Tuesday, November 26, 2019
The Tanabata Festival in Japan and the Tanabata Story
The Tanabata Festival in Japan and the Tanabata Story July 7th (or August 7th in some areas) is the Tanabata, or star festival, in Japan. Tanabata is written with a two kanji characters ä ¸Æ' and Ã¥ ¤â€¢. People write their wishes on tanzaku (colorful small strips of papers) and hang them on bamboo trees along with other decorations. The most common tanabata decorations are the streamers that are usually made with variously colored origami. The bamboo branches with colorful decorations are quite pretty and look like a summer Christmas tree. There is even a popular ​childrens song for Tanabata. Decorations If you are interested in creating Tanabata decorations, the Origami Club site has a collection of decorations that you can make with easy to follow instructions. The Kid Nifty site has some tanzaku papers that can be downloaded for you to write your wishes on. Lets all hope everyones wishes come true this year! Celebrations in Sendai The Sendai Tanabata Festival is considered one of the three major festivals of the Tohoku region, which is visited by over 2 million people every year. Tanabata is generally celebrated as a national event on July 7th, but the Sendai Tanabata Matsuri is held in August, in accordance with the lunar calendar. Similar events are held throughout the nation, but the Sendai Tanabata Festival is the most famous of all. Tanabata Story The Tanabata story was inspired by a famous Chinese legend. It also includes elements of local Japanese beliefs. The Tanabata story is associated with the stars, Altair (the Cowherd Star) and Vega (the Weaver Star). Here is the Tanabata Story and a romaji translation. Also on this site, you can listen to the audio for the story. 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Friday, November 22, 2019
Business School Recommendation - Sample Letter
Business School Recommendation - Sample Letter Sample recommendation letters can provide an example of the type of letter you need to provide as part of the business school admissions process. There are many different types of recommendation letters. Most focus on academic, work, or leadership experience. However, some recommendations act as character references, stressing the applicants moral fiber. This is a sample letter recommendation for a business school applicant. The letter demonstrates the applicants leadership experience and shows how a business school recommendation should be formatted. Sample Letter of Recommendation To Whom It May Concern:I would like to take an opportunity to offer a formal recommendation for Jane Glass. As the Senior Coordinator for Heartland Commerce, I have known Jane for approximately two years and feel that she is a deserving candidate for your business school program.Jane joined our organization as an entry-level customer service representative. Demonstrating an incredible initiative and a strong dedication, she moved up the ranks quickly. After only six months, she was promoted to team leader. The board could not help but notice how successful she was in her new position and quickly offered her another promotion, making her part of the executive management team.Jane leads by example and many people here find her enthusiasm and dedication both inspiring and motivating. As part of the executive management team, Jane has worked hard to build authentic relationships with the employees. Her efforts have created a happier and more productive team.I believe Jane exhibits many o f the qualities that are essential to business managers and business students. An education at your esteemed business school will help her hone these qualities while enhancing her career opportunities. I highly recommend Jane Glass for your program and hope that you will carefully consider admission application.Sincerely,Debra Max, Senior Coordinator Heartland Commerce​ 1:14 Watch Now: 7 Essentials When Asking for a Letter of Recommendation More Sample Letters of Recommendations See more sample recommendation letters for college students, business school applicants, and business professionals.
Thursday, November 21, 2019
The importance of Labour education Essay Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 4500 words
The importance of Labour education - Essay Example Over nine million workers left their unions in the United States of America between 1990 to this decade and six million workers did the same in the United Kingdom in the same year. Of course it is worse in Asia. With the exception of Japan, Asian countries don’t even have unions. Canada is way better in that respect but still not ideal. Many of the manufacturing jobs have been shipped to Asian countries because in Asian countries, labour is cheap and there are no unions that will fight for their right. As jobs were declining, union membership did too. As jobs were declining, the reputation of unions to fight for the right of workers declined too. Add to this are government policies like high interest rates. From there, the government and the economy changed direction to pursue new ventures including deregulation of certain industries and other policy changes. This changed the way businesses were operating and it changed their labour requirement. It was also the year when globalization started crawling the streets of Canada. It was good and it showed in the performance of our market. The working class started realizing that the internet, telecommunication development, and development of new products for information and communication can provide them the same possibilities afforded only to the rich. The working class is able to tap on foreign economies and to the upper class who understood what was going on, it was probably scary. The working class was becoming aware that it was possible for them to do better and get a better share of the economy. It paid off because for 30 years, Canada experienced growth and more importantly, working class empowerment, hope and belief. The problem was that businesses started demanding for workers whose skills can serve their new international operation. They needed to specializations and long-time union members didn’t have them. That was the most sparking proof that workers