he purpose of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is what can be referred to as a safe house for humanity. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault‚ located 700 miles from the North Pole on Svalbard Island‚ contains 1.5 billion backup copies of seeds from around the world from almost every country. Built on Svalbard Island‚ known as the "Cold Coast‚" the vault has been built to last 10‚000 years and is referred to as a "Frozen Fort Knox." In the event of a world disaster‚ the vault has been created to remain frozen
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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE The ensuring statement of purpose is meant to put forth my aspiration to pursue my career through Masters in Mechanical Engineering at your esteemed university‚ as well as description of my plans subsequent to my graduation. In this ever changing world of Engineering and Technology‚ passing day makes them obsolete‚ I want to attain the highest level of education and transcend new scope for research in Mechanical Engineering. This has always fascinated me and I am keen to continue
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challenge‚ solve it and seize the opportunity to be in charge of my destiny. I have always chosen the later. Early-on‚ as a teenager‚ I would read through the profiles of leading business executives and successful entrepreneurs. It became increasingly clear that a strong majority of them started early in their business careers. I therefore decided to “get my feet wet” while pursing my B.Com (1) from the University of Mumbai (Bombay). After extensive efforts and networking‚ I found an apprenticeship
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Running Head: DOES CHRISTIAN VALUES Do Christian Values Have a Place in Business? Business Ethics University Do Christian values have a place in business? Does oil mix with water? No it does not. This would be a typical response for most business owners in the twenty –first century. In the United States and abroad businesses have experienced mass corruption‚ and headlines depict the deterioration of business ethics among our growing global community. Many business owners aspire to ethical
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Statement Of Purpose I am a very pleasant‚ diverse‚ active and intelligent woman. I think one of my most distinguishing characteristics is the diversity of experiences I possess. I am a Engineering student with a flair for the arts. I am a woman with technical aptitude and an interest in management. I also have a passion for understanding different cultures of the world. All these elements have given me a very broad outlook‚ with varying degrees of knowledge in a range of topics. ‚ it has
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Web 2.0 is the term given to describe a second generation of the World Wide Web that is focused on the ability for people to collaborate and share information online. Web 2.0 basically refers to the transition from static HTML Web pages to a more dynamic Web that is more organized and is based on serving Web applications to users. Other improved functionality of Web 2.0 includes open communication with an emphasis on Web-based communities of users‚ and more open sharing of information. Over time
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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE Not following the conventional tendency to chose a career ‚ that would help establish myself within the rigid framework of today’s society‚ I chose to follow my passion. I found it impossible to suspend my aspiration to become a successful entrepreneur in the hospitality sector (hotels and restaurants). And hence I am determined to begin my voyage to reach where I want to be. From a very young age‚ I have always strived to seek that unique purpose I was meant to accomplish
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Apple – Technology Business Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Cupertino‚ California‚ that designs‚ develops‚ and sells consumer electronics‚ computer software‚ online services‚ and personal computers. Its best-known hardware products are the Mac line of computers‚ the iPod media player‚ the iPhone smartphone‚ and the iPad tablet computer. Its online services include iCloud‚ iTunes Store‚ and App Store. Their main purpose is to maintain and continue their excellent
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CSS (CASCADING STYLE SHEET) What is CSS? * CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets * Styles define how to display HTML elements * Styles were added to HTML 4.0 to solve a problem * External Style Sheets can save a lot of work * External Style Sheets are stored in CSS files HTML was never intended to contain tags for formatting a document. HTML was intended to define the content of a document‚ like: This is a heading This is a paragraph. When tags like ‚ and color attributes were added to
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MEIHO UNIVERSITY CASE STUDY FOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CASE 4: The Battle for Value‚ 2004: FedEx Corp. vs. United Parcel Service‚ Inc. VALUE CREATION AND ECONOMIC PROFIT Lecture: 鍾 紹 熙 老 師 Group 3: F49802134 胡 秋 草 F49802153 高 玉 享 箮 Presentation date: 16th Apr 2012 I. OUTLOOK OF CASE 4 Case 4 mentions about the competition between two leading companies in package- delivery market. FedEx which is the largest foreign presence in China‚ with 11 weekly flights‚ serving
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