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Introduction By virtue of the 18th century French decadent era, “la Chocolaterie Rococo” emerged. Rococo chocolate is the true definition of quality chocolate that is a sinful delight capable of bringing heaven a step closer. The emergence of “Chocolaterie Rococo” was inspired by the French period of the decadent 18th century. The Rococo chocolate defines the ultimate chocolate indulgence one could ever imagine! This chocolate was introduced by Marita Lamprecht who was trained as a chocolatier in Belgium. She utilises the finest freshest ingredients in creating each piece of exquisite delight Rococo Chocolate. Marita Lamprecht is the founder of Rococo Chocolate company in South Africa, to which after being trained she made the foremost purveyor of the chocolate in Southern Cape, Belgium. About Rococo Products The company produces beautiful chocolates. Its chocolates are in colorful as well as ornate designs. They have a world wide market. Rococo chocolate produces some of the best chocolates ever, they are tasty, beautiful and in different designs preferred through out the globe. They are thus found in South Africa, and other countries in America. Rococo Uniqueness Well wrapped in attractive packages. Well flavored with fruit, salt, vanilla and thousands of other flavors. Smooth to the tongue. Has a lovely melt on the tongue. What distinguishes Rococo chocolates from other chocolates is its attractive look on the outside and the delicious sweetness it has. Rococo chocolates are smooth and provides a lovely melt that makes it irresistible to the tongue! Manufacturing The manufacture of Rococo melted chocolate can
Executive Summary iTailor is a company that specializes in 3D printing services and makes printed clothes for its customers. This firm focuses on the latest technologies, as well as provides convenience and a wide choice of services to its clients. iTailor has a competitive advantage in the market because it does not have high expenses related to its website maintenance, as well as works in a market that is growing quickly. Moreover, the company benefits as it applies innovations and makes all its business processes green and sustainable. However, there are problems for the company related to its online presence. It was recommended to increase the volume of online promotion and to make its website easier to find with the search engines. In addition, iTailor was recommended to continue using the latest technologies and to increase its product assortment to remain competitive in a dynamic market. Overview iTailor is a leading 3D Printing Fashion Group that was founded in New Zealand and is currently located in the US. It makes customized 3D printed products of different types for satisfying the demands and needs of various customers. The company presents itself as a team of designers and innovators who create new models and trends in the printed fashion (iTailor, 2019). iTailor has a store in San Francisco. The vision of the firm is “to provide efficient, recyclable, unique clothes to all our customers” (iTailor, 2019). iTailor uses an innovative 3D printer that is not available for most of its competitors. Due to this device, the firm can offer its customers various types of clothes, which are eco-friendly and durable. iTailor applies the most innovative technologies to minimize waste and possible negative impact on the environment. Customers can use additional convenient services, such as styling and visualization of their clothes before printing. Discussion iTailor is likely to gain a significant competitive advantage from its e-marketplace due to its unique operating strategy. The first element of its operating strategy is minimizing the costs of online presence and promotion. iTailor’s website is based on the Wix platform that has relatively low prices to create and support the firm’s website (Wix, 2019). Due to using this platform, iTailor is enabled to save some costs related to website development, testing and supporting. The website of the company is convenient and laconic. It is possible to learn easily about the company, its main products, benefits, services and other additional information that may be needed for clients. The second important element of the operating strategy that helps iTailor to gain a competitive advantage is that the company focuses on innovations and
Aims/Objectives The main objective is to critically evaluate the impact of leadership behaviour and management style on the success of Total Quality Management (TQM) in the retail sector. The specific objectives for the study will include:  1. Critically evaluate if leadership behaviour and management style has an impact on perceptions of customer satisfaction in UK’s supermarkets industry  2. Critically evaluate the role played by Tesco’s leadership in establishing organizational systems and processes aimed at supporting TQM efforts  3. Critically evaluate how leadership behaviour and management style influence employee satisfaction and motivation in the provision of services Research Questions The study will be guided by the following research questions  1. Does leadership behaviour have an impact on customers’ perceptions, attitudes and values about where to purchase their products or services?  2. What is the role of leadership in establishing processes that support TQM?  3. What is the relationship between leadership and employee satisfaction? Methodology Design A descriptive quantitative design will be employed. Quantitative designs are mostly used to ascertain relationships between variables. The study will be descriptive since the subjects will be measured once. The quantitative design will assist the researcher to get a deeper understanding of the role of leadership behaviour in TQM from the viewpoints of the subjects selected for the study Sample The sample for the study will include Tesco’s managers in operations, supply chain, marketing, and human resources departments of selected branches. The sample will also consist of selected Tesco’s customers Sampling Approaches Random sampling will be employed to come up with the correct sample size for customers while purposive sampling technique will be used on the management staff. The latter involves sampling subjects by virtue of exhibiting the needed knowledge and understanding. Instrumentation Study will utilize two sets of semi-structured survey questionnaires – one for Tesco’s management and the other for Tesco’s customers. The standardized Xerox management performance survey schedule will be adopted to evaluate leadership behaviour. Lickert-type measurement scales will be employed to measu
