Leading Slovenian real estate website gets foreign owner
5. oktobra, 2020
Updated: 5. oktobra, 2020
Nepremicnine.net, the leading real estate website in Slovenia, has been taken over by Real Web, a company owning several leading internet real estate platforms in Europe. Accordindg to news portal Siol, Real Web has acquired a 60% stake, while the rest will be preserved by Nepremicnine.net's founders.
Nepremicnine.net, established in 1999, has developed into the leading internet real estate platform in Slovenia and is also one of the busiest websites in the country with about 800,000 visits each month.
The takeover, whose details have not been disclosed, strengthens the presence of the international group Indomio, associated with Real Web, in Europe. The group includes the biggest internet real estate platform in Italy Immobiliare.it as well as the leading Greek platform Spitogatos.gr.
Nepremicnine.net co-founder and executive director Primož Jazbec told Siol that cooperation with Indomio presents a strategic opportunity, providing the platform with crucial technological know-how to grow business operations.
"It also secures long-term growth as a result of the strongest possible positioning in other EU member states," he added.
Immobiliare.it co-founder Silvio Pagliani said that they had known Jazbez and Aleš Ravnikar, also a co-funder, for several years and were exited to start cooperating.
"This cooperation allows us to continue building the leading real estate platform in multiple European countries," Pagliani said.
Spitogatos.gr co-founder and executive director Dimitris Melachroinos said the joint brand will be even more recognisable due to shared technology.


Aboriginal Women Honored as Environmental Heroes - 2003-06-03
October 30, 2009 2:18 PM update October 30, 2009 2:19 PM
The Goldman Environmental Prize is the world's largest award for grassroots activism and environmental achievement. The recipients there have been a total of 94 of them since the prize was launched in 1989 - hail from every region of the globe Africa, Asia, Europe, the Pacific Island Nations, North America, South and Central America.
In this fifth in her series of profiles of the 2003 Goldman Prize laureates, VOA's Rosanne Skirble tells us how two aboriginal Australian women have led a campaign to block the construction of a nuclear waste dump on their native land.
Sitting among a group of elder women in a desert region in South Australia, Eileen Wingfield and Eileen Brown chant: "Irati Wanti. Irati Wanti." … "The poison, leave it."
The women, all in their seventies, are challenging the proposed construction of a national radioactive waste dump on tribal land. The site - about as big as a soccer field - would store nuclear waste for up to 300 years.
The women fear that the waste could leak into the ground and contaminate their drinking water.
Rebecca Wingfield is Eileen Wingfield's daughter and spokeswoman for the Coober Pedy Women's Council, the group of elderly women opposing the construction of the nuclear waste dump. She says the dump is a threat to public health, the environment and to the culture of the aboriginal people.
Wingfield: My mother really traveled with the last of the old people. They lived close to the environment. They didn't have western clothing. They were living the way they had for many, many centuries. In fact they can not even quantify the antiquity of indigenous Australians.
Skirble: It is a very dry area.
Wingfield: Where we are from is one of the driest areas in the driest continent in the world, exactly.
Skirble: So how did they get their water?
Wingfield: They knew intimately all the water holes. And, it was a harsh life walking many hundreds of kilometers. I have been taught a lot of the water holes. But it is not as extensive as their knowledge. But that is how they would survive, with the intimate relationship and intimate understanding of where the resources were, and respecting them and making sure they were clean and safe. And I guess that is a practice that has come into the 20th century and now into the 21st century.
The women know first-hand the impact of radioactive pollution. Fifty years ago the British military conducted 12 full-scale nuclear weapons tests in the South Australian desert at Maralinga. The community where Eileen Wingfield lived was exposed to radioactive fallout from the blasts.
Wingfield: She was a house girl, and she was working on a farm and they saw this big ominous black cloud come over from the west. They were only about 180 kilometers east of where they were exploding the bombs. They saw this rain cloud and, and that was the beginning of this journey.
Skirble: What did she know [about the testing]?
Wingfield: They didn't know anything. The [British authorities] didn't inform people, and they certainly didn't inform anyone in the community.
Rebecca Wingfield believes many of the health problems the family has suffered have been caused by exposure to radioactive fallout.
"I myself have three ovaries and have not been able to have children," she said. "My nephew has got brain cancer. My cousin was three months old when she had a total hysterectomy when she had ovarian cancer. We are now seeing extremely high levels of cancer."
Despite their age and failing health, the elderly women of the Coober Pedy Women's Council say they will block the new nuclear waste facility at any cost.
Eileen Wingfield has taken the group's anti-dump campaign far from home. She has written government officials and visited Parliament, not afraid to speak her mind. Rebecca Wingfield says that while the elder women are struggling to protect their aboriginal communities and the environment in South Australia, their message is universal.
"And one of the things that we carry with us and that mother has instilled in all of her children is that we have a collective ownership in the culpability of the devastation that any form or uranium or the nuclear industry has on the globe," she said. "We want the mine closed. We are going to block the bridge and we are going to highlight the dangers of transporting the waste across from Sydney, which is thousands of kilometers east and we are going to also get the region declared a World Heritage area [by the United Nations]."
Goldman Environmental Prize 2003 winners Eileen Wingfield and Eileen Brown say, "they are worrying for their country, and they are worrying for their children." They say they are strong old ladies and will keep fighting.
The Goldman Environmental Prize comes with a cash award of $125,000.
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No way can Comelec postpone May 9 elections
Published on Sunday, 27 March 2016 12:38
Written by Ellen Tordesillas
Former Comelec Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal, who is now consultant of the Nationalist People's Coalition, said the Commission on Elections cannot postpone the May 9 elections as it is being floated now.
He said there is only one option for Comelec: "To conduct automated elections on May 9, 2016."
Former Senator Richard Gordon, principal author of the Automated Elections Law who is vying again for a Senate seat under the Ang Partido ng Galing at Puso of Grace Poe, also finds unacceptable the reasons put forward by Comelec officials why they cannot comply with the High Court's decision. ""Kung gusto, may paraan. Kung ayaw maraming dahilan," he said.
The idea of postponing the May 9 elections (election lawyer Romulo Makalintal mentioned June 9 as the alternative date) followed the order of Supreme Court last week to the Comelec to "enable the vote verification feature of the vote-counting machines which prints the voter's choices…"
Comelec has raised a number of reasons why they cannot comply with the High Court decision among them the reconfiguration of the machines will take time, it will delay the voting process by several hours, and the ballot receipts will be used for vote buying.
Some have raised as an alternative going back to manual election and in the worst case scenario, postpone the elections scheduled on May 9.
In a telephone interview, Larrazabal, who oversaw the first automated polls in 2010, said going back to manual elections on May 9 is out of the question." Aside from the fact that it's illegal, there is no more time to prepare for a manual elections," he said.
At the Kapihan sa Manila Hotel, Gordon said, "First, it's not true that they don't have enough time to bid or purchase thermal papers. The Comelec can conduct Emergency Purchase under the Government Procurement Act, specifically Section 48 (e) in relation to Section 53 (b) for thermal papers. They can even make a negotiated procurement. Next they claim that they have to purchase new receptacles. But the Comelec has close to 330,000 old, yellow ballot boxes and only 92,509 will be needed for the upcoming elections."
