Fisher & Paykel was formed in 1934‚ after two young friends‚ Woolf Fisher and Maurice Paykel‚ managed to sell surplus refrigerators that had been imported by Paykel’s family company‚ Paykel Brothers. With other family members investing capital‚ the pair opened their first office and showroom on the mezzanine floor of Queen’s Arcade‚ Auckland. Appliance retailing was in its infancy and the small firm supplemented its income by negotiating agencies for other products‚ such as record players‚ vacuum
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What is integrated and collaborative working and why is it so important in childhood practice? The numerous well-publicised child protection cases such as Baby P and Daniel Pelka have emphasized just what can happen when services fail to work collaboratively and this shows why integrated working and collaborative practice is vital and imperative. The outcomes of fatal accident enquiries‚ like the cases of the children mentioned‚ continually conclude that a lack of communication between agencies with
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Professional learning communities‚ PLCs‚ what are they? This question was the focus of Chapter 1‚ Clarity Precedes Competence. The chapter clearly states the characteristics‚ assumptions‚ challenges‚ and the needs of a PLC. According to Dufour and Fullan (2013)‚ there are three big ideas that are essential to the PLC: 1. A relentless focus on learning for all students 2. A collaborative culture and collective effort to support students and adult learning 3. A results orientation to improve practice
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From my community-based learning placement at Estrella Family Services‚ I found it difficult to find meaningful stories of resilience from the children and the teachers. I do not believe in making speculations on the background of the students and teachers. What I will do instead is document my perceptions of the Greater Washington Community instead and how it has changed. When I first came to the Greater Washington Community‚ I felt shocked at what I had seen. Such a poor and harsh community only
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Duerrenmatt describes "The Visit" as a "tragic comedy" that offers a pessimistic social vision of post-war Europe‚ and especially of Switzerland. A criticism of Swiss neutrality during World War II‚ the rise of fascism‚ the 1950s rise of capitalism‚ and the general corruptibility of justice‚ "The Visit" powerfully asks whether it is possible to buy justice on the one hand‚ and whether murder and personal revenge can constitute justice on the other. The play’s power is drawn particularly from the
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professional learning community is very common. This term‚ however‚ can mean many things to different educators. It can be used to talk about extending classroom practices to the community‚ bring outside people into the school to increase learning of students‚ engaging students‚ teacher learning‚ among other definitions. The main definition I want focus on is professional learning communities as a way of getting teachers and administrations together to enhance learning through professional learning and training
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Lila Mae Watson faces drastically different challenges of modernity than those James Axton recognizes. Where Axton is an upper middle class caucasian man with the means and ability to move about the globe and hold a somewhat prestigious job‚ Lila Mae is the most talented Elevator Inspector in the city and can glean little to no respect from her peers and society due to Whitehead’s pre-civil rights setting. Lila Mae’s central test stems from her gender and race. The other African American or mixed
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fabrica? La política de la empresa ha sido históricamente vender juguetes de menos de 5$ aunque desde hace años tienen varios ejemplos de productos de 10-14$ que han tenido éxito. Rechazo de la "vieja guardia". Empresa y entorno competitivo: - Fisher-Price (FP) tiene en 1970 aproximadamente el 2‚0 % de un mercado de unos 1‚5$ billones (Ventas=$30Mill‚ Mercado=$1.500Mill (estimando el mercado “al por mayor” en la mitad de $3.000Mill que es el limite superior en el cálculo de 1968) - El mercado
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assignment is to reflect on my collaborative working with service users‚ it will cover four themes of collaborative working which are LO1‚ LO2‚ LO3 and LO4. For each theme I will be reflecting on my knowledge and skills using Gibbs model to evaluate the effectiveness of these themes in practice. I will be using Gibbs model because it is a holistic and an effective tool to reflect as it covers Description‚ Feelings‚ Evaluation‚ Analysis‚ Conclusion‚ and Action plan. Collaborative working covers different
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Opening Statement - Put criminals out of business instead of in jail. Phillip Morris a positive advocate in society goes after the green. We can finally be seen as a company that is an asset to society instead of the big bad tobacco wolf. We are losing profits on tobacco products. We are the only tobacco company that is international and have the worse results on the S & P 500. Every time you turn on the television there is an anti-tobacco advertisement. The Government resorts to taxing our
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