The Colonization of Roanoke The establishment of a settlement at Roanoke was motivated by a number of factors. The settlers were searching for the fabled treasures of the new world, particularly gold. The colonization of Roanoke did not live up to the expectations of the settlers. This is because; they encountered hostility and opposition from the Native inhabitants of the area and also lacked sufficient provisions such as food, artillery, tools and implements. Accordingly, the settlers faced challenges stemming from the lack of basic provisions as well as confrontations with the Native inhabitants of the region. (Bolton and Marshal 110-113) From the onset, the English attitudes towards the Native Americans were characterized by suspicion, distrust and confrontation. During the establishment of the settlement, the inhabitants of the village of Aquascogoc were accused of stealing a silver cup, for this, the village was burnt to the ground and the tribal chief was also killed. (Ibid) This situation typified the future relationship, which was characterized by the mistreatment of the Native Americans by the Europeans. National Expansion The expansion of the United States gave rise to a number of political ethical and social problems. The political problems included the fact that expansion led to settlers moving to remote areas of the country and establishing autonomous settlements. The social problems included the growing debate about the responsibility of the colony towards the mother country. Additionally, the ethical problems associated with national expansion revolved around issues of slavery and the Native Indian population. (Utter 47-48) The problem of expansion was a serious matter; however, the manner in which the problems were dealt with was inappropriate. Resorting to ratifying the ‘Indian removal act’ as an attempt to counter national expansion was not the best way to deal with the problem, it would have been prudent to attempt to apply more humane solutions The Trail of Tears The Supreme Court decision in the case between the Cherokee Nation v Georgia is illustrative of the attitude of the United States Government towards the Native American population. For many years, the Cherokee people inhabited the region of Western Georgia. This is until gold was discovered in the region. The discovery of the precious metal necessitated the eviction of the people from their ancestral home. However, in the year 1828, the Cherokee had assimilated a number of European customs and they had a well developed system of government. Significantly, when the ‘Indian removal act’ was passed by the United States Congress, the Cherokee challenged the law legally and established an autonomous Cherokee nation. In the case between the Cherokee Nation and the State of Georgia, the court ruled against subjecting the Cherokee to Georgia law as they did not represent a sovereign state. In 1832, in the case Worcester v. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee Nation was sovereign and therefore inv
Language testing stands for the identification of the level of a learner’s preparation to use their language skills and knowledge in real life situations and environments. Testing is an essential part of teaching a language and should not be viewed as a separate activity. Since the result is crucial in teaching, an educator is to be able to measure the performance of the learners, their improvements, strengths and weaknesses and this is where testing is necessary. Testing and teaching can be seen as two sides of one coin (Widyantoro, 2013). The relationship between teaching and testing can be described as mutual support because neither of the two processes can exist without the other. Test results determine whether teaching actually happened and how well the learners have processed and mastered the new knowledge and skills. Testing is a very important aspect of any foreign language teaching program that has an impact on other program components. This paper aims to demonstrate this impact and how it should be considered by test makers in designing and developing their tests. Purpose and Objectives Factor Teaching is an activity that can be viewed as a process with only one direction – positive. This means that negative teaching does not exist simply because negative teaching is absence of teaching and knowledge acquisition by the learner. In other words, teaching as an activity implies the presence of positive results. Testing is a part of teaching that helps to determine whether or not the results are present and whether or not they match the teacher’s expectations. This way, testing can be viewed as a marker that serves as the basis for a variety of important decisions of a teacher (Widyantoro, 2013). Test results are not only designed to help the teacher evaluate the progress of t
Money markets refer to a subsection of the fixed-income industry where short-term financial instruments of high liquidity are sold and bought. The money market includes several short-term trading instruments such as commercial papers, treasury bills, and bankers’ acceptances. The main purpose of any money market is to fill the void in any economy’s short-term credit needs. Nevertheless, the money market differs from the capital market because most of the former’s instruments mature after only a short time. The money market is not limited to physical currency trading but it also encompasses trade in other short-term instruments that are either sold in wholesale or retail terms. For example, in most countries money market occur in terms of commercial papers and treasury bills among other non-currency tools. The overall goal of money markets is “to facilitate the efficient transfer of short-term funds between holders and borrowers of cash assets” 1 . This paper aims to assess money markets as well as how they operate including their context within international economies. Money markets developed to their current states when it became clear that money was a major tool in the global financial system 2 . Currently, most