As to the claim of Comelec that there is not enough time left to reconfigure the software or the source code and to reactivate the VVPAT feature of the VCMs, Gordon said, "Again this is not true. Remember when the final trusted build of the Election Management System was suddenly found to have interconnection problems with the rest of the System? They were able to recompile it in just two days, from Feb. 8 to 9."
He recalled the 2010 elections, the one supervised by Larrazabal, when the Comelec was able to recall, reconfigure and redeploy more than 76,000 CF cards in just five days.
Gordon said," At present, the voter receipt feature is already hardcoded into the software of the system but only disabled, reactivating it by recompiling the final trusted build of the software will simply take as short as a day or two. There is no cogent reason why the Comelec cannot do so now with more than 50 days to spare. They can add manpower and facilities to address this contingency. Experts as they claim to be, they should not be heard to complain."
Larrazabal has something to say about the Supreme Court opinion but stressed that the solution is to get on with working towards holding the elections on May 9.
He said:"Much has been said about the Supreme Court decision re: VVPAT (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) in the past few days. However, many fail to understand that the decision was a unanimous 14-0 in favor of the utilization of the function of the counting machines.
"Do I agree with the decision of the Supreme Court mandating the activation of the functionality? With due respect to the Supreme Court, No. I believe that the VVPAT was and is for a DRE (direct-recording electronic) automated voting system, as compared to the OMR (paper-based) automated voting system, which is what's being used in the Philippines. I believe that the Justices of the Supreme Court could have voted differently had they been appraised of the technical differences of the two voting systems, specially considering that the VVPAT was not used in the 2010 and 2013 elections.
"But the reality is that the Supreme Court rendered a decision on the matter, and unless it reverses itself completely, there is no option other than to implement its decision, whether we like or it. Whether we agree with it, or not.
"In life, we always face challenges and problems masked as obstacles in achieving our goals. Small or big, difficult or easy. Key in approaching solving or overcoming challenges we face is knowing what problems and challenges are under control and which one's aren't. Even within the challenges we face, some aspects of it are under our control. Some aren't. Knowing how to differentiate between the two is key in overcoming the challenge.
"In this case, the COMELEC has filed a Motion for Reconsideration. This is the right step in trying to reverse the decision of the Court. However, as to the aspect of the Court reversing itself, the COMELEC has unfortunately no control over. What the Commission, has, however, is control over what it does to adjust to the decision of the Court. Adjustment of the training schedule, procuring thermal paper for the receipts, reconfiguration of the SD Cards, etc. These are some matters the Commission can do something about.
"Will it be easy to comply with the decision of the Supreme Court? It won't be a walk in the park, that's for sure. And it may be a gargantuan task. But the mandate of the Commission is clear: Conduct a Sychronized National & Local AUTOMATED Elections on May 9, 2016.
"The date set is fixed and only the passage of a law by both houses of Congress can change the date of the elections. Leaders of both houses have already spoken that they will not agree to the passage of a law to postpone the elections. So people should forget about even thinking about that option. "
Larrazabal said Sec. 5 & 6 of the Omnibus Election Code provide circumstances for the postponement of elections and instances where there is a failure of elections. They do not apply in the current situation.
He further said: "There is a task and goal at hand: To conduct fair, honest, credible, accurate elections on May 9, 2016. I think people should focus on that. And by helping Comelec overcome the challenges ahead, we become part of the solution to this problem. "
"This administration enjoyed a lot of political capital specifically because of how the automated elections was conducted in 2010, despite the numerous problems and challenges. I hope by having a credible, accurate and honest elections in May, the next administration will also benefit from the same political capital," he added.


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Apartment Sadness: New Half-Million-Dollar Studios Have Beds That Drop From Ceilings
Well, the owners and marketers of the new Serif condos on mid-Market have come up with a novel solution for the smallness of their studio units: optional furniture add-ons that include mechanical beds that rise up and stow themselves away on the ceiling.
Welcome back to Apartment Sadness, SFist's occasional series that took a long pandemic break since, well, there was more to be sad about besides the lack of affordability/livability of SF apartments. And, all of a sudden, at least for a minute there, it was a lot easier to find an apartment!
Things may not be completely back to pre-COVID normal, but market-rate homes in SF remain depressingly expensive for many of us, and rents are inching back to about where they were in early 2020 before the much ballyhoo'd, and possibly very brief, mass exodus from the city.
Today, because it's so fitting, we bring you not a rental property, but a condo — a whole group of condos, in fact. These are the smallest of the units in the new Serif complex at 960 Market, between Mason and Taylor (Fifth and Sixth). The flatiron-shaped building has been under construction for several years now — SFist first reported on the plans in 2014 — and the finished, 12-story, 408,000-square-foot project includes a 236-room hotel, and a 242-unit condo portion. The opening of the building was delayed last year, and it appears that the opening of the hotel, The Line, still has not happened.
According to a marketing video posted to Serif's Facebook in February, the building has contracted with Bumblebee Spaces to provide drop-from-the-ceiling furniture options in the building's design studio. Bumblebee appears to be the modern answer to Murphy beds, which have long been a space-saving solution for small, urban apartments.
Mind you these are studios that start around $540,000 and go up from there.
The SF Standard has since covered the drop-down bed situation, noting that the Serif touts this as a way to turn a studio's living space into a "multi-functional flex space" — as opposed to an apartment where your bed is spitting distance from the kitchen and there's barely room for any other furniture. Also, they note that the Bumblebee beds will run buyers $12,000 extra as an add-on, though back in February it looked like there were "credits" available to buyers, as a perk.
Photo via Serif/Facebook
Above, you can see an actress portraying a possible Serif buyer, just rising in the morning in her multi-functional flex space, looking up at the winch technology above her that will take her bed away at the tap of an app.
Below, there she is contemplating her stowable bed on cables as it rises back to its daytime home, remembering that her mortgage is $3,200 a month for this, and she should have just stayed in Arizona like her father said and she'd be living in a three-bedroom house for this price.
And yay! There's room to do pretend yoga now! No need to worry about the condo market in San Francisco tanking again!
In addition to the hideaway ceiling bed, Serif and Bumblebee are offering hideaway desks on cords, in case you're crazy or lazy enough to want to work from home in a 340-square-foot apartment.
And, also, there are hideaway storage boxes to go with the beds — a place to hide your jewelry and condoms and such, which drop down next to the bed.
Below are the three studio layouts available at the Serif. And they're kinda tight! They range in size from from 337 square feet to 360 square feet, according to these listings. And you'll need those drop-down boxes to stow stuff in when all you get is one tiny closet — and zero pantry space.
This is the reality we're living in, I guess, if you want to own property for less than $600K in San Francisco. You will not be getting a functional kitchen or entertaining space to speak of, but maybe if you have a bed that disappears onto the ceiling you can squeeze more than one other person in for cocktails.
At least the bathrooms are kind of nice!
Courtesy of Serif
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By Abdul-Karim Mohammed Awaf on September 11, 2018
As part of events to honour the memories of immediate past Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Kofi Annan, the University of Ghana today opened an exhibition at the University's Balme Library.
