Pike Place Market 中文名字叫作派克市場，位於西雅圖的市中心，是西雅圖有名的觀光勝地，

除了它是全美最古老的傳統市場以外，最出名的就是第一家星巴克就座落於此，

還有就是湯姆漢克的「西雅圖夜未眠」也曾在ATHENIAN 這家餐廳取景，

至今餐廳內仍有塊牌子寫著 「TOM HANKS SAT HERE Sleepless in Seattle」，

其實Pike Place Market我已經來了不知幾次了， 但每當有朋友來找我，我還是會帶他們來走走，

自從知道老爸要來參加我的畢業典禮，我就努力的找景點想讓老爸玩的盡興且開心，

規劃了大峽谷國家公園，圓頂礁國家公園，拱門國家公園等等，玩樂路線都是國家公園，

自認為已經規劃的很完美的遊程，沒想到，老爸的資訊比我還要靈通，竟然告訴我想要去大峽谷的天空步道，

這讓我傻眼了，因為沒有事先告訴我，所有的旅館都已經訂好，只好先回Vegas住一晚，隔天一早再開車殺過去，

天空步道在西大峽谷，其實並不在大峽谷國家公園內，這裡是屬於西大峽谷的瓦拉派部族保護區，

Amazon在2016年的時候宣布將成立Amazon Go的實體無人商店，

一開始只對內部員工開放，後來因為反應熱烈，於是在2018年1月正式對外開放，

在西雅圖唸書的我，對於Amazon在西雅圖的動態算是滿清楚，

但在西雅圖待久了，自然也沒有什麼特別想去的想法，

剛好3月底時，研究所同學來到西雅圖找我玩，於是我就提議可以到Amazon參觀，

Advanced Strategy Case: Target

Instruction

    Target Corporation (Target) was founded in the early 20th century. The company which was headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota was called Dayton Dry Goods Company when it created. The company was a department store in the beginning. In the 1960s, the leadership put forward a new idea to be discount store. In order to strengthen the relationship with its customers, the company transformed from a family-owned department store retailer to a mass market retailer. Then the first Target retail store opened in 1962 in Minneapolis (Target, 2018). Next, Target had a series of expansion plans in American market. According to Target (2018), in 1966, Target opened a store in Denver area, which was the first store outside of Minnesota. Then the company opened its first store in the Pacific Northwest in 1988 and in the Southeast in 1989. Not only that, Target opened eleven stores in the Chicago area in one day in 1993. In 2001, Target already had 1,000 stores. The company is the second largest retailer in the United States, second only to Walmart.

    Walmart has always been a competitor since Target’s opening. While Target's positioning is to sell high quality products, Walmart's positioning provides low-priced products. However, when Walmart began to expand overseas markets in the 1990s, Target decided to enter the Canadian market in 2011. In order to expand its global business, Target's leadership decided that entering the Canadian market was the best choice. In 2011, Target purchased 189 Zellers Inc. sites in Canada and planned to renovate two thirds of them as future Target stores (Target, 2018). However, because of the wrong strategy, the plan later failed.

The CEO's Strategic Decision: Entry into Canada Market

Introduction

Information technology which brings convenience to people can help people in many ways.  For instance, an enterprise uses technology in its business model or organizational architecture to help its development.  Even though people have become used to the use of technology applications, technology is not omnipotent.  Fonseca (2015) shows when people benefited from technological innovations, they are often negligent that technology might fail.  Information security is an important part of how an enterprise uses information technology in its business.  If an enterprise does not pay attention to its information security management, this can lead to external threats to its information system.  Hackers attacking Target is one case.

Target Corporation (Target) which has 1,793 stores in the U.S. (Target, 2016) is one of the largest retail chains in the U.S.  Target sells articles for daily use, such as clothes, food, household appliances, and furniture. In order to give its customers more services, Target also has online business.  Now, Target has 341,000 employees worldwide (Target, 2016). 

Problem

Around black Friday in 2013, Target suffered an attacking by hackers.  Because its information security was breached, hackers stole customers' personal information, including customer names and credit or debit card numbers.  Security experts believed that hackers got the point-of-sale data from the terminals or Target credit card processors (Wallace, 2013).  Target confirmed this news.  Target thought that more than forty million credit and debit card members may have been impacted (Target, 2013).  “This malware utilized a so-called “RAM scraping” attack, which allowed for the collection of unencrypted, plaintext data as it passed through the infected POS machine’s memory before transfer to the company’s payment processing provider” (A “Kill Chain” Analysis of the 2013 Target Data Breach, 2014, p. 2).  Because of this incident, these data may have been sold on the black market.  The stolen data were likely to be used to counterfeit cards.  This is one of the biggest data leakage incidents in the United States.  

