...Engineering the Impossible: A Film Analysis The documentary “Engineering the Impossible” features three ‘impossible’ superstructures that would define the world’s grandest architecture and engineering: Millennium Tower, Freedom Ship, and Gibraltar Bridge. David Nelson, one of the key designers, designed Millennium Tower to be a city within a city, hosting its own hospitals, schools and a range of entertainment and retail options large enough to attract and keep the traffic necessary for the financial success of such an endeavor. Its designers calculate that this structure would represent the best solution to the world’s population explosion. Freedom Ship, designed by Norman Nixon, would be the world’s first mobile community and would house more than 60,000 people whose dream is to travel the world without leaving the comforts of their home. Its passengers would circle the globe within two years with no need of a traveling backpack as the ship would contain all of the features that any modern city might have. Gibraltar Bridge, designed by T.Y. Lin, spanning 9 miles over the Straits of Gibraltar at the entryway to the Mediterranean, would serve as the first modern structure to bridge two continents together, starting from Morocco in Northern Africa to Spain in Southern Europe. According to its designers, the success of such an impressive design is expected to contribute to both of the continents’ tourism industry and economy. On the other hand, engineering the ‘impossible’ would...
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...African Americans continue to face systemic racism in various aspects of society. This includes discrimination in employment opportunities, housing, healthcare, and the criminal justice system. Systemic racism maintains and limits the advancement of African Americans in these areas. For example, studies have shown that African Americans are more likely to be rejected for job interviews or promotions compared to their white counterparts with similar qualifications. Furthermore, fixing practices in housing have led to segregated neighborhoods with limited resources and opportunities for African American communities. Another significant challenge faced by African Americans is the inequality in education. African American students are more likely to attend underfunded schools with fewer resources, experienced teachers, and advanced placement courses. This contributes to lower academic achievement levels and higher dropout rates among African American students. The lack of access to quality education perpetuates the cycle of poverty and limits opportunities for future success. African Americans are greatly impacted by the...
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...Acknowledgments With warm thanks to Jason Kaufman for his superb guidance and insightful editorial skills; Blythe Brown for her tireless research and creative input; my good friend Jake Elwell at Wieser & Wieser; the National Security Archive; the NASA Public Affairs Office; Stan Planton, who continues to be a source for information on all things; the National Security Agency; glaciologist Martin O. Jeffries; and the superb minds of Brett Trotter, Thomas D. Nadeau, and Jim Barrington. Thanks also to Connie and Dick Brown, the U.S. Intelligence Policy Documentation Project, Suzanne O'Neill, Margie Wachtel, Morey Stettner, Owen King, Alison McKinnell, Mary and Stephen Gorman, Dr. Karl Singer, Dr. Michael I. Latz of Scripps Institute of Oceanography, April at Micron Electronics, Esther Sung, the National Air and Space Museum, Dr. Gene Allmendinger, the incomparable Heide Lange at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, and John Pike at the Federation of American Scientists. Author's Note The Delta Force, the National Reconnaissance Office, and the Space Frontier Foundation are real organizations. All technologies described in this novel exist. If this discovery is confirmed, it will surely be one of the most stunning insights into our universe that science has ever uncovered. Its implications are as far-reaching and awe-inspiring as can be imagined. Even as it promises answers to some of our oldest questions, it poses still others even more fundamental...
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...Dan Brown Deception Point Deception Point by Dan Brown Acknowledgments With warm thanks to Jason Kaufman for his superb guidance and insightful editorial skills; Blythe Brown for her tireless research and creative input; my good friend Jake Elwell at Wieser & Wieser; the National Security Archive; the NASA Public Affairs Office; Stan Planton, who continues to be a source for information on all things; the National Security Agency; glaciologist Martin O. Jeffries; and the superb minds of Brett Trotter, Thomas D. Nadeau, and Jim Barrington. Thanks also to Connie and Dick Brown, the U.S. Intelligence Policy Documentation Project, Suzanne O’Neill, Margie Wachtel, Morey Stettner, Owen King, Alison McKinnell, Mary and Stephen Gorman, Dr. Karl Singer, Dr. Michael I. Latz of Scripps Institute of Oceanography, April at Micron Electronics, Esther Sung, the National Air and Space Museum, Dr. Gene Allmendinger, the incomparable Heide Lange at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, and John Pike at the Federation of American Scientists. Author’s Note The Delta Force, the National Reconnaissance Office, and the Space Frontier Foundation are real organizations. All technologies described in this novel exist. “If this discovery is confirmed, it will surely be one of the most stunning insights into our universe that science has ever uncovered. Its implications are as far-reaching and awe-inspiring as can be imagined. Even as it promises answers to some of our oldest questions, it poses still...
