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Serapa se kgethehileng
by Ursula Nafula and Nina Orange –Translated by Tseliso MasolaneSesotho (South Africa) First paragraphs
Tšhošwane e phološa Leeba
by Kholeka Mabeta and Judith Baker – Translated by Motlhago Sara MohaleSepedi First sentences
UBongani neenkomo
by Ingrid Schechter – Translated by Carol Mabena and Gloria MaganaisiNdebele First sentences
Another Spring
by Loula Grace ErdmanLong lines of refugees wind their way through all of recorded history. Today, numbered in the millions, the dispossessed wander across most of the countries of the earth. Here is an eloquent and dramatic novel about some exiles of the American past, victims of Order Number Eleven. On a hot August day in 1863, the military order was posted in four western counties of Missouri, banishing by Federal edict all inhabitants, sympathizers of the Union as well as the Confederacy. Harried by roaming hostile bands, their homes burned, thousands fled the proscribed area. Taking only the barest necessities, the Weatherlys and the Nichols joined the crowds jamming the dusty roads. They were rich landowners and, despite the conflict in loyalties, friends. The bond between them was strengthened by the engagement of Richard Nichols and the Weatherlys’ niece Betsey. And then there were the Carroways, neighbors, too, but strangers, separated by a gulf of caste and privilege. Yet it was Lura Carroway’s brother Pete who was to play a decisive role in the future of the little group. The troubled days of the exodus began -- of being rejected and driven on, of living off the land, of hunger and numbing fatigue. Crises and danger from secret enemies lay ahead of them. Life itself would depend on their being able to forget their old ways, on their ability to change. But the journey into fear would be a journey of self-discovery, of tragedy balanced by hope. And for some of them, love would come. It would not have the romantic background of balls and parties that young Susan Nichols had been brought up to expect, but against the shadows it would cast a stronger light. Miss Erdman writes with authority of a period and a place that she knows well. Her novel Many A Voyage was about Kansas during that dark and bloody era of warfare between the two states. Now, in Another Spring she has told a compelling story about a group of exiles bound together in a struggle for survival--a story that is as timely as the accounts of the refugees of today.
The Windows Screen Reader Primer: All the Basics and More
by David KingsburyThe "Windows Screen Reader Primer: Third Edition" offers comprehensive guidance for users of JAWS, NVDA, and Windows Narrator, focusing on essential Windows applications, Office Suite tools, web browsers, cloud-based platforms, PDF readers, and teleconferencing software. With updates for Windows 11 and recent software versions, it includes new chapters on Google Workspace, audio-video editing, and AI integration. The book caters to beginners and intermediate users, providing step-by-step instructions, customizable settings, and practical exercises. Accessible formats and navigation tips enhance usability, making it an invaluable resource for mastering screen reader usage in the Windows environment.
From Pixels to Purpose: Exploring Digital Inclusion and Personal Growth
by Jalasa SapkotaJalasa Sapkota's book presents a compelling fusion of two interconnected themes: digital inclusion and personal fulfillment. The initial section delves into the pressing need for digital accessibility, highlighting challenges faced by individuals with disabilities in navigating online environments. Through insightful articles, Sapkota calls for a more equitable digital future, scrutinizing both institutional commitments and pragmatic realities. The subsequent part shifts focus to a deeply personal exploration of self-discovery and relationships. Through provocative narratives, Sapkota unravels the intricacies of women's desires, happiness, and understanding relationships, prompting readers to reflect on their own experiences and connections. This book serves as an invaluable resource, offering diverse perspectives on disability rights, digital inclusion, and the journey toward personal fulfillment. Whether you're an advocate, a seeker of personal growth, or a curious reader, Sapkota's work promises to inspire, provoke, and enlighten, providing profound insights into the essence of inclusion, selfhood, and the human condition.
Social Science Term-1 class 4 - Tamil Nadu Board
by State Council of Educational Research and Training Tamil Naduஇந்த புத்தகத்தில் மூவேந்த அரசர்கள், பல நில அமைப்புகள், நகராட்சி மற்றும் மாநகராட்சி அதன் அலுவலகங்கள் மற்றும் பணியாளர்கள் முதலியவை பற்றி அறிந்துகொள்ளலாம்.
Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment: Practice Excercises for the NCLEX Exam
by Linda A. LaCharity Shirley M. Hosler Candice K. KumagaiPrepare for the Next-Generation NCLEX-RN® Exam (NGN) and gain the clinical judgment skills you need to manage patient care safely and effectively! Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment: Practice Exercises for the NCLEX-RN® Examination, 5th Edition is the first and the most popular NCLEX-RN Exam review book focused exclusively on building management-of-care clinical judgment skills. What’s more, this bestselling review is now enhanced for the NGN with new NGN-style questions! Beginning with concepts relating to prioritization, delegation, and assignment decisions, the workbook guides you through patient care scenarios and exercises progressing from simple to complex. All of the book’s questions are provided in an interactive online format on the Evolve website in tests that simulate the latest NCLEX-RN Exam. Written by a team of noted educators led by Linda A. LaCharity, this review prepares you for success on the NGN and in clinical practice like no other! <p><p> Management-of-care focus addresses the emphasis on prioritization, delegation, and patient assignment in the NCLEX-RN® Examination. <p><p> Three-part organization first establishes foundational knowledge and then provides exercises with scenarios of increasing difficulty to help you build confidence in your prioritization, delegation, and patient assignment skills. <p><p> Part One: Introduction provides a concise foundation and practical guidelines for making prioritization, delegation, and patient assignment decisions. <p><p> Part Two: Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment in Common Health Scenarios provides practice in applying the principles you’ve learned to relatively straightforward health scenarios involving single patients or simple patient assignments. <p><p> Part 3: Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment in Complex Health Scenarios includes unfolding cases involving patients with progressively more complicated health problems or challenging assignment issues, demonstrating the progression of typical health scenarios and helping you learn to "think like a nurse." <p><p> Answer keys follow each chapter and provide the correct answer plus a detailed rationale. <p><p> Practice quizzes on the Evolve website include all of the book’s questions in an interactive format that allows you to create a virtually unlimited num
Aleph Farms: A New Culture of Meat
by Elie Ofek Jeff HuizingaAleph Farms, an Israeli food-tech start-up, was hoping to play a major role in disrupting the conventional meat sector. Compared to intensive agricultural practices, Aleph's cultured (or lab-grown) meat solution held the promise of considerably reducing greenhouse gas emissions, as well as the use of land and water, while providing a new source of food for a rapidly growing world population. With much of the science already worked out, the company was now facing a host of challenges as it planned to launch its first product-a cultured steak. In particular, Aleph's CEO, Didier Toubia, and his management team had to figure out the best way to position and bring to market its innovative steaks, with a debut expected in late 2022 in Singapore. Management fully recognized potential barriers to consumer adoption and strived to build a relevant brand image. On the production side, the company knew it had to scale quickly and continue to bring down costs so that its steaks approached price parity with conventional meat. Yet given the intensive capital expenditures involved, this was no simple feat. Planning for the longer term, the company was beginning to consider its next product line.
M-KOPA: Empowering Lives
by Pippa Tubman Armerding V. Kasturi Rangan Wale LawalThe Pay As You Go solar power company in East Africa had sales of $71 million in 2019. It wished to grow to $300 million by 2025. M-KOPA, founded by three entrepreneurs in 2011, had grown nicely in Kenya and Uganda to reach nearly 750,000 households with an innovative direct sales force model. Jesse Moore, the founder, wished to scale the company through organic growth as well as geographical expansion into Nigeria. The strategy called for decisions on product/service offerings and go-to-market options. On the product side the company had increasingly migrated to larger in-home connected electronic and electrical devices. It had to decide how much further to go. On the go-to-market side its innovative Direct Service Representative network was hard to create and manage, and it had to think if there were viable alternatives.
