...A transcript of the apology by Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd to the Forgotten Australians and former child migrants on 16th November 2009 at Parliament House, Canberra. Today, the Government of Australia will move the following motion of apology in the Parliament of Australia. We come together today to deal with an ugly chapter in our nation‟s history. And we come together today to offer our nation‟s apology. To say to you, the Forgotten Australians, and those who were sent to our shores as children without your consent, that we are sorry. Sorry – that as children you were taken from your families and placed in institutions where so often you were abused. Sorry – for the physical suffering, the emotional starvation and the cold absence of love, of tenderness, of care. Sorry – for the tragedy, the absolute tragedy, of childhoods lost,– childhoods spent instead in austere and authoritarian places, where names were replaced by numbers, spontaneous play by regimented routine, the joy of learning by the repetitive drudgery of menial work. Sorry – for all these injustices to you, as children, who were placed in our care. As a nation, we must now reflect on those who did not receive proper care. We look back with shame that many of you were left cold, hungry and alone and with nowhere to hide and nobody to whom to turn. We look back with shame that so many of you were left cold, hungry and alone and with nowhere to hide and with nobody, absolutely nobody, to whom to turn. We look back...
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...Short paper #4 1.) I believe there is only a certain degree of accuracy in eyewitness testimony. According to the Innocence project & eyewitness identification, the single greatest cause of wrongful convictions nationwide is eyewitness misidentification. There were over 70% of convictions overturned through DNA testing. There are so many ways to give unintentional suggestion to false identification, for example, verbal and non-verbal cues, relative judgments, feedback and lineup composition. According to research conducted by Wells, people who were given with positive feedback would have two times higher confidence to pick a suspect when none of the actual suspects were actually in the line-up photo (Wells 2006). 2.) Memory is constructive...
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...James Joyce makes us wonder why is there so much infatuation and frustration in adolescence. Infatuation is defined as a foolish or extravagant passion and frustration is a feeling of dissatisfaction resulting from unfulfilled needs. Can it be that being young and in love makes the adoloescent be considered as possesing maturity or immaturity? I believe it can be both. These universal realities are shown to the readers in two of his short stories “Araby” and “The boarding house”. We are able to see how the boy in “Araby” is young and portrays to be infatuated with an older girl. In “The boarding house” we have Polly who is also young and in my opinion, also shows infatuation towads Mr. Doran. Their Infatuation for the people they love leads to frustration. It develops in these two characters when trying to please the one's they care for. The people and setting that surround them also seem to drive fustration in their lives. Love in the young may be described as infatuation because in many cases they are first time crushes like the boy in “Araby”. He shows us that he has an especial affection for his friend's sister and we also are able to tell that there is an an age difference between them. Her being older is predictable on why it can be considered 'puppy love'. Most people develop a crush for an older person, it's a normal experience through our growth. I'ts a form of innocense that crosses youth from childhood. We can say that the young boy is maturing...
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...“If you were to take that balloon and fly away, would you take me and the boy?” (Danticat 237). Edwidge Danticat’s short story “A Wall of Fire Rising” is about Guy, a Haitian man who is fascinated with a hot-air balloon. To Guy, the hot-air balloon serves as a symbol of freedom and an escape from his life of poverty. Guy’s inability to provide for his family and sustain a job creates conflict within himself and ultimately makes him frustrated with his life. Over the course of the story, Danticat uses symbolism by heavily focusing on the sugar mill, Dutty Boukman, and the hot-air balloon. All of which that add depth and various meanings to the story and its characters. First, the sugar mill serves as a symbol of hope. Garry struggles to provide for his family due to the lack of job opportunities. The sugar mill...
