...The Portland Art Museum in Oregon is a spacious place that desires for thirsty questions from the endless walkers that shrouds across the echoing halls. It’s also probably the first real museum that I’ve ever been to in my life. The building is tall as a Greek God that extends to the sky with a mighty aura that surrounds it that seeks for green paper. From the inside however, a largely wide area that behemoths with deep empathy that screams out “Look at me!” in every direction. Many things went through my mind as I explored the straight forwardness of a place. The first question that strike through me were the extinction of water fountains. With liquid container not being allowed during the exploration, what’s the need of killing off something that keeps us motivated to move through the flat surface of hollowness? That’s one thing that irked my nerves through my search of an Emmet Gowin show. Another thing was the lack of security and employees who help answer questions. The environment felt very empty and quiet. That could’ve been their purpose to create a mood where it makes the viewer think and create questions. If that...
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...CASE 10 .1 Kickstarter : A New Forum for Raising Seed Capital for For-Profit and Nonprofit Organizations Introduction Kickstarter is a fund-raising Web site for creative projects. It’s a platform referred to as “crowdfunding,” in that it helps individuals and organizations raise money from the general public. Kickstarter was started in April 2009 by Perry Chen, Charles Adler, and Yancy Strickler. Since then, it’s collected nearly $40 million in pledges to help fund projects as diverse as creating an iPhone 4 tripod and mount to helping an author publish a guide to hidden art galleries and museums in Tokyo. Kickstarter receives between 100 and 200 new project requests per day. Projects are accepted if they follow Kickstarter’s guidelines. The primary requirement is that a project must be creativity-oriented. Kickstarter does not fund charity projects or causes. How It Works Once accepted, you use tools provided by Kickstarter to set up your fund-raising campaign. The campaign, which is displayed at Kickstarter.com, includes a description of your project, a video pitch (not required but recommended), the minimum amount of funds you need, and a deadline. If the minimum isn’t reached by the deadline, pledgers receive their money back. Pledges are tiered ($25, $50, $75, etc.), with each tier earning a certain incentive. The incentives are “thank- you” gifts or tokens that the person initiating the campaign gives to the people who make the pledges. Kickstarter has taken several...
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...Factors Influencing Visitor's Choices to Visit Urban Destinations Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Recreation Canadian Tourism Commission Canadian Heritage Parks Canada PREPARED BY: PREPARED FOR: Global Insight, Inc. June 2004 Table of Contents I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................. 1 Highlights................................................................................................................................ 1 Study Summary........................................................................................................................ 1 Recommendations ................................................................................................................... 2 Next Steps................................................................................................................................ 3 II. III. IV. A. INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................. 4 STUDY OBJECTIVE....................................................................................................... 4 METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................... 5 LITERATURE REVIEW ........................................................................................................... 6 Introduction............................................
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...I shall introduce the origins of fused glass art, detailing where and when Toots Zynsky and Klaus Moje appear in relation to the movement. I shall also introduce their contemporaries and discover how the artists have influenced (and been influenced by) their peers. Towards the end of the dissertation I intend to see what the future holds for the artists, their work and the artistic movement as a whole. My conclusions shall be based on what I have learned from this dissertation and how the artists have affected me on my journey. Fused Glass Origins There is some debate as to the true origins of fused glass art. According to the ancient-Roman historian Pliny in his book Historia Naturalis the process was invented accidentally around 5000 BC by Phoenician (Syrian) sailors: Once a ship belonging to some traders in natural soda put in here and... scattered along the shore to prepare a meal. Since, however, no stones suitable for supporting their cauldrons were forthcoming, they rested them on lumps of soda from their cargo. When these became heated and were completely mingled with the sand on the beach a strange translucent liquid flowed forth in the streams; and this, it is said, was the origin of glass. However, my belief is that although this a trustworthy recorded source, it was plainly an accident and not a contrived attempt to make art. With this in mind I would suggest that the true origins of producing glass as an art form began not with the Syrians but with the Egyptians...
