Wildfires have been raging through California for only a couple of days now. Firefighters started fighting the numerous wildfires on October 7th‚ now they face a new‚ and overwhelming challenge on Wednesday. The winds have started to strengthen and expected to develop more‚ causing a threat to spread wildfires. The wind gusts are predicted to surpass more than 40 mph‚ even at 12-13 mph cause embers to fly. The wildfires have destroyed hundreds of buildings causing thousands of people to evacuate
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BUGusa‚ Inc. **This is just the legal protections for intellectual property portion*** Intellectual Property Protection The US has laws that can help BUGusa protect its intellectual property rights. Intellectual property is an intangible asset including processes unique to a business‚ designs‚ original creations‚ and products. The laws to protect these assets are patents‚ copyrights‚ trademarks‚ and trade secrets. Different types of intellectual property are protected in different ways‚
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even applied to any State Universities because I never thought I could achieve something so great and push myself‚ even though I graduated with a 3.5 GPA. After thinking and thinking and searching for the right career and college I finished at California College San Diego (CCSD). I chose this college because it is a short term course‚ with an excellent program and educational system. I also have spoken to a variety of student that have attended and graduated from CCSD and I have heard nothing but
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characterizes the workings of government” (360). Bell‚ California is an example of how political corruption took place. City councilmen and women took misappropriations of public funds‚ raising taxes and pocketing most of the money. Members of the city council took advantage of citizens‚ stealing the money they paid in taxes. Robert Rizzo‚ city manager‚ was making nearly $800‚000 a year‚ which demonstrates how corrupt people in power can get to be. Bell‚ California demonstrates how the government imposed unfair
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INTRODUCTION (5 Points) NIBCO Inc. is a middle size company that is privately held and that specializes in the manufactures of pipe fittings as well as valves. The organization’s headquarters are in Elkhart in the same city in which it was founded more than a century ago. Prior to December 1997 the company utilized a legacy system in its administration and operations. However‚ a number of events and processes set into motion a move towards significant change in the organizational system in the company
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SWOT analysis: | Positive | Negative | | Strengths: | Weaknesses: | Internal | *Exclusive rights to sell a line of flies made by artisans*Sells all forms of real bait *Loyal following of customers*Company name is immediately recognizable*Great distributions through franchises*Bait is guaranteed*Very strong knowledge about worm farming*Low fixed costs*Fatter Worms: seem to work better*actively pursuing R&D. Example: R&D department doing experiments that indicate a worm can be engineered
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Omnico‚ Inc Case 3-5 Marketing Management MM522 Robert Smith 6/18/11 Table of contents I. Statement of the problem II. Summary of the facts III. Analysis IV. Recommendations V. Conclusion I. Statement of the Problem Omnico’s customer retention is much lower than industry average. The problem as perceived by long time employee and current sales manager is that his salespeople fail to appreciate the importance of relationship selling. The sales manager’s
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Contents Page Executive Summary 2 Nike Inc. 2 Footwear Industry 3 Analyzing a Footwear Company.................................................................3 Trends in the Footwear Industry…………………………………………4 Nike’s Strategic Enablers in Gaining Competitive Advantage 4 Marketing & Promotion…………………………………………………...4 Production & Distribution………………………………………………...5 R&D………………………………………………………………………...5 Acquisition Strategy………………………………………………………..5
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This is a minor project‚ 1-2 pages long and worth 5 grade points. It is due Thursday‚ February 28. Our subject is the documentary film Food‚ Inc. We are viewing this as a social science document – that is‚ a film with some sort of social science agenda. It is trying to convince us about certain things concerning the way food is produced‚ distributed‚ marketed‚ and eaten in the U.S. It is therefore an argumentative film that wants to persuade us. As reviewers‚ our job is to determine how well the
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Seligram Inc. 1. The existing system at ETO began to fail because direct labor hours per lot began to decrease due to vendor certification. Vendors would do the primary testing and ETO would only be required to test a small sample of each lot to verify the results were valid. In the marketplace‚ ETO’s prices were lower than outside competition for testing complex parts‚ yet the prices were higher for elementary testing. Another important factor to consider is that engineering support increased
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