political and ideological background of the Golden Shield Project is considered to be one of Deng Xiaoping’s favorite sayings in the early 1980s: "If you open the window for fresh air‚ you have to expect some flies to blow in." (Chinese: 打开窗户，新鲜空气和苍蝇就会一起进来。; pinyin: Dǎkāi chuānghù‚ xīnxiān kōngqì hé cāngyíng jiù huì yīqǐ jìnlái.[nb 1]) The saying is related to a period of the economic reform of China that became known as the "socialist market economy". Superseding the political ideologies of the Cultural
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Alexander Graham Bell There are a lot of famous Canadians and all of them are very interesting and each one of them made a difference in Canada‚ just like Alexander Graham Bell‚ he invented something that made a really big difference in our society today‚ and that is why he is very interesting and fascinating. Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3‚ 1847 in Edinburgh‚ Scotland. Because Alexander’s mom had hearing loss since she was a girl‚ he was interested in sound and inventing‚ and his
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Shield of Achilles From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For other uses‚ see Shield of Achilles (disambiguation). The shield ’s design as interpreted by Angelo Monticelli‚ from Le Costume Ancien ou Moderne‚ ca. 1820. The Shield of Achilles is the shield that Achilles uses in his fight with Hector‚ famously described in a passage in Book 18‚ lines 478–608 of Homer ’s Iliad. In the poem‚ Achilles has lost his armour after lending it to his companion Patroclus. Patroclus has been killed in
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The Orion Shield Project: Doomed from the Get-Go Executive Summary “Projects account for about one fourth of the U.S. and the world’s gross domestic product” (Schwalbe 2012). With that said‚ there are many challenges and issues that hinder the ultimate success or completion of a project. So is evident in the case of the Orion Shield Project‚ whose execution faced issues of technical‚ ethical‚ legal‚ contractual and interpersonal natures. Taking on a role that assumes responsibilities in stark
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Executive Summary Scientific Engineering Corporation (SEC)‚ was awarded the contract with Space Technology Industries‚ referred to as “client” to complete phase I of the Orion Shield Project. Phase I was to identify material to meet the requirements of an expanded life cycle for NASA’s Shuttle Launch Booster. An inexperienced project manager was chosen to lead this effort. This analysis identifies the technical‚ contractual‚ legal‚ ethical‚ and project management issues experienced throughout the
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is becoming increasingly popular within the years. Companies have been using this energy for automobiles‚ calculators‚ street lights‚ etc. Established in 8 different countries‚ keeping its bases in Canada and China‚ Canadian Solar has been generating strong financial returns. Canadian Solar believes its competitive advantage relies in their Western management and engineering and their low-cost Chinese production base and its strategy is to maintain comparable prices to its main Chinese competitors
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida (BCBSFL) Operating Services is Florida’s largest insurer‚ serving more than 6 million residents in total. Three trends that redefine how Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida brings value to its members are through consumer empowerment‚ E-business‚ and financial services modernization. BCBSFL holds approximately 30% of the HMO market share in Florida‚ which is twice the share of its nearest competitor. BCBSFL offers a BlueComplements program filled with discounts
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woman in the fur trade as well as their reasons for marrying European fur traders. The article helps us more to understand the fur trade society by focusing on the motives and actions of Indian women in the fur trade which furthers our knowledge of Canadian history prior to confederation. Women in Between examines through multiple sources of traders observation‚ the life of an Indian women in the fur trade based on the accounts provided by men. Since it was noted in her article that Indian women‚ coming
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to avoid any unsatisfactory outcomes and to provide culturally sensitive care. It is also significant to avoid stereotyping and essentialism. Studying this subject has brought many new changes in my personality and has increased my knowledge about Canadian culture and nursing in Canada to a great extent. This
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The Orion Shield Project Case Study Executive Summary Project management is the science of planning‚ organizing‚ executing‚ and managing the resources needed to achieve a specific goal. Effective project managers (PM) strategically facilitate the entire project management process to ensure the project’s success. To do this the PM must adequately meet the specific requirements (i.e.‚ time‚ scope‚ quality‚ and cost) set forth by the project and its stakeholders. It is theorized that PM must possess
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