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...Organization………………………………………………………………..p.7 Management Qualifications……………………………………………………..…..p.8 Business Insurance…………………………………………………………………..p.9 Hotel Concept and Theme…......................................................................................p.10 Food Service Concept and Theme…………………………………………..………p.11 Hotel Licensing……………………………………………………………...………p.12 Liquor License, Health and Fire Permits…........……………………………………p.13 Business License……………………………………………………………….……p.13 Description of Target Markets………………………………………………………p.14 Market Potential…………………………………………………..…………………p.15 Competitive Analysis………………………………………………………………..p.16 SWOT Analysis………………………………………………..…………………….p.16 Location………………………………………………………..…………………….p.17 Nature of Competition…………………………………………………………….....p.17 Potential New Hire Competition…………………………………………………….p.17 Potential New Restaurant and Food Service Competition…………………………..p.17 Location Analysis………………………………………………………..……..……p.18 Description of the Area……………………………………………………………….p.18 Commercial Residential Profile………………………………..…………………..…p.18 Traffic Flow………………………………………………………………………...…p.18 Accessibility………………………………………………………………………..…p.18 Food Service Menus…………………………………………………………………..p.18 Beverage Menus……………………………………………………………………….p.18...
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...Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät Seminar Paper at the Chair of Marketing Summer Semester 2012 Market Entry Strategies in Retailing Cultural Goods. International Best Practise. Submitted by Written at Lea Valentine Frieda Steinlein Prof. Dr. D. Möhlenbruch *20.12.1989, Bayreuth Martin-Luther-Universität Matr. Nr. 210219076 Juristische und Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät th Date of Submission: July 27 2012 Lehrstuhl Marketing und Handel 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION – THE DEFINITION OF “CULTURAL GOODS” 3 2 STATE OF THE MARKETS OF CULTURAL GOODS IN GERMANY 4 2.1 GENERAL SITUATION IN GERMANY 4 2.2 ANALYSIS OF THE RETAIL SECTOR OF CULTURAL GOODS 5 2.2.1 INDEPENDENT BOOK SHOPS 6 2.2.2 INDEPENDENT MUSIC SHOPS 6 2.2.3 ART AND CRAFTS GALLERIES 7 3 STEPS TO ENTER THE RETAIL MARKET OF CULTURAL GOODS 7 4 INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTISE FOR START-UPS 8 4.1 8 4.2 CREATING AN EXPERIENCE 9 4.3 5 “GLOCALISATION” OF CULTURAL RETAIL GOODS USING THE “WEB 2.0” 10 CONCLUSION AND CONSEQUENCES FOR START-UPS 11 LIST OF LITERATURE 12 LIST OF INTERNET WEBSITES 13 LIST OF DIAGRAMS 14 3 1 INTRODUCTION – THE DEFINITION OF “CULTURAL GOODS” Every day of our life we are encountering cultural goods and behaviour. Starting with the food we eat, the ways we communicate and the advertisement we are influenced by – all these are part of...
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...plan. This chapter discusses methods for establishing such systems. In doing so, we echo Worth’s (2012) concern that “nonprofit managers must be committed to performance measurement but should not become overly focused on it to the detriment of delivering their mission’s programs” (p. 157). Performance measurement Process Before engaging in performance measurement, it is vital to understand the level and scope of the process. Measurement can be conducted for effectiveness or performance at the program/project or organizational level. Effectiveness relates to achieving the mission, while performance is a broader concept that considers financial results and other variables related to the overall organization. Once the scope and level of analysis are determined, several questions should be answered about the evaluation process: 1. WHAT is to be evaluated—or assessed for effectiveness? 2. HOW should it be assessed? 129 130 • INTRODUCTION TO NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT 3. WHO is responsible for conducting the assessment? 4. TO WHOM should the results be reported? Budgets and other resource constraints may influence the answers...
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...Table Of Contents 1.0 Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.0 Situation Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.1 Market Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.1.1 Market Demographics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.1.2 Market Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.1.3 Market Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.1.4 Market Growth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.2 SWOT Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.2.1 Strengths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.2.2 Weaknesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.2.3 Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.2.4 Threats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.3 Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.4 Product Offering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.5 Keys to Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.6 Critical Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3.0 Marketing Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3.1 Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 3.2 Marketing Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.3 Financial...