cannot aff ord to hope that for the next thirty years, they will have a job at their company. Their skill might easily be rendered redundant when new machines are bought that can do what they do, only better. They don’t get sick and they don’t demand for a wage increase. Where is Labour Education Now We are at doorstep of incredible communication technology growth. I know that some will say we are already in the middle of it but if you look at history, we are barely on its feet. The internet and all the technology that comes with it is barely thirty years old. That is a young industry by any account. And with its growth comes influences that are changing the face and trend of the economy and labour requirements. The large companies continue to dominate the economy and politics. It has been frustrating to the working class. A quick glance at Canada’s GDP and it will be clear that that the labour share is low, a quick glance at the employment rate and you know that we have a problem. Bluntly, the statistics show that the working class is taking less than they should. Through all these, it is the working class that’s making the sacrifices. Unions are being asked to adapt, change, become flexible. Adapting and changing means stepping back a couple of times to allow the big companies the space they want for themselves. Adapt meant making your dreams smaller and pulling your expectations lower while the owners
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Adult leopard frog dissection Essay Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 750 words
Adult leopard frog dissection - Essay Example As an external structure of leopard frogs consist of spots/lines on their skin. Their skin is shiney and slimy to touch. These spots/lines are different in color on the green or brown skin. These are going to be a broad as near from each eye to the groin. Males leopard contain two vocal sacs on their body. These help them to attract the female and spread the threat to others. In adult leopard limits in size is vary from 2inches to 5 inches in length, where as female usually bigger then male. They usually do active at night time. These are related to other water animals who take breath from their skin like fishes and other water animals.Amphibians are the animals that live their life in both water and land. There are more then 4000 amphibians and they all are divided into three main groups' frogs, salamanders and caecilians. Frogs are more the 3750 species. Frogs have straight skin and long limbs. These are different from salamanders that have long tail at the end of their body. Frogs have no tail because they have to jump. Caecilians that are in very less amount have no limbs such like earth warm. These species most of time live underground.The external anatomy of amphibians is similar to vertebrates. Amphibians are found in many places like grasslands, rain forests, alpine areas or in deserts. Most of them live in fresh water like ponds, steams or other wet environment that is best for their reproduction. Amphibian body structure is as such that they can easily move about on land as well as water. Frogs have longer and powerful hind legs. These are stronger then front legs so that these legs help him to jump and swim. It is also seemed that most of amphibians retain their teeth but not all. Amphibians are cold blooded. They are no so hot not so cold. They are fully dependent upon the outside environment temperature. Their body atmosphere depends upon out side temperature. Frogs can hear through their vocal sacs which are attached to their throat. These vocal sacs also called their voice box. For this they can generate larger range of voice with different variety. Inner structure ear of leopard frog able to get voice from two angles: tympanic-columellar and extra tympanic routes. These can catch the sound between 2 kHz to 300 Hz. Thresholds which controls the voice to in to the two routes are very similar up to 1.0 kHz, above which tympanic transmission is changes from different values, the most efficient by 15-20 dB. These amphibians' species are very sensitive to external environment. Pollution and dirty environment are going to reduce them. They keep from dry out such frogs have water proof mucus which covers all around its body. This protects the frog to escape from water from the frog's bodies. The vision is also very critical in frogs. They have bulging large eyes on their head. These eyes are outer most edge of head which help them to protect from danger and search the prey. They help them to view nearly every direction. The structure of mouth in leopard frog consist of buckle cavity belong with the flexible tongue. Inside the jaw there are strong muscles on both side under the teeth .The frog do not eat the prey but digest it without chewing. The muscles of limps, back and other are structured mostly from back to front so that it can move easily. Leopard frog usually eats earthworm and insects. Their digestive system contains a mouth, stomach, esophagus and intestine, Intestine open in a chamber which is called cloaca. It digests the food with the help of kidneys then exerts the wasted food through a muscular of cloaca. This is also the point where eggs exit from body. These Leopard frogs and other frogs systems are similar to other species for this they called in a single family of amphibians. These do mate in the seasons of rains because in this season the fertilization is very
Saturday, November 16, 2019
Loneliness in Of Mice and Men Essay Example for Free
