...Hotel Massenet (Si Nan Mansions) Hotel Massenet is an integral part of Sinan Mansions. Hotel Massenet is named after what Sinan Road was called in the French Concession days Route Massenet. It all began in 1920, in the heart of the then French Concession in Shanghai. This was the year when the first buildings south of French Garden (now Fuxing Park) on Rue Lafayette (now Fuxing Road) were built. Today, Sinan Mansions comprises 49 restored historical buildings and nine new buildings grouped into four functional precincts - hotel, commercial, residential and office - and the area remains one of the top addresses in Shanghai, China's international economic, financial, trade and logistics centre. Competitors: Crowne Plaza owned by Intercontinental Hotel Group, Britain. Strategy: Hotel Massenet:(1) Domestic/Localized (2)Competing mainly on Differentiation(Living Experience)—Classical building structures and room styles. Crowne Plaza:(1)International (2)Competing mainly on relatively low cost for 5 Star Hotels and quick response(Top Services). Improvement for Hotel Massenet : (1)The price for one night is around $1500 to $5000 which is really high and unacceptable by ordinary people, while the price for Crowne Plaza is about $150, a comparatively fair one in Shanghai (2)Maybe due to its history , Hotel Massenet is limited and well-known in Shanghai only. Location: Hotel Massenet: Junction of Fuxing Road and Chongqing Road, Adjacent to Fuxing Park-which is in one...
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...For the exclusive use of S. Kaya, 2015. Harvard Business School 9-595-057 Rev. March 30, 2001 The Black & Decker Corporation (A): Power Tools Division Joe, I like you guys. But, look, I give Makita 10 feet of space. I give you 10 feet of space. They outsell you 8 to 1. What are we going to do about that? In January 1991, statements like this no longer surprise Joseph Galli. Black & Decker’s (B&D) vice president of sales and marketing for power tools had heard similar sentiments expressed by many trade accounts. Makita Electric of Japan had practically taken over the professional power tools for tradesmen business since it entered the United States market a decade ago. “Tradesmen” was one of the three major segments of the power tools business—the others being “Consumer” and “Industrial.” “Consumer” represented “at home” use, while both “Tradesmen” and “Industrial” covered professional users. The distinguishing characteristic of the Tradesmen segment was that these buyers, such as a carpenter, bought tools for their own use on a job site. In Industrial, the buyer was generally a corporation purchasing tools for use by employees. By late 1990, Makita’s success in the Professional-Tradesmen segment was such that it held an 80% share in cordless drills, the single largest product category, and a 50% segment share overall. B&D had virtually created the portable power tools business in the United States beginning in the early 1900s. While it maintained the #1 ...
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...Contrinia Gee HUM 211 Section 0901 Comparison Report There is many characteristics of early Christian art and music. Christian art and music became an important instrument of theology. Christian sculpture was second to painting and mosaics. Small-scale relief work was done on stone sarcophagi (coffins) and ivory panels. The subjects depicted were drawn from the Old and New Testaments. The earliest paintings of Christian art were done in catacombs. Christian music roots itself in Jewish worship. There were two kinds of music which were responsorial and antiphonal. Musical accompaniment of any kind was prohibited. Islamic art was not the art of one particular group of people or that of one country. It was associated with the life of one person, Muhammad, and the teachings of one book, the Quran. Islamic art and music was a fusion of many different cultures. The most influential were Turkish, Persian, and Arabic. At first, art was not encouraged due to the fact that Islam opposes idol worship. Palaces and mosques were built in the late seventh century. They were rectangular in plan, with an open court, and a fountain in the center used for purification. There were covered walkways, with flat roofs supported on columns and arches. They led to the side, on which is located the mihrab, a small niche indicating the side facing Mecca. Decoration was made of tile and stucco and either modeled in low relief or is built up in layers that are often cut away to create the effect of...
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...* Security in Database System * GROUP 5: * Chandra Muthineni Marat Talantov Bharath Rao Sinan Albayrak * Agenda * Introduction * Threats Of DataBase Security * Classification of Database Security * Process of Creating Database Architecture * Advantages * Conclusion * Q & A * References * Introduction * Database security is a crucial area that a firm should enhance in order to run its day to day activities smoothly. * It is a deliberate effort to protect an organization data against threats such as accidental or intentional loss destruction or misuse. * Threats Of DataBase Security * Loss of availability * Elevated Privileges * Weak Audit Trial * Data corruption, Network flooding and Resource overload * Weak System and Procedures for performing authentication * Intrusion * CLASSIFICATION OF DATABASE SECURITY * Physically security * Logical security * PROCESS OF CREATING DATABASE ARCHITECTURE * Assessment and analysis. * Design and model the system * Deployment * Management and support * ADVANTAGES * Sharing * Privacy * Consistency * Decision Making * Productivity * CONCLUSION * The paper has generally discussed the database security concerns and research into various issues surrounding the sector. * Database security research paper has attempted to explore the issues of threats that may be poised to database...
