowledge of fashion. Her background and understanding for the need to fill a niche, in the fashion industry, fuels her passion...
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...Vera Wang was born into a wealthy family in New York City. She lived on the Upper East Side with her mother, the daughter of a Chinese warlord, and her father, a pharmaceutical executive. Vera’s wealthy upbringing largely influenced her view on fashion. Her mother was very stylish and would take Vera to Paris fashion shows during her childhood. Vera states that her mother, “absolutely loved fashion” and “I had a mother that was superbly chic. She made fashion this adventure for me as a young woman. She viewed fashion not as superficial but as expressive.” (Zimbalist, 2007) Vera explains that from her mother she, “got a first class education with style, and quality, and exposure to European houses, and the kind of education that sometimes you can’t even get in school.” (MOVIE) Her wealthy upbringing allowed her to attend prestigious schools, including Chapin, a private school in Manhattan. It also allowed Vera to become involved in her passion, the sport of figure skating. Vera was a competitive figure skater until the age of 20, with the dream of becoming an Olympic skater. Unfortunately however, Vera failed to qualify for the 1968 Olympic team, calling it “heartbreaking”. (MOVIE) Moving past this disappointment, Vera enrolled in Sarah Lawrence College in New York. Here she majored in Theater Studies but then later changed her major to Art History. During her time at Sarah Lawrence, Vera studied abroad in Paris at The Sorbonne, where she was further exposed to French fashion. ...
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...Executive Perspectives 企业家视野专栏 April 2013 www.IACMR.org —an Interview with Vanke Chairman Wang Shi and CEO Yu Liang Xiao-Ping Chen, University of Washington Managing with Simplicity, Transparency, System, and Responsibility An Overview of Vanke www.vanke.com Established in May 1984, China Vanke Co., Ltd., is the largest residential property developer in the People’s Republic of China. First engaged in the residential property industry in 1988, Vanke identified mainstream residential property development as its core business in 1993. After years of effort, Vanke gradually sharpened its competitive advantages in the residential property sector and became the leading brand in China. Vanke annually provides homes to more than 400,000 households and earned total sales revenue worth 140 billion RMB by the end of 2012. Vanke has focused on major regions such as Pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta, and Bohai-Rim region, and now has a business presence in more than 60 cities across China. Since its IPO in 1991, the company's revenue and net profit have grown at compound annual rates of 30.2% and 34.3%. Forbes identified Vanke as one of the most admired Chinese companies and as the best Asian company. Internationally renowned media such as Investor Relations, The Asset, and Asiamoney have presented the company awards for “Best Corporate Governance” and “Best Investor Relations.” Vanke, committed to leading China’s green movement in the real estate sector, responded actively to China’s...
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...1. What is the importance of identifying a number of alternative solutions to good decision making? A couple points to make: 1. Good decision-making starts with gathering the facts. You should seek out all available information. If you don’t you are handicapping your decision-making ability. 2. Understanding your alternatives is the key to “economic” decision-making. Decisions aren’t made in a vacuum. You have to consider your “opportunity costs” or what you are giving up when you choose one option over another. For example, what is the cost of going to college? The answer is NOT just the tuition. It is also the money you would have made if you would have been working instead of going to class. Understanding the pros and cons of each alternative is the basis for making a strong decision. One caveat: Sometimes marketers and other salespeople will try to take advantage of you by giving you a false set of choices. A car salesman may show you a $50k car and then show you a $35k car and claim it to be a good value relative to the first car. But he did not show you the first car to give you “more alternatives.” He showed it to you to warp your perception of “good value.” It is a best practice to identify at least three alternative solutions that will meet the requirements to solve the problem. Requiring a minimum of three alternative solutions forces the integrated project team to identify solutions that may not be obvious. It helps to prevent automatically adopting...
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...KUMPULAN WANG BIASISWA TAN SRI MANICKAVASAGAM (Founded in 1972 – Registration No: 1101, Selangor) Tingkat 3, Menara Manickavasagam, No. 1 Jalan Rahmat, 50350 Kuala Lumpur. Tel: 03-40400700 Fax: 03-40415681 Email: kwbtsm@gmail.com APPLICATION FOR STUDY LOAN Applicants Passport Size Photograph APPLICANT'S PARTICULARS Full Name as Appearing On Identity Card: _______ Identity Card No: __________ ________ Permanent Address: __________________ ___________ Citizenship : ___________ ______ ___ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Marital Status: ___________ Place of Birth: ___________ Email Address: _______ ____________ ________ ___________ _____________________ ________________ ___ _________________ __ _ Date of Birth : ___________ Contact Number: __________ ________ UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE DETAILS University / College: _________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Faculty / Course: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Year of Study (Current) : ___________...
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...In the book The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck the main character Wang Lung’s greatest value is respect, and slowly changes to family. In the the book He went to the town and bought fifty eggs, then had given ten eggs to people who went to a dinner party with him, two to those who helped him, and one to those who were jealous of the baby. Also In the story when his wife asked him about whether or not to put tea in the hot water he thought to himself about saying something like “yah, it is not like we are poor.” Also in the book he protects his daughter from being sold to slavery. Finally the story says that Wang Lung, after his wife had died, he went to where she spent the most time and started crying. In the beginning we learn about Wang Lung...
