Patagonia: A Case Briefing Prepared by Kenny Ruth In partial fulfillment for Integrated Business Planning I Dr. Michele Govekar Company History With an entrepreneurial spirit from early in his career‚ Patagonia’s founder Yvon Chouinard’s story is truly a tale of turning one persons passion into many peoples lifestyles. Beginning in 1957‚ Chouinard got into the business of by creating his own version of climbing “pitons‚” the pegs climbers use to scale the sides of mountains or rock formations
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Headline: After a Black Waitress Served a Bunch of Cowboys‚ She Was Totally Shocked When She Read Their Receipt. Summary: Zaida Matthews and one of her co-workers had taken some time off to do the women’s march after Donald Trump’s inauguration. After an exciting few days‚ it was time for her to get back to work. At one of the tables‚ there was a group of customers who had also attended the inauguration. Unlike Zaida‚ these cowboys had gone to the inauguration to celebrate it instead of to protest
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The Black Madonna by Muriel Spark Brief summary Lou and Raymond Parker are a Catholic working-class couple with middle-class aspirations (D.: Bestrebungen) . They flaunt /display (D.: zur Schau stellen) their progressiveness and tolerance by befriending two newly arrived Jamaicans‚ Henry Pierce and Oxford St.John and they also introduce them to their friends. As Lou is jealous of her neighbours` and her sister`s children‚ Lou prays to the newly installed and consecrated Black Madonna – a
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it had to endure and overcome. The largest reason why the 14th century coined this phrase was because of the black plague. Too many‚ the years of the black plague were the darkest days in Europe’s history. At first‚ the plague only attacked mice and rats. But due to the insanitary conditions of the 14th century‚ the virus mutated and a strain of the virus began attacking humans. The black plague was deadly and the normal person had a 80% mortality rate. The disease spread quickly throughout Europe
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Indian Black Money Abroad In Secret Banks and Tax Havens Second Report Of The Task Force on the steps to be taken by India Members Shri Gurumurthy‚ Chartered Accountant‚ Chennai Shri Ajit Doval‚ former Director Intelligence Bureau‚ Delhi Prof R.Vaidyanathan‚ Professor of Finance Indian Institute of Management‚ Bangalore Shri Mahesh Jethmalani‚ Senior Advocate‚ Mumbai Submitted to BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY 1 I. The First Interim Report The first Interim Report of the Task Force appointed
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Causes for Generation of Black Money There are several factors responsible for the emergence – of black money. It would be relevant to discuss those factors so that a correct understanding about the genesis‚ growth and expansion of black money can be made. The principal factors are: (i) Beginning of the evil: The beginning of this evil can be traced to the Second World War. During this period supplies of industrial goods from the traditional suppliers of the West were cut off. This resulted in
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and 8 of the book Creating Black Americans: African-American History and its meanings‚ 1619 to the present by Nell Irvin Painter‚ the author shows that even after emancipation‚ African Americans made huge steps in the advancement of their own education and professional lives‚ even when faced with white supremacy groups that were doing everything in their power to push blacks back into being slaves and a subordinate people. This idea is shown when Painter says‚ “But black success threatened and sometimes
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In December‚ Republican North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signed into law a bill that limits Gov. –elect Roy Cooper’s power in making appointments by combining the elections board with the State Ethics Commission. The State Ethics Commission oversees ethics laws governing lobbyists‚ elected officials‚ and government employees. Under this law‚ governor successors are only able to appoint 50% of the new board’s members under the requirement that two must be Republicans. Legislative leaders would
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DOI: 11/17/2011. The patient is a 51-year-old female principal device designer who sustained injuries to her neck‚ thoracic spine and lumbar spine when she slipped and fell on the floor. MRI of the cervical spine dated 04/09/12 revealed a C3-4 mild arachnoid space indentation related to the 3mm left paracentral disc bulge‚ slight disc desiccation noted lateral and neuroforaminal pattern. Based on the progress report dated 02/11/16‚ the patient complains of pain in the neck with muscle tightness
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Counselor met with Pt. to discuss his updated treatment plan dealing with Relapse Prevention Strategies. Pt. agreed to sign the record of services sheet. Pt. indicated that his current prescribed medication is “doing fine”. Pt. is taking 60 mg of methadone as instructed by AMS Doctor. Counselor asked him whether he has used any illicit drugs since the last session which he replied yes. Pt. read and answered few questions on his treatment plan without objections. Per treatment assignment‚ Pt. will
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