The event is part of the numerous activities planned by the university management to celebrate the former UN Secretary General who passed on in August this year. On Friday September 7, a memorial night was held at the Great Hall.
The exhibition of works by the late Kofi Annan at the Balme Library, which opened today Monday, will be closed to the public on Friday, September 14. At the exhibition, there are also pictures depicting his service to the world particularly to the university and his odyssey through life.
Speaking at the exhibition today, Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof. Ebenezer Oduro-Owusu reemphasized Kofi Annan's tireless efforts in ensuring that the university maintained its world class status.
Prof. Oduro- Owusu stated that Mr. Kofi Annan was a great asset to the University of Ghana and the world at large therefore he deserves all the activities the University has arranged for him and even more.
Mr. Annan, who was Chancellor of the University of Ghana from 2008, ended his tenure at the end of July 2018. He passed away in Bern, Switzerland on Saturday, August 18, 2018 after he reportedly fell it on his return trip from South Africa after he had attended the centenary celebration of the birth of a former South African President, Nelson Mandela.
He was hospitalised in Geneva and later airlifted to the Swiss capital, Bern, where he died peacefully.
Also at the exhibition was the first day of exhibition is the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Research Innovation and Developement (ORID), Prof. Francis Dodoo.
Meanwhile, the mortal remains of the Nobel Laureate will later today arrive in the country. His remains will be received with a brief ceremony led by the Ghana Armed Forces and President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
Kofi Annan's body will then be moved to the Accra International Conference Centre from the Airport.
Source:universnewsroom.com
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Agenda item
CORPORATE PERFORMANCE QUARTER 2
Meeting of Overview and Scrutiny Committee, Thursday, 4th April, 2019 7.00 pm (Item OSC.428)
A report from the Leader of the Council is attached.
Councillor Shori, Leader of the Council presented a report providing Members with an update on performance in line with Team Bury's Single Outcomes Framework.
It was explained that under each of the single framework outcomes are a series of indicators and performance measures. These collectively contribute towards the delivery of the respective outcome.
The report and appendices detailed a number of areas where performance has improved or is at a high level and also made reference to areas of performance that were less positive.
It was explained that where performance was declining or below target or another relevant comparator, work would take place to understand what was required to improve performance. This would be done by understanding the partners involved, the true reasons as to why the data was as it was and assess what would be required to improve performance.
It was also reported that work was being carried out within several areas of the Council in relation to refreshing strategies and performance arrangements.
Those present were invited to ask questions or make comments and the following points were raised:
· Councillor Caserta referred to the average progress 8 score per pupil and the fact that Ofsted had been downgrading schools. Councillor Caserta asked what was being done to improve on this.
Councillor Shori explained that a new Ofsted framework was being introduced and the LEA would be working alongside this with schools as soon as it was known what the framework was.
Work was being carried out closely between the LEA and schools to improve. Schools were also working with each other collaboratively to bring down exclusions. Bury had had one of the highest rates of exclusions in the country in 2016/2017 and this had been turned around with no exclusions during the first term of the current academic year.
· Councillor Caserta asked whether the work that had been done around exclusions would lead to problems further down the line.
Councillor Shori explained that schools were working in collaboration with each other as well as with the Council, CCG as well as support from mental health professionals to ensure that problems weren't being moved around but were being dealt with as early as possible.
· Councillor S Smith stated that permanent exclusion was sometimes the only option and schools should be able to take this route if it was felt that was the only option. Schools offered a unique role in the community and needed to be supported.
Councillor Shori explained that the Local Care Organisation (LCO) had been launched on 1 April 2019 and was a one commissioning organisation for the borough. This was at the cutting edge of public service reform.
· Councillor L Smith asked whether there had been any increase in the number of pupils 'off rolled' from the borough schools.
Councillor Shori stated that he did not have the figures relating to this but would ensure that the Committee received them.
· Councillor L Smith asked what the Council was doing in relation to childhood obesity especially in early years'.
Councillor Shori explained that the Council were encouraging schools to take part in the Daily Mile initiative as well as supporting families with vouchers for healthy food and healthy eating lessons. It was acknowledged that obesity leads to a range of health issues so by encouraging a healthier lifestyle this would help prevent the need for medical intervention later on.
· Councillor Hankey asked how the Council could work with older young people who may not be in education or employment.
Councillor Shori explained that it was anticipated that by the time the young people left school they would already have a healthy lifestyle. The responsibility to imbed a healthy lifestyle could not be left purely to schools and should be encouraged from an early age.
· Councillor D'Albert stated that Bury was regularly compared to its GM partners in relation to performance, she stated that this should be taken further afield and the borough should be compared with other towns of a similar size across the country.
Councillor Shori explained that the Corporate Plan was being refreshed to set a vision for Council priorities. The borough was aiming to be above national average in as many areas as possible which would mean testing against statistical neighbours rather that GM neighbours.
· Councillor Caserta referred to 3.6 of the report which explained that the borough had the second lowest level of 16 – 19 year olds who were not in education, employment or training and that this was partly related to the entrepreneurial nature of the borough. Councillor Caserta asked whether there were any statistics to back this statement up.
Councillor Shori stated that the Council were looking to produce smarter data analysis in the future, he did however report that there had been 8000 new business start-ups in 2017 which was a higher figure that any other borough in GM.
· Councillor Hankey asked whether a breakdown of the types of businesses would be available and how many of these were employers.
Councillor Shori stated that the Council would need to know this information and he would look to provide it to the Committee.
· Councillor Skillen referred to the Council apprenticeship scheme and whether they were considering mature apprenticeships.
Councillor Shori explained that the Council were keen to look at all opportunities in relation to apprenticeships. There had been a report published recently which referred the 50+ offer which he would share with the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
· Councillor S Smithe made reference to the recycling figures set out in the report and the fact that recycling figures had dropped. She asked whether the reasons behind this were known and whether it was time to have another promotional push.
Councillor Alan Quinn explained that this was a national trend and Bury's figures were still high when comparing to the rest of GM. Councillor Quinn explained that communal bins were an area where work should be done. The message around plastic recycling was also an issue due to the different types of plastics.