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...Harley-Davidson: Enterprise Software Selection History William Harley and Arthur Davidson founded the Harley-Davidson Motor Company in 1903. By 1920, Harley-Davidson was the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world. The company survived quality problems and financial issues in the mid 1980’s and remains the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the US. Through the years, the Harley brand had developed into a spirit of youthfulness, independence, and recklessness. However these ideals are accompanied by a strong sense of community. The company structure captures this unique culture by utilizing self-directed work teams in an organizational structure of three interlocking circles – Produce Product (PPG), Create Demand (CDC), and Provide Support (PSC). Consistent with this culture, through the years, Harley-Davidson encouraged site independence. However, when Gerry Berryman joined Harley-Davidson in 1995 as VP Materials Management, he recognized the strategic opportunity that existed in optimizing supplier relationships throughout the company. Therefore, in 1996, Harley-Davidson began the development of a corporate Supply Management Strategy (SMS) intended to move the company from a site-specific, transactional mentality to a long-term focus on supplier relationships. By July 1997, the initial planning meeting was held for an integrated procurement system, the supplier information link (SiL’K). Harley-Davidson followed a very thorough and rigorous process...
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...offered a comparative advantage to other airlines by offering low fares. In 2000, Canada 3000 decided it wanted to be in the same field as the national airlines, and attempted rapid expansion by acquiring Royal Aviation Inc. and Canjet Airlines. Their expansion strategy was to increase their market by purchasing already existing companies. This growth added many financial problems, resulting in major losses. This led to the companies bankruptcy as they were unable to cope with the new problems caused by the September 11th, 2001 Terrorist Attack. WestJet on the other hand, has become a major competition to Air Canada by sticking to their plan. WestJet’s business strategy was to be the lowest cots operator in the market specializing in short non-stop flights. Another key element of their business strategy which ties into their growth strategy is that they want maximum use of their aircrafts. Unlike Canada 3000, WestJet had a planned growth strategy that the company followed. They planned to grow by adding new frequently flown routes while maintain the already existing ones. They also hoped to initiate their inter-border business by expanding into the United States. A more steady expansion plan has allowed them to expand into a competitor against Air Canada. This is just one example of the competition Air Canada has to deal with. The competition does not end there as there is also inter-border completion from some American airlines. This competition will lead to Air Canada’s demise...
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...UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN (UTAR) FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND FINANCE (FBF) Unit Plan 1. Unit Code & Unit Title: Course of Study: UBTM1013/UKTM1013 Principles of Marketing 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Year of Study: Year and Semester: Credit Hour: Lecturing hours and Tutoring hours Lecturer: Bachelor of Marketing (Hons) Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) Accounting Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) Banking and Finance Bachelor of Economics (Hons) Financial Economics Bachelor of Information Systems (Hons) Business Information Systems Bachelor of Information Systems (Hons) Information Systems Engineering Bachelor of Accounting (Hons) Bachelor of Global Economics (Hons) Year One, Year Two 201410 3 credit hours 4.0 hours lecture per week for the duration of 7 weeks 3.0 hours tutorial per week for the duration of 7 weeks 7. Lead Lecturer (Facultyof Business and Finance) Mr. Teo Aik Chuan teoac@utar.edu.my Co-Lecturer (Faculty of Business and Finance) Ms. Lam Siew Yong lamsy@utar.edu.my Co-Lecturer (Faculty of Business and Finance) Mr. Choy Johnn Yee (Faculty Business and Finance) choyjy@utar.edu.my Co-lecturer (Faculty of Accountancy and Management) Ms. Yeong Wai Mun yeongwm@utar.edu.my Co-lecturer (Faculty of Accountancy and Management) Mr. Low Chin Kian lowck@utar.edu.my Ms. Lam Siew Yong (lamsy@utar.edu.my) Mr. Choy Johnn Yee (choyjy@utar.edu.my) Ms. Jenny Marisa Lim Dao Siang (limds@utar.edu.my) Puan Sharmeela Banu Binti Syed Abu Thahir (sharmeelas@utar...
