History of Hard Drives The hard disk drive was invented by some IBM engineers working under Rey Johnson at IBM in San Jose‚ CA‚ in about 1952 to 1954. In 1965 a number of engineers left IBM (they were known as the "dirty dozen" within IBM) and founded Memorex. Al Shugart‚ one of them‚ later left Memorex and founded first Shugart Associates where the 5 1/4" floppy disk drive was a major product‚ then Seagate Technology‚ which effectively started today’s industry of small hard disk drives. The early
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Brief History on Keppel Logistics Keppel Logistics‚ is one of Singapore’s leading third-party logistics company‚ providing supply chain management for the business-to-business market. Its diversified portfolio covers a wide spectrum of supply chain activities from warehousing‚ inventory control‚ distribution and shipping documentation to inland container depot operations. In Singapore‚ Keppel operates from three facilities. Overseas‚ through joint ventures‚ it operates a port cum logistics operations
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For my Mise-en-scene analysis‚ I chose the contemporary film‚ Drive. Released in 2011‚ Drive is a crime and drama film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Ryan Gosling stars a no-name Driver who lives two lives. By day‚ he is a Hollywood stunt driver and garage mechanic. At night‚ he uses his driving skills to service as a taxi for criminals. Drive is a story of his departure from isolation and connection to the lives of his neighbor‚ Irene (played by Carey Mulligan) and her son. In the film‚ we get
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Don’t text and drive Victoria Guerriero Image Analysis “Five seconds is the average time your eyes are off the road while texting. When traveling at 55mph‚ that ’s enough time to cover the length of a football field.” (2009‚ VTTI). While texting and driving has always been an issue since people were able to text on phones‚ it has not gained much media attention until recently. People may have sent an occasional text while driving ten years ago‚ but because the keyboard was
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bring their own life experience with them and it influences the way that the content is perceived by that person. It was also stated that‚ whenever a person reads‚ they go through three response stages in what is labeled as their reading response analysis. These three stages are: perceptions‚ affective response‚ and associative response. The perceptions are the reader’s initial impressions in response to the text; the affective response is the raw emotion that the text produces in the reader; and
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effectiveness of the accounting system and internal controls of Cookridge & Cookridge Carpets ltd with any recommendations for improvement. Submitted by: Rita Mezher AAT student membership number: 10417659 Date: This report is submitted for assessment of the AAT unit ‘Internal control and accounting system.’ TABLE OF CONTENT 1. Term of reference 2. Executive summary 3. Methodology 4. Introduction to Cookridge and Cookrigde Carpets Ltd 5. Analysis and evaluation of Review and evaluation
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Drive Yuppies became a term in the early 1980’s‚ made out of the words; young urban professional + “ies”. We know the type from Tom Wolfe’s “The Bonfire of the Vanities” or Brett Easton Ellis’ “American Psycho”‚ these young upper middleclass/upper class types with a taste for cultural attractions‚ a good image and high social status. Originally an American term‚ but as we can see in the story “Drive” written by Singaporean author Simon Tay also spotted elsewhere in the world. In “Drive” we follow
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highlights the strategy of Abercrombie and Fitch‚ an upscale sporting good retailer who has turn into a leader in trendy apparel. In order to find the key issues‚ both internal and external analyses will be drawn and the company business strategy will be described. CONTEXT IDENTIFICATION • External analysis and Internal analysis SWOT • Strengths: The A&F company strengths stand‚ firstly‚ in its strong brand portfolio. The retailer managed four brands: A&F‚ Abercrombie‚ Hollister Company
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Table of Contents Analysis of Pirelli ’s Drive Toward a Global Strategy 2 Systems Development 4 Range of Methods Available 4 The Systems Development Life Cycle 5 Issues raised by the case study 8 Evaluation of the effectiveness of the Information System for its Users 9 Control 9 Security 9 Health and safety 10 Conclusion 11 Appendices Appendix A 12 Appendix B 16 Bibliography 20 Analysis of Pirelli ’s Drive Toward a Global Strategy Arrigo Andreoni‚ Pirelli ’s corporate director
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ALPES S.A.: A JOINT VENTURE PROPOSAL (A) Situation Analysis Internal Analysis (Charles River Laboratories) Strength: The Company has potential customers in more than 15 countries worldwide such as biotechnology firms‚ animal health‚ medical device‚ hospitals‚ academic institutions and government agencies. Then‚ CRL is market leader of industry about commercial production and supply of laboratory animal models. Weakness: Cost per unit for produce SPF egg was more expensive than normal egg
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