...Case 1-2 Erica Carson Item | So What? | They already have two reliable suppliers. Both suppliers had provided quick and quality services during the last five years. | It seems that there is no immediate need for Erica to make a decision. They already have something that works. Why should they change anything? | The cost analysis of both suppliers had determined that the current price is fair. This makes the Kolloran proposal suspicious. | It seems impossible for Killoran to be able to provide the same services like current suppliers with less profit. They might have a hidden agenda. | The Killoran proposed to supply Wesbank with 10% less than what Wesbank is paying to their current suppliers right now. | The Wesbank has to taking into account all the costs associated with new supplier (e.g. learning curve, growing period) These costs may outweigh the 10% potential savings. | Erica had a cost studied run on their current supplier. | Erica is doing her job very well. It might be best for her to go with her intuition and not trust Killoran | Problem Statement: How should Wesbank select and manage its suppliers in order to get the highest customers satisfaction? Analysis: Strengths – Active promotional efforts that attract consumer deposits, the existence of two efficient suppliers with fair price structures Weaknesses - Opportunities –by investing in online banking Wesbank could attract new customers Threats – The danger of losing its customer...
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...Case 1-2: Erica Carson Name: ________________ Group: ___A or B________ Date: ________________ ------------------------------------------------- Situation: * Erica Carson is PM for Wesbank, a financial institution (note: You are Erica) * Reports to VP Supply * Unsolicited bid from Art Evans, Sales Rep. Killoran Inc. * 10% reduction on printing and mailing of checks * not current supplier * Westbank provides free checks at a cost of $8M per year * Current situation – 50% split suppliers, last 5 years * Supplier A prints and mails 50% checks, renewed contract 8 months ago * Supplier B prints and mails 50% checks, contract expires in 4 months * Each 2 year contract, good quality and service * Costs studied one year ago, determined pricing was fair BASIC ISSUES; (note - tie to elements from textbook) 1. Purchasing for a service organization. 2. The price, quality, delivery, service trade-off. 3. Supplier selection and splitting of business. 4. The purchase of services. 5. Treatment of unsolicited proposals from suppliers Tasks: * What does Erica do? * Does Erica consider the bid? 10% savings = $800M * Status quo * What are alternatives? Need to weigh alternatives. * Complete cost-benefit analysis * Are checks really needed? * What is core competency of bank? * What is business imperative with checks? * What is company / VP Supply...
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...Have you ever considered how many different types of chemicals are on the food you are eating for dinner? That is exactly what Rachel Carson writes about in her novel Silent Spring. Pesticides are all around us, they are in the air we breathe, the water we drink and the ground we walk on. Their effects on our bodies and the environment are unknown, but chances are that they are not going to be good. Rachel Carson dedicates an entire novel to try to prove her point of how horrible they are for the world. She argues constantly that we need to find an alternative before it is too late. Within her arguments, Carson uses several different methods and types of evidence while trying to convey her point. Throughout the entire novel, Carson is constantly putting down the use of pesticides. However, everything she says would be useless if she did not have evidence. She uses qualitative and quantitative data several times throughout the book. Her use of qualitative data begins with her first paragraph. She describes the beauty of nature and how much life is abundant in it. Then as her fictional story continues, she begins to start explaining how none of this would be with the continuous use of pesticides. Carson also goes into detail describing the disastrous effects that it could leave on the environment as a whole. Her realistic descriptions of the possible harms of the pesticides can really appeal to the reader. With the vivid descriptions that she has, the reader can imagine the world...
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...Sentence: Before one can evaluate the enormous success or Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring one must weigh in on the era Carson was coming off of in order to understand why her book had such an impact at the time that it did. 1. By 1950 American had faced 2 World Wars and an economic Depression U.S. becomes super power 2. 1950’s there is a shift to consumerism and conservatism 3. Average Citizen wants nuclear family and suburbia b. Paragraph II ii. Topic Sentence: Now that the United States was finally economically sound and our international relations, while not at its best, were somewhat stable; American society was able to focus on issues that for so long had not had the time to address. 4. The Cold war and nuclear threat became a key role in the formation of the environmental movement 5. Humans now have power to significantly change the environment around them 6. Nuclear weapons also introduced other technologies that threatened nature such as pesticides and chemicals for agriculture iii. Concluding Sentence: These new threats along with the a shift to a more liberal U.S. mindset provided Rachel Carson and Silent Spring impeccable timing to make the largest impact and start a revolution that at any other time could have been overlooked. III. In what ways was Carson both gentle and subversive? c. Gentle iv. Topic Sentence: While Carson’s passion and deep love...