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...Choose a topic and write an essay of 3-4 pages: 1 Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.” (US Gl. George S. Patton) 2 Management is working in the system; leadership is working on the system. 3 Managers gain authority by position, leaders gain it by influence and character. 4 Every manager should be a leader, while every leader must know management. 5 Leadership and management must go hand in hand. 6 People hate each other because they are afraid of each other; they are afraid of each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they don’t COMMUNICATE” (Martin Luther King) 7 What makes a leader? 8 There is an abundance of managers in the world but very few truly have the characteristics of a leader. 9The challenges we face today are not economic, environmental, social, or legal; they are challenges of character and leadership. 10 Management is nothing more than motivating other people. 11 Good managers increase productivity—great leaders, peak performance. 12 Inventories can be managed but people must be led. 13 Management is neither an art nor science. It is both, and the real trick is to determine the right mixture at the right time! 14. ’Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity!’ (General George S. Patton) 15. The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick...
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...English Mini-Assignment Theme | Elements of Fiction/Film Techniques | “In the right circumstances, the underdogs can also be the winner.” | * Theme, Characterization * Lighting, Audio, Setting, Editing | Thesis: The film version of the multi-award winning novel, Moneyball, is a strong adaptation of the story. The director, Bennett Miller, has succeeded in matching author Michael Lewis’ style by using a great sense of lighting, audio, characterisation, setting and editing to help capture the theme; underdogs can be winners in the right circumstances. Just like the book, the movie symbolized hope, unfairness and to never give up. List of 10 Passages: 1. ISU Novel Passage: " There was the bias toward what people saw with their own eyes, or thought they had seen... There was a lot you couldn't see when you watched a baseball game.” (Lewis 19) Elements of Fiction: Setting, Characterization and Conflict between what baseball managers see in baseball players. Film Adaptation: Billy and Paul (his name is Peter in the movie) are in the garage of the Cleveland Indians baseball team and they are both wearing a suit, and there are cars in the background. (Time: 0:20:39) Film Techniques: - Medium-Bright lighting to show enthusiasm - Over-the-shoulder shots - Inspirational music in the background to show inspiration of what Paul (Peter) is saying Analysis/Connection to Thesis: This passage and movie scene relates to the thesis because the thesis is about how...
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...|Assignment Cover Sheet for Students | |An assignment cover sheet needs to be included with each assignment. Please complete all detail clearly. | | | | |Name |Garry Jonathan | | | |Student ID |29112169 |Mobile phone |081806527970 | | | | | | | |Course code and title |MM5001 | Business Ethics & Law | | | |Course time and place |Sunday, 2 September 2012 | Jakarta |Program |MBA Jakarta | | | |Lecturer |Karl Knapp | | | | |...
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...180 THE SOUTH CAROLINA REVIEW E S S A Y VIRGINIA WOOLF IN IRELAND: A SHORT VOYAGE OUT by Kathryn Laing o, it wouldnt do living in Ireland, in spite of the rocks & the desolate bays. It would lower the pulse of the heart: & all one’s mind wd. run out in talk” (Diary 4: 216)–so Woolf declared in her diary during her one and only journey around Ireland in May 1934. For her descriptions of the landscape and the people she met (mainly the Anglo-Irish gentry) are as ambivalent as her now infamous reading of James Joyce’s Ulysses. But Woolf’s response to Ireland, and more particularly to Irish writing is only part of the story. As a contemporary, how was Woolf read in Ireland, if she was read at all, and what, if any, impact has she had on Irish writing? For the contemplation of “Virginia Woolf in Ireland,” both as a traveler and a reader of Irish culture, politics and literature, and as someone to be read through her various publications, provokes a proliferation of research possibilities about both writer and country. In this essay I wish to sketch out a preliminary map of these possibilities, showing some of the potentially complex and intriguing routes that require further exploration, in relation to Woolf studies, in particular the European Reception of Woolf, and in relation to Ireland and its own literary history. So the paper is divided into three sections: briefly, Virginia Woolf literally in Ireland, reading Virginia Woolf in Ireland from the 1920s...