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...CHAPTER 9 – Test Bank Multiple-Choice Questions 1. The “Middle Ages” in Western Europe includes which of the following time periods? a. the beginning of the Early Christian period through the 13th or 14th centuries b. the end of the Roman Empire through the Byzantine period c. the beginning of Byzantine period through the end of the Roman Empire d. A.D. 300–A.D. 1600 Answer: a 2. The new religion that entered Europe in the 8th century was a. Buddhism. b. Hinduism. c. Islam. d. Judaism. Answer: c 3. Which of the following cultures influenced Islamic art? a. Byzantine b. Archaic Greek c. Early Christian d. both the Byzantine and Early Christian Answer: d 4. The Christian recovery of Moorish strongholds was called the a. Reformation. b. Rebellion. c. Revolution. d. Reconquest. e. Renaissance. Answer: d 5. Which is true? a. Muhammad was born in Mecca in 622. b. Muhammad claimed to be the son of Allah. c. The Hijra marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar. d. Muslims are required to pray six times a day. Answer: c 6. The hadj refers to a. the Islamic calendar. b. a pilgrimage. c. a leader. d. a mosque. Answer: b 7. Jihad is a a. religious sentence. b. priest. c. holy book. d. holy war against sin, in oneself and in the world. Answer: d 8. Muslims must pray a. in a mosque. b. facing west. c. facing Mecca. d. facing a qibla. Answer:...
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...A LITTLE HISTORY Nike originally known as Blue Ribbon Sports (BRS) was track athlete Phil Knight and his coach Bill Bowerman in January 1964. The company initially operated as a distributor for Japanese shoe maker Onitsuka Tiger. Many top Oregon runners began wearing the shoes, and the shoe's popularity grew quickly. The company's profits grew quickly, and in 1966, BRS opened its first retail store, located in Santa Monica. In 1971, with the relationship between BRS and Onitsuka Tiger nearing an end, BRS prepared to launch its own line of footwear, which would bear the newly designed "Swoosh." The first shoe to carry this design was a soccer/football cleat named "Nike," which was released in the summer of 1971. In February 1972, BRS introduced its first line of Nike shoes, with the name Nike derived from the Greek goddess of victory. In 1978, BRS, Inc. officially renamed itself to Nike, Inc. The sponsorship of athletes became a key marketing tool for the rapidly growing company. By 1980, Nike had reached a 50% market share in the United States athletic shoe market, and the company went public in December of that year. Together, Nike and Wieden+Kennedy, an advertising company, have created many indelible print and television ads and the agency continues to be Nike's primary today. It was agency co-founder Dan Wieden who coined the now-famous slogan "Just Do It" for a 1988 Nike ad campaign, which was chosen by Advertising Age as one of the top five ad slogans of the 20th...
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...t- Multicultural ambition comes up against realrty ,dp Chris Bowen stigmatises legitimate debate about multiculturalism by labelling dissent "fashionable" ("What makes multiculturalism great is mutual respect", February 17). It is a facile evasion for him to argue that the Australian model is different to the European experience. On the contrary, nearly all criticism relates to the tension behveen values in multicultural to impose their own restrictive and alien standards on the society Fate of our state 1O will host a leaders' debate between Kristina Keneally and Barry O'Farrell at noon next Thursday. Readers are invited to submit questions on topics relevant to the state election. See smhrom.au for full details and conditions. Email questions, including your namq full home address and contact details, to nswclectlon@smhcom.au buried that is, The Herald and Channel Mor to sl Iamsu TonyA in the that has taken them in. The recent Melbourne terrorism trials show the reality ofthis threat. A misplaced sense of political correctness combined with a policy of turning a blind eye to these cultural challenges, and a bleating ofthe inaccurate charge of "racist" at anyone who dares to raise their concern, does little to the mir to stop work, when our day-to-day people were caused by weakness, encounters with some immigrants not a lack of compassion. confirm the lie of the multiculturMitchell Beston Woy Woy al utopia. g profits mining Shame Austral...