It was agreed:
1. That the information provided be noted.
2. That Councillor Shori be thanked for his attendance at the meeting.
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The Midterm Exam questions come from Modules 1-4. You should plan to take 2 hours to complete the exam. The exam is essay. Each answer is worth 20 points for a total of 100 points. Type your responses in this document and submit to the Dropbox by Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. (This Dropbox basket is linked to Turnitin.) To see how your responses will be graded, review the â€Å"Midterm and Final Exam Grading Rubric† in Doc Sharing. 1. A re-organization will require that some employees are provided severance packages while other reassigned. What interpersonal managerial roles developed by Mintzberg will a manager confronted with this employ? Explain. The interpersonal managerial roles that will confront a manager are figurehead, leader and liaison. The manager will be confronted by the figurehead role because he is the person that is in charge, that is representing the organization in these decisions. He will also be confronted by the liaison role because he will be interacting with his peers during and possibly after these decisions are made. Lastly he will be confronted with the leader role because he is the leader of his employees and will be required to gather the information and ultimately make the decisions. 2. A manager has decided to use the Hawthorne Studies to improve productivity in an office. How would she accomplish this? Would the results be short- or long-term? Explain. Hawthorne studies dealt with group and individual behavior in the workplace. I think that a manager can accomplish more productivity in the workplace by making job satisfaction a priority. If someone is satisfied in their job then they are more likely to be productive. A manager can make the job more satisfying by making work challenging and interesting. Simple stuff such as introducing the latest software for office tasks or having an employee challenge of who can make the most sales in a week etc. can all help. A manager can also provide a reward system for employees that do well at work. Another thing a manager can do is create a supportive work environment for employees where they can ask for help or raise concerns without fear or prejudice. I think that all these factors will raise job satisfaction and as a result reduce the turnover rate, absenteeism and create a more productive workplace. These results would be long term because old employees would stay in the job longer and n ew employees would appreciate the work environment. 3. Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman argued that, â€Å"there is one and only one social responsibility of business—use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game† (Friedman, 1962, p. 133). Do you agree with Friedman? Explain. I do not agree with Friedman. Friedman was campaigning for a capitalist society where capitalism was not wrong as long as â€Å"it stays within the rules†. For a long while this idea worked and was the American way. However this is the same idea that caused the financial meltdown. The rules Friedman was referring to was an unregulated market were profit was the driving force, profit at any cost. Loans were made and taken with no common sense, ethics or regulations. Responsibility and accountability went out the window and the economy crashed. There has to be some ethics and social responsibility involved for businesses. Businesses based in America should have a social responsibility to create a particular amount of jobs and not only take advantage of China's cheap labor to increase profit margins. Companies can profit from things like innovation, ideas, excellence not only unethical behavior. These â€Å"rules† need to be revised for our country's future. A capitalist society that lacks rules, regulations, ethics and social responsibility has already been proven to have only short term success. We need to also think about the future. 4. Please evaluate this scenario by detailing what the manager would do for each step in the decision-making process. i) Two employees are blaming each other for a project they collaborated on which failed. ii) The department's last three hirers all quit within six months. The decision making process entails the identification of a problem, identification of decision criteria, allocation of weights to criteria, development of alternatives, analysis of alternatives, selection of an alternative, implementation of the alternative evaluation of decision effectiveness. i) The first step in problem 1 would require the manager to find out why the project failed then maybe he can identify who if anyone was at fault. The second step would be to figure out the criteria that are relevant to their decisions such as whether enough research was done, was the planning done poorly etc. The third step would be to rate or put a weight to each factor found in step two as to their importance in the final decision e.g. not enough research 5, poor planning 4. The fourth step is to list the alternatives that could succeed in resolving the problem, like 1st alternative termination, second alternative training course, third etc. The fifth step would be to analyze each alternative in step four weighing up the pros and cons of each potential alternative like would termination be a benefit or liability to the company. The sixth step is choosing the best alternative after they have each been evaluated. The seventh step in the implementation of each decision, this is where the decision would be conveyed to the two employees. The eighth and final step is an evaluation to see whether if implementation of the decision took care of the problem, e.g. would projects be successful in the future. ii) The first step would be to indentify why the workers all quit within that particular time frame. The second step would be figure out a decision criteria, e.g. need for more staff, need a new office building etc. The third step would be to allocate weight to each of the criteria's in step two e.g. five be the highest and one be the lowest, need for more staff rated at 5 would have the better weight than a new office building rated at a three. The fourth step would be to list all the alternatives better work environment, incentives etc. The fifth step would be to analyze every alternative. The sixth step would be to choose the best alternative. Step seven would be the implementation of the alternative and step eight would be an evaluation of if the alternative fixed the problem. 5. Competition with China has eviscerated many American industries, how can women's clothing companies compete? Car companies? Please use Michael Porter competitive advantage categories: cost leadership strategy, differentiation strategy, and niche in your answer. Explain. I believe that American car companies can compete by implementing all three competitive strategies. American car companies can utilize a cost leadership strategy, a differentiation strategy and also a focus strategy. I think that American companies can utilize the cost leadership strategy by reducing overhead expenses and translating some of those savings into the final price of the cars. Another portion of those savings can be used towards innovation or inventing something that gives American companies an advantage such as a more powerful engine, better handling etc. One of the things that really shocked me during the financial collapse was how much the CEO and board members of these car companies were making. American car companies can also use a differentiation strategy to become competitive. American car companies can utilize every sub category under differentiation strategy such as innovation, better customer service at its dealerships, innovative designs, technological capabilities etc. A differentiation strategy coupled with a cost leadership strategy would make American car companies competitive. The last competitive strategy is a focus strategy. This is where these car companies focus on one segment. A segment can be a geographical location, customer type etc. I think a focus strategy can help these companies market their cars to specific demographics, different financial classes, different countries etc. With a differentiation implementation of maybe new innovation or technology and better customer service at their dealerships along with focus strategies then maybe American car companies can change the way that people perceive them and become more competitive in the car industry. I think that all American companies can utilize the three different competitive strategies. One of these strategies would impact more than another depending on different factors such as the type of company, the size, location etc. Women's clothing can also benefit. To me it would depend on the size of the women clothing company. If it were something that's available only within the United States then I would focus less on a focus strategy as women's clothing is already focused towards women. A cost leadership strategy can always be helpful to become competitive by reducing overheads etc. A differentiation strategy can also be implemented but again I think that this will depend on the size of the clothing company and it's goals.
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Why Do People Commit Crime - 1300 Words
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Stereotyping A Neverending Cycle - 993 Words
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Antonio Canovas Sculpture Psyche Revived by Loves Kiss free essay sample
Hilary Sans GEN 143 A Assignment 1 Word Count: Antonio Canovas Sculpture: Psyche Revived by Loves Kiss This statue follows a common theme about the Ancient Greek Gods and Goddesses, which have always had an intriguing amount of drama. This in which gave the sculptors and artists of many decades time to express these feelings throughout their work. This particular sculpture is done by Antonio Canova about the story of Psyche and how Cupid awoke her with a kiss after completing tasks put forth to her by Venus. With a undeniable theme of Lust or Love, this piece most efinitely had caught my eye. Just another girl getting caught up in those mushy love stories! When taking a look at this piece of artwork, the first thing I noticed was the way that Cupid is holding Psyche in such a delicate manner, and also how Psyche is caressing Cupids hair. We will write a custom essay sample on Antonio Canovas Sculpture: Psyche Revived by Loves Kiss or any similar topic specifically for you Do Not WasteYour Time HIRE WRITER Only 13.90 / page This is definitely an act of care towards each other, and is an obvious display that Cupid is rescuing Psyche from her deep sleep. Little did we know, that Cupid was sent to make Psyche fall in love with a monster but fell for her beauty and instead pricked himself with the arrow so that he would fall in love with er. Another characteristic that I called attention upon was the very soft lines in which their body is positioned. This conveys a much more frangible moment and a more elegant movement in the piece. With this delicateness of the curves, I also noticed that Cupid looks like he is almost balancing on his toes. This implies that he is light and flighty as Cupid should be. He does not have a muscular structure because Canova probably wanted to capture the fact that Cupid is not usually considered a powerful God, but more of a young boy. Cupid is also grasping Psyches breast hich, once again, implies that he is the God of lust which is usually associated with the act of physical relations with one another. This art piece was created with the neoclassical style which uses a lot more emotion in the facial features and their limbs were sculpted in such a manner that looks like they could move. This sculpture also shows narrative and tells the story, the story between the two characters. Their positioning shows what may happen next, and obviously Cupid (the God of Lust himself) has fallen for Psyche. This style also ses a imperfect forms of the body, the limbs are elongated and dramatic. In previous art periods, the imperfect body was not accepted as true fine art and going artist. Overall, this piece has been able to capture the beauty between the two lovers and a definite story told of lust for another despite what Cupids mother, Venus, had ordered him to do out of Jealousy. I must say that I really enjoyed stumbling upon this piece and it had intrigued me to take a look at more of Antonio Canovas pieces. Lust? Love? Who knows what it was, but the sculpture is gorgeous.