Loneliness in Of Mice and Men Essay These are just a few of the times in which Candy has shown thoughtfulness. The last character John Steinbeck has developed, Curleys wife, shows loneliness for three reasons. For one, she states, I get lonely. You can talk to people, but I cant talk to nobody but Curley on page 87, which shows that she has loneliness because she doesnt have anyone to talk to but Curley. Specifically, people wont talk to her because they know that Curley will get jealous and want to start a fight. In another reason, she says, Im looking for Curley on page 31, which shows that she, made up an excuse to find adult conversation. Candy does not seem to have a dream until he meets George and Lennie. He is swept up in the plausible reality of this dream, a dream he would probably be too scared to initiate by himself. Candy is not happy with his life on the ranch, but he doesnt think that there is anything else that he can do. He has one arm and is quite an old man, he used to have a dog that was also very old and someone else shot it for him. He was very miserable after the death of his dog and he said, I ought to have shot that dog myself, George. I shouldnt ought to have let no stranger shoot my dog. His dog was the only precious possession he had at the ranch and it was taken away from him. He overheard George and Lennie talking about their dream and later approached them and told them his generous offer. He had more than half of the deposit money and George was very grateful of that and let him in on their once unattainable dream Steinbeck was of German and Irish ancestry. Curleys wife tries to get the men to feel sorry for her but also has a powerful and mulipative side to her by threatening Crooks. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it isnt even funny. Curleys wife is abusing her power by using it to threaten Crooks and make him understand what kind of position he is in. She says this by threatening to get Crooks lynched, the hate of black people during this time is unimaginable. The men in the barn would rather listen to a white woman over a black man. He helps them get closer to actually owning the ranch because he has a lot of money saved away in his bank and offers it towards the ranch. Crooks is also crippled in his back and because of this he works as a stable buck. Like Candy he also has nothing to look forward to. When Lennie tells Crooks about his and Georges dream of owning a ranch, he is very cynical; Every damn one of ems got a little piece of land in his head. An never a god damn one of em ever gets it. Crooks mentions how George and Lennies dream will be unattainable but after hearing what Lennie has to say, he wants in but.. But after a while he believes that they might actually get their ranch and decides he also wants in. His hopes are soon crushed by Curleys wife taunts and changes his mind George and Lennies dream to buy a plot of land is a powerful symbol of the American Dream, Steinbeck uses Candy as a narrator. At the start he gives commentary of the characters to introduce them, he says how curleys wife is a tart, curley hatred for big guys and what the boss said in the morning and what he is like. Candy seems to know about Curleys wife and her giving the eye to Slim and Carlson. I seen her give Slim the eye, An I seen her give Carlson the eye. If he was white he would have such a nicer life on the ranch, knowing this he is depressed therefore like many people the great depression. Crooks is a nice person but being black the reader finds it hard to see that he has feelings and also his arched back makes him look twice as bad of an outsider. Steinbeck has written this novel in the hope that people would understand what happened back in his child years. He also wanted to convey his feelings of the violence and anger in the 1930s he had experienced. In the novel the violence mentioned is where curly exhibits himself in the bunk house because he does not like big people. There was a ranking system in America that was similar to an unwritten law. This ranking was used on the ranches and unfortunately put Crooks at the bottom. In America black people were oppressed and were not allowed to prosper. On the ranch Crooks had his own bunk and kept himself to himself. However, any sympathy that we might have felt for Curleys wife is reduced because of the cruelty she shows when talking to the men and by the way she treats Crooks. She is contemptuous of Candy, Crooks and Lennie, referring to them as a nigger an a dum-dum and a lousy ol sheep and she laughs at their dream of having a ranch of their own, dismissing it as Balony. Far worse though is the way she removes all Crooks pride and dignity when he dares stand up to her and saying how she can get him lynched. would say that loneliness is one of the main themes throughout the novel and I also think that Crooks is defiantly the loneliest. He is a Negro stable buck and the only reason he does not get beaten up is because the ranch the hands are not aloud to use their feet to fight because Crooks has a bad back. I aint wanted I cant play because I am black Those quotes show that Crooks is feeling lonely Says George in a way that says I know I cant force you but I dont want you here. This is of course because of what Curly did. She is taken aback by this, she is used to being ignored but not told to leave by anyone other than her husband. I just want some one to talk to. She says. you got a husband, go talk to him George replies. yeah I got a husband. She says almost in a disappointed way. She then asks how Curly got his hand broken. To which George lies and says he got his hand caught in a machine. But this doesnt fool her so seeking an answer she asks Lennie who she knows wont have the mental capacity to make up a lie. how did you get those scratches on your face? she asks. Lennie looks to George and then looks away saying, he got it caught in a machine. He answers. is that so? She says with a look that is trying to work out how Lennie thinks. Almost as if she is concerned for him. She then quietly leaves. In this scene we begin to see that she isnt stupid she can work things out. Also that she doesnt like Curly and being married to him. The possibility that all she wants is some one to talk to is again present. it differs the way Curleys wife is perceived in the film and book, we dont see how clever she is and how she uses her knowledge, power and position to be malicious. In the book, there is a quite surreal scene towards the end, when Lennie is by himself in the brush. He gets agitated with himself over what he has done and all of a sudden, a short, plump lady appears, his Aunt Clara. She starts speaking to him in Lennies voice. Then after she is finished disappears. Then, a giant rabbit scuttles out of Lennies head and starts shouting at him. Unfortunately, this is never visually seen as it is left out of the film. It would have been a funny scene and with