Biographic Information for Chris Van Allsburg Chris Van Allsburg was born on June 18th‚ 1949 in Grand Rapids Michigan. As a child Chris’ family moved three times‚ although always staying within Grand Rapids. The last house he lived in with his parents and sister was a Tudor style house in East Grand Rapid‚ which would later become the inspiration for the cover illustration of The Polar Express. Although Chris never studied art in high school he got accepted to the University of Michigan college
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The Society for Financial Studies Decision Processes‚ Agency Problems‚ and Information: An Economic Analysis of Capital Budgeting Procedures Author(s): Anthony M. Marino and John G. Matsusaka Source: The Review of Financial Studies‚ Vol. 18‚ No. 1 (Spring‚ 2005)‚ pp. 301-325 Published by: Oxford University Press. Sponsor: The Society for Financial Studies. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3598074 . Accessed: 15/11/2013 17:17 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance
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article or section appears to contain a large number of buzzwords. | | |Please help rewrite this article to make it more concrete and meaningful. | As defined by Richard Beckhard‚ "Organization development" (OD) is a planned‚ top-down‚ organization-wide effort to increase the organization’s effectiveness and health. OD is achieved through interventions in the organization’s "processes‚" using behavioural science knowledge
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seeing 4 sergeants‚ 8 deputies‚ 135 communication officers and 23 civilian employees. Duties encompass a host of administrative and leadership duties associated with running an emergency call center to support the 3 million citizens of unincorporated Harris County. I began a program of employee recognitions with Rookie of the Year‚ Employee of the Year‚ Trainer of the Year and Supervisor of the Year awards. That program evolved into an annual Employee Appreciation and Award Banquet where those personnel
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reveals that the music played in a servicescape is capable of stimulating consumers emotions‚ mood states and also impacting on their purchasing behaviour (see Yalch and Spangenberg‚ 1990; Chebat et al.‚ 1993; Areni and Kim‚ 1993; Dube et al.‚ 1995; Harris and Ezeh‚ 2008). For instance‚
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1. A CIVIL ACTION (1998); with John Travolta and Robert Duvall‚ based on a true story regarding chemical violation of a community’s water sources. 2. ERIN BROCKOVICH (1999) with Julia Roberts and Albert Finney‚ based on the same basic issue as A Civil Action‚ but with decidedly different conclusion! 3. THE ACCUSED (1988); with Jodie Foster & Kelly McGillis. True story of a Massachusetts gang-rape case and follow-up case. Issues regarding admission of evidence‚ criminal prosecutions‚ victim’s rights
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Benny Carter (1907-2003) “I don’t know that I’ve made any real contribution‚ I’ve done what I’ve set out to do‚ that was have fun with the music‚ enjoy it‚ perform it‚ listen to it‚ and I have‚ to my satisfaction‚ achieved much that I had not even thought of.” Benny Carter July 12‚
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