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...Spring, a marine biologist Rachel Carson showed that indiscriminate use of pesticides is harmful and can make the earth unfit for life. Although Carson was a scientist, she chose to use fairy-tale style of language to attract the attention of a large audience to the problem. And she did it successfully. Published in 1962, Silent Spring became a cornerstone of modern environmentalism and spurred changes to the laws. First, on an example of imaginary town, Carson showed a world without pesticides, where “ all life seemed to live in harmony with its surrounding”(469). Farms were prosperous, fields were full of grain, and orchards bloomed. Streams flowed clear water and had abundance of fish. Woods and roadsides were places of beauty with variety of birds, berries, fens, wildflowers, and other vegetation.“ So it had been from the days many years ago”(Carson, 469). Then the author showed how dramatically life changed after a mysterious white powder (pesticides) was sprayed over the area. Instead of prosperity, illness and death came to the farms. Chicken, cattle, and sheep sickened and died. There were almost no offspring, “ the young survived only a few days”(470). Woods that had once throbbed with bird voices were silent now. Birds had gone. The roadsides lined with withered vegetation, and the fish died in the streams. Much illness and several unexplained deaths came to farmers families. “The people had done it to themselves”, pointed out Carson(470). She thought that people...
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...Participants: * Dr. Ben Carson * Donald Trump * Kermit The Frog * An actual bag filled with bricks * Bill Clinton (thug) * Kanye West PROPS IF POSSIBLE: 6 chairs or podiums. A Kermit the frog doll, puppet or stuffed toy. A laundry bag filled with bricks (if we can get bricks) SKIT BEGINS WITH SPOTLIGHT ON MEGYN KELLY TOWARDS FRONT OF STAGE. ALL OTHER LIGHTS OUT. Megyn Kelly (to the camera/ audience) ladies and gentleman, thank you for tuning-in to FOX News for the twelfth, and penultimate round of the National Republican Presidential Debates. I am your host, and propaganda supporter, Megyn Kelly. We are here live from the beautiful Staple Center in Los Angeles CA, where Ronald Regan was rumored to have urinated in in 1986. All Hail Regan. (Candidates still in the dark chant): ALL HAIL OVERLORD REGAN Megyn Kelly So here’s how this is going to work folks, I will be asking questions to the candidates concerning their knowledge on both domestic and foreign issues. Each candidate is permitted 1 minute to respond, with an additional 30 seconds awarded for each phrase ending in Regan. (candidates still in the dark): ALL HAIL OVERLORD REGAN Megyn Kelly: Without further a-do lets meet the candidates fighting for a chance to rule this country with an iron fist! (lights blink on and reveal the 6 candidates). Megyn Kelly All right, first we have the black butler from the Fresh Prince of Bell-Air, Dr. Benjamin Carson. Dr. Carson: (smiling and soft...
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...FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LA Galaxy Players Will Participate in Beach Clean Up Carson, CA (Wednesday, April 8, 2015) – In celebration of 20 years in Major League Soccer, the LA Galaxy will be participating in 20 acts of community service within Los Angeles throughout the 2015 season. All of these events will be open to the community, fans, players, alumni, and supporters of the LA Galaxy. This Friday, April 10 from 1-4 p.m. the team will take part in cleaning up Redondo Beach. Several well-known players, such as AJ DeLaGarza, Alan Gordon, Tommy Meyer and Todd Dunivant are taking part in this event. Team Manager, Becky Patterson says, “This will be a great way for the team members to interact with and give back to their fans and supporters. It will be a day filled with fun and charity and we encourage everyone who is interested to come. All of the boys are vey excited; we are hoping to make this an annual event.” The team is pairing with Heal the Bay for this event, which is a nonprofit environmental organization making Southern California coastal waters and watersheds, including Santa Monica Bay, safe, healthy and clean. The team and Heal the Bay purposefully scheduled this event on Friday, April 10 in celebration of Earth Day. Throughout the day, Galaxy Star Squad will be hosting Galaxy giveaways and other fun and interactive activities for the volunteers to participate in. In order to support the LA Galaxy Foundation, there will also be merchandise, such the LA Galaxy...