it being right near the end, would have spoilt the mood; therefore, it was left out. Another scene left out so not to detract the mood, was when Lennie has his dead puppy in his arms after he has killed Curleys wife, and he has the idea of throwing the pup away so it wouldnt look so bad. The last two scenes would have caused undue laughter in the middle of two important and emotion parts of the film, which would have lessened the viewers emotions. Along with missing out scenes, a fair number of scenes were added. For example, in the film there is a scene when Lennie enters the bunkhouse with the bib of his dungarees puffed up and him cradling it. As Lennie had tried to sneak his pup into the bunkhouse before, Lennies suspicious behaviour hints to George that he is trying to do it again. After George scalds Lennie for his attempt to sneak the pup in again, Lennie lies on the bed and slaps the bib of his dungarees, flattening it, and finishing the joke. An amusing practical joke obviously thought up purely by Lennie showing he does have an intelligent and a funny side. John Steinbecks Of Mice And Men expresses George and Lennies relationship brilliantly just like a marriage, not in a sexual manner but in a mutual loving relationship. This occurs throughout the novel.(then examples) Curley has a very poor attitude in that he believes beating up people that are bigger than himself would make him a hero, however if the bigger person beat him up people would call the bigger person a bully and be sympathetic towards Curley. This backfires horrendously one day when seeing that Lennie has a childs mind he tries to pick a fight on him only to find that Lennys reaction left him with a badly broken hand. Due to this event, Curley then bares a grudge on Lenny throughout the play and the death of Curleys wife fits in nicely as it gives Curley an excuse to go after Lenny. Steinbeck does this cleverly so that there is already bad blood between Lennie and Curley before the death of Curleys wife. More than anything, Curley has his wife as a trophy wife. At no point in the book does he show any sort of love or affection toward her. Steinbeck does this so when his wife is found dead he isnt bothered about mourning hes focused on getting Lennie. eorge had told him not to speak, so he didnt answer. Curley really got angry. George answered for him and he answered, An you wont let the big guy talk, is that it? He wants to be big and tall. He picks fights with anybody that is larger, in a way superior to him. He only has respect for Slim; we know this because he listened to Slim. I think you got your han caught in a machine. He knows what really happened. He didnt want to get laughed at either, so he listened and obeyed Slims instruction. But you jus tell an try to get this guy canned and well tell ever body, an then will you get the laugh. Curley agreed to this statement, otherwise he will be laughed at for starting the fight and then losing it. Even though Curleys hand was totally ruined, and Lennie got a couple of bruises and cuts nobody got in any more trouble. When his wife was killed he was really mad. Not mad for losing a loved one. He was mad at Lennie for killing her, and instead of staying with his wife, he hurried off to find Lennie and to kill him. We notice that although Curley was very protective over his wife, he didnt show any interest in her, and showed no signs of love. Nobody liked Curley, not even his wife. Curleys wife was an outcast, because she is the only female on the ranch and wore a lot of red.
Thursday, November 14, 2019
The Resistance to Change Essay -- Case Study
Think back to the first day of any class one was allowed to choose the seating of their choice. The second day, everyone decides to sit in the same seating as the previous day. The third day comes along and as one walks into the class room, one notices that someone is sitting in their seat. The sensation of being thrown off balance takes over along with being uncomfortable for the remainder of the day. The following questions then arise: â€Å"why does this phenomenon occur?†Yukl states â€Å"Resistance to change is a common phenomenon for individuals and organizations (Yuki, 285).†Let’s now turn our attention at the case study that was presented by Almah J. Joseph â€Å"Dilemma at the Public Service Department.†Being placed into a high political office or in any leadership position can be difficult to transition into when it is a new organization they are entering. The new leader placed in office already contains a new perspective as to how the organiz ation should be run. On the other hand, the employees that are already in the organization have the cultural perspective that was placed upon them through their previous leader. Like the seating phenomenon that was previously described, there will be resistance to change, and as a leader in an organization, they must find a way to make this change occur. Appointed for the first time as commissioner of the Public Service Department, Alex is faced with the dilemma of attempting to fixed, what seems to be a corrupt Department. In Grover Starling’s book, â€Å"Managing the Public Sector,†he describes a few â€Å"pitfalls of public-sector planning in which Alex seems to be practicing (Starling, 227). These pitfalls include under planning, trying to do too much, and ignoring unintended consequences. First ... ...al perspective to reassure that people internally and externally are being taken care if fairly. Patience in this case would have been helpful and allowed him more than a day to prepare for how he could have tackled the issue. Instead of tackling all three cases, he could have gone with a more realistic approach of handling the situation. One case at a time would have been more ideal than tackling them all at one. All in all, Alex made some mistakes but his actions were for the right reasons. Works Cited Joseph, A., M. â€Å"The Dilemma at the Public Service Department†in Public Performance & Management Review, Vol. 24, No. 3, March 2001, pp. 285-287 Starling, G. (2010). Managing the public sector. (9th ed.). Boston, MA: Wadsworth Pub Co. Yukl, Gary. 2006. Leadership in Organizations, 6th edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, Chapter 10.
