The Old Gringo‚ Carlos Fuentes The Old Gringo is a fiction novel written by one of Latin America’s most renowned and eloquent authors‚ Carlos Fuentes. Filled with war‚ adventure‚ love and more‚ this novel takes you back to the Mexican revolution fought in 1912. This contemporary fiction is based on many themes found and experienced by the main characters in this novel. The relationship between Mexico and the United States‚ the drive to find one’s true self and the different ways
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Nissan Quality http://www.thetimes100.co.uk/case_study.php?cID=64&csID=124 Overview: a case study on Nissan highlighting many of the issues of lean production. Learning Objectives to analyse the reasons behind Nissan’s high levels of productivity to understand the meaning of Total Quality Management to understand the importance of Kaizen to analyse the benefits of just-in-time. Planning for quality and productivity Introduction: (9 minutes) Overview of the lesson: to look at Nissan and examine
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commercial district of Mexico City. These enterprises became the source of considerable wealth. In August 1926‚ Julián Slim and Linda Helú married. They had six children: Nour‚ Alma‚ Julián‚ José‚ Carlos and Linda. Slim and his siblings were taught basic business practices by their father. At the age of 17‚ Carlos earned 200 pesos a week working for his father’s company. He went on to study engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. In 1965 he incorporated Inversora Bursátil and then
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Chapter 9 Monte Carlo methods 183 184 CHAPTER 9. MONTE CARLO METHODS Monte Carlo means using random numbers in scientific computing. More precisely‚ it means using random numbers as a tool to compute something that is not random. For example1 ‚ let X be a random variable and write its expected value as A = E[X]. If we can generate X1 ‚ . . . ‚ Xn ‚ n independent random variables with the same distribution‚ then we can make the approximation A ≈ An = 1 n n Xk . k=1
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Walter Benjamin‚ Jewish philosopher and cultural critic‚ once said‚ “History is created by the victors.” Assuming that this belief is true‚ the question becomes what then happens to the losers? Carlo Ginzburg presents a similar notion in his book “The Cheese and the Worms.” Rather‚ his notion is “history is created by the literate.” Historically‚ the population who could read and write was limited to the well-to-do upper class. This proves to be a problem for historians who seek to know more about
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Nissan Motors is a Japan-based vehicle manufacturing corporation. Since 1958‚ when Nissan entered the United States‚ it has been a major competitor among cars and trucks. Nissan now has headquarters for all of its major divisions all across the country; from Tennessee to California. Just a few of its divisions are Nissan Logistics‚ Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation‚ Nissan Data Center‚ and Nissan Design America. As companies expand and conduct business in other markets‚ a question arises‚ how can
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Taylor Nalley English 1003-17 Professor Newman “Option 4: The Firetruck and the Wheelbarrow” William Carlos Williams has a tendency to hyperbolize and glorify objects in order to demonstrate their importance to the functioning of human society. This is done to the effect of creating “unsung heroes” out of everyday objects and encourages the reader to understand the value of little things in all situations. Interestingly‚ he does all of this without personifying his subjects. In “The Great
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Burkett Composition II Instr. Carley Petersen 21 February‚ 2016 Analysis We all have to call the doctor every now and again. Whether it is for a cough or a chill‚ we pick up the phone and tell our trusted medical professional what ails us. But what happens when the person who is supposed to help us‚ a master of medicine‚ does not have our best interest at heart? This question is asked in the short story “The Use of Force” by William Carlos Williams. The story is set in the Depression era. An unnamed
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When you hear the phrase "the American people" do you think of a people who are despoiled‚ alienated‚ or lost? William Carlos Williams characterizes the American people in this way in his poem To Elsie‚ which provides commentary on the American people’s lost perspective. Through tone and imagery Williams tells of a self-alienating America that has lost perspective of its most treasured ideology‚ the American Dream‚ due to its violent and unstable tradition. Williams’ tone is a key component to
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In the face of a very competitive Western European market‚ French automaker Renault decided in 1999 to launch the "New Delivery Project" aimed at offering its customers all the diversity of the product range while shortening delivery times. Lead times between the customer order and the arrival in dealerships were to be reduced from six weeks on average to three weeks in Western Europe. The three weeks include the production and transportation of the customer vehicle. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The
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