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Management Information Systems †Case Study
Introduction Businesses require constant information to be processed and disseminated to the relevant stakeholders on time. To achieve this, they need Management Information systems.Advertising We will write a custom case study sample on Management Information Systems – specifically for you for only $16.05 $11/page Learn More A Management Information System is a set of connected apparatus, mostly computerized combinations that continuously acquire raw and needed data from within and outside a particular firm. Consequently, the data is processed and stored in a central place called database, where it is always updated and availed to those with authority to access it (Business Dictionary.com). There are several applications that are described in the case study. In a community medical center known as Doylestown, an application, Meditech, is in place. In the same medical center, another application, titled Epocrates Essentials is described. Another ap plication, which is ChainLinq Mobile application, is described as used in D.W. Morgan, being a supply chain, transportation and logistics service provider. Lastly, the iPhone camera is described in regards to a firm known as Aedas Sport. Business Functions Supported Meditech conveys data on crucial signs, drugs, lab results, aversions, notes by nurses, results from remedial treatment, as well as patient food straight to the doctors' phone. Epocrates Essentials, an aesculapian reference tool is used to help doctors to decode laboratory outcomes and procure medical data. ChainLinq assists in updating of shipment information, collection of signatures, as well as provision of global positioning system locations to each individual box delivered. It has afforded Morgan the ability to present an attestation of delivery promptly. The iPhone camera has been used by designers and architects to take pictures of designs, models, and construction sites which are in turn sent to prospectiv e clients to Aedas Sport. How do they Improve Operational Efficiency and Decision Making? Meditech application enables doctors to be on call wherever they may be through sending them sensitive alerts through their emails from their work stations. This allows the doctors to make decisions quickly and long before they even get to the hospital. ChainLinq application has reduced the time needed to provide proof of delivery from half a day to immediate. The iPhone camera has enabled Aedas Sports to productivity jump to 400 percent. In addition, iPhone has facilitated the building of a large chronicle of observable assets almost effortlessly.Advertising Looking for case study on business economics? Let's see if we can help you! Get your first paper with 15% OFF Learn More Problems Solved. First and foremost, the problem of mobility was solved for doctors in Doylestown meaning that doctors can still communicate even while not in the vicinity of the hospital. Thanks to ChainL inq, Morgan does not have to make numerous phone calls so as to track and proof deliveries. The customers as well are in a position to be aware of the status of their deliveries by logging in to the company's website which is updated by the servers throughout. Businesses most likely to Benefit Among other businesses, the following will likely benefit. The Health sector will benefit when their employees are equipped with mobile digital devices. This will assist them in keeping in touch with their employers as well as patients' history whenever needed. They can make decisions and communicate immediately. In addition, they will be able to make accurate calculations on laboratory results using the devices. Courier businesses are to benefit as well through tracking of their parcels as well as tracking the exact position of the mode of delivery, for example, trucks among others. In addition, these businesses will get proof of delivery in real time thus increasing efficiency and therefore, staying calm without having to make numerous phone calls to track the process of delivery. Designers and architectural businesses also stand to benefit from mobile devices. The iPhone will especially make it possible to get clear and professional photo shots, compile them into journals and send them to potential and actual clients. Supply store chains like Wal-Mart are likely to benefit, too. As soon as a customer buys a certain item, the supplier through the iPhone is alerted to ship replacement for the item. The supplier is able to know what quantity is needed as well. The banks are the ones that get lot of beneficiaries. The managers get real-time data in regard to customer complaints, network performance and line outages. The motor industry is set to benefit greatly too. For instance, Toyota uses Toyota Production System to achieve high levels of efficiency and quality. This gives them a competitive edge over their rivals. This arises from the fact that they charg e less for superior products, as well as give better responses to suppliers and customers through the system.Advertising We will write a custom case study sample on Management Information Systems – specifically for you for only $16.05 $11/page Learn More The iPhone is an Industry Changer This statement is about the change in communicating with suppliers and customers. The industry has changed through using iPhone since communication is conducted in real time. In the supply chain, transportation and logistics industry, where D.W. Morgan belongs, the firm is able to track every detail; it takes few minutes to do so. 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Schwarzenegger Essays - English-language Films,
Schwarzenegger Arnold Schwarzennegger was born on July 30, 1947 in a little town called Graz, in the Styria province, of Austria. During his early childhood in Graz, Austria, Schwarzenegger was encouraged by his father to become involved in athletics. Schwarzenegger means black plowman in Deutsch. At age 15 he discovered weightlifting, which led to the title of Mr. Universe at age 20, followed by an unprecedented 13-world bodybuilding titles. His motion picture career began in 1977 with his role in the critically acclaimed Pumping Iron, a feature-length documentary about the Mr. Universe competition, which revealed his engaging natural presence before the camera. Director Bob Rafaelson immediately cast him in a key role opposite Sally Field and Jeff Bridges in Stay Hungry. His performance garnered winning reviews and a Golden Globe Award as "Best Newcomer in Films." In 1978, Arnold put aside his mantle as Mr. Universe to pursue acting full-time. He starred with Kirk Douglas and Ann-Margret in the romantic action-comedy Western, The Villain, and took the part of Mickey Hargitay in the television movie The Jayne Mansfield Story. Schwarzenegger made his breakthrough role in director John Milius' Conan the Barbarian, the comic-book super hero of the mystical Dark Ages. The film grossed over $100 million worldwide, spawned a popular sequel, Conan the Destroyer, and earned Schwarzenegger a devoted following. In 1983, soon after becoming a naturalized citizen, Schwarzenegger took a chance on a low-budget independent film by an unknown director. James Cameron's futuristic thriller The Terminator was a runaway hit at the box office and was cited by Time Magazine as "one of the year's Ten Best Films." The success of The Terminator placed Schwarzenegger at the front rank of Hollywood stars. Over the next few years, he became virtually synonymous with the phrase "action hero," largely due to the phenomenal success of a series of crowd-pleasing action adventure films: Commando, Raw Deal, Predator, The Running Man and Red Heat. In 1988, Schwarzenegger realized yet another of his goals as a film star when he approached Ivan Reitman to showcase Arnold's previously untapped talents as a comic actor. The result was Twins, in which Schwarzenegger starred with Danny DeVito. The film's triumphant success paved the way for the trio's reunion with Junior. In 1990, Schwarzenegger delivered a "one-two punch" with the futuristic action-thriller Total Recall, followed that Christmas by Ivan Reitman's heartwarming comedy Kindergarten Cop. His greatest commercial success to date has been Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the big-budget sequel to his sleeper hit, which earned more than $506 million worldwide. The National Association of Theater Owners invented a new award to present him at the ShoWest convention in February of 1993: "International Star of the Decade." The following summer came Last Action Hero, which grossed $168 million worldwide. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been active behind-the scenes of movie-making since 1990, when he made his directorial debut on The Switch, an episode of the popular HBO Tales from the Crypt. He also directed a remake of the holiday classic Christmas in Connecticut for Turner Network Television (TNT), starring Dyan Cannon, Kris Kristofferson and Tony Curtis. During President George Bush's administration he served as Chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, and is the author of numerous books on health and fitness. Since 1979, he has served as the International Weight Training Coach for the Special Olympics. Beginning in 1991 he became involved in the Executive Commission of the Los Angeles inner city Games, a mini Olympics designed to help kids say "no" to drugs and violence and "yes" to fitness as a way of life. He sees athletics as a positive alternative to drugs for urban youth, a way to build self-esteem, a way to learn goal setting and build camaraderie in a clean lifestyle. Schwarzenegger now chairs the Governor's Council of Physical Fitness in the state of California. And is also chairman of the inner city Games Foundation, a program that has expanded to 10 cities and is continuing to grow. In 1991 he received the Simon Wiesenthal Center's National Leadership Award for his support of the organization's Holocaust studies. He has produced bodybuilding competitions in Columbus, Ohio for two decades and began the Annual Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic there in 1989. Continuous growth and popularity of the Schwarzenegger Classic led to the addition of a Fitness EXPO in 1993, the Ms. Fitness (R) World competition in 1994 and the Arnold Martial Arts Festival in 1996. Arnold Schwarzenegger's keen determination and pursuit of excellence have brought him a broad range of career successes in athletic competition, film acting and direction and business ventures.
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Antarctic Exploration Ahead for the Women of Her Planet Earth
This article was first published in the Huffington Post on September 2017.
These days it's hard to escape the mad rush. There are 'traffic jams' to reach the summit of Everest, direct flights to the most remote tropical islands in the world, luxury hotels in hidden Himalayan kingdoms and an indoor ski resort in the desert. Humans have conquered and explored most of the world, but one vast expanse of the planet remains beyond our reach: Antarctica.
It has always been a dream of mine to climb a mountain that has never been climbed before. And doing so in remote Antarctica would be an even greater privilege. In the words of best-selling author Jon Krakauer, "Antarctica has this mythic weight. It resides in the collective unconscious of so many people, and it makes this huge impact, just like outer space or going the moon."
Indeed, man has never permanently inhabited this frozen continent at the very edge of the earth. Accessible only during its warmest months, from November to March, it has no metropolis or village to speak of, no habitat except perhaps the odd expedition shed or research station; just massive, desolate, glacial emptiness and bone chilling temperatures that can range anywhere from -10°C to -80°C during the colder months. Even if you're journeying to Antarctica on a cruise ship, as most people do, or by chartered plane, they say the isolation and the barrenness will envelop you and inevitably make you ponder your own insignificance.
In the last three decades, a growing numbers of climbers have come to explore Antarctica in search of spectacular summits, many not yet named. First ascents of mountains generally fall into two categories: the easy way, summiting by helicopter, and the old-fashioned way, one gruelling step after another till you reach the top. Clearly, our all-female team wants to achieve this the hard way, not because we like to struggle, but because we want to push our limits far beyond our comfort zone, for something greater and more important than ourselves: the plight of underprivileged women affected by climate change.
In January 2018, our self-funded team of women from Singapore, Australia and the UAE, under the banner of HER Planet Earth, a women's advocacy group that promotes gender equality and the integrity of the environment, will embark on a pioneering expedition to Antarctica's heartland, in search of unclimbed routes and peaks in the Heritage Mountain Range.
In the world of alpine climbing, there is no destination quite so stimulating as Antarctica. This wild, frozen continent is subject to extreme conditions that only the most robust of explorers can endure, while having a natural beauty that surpasses all expectations. Ultimately, our team wants to stand on top of a mountain that has never felt the poke of a crampon before! And although there are lots of smaller peaks close to the sea, the real gems are further inland, and that's exactly where we are heading.
Through our journey of exploration, we hope to highlight the importance of climate change and the urgency of preserving Antarctica for generations to come. We also plan to raise funds for the United Nations' Women Lead Climate Action programmes that empower and educate underprivileged women in the Asia region. This UN initiative is focused on rural women in developing countries that are already feeling the brunt of climate change, and plans to engage them in conservation activities, ultimately helping them build longer-term climate change resilience. The first country on the agenda for this programme is Cambodia, but the idea is to extend it to other developing nations in the region.
"The destructive forces of nature, warped by rising global temperatures can act as negative force multipliers in societies already riven by inequality. The onset of droughts, accompanied by heightened food and water insecurity, also have a disproportionate effect on those least able to deal with the resulting increased social strains. While climate change is a global phenomenon, its impact is not spread across a level playing field. Its effects are felt locally, and poor people suffer the most. Among the world's 1.3 billion poor people, the majority are women." Stated Isabella Lövin, Sweden's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for International Development Cooperation and Climate in a recent article on Thomson Reuters Foundation News.
Antarctica is a powerful symbol of this struggle because it is also fighting for its own survival. In fact, Antarctica, the world's largest desert, which is 98% covered in ice, suffered a major setback this past July 2017, as satellite data confirmed that a trillion-tonne, 5,800 sq km iceberg the size of Luxembourg had broken off from the Larsen C ice shelf and was now adrift in the Weddell Sea. Furthermore, since 2014, researchers at the University of California at Irvine and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have shown that the melt-rate of glaciers in the fastest-melting part of Antarctica has tripled over the past decade. Today, scientists project that the long-term result could be to raise global sea levels by 10 centimetres, or almost four inches. Undeniably, this would be devastating for our planet.
Our team is keenly aware that in many countries, women tend to be marginalised from economic and political power, and have limited access to financial and material resources. Through this expedition to Antarctica, we hope to encourage society to sit-up and pay attention to grave issues such as climate change and gender inequality around the world. We feel very passionately that women have the right to - and need to be - at the forefront of efforts to deal with climate change. Indeed, it is our duty, and our responsibility to future generations, to support concrete and sustainable solutions for the planet. The cold truth staring us in the face is that we have no time to waste. In the end, we simply must continue to fight for a world where human rights and environmental integrity can blossom and prosper.
About HER Planet Earth
HER Planet Earth is a global women's advocacy movement that promotes a deeper connection between women empowerment and the integrity of the environment. The group's strategy is to organise activities to increase awareness and raise funds for programmes that empower and educate underprivileged women and engage them in environmental issues and conservation activities. This Antarctic expedition is organised in partnership with #Up2degrees, a movement aimed at saving the Antarctic aircon and encouraging people in warm countries to increase their air conditioning by 2°C, to fight global warming.