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...Sophia SINAN “ RIM and its troubles BlackBerry blues Research In Motion can ill afford embarrassing service interruptions CAN’T live with them; can’t live without them. Users of BlackBerry smartphones often curse the flashing red light telling them that another e-mail demands attention. Yet they curse its absence more. October 12th was the third day running of service failures, starting in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and then spreading to Asia and the Americas. Anger found work for idle thumbs: many tweeted their rage at Research In Motion (RIM), the Canadian company that makes BlackBerrys—presumably from other devices. For RIM, the outages could scarcely have been worse timed. The company has had a bad year. In the quarter ending in August its revenues were 10% lower than a year before, at $4.2 billion. Profits, at $329m, were down by more than half. According to Gartner, a research and consulting firm, in the second (calendar) quarter RIM’s share of the smartphone market dropped to 12%, from 19% a year earlier. BlackBerrys are still to many people’s taste. Corporate road-warriors swear by them as well as at them. Wielders of clumsy middle-aged thumbs like a QWERTY keyboard of buttons (though touch screens are also on offer). Information-technology departments, particularly in companies that put a special premium on security, love them too: life is fairly simple with a PC on every desk and a BlackBerry in every hand. And many youngsters, especially in Britain...
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...Muslim Ascendency After the tragic collapse of the Muslim world during the thirteenth and fourteenth century, the Muslim worlds history was reversed. It was during the thirteenth and fourteenth century that the Muslim world lost its long reigning dominance. It was regained after the death of Timur Lang. The Muslim world emerged into a period of ascendency. For the next few centuries, 14th-17th centuries, the Muslim world expanded dramatically. Islam became deeply rooted in the regions as diverse as West Africa, East Africa, Central Asian, South Asian, and Southeast Asia. It was due to the large expansion, strong economic and political power and influence, and remarkable intellectual culture that the Muslim world became hegemonic. One can see how the Muslim world had such a strong power by scrutinizing the Ottoman Empire and their dramatic expansion, strong economic and political power, and intellectual advances. The rebirth of the Ottoman Empire, after the death of Timur Lang, became the most powerful development in the Muslim world. In the sixteenth century, the Ottoman Empire was one of the two most powerful empires in the world, expanding the Empire severely. In 1517, the Ottoman Empire defeated the Mamlukes, during the battles in Syria and Egypt. The Mamlukes did not use gunpowder weapons because of the cavalrymen, consequences led to downfall. This victory for the Ottoman was massive; Selim now gained control over the holy sites, or hijaz, including Mecca and Medina...
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...Suleiman the Magnificent From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Suleiman I" redirects here. For the shah of Persia, see Suleiman I of Persia. "Kanuni" redirects here. For the historical set of Albanian laws, see Kanun. Suleiman I Suleiman the Magnificent Suleiman the Lawgiver سلطان سليمان اول Caliph of Islam Amir al-Mu'minin Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Suleiman in a portrait attributed to Titian c.1530 Period Growth of the Ottoman Empire Coronation 30 September 1520 Full Name Suleiman bin Selim Khan Born 6 November 1494 Birthplace Trabzon Died c. 5 September 1566 (aged 71) Place of death Szigetvár, Hungary Buried Süleymaniye Mosque, Constantinople[1][2] (present day Istanbul) Predecessor Selim I Successor Selim II Consort Hürrem Sultan (wife) Mahidevran Sultan Gulia Sultan Fulane Sultan Offspring Şehzade Mahmud (1512–1521) Şehzade Mustafa (1515–1553) Şehzade Murad (1519–1521) Şehzade Mehmed (1521–1543) Mihrimah Sultan (1522–1578) Şehzade Abdullah (1522–1524) Selim II (1524–1574) Raziye Sultan (1525-?) Şehzade Beyazıt (1525–1561) Şehzade Cihangir (1531–1553) Şehzade Orhan (1543-1562) Şehzade Ahmed Royal House House of Osman Dynasty Ottoman Dynasty Father Selim I Valide Sultan Ayşe Hafsa Sultan This article contains Ottoman Turkish text, written from right to left with some letters joined. Without proper rendering support, you may see unjoined letters written left-to-right, instead of right-to-left...
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...The Dominance of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 The video game market has slowly and steadily created a larger presence for itself in the entertainment industry. The largest part of the market’s recent growth (from 2005 to the present) is undeniably due in part to the video game console created by Microsoft called the Xbox 360. Microsoft was the first company to release what is called the “current generation” console, and successfully beat Sony out of the gate. Prior to the release of the Xbox 360, Sony had dominated the market with their console, the PlayStation 2. It is because of Microsoft’s ongoing innovations to enhance player interactivity and large game catalogue (especially those with record breaking sales) is why they are the dominant company in the industry. As of 2011, “there [is] an estimated 211.5 million gamers in the U.S. that play video games of some type,”(Miller, 172) Ninety five million of which are hard core gamers who play online against friends over a specialized online service. Hard core gamers are the fanatics and hobbyists that use a dedicated machine for gaming. Casual gamers are people who play small and simple games, like Angry Birds on a smart phone or Farmville on Facebook. The majority of all sales in the gaming industry come from hardcore gamers. Money brought into the entertainment industry in 2011 was a whopping $16.6 billion. (Miller, 173). To fully understand the full extent of Microsoft’s influence on the current market, it is important to understand...