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...Silent Spring Analysis Silent Spring is a book that makes just about everyone think, except for the major chemical companies that it was attacking. This is definitely one book that help shaped how we look at the environment today and also how we approach it. Rachel Carson aimed for a book that was going to open peoples eyes to what really was happening and who and what was doing it. She nailed this right on the head, while the book was very technical when it came to talking about the details of DDT, it was written at a level that everyone could understand and relate too. Easily this could be one of the most important books written in American history, where would we be without it and how would our future have turned out. While this book was aimed for the public to be able to understand, it also directly attacked the companies who were manufacturing the chemicals that people were using, especially DDT. If one were to try to explain how DDT worked at the chemistry level, most people would think your insane, but Carson is able to explain the devastating effects of this chemical in a way that everyone can understand. She does this by explaining the process chemically first, but then switches gears into how it is hitting people at home. This starts in the first chapter where she begins with “There once was a town…”. This is the beginning of the account that shaped Americans way of looking at the environment, especially when it came to using chemicals and other harmful substances...
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...Plot Overview The first chapter of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter introduces us to John Singer and Spiros Antonapoulos, two good friends who live together in a town in the Deep South and who are both deaf-mutes. Antonapoulos works in his cousin's fruit store, and Singer works as a silver engraver in a jewelry shop. They spend ten years living together in this way. One day Antonapoulos gets sick, and even after he recovers he is a changed man. He begins stealing and urinating on buildings, and exhibiting other erratic behavior. Finally, Antonapoulos's cousin sends him to a mental asylum, although Singer would rather have Antonapoulos stay with him. After Antonapoulos leaves, Singer moves into a local boarding house in town run by a family named the Kellys. The narrator then introduces us to Biff Brannon, the proprietor of the New York Café, the establishment in town where Singer now eats all his meals. Biff is lounging on the counter watching a new patron named Jake Blount, as the constantly drunk Jake is intriguing. Blount goes over and sits with Singer and begins talking to him as though the two are good friends. Then Singer leaves. Once Jake realizes in his drunken stupor that Singer has left, he goes into an alley and begins beating his head and fists against a brick wall until he is bruised and bloody. The police bring Jake back to the café, and Singer volunteers to let the drunk stay the night with him. The narrative shifts to the perspective of Mick Kelly, the young teenage...
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...Admissions GA GA StubHub Center - Carson CA TWC SPORTS PRESENTS GAL160423 LA GALAXY $27.50 GA / / GA 105 5474625 vs Real Salt Lake SAT APR 23 2016 AT 7:30PM GP 100Q 496 THIS TICKET IS SOLD SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS. BY ACCEPTING THIS TICKET, YOU AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING: This ticket is a revocable license and management reserves the right to refuse admission to, or eject any person whose conduct is deemed unbecoming. Holder assumes all risks and danger incidental to the event for which the ticket is issued, whether occurring prior to, during, or after the event. Holder acknowledges that the event may be broadcast or otherwise publicized, and hereby grants permission to utilize holder's image or likeness in connection with any live or recorded transmission or reproduction of such event. This ticket cannot be replaced if lost, stolen, or destroyed, and is valid only for the event and seat for which it is issued. It is unlawful to reproduce this ticket in any form. Unlawful resale or attempted resale is grounds for seizure and cancellation without compensation. In the event of a cancellation or rescheduling of the applicable event, management shall not be required to issue a refund provided that you are given the right to attend a rescheduled performance of the same event or to exchange this ticket for a ticket comparable in price and location, to another similar event as designated by management except as otherwise provided by...
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...Sonya Carson Growing up in and out of foster homes, the world was not always kind to Ms. Carson. She had only achieved a third-grade education, and was married by the age of 13. After birthing her two sons, Benjamin and Curtis, Sonya had observed that her, once loyal and dedicated husband, was no longer the man she once knew. Collecting all her courage, she took her two sons, and moved away from the life she knew in Detroit to be with her sister in Boston. As a single mother, raising two boys, and working numerous jobs, Sonya had two choices; she could struggle, stress, and wonder how she was going to survive the next week, or she could ‘learn to do her best, and let God do the rest’. This became known as the phase that resembles the personality of Sonya Carson. She was not always dealt the best hand in life, but she always has a positive outlook on the future. Believing that if she tried her hardest to achieve what she could, God would lead her into success. She instilled this optimistic lifestyle on her two sons. She was determined that Curtis and Benjamin would have a better life than she did, but she also knew that they would have to work hard for it. Sonya raised her sons in a strict manner, only allowing two television programs each week. In addition, they were assigned to read two books from the library each week and submit a report to her on those books. They didn’t know until they were older, that their mother only had a reading level of a third-grader. She most...