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...01 Chapter - Overview of Marketing Chapter 01 Overview of Marketing True / False Questions 1. Google, Facebook and YouTube are all innovative, and each company has succeeded because it provided value to its customers. True False 2. Marketing is an activity that only large firms with specialized departments can use. True False 3. Good marketing is not a random activity. True False 4. Understanding a market's needs and wants is fundamental to marketing success. True False 5. Marketers would prefer to sell their products and services to everyone but it is not practical to do so. True False 6. The four Ps include persistence, promotion, presence, and performance. True False 7. Thoughts, opinions, philosophies and intellectual concepts fit the concepts of neither goods nor services, and they cannot really be marketed. True False 1-1 Chapter 01 - Overview of Marketing 8. The goals of marketing promotion are youth, style, and sex appeal. True False 9. The group of firms that makes and delivers a given set of goods and services is known as a supply chain. True False 10. Value is what you get for what you give. True False 11. In co-creation, the customer is involved as a collaborator in the creation of a product or service, which provides additional value to the customer. True False 12. Value-based marketing supports developing long-term customer loyalty. True False 13. During the past decade or so, marketers have begun to realize that they need to think about their customer orientation...
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...BRIEF COMMUNICATION Clinical Telehealth Across the Disciplines: Lessons Learned Sandra Jarvis-Selinger, Ph.D.,1,2 Elmira Chan, M.Ed.,2 Ryan Payne, B.A.,2 Kerenza Plohman, LLM,2 and Kendall Ho, M.D., FRCPSC2,3 cost and remuneration issues, development of organizational protocols for system use, and strategies to promote interprofessional collaboration). 1 Department of Surgery, 2Division of Continuing Professional Development and Knowledge Translation, 3Division of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Key words: clinical telehealth, videoconferencing, literature review, quality of service Introduction Abstract Videoconferencing technologies can vastly expand the reach of healthcare practitioners by providing patients (particularly those in rural/remote areas) with unprecedented access to services. While this represents a fundamental shift in the way that healthcare professionals care for their patients, very little is known about the impact of these technologies on clinical workflow practices and interprofessional collaboration. In order to better understand this, we have conducted a focused literature review, with the aim of providing policymakers, administrators, and healthcare professionals with an evidence-based foundation for decision-making. A total of 397 articles focused on videoconferencing in clinical contexts were retrieved, with 225 used to produce this literature review. Literature in the fields...
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...Introduction By Paul Andrisani and Simon Hakim Co-Directors Center for Competitive Government Richard J. Fox School of Business and Management Temple University Privatization of public services to reduce cost and improve quality has a long history. Peter Drucker, the Austrian born management professor, was the first to suggest contracting out of local services to private companies. Indeed many municipal services were already contracted out by 1980 in Great Britain. But the most significant drive for privatization in Great Britain, which signaled the way to the rest of the world, came about with the election of Margaret Thatcher in 1979. In the following decade a host of state owned enterprises were privatized including British Petroleum, British Aerospace, Jaguar, Rolls Royce, National Freight Corp., Cable and Wireless, British Airways, British Gas, British Telecom, several water and electric utilities. In addition, public housing was sold to the residents and compulsory competitive bidding of local services was initiated. By the late 1980’s, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, and Argentina elected presidents who adopted privatization initiatives. But the trend toward privatization was not confined to western countries. The collapse of Communism in the Soviet Bloc prompted the sale of many state owned enterprises as well as other forms of privatization. Even earlier, China in 1978 allowed private farming and later private sector manufacturing and...
