Steve Harvey

After news of his arrest over a home-made alarm clock mistaken for a bomb, 14-year-old Muslim student Ahmed Mohamed of MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas received overwhelming support from notable people such as Obama, Zuckerberg, and a NASA engineer. In their respective social media accounts, the said famous individuals were reported to express their desire to meet the talented young man. According to Daily Mail, Obama tweeted that he found the juvenile’s creation as something cool and…

Seth Teller was an American computer scientist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1994 till 2014 when he died by suicide. In the 20 years of being a professor his research included everything from robotics, computer vision, and sensor networks. Mr. Teller received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1992. He was also a postdoctoral researcher at the Computer Science Institute of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Princeton University’s…

Mac vs. PC After observing these Mac commercials, it was clear that they were taking clear shots at their competitors. I liked the humor they presented and how savage they were against the PC’s. I also like how they used Justin Long to play as the Mac which helped relate this to comedy for me because I’ve seen him in a lot of funny movies like the movie Waiting. I ended up watching all of the videos instead of just four and I didn’t regret it because although they may seem redundant to some, I…

I interviewed a colleague whose career followed an interesting arc into project management. Michael S. joined the US army immediately after graduating high school, and upon discharge in 1991, entered retail management. He first attempted to apply the discipline gained by his Army service as he faced the challenge of opening a chain of five music stores in five months. However, he recognized that repetitively opening retail locations within such a short timespan required defining and…

A few years ago, during my interim days between my entrepreneurial ventures, I left my long time position as the online marketing manager of a San Diego events company. I knew I wanted to find a position in digital marketing, so I found those companies I wanted to target and started making connections with them. Now, if you read my blog ....... you can guess I didn't go about my job search the traditional way, rather I reached out to the CEO's and top execs of companies. I found myself…

“Interview: Mary Kay Henry,” it talks about how does the Service Employees International Union measure the broader impact of raising the minimum wage to $15 in the cities and states that have done it? It is related to strategic management. Strategic management consists of the analyses, decisions and actions an organization undertakes to create and sustain competitive advantage. Specifically, it directed toward overall organizational goals and objectives; it includes multiple stakeholders in…

Even though Jobs was a hopeless wreck without Apple, he still loved what he did. He could still pursue his vision and passion with technology. Better yet, he could create even more extraordinary products. With that in mind, Jobs decided to start another company called “NeXT” (134). Jobs then decided to move on forward with his life and sold almost all of his shares but one he had with Apple (135). That one share left was intended for Jobs to go to the shareholder meetings if he wanted to. Jobs…

9/27/2014 ROI = Net Income / Average total Assets = 39,510,000/ (231,839,000 + 207,000,000) /2 =18% 9/28/2013 ROI = Net Income / Average total Assets = 37,037,000/ (191,532,000) =19% B.) In terms of Business or Organizational Structure, the main reason on why Apple Inc. is the largest technology in the world is because of being a Centralized company (UKessays.com, 2003). Kokemuller, (2015) stated that the leaders make the most critical decisions and handle…

Help for Kelp Good after noon remaining survivors of L Quadrant. As a leader, I want to inform each and everyone one of you that we are all in a life threating predicament. Our main food source “kelp”, is being overlooked by our capital. The kelp that we are producing has contracted a deadly disease that puts the population and our community in harms way. Due to the famine we are experiencing everyone will be given three choices. 1) Find resources outside the dome, other than the kelp which…

Steve prefontaine is an all American middle & long distance runner who at one point held all American records from the 2000-10000m. Pre was born January 25th 1951, in a very small town of coos bay Oregon. Steve had a tough early life, being part of the football team, basketball team & baseball team, prefontaine was never the first choice & always sat on the bench. Pre was a very small child where many companions towered over him leaving him look like he shouldn't even be there. Pre took on…