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...Vanna White v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (1992) United States Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit Background: The Plaintiff is Vanna White, a popular game hostess of the famous TV show “Wheel of Fortune” and has gained popularity by marketing her image to various advertisers. White brings suit against Samsung for an advertisement for Samsung VCRs (videocassette recorders) where the ad depicted a robot, dressed in a wig, gown, and jewelry that resembled her hair and dress. The robot posed next to a game board that closely resembled the Wheel of Fortune game show set, in a stance that imitates her signature pose on the game show. Samsung has also acknowledged that the ad is known as the “Vanna White” ad. White claims infringement of several individual property rights (right to privacy, under Section 3344 of the California Civil Code*, right of publicity, and trademark infringement), claiming she did not consent to the ads and was not paid for it. But the district court granted summary judgment against White. White appeals. (*Any person who knowingly uses another's name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness, in any manner, on or in products, merchandise, or goods, or for purposes of advertising or selling, or soliciting purchases of, products, merchandise, goods or services, without such person's prior consent, or, in the case of a minor, the prior consent of his parent or legal guardian, shall be liable for any damages sustained by...
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...Home: 915-307-5518 * Cell: 915-235-6094 * mason501abn@yahoo.com edit Edit Section Professional Summary High-energy Manager successful in building and motivating dynamic teams. Cultivates a company culture in which staff members feel comfortable voicing questions and concerns, as well as contributing new ideas that drive company growth. edit Edit SectionRenameDelete Skills * Management * Effective leader * Staff training/development * Exceptional interpersonal communication * Deadline-oriented | * Employee scheduling * Consistently meet goals * Efficient multi-tasker * Conflict resolution * Organized | edit Edit SectionRenameDelete Work History Infantry Sergeant, 05/2003 to 12/2013 U.S. Army – Fort Carson, CO * Supervised the training, well being, and physical fitness for two four man teams. * Responsible for highly sensitive equipment in access of 250, 000 thousand dollars. * Selected for lead element 90% of the time, in over 700 combat missions, during deployment to Afghanistan. edit Edit SectionRenameDelete Education Business Management, Current University of Colorado - Colorado Springs, CO * Business Management General Studies, Chicago State University - Chicago, IL * Emphasis in General Studies * 30 Semester Hours Completed...
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...Silent Spring RA Renowned biologist and author Rachel Carson, in her book, Silent Spring, describes a harmonic and beautiful town which experiences a plague over time. Carson’s purpose is to warn the world that if we continue to abuse the environment, we could very well end up like this town. She uses imagery and tone to convey that this can be the outcome of our actions. Throughout the text, Carson’s tone shifts from reminiscent and joyful to dark and lifeless to show that the people had caused this plague by abusing nature. Her tone is lively as she describes this town as a beautiful and harmonic place where life is flourishing.“THERE WAS ONCE a town in the heart of America where all life seemed to live in harmony with its surroundings.” Carson uses this joyful tone to convey the reader that this town truly was a place of beauty and life. As she concludes describing this beautiful town, her tone suddenly shifts. Her tone becomes dark and lifeless as she describes a “strange blight” that the town experienced. Carson explains how “Some evil spell had settled on the community… and there was a strange stillness.” She also explains how the people were confused as the plants, animals, and even some townspeople had died. Then, she explains how there was, “No witchcraft…. The people had done it themselves.” The people were confused as to why the town was withering away, however, they had abused the environment so much that they had caused this blight. This relates to...
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...related with pesticide use. Throughout her book are countless case studies documenting the harmful effects that chemical pesticides have had on the environment. Along with these facts, she explains how in many occasions the pesticides have done more harm than good in eliminating the pests they were supposed to destroy. Carson points out that many of the long-term effects that these chemicals may have on the environment, as well as us humans, are still unknown in addition to her report. The argument in Carson’s Silent Spring led to the passing of environmental legislation and the establishment of government agencies to better regulate the use of these chemicals (Griswold 2012). Kairos: While working for the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, Miss Carson first became aware of the effects of chemical pesticides on the natural environment. Her main concern was the government’s use of chemical pesticides such as DDT, a colorless substance used as an insecticide that is toxic to humans and animals when swallowed or absorbed through the skin (Guralnik 1970). She was familiar with the studies of DDT and knew that it was dangerous and its effects on the environment. According to Carson, The more I learned about the use of pesticides, the more appalled I became. I realized that here was the material for a book. What I discovered was that everything which meant most to me as a naturalist was being...
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