Abstract
This report explains Core Architects Incorporated's 1994 origins as a simple three-way partnership by architects tired of working in others' organizations. The paper describes its simple beginnings, solid business policies, tremendous growth with retained policies and principles that happen to have brought success, a client list that extends across to Dubai, company versatility in projects, environmentally sound design and construction and a uniqueness.

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"Toronto's Core Architects Incorporated is the kind of successful architecture firm that was practically unheard of in the Greater Toronto Area, a decade ago. The paper explains that it is a firm made of serious and experienced architects determined to practice on their own terms, no longer content to serve as..."

Tags:core architects, toronto, company profile

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This paper summarizes the article by Prahalad and Hamel, "The Core Competence of the Corporation."

From the Paper
"In their article, "The Core Competence of the Corporation", C.K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel examine the case of two telecommunications companies, GTE and NEC, that started with similar business portfolios but achieved widely divergent results. While GTE's international position eroded, that of NEC improved, making it a world leader in its industry. The difference between the two companies, the authors assert, is that NEC conceived of itself in terms of core competencies and GTE did not."

Tags:core competence, corporation, business, competency, competencies, article summary

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The paper considers the microchip maker, Intel, and its Core duoprocessor, one of the company's newest products, using five fonts, color, clip art, underline, bold and italic. The paper discusses the effect of technology on mobile computers.

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"Intel is one of the most successful microchip makers in the world, in part because its chips are found in most personal computers. However this is a highly competitive industry, and the company must keep up with and even create emerging trends if it is to continue to be successful. This research considers one of the company's newest products, the Core Duoprocessor, with an emphasis on the effect of the technology on mobile computers."

Tags:technology, intel, core 2 duo processor, microchip, computers

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This paper discusses the four core IT applications through an article on the subject, written by Mahmoud and Rice (1998). According to this paper, the authors take note of a number of applications in the connection between the administrative and the clinical area, suggest how important IT systems can be to improve the delivery of service to the patient, and then consider how widely such systems have been implemented today.

From the Paper
"In healthcare institutions, there are four core IT applications: finance, clinical, outcome management, or human resources. In terms of the outcome management, a report by Mahmoud and Rice (1998) takes note of a number of applications in the connection between the administrative and the clinical area and suggest how important IT systems can be to improve the delivery of service to the patient. The authors note that IT can improve health care service delivery and that IT has a particular role in quality improvement. The authors want to conceptualize the way IT contributes to quality improvement and do so in terms of information usage, classifying information by healthcare institution processes and quality improvement stages. The diagnostic and treatment process is one of the two important processes the authors see at hospitals, and information is used in the process stage and in the outcome stage."

Tags:core, it, applications

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In this article, the writer first defines core-satellite management and then discusses the efficency of the core-satellite portfolio model. The writer looks at the increase in exchange traded funds (ETFs) that are mainly used in the core of the portfolio. Furthermore, the writer notes that the list of alternative investments constantly increases, creating new possibilities for satellites. The writer maintains that thanks to the research, some models are improved and some others created that facilitate the use of the core-satellite management, for example, new methods are developed to measure hedge fund return. The paper includes color graphs and charts.

Outline:
Introduction
The Core-Satellite Model
Why the Core-Satellite Management?
The Tracking Error
Other Advantages/Drawbacks
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
Overview of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
What are ETFs?
What Kinds of ETFs Exist?
What are the Advantages of ETFs Versus Open-Ended Funds?
What are the Ways to Use ETFs?
Hedge Funds
Conclusion

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"The goal of the tracking error constraints is to limit the bad tracking error. However, tight tracking error constraints can lead to a suboptimal management of the portfolio.
"First, as most active managers still have dominant passive exposure to their benchmark, a great part of their fees reward a passively managed portfolio.
"Secondly, the active manager cannot use freely their skills. When an actively managed portfolio must follow a benchmark with tight tracking error constraints, it severely restricts the amount invested in active strategy. This means renouncing to opportunities of return enhancement and risk reduction. In case of economic downturn the opportunity cost is even higher because active absolute return strategies usually out-perform the market.
"With the core-satellite, on the contrary, because of the higher tracking error allowed to the satellites, the managers don't have to give up the potential of higher returns generated by selected active management strategies."