Monday, November 11, 2019
Principles of Marketing Chapter 1
Marketing -Is the process of building profitable customer relationships by creating value for customers and capturing value in return -Satisfying customer needs 2 GOALS OF MARKETING †¢To attract new customers by promising superior value †¢To keep and grow current customers by delivering satisfaction MARKETING PROCESS 1. Understanding the Marketplace and Customer Needs 1. 1. Needs, Wants, and Demands 1. 1. 1. NEEDS – states of felt deprivation. 1. 1. 2. WANTS – the form human needs take as shaped by culture and individual personality. 1. 1. 3. DEMANDS – human wants that are backed by buying power. 1. 2.Marketing Offerings (Products, services, and experiences) – some combination of products, services, information, or experiences offered to a market to satisfy a need or want. †¢Marketing Myopia – the mistake of paying more attention to the specific products a company offers than to the benefits and experiences produced by these products. 1. 3. Customer Value Satisfaction – are key building blocks for developing and managing customer relationships. 1. 4. Exchanges and Relationships – the act of obtaining a desired object from someone by offering in return. 1. 5. Markets – set of all actual and potential buyers of a product or service. . Designing a Customer-Driven Marketing Strategy †¢ Marketing Management – the art and science of choosing target markets and building profitable relationships with them. 2. 1. What customers will we serve? (What’s our target market? ) 2. 1. 1. MARKET SEGMENTATION – dividing the market into segments of customers 2. 1. 2. TARGET MARKETING – selecting which segments it will go after. 2. 2. How can we serve these customer’s best? (What’s our value proposition? ) – is the company’s set of benefits or values it promises to deliver to consumers to satisfy their needs. 2. 2. 1. MARKETING MANAGEMENT ORIENTATIONS 2. 2. 1. . THE PRODUCTION CONCEPT – the idea that consumers will favour products that are available and highly affordable and that the organization should therefore focus on improving production and distribution efficiency. 2. 2. 1. 2. THE PRODUCT CONCEPT – the idea that consumers will favour products that offer the most quality, performance, and features and that the organization should therefore devote its energy to making continuous product improvements. 2. 2. 1. 3. THE SELLING CONCEPT – the idea that consumers will not buy enough of the firm’s product unless it undertakes a large-scale selling and promotion effort. . 2. 1. 4. THE MARKETING CONCEPT – the marketing management philosophy that achieving organizational goals depends on knowing the needs and wants of target markets and delivering the desired satisfactions better than competitors do. 2. 2. 1. 5. THE SOCIETAL MARKETING CONCEPT – a principle of enlightened marketing that holds th at a company should make good marketing decisions by considering the consumers’ wants, the company’s requirements, consumers’ long-run interests, and the society’s long-run interests. 3.Preparing an Integrated Marketing Plan and Program – consists of the firm’s marketing mix, the set of marketing tools the firm uses to implement its marketing strategy. †¢Marketing Mix (4Ps) a)Product b)Price c)Place d)Promotion 4. Building Customer Relationships – most important step in marketing process 4. 1. Customer Relationship Management – the overall process of building and maintaining customer relationships by delivering superior customer value and satisfaction 4. 2. Relationships Building Blocks: Customer Value and Satisfaction 4. 2. 1.CUSTOMER PERCEIVED VALUE – the customer’s evaluation of the difference between all the benefits and all the costs of a market offering relative to those of competing offers. 4. 2. 2. CU STOMER SATISFACTION – the extent to which a product’s perceived performance matches a buyer’s expectations. 4. 3. Customer Relationship Levels and Tools 4. 3. 1. FREQUENCY MARKETING PROGRAMS – reward customers who buy frequently or in large amounts. 4. 3. 2. CLUB MARKETING PROGRAMS – offers members special benefits and create member communities. 4. 4. The Changing Nature of Customer Relationships 4. 4. 1. RELATING WITH MORE CAREFULLY SELECTED CUSTOMERS True Mass Marketing – selling in a standard way to any customer who cares along. †¢Selective Relationship Management – targeting fewer, more profitable customers 4. 4. 2. RELATING FOR THE LONG TERM – serving chosen customers in a deeper, more lasting way to retain current customers and build long term relationships with them. 4. 4. 3. RELATING DIRECTLY – serving customers without going to a store – by telephone, mail order, catalogues, kiosks, and online. 4. 5. Partner Relationship Management – working close in other company or departments and outside the company to jointly bring greater value to customers. . 5. 1. PARTNERS INSIDE THE COMPANY – linking all departments of a firm in the cause of creating customer value. 4. 5. 2. MARKETING PARTNERS OUTSIDDE THE FIRM †¢Supply Chain – describes a longer channel, stretching from raw materials to components to final products that are carried to final buyers. †¢Strategic Alliances – strategic partners if they hope to be effective 5. Capturing Value from Customers 5. 