------------------------------------------------- Etymology The term tsunami comes from the Japanese 津波‚ composed of the two kanji 津 (tsu) meaning "harbour" and 波 (nami)‚ meaning "wave". (For the plural‚ one can either follow ordinary English practice and add an s‚ or use an invariable plural as in the Japanese.[7]) Tsunami are sometimes referred to as tidal waves‚ which are unusually high sea waves that are triggered especially by earthquakes. [8] In recent years‚ this term has fallen out of
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Las Vegas‚ the pretty painted pictured city of lights Las Vegas is considered by many to be the city that famous entertainers live in .They live in the hotels casinos and they work in homes in the city. Tourist from all over the world come here to vacation and be entertained by the famous entertainers . My three point descriptive essay reads.Excitement‚ Characters and Happy endings. Entertainers that are discovered in United states and other countries are usually brought to
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Whisking in the wind‚ La Llorona walks softly in her ghostly form‚ looking for two young boys who remind her of the sons she drowned. Flashback to the early 1800’s‚ a woman by the name of Maria was said to be the most beautiful woman in El Paso. She was married to the richest man in the entire town‚ but was burdened by the two young sons she shared with him. On an eerie West Texas night‚ Maria is devastated when she sees her husband is leaving her for a younger woman. She watched the carriage carrying
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La Shampoo It was almost 11 P.M. when Caroline Portal left the office. She was exhausted. The day had been filled with one meeting after another‚ and she wanted nothing more than to crawl into bed and get some sleep. But she couldn’t head home before stopping by the local 24-hour supermarket. The store was enormous -18 aisles of food‚ pharmaceuticals‚ stationery‚ and books‚ even small appliances. Squinting in the bright lights‚ Caroline made her way to the health-andbeauty aisle and stood‚ staring
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ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS 1. What are the key elements of Shangri-La Hotel’s strategy? Which of the five generic competitive strategies described in Chapter 5 is the company employing? What is Shangri-La’s strategy for competing internationally? 2. What policies‚ practices‚ support systems‚ and management approaches underlie Shangri-La’s efforts to execute its strategy? 3. How important are the company’s training and Shangri-La Care program to its success? What is your assessment of Shangri-La’s
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CASO EMPRESAS LA POLAR VALORACIÓN DE EMPRESA Profesores: Carlos Maquieira. Marcelo González Ayudante: Guisella Gallardo Grupo: Héctor Bravo Gonzalo Ferrada Felipe Vargas Leonardo Venegas Larry Vidal 13 DE MAYO DE 2010 Antecedentes 1.- Empresas La Polar Empresa La Polar nace como una sastrería en la ciudad de Santiago de Chile en el sector de Estación Central en el año 1920. Treinta años después cambia la propiedad‚ ampliando el giro hacia la venta de varios productos
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Análisis FODA Empresa La Polar FORTALEZAS 1- Posicionamiento en el segmento objetivo‚ en este caso es el nivel socio económico medio-bajo (c2-c3-d). 2- Favorable situación financiera‚ que se caracteriza por tener favorables indicadores de márgenes y rentabilidades. 3- Fuerte posicionamiento de marca‚ debido a su importante campaña publicitaria y un eficiente estrategia de marketing. La Polar esta posicionada como una de las multiendas más importantes del país. 4- Amplia
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Robert La Follette During the late 1800’s and early 1900’s the progressive leader that was most significant to the development and progress of the United States was Robert La Follette or as people know him as “Fighting Bob”. He was the most crucial individual in the development of the United States around the turn of the century. When Follette wanted to begin his political career‚ he wouldn’t get support from party bosses. So he decided to go to the people and communities for their vote and their
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Jennifer L. Giroux LCC 250G October 22‚ 2012 Analysis of “La Carte Postale” by Rene Magritte This paper will discuss the painting “La Carte Postale” by Rene Magritte. It will compare and contract the primary relationships of focusing and scanning‚ position versus movement‚ organic versus geometric‚ high definition versus low definition and formal versus informal relationships as the basis for analysis. “La Carte Postale” is a formal painting with a strong sense of position. This paper
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La Hacienda Musa1 La Hacienda Musa was a long way from Leuven‚ Belgium. But for Maria Keller‚ the transition was as natural as it could be. She had spent twenty years in Leuven studying banana genetics at the Catholic University of Leuven’s Laboratory of Tropical Crops‚ the world center of banana research. She had learned about the challenges the banana-growing industry faced from a variety of diseases‚ why bananas seemed to be especially susceptible‚ and how difficult it is to develop new strains
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