Tags:investments, benchmark, tracking

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This paper summarizes the position made by Allan Bloom, author of "The Closing of the American Mind ", regarding the agenda of certain universities that construct a core curriculum. The paper points out that Bloom believes these core curricula, which focus on a certain canon of books and authors that have been quantified over time as "great literature", are beneficial to young scholars. The paper also summarizes arguments made by proponents of multiculturalism in education, which contend that Bloom's position is xenophobic and narrow-minded. The paper then goes on to suggest a form of independent study that would meet the criteria suggested by proponents of a core curriculum, as well as the criteria suggested by proponents of a multicultural education.

From the Paper
"Given the subjective nature of what is canonical and non-canonical, it is tempting to dispense with the need for a common core in education at all "why not leave it up to the student, to chose his or her own classes and course of study" Although some institutions have opted for this, even from a social and psychological point of view, some multicultural educators might suggest that this is the wrong approach. Don't younger students need some guidance? After all, many of them are still attempting to find out what they are interested in. It is easy to simply be rid of a common core curriculum, or simply to include skills classes that teach writing or other exercises in methodology, without attempting to create the foundations for the education in any particular cannon let the student create his or her own canon, or wait for society to reconstitute a more multicultural canon, one might say."

Tags:university, graduates, institution, knowledgeable, basic, skills, learning, scientific

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The paper discusses how it can be argued that the core quality of a therapist is congruence. However, the paper argues that it soon becomes apparent that congruence and every other quality of the therapist such as compassion, openness and being nonjudgmental are all informed by empathy. The paper asserts that the problem with congruence is that it becomes useless in the most crucial aspects of therapy. The paper believes that empathy is the therapist's single core quality and it is essential for effective counseling. The paper discusses how empathy has received more attention in counseling literature than any other construct, and Rogers believed it to be an essential condition for psychotherapeutic change (Block-Lerner & Adair, 2007).

From the Paper
"It can be argued that the core quality of a therapist is congruence. However, it soon becomes apparent that congruence and every other quality of the therapist such as compassion, openness and being nonjudgmental are all informed by empathy. The problem with congruence is that it becomes useless in the most crucial aspects of therapy. Empathy is the therapist's single core quality and it is essential for effective counseling. Empathy has received more attention in counseling literature than any other construct, and Rogers believed it to be an essential condition for psychotherapeutic change (Block-Lerner & Adair, 2007). As well as being a..."

Tags:empathy, congruence, therapy

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In this article, the writer studies theories of nursing and looks at four core principles that can be identified in nursing theories. The writer discusses that these core concepts involve the person, the environment, health and nursing.

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"Calalang-Javier states that there are four core principles that can be identified in nursing theories. These core principles are: * The person. * The environment. * Health. * Nursing. In the Self-Care, Trans-cultural and Adaptation Models the theories each have a central focus on the patient. While this focus differs in relation to the patient in each theory, the impact that health care has on the patient is significant to the model. "

Tags:nursing, concept, theory

Abstract
The paper discusses whether Michael Turner's poem and novel the "Hard Core Logo" is a classic narrative. This documents a once-popular punk band, Hard Core Logo. The paper looks at the various ways that Turner portrays the life of the band to determine if this is an example of modern oral narrative.

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"The art of the oral narrative is often associated with musicians, poets, and the folk traditions that inspire them. Following the trials and tribulations of a popular music band would be an interesting for modern society to look back at itself. The poem and novel, Hard Core Logo, by Michael Turner, describes the life of a punk rock band using a mix of poetry, prose, and photographs. Many would use this as an example of a modern oral narrative, as its structure, cultural aspects and reflections on society have all the aspects of a modern folk tale, what has been termed an "oral narrative." The book is not only the.."

Tags:oral, narrative, folklore

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The paper compares and contrasts Western Europe and the North American core (the United States and Canada) in terms of politics, population, culture, government and history. The paper looks at the common history and culture shared by the American Core and Western Europe. The paper also touches upon the issue of diversity.

From the Paper
"Western Europe and the North American core i.e. the United States and Canada, are two regions of the world that share a great deal. Like Anglo-America, Western Europe ranks as among the most economically developed regions of the world. The level of development is comparable to Anglo-America in the region's core area which includes the western part of the Federal Republic of Germany, north eastern France, Switzerland, southern Scandinavia, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg."

Tags:Western Europe, North America, cultural geography