1. Creating Customer Loyalty and Retention – the value of the entire stream purchases that a customer would make over a lifetime of patronage. 5. 2.Growing Share Customer – the portion of the customer’s purchasing that a company gets in its product categories. 5. 3. Building Customer Equity – the total combined customer lifetime values of all the company’s custom ers. 5. 4. Building the Right Relationships with the Right Customers CLASSIFICATIONS OF CUSTOMERS †¢Strangers – Little fit between company’s offerings and customer’s needs; lowest profit potential †¢Butterflies – Good fit between company’s offerings and customer’s needs; high profit potential †¢True Friends – Good fit between company’s offerings and customer’s needs; highest profit potential. Barnacles – Limited fit between company’s offerings and customer’s needs; low profit potential THE NEW MARKETING LANDSCAPE 1. New Digital Age – marketers must harness marketing technology 2. Rapid Globalization – take advantage of global opportunities 3. The Call for more Ethics and Social Responsibility – marketers must ensure that they set in an ethical and socially responsible way. THE GROWTH FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT MARKETING (Examples) †¢Colleges †¢Hospitals †¢Mu seums †¢Zoos †¢Symphony Orchestra †¢Churches
Saturday, November 9, 2019
Life in a Centrally Planned Economy Essay
Assignment: Thinking back on the information you have learned in this unit about different types of economic systems, imagine that you are moving from the United States (which has a mixed economy) to a country that has a largely centrally planned (or command) economy. Then in a short essay of at least two paragraphs, explain how your life will change (economically and otherwise) as you begin to live in your new home and country. Answer: United states is free market economy, which is likewise called private enterprise (capitalism). In this sort of economy, there is next to no administration control. In a free market economy, the shopper chooses what they need to purchase. A purchaser is a client. The law of supply and interest is the thing that drives the free market economy. Charge economies have solid government control. So in the event that you needed to begin your own business, you would need to get authorization from the legislature. In a charge economy, the administration claims the vast majority of the commercial ventures and organizations. One kind of summon economy is socialism. Genuine socialism is a sort of monetary framework that doesn’t permit responsibility for property. The greater part of the order economies that existed on the planet had solid focal governments. These legislatures directed what amounts were made and what was made by industry. In the summon economy, the administration settles on the choices in the matter of what products to supply to the individuals.
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Choosing A Career Or Profession Essays - Chitto Harjo, Free Essays
Choosing A Career Or Profession Essays - Chitto Harjo, Free Essays Choosing A Career Or Profession English Essay # 5 I believe that a career or profession should be chosen with great care and that it should not be taken lightly. A career or profession should be something that you enjoy doing because you will be doing it for many years to come. So I took time and care when deciding what I wanted to do for the rest of my working career. The reason I chose to be a We Administrator is because I enjoy spending time on the Internet and thats where everything is happening and changing from day to day. This career is also in great demand and is something I do currently for fun, so why not get paid for it? I believe that I am a great speaker and as a web administrator I would be able to voice my opinion out to the large masses of people. There is also ample opportunity in this field and I dont believe finding a job in this profession would be of great difficulty. Looking for work would be simple, especially after attending a great college such as yours. This would give me a degree I would need to prove that I know what I am doing. Instead of just claiming to know what I am doing this experience would give me the opportunity to prove it. I know that in the future to survive it will be necessary to have a computer skill. So if this statement is true then it will be much easier for me to survive in this society if I have a go od skill in this job field. This is also a skill I intend on passing on to my kids and so on. I know that we are still at the beginning of the computer age and I want my kids to know how it all started. I dont want the history of the computer and the Internet to be lost. I know that with proper training I can make a huge contribution to any business I step foot into that is computer originated. I believe that taking the courses that I am applying for that I will be able to get a great job and make a career out of it. This will hopefully allow my to live a rich and prosperous lifestyle. These are the things that hope for my future and my career. This is what I plan to do with my education and the importance I put on it. Thank you for taking the time to read my hopes in the future in attending your college.
