The Great Dome One of the biggest questions in archeology has been how the dome on top of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore was built. Scholars know who built it‚ but they don’t know the means of its creation. Filippo Brunelleschi was the man and mind behind the creation of the dome. The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore has managed to raise several questions and curiosity amongst scholars. In the early 14th century a feud between Florence and other emerging cities began‚ each trying to
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Trash Island‚ AKA the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is an island of trash build up in the ocean. There are two garbage patches‚ the Western Garbage patch and the Eastern Garbage patch. The Western Garbage patch consists of trash from mostly Japan and the Eastern Garbage patch consists of trash from Hawaii to California. During the past 10 years we have all let trash accumulate in areas of our oceans‚ called Gyres‚ which are areas of spinning debris. “These areas of spinning debris are linked together
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Information of the Company: Mindshare‚ a GroupM company‚ is one of the world’s largest media investment management companies with over 6000 employees in 115 offices around the globe. Mindshare was launched in September 1997 as a global concept with the goal of pooling the media planning‚ implementation and research operations of J. Walter Thompson and Ogilvy & Mather into a single client resource. This combination offers unrivaled service in traditional
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COAL INDIA LTD. Introduction Coal India Limited (CIL)‚ a holding company‚ was set up on 1st November‚ 1975 to streamline the working of the coal industry in a manner conducive to more efficient administration and rapid stepping up of coal production. The company has under it seven producing subsidiaries and one planning and design subsidiary. The coal mines in the north eastern region are directly managed by the holding company. Dankuni Coal Complex‚ a coal carbonisation plant in West Bengal‚ is
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In 2009‚ Juan Martin Del Potro won an Olympic silver medal in a U.S Open games. The champion is eying on returning to Flushing Meadows on Tuesday. After receiving a wild invitation card‚ this will be his first time there in three years. Juan received his invitation card from the U.S Tennis Association. When wagering on Tennis‚ Online Tennis lines come in handy. With three operations performed on his left wrist‚ Juan missed two years of major tournaments. He then retuned in June to Grand Slam
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Company Overview Helen of Troy Limited is a global designer‚ developer‚ importer‚ and distributor of an expanding portfolio of brand-name consumer products. The Company operates in three segments: Personal Care‚ Housewares and Healthcare. Its Personal Care segment’s products include electric hair care‚ beauty care and wellness appliances; grooming tools and accessories; and liquid‚ solid- and powder-based personal care and grooming products. Its Housewares segment provides a broad range of consumer
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Overview Mitten Manufacturing Ltd.’s (MML) sole shareholder and owner‚ Angela Mitten‚ has made the decision to sell her ownership in the business in order to be able to retire in the near future. MML produces children’s mittens and scarves. Prospective buyer‚ John Kachurowski‚ feels that this purchase would result in synergies and economies of scale with his current company that manufactures winter jackets. If this acquisition does go through‚ it is quite likely that the share price would increase
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Strangers From The Pacific Shore There are lots of immigrants coming to the United States from all over the world between 1815 and 1920. United States becomes the land of emerging economy. The Italian‚ Greeks and Chinese saw the opportunity of a better life‚ planning to make enough money and return home and buy some land. But many immigrants like Irish and Jewish immigrants had no intention of returning to their homelands. The Jews of Eastern Europe were often escaping persecution and did not
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�PAGE � �PAGE �1� MCLEOD MOTORS McLeod Motors Ltd Case Study Introduction McLeod Motors Ltd factory in Chilliwack‚ British Columbia makes over 40 models of electric motors ranging from one quarter to 10 horsepower. The company has a number of customers in the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) market‚ which used the motors as components in larger products‚ and also in the replacement market. Naturally‚ McLeod’s product mix changed over time as its OEM customers phased products in and out
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each of the four suppliers’ financial situation‚ their estimated per unit total cost‚ evaluation as well as a sourcing risk management plan for the supplier selected. Terms of reference To prepare sourcing strategies for key purchased items for Pacific Systems Corporation (PSC)‚ starting with selecting the most appropriate supplier for potentially the next few years Recommendations After carefully considering the estimated per unit total cost‚ SureTech did come out with the lowest cost at
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