money market instruments have a maturity period that is less than one year. Although, money markets are often confused with bond markets, the latter is distinguished by its short maturity periods. In the global context, money markets are part of vast and distinguished international monetary systems. All economies around the world use money markets to fulfill their short-term lending and borrowing needs. Money markets were a replacement for commodity markets that were fairly common in the previous centuries. Gold is still a preferred trading commodity in modern markets and it is also one of the earliest. For example, in the 1600s France had the biggest gold reserve for trading purposes in the whole of Europe 3 . Maintaining a balance in the money markets can determine the fate of an entire economy. Furthermore, only free markets have shown the resilience that is necessary to accompany the fluctuations in demand and supply of the money markets. After the Dutch economy collapsed in the late 1700s due to demand and supply uncertainties, the government took charge whilst upholding the spirit of the free market 4 . Capital markets serve a purpose that goes beyond the short-term lending and borrowing needs. Furthermore, individuals rarely feature in the money markets although they are well represented i
Introduction Most individuals prefer watching movies as a way of entrainment or killing time especially the youth. Movies entail different themes that might range from historical experiences to current day-to-day experiences. However, some movies and television shows purporting to highlight some historical issues may lack historical validity and accurateness. This paper is a review and historical analysis of the film, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Film review The film is founded on a novel with the same title. John Boyne authored the novel. The film’s director is Mark Herman, and it was released in 2008. The main actor is Bruno, who is eight years of age living in the countryside with his family after his father receives a promotion in the workplace. Bruno’s dad is a commandant of an extermination camp, which borders their homestead, but it separated by a barbed wire electric fence. At one point, Bruno decides to disobey the rules forbidding him from accessing the back garden. Curiosity leads him to the fence surrounding the extermination camp. Bruno meets Shmuel, who is a Jewish inmate at the camp, and befriends him. Bruno speculates the striped uniform that Shmuel is wearing to resemble pajamas, thus hinting to the viewers about the origin of the film’s title. The pair organizes regular meetings where they are involved in playing board games together, and Bruno sneaks food to his friend during such occasions. One day, Bruno’s mother discovers the assignment of his husband following some insights from a junior commissioned officer often called Lieutenant concerning the black smoke emanating from the chimneys of the camp. Apparently, the smoke comes from the burning of the Jews who are perceived as lesser humans in the Nazi Germany. Bruno’s mother becomes agitated and heartbroken, and thus she confronts her husband. Later on at a dinner in Bruno’s home, the lieutenant pronounces how his biological father had moved to Switzerland and left his family. Bruno’s father accuses the Lieutenant of neglect of duty and recklessness by not informing the concerned authorities about his father’s eminent disagreements with the prevailing political regime. Therefore, to prove his ultimate support for the political regime and cover his embarrassment, Lieutenant Kotler beats to death the Jewish inmate who was a servant at Bruno’s house so that he could show his undeterred support to the political system. Later on, by coincidence, Shmuel replaces the murdered servant. Due to amusement, Bruno decides to offer him a cake. Unfortunately, the lieutenant sees Shmuel chewing and immediately accuses him of theft. Shmuel explains that the cake was duly offered to him, but Bruno denies the claims out of fear. Bruno decides to go and apologize to Shmuel. However, the servant cannot be found. Bruno keeps on going back to the same venue at the camp, but he is never fortunate to meet his friend until one moment when Shmuel reappears at the fence. During the reunion, Bruno expresses his ultimate apologies to his f
The metallography’s roots trace back to the 18 th century due to the rise of industrial technology and the growing need for metal. The mechanical properties of a material are heavily dependent on the microstructure of the material. Porosity, inclusion, second phases, and grain size play a central role in the material’s quality, strength, and durability (Boileau, 2020). There are various methods to determine many of these factors: for porosity, it relies on the number of grid intersections in relation to the number of grid lines. While porosity, inclusion, and second phases cannot be altered after the material was solidified, other factors such as grain size can be changed through various processing forms. Doing so can drastically improve the quality of the material; thus, there exist many ways of analyzing and altering the grain size. Grain size determination methodology relies on the use of reference plates to measure distances on photographs taken of the polished and etched microstructures. Two standard methods are “Lineart Intercept” and “Circular Intercept,” with the first analysis relying on the number of points where the drawn line intersects a grain boundary. The second method relies on measuring intersections between circular grain boundaries. Using these two methods, it becomes possible to determine the quality and properties of the material. While manual measurement methods are overall reliable, the automated methods are far more commonly used, despite their pricing. It uses digital photography and software to capture images and then process them to analyze features that otherwise would be difficult to determine. While there are free-to-use software programs for automated measurement, it requires a professionally trained person to do so. Therefore automated methods become more expensive with needed time and resources to hire or train a professional metallographer and obtain the necessary applications and technology. Reference Boileau J.M. (2020). Metallography . BE 1310 Laboratory.