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...tests are mediocre. They are not comparable to those Sages’ works. Also, as Cao writes, “Before he left, Jia Zheng had selected a hundred of these essays for him to read; but Bao-yu had only glanced at them occasionally, reading a paragraph here and a paragraph there as some particularly felicitous expression or the extravagance. He had never settled down to the serious analytical examination of even a single essay” (Cao, 147). In ancient China, the writing test for official selection is really vital, but Bao-yu seems to be reluctant on it. Bao-yu wants to be whom he is instead of imitate other people. Moving onto chapter 74, lots of things take place in this chapter. Wang Shan-bao and his wife are not happy with Skybright. So they decide to set up a trap in order to kick Skybright out of the House. As Wang Shan-Bao’s wife says, “The worst of the lot is that Skybright that works in Bao-yu’s room. Because she’s a bit better-looking than the others and a bit readier with her tongue, she goes around dolled up all the time like a Xi-shi, putting everyone else in their place. If you say the slightest little thing to offend her, up fly her eyebrows and she will begin telling...
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... Extra Credit Jin and Yuan Literati Hagiographies of Daoist Quanzhen Masters By means of attending the extra credit lecture on April 12, 2013, the speaker Mark Halperin, Associate Professor of Chinese Literature, mainly talked about Jin and Yuan Literati Hagiographies of Daoist Quanzhen Masters. Since that, I have some basic ideas about the beginning of the Daoist as well as the development of the Daoist Quanzhen Masters. In particular, Quanzhe is the most important sect of the Daoist, and it was founded in the beginning of Jin Dynasty by Wang Zhe whose Daoist monastic name was Chongyang as well as who is one of prestigious Quanzhen masters. After Wang Chongyang accepted seven disciples, the Quanzhen was founded formally. These disciples were called Ma Yu, Tan Chuduan, Liu Chuxuan, Qiu Chuji, Wang Chuyi, Hao Datong, and Sun Buer. Qiu Chuji was the most prestigious and famous from seven disciples. He was the founder of the Dragon Gate sect of Taoism attracting the largest following in the streams of traditions flowing from the sects of the disciples. From The Legend of The Condor Heroes《射雕英雄傳》and The Return of the Condor Heroes《神雕俠侶》which was created by Jin Yong, Qiu Chuji was described as a highly skilled Taoist, this is why he was popular and well-known among Chinese people. In Chinese history, Qiu Chuji played as an important role to create positive effects on Chinese politics as well as Chinese society...
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...你好 第一课 (一) 陆雨平: | 力波,你好。 | 力波: | 你好,陆雨平。 | (二) 力波: | 林娜,你好吗? | 林娜: | 我很好,你呢? | 力波: | 也很好。 | 你忙吗 第二课 (一) 林娜: | 陆雨平,你好吗? | 陆雨平: | 我很好。你爸爸、妈妈好吗? | 林娜: | 他们都很好。你忙吗? | 陆雨平: | 我不忙。你男朋友呢? | 林娜: | 他很忙。 | (二) 丁力波: | 哥哥,你要咖啡吗? | 哥哥: | 我要咖啡。 | 弟弟: | 我也要咖啡。 | 丁力波: | 好,我们都喝咖啡。 | 她是哪国人 第三课 (一) 哥哥: | 力波,那是谁? | 丁力波: | 那是我们老师。 | 哥哥: | 她是哪国人? | 丁力波: | 她是中国人。我们老师都是中国人。 | (二) 丁力波: | 陈老师,您好!这是我哥哥,他是外语老师。 | 陈老师: | 你好。 | 丁力波: | 这是我朋友。 | 陈老师: | 你好!你也是老师吗? | 朋友: | 您好!我不是老师,我是医生。 | 陈老师: | 力波, 这是你奶奶吗? | 丁力波: | 不是,她是我外婆。 | 陈老师: | 外婆,您好! | 认识你很高兴 第四课 (一) 老师: | 可以进来吗? | 林娜: | 请进!杨老师,您好。这是我朋友,他是记者。 | 老师: | 请问,您贵姓? | 陆雨平: | 我姓陆,叫陆雨平。 | 老师: | 你好,陆先生,认识你很高兴。 | 陆雨平: | 杨老师,认识您,我也很高兴。 | (二) 林娜: | 我是语言学院的学生。我姓林,叫林娜。我是英国人。你姓什么? | 马大为: | 我姓马,叫马大为。 | 林娜: | 你是加拿大人吗? | 马大为: | 我不是加拿大人,我是美国人,也是语言学院的学生。我学习汉语。 | 餐厅在哪儿 第五课 (一) 马大为: | 请问,这是王小云的宿舍吗? | 女学生: | 是,请进,请坐。 | 马大为: | 谢谢。王小云在吗? | 女学生: | 她不在。 | 马大为: | 她在哪儿? | 女学生: | 对不起,我不知道。 | 马大为: | 没关系。好,再见。 | 女学生: | 再见。 | (二) 马大为: | 小姐,请问餐厅在哪儿? | 小姐: | 在二层二〇四号。 | 马大为: | 谢谢。 | 小姐: | 不用谢。 | 宋华: | 大为,我们在这儿。 | 马大为: | 对不起,我来晚了。 | 王小云: | 没关系。 | 我们去游泳,好吗 第六课 (一) 王小云: | 林娜,昨天的京剧怎么样? | 林娜: | 很有意思。今天的天气很好,我们去游泳,好吗? | 王小云: | 太好了!什么时候去? | 林娜: | 现在去,可以吗? | 王小云: | 可以。 | (二) 丁力波: | 杨老师,明天您有时间吗? | 杨老师: | 对不起,请再说一遍。 | 丁力波: | 明天您有时间吗?我们去打球,好吗? | 杨老师: | 很抱歉,明天我很忙,恐怕不行。谢谢你们。 | 你认识不认识他 第七课 (一) 林娜: | 力波,明天开学,我很高兴。你看,他是不是我们学院的老师吗? | 丁力波: | 我问一下。请问,您是我们学院的老师吗?...
