PROFESSOR ANDREA DAVIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES Course: AP/HUMA 1300 9.0 Course Webpage: http://moodle.yorku.ca/ Term: Fall/Winter 2014-2015 Prerequisite / Co-requisite: none Course Director Dr. Andrea Davis (416) 736-2100 x 55158 821 Kaneff Tower aadavis@yorku.ca webpage: http://www.yorku.ca/laps/huma/faculty.html Course Consultation hours:
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also uses selective distribution as a type of retailing. They evaluate each potential site for a new store before building there. “Eric Nordstrom‚ the company’s president‚ visits each potential location himself before signing off on it. He says his gut instinct about a location is almost as important as the demographics and statistic they analyze. ‘Plenty of place look good on paper and we say no.’” Selective distribution allows them to maintain the quality that they are known for. 2. Describe
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Why Significant Changes Were Made to the Plot in The Big Sleep Movie After reading the novel "The Big Sleep" by Raymond Chandler‚ then watching the 1946 movie version starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall‚ I found myself asking why are there so many changes to the plot in this movie as compared to the novel. Many significant pieces of the plot were drastically different and there were even certain scenes that had been made up for the movie that were never in the book. After doing some research
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cooler‚ and leaves were different colors was when a significant moment occurred for me. My best friend Brittna and I were at a park near a river‚ shooting her senior pictures. I was the photographer and she was the client. The itinerary was to complete the photoshoot and eat! It was the perfect time to take photos‚ because the temperature was at a stage where people could wear a thin sweater if they wanted to. The sky was a light blue color with many cumulus clouds. Leaves were all over the park‚
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Assignment 1: Personality Strayer University Kenneth Baez BUS322 January 25‚ 2013 Describe each of the ‘Big 5’ personality traits. For each trait‚ provide an example of how it might contribute positively to an individual’s performance. 1. Extraversion- A person that is extraverted is someone that is outgoing and full of life. Most people like to think of extraverts as those people in a social group that love to be the center of attention or outspoken. According to Kendra Cherry‚ writer
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unsuccessful in the Vietnam War due to the inappropriate war tactics used‚ the fact that America was fighting in unknown land and terrain‚ as well as America’s lack of motivation and will. To begin‚ one of the main causes to America’s defeat in the vietnam war were the military tactics used to fight the battle. Westmoreland‚ the U.S army general who lead the battle‚ had a vision of using a ‘search and destroy’ tactic to win the war. This tactic was highly unsuited for the war for several reasons
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family‚ primarily Nicholas‚ back to Russia to rule as czar. Devastatingly‚ Lenin and the Bolsheviks had won with their Red Army‚ and my dreams of returning to Russia were crushed once again. Over the years I grew more and more disgusted by Lenin’s success and I felt horribly for the Russian people who had been betrayed by him‚ especially after his signing of the Treaty of Brest Litvosk with Germany. This
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Many psychologists whom deal with personalities feel that there are five basic dimensions of personality‚ which most people call the “Big Five Personality Traits”. These traits are known to be Agreeableness‚ Conscientiousness‚ Extraversion‚ Neuroticism‚ and Openness. Many times these traits are examined through questionnaires‚ surveys‚ and tests to see exactly where a person stands. Agreeableness is a person that’s usually very cooperative‚ agreeable‚ and warm (Nelson/Quick). A person who usually
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tradition. Every Sunday morning my grandma made some Indian style home made tortillas they were called pranthas in Punjabi they were stuffed with the mash potatoes and spices and made with butter on a pan like pan cakes they tasted good. One day after I ate my breakfast on Sunday morning I asked my grandma how she makes them than she showed me and learned how she made them. It was hard to learn how to make them at first but after lots of practice I end up learning. After that almost every Sunday
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Stalin’s rule over the USSR from 1929 onwards saw his country and his people devastated as he forced them to industrialise‚ ruthlessly eliminated his opponents and lead his county to a costly victory in the Second World War. Although his leadership was brutal his ideas to industrialise were successful‚ if he had not drove his country to industrialise defeat in the Second World War would be certain. The purges also offered small opening for peasants and workers to become involved in the running of
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