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...Expanding Global Operations: Mobile Phone Manufacturing in Shenzhen, China Professor Julian Dalzell MGMT 801: Human Resources in the Global Firm Fall 2012 Group 4 Team Members: Ben Alverson Wyman Bowers Lindsay Gilliam Rod Jaraiedi Alicia Parker Yolanda Rhodes Gabriel Saracila Eric Seymore ------------------------------------------------- I. Introduction The competitive pressure in today’s manufacturing landscape is more complex than ever, resulting in the need for companies to maintain high quality levels and concurrently strive to keep costs low. As a result, investing in China has become imperative for both private and public companies. The gradual adoption of free-market business principles, bolstering low labor costs, well-managed operations and supply chain efficiency all have propelled China to the forefront of business expansion. As a growing mobile phones manufacturer, we are seeking to extend our business to China in order to successfully compete in what has become a “global economy”. Our primary objective is to identify a suitable area to stage a domestic assembly operation and regional headquarters from which other subsequent Asian operations will be managed. Once the location and plan of action have been determined, we will need to facilitate staffing operations for the new site and define the parameters for the HR philosophy for the new regional organization. All planning, execution, and staffing goals must be met within 12 months. ------------------------------------------------- ...
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...ПРАКТИЧЕСКИЙ КУРС АНГЛИЙСКОГО ЯЗЫКА 4 курс Под редакцией В.Д. АРАКИНА Издание четвертое, переработанное и дополненное Допущено Министерством образования Российской Федерации в качестве учебника для студентов педагогических вузов по специальности «Иностранные языки» Сканирование, распознавание, редактирование Июнь 2007 Москва гуманитарный издательский центр ВЛАДОС 2000 Практический курс английского языка. 4 курс под ред. В.Д. Аракина ББК 81.2Англ-923 П69 В.Д. Аракин, И.А. Новикова, Г.В. Аксенова-Пашковская, С.Н. Бронникова, Ю.Ф. Гурьева, Е.М. Дианова, Л.Т. Костина, И.Н. Верещагина, М.С. Страшникова, С.И. Петрушин Рецензент кафедра английского языка Астраханского государственного педагогического института им. С.М. Кирова (зав. кафедрой канд. филол. наук Е.М. Стпомпель) Практический курс английского языка. 4 курс: П69 Учеб. для педвузов по спец. «Иностр. яз.» / Под ред. В.Д. Аракина. - 4-е изд., перераб. и доп. - М.: Гуманит, изд. центр ВЛАДОС, 2000. 336 с.: ил. ISBN 5-691-00222-8. Серия учебников предполагает преемственность в изучении английского языка с I по V курс. Цель учебника - обучение устной речи на основе развития необходимых автоматизированных речевых навыков, развитие техники чтения, а также навыков письменной речи. Учебник предназначен для студентов педагогических вузов. ББК 81.2Англ-923 2 Практический курс английского языка. 4 курс под ред. В.Д. Аракина ПРЕДИСЛОВИЕ Настоящая книга является четвертой частью серии комплексных учебников...
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...China The first one is the economy. China's economy has been typically the best-performing economy or among the best-performing economies in the world since 1979 when reforms began, averaging about 7 percent growth. One note of concern, though, is that those conditions that allowed that 7 percent growth are not likely to be prevalent in the years to come, because for over 30 years, China has relied extensively on lower wage rates and export-driven growth. But wage rates have been bid up, as happens; the Chinese are victims of their own success, you could say. And secondly, the rest of the countries in the world are not going through high rates of growth, and they’re not going to be importing the way they had been historically. So, that formula isn’t going to be as successful going forward as it has been. China needs to shift away from an export-driven economy to more of a consumption model. It needs to be mindful about funding its state-owned enterprises, about subsidizing state-owned companies. It needs to lessen its reliance on low-end manufacturing and move up the value chain. By the way, these aren’t my observations; these are observations by Chinese leadership. If you follow any Chinese leader’s speech on China’s economic transformation, these are the points he’ll make. We would call that market rationalism or just normal evolution as a country rises to middle-income status. But there are also some countervailing impulses. There’s a strong streak of economic nationalism;...
