1. Should the Silicone-X project be undertaken? Why/why not? After completing the analysis and reviewing the NPVs and IRRs for each option‚ labor intensive and capital intensive‚ Soderberg should recommend that the Jacobs division move forward with production of Silicon-X using the labor-intensive option. The NPV and IRR methods make the same decisions if used for independent projects however‚ since these projects are mutually exclusive‚ the best NPV option should be used. In this
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Mike Jones The Jacobs Division In determining whether or not to undertake the Silicone-X project‚ Mr. Soderberg should proceed as follows: First he should complete analysis on the Net Present Values and IRR’s of each the options; the labor intensive and the capital intensive. After reviewing the results‚ it would be obvious to Mr. Soderberg that he should recommend that the Jacobs division move ahead with production of the Silicon-X operating with the labor-intensive option. The NPV for the
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Born on 30th September‚ 1975 in Paris‚ Marion Cotillard has grown to be one of the most renowned French actresses. In a span of just 15 years she has won over 28 international awards and been nominated for at least 35 others. Her father‚ Jean-Claude Cotillard‚ is an actor‚ teacher‚ playwright‚ former mime‚ and 2006 Molière Award-winning director. Through Marion’s early career‚ her Father Mr. Claude would guide her to her full potential Cotillard’s mother‚ Niseema Theillaud is also a French actress
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Jacob Lawrence has painted figurative and narrative pictures of the black community and black history for more than 60 years in a consistent modernist style‚ using expressive‚ strong design and flat areas of color. Jacob Lawrence was a great artist. During Harlem Renaissance‚ he helped establish African American artists. He gave lectures at Washington University‚ and he enjoyed working with students of all ages. Jacob Lawrence was born in Atlantic City on September 7‚ 1917. His parents
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Jacob Kounin Who Is Jacob Kounin? * Jacob Kounin is a classroom behaviorist theorist. He first started as a psychologist at Wayne State University in Detroit‚ Michigan. * He is best known for two studies he did in 1970 that was based on classroom management. * He began his studies in 1970 by writing Discipline and Group Management in Classrooms. He wrote the book to discuss the effective and ineffective behaviors in the classroom. The process began by observing teachers in an everyday
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Francis Marion Francis Marion was born in Berkeley County‚ South Carolina in 1732 to Gabriel and Esther. Marion had five siblings - Esther‚ Isaac‚ Gabriel‚ Benjamin‚ and Job. When he was about six‚ his family moved to a plantation in St. George‚ South Carolina for schooling purposes in Georgetown. When Marion was fifteen‚ he was the sixth crewman of a schooner heading for the West Indies‚ but the boat was sunk by a whale and two of the crewman died of thirst and exposure to the sun on their
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Harriet Jacobs was a beautiful slave girl who suffered great abuse as a child from her master. After loosing her mother at age six‚ her grandma was all she had. Although she had great admiration and respect for her grandma‚ she also feared her presence. Harriet lived in town with her master‚ Dr. Flint‚ instead of on a distant plantation like most slaves in that time. As she grew‚ she caught the attention of her master more and more. She was fifteen when the innocent attention turned in to something
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Marc Jacobs Marc Jacobs‚ an American fashion designer is the founder of the brand name Marc Jacobs. Jacobs was born in the Unites States into a world not working towards his favor. Marc’s dad passed away when he was at the age of 7 and moved around a lot due to his mother’s three unsuccessful relationships. Jacobs decided to go live with his grandmother at the age of 11‚ he stated “my grandmother is the reason I am who I am today” in the New York magazine in 2005. After graduating from high school
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Why Are Primates So Smart? Primates can be defined as the most developed order of mammals. All Primates are classified into one taxonomic order‚ which divides into two major suborders that differentiate physically from each other after taking different evolutionary lines. The lower primates prosimii commonly called prosimians‚ meaning "pre-monkey"‚ was the first suborder to evolve and includes animals such as lemurs‚ lorises‚ etc. Anthropoidea was the subsequent suborder to evolve‚ 90% of anthropoidea
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I strongly believe in the case of Marion and the pacemaker‚ the nurses were most definitely overstepping their boundaries. “A pacemaker is a small device which is placed in the chest to help stimulate the heart muscles.” [1] In the case of 92 year old Marion‚ given her age‚ medical condition‚ her high prevalence of dementia and her decision that was made when she was in her right state of mind to not have her life prolonged. I would say her daughters made the right decision. Boundary crossing occurred
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