CASE 46 The Hilton—ITT Wars Professor William Z Ripley of Harvard‚ the leading authority on corporations in the 1920s‚ warned President Calvin Coolidge that "prestidigitation‚ double-shuffling‚ honeyfugling‚ hornswoggling‚ and skulduggery" were threatening the entire economic system. Plus Ca change‚ plus c ’est la même chose.’ —Rand V Araskog‚ CEO of ITT Surprised by the announcement of ITT Corporation’s (ITT) restructuring proposal‚ on July 17‚ 1997‚ Matthew J. Hart‚ the chief financial officer
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Chapter 2 is a part of Pedagogy of the Oppressed Paolo Freire’s book published in 1970 in New York. In this chapter‚ Freire compares two concepts of education. They are banking and problem-posing concepts. The banking approach considers students as the passive‚ lacking initiative “containers”‚ while teachers “fill” these “receptacles”. Students have to memorize mechanically information given them by teacher excluding the processes of inquiry. In contrast‚ the problem-posing concept encourages the
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EMBEDDED SENSORS IN LAYERED MANUFACTURING A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND THE COMMITTEE ON GRADUATE STUDIES OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Xiaochun Li June 2001 © Copyright by Xiaochun Li 2001 All Rights Reserved ii I certify that I have read this dissertation and that in my opinion it is fully adequate‚ in scope and quality‚ as a dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
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1 Metallogeny: The rationale behind space (WHERE?) – time (WHEN?): distribution of ore deposits Whether there is any globally discernible unifying pattern about the space-time distribution pattern The exclusivity in spatial-temporal distribution of ore deposits is a tangible proposition Such distribution patterns are REAL and not apparent (not artifacts due to inadequate sampling) Such patterns can be explained in the light of the known/emerging facts about the evolution of the planet
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Electrochemical Cells Tutorial sheet 1. Calculate the single electrode potential for copper metal in contact with 0.10M Cu+2 solution. E˚ for copper electrode is 0.34V. 2. Calculate EMF of the cell involving the reaction : Mg(s)+ 2Ag+(aq) → Mg+2(aq) + 2Ag(s) Given; [Mg+2] = 0.130M and [Ag+] = 1.0x10-4M & E˚Ag+/Ag = 0.80V and E˚Mg+2/Mg = -2.37V.
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Bus 320: Quiz 1 Solutions White Version True/False Questions: Circle the correct response. (2 points each) 1. T F If a sole proprietorship fails‚ the owner may lose whatever was invested in the business‚ but the owner’s personal assets are not at risk. 2. T F A company that has an increase in its return on assets‚ but no noticeable change in asset turnover‚ has most likely experienced an increase in financial leverage. 3. T F If a firm is not operating at full capacity‚ assuming assets
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means for now we will be auditing without complete information on GREENS. With three warehouses at separate places‚ GREEN’s operation complexity is increased. The business may be suspected to have overstated the Net Income based on the fact that the NI were tripled from last year with a doubled revenue With huge investment in the contract and the sandal of Tiger as an endorser‚ there is a bias for GREEN to overstate the financial statement to show success of the project. There is an increased reliance
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show you off f**k that‚ pour up plenty of champagne Cold nights when you curse this name You called up your girlfriends and Y’all curled in that little bitty Range I heard that She wanna go and party‚ she wanna go and party Ni**a‚ don’t approach her with that Atari Ni**a‚ that ain’t good game‚ homie‚ sorry They say conversation rule a nation‚ I can tell But I could never right my wrongs ’less I write it down for real‚ P.S [Hook x2: Kendrick Lamar] You can get it‚ you can get it You can
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Reflection on “Boy Pusit” The day starts early for a group of children at a remote coastal village in Masbate‚ an island province in the central Philippines. Even before dawn breaks‚ several children and a few adults line the seashore‚ busily preparing their boats and nets for a day of squid fishing. I-Witness’ Sandra Aguinaldo meets three boys -- Jameson‚ Estoy‚ and Jason -- who at a very young age were taught by their fathers to dive for squids. The residents largely depend on the sea to make
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September 3‚ 2012 NURBS CURVE MATHEMATICAL REPRESENTATION AND NURBS BASE INTERPOLATION TECHNIQUES FOR CNC PROGRAMMING Biruk Mamo Wodaj Page 1 of 33 ABSTRACT This term paper is prepared to partially fulfill a requirement of graduate studies program in industrial engineering for the course „FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS‟. The term paper studies on NURBS (Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines) curve Mathematical Representation and NURBS based Interpolations Techniques for CNC programming. Because of
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