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...Travelers Paid the Most Cities Where U.S. Travelers Paid the Most Price Drops in Popular International Cities Price Increases in Popular International Cities Chapter 3: Americans’ Travel Habits Most Popular Domestic and International Cities for Americans A Look at Top Domestic Market Areas for U.S. Travelers Best-Value Domestic Market Areas for U.S. Travelers in 2013 Chapter 4: The Price of Luxury Luxury Trends Best Five-Star Values Best Value for $135 Chapter 5: International Travel Habits Most Popular U.S. Cities for Foreign Travelers Top International Spenders for U.S. Hotel Rooms Chapter 6: Prices Paid at Home and Away Traveling Abroad Traveling at Home More at Home or Away? Chapter 7: Wanderlust Cuisine Art & Design Shopping Health & Wellness Adventure Music Chapter 8: 2014 Travel Trend Predictions Major Sporting Events Drive Travel Special Focus on Business and Meetings Professionals Travel Like a Local Chapter 9: Travel Talk Hotels.com Highlights of 2013 and About Hotels.com Page 2 Pages 3-5 Page 6-15 Pages 16-19 Pages 20-24 Pages 25-27 Pages 28-29 Pages 30-31 Pages 32-37 Pages 38-39 Pages 40-42 Page 43 H o t e l s . c o m ® H o t e l P r i c e I n d e x ™ F u l l Y e a r 2 0 1 3 1|P a g e Introduction The Hotels.com® Hotel Price IndexTM (HPI®) is a regular report on hotel prices in major destinations across the world. The HPI is based on bookings made on Hotels.com sites and prices...
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...EDUCATION PROGRAM AT AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE FOLLOWING CONTRIBUTORS OF THIS CURRICULUM GUIDE. WITHOUT THEIR DEDICATION, HARD WORK AND PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO THE ISSUES THAT EMANATE FROM THE FILM, THIS GUIDE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE. WRITERS CLARE GARVIE SHEETAL KHEMCHANDANI HEATHER SHPIRO EDITORS CLARE GARVIE SHEETAL KHEMCHANDANI MELISSA ROBINSON CONTRIBUTORS KIM ALLEN MARY ARCHER ADDIE BOSTON REBECCA CATRON SAMANTHA LEE SONAM DOLKER EMILY LESSER KAREN ROBINSON MELISSA ROBINSON 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION FROM THE FILMMAKER | 4 FROM THE EDITORS | 5 MOVIE DISCUSSION GUIDE | 7 LESSON 1 PERSONAL AND COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY | 9 APPENDIX 1 – Handouts | 18 THE TRANSORMATIVE POWER OF ART | 23 APPENDIX 2 – Handouts | 32 DISCRIMINATION AND THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION | 49 APPENDIX 3 – Handouts | 54 FILM CLIPS | 61 GLOSSARY OF TERMS | 63 OPTIONAL TEACHER RESOURCE 1 – Red Light Districts around the World | 65 OPTIONAL TEACHER RESOURCE 2 – Q&A about the Calcutta Red Light District | 68 OPTIONAL TEACHER RESOURCE 3 – Fact Sheet on Internally Displaced Peoples and Refugees | 70 OPTIONAL TEACHER RESOURCE 4 – Timeline of Conflict in Bosnia/Herzegovina | 72 LESSON 2 LESSON 3 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES RESOURCE STRENGTHENING FEEDBACK FORM | 74 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS FROM THE FILMMAKER ZANA BRISKI When I first went to the brothels of Calcutta I had no idea what I was doing. Circumstances had led me there and I had a deep visceral reaction to...
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...------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form CORPORATE HISTORY 1995-1997 1995 * Larry Page and Sergey Brin meet at Stanford. (Larry, 22, a U Michigan grad, is considering the school; Sergey, 21, is assigned to show him around.) According to some accounts, they disagree about almost everything during this first meeting. 1996 * Larry and Sergey, now Stanford computer science grad students, begin collaborating on a search engine called BackRub. * BackRub operates on Stanford servers for more than a year—eventually taking up too much bandwidth to suit the university. 1997 * Larry and Sergey decide that the BackRub search engine needs a new name. After some brainstorming, they go with Google—a play on the word “googol,” a mathematical term for the number represented by the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros. The use of the term reflects their mission to organize a seemingly infinite amount of information on the web. Back to top 1998 August * Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim writes a check for $100,000 to an entity that doesn’t exist yet: a company called Google Inc. September * Google sets up workspace in Susan Wojcicki’s garage at 232 Santa Margarita, Menlo Park. * Google files for incorporation in California on September 4. Shortly thereafter, Larry and Sergey open a bank account in the newly-established company’s name and deposit Andy Bechtolsheim’s check. * Larry and Sergey hire Craig Silverstein...
