First Assignment - Summary and Critique Paul S. Martin‚ Twilight of the Mammoths: Ice Age Extinctions and the Rewilding of America‚ University of California Press‚ 2005‚ Prologue and Chapter 2 Summary The overkill hypothesis stresses the fact that people were the main technicians behind the late pleistocene extinction of fauna in Northern Eurasia and North and South America. Paul Martin of the University of Arizona and others see a subsequent and spontaneous connection between the presence
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Titanic Summary Titanic is a flawlessly crafted film that includes both a dramatic lavishing romance and the historical story of the sinking of the Titanic. It stars both the elegant star‚ Kate Winslet and the gorgeous Leonardo DiCaprio in a fictional romance that begins between a rich girl and a poor boy who meet on the voyage of the “unsinkable ship”‚ Titanic. It is narrated by an old woman known as Rose who claims to be a survivor of the Titanic and tells her experience on the Titanic to a
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Summary Essay on Oochigeaskw-The Rough-Faced Girl (A Native American “Cinderella”) This Native American version of "Cinderella‚" "Oochigeaskw—The Rough-Faced Girl" was originally told in the Algonquin language and written by the Mic Mac Indian people of North America. They lived in the Eastern Woodland and in the northern area of present-day Canada. There was once lived a great Native American warrior with extraordinary power. He could make himself invisible to many except to his sister. Any
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November 2‚ 2013 Mathematics 117 Professor Sansalone Book Summary A Mathematical Medley By Winton Laubach Gleanings from the Globe and Beyond‚ as stated on the cover page of A Mathematical Medley‚ takes the readers to a completely different place in their brain. Those who chose to read the book by Winton Laubach are given an opportunity to explore their limits beyond Mathematics and Physics. The book is filled with riddles that are designed to challenge the mind. After reading the book
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Group Summary: Drucker‚ P.‚ 2004 “What makes an effective executive”‚ Harvard Business Review‚ 82(6) pp. 58-63 As individuals‚ all executives consist of different personalities‚ attitudes‚ values‚ strengths and weaknesses among each other‚ in order to become an effective executive eight practices are collectively employed. The article “What makes an effective executive”‚ by P. Drucker discusses the repeated practices that is followed by successful effective executives including‚ “what needs to
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1.0 Executive Summary Situation Analysis McDonald’s Corporation offers greater variety and quality choices and delight customers with the food and beverage products they desire from a fast-food restaurant. McDonald’s is convenient and modern making life fun and easy for customers‚ crew‚ and mangers. They also offer a range of tastes‚ sizes‚ and prices that deliver value to customers. An analysis of the internal and external environment indicates McDonald’s secret of success is its willingness
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REAL TIME DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION OF A PCB PRODUCTION SYSTEM FOR OPERATIONAL SUPPORT This is a summary of the paper titled “Real Time Simulation of a PCB Production System for Operational Support” by Mats Jackson and Christer Johansson in the 1997 Winter Simulation Conference. I picked this paper because it deals with how Discrete Event Simulation (DES) is used to assist a crucial methodology in the current market – “Agile” manufacturing. Nowadays‚ the customers want better products available
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Executive Summary Background: For displaying a new type of store and exposing more of the teahouse market to the community‚ Andy Yang and Tracy Huang decided to open Snowflake Tea House. The original Snowflake Tea House was launched in Fremont‚ CA; first opening in 2012. Due to the popularity‚ the owners decided to open another branch in Union City. This branch is renamed to be Snowflake Tea House 2. This location is very profitable to the new branch because Union City is located in the middle
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Vishnu SUMMARY Vishnu: The preserver and protector of the universe He is part of the Hindu triumvirate‚ which includes Brahman (creator of the universe)‚ Shiva (the destroyer)‚ and Vishnu. His role is to return to the earth in troubled times and restore the balance of good and evil. So far‚ he has been incarnated nine times‚ but Hindus believe that he will be reincarnated one last time close to the end of this world. Some people consider him the greatest god and therefore only worship him
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Chapter Summary Chapter seven talked about campaigns‚ elections‚ and the media. The legal qualifications for holding political office are minimal at both the state and local levels‚ but holders of political office still are predominantly white and male are likely to be from the professional class. American political campaigns are lengthy and extremely expensive. In the last decade‚ they have become more candidate centered rather than party centered in response to technological innovations and
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