Introduction Gone With the Wind is considered to be one of the all-time great movies ever to be made in the history of motion pictures. The movie features one of the top heroes of the period Clark Gable and a relatively unknown Vivien Leigh as the film’s leading characters of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O’Hara respectfully. Set in the times just before and after the American Civil War, it is a story that has a number of elements like romance, love, jealousy, heroism, and courage running throughout the entire length of the movie. The movie is based on Margaret Mitchell’s hugely popular novel of the same name. The epic movie that runs for nearly four hours with an interval in between has won ten Academy Awards in 1939, the year of its release. It is also considered to be the biggest grosser in box office history if one adjusts for the inflation that has occurred in the 70 or so years since the film’s release. Thesis statement People who are headstrong, spoilt, manipulative, insensitive, naïve, and arrogant can be changed into their sensibilities due to the circumstances of their later lives. Even though the film stars Clark Gable, it is Vivien Leigh who plays the part of Scarlett who is the central character of the film. The film with all its emotions and the background of the Civil War is actually about the transformation of Scarlett from a headstrong, spoilt, manipulative, insensitive, naïve, and arrogant Southern belle into a more sensible, determined, optimistic, and ambitious young woman. Issues There are three issues in the movie and all three relate to the transformation of Scarlett O’Hara as mentioned in the thesis statement. The first issue is the hardships she faced, the second one is the rejections she had to face from her two lovers and the third one is the meeting and eventual falling in love with an equally headstrong and dubious Rhett Butler. A short synopsis The film essentially covers two distinct and crucial periods in American history. The film has an intermission after the first 100 minutes or so. This first half shows the pre-war period and ends with the actual outbreak of the war. The second half deals with a period sometimes past the war and how the protagonists, especially Scarlett, go about bringing back their lives in order. Scarlett was brought up as a spoilt child in her father’s prosperous farm called Tara in the deep south of the country in Georgia. She is in love with (or thinks she is) Ashley Wilkes, but is turned down because the man is engaged to be married to Melanie Hamilton. Ashley owns the neighborhood farm called Twelve Oaks. The rebuttal happens during a party at the Twelve Oaks. Scarlett had gone there primarily to tell As
Introduction The sighting of a 9,000 year old human skeleton near Kennewick, Washington has brought confusion between Native American community and the archeological scientists. David Hurst Thomas through his work in Skull Wars: Kennewick Man, Archeology, and the Battle for Native American Identity, have shown the estrangement between archeologists and the Native Americans. The Skull War enlightens the fascinating story of archeologists, dealings with American Indians and the way they declined with the growth of scientific archeology. In addition to the reflective technical questions, the debate and resulting proceedings over Kennewick Man, revealed the issues of both sides. There was a wrong notion on the part of the Indians in understanding the techniques adopted by the archaeologists. They considered that the scientists were technically taking their past traditions and ancestral identities and remolding them in the form of Western Science (Skull Wars). The finding of Kennewick man The finding of Kennewick man was in 1996 during a boat race on the Columbia River near Kennewick, in Washington of northwestern United States. Two of the spectators to the race, pulled themselves near to the land to have a better view of the race. At the border of the bank they found a human skull, which they took to the province head. The human skull was