A New Way to Get News To be totally honest‚ as I traveled to Davis College on August 24 to watch Ken Rickard speak for the Society of Professional Journalists‚ I was not excited. I am a fan of the good‚ old fashioned newspaper‚ and I before this lecture‚ I had no interest in ever receiving my daily news from the Internet. About fifteen minutes in Mr. Rickard’s speech I became intrigued by how his company‚ Morris Digital Works‚ had taken the failing newspaper "Bluffton Today" and turned it into
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difference in the world we live in today. He sees the problems we face and has continually managed to create alternative styles of living to better the situations at hand. What is an Earthship you might ask? Well if asked by the creator himself he would define it as‚ “Independent vessels to sail on the seas of tomorrow.” (Rose‚ 2004) That may seem quite crazy to most but Reynolds is thinking out of the box and ahead of this time. An Earthship is a self sufficient home in that it requires the use of no utilities
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Culture‚ Institutions and International Strategy. For those firms who want to expand their business internationally‚ it is inevitable for them to face the cultural challenge. This article stresses the impact of culture on international operation as well. According to institutional-based view‚ informal and formal institutions have their own way to reduce risk. For informal ones‚ they rely on relational contact which is informal relationship based and personalized exchange. What is more‚ Human capital
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New Ways to Squash Superbugs In the article “new ways to squash superbugs” by Christopher T. Walsh and Michael A. Fischbach‚ scientist are trying to find new antibiotics to kill off the so-called superbugs spreading around. The article starts off by expressing the valid point of the spreading of harmful diseases. A 12-year-old boy named Omar Rivera‚ from Brooklyn‚ died after getting infected by a disease. This disease was Methicillian Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus‚ otherwise known as MRSA.
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There are five type of business strategies and each type had its own risk when selecting and implementing it. For cost leadership strategy‚ the risks that are associate with this strategy are a loss of competitive advantage to newer technologies‚ which allows rivals to produce at lower cost‚ a failure to detect changes in customers’ need and the ability of competitors to imitate the cost leader’s competitive advantage through their own unique strategic actions. Competitors sometimes do learn to imitate
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Chapter 11 marketing strategies for the new economy Past paper: Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the new economy for marketers (60%). How might companies develop a new economy strategy for their products or services (40%)? Illustrate your answer with examples. * Does every company need a new-economy strategy * Definition: new economy means the industries that stimulate the development or play an important role in electronic commerce and the internet‚ market computer hardware
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What Is Grand Strategy?* by John Lewis Gaddis** Yale University When my colleagues Paul Kennedy‚ Charlie Hill‚ and I first began talking about setting up a grand strategy course at Yale in the late 1990s‚ at least half the people to whom we tried to explain this thought we were talking about “grant” strategy: how do you get the next federal or foundation grant? This misunderstanding would not have occurred‚ I think‚ during the fifty years of insecurity that separated the Japanese attack on Pearl
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Good post this week! I especially liked how you outlined the strategies that are used by all emergency responders. Implementing strategies and training is essential to successfully responding to any hazard. First responders especially police officers have a daunting task of figuring out what is the best approach for a given situation. One’s protective gear and other PPEs (Personal Protective Equipment) is a critical aspect of any response team. It is at this stage where failure and success of a
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To Help or Not to Help: The Samaritan dilemma - Nivedita Ravi The Samaritan dilemma is a dilemma in the act of charity. This was proposed by James M Buchanan. According to this theory‚ when given charity‚ a person will act one of the two given ways: using the charity to improve their situation or look for charity as a means of survival. A similar situation arises when a country receives foreign aid. The donor country
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Culture Building Relationships Strategy Gregory (2008) states that‚ “to sustain a professional learning community‚ job embedded learning must be an ongoing activity” (pg. 11). I read a quote that says‚ “If you dare to teach‚ then you must dare to learn” (Anonymous). Alike students as learners‚ teachers as learners benefit from multiple opportunities to learn. Those opportunities are created when teachers are afforded the time‚ space‚ structures‚ and support to
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