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...Course Syllabus Course Information Course Number/Section FIN 4375-01 Course Title International Business Finance Term Fall 2015 Days & Times Mondays & Wednesdays 2:00-3:50 pm Classroom VBT, Rm. 137 Professor Contact Information Professor M. Sinan Goktan Office Phone 510-885-3797 E-mail Address sinan.goktan@csueastbay.edu Office Location VBT 438 Office Hours Mondays, 4:00-6:30 pm, Wednesdays 4:00-4:30 pm. Course Pre-requisites and/or Other Restrictions Pre-requisites: FIN 3300 Course Description | |In this course we will focus on a multinational corporation which makes its | | |investment, financing and operating decisions in an international setting. You will learn about the international | | |financial and currency markets and monetary system in which domestic and multinational firms operate. Our emphasis will| | |be on risks and opportunities faced by a corporation as a result of operating in an international environment. | Student Learning Objectives/Outcomes • Identify the determinants of currency prices and explain how these prices change in the foreign exchange (FX) markets. • Distinguish how various exchange rate systems affect currency prices in the FX markets. • Explain how a country’s balance of payments affects currency prices in the FX markets. • Explain international parity conditions which link the prices of goods, interest...
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...Coined by U.S. President Donald Trump, an online investigation into “fake news” determined “fake news” spreads faster than “real news”. Sinan Aral, co-author of the paper explains, “We have a very strong conclusion that the spread of falsity is outpacing the truth because human beings are more likely to retweet false than true news,” which was determined by investigating the sharing of more than 100,000 news stories on Twitter (Coldewey). According to this article, people like to share and spread “fake news”, including scandal, lies, and deceit, rather than “real news”. This proves that humans are more evil-natured due to the desire to gossip and scandals. In fact, it is later stated in the article that there is more of a bias to share negative news rather than positive news. The view of a more evil-natured human was originally driven by 16th-century philosopher Thomas Hobbes....
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...Great Impact of a King on music and theatre Sinan Erk Mutafoğlu 11149 HUM 204 Prof. Filiz Ali December 2nd, 2011 In the 17th century, France witnessed political, social and artistic facts which were triggered by the relationships between Louis the Fourteenth, Jean-Baptiste Lully and Moliere. This relationship between these important figures of 17th century can also be delineated as the connection between the political power, music and theatre. Before emphasizing the interaction among them, it might be illuminating to specify their backgrounds in order to gain an insight about their relations. Following, I am going to specify on their relationships and their influences on French music and theatre. Louis the 14th, who is named as France’s Sun King, had the longest reign in European history beginning from 1643 until he dies in 1715. He had only five years old when he became the king of France, therefore the reign was almost dominated by the Cardinal until he died in 1661 ( Louis XIV, David J. Sturdy, pg 23 ). Following the cardinal’s death, Louis brought the absolute monarchy at the risk of taking both his mother’s and the council’s reactions (Louis XIV, David J.Sturdy, pg 34). Afterward, these reactions were also gravitated to the relation between Louis, Lully and Moliere. He established Versailles palace...
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...Research Methodology Literature Review Guerrilla Marketing Magdalena Andovska ID: 9764 15.01.2013 In the 21st century people are surrounded by different technology every day. Marketing in general has a lot of influence on the development and progress of modern life. This kind of service is growing on daily basis. Guerrilla marketing represents a marketing strategy. It uses the most specific and unusual methods to advertise. Even though it exists from earlier, it became popular in the 1900s. Jay Conrad Levinson is considered the “father” of guerrilla marketing because he introduced this term in his book “Guerrilla Marketing.” This book is considered to be the milestone for this marketing strategy. In this book Levinson has defined guerrilla marketing according to what it represents from his point of view. Since then there are a lot of changes made because of the development of advertising in general. Guerrilla marketing actually represents an advertising strategy which means using low-cost and unconventional means for advertising. Guerrilla marketing focuses on low budget, imagination and atypical ways to achieve goals. At first guerrilla marketing aimed at small business. This kind of marketing was supposed to help small companies that don't have budget big enough to pay for expansive advertising campaigns. The idea of guerrilla marketing was to help small business advertise on this specific way using specific...
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