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To Donate: Visit the team's fundraising page for the UN's Women Lead Climate Action Programme in Cambodia
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Prince Andrew flies in to inspect soldiers at Bassingbourn Barracks
Published: 11:54 AM September 18, 2009 Updated: 3:40 PM November 1, 2020
THE Duke of York will be inspecting the next generation of soldiers at Bassingbourn Barracks today. Prince Andrew will watch as over 100 young soldiers march onto the barrack s parade square as part of their passing out parade, which marks the completion
THE Duke of York will be inspecting the next generation of soldiers at Bassingbourn Barracks today.
Prince Andrew will watch as over 100 young soldiers march onto the barrack's parade square as part of their passing out parade, which marks the completion of their basic training.
The Duke will inspect the parade and present a series of awards including the best recruit, best endeavour and the soldiers' medal.


A.J. Greer's Risk Paid Off
The Avalanche prospect made the tough decision of leaving Boston University to pursue his pro dreams
by Ron Knabenbauer @RonKnab / ColoradoAvalanche.com
A version of the following story appeared in the 2016-17 second edition of AVALANCHE, the official game magazine of the Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club. For more feature stories, purchase a copy of the magazine during Avs home games at Pepsi Center. All proceeds from game-magazine sales support youth hockey associations in Colorado.
It was a decision A.J. Greer didn't come to lightly. It was a decision that ultimately shaped his future on and off the ice.
Determined to be the best hockey player he could be, the Colorado Avalanche prospect made the difficult choice of leaving Boston University last December to go to the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and play for the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies. As a result of the move, Greer gave up his NCAA eligibility.
"It was a tough decision to leave a diploma hanging, but I had to make a decision for my career and I wanted to be a hockey player," Greer said.
Greer was the youngest rookie forward in college hockey when he joined the Terriers as a 17-year-old freshman in 2014-15. He had seven points (three goals and four assists) in 37 contests, which included scoring a key goal in the national semifinals against No. 1-seed North Dakota to help BU advance to the NCAA Frozen Four championship game.
After the Avs picked him at No. 39 overall in the 2015 NHL Draft, Greer headed back to Boston for his sophomore year. He began the 2015-16 campaign with five points (one goal and four assists) in 18 games but concluded midway through the season that it would be better for his growth to play major junior in Canada. The QMJHL has more of a pro-style schedule with 68 games compared to the maximum of around 40 in college.
"I think BU is a great program, great facilities, great coaches," Greer said. "It just wasn't the right fit for me from a development standpoint."
His transition to junior hockey life wasn't easy, as he didn't record a point in his first four games with the Huskies. But when he finally got settled, he broke out with his first points coming as part of a five-game streak.
"It helped build up different aspects of my game and basically built up my confidence to be honest, because my confidence was at an all-time low," Greer recalled of going to a new league. "I was stressed out. I was nervous. It was basically a make or break situation to leave Boston University and come to the 'Q.' I had to prove myself."
And he did.
Greer finished the year with 27 points (16 goals and 11 assists) in 33 contests, helping the Huskies on a historic run through the QMJHL that resulted in their first league championship and a spot in the Memorial Cup tournament.
Despite the success of bringing the city of Rouyn-Noranda its first title, the team's fairy tale season ended in an overtime loss to the London Knights in the Canadian Hockey League's championship game.
"I'm so proud of those guys. We went to the Memorial Cup, and you can't really dull on the fact that we lost. We played such a great game," Greer said. "I was there for half a year, but it felt like I was there for three years. Those guys just welcomed me so well, the whole city. It was definitely a great experience."
Greer's play was noticeable during the five-game Memorial Cup as he showcased his two-way game while adding two points (a goal and an assist) and 30 penalty minutes. This was on top of a successful QMJHL Playoffs where he had 22 points and led the club with 12 goals (tied).
The Joliette, Quebec, native's wild year then culminated on July 1 when the Avalanche signed him to a three-year, entry-level contract.
"It's something that you don't imagine," Greer recalled during the team's development camp this past summer. "One year ago, I would have never imagined that I would be here with a contract in my hand and have been through what I've been through."
Greer spent part of this past summer in Denver training with Colorado strength and conditioning coach Casey Bond in hopes of making the jump from the junior ranks to the pros. He had a good training camp with the Avs and began the year with the club's American Hockey League affiliate in San Antonio, and he didn't look out of place at the pro level.
In the left wing's first 13 games with the Rampage, he had a seven-game point streak and recorded 14 points (five goals and nine assists), which led all league rookies in scoring at the time.
Greer's dream of playing in the NHL was soon realized as he was called up by the Avalanche on Nov. 12 and made his debut the following night against the Boston Bruins.
Looking back at his big decision from a year ago, Greer is glad he chose the route he did.
"There are always pros and cons when your making such a big decision like I did," Greer said. "Obviously, there is leaving a diploma from one of the best universities in the world, and another thing was if it doesn't work out in hockey, I don't have that backup for school. School is very important for myself and my parents, so whether I play hockey and it doesn't work out or something I can always go back to school. For hockey, it was a big risk. It was a make or break situation. I just gave it my all. I knew it wasn't going to be as easy as it seemed, so I just came in here with the mentality of being ready to work hard."
His risk paid off.


LeadershipChange the World
Slowly But Surely, Americans Are Softening Their Negative Impression of Business
Claire Zillman
Has the business world regained public trust? It might be too early to make that conclusion, but based on a new survey, one thing's for certain: Americans have softened their negative impression of the corporate world.
A new report from JUST Capital, a nonprofit founded by hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones that tracks and ranks companies on the business behaviors Americans care about most, found that a greater share of people—30%, up from 27% in 2017 and 26% in 2016—see business as heading in the right direction. A smaller share of the public—38%, down from 47% last year—view business as heading in the wrong direction. Meanwhile, 32% aren't sure, up from 25% last year.
That's not exactly a ringing endorsement, but from business's perspective, the needle is inching in the right direction. The trend reflects "more tangible evidence of companies' leadership on things like pay, sexual harassment in the workplace, and the environment," says JUST Capital CEO Martin Whittaker, who cited, as an example, the companies that stepped up to address climate change even after the Trump administration withdrew the U.S. from the Paris accord. Nike's powerful statement on racial injustice, and Levi's call to end gun violence may also spring to mind. "I think those issues have gotten more press and CEOs are more emboldened or willing to speak out," Whittaker says. A healthy economy also doesn't hurt.
Also worth considering is Americans' lack of faith in politicians. Americans, Whittaker says, "are looking for things to believe in." A Pew study earlier this year found that just a quarter of Americans have confidence in elected officials to act in the best interest of the public; 45% said the same of business leaders. "If you can't believe in what's going on in politics, you turn to what's going on in the workplace," Whittaker says.
Indeed, JUST Capital's survey results find that as Americans are warming up to business, they're viewing the sector as more than simply a means for commerce; rather, they see it as a vehicle for tackling social issues too. More than half—56%—of survey respondents say CEOs should take a stand on social issues, but only those related to their business. Yet an even larger share—63%—say CEOs of large companies have a responsibility to take a stand on important social issues, regardless of the pertinence to their day-to-day operations.