每年的3月份是櫻花盛開的季節，華大的櫻花當然也不例外。

2年前剛來到西雅圖時，便是樓花盛開的季節，對於西雅圖的一切事物都很新鮮，尤其特別喜歡華盛頓大學。

雖然當時只是來上英語課程，但卻深深的愛上華大。

華大校園真的很美，校園內充滿了哥德式建築，不饋為全美十大最美校園之一，

The Quad是華大學生上課時必經的地方，也是華大櫻花樹聚集之處，

Abstract

Because the information age has come, the industry has changed.  The electronics industry has become one of the most important industries in the world.  The use of electronic products is increasingly close.  Since the computer was invented, it has become a part of peoples’ lives.  Now, almost every family has a computer and every business uses a computer or a laptop in the office.  Therefore, the fact that the computer industry is one of the popular industry cannot be too exaggerated.  There are many famous computer manufacturers in the world.  The purpose of this paper is comparing two companies in computer industry.  The two companies I selected for the industry analysis paper are Apple, Inc. (Apple) and Dell, Inc. (Dell), the two biggest computer companies, which are part of the technology and communications industry.

In this paper, the analysis will follow by the six areas:

• What is each company’s current competitive strategy?


• What are they doing to improve their current competitive position?

Original essay:

In American society, Introverts are outnumbered about three to one. As a result, they must develop extra coping skills early in life because there will be an inordinate amount of pressure on them to " shape up," to act like the rest of the world. The Introvert is pressured daily almost from the moment of awakening, to respond and conform to the outer world.

Classroom teachers unwittingly pressure introverted students by announcing that "One-third of your grade will be based on classroom participation." From Otto Kroeger and Janet M. Thuesen Type Talk" the 16 Personality Types that Determine How We Live, Love and Work. New York: Dell Publishing, 1989.

海報來源：google

由於我的essay總是喜歡寫些爭議性的題材，因此在一個偶然的機會下知道了這部片，

一直沒有時間好好的觀賞，直到最近放假，才想到就來看一下，

不看則已，一看發現，驚為天人阿!!!實在太好看了，沒有殺人放火也沒有姦淫擄掠，

竟然可以把每個角色的情緒刻劃的如此深刻，難怪會被列為十大禁片之一。

The death penalty is a controversial issue. In some countries, many people think that a murderer have to pay a corresponding price.  The death penalty can bring justice and make the families of the victims feel better.  On the other hand, many countries think the death penalty is not the only way to isolate the criminal, life imprisonment is a better punishment to use instead of the death penalty. 

Criminals are typically executed via the electric chair, gas chamber, firing squad, lethal injection etc.  All the above methods are inhumane.  There is no evidence to point out that execute the death penalty can stop crime.  It is also difficult to judge the death penalty as a deterrent to crime.  In other words, the death penalty can't solve the problem of crime.

The death penalty is not the only way to isolate a criminal.  Life imprisonment can also isolate a criminal.  Although some people think that the death penalty can soothe the feelings of victims’ families, the death penalty cannot bring justice.  Therefore, why do people support the death penalty?  Protecting human rights, following the international trend, offering an opportunity to correct mistakes, and reducing the spending of the government are all important reasons that the death penalty should be abolished.

   Agreement The Euthanasia Should be Legal

Euthanasia is a way of ending a life on purpose to end pain or suffering. The patients Right Council explains that the words “euthanasia” and “assisted suicide” are often used interchangeably. In this report, they argue euthanasia is defined as intentionally, knowingly and directly acting to cause the death another person. For example, a doctor gives a patient a lethal injection. According to the New Health Guide, the Netherlands was the first country to allow euthanasia. It is also legal in some states in the US, including Oregon, Washington, Montana and Vermont. Recently, California became the fifth US state to allow euthanasia. However, while some people agree with euthanasia, some think it is inhumane to end someone’s life. I agree euthanasia should be legal because of the three reasons: ending pain of terminally ill people, reducing spending of hospices and patient's family, and having the right to choose to die.

First of all, ending the pain of terminally ill people is the first reason that I agree euthanasia should be legal. People who are sick, such as terminally ill patients, need medicine. Euthanasia would be a good way to humanely end a patient’s suffering. For example, in cancer patients, some need chemotherapy. They not only have to endure drugs side effects but also undergo excruciating pain. In this situation, prolonging a life could become a patient’s burden. According to the New Health Guide, in Oregon, “euthanasia was legalized under the Death with Dignity (DWD) Act which was implemented in 1997.” The law allows patients with terminally ill or hopelessly ill conditions to request lethal medication. The Voluntary Euthanasia Society believes that when faced with terminal illness, pain or useless existence, everyone should be able to turn the mercy of a painless death. I believe euthanasia would be kind when permitted terminally ill people.

前一天晚上，Razan 問我想到哪走走，想了想，Seattle大小景點我差不多都走完了，有的還去了好幾次，

但又沒車跑WA其它的地方，更不用說飛其它州了(窮學生阿!!!)

於是看了一下不太中用的Seattle 旅遊書，決定了來去Japanese Gorden!

Seattle的日本花園其實離UW滿近的，但我也不知為什麼來了這麼久一直沒有去...

既然有阿拉伯捧油全權交由我處理，當然不客氣的選了個我還沒有造訪之地，