And The (Nobel) Award Goes To… Ernest Rutherford was born at Spring Grove near Nelson‚ New Zealand to a farmer named James Rutherford and his wife Martha Thompson. James had immigrated to New Zealand from Perth‚ Scotland to raise a home and a family. Ernest studied at Havelock School then Nelson College where he was studying when he won a scholarship to study at Canterbury College‚ the University of New Zealand. After gaining his Bachelor of Arts‚ Master of Arts‚ and Bachelor of Science Ernest
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War versus Peace Victoria Hartley A recent poll‚ conducted by CBS News‚ revealed that 59% of American citizens believe the U.S. did not do the right thing in going to war with Iraq. According to several other surveys‚ many also think that the U.S. has not accomplished our goals in Iraq‚ and has not made us any safer from terrorism‚ or even made us less safe. The decision to enter into a war in Iraq was a bad one indeed. The world has not become safer from terrorism‚ Iraq has not been
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I am Igor Leščić‚ manager of the company Drvoproizvod d.d‚ Jastrebarsko. The company was founded in 1970 and our products are solid hardwood flooring and decking. The company employs a total of 130 employees‚ 127 of which are located in Jastrebarsko and 3 are in a separate leocation of Drvoproizvod in Zadar. The manufacturing process of Drvoproizvod begins with the processing of logs‚ which is part of our sawmill production‚ and the logs are processed at our sawmill. After that‚ we produce items
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critically analyse the characteristics of the traditional mindset and the 21st century landscape to gain better understanding of their thought‚ and also to study and question the different approaches given to the issue by great strategists such as Igor Ansoff‚ Henry Minztberg‚ Michael Porter‚ and Jay Barney. The scope of this research is to determine if the traditional mindset is obsolete and intend to prove the hypothesis of strategic management for the 21st century as a mix of traditional and modern
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Strategic management involves the formulation and implementation of the major goals and initiatives taken by a company ’s top management on behalf of owners‚ based on consideration of resources and an assessment of the internal and external environments in which the organization competes.[1] Strategic management provides overall direction to the enterprise and involves specifying the organization ’s objectives‚ developing policies and plans designed to achieve these objectives‚ and then allocating
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Minimum wage was established in 1938 by congress under the Fair labor standard act. As a result of the great depression; President Franklin D Roosevelt signed the FLSA into law to stimulate social and economic growth. The FLSA among other benefits afforded employees in 1938 a $0.25 cent per hour minimum wage. As of July 24‚ 2009 the federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour for non-exempt employees. President Donald Trump has taken the stance of keeping minimum wage at $7.25 per hour. President Trump
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Why should we protect intellectual property? (By Igor Gorshkov‚ for Sr. Carlos Rivadulla Oliva – Intellectual property) I’d like to start my answer with a simple example‚ that comes to my mind: You know “Kalashnikov” automatic gun‚ right. On of the most popular automatic guns in the whole world‚ that combines in itself simplicity‚ reliability and at the same time effectiveness. It was invented in the USSR in 1947 by a very smart Russian scientist Michal Kalashnikov. How ever‚ not many
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WORLD WAR ONE FIRSTS First war to be fought on 3 continents. First industrialised conflict. First use of chlorine & mustard gas. First use of the flame thrower. First tank battle. First use of mass airplanes. First use of x-ray in the military. First use of a blood bank. First use of guide dogs by blinded soldiers. First four-star general‚ General John J. Pershing First use of trillion in estimating war costs. First commissioning of war art for propaganda. First use
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syncopation‚ while some very good ragtime is not of the classic form. But the lines are often blurred. Ragtime’s influence on other musical genres dictates that part of the character of ragtime surface in those genres. The classical composers Charles Ives‚ Igor Stravinsky‚ and Darius Milhaud were all intrigued by the opportunities that ragtime offered to express new musical ideas. Joplin himself wrote ragtime operas. As performers began to rag both melody and accompaniment‚ ragtime began its transformation
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George Gershwin George Gershwin‚ was born September 26‚ 1898‚ in Brooklyn‚ New York by the name of Jacob Gershowitz. At the young age of 15‚ George dropped out of school and began playing piano professionally at age 15. Only a few years there after‚ he was to be one of the most sought after musicians in America. A man of many eclectic genres‚ he composed jazz‚ opera and popular songs for stage and screen. Many of his works are now considered to be standards. Gershwin died immediately following
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