Wendell Weeks at Corning Inc.: Extending a History of Life-Changing Innovations
by Aldo Sesia David G. Fubini Ryan L. RaffaelliThis case examines the leadership challenges associated with maintaining a culture of innovation in established organizations. It asks students to step into the shoes of a leader faced with making several tough decisions about when to invest (or to stop investing) in radical innovation projects. Corning CEO Wendell Weeks, who nearly bankrupted the company in the early 2000s when he overinvested in fiber optics, must initially decide if the company should enter a then-risky deal with Steve Jobs to produce the glass covers for the first generation iPhones. The case then asks students to analyze the Corning's 157-year innovation agenda that started with the development of a bulb-shaped glass encasement for Thomas Edison's new incandescent lamp. In the years that followed, Corning made investments that led to products such as PYREX cookware, fiber-optic broadband cable, LCD television screens, Gorilla Glass, and a recent bet on pharmaceuticals. At the end of the case, Weeks must decide if Corning should continue to invest in a new pharmaceutical packaging product that held enormous promise, but had already cost the company $200 million in R&D and might divert resources and attention from other key business lines.
Snap Inc. Goes Public (A)
by Lynn Sharp Paine Will HurwitzSnap Inc.'s chairman must decide how to address investor concerns about the company's unprecedented plans to issue only non-voting shares in its upcoming IPO. The case is set in early 2017 following the public availability of Snap's IPO filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It describes the company's meteoric rise from its conception by its young founders in 2011 to its multi-billion dollar valuation. When Snap filed for its long-anticipated IPO that could value it at more than $20 billion, it described its plans to go public with three share classes providing public investors shares with no votes on matters customarily put to a shareholder vote and allowing its two co-founders control over such matters. The case details the checkered history of multiple share class structures, highlights arguments for and against them, and explores the potential implications for index funds. Investors managing over $3 trillion sent a letter to Snap Chairman Michael Lynton and Co-Founders Evan Spiegel and Robert Murphy asking them to reconsider the share structure just one day after the company's S-1 was made public. As controversy mounted and with the IPO possibly just a month away, Lynton must decide how to respond to the investors' letter.
Spotting Institutional Voids in Emerging Markets
by Krishna G. Palepu Tarun KhannaWith the demise of communism, many countries in the world are striving to build their economic activity around markets and to participate in free trade arrangements, such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), European Union (EU), and North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Addresses several issues critical to understanding the unique nature of emerging markets relative to their more mature counterparts. What is the fundamental challenge in building well-functioning markets? On which sets of institutions do advanced markets rely to resolve these challenges? What makes building these institutions complex? What happens when some of these institutions are either absent or underdeveloped in an economy? How does one spot these institutional voids?
Ardian: Portfolio Company Governance
by Emer Moloney Lynn Sharp Paine Tonia LabruyereLeaders of the mid cap buyout group at Ardian, the Paris-based private equity firm led by Dominique Senequier, have been asked to review and assess the governance model the firm uses for majority-owned companies in its portfolio. The case describes the governance model and then shows how it has worked in practice at two companies: Italy's orthopedic implant maker Lima Corporate and French chemical company Novacap. For each company, the case describes how Ardian decided on the investment and established a board of directors, and details the deliberations around some of the critical decisions made by each board during Ardian's tenure as majority shareholder. Through the two examples of Lima and Novacap, the case invites students to evaluate Ardian's approach to corporate governance in its portfolio companies and to recommend possible changes or improvements.
Rajat Gupta
by Eugene Soltes Paul M. HealyRajat Gupta, former managing director of McKinsey & Company, a director of Goldman Sachs, Proctor & Gamble, and AMR, and a well-known philanthropist, was convicted of engaging in insider trading. The case explores Gupta's rise and the later legal problems he faced.
Income Inequality and the CEO Pay Ratio at TJX Cos
by Akari Furukawa Ethan RouenTJX Companies reported a CEO pay ratio of 1,596-to-1 in 2019, leaving board chair Carol Meyrowitz with a host of questions about whether, and how, she could take action to address concerns raised by having one of the highest pay ratios in the S&P 500. As a retail company, TJX had 270,000 employees, many making about $10 an hour. On the other hand, CEO Ernie Hermann made $19 million in 2019 as he successfully steered the company through the tumultuous retail environment. Meant to be read in tandem with the research note "Income Inequity and Income Inequality," this case examines the current disclosures companies make related to income inequality and asks whether they are sufficient or how they can be improved. This discussion around disclosure also provides opportunities to examine the role of the firm in creating income inequality and how the firm should balance its obligations to shareholders and employees when those obligations may be in conflict. Lastly, the case and note address the CEO pay setting process to give students an understanding of how pay is determined.