Those aren't passive assessments; in fact, consumers are actively backing companies based on their social stances. A staggering 79% of respondents say they believe people are "somewhat or very effective" when they act to try to change companies' behavior. (That's up from 71% in 2017.) And 78% have put that belief into practice, reporting that they've taken at least one action to support what they consider to be a company's "positive behavior," such as buying more of a company's product, mentioning a company on social media, or investing in a firm. Just under 60% say they've taken one of those actions in the past 12 months.
What's perhaps more remarkable is Americans' willingness to base their employment on a corporation's virtues. When asked to consider working for a "just" company—one the survey defined as "ethical, honest, and fair and behav[ing] this way when it comes to its employees, customers, shareholders, and the environment, as well as communities it impacts locally and around the world"—76% of people say they would choose to work for such an employer, even if it paid less. A similar share of respondents—77% and 71%, respectively—still chose a "just" company when the survey specified that they would hypothetically earn 10% and 20% less. That's a notable finding in an especially tight labor market.
All told, the results reflect "a recognition that companies are, in fact, social organizing forces, and do affect the lives of million of people and millions of families and millions of communities," says Whittaker, whose organization partnered with NORC at the University of Chicago to survey 9,000 Americans in two waves—from May 1 to May 16, and from June 7 to July 1—for the new report. It's clear that people think employers "should stand up, even on non-traditional issues," Whittaker says, and that doing so is a prerequisite for companies that want to compete in the 21st century marketplace.


The Rise of Queen Margaret (Henry VI, Part 2)
September 7 – November 29, 2016
In this wild carnival of avarice, Shakespeare gives us the glorious second-chapter of England's Wars of the Roses. Young King Henry's fierce and ambitious queen, Margaret of Anjou, leads the House of Lancaster in brutal civil wars against the House of York and its would-be-king, Richard, Duke of York. Witchcraft, demons, murderers, the spectacular Jack Cade rebellion,, and the introduction of Dickie the crookback prodigy (who will become the villainous Richard III) all conspire to make this play unforgettable and unmissable.
In Repertory
Chris Johnston in THE RISE OF QUEEN MARGARET. Photo by LINDSEY WALTERS. 2016.
René Thornton, Jr. and Jessika Williams in THE RISE OF QUEEN MARGARET. Photo by LINDSEY WALTERS. 2016.
Chris Johnston and Allison Glenzer in THE RISE OF QUEEN MARGARET. Photo by LINDSEY WALTERS. 2016.
Benjamin Reed in THE RISE OF QUEEN MARGARET. Photo by LINDSEY WALTERS. 2016.
Allison Glenzer and Patrick Earl in THE RISE OF QUEEN MARGARET. Photo by LINDSEY WALTERS. 2016.
John Harrell in THE RISE OF QUEEN MARGARET. Photo by LINDSEY WALTERS. 2016.
Chris Johnston and René Thornton, Jr. in THE RISE OF QUEEN MARGARET. Photo by LINDSEY WALTERS. 2016.
David Anthony Lewis and the cast of THE RISE OF QUEEN MARGARET. Photo by LINDSEY WALTERS. 2016.
John Harrell, Jessika Williams, and René Thornton, Jr. in THE RISE OF QUEEN MARGARET. Photo by LINDSEY WALTERS. 2016.
Stuff that Happens
Stuff that happens before the play
Shakespeare's Joan of Arc (Henry VI, Part 1)
The rival families of York and Lancaster chose to wear red and white roses to proclaim their different loyalties.
The English defeat the French and burn Joan of Arc at the stake for witchcraft.
Stuff that happens during the play
Henry VI marries the French noble Margaret of Anjou, whom eventually conspires with Suffolk to influence the King and plot against the Protector of the Crown, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester.
Gloucester's wife, Eleanor, wants to influence the king and eventually participates in witchcraft.
The Duke of York reveals his claim to the throne and gains support from Salisbury and Warwick.
The Earl of Suffolk is banished for the assassination of Gloucester; pirates kill him as soon as he leaves England.
Henry sends York to the wars in Ireland.
York stages a rebellion through Jack Cade, who rouses the rabble for the task and declares himself the Mayor of London.
Politicking, assassination, promises of revenge, and the rise of Richard III ensue.
Notes from the Director
A Rose by any other name
No matter what we call it, The Rise of Queen Margaret is chock-full of political maneuvering, assassinations, and a nation that erupts into civil war. We'll open this show in September as our country gets ready to head to the ballot box; it will run after we elect our next President, but it will end before she/he takes office. So if you're enthralled by the political process during this election year, Margaret will feed your beast. If you're so sick of politics that you'd rather poke your eye out with a sharp stick than see another report from Fox News or MSNBC, you'll love Margaret because in Shakespeare's world, political losers get their heads chopped off.
Printed in quarto form (essentially an Elizabethan paperback) in 1594, the name of 2H6 on this title page is:
The First part of the Contention betwixt the two famous Houses of Yorke and Lancaster, with the death of the good Duke Humphrey: And the banishment and death of the Duke of Suffolke, and the Tragicall end of the proud Cardinal of Winchester, with the notable Rebellion of Jack Cade: and the Duke of Yorke's first claim unto the Crowne
The 1623 First Folio (a Jacobean coffee table book which is the first collected works of 36 Shakespeare plays – we believe Shakes wrote or co-wrote 38), printed 7 years after Shakespeare's death, includes the first known use of the title: The Second part of King Hen. the Sixt. The surviving evidence (and lack thereof) makes a good case that the play you're seeing today was never called Henry VI, Part 2 in Shakespeare's lifetime. What did Shakespeare call this play? How did his company advertise it? In keeping with the tradition of finding the right titles to help sell these remarkable stories (that might scare off modern Americans if we stuck with the Roman numerals and Parts listed in the Folio's table of contents), we at the ASC have titled our first two productions in the Wars of the Roses Ride:
Joan of Arc (Henry VI, Part 1) – 2015 Summer/Fall Season
The Rise of Queen Margaret (Henry VI, Part 2) – 2016 Summer/Fall Season
And we asked our audiences to help us name 3H6 for 2017. Submit your ideas for the title of Henry VI, Part 3 at our Box Office or on our Facebook page.
If you're worried about being able to follow a Shakespeare "history play," relax. You can enjoy The Empire Strikes Back by itself without having seen Star Wars. You can enjoy Captain America: Civil War without having seen the previous Cap or Iron Man movies. If we succeed in entertaining your socks off with 2H6, we hope you return next year for 3H6 and the following year for Richard III. If we don't succeed, come back anyway and let us take another crack at your socks. Thanks for joining us for this thrilling part of the Wars of the Roses Ride.
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Artistic Team & Cast List
Cardinal Beaufort
Lord Clifford
Duke of Buckingham
Peter Thump
Alexander Sovronsky *
Earl of Warwick
John Hume
Zack Powell *
Asst. Stage Manager/Understudy
Ian Charles
Jenny McNee
Sabrina Morrow Kridler
Properties Master
Christopher Moneymaker