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Can You Use Old Practice SATs to Study for the New SAT
Can You Use Old Practice SATs to Study for the New SAT SAT / ACT Prep Online Guides and Tips Since the SAT has just been redesigned, you might feel like there aren’t very many practice questions around for you to use. The College Board has released four free practice tests, but once you get through those, what should you do? You might be wondering if you can use old SAT practice tests to study for the new SAT. The answer is yes, you can! I will show you how. Read on to see why you would want to use old practice tests, what practice tests won’t do for you, and then a how-to guide on the most effective way to use old tests to prep for each section. Finally, I’ll also briefly discuss using the ACT for new SAT prep, since the tests are surprisingly similar. Why to Use Old SAT Practice Tests Simply put, you should use old practice tests if you want to increase your stock of practice questions! While you will have to be careful to skip the irrelevant questions, and there are some new question types you won’t be able to prep for using old tests, they are still a valuable resource, especially if you need extra questions to work on a particular section or skill. While the SAT has been redesigned, many of the question types are still the same between the old and new tests, so you can use old tests for practice questions for those question types. I will break down which question types to use and which ones to skip in the next sections. They are also useful because they are official College Board materials, and you can expect rigorous quality control from the official makers of the SAT more so than from most prep book or test prep companiesso no situations where the correct answer is actually ambiguous, for example. You know old tests were really administered to students, which means those questions are College Board-approved! So high quality they should put this seal on them! What Old SAT Tests Won't Help You With Taking an entire old test from start to finish won’t really prepare you for the experience of sitting down to take the new SAT, so don’t do that. The overall tests are too different structurally for taking the old SAT to give you a good sense of what taking the new one will be like. If you want to take a complete test to get a sense of what your SAT experience will be like on test day, take one of the College Board’s four complete free practice tests for the redesigned SAT instead of an old one. Old tests also won’t help you practice the new SAT essay. Instead of a 25-minute opinion-based essay as on the old SAT, the revised SAT gives you 50 minutes to analyze an argument. These are completely different in form and content, so looking at old SAT essay prompts is a waste of time. Now I’ll move through each section in turn and describe how best to use it to prepare. I’ll go over what question types to use, which question types to skip, and what’s missing from the old SAT that is tested in the new one.All of my old SAT question examples will come from the2014-2015 Practice SAT, and my new SAT question examples will come from Practice Test 1. With all these questions you'll be as prepared as this lady! And she looks ready. Using Old SAT Practice Tests: Reading The Reading section has not changed too dramatically with the revision, so you’ll be able to use most of the old Reading questions to practice for the revised SAT. The primary changes are that all of the questions are now passage-based, passages are longer, and Sentence Completion questions have been eliminated. Old SAT Reading: Questions to Use Using any and all of the passage-based questions will help you prep for the new SAT. The Old SAT has some very short (i.e. one paragraph) passages, while the revised SAT only has longer passages, but the questions are similar and useful for practice. Old SAT Reading: Questions to Skip The redesigned SAT has done away with Sentence Completion questions. There were complaints that these unfairly prioritized arcane vocabulary knowledge. So when you see these on old SATs, skip them. Example: Old SAT Reading: What's Missing Old SAT Reading did not have any charts or graphs integrated into the passages and questions. New SAT does, so be sure to study those! (If you want more practice questions to do with reading charts, skip down to the â€Å"Practicing with the ACT†section). Example: Old tests did not have any Evidence Support question pairs. These are question pairs in which you are first asked to identify something about the passage, then to select evidence from the passage to support your answer. Example: Using Old SAT Practice Tests: Writing Writing has changed the most of any test. While the old SAT had very few passage-based writing questions, the revised SAT is entirely passage-based in the Writing section. There aren’t very many one-to-one matches on question types between the old and new SAT, but you might still find some of the old SAT practice questions useful. Old SAT Writing: Questions to Use Passage Revisionthese are questions that ask you to edit a â€Å"rough draft†of a passage or essay. While the errors in these passages are a little more focused on style, and the revised SAT writing section is more focused on skilled argumentation, these questions are still helpful for getting a feel for answering passage-based SAT writing questions. Example: Even though the specific format of the Sentence Errorquestion typewhere you had to choose from five potential errors in one sentenceis missing from the revised SAT, doing old Sentence Error questions is still a good way to drill down on your grammar skills. You should be aware, though, that the revised test does have a slightly different grammatical focus. The old SAT often tested dangling modifiers and subject/verb agreement in tricky ways, while the revised SAT has a greater emphasis on punctuation and common English usage. But if you need to work on your grammar, practicing those skills with Sentence Error questions is a fine way to do so. Example: Similarly, the Sentence Improvement question type, in which you have to edit a single sentence for grammatical clarity, no longer exists on the revised SAT. But you may be asked sentence-improvement like questions on the revised SAT in the context of the passage-based questions. So knowing how to approach these in isolation will help brush up on your grammar and writing-style skills, which will be useful for the revised test. Example: Old SAT Writing: Questions to Skip The essay - the 25-minute â€Å"opinion†essay from the old SAT used to comprise part of your writing score. The new essay is 50 minutes, asks you to evaluate another author’s argument expressed in a passage, and is a completely separate score from your 1600-point score. Don’t write any old essay prompts; they won’t help you at all on the new SAT. The old