group) Welcome campers back to The Science of Superpowers! Today, we’re putting our skills to the test. Can you jump as far as The Incredible Hulk, balance like Catwoman, leap as tall as Superman, sprint alongside the Flash or throw as accurately as Bullseye? As you make your way through the lesson, add to the conversation by either reading directly from the Background Information or by ad-libbing in your own words. Wonder Woman dedicates many hours each week to training in a variety of…
doesn’t even let anyone know that they are being recorded by his tiny device. Secondly, he works for Microsoft, enough said there. We will forever not know what the goal of George Bell was, unless it was invading privacy, then he hit that right on the bullseye. Google’s street view and George Bell’s experiment has something in common as well. We do not know if they are recording us, or even who they are, but we do know what they are both intrusive to personal…
Customers and prospects Target is known in the retail world for its data collection and analysis, grabbing bits and pieces wherever it can, from store purchases to visits on their websites to filling out surveys, and right down to postings on Facebook. Customers are not aware of big brother is watching you and collecting your data. While you are shopping on one site and move to another site, what you were shopping for pops up elsewhere. This is coming from your cookies, but retailers could…
store chain into the discount superstore that we know today. May of 1962 the first Target store opened in Minneapolis and has been thriving and expanding ever since, and remains presently one of Walmarts greatest competitors; with a world renowned bullseye logo. Target like many major corporations can be considered a multinational corporation (Chapter 11). currently has 1834 stores in the U.S. with 39 distribution centers and employees 323,000 people worldwide (Target). In addition, they also…
Gregg Steinhafel Chairman, President and CEO of Target. Steinhafel was born in Milwaukee. He worked with his grandfather and Austrian immigrant in his furniture store. Steinhafel received his bachelor’s degree from Carroll University in 1977 and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg school of management in 1979. He joined Target as a buyer and moved up the chain of command. Stenhafel was named President in 1999, joined the board of director in 2007, titled CEO in 2008, and appointed…
The University of Texas, for the past five years, has been my target – a bullseye per se. Since the beginning of my high school career, I have focused rigorously on my academics, hoping it would land me at the prestigious McCombs. As such, I am devastated UT was could not offer me admission to my first-choice major. When I reviewed all of my documents, I found several problems contributing towards this result. After notifying my counselor about the status, she told me I had sent an incomplete…
Human society is inching ever closer to a reality in which we must coexist with intelligences of our own making. Many technological advances must be made before approaching that point, and we will not truly know the nature of this intelligence until after it has been created, however, we can begin the necessary conversations, legal, and societal reforms so humanity is prepared for when AI enters our lives. Consciousnesses is an metaphysical attribute that we assign ourselves, our fellow humans…
The Colombian Sport of Throwing Rocks at Gunpowder Betwixt the three countries of Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama lays a wonderfully unique country titled the Republic of Colombia, also referred to as simply Colombia. Aside from its current president holding a Nobel Peace Prize from 2016, this country has a lot to offer. Colombia has a beautiful diversity of different landscapes and people. The two most alluring gems of Colombia that seem to stand out in most people's’ minds are Shakira and the…
Genocides are an unforgettable part of a country’s history and unfortunately the universe has a bad name for repeating it. In history, there have been many genocides, some worse than the others. However, a couple have hit the bullseye, when it comes to being the worst genocides known to man. The Holocaust, mainly along with the Armenian genocide has caught the attention of people all over the world for various reasons. The author of “The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story”, Diane Ackerman captured…
As you enter a Target you will most likely first see a customer service desk and a coffee shop or a cafe. Near the entrance there is often a “Bullseye Playground” which often offers small items that could be considers impulses buys. The jewelry/ watches section is vast and well set up. Target is made for a fashion-orientated shopper, on a budget. They have a wide variety of women’s accessories, such as hats, scarfs, mittens, umbrellas, sunglass, purses, and belts. Their women’s section takes up…