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...HOW TO Prepare Your Curriculum Vitae Revised Edition Acy L. Jackson and C. Kathleen Geckeis Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. 0-07-142626-4 The material in this eBook also appears in the print version of this title: 0-07-139044-8 All trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. Rather than put a trademark symbol after every occurrence of a trademarked name, we use names in an editorial fashion only, and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark. Where such designations appear in this book, they have been printed with initial caps. McGraw-Hill eBooks are available at special quantity discounts to use as premiums and sales promotions, or for use in corporate training programs. For more information, please contact George Hoare, Special Sales, at george_hoare@mcgraw-hill.com or (212) 904-4069. TERMS OF USE This is a copyrighted work and The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (“McGraw-Hill”) and its licensors reserve all rights in and to the work. Use of this work is subject to these terms. Except as permitted under the Copyright Act of 1976 and the right to store and retrieve...
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...Occupy movement From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article's use of external links may not follow Wikipedia's policies or guidelines. Please improve this article by removing excessive or inappropriate external links, and converting useful links where appropriate into footnote references. (June 2013) Occupy movement Part of response to the late-2000s financial crisis and subprime mortgage crisis and the impact of the Arab Spring Combination of October 2011 global protests.jpg Worldwide Occupy movement protests on 15 October 2011 Location Worldwide (List of locations) Methods Occupation Non violent protest Civil disobedience Picketing Demonstrations Internet activism General strikes Direct action Arrests/Injuries/Deaths Arrests: 7,700+,[1] Injuries: 400+,[2] Deaths: 32[3][4][5][6][7] The Occupy movement is an international protest movement against social and economic inequality, its primary goal being to make the economic and political relations in all societies less vertically hierarchical and more flatly distributed. Local groups often have different foci, but among the movement's prime concerns is the belief that large corporations and the global financial system control the world in a way that disproportionately benefits a minority, undermines democracy and is unstable.[8][9][10][11] The first Occupy protest to receive wide coverage was Occupy Wall Street in New...
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...Developing undergraduate research and inquiry Mick Healey and Alan Jenkins June 2009 Developing undergraduate research and inquiry Contents Preface Executive summary 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Argument, origins and scope Nature of undergraduate research and inquiry Issues of inclusiveness Disciplinary practices and strategies Departmental and course team practices and strategies Institutional practices and strategies National policies and strategies The research evidence Conclusion: building connections 2 3 5 15 33 47 67 79 105 113 121 125 127 About the authors References List of case studies Engaging students in research and inquiry at the beginning of their academic studies Engaging students in research and inquiry later in their academic studies Undergraduate research and inquiry in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines Undergraduate research and inquiry in humanities, social sciences and interdisciplinary studies Undergraduate research and inquiry in departments and course teams Undergraduate research and inquiry in institutions 11 30 40 62 74 102 The Higher Education Academy – June 2009 1 Preface The Academy is very pleased to present this piece of work, commissioned as part of the series looking at the relationship between teaching and research1. Mick Healey and Alan Jenkins build on their already substantial contribution in this area by focusing on undergraduates’ engagement in research and inquiry, and the potential implications...
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...Developing undergraduate research and inquiry Mick Healey and Alan Jenkins June 2009 Developing undergraduate research and inquiry Contents Preface Executive summary 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Argument, origins and scope Nature of undergraduate research and inquiry Issues of inclusiveness Disciplinary practices and strategies Departmental and course team practices and strategies Institutional practices and strategies National policies and strategies The research evidence Conclusion: building connections 2 3 5 15 33 47 67 79 105 113 121 125 127 About the authors References List of case studies Engaging students in research and inquiry at the beginning of their academic studies Engaging students in research and inquiry later in their academic studies Undergraduate research and inquiry in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines Undergraduate research and inquiry in humanities, social sciences and interdisciplinary studies Undergraduate research and inquiry in departments and course teams Undergraduate research and inquiry in institutions 11 30 40 62 74 102 The Higher Education Academy – June 2009 1 Preface The Academy is very pleased to present this piece of work, commissioned as part of the series looking at the relationship between teaching and research1. Mick Healey and Alan Jenkins build on their already substantial contribution in this area by focusing on undergraduates’ engagement in research and inquiry, and the potential implications...
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