When the earth shook here on March 26th 2000‚ it helped geologists to figure out how the earth around Seattle would shake during the real thing less than a year later. When Seattle’s Kingdome was demolished with explosives‚ more than 200 seismic recorders caught every rattle and roll. Tom Brocher of the U.S. Geological Survey says: "You can see the red waves travelling away from the Kingdome." The areas that shook the worst then also shook the worst when the 6 point eight (on the Richter scale) Nisqually
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Since I was twelve‚ I had been dreaming to travel around the world especially to the Western parts in the world map. When my parents happily told the whole family that my one and only brother‚ Robert – who is 4 years older than me - would be going to Seattle‚ United States of America to further his studies‚ I thought my dream would become reality. Those words shocked me and gave me a big hurray for myself at the same time. Well‚ surprisingly I got more excited than my brother‚ which was strange since
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Sleepless in Seattle Someone important in your life lost‚ what would you do? Sam responded : “Work hard! Work will save you. Work is the only thing that will see you through this”. Until her back appeared at the airport‚ something in his heart was hard to say----maybe destiny takes a hand! See her at first sight‚ then fall in love .Love can make a person recover from deeply pain. Magic----the most suitable word to describe the romantic movies! Everyone has the pursuit of love‚ but you should
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The Globalization of Starbucks Thirty years ago‚ Starbucks was a single store in Seattle’s Pike Place Market selling premium-roasted coffee. Today it is a global roaster and retailer of coffee with some 17‚000 stores‚ 40% of which are in 50 countries outside the United States. Starbucks set out on its current course in the 1980s when the company’s director of marketing‚ Howard Schultz‚ came back from a trip to Italy enchanted with the Italian coffeehouse experience. Schultz‚ who later became
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Executive Summary The core objective of this report is to analyse the key strategies of the three multinational companies; Nintendo‚ Dell and Starbucks. The key strategies recognised were mainly‚ innovation‚ expansion‚ and introduction of new products‚ lowering of markets‚ use of better technology and the like. Further‚ Nintendo‚ Dell and Starbucks enjoyed the first mover advantage. They gained consumer trust and evolved as successful multinational companies. Moreover‚ Nintendo indulged in advanced
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Speech 101 1. As discussed in class‚ news sources (as in newspaper‚ magazine‚ web content‚ television programming) are a common form of “supporting material”. How well did Marlita Hill use news sources? Seattle times 1997‚feders magazine ‚la times‚ detroit news jacksonville journal michigan chronicle 2. Describe the types of news sources used by Marlita Hill. 3. Was Marlita Hill convincing? Why or why not? 4. Describe how Marlita Hill structured her speech/performance. 5. How
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Environmental Factors Paper MKT/421 May 10‚ 2012 University of Phoenix Environmental Factors Paper Startbucks coffee company is a very large and popular company that conducts domestic and global business; it was defined to be the finest coffee in the whole world. It mission statement is “to inspire and nurture the human spirit- one person‚ one cup and one neighborhood at a time“. Starbucks Company is one of the companies that know how to manage all the environmental forces that effect its marketing
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changed the local farming economy that led to a period of decline for the market. The number of shoppers dropped sharply with suburbanization and the rise of supermarkets. The market deteriorated‚ but its location at the western edge of downtown Seattle made it an attractive piece of real estate. In 1964 a citizens group called Friends of the Market planned to save Pike Place from redevelopment. The city made plans for the Pike Place Project that would include a 1.7-acre market in the middle of
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545365‚00. html. 2. Dyer‚ J.‚ & Ouchi‚ W. (1993). Japanese style business partnerships: Giving companies a competitive edge. Sloan Management Review‚ 35(1)‚ 51-63. 3. Gates‚ D. (2008‚ Nov. 2). Boeing strike ends: Machinists back on the job Sunday. Seattle Times. Retrieved April 2009 from http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008340022 _webmachinists02m.html. 4. Gunsalus‚ J. (2007‚ Dec 11). Boeing sticks to revised 787 Dreamliner schedule. Bloomberg Press. Retrieved April 2009 from http://www
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Organizations Diversity Initiatives: Starbucks has been able to support diversity within their workforce by improving satisfaction of employees that has resulted in an increase in productivity and retention of employees. Starbucks has also included diversity and inclusion into the core of their leadership competencies. By educating their employees Starbucks seeks out partners who are also known as employees to engage in their diversity community they serve. They have created a working environment
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