centuries that forever changed the lifestyle of people into a more urban lifestyle. The elevator‚ or‚ safety elevator as it was called at the time was invented by an American industrialist and entrepreneur. His name was Elisha Graves Otis. With this invention‚ Otis basically laid the foundation for all elevator stores and companies to come‚ and forever changed the look of urban areas and skyscrapers for the society of his time and modern time. The elevator was one of the most important and impactful
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Executive Summary Dear Mr. Bousbib: These are exciting and challenging times at Otis Elevator Company. We are currently the largest manufacturer‚ installer‚ and servicer of elevators‚ escalators‚ and moving walkways in the world.[1] Just two years ago we completed the second largest acquisition in company history by adding Amtech Elevator Services. This acquisition has proven to be a key strategic maneuver as we have eliminated an industry rival while increasing the company’s revenue‚ operating
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Otis Frank Boykin was born in 1920 in Dallas‚ Texas. His mother Sarah was a homemaker and his father Walter was a carpenter‚ who later became a minister. Otis Boykin attended Booker T. Washington High School in Dallas‚ where he was the valedictorian‚ graduating in 1938. He attended Fisk University on a scholarship and worked as a laboratory assistant at the university’s nearby aerospace laboratory. He then moved to Chicago‚ where he studied at Illinois Institute of Technology but dropped out after
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us to our destinations faster and help us innovate our technologies to higher levels to keep up with our fast-paced world. Based on simple machinery‚ its minimalism proves to be the heart beat of our improving industrial communities. Although Elijah Otis improved the invention of the elevator in 1850‚ the composition‚ structure‚ and limitations are still improving today. Though there are many types of elevators‚ the most common type is the roped elevator. This type of system consists of many parts
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The Difference Between Art and Design. The subject of what separates art and design is convoluted and has been debated for a long time. Artists and designers both create visual compositions using a shared knowledge base‚ but their reasons for doing so are entirely different. Some designers consider themselves artists‚ but few artists consider themselves designers. So what exactly is the difference between art and design? In this post‚ we’ll examine and compare some of the core principles of each
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Leonardo Art‚ Design and Gestalt Theory Author(s): Roy R. Behrens Source: Leonardo‚ Vol. 31‚ No. 4 (1998)‚ pp. 299-303 Published by: The MIT Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1576669 . Accessed: 31/10/2014 06:56 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars‚ researchers‚ and students discover‚ use‚ and build upon a
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[pic] DESN 1800 The History and Theory of Art and Design 20010/11 Module Handbook Module Manager: Professor Ken Hay [pic] Section A: Basic Information Welcome to DESN 1800: The History and Theory of Art & Design. This module is an compulsory 20 credit module for all students in the School of Design. It is assessed through a 40 minute visual test (‘slide test’) (worth 30% of the overall
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where the market is mature the business is driving by price. Our key business will be the service‚ because of technology is driven by Japanese companies. We have to found our best technology‚ and way to do things at the less cost. It is important for Otis PAO to have a general view of the region and know as well as we can the local problems‚ in order to take advantage of the opportunities in each country. As a general view the challenges for each country are: Hong Kong: - Maintain a reasonable
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Art Design T-Shirt Printing T-Shirt Printing is an exciting new business that allows people to custom design a shirt (specifically the design on the front or back) any way that they would like. By intelligently leveraging cutting edge technology‚ It will harness the power of computer sublimation to allow custom shirt printing in production runs as small as one unit. Imagine the ability to create a totally custom shirt. You choose the material and style of the shirt‚ and then the image or graphic
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Liberal Arts Colleges Despite popular belief‚ Harvard College was first founded‚ as an institution of higher learning in America is 1636; over one hundred years before the New England colonies officially became states (Masci). This is an example of how important education has been‚ and still is to this country today. Harvard‚ a liberal arts college‚ was also founded over one hundred years before the first state university‚ making liberal arts colleges far more experienced in the education of its’
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