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...LIBERTY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY BOOK CRITIQUE: TWO VIEWS ON WOMEN IN MINISTRY A Paper Submitted to Liberty Theological Seminary Dr. Garry Graves In partial fulfillment of the requirements For completion of the course Systematic Theology II THEO 530 By Vernon L Langley July 26, 2012 Beck, James R. Two Views on Women in Ministry: Revised ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2005. ISBN: 978-0-310-25437-9. Thesis Statement: in view of the fact that my own outlook on women’s responsibility in ministry is in between social equality and Complementarian; however I will attempt to show that women have a part in ministry, through the assessment of these two differing points of views as offered in the principal book Two Views on Women In Ministry and as contrasted with other academic books. Introduction: Dr. James R. Beck has assembled four academic assessments which present the egalitarian and complementarianism / hierarchical analysis regarding women in ministry with unprejudiced supplementary counterpoints to completely enlighten the one who reads. The arrangement of analysis appear to evaluate and distinguish in a reasonable, impartial way that supply the one who reads with a good insight of the dispute, with opposing opinions offered at the conclusion of every article. However, the reasonable approach to the arrangement of both components regarding women in ministry do not completely disclose...
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...The History of Women in Sports Throughout history, women have fought for equality against men, significantly in the last century, as women have taken on greater, and more equal, roles in society. There have been several fronts on which women have fought for equality and one of those cases is in sports. Sports history is filled with men popularizing athletics such as baseball, basketball, boxing, football, track, and many other sports. It is quite surprising to many that women, as well as men, should take credit for their effort in athletic competition. Women have been known since the 19th century to take part in sporting events when, back then, they were supposed to be confined to more prim and proper activities. Historically, a woman’s duties were to take care of the family, do all the domestic work, and basically enslave themselves to their husbands. Because of this stereotype, it was highly frowned upon that women were taking on a masculine role by participating in the sporting world. Throughout the history of human existence, athletic competition has been regarded as an exclusively masculine affair. In ancient times, athletic competitions were held among warriors to prove their fighting prowess or otherwise demonstrate their virility. The exclusively male origins of competitive sport carried over into the Olympics, where women were not allowed even to watch competitions, much less compete. However, a separate women's athletic event, the Heraea...
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...Artificial Intelligence: Fact or Fiction Virginia Vidaurri INF 103 Computer Literacy Instructor: Jeanette Cobabe December 3, 2012 Artificial Intelligence: Fact or Fiction What is Artificial Intelligence? The term Artificial Intelligence came into being in 1956, when it was proposed by John McCarthy (Bowles, 2010). This refers to the ability to “create a computer that could perform logical operations so well that it could actually learn and become sentient or conscious.” (Bowles, 2010). Our text defines intelligence as “the capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity.” (Bowles, 2010). The problem with this definition is it’s not so clear cut when it is referring to machines (Bowles, 2010). The ultimate goal with Artificial Intelligence is to create a machine that can actually think, as a person thinks, but I’m not sure this goal is capable of being fully realized. In 1937, Alan Turing, a mathematician, developed what he called a Turing Machine, which was supposed to be an intelligent machine (Bowes, 2010). Then in 1950, using this machine, Turing proposed the Turing Test, which he thought “could prove whether or not a computer was intelligent” (Bowles, 2010). In this experiment, there was a judge who would communicate with a person and a computer, each hidden behind a different curtain. If the judge couldn’t tell the difference between the computer and the “real person”, then the computer would be considered...
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...Share Repurchase: Is it good or bad? Financial Strategy (BMBA715.2) Date: 27th March 2013 Tutor: Mark Pilkington Author: Nandkumar Mahajan (136866461) Word Count: 3069 Table of Contents Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................. 3 Company capital structure & Shareholder value ...................................................................... 4 Why companies really repurchase shares? ................................................................................ 6 Is there any real value in share repurchase? ............................................................................. 7 Hewlett-‐Packard (HPQ) ................................................................................................................................ 7 Next Plc. (NXT) ........................................................................................................................................... 10 Conclusion ..................................................................................................................
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