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...Case 2 – the Death of the iPod * iPod Classic – hasn’t been updated since September 2009 * shipping times slipped from 24hrs to 1-3 days in UK, US reported short supplies * speculation device may soon be discontinued * not even mentioned at annual Apple Developer conference in 2010 * decline as company moved to other devices as iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch as these helped generate record-breaking profits to US20b. * iPod developed 10yrs ago (2001), brought to market under not good circumstances. * “the unveiling of a breakthrough device” with a hint: its not a Mac. * Apple’s CEO first failed to know how important downloading would become to the online generation in its first models of iMac (i=internet) as it had no slot drives for burning CDs or DVDs * Jonathan Ive – the man behind the revolutionise the business, company lost its sense of identity and purpose – * However, the launch of first iMac saw Jobs making great play of Apple’s digital hub strategy, pictured Mac as centre of new digital ecosystem where we would plug in all wonderful new devices * iPod was not the first or the cheapest or largest capacity device on market...only compatible with Macs whereas the majority of people use PCs * the coming of iTunes Stores in 2007 (video store): Apple become the number 1 music provider in the world, taking over music business * changed the way we think about technology and design, the way we shop, consume media and interact...
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...endorsements, sources of primary data, or illustrations of effective or ineffective management. Copyright © 2009, 2010, 2011 President and Fellows of Harvard College. To order copies or request permission to reproduce materials, call 1800-545-7685, write Harvard Business School Publishing, Boston, MA 02163, or go to www.hbsp.harvard.edu/educators. This publication may not be digitized, photocopied, or otherwise reproduced, posted, or transmitted, without the permission of Harvard Business School. Purchased by: CHUAN LAN llaass2@163.com on August 24, 2013 110-045 A Letter from Prison Computer Associates and Stephen Richards Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) began as a four-person start-up in 1976. Its founder, Charles Wang, sought to fill a growing need for mainframe computing software for IBM computers. Computer Associates offered a range of products, including database, application, and financial management software, to fulfill the computing needs of businesses.1 In 1988, soon after graduating from Avondale College in Australia, Stephen Richards joined CA's Sydney office. Within two years, Richards became manager of the...
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...The data analysis is based on the journals, articles, books and websites I have used for the literature review. It gave me fascinating results. It is must to say that Sino-Indian relationship is based on powerful basics and there is a big potential as well to develop and strengthen the ties between the two. There is no doubt that India and China are both strongest countries in Asia in terms of Economy. Moreover both of them are developing at a rapid pace. The rest of the world has started to take these two countries seriously and the day might come when they will be the ones to drive the world. Even the economy is growing rapidly and with consistency. Both of them today are world’s fastest growing nations. In recent years, India and China are constantly on fourth and second leading economies respectively. They have left back other huge economies like few European countries and also countries like Japan, Russia, etc. The other fact is that both of them are world’s most populous countries, so it might be the case that in terms of per capita income they are at lower rank, but in terms of total GDP, they are constantly on the leading positions. These two countries are responsible for a big part of world’s total GDP. If we look at India, there is a huge number of people living below poverty line and also the basic needs are not available for the whole population, it is surprising that it still occupies its place in the world’s top five economies. It is the same case with China where...
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...How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as well as the rest of the world? from the case china float or not to float How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as well as the rest of the world? How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as well as the rest of the world? How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as well as the rest of the world? How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as well as the rest of the world? How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as well as the rest of the world? How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as well as the rest of the world? How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as well as the rest of the world? How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as well as the rest of the world? How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as well as the rest of the world? How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as well as the rest of the world? How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as well as the rest of the world? How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as well as the rest of the world? How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as well as the rest of the world? How would changes in exchange rate policy impact growth in China as...
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