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...Contents 1 THE ROAD TO BEING A TEACHER 2 The Visionary Ma. Elena Eleperia 6 Adapting to Students Felecitas Pado 9 Discipline and Perseverance Maria Utanes 12 Teacher Aurelia Ballitoc: This is My Story Aurelia Ballitoc 16 Living in the Crossroads: From a Chemical Engineer to a Teacher Mary Lyn Dominguez 2 An Impulsive Decision Nancy Pascual 18 COMMITMENT TO THE TEACHING PROFESSION 24 Transforming People’s Lives: Inside and Beyond the Classroom Mohana Ratnam-Eswaran 28 The Vision to Help the Philippines Rogelio Opulencia 3 A Teacher Until the End Allan Canonigo 36 RESEARCHING FOR THE BETTERMENT OF STUDENTS The Urge to Serve Aurora Zuñiga 42 Am I Really an Action Researcher? Saowanee Yuthtamanop 48 4 INITIATING CHANGE THROUGH INNOVATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY Knowing One’s Students Trixie Marie Sison Innovating for Development Maria Eljie Mabunga 59 Technology and Innovations: Tools for Better Understanding Ester Raagas 63 Introducing a Paradigm Shift through Innovations Glendale Lamiseria 66 Polishing Diamonds: How Datuk Yap Transformed Tawau Technical School Mary Yap Kain Ching 73 The New Chalk and Talk Norizan Ahmad 83 Haji Alias Abu Bakar Stewardship at MKJB: Leveraging on Partnerships for School Success Haji Alias Abu Bakar 5 54 87 THE IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION 104 Medium of Instruction in Teaching: A Critical Tool for Understanding Ma. Isabel Pefianco-Martin 6 Not the Typical 21st Century Teacher Schedar Jocson 110 BENCHMARKING...
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...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The real estate industry consists of a collection of industrial and services sectors of the economy such as construction, brokerage services, mortgage banking, property management and even architecture and design. The real estate industry deemed ...
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...GLENCOE LANGUAGE ARTS Grammar and Language Workbook G RADE 9 Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Copyright © by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Send all inquiries to: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill 936 Eastwind Drive Westerville, Ohio 43081 ISBN 0-02-818294-4 Printed in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 024 03 02 01 00 99 Contents Handbook of Definitions and Rules .........................1 Troubleshooter ........................................................21 Part 1 Grammar ......................................................45 Unit 1 Parts of Speech 1.1 Nouns: Singular, Plural, and Collective ....47 1.2 Nouns: Proper and Common; Concrete and Abstract.................................49 1.3 Pronouns: Personal and Possessive; Reflexive and Intensive...............................51 1.4 Pronouns: Interrogative and Relative; Demonstrative and Indefinite .....................53 1.5 Verbs: Action (Transitive/Intransitive) ......55 1.6 Verbs: Linking .............................................57 1.7 Verb Phrases ................................................59 1.8 Adjectives ....................................................61 1.9 Adverbs........................................................63 1.10 Prepositions...
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...This text was adapted by The Saylor Foundation under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License without attribution as requested by the work’s original creator or licensee. Saylor URL: http://www.saylor.org/books Saylor.org 1 Preface Writing is often a challenge. If you were ever challenged to express yourself via the written word, this book is for you. Writing for Success is a text that provides instruction in steps, builds writing, reading, and critical thinking, and combines comprehensive grammar review with an introduction to paragraph writing and composition. Beginning with the sentence and its essential elements, this book addresses each concept with clear, concise, and effective examples that are immediately reinforced with exercises and opportunities to demonstrate learning. Each chapter allows students to demonstrate mastery of the principles of quality writing. With its incremental approach, this book can address a range of writing levels and abilities, helping each student prepare for the next writing or university course. Constant reinforcement is provided through examples and exercises, and the text involves students in the learning process through reading, problem solving, practicing, listening, and experiencing the writing process. Each chapter also has integrated examples that unify the discussion and form a common, easy-tounderstand basis for discussion and exploration. This will put students at ease and allow for greater...
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...10000 quiz questions and answers www.cartiaz.ro 10000 general knowledge questions and answers 10000 general knowledge questions and answers www.cartiaz.ro No Questions Quiz 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Carl and the Passions changed band name to what How many rings on the Olympic flag What colour is vermilion a shade of King Zog ruled which country What colour is Spock's blood Where in your body is your patella Where can you find London bridge today What spirit is mixed with ginger beer in a Moscow mule Who was the first man in space What would you do with a Yashmak Who betrayed Jesus to the Romans Which animal lays eggs On television what was Flipper Who's band was The Quarrymen Which was the most successful Grand National horse Who starred as the Six Million Dollar Man In the song Waltzing Matilda - What is a Jumbuck Who was Dan Dare's greatest enemy in the Eagle What is Dick Grayson better known as What was given on the fourth day of Christmas What was Skippy ( on TV ) What does a funambulist do What is the name of Dennis the Menace's dog What are bactrians and dromedaries Who played The Fugitive Who was the King of Swing Who was the first man to fly across the channel Who starred as Rocky Balboa In which war was the charge of the Light Brigade Who invented the television Who would use a mashie niblick In the song who killed Cock Robin What do deciduous...
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