essay: as obsolete as this car. Old SAT Writing: What's Missing Old tests really don’t have the same format and feel as the revised SAT. The revised SAT asks all questions and question typesthose on grammar, writing style, organization, argumentationbased on passages, while the old SAT has very few passage-based questions. So while the old SAT writing section will help you brush up on your grammar, style, and editing skills, it really won’t give you a great sense of what the writing section of the revised SAT is actually like. Example: To practice more passage-based writing questions once you’ve used all four free practice tests, you might turn to the ACT English section, which is passage-based. (More on using the ACT for new SAT practice below.) Additionally, the writing section now includes questions that involve graphs and charts: both interpreting them and understanding how they act as evidence for arguments. Example: Using Old SAT Practice Tests: Math The primary changes in Math are that the questions are distributed differently across topics, a small amount of trigonometry has been added, and logic-type problems have been eliminated. For a complete breakdown of these changes, see our guide to the revised SAT. Old SAT Math: Questions to Use The truth is that you can use most of the questions on the old SAT to practice for new SATMath. However, you should be aware that old tests contain a different percentage of some of the question types than the revised SAT. For example, the old SAT contains much more geometry than the revised SAT. Old SAT Math: Questions to Skip The revised SAT has done away with â€Å"logic problem†type questions, so if you see any of those, skip them. There were usually only 1-2 on the old SAT anyways. Example: Old SAT Math: What's Missing From Old Tests The revised SAT has two no-calculator sections: one for grid-ins, and one for multiple choice. The old SAT was all-calculator. You might try working on some of the less calculation-heavy questions on the old SAT without a calculator to practice answering math problems without one. The new SAT involves more â€Å"real-world†type questions and word problems. Example: The revised SAT now has multi-part questions, in which the answer to one question affects the answers to the following question. It’s very important to get the first question correct or you could have a negative cascade effect! Example: The revised SAT also contains some basic trigonometry questions, which is a new topic area for the SAT. Example: Practicing For the New SAT With the ACT The revised SAT is actually more similar in many ways to the ACT than the old SAT. Both exams have four answer choices per question, there is no guessing penalty, and the Reading and Writing (or English in the case of the ACT) tests are entirely passage-based. For this reason, you may wish to practice with ACT questions. The key difference (other than the scoring scale) is that the ACT has four sections to the SAT’s three- English, which corresponds to SAT Writing, Reading, Math, and Science. While it has no directly corresponding section on the SAT, practice questions from the Science test will be very helpful in preparing for the data-based questions on all sections of the revised SAT. I’ll go over questions to use, ones to skip, and what’s missing from the ACT that’s covered on the SAT. Science: the fourth section on the ACT. ACT: Questions To Use There are questions you could use to prep for the new SAT in all four sections of the ACT. Reading You can use all of them! The ACT is focused slightly more on reading comprehension, but the general idearead and interpret a passageis the same. English You can (and should!) use most of the questions on the English section of the ACT for SAT Writing practice. Not only is it great practice for the passage-based style of the revised SAT, many of the questions offer similar tasks as those on the SAT. The ACT is slightly more focused on grammar, however, while the SAT really hones in on writing style. Math You can use most of the questions on ACT math to practice for revised SAT math. However, you should be aware that there is more geometry and trigonometry on the ACT than the revised SAT. Additionally, you may see one or two topics on the ACT that aren’t covered on the SAT, like matrices, logarithms, graphs of trig functions, and even scientific notation! Science ACT Science questions are passage-based, which is good practice for answering the data interpretation questions linked to the passages for the revised SAT’s Writing and Reading tests. The questions that will be most useful, however, will be those about interpreting data and figures. So focus on those and skip the rest. Example: ACT: Questions to Skip Save SAT prep time by skipping unnecessaryquestions. Reading No need to skip any reading questions. However, it’s worth noting that unlike on the SAT, questions on the ACT are not â€Å"in order†- the questions on a particular passage don’t move through the passage from start to finish, but instead may jump around A question may ask about the beginning of the passage, then the next may ask about the very end. This is just something keep in mind in terms of differences when you are using the ACT for practice. English You can skip the questions asking if the author fulfilled their purpose in the passage and why, as there is no similar question style on the revised SAT Writing test. There is normally about one of these â€Å"author’s purpose†questions per passage, towards the end of the questions on a particular passage. Example: Math You may want to skip the occasional question on logarithms, matrices, graphs of trig functions, and scientific notation, since you won’t see these things on the SAT. Science You can skip any question on the science test that’s not directly concerned with interpreting or representing data. This would include questions about hypothesis testing, experimental design, the scientific method, and so on. Example: What's Missing From the ACT That's Covered on the New SAT There are some key question types missing from the ACT that you need to be prepared to see on the SAT. Reading There are no Evidence Support question pairs on the ACT. Remember, evidence support question pairs involve answering a question about the passage and then providing evidence to support that answer in the following question. The Reading test on the ACT also does not include any questions on charts or data. These questions are covered on the Science test. English The English section on the ACT does not involve charts and graphs as on the revised SAT's Writing section, probably because these skills are tested on the Science section. Math The ACT math section lacks two key features that the revised SAT has: a no-calculator section, and grid-in questions. You may want to try solving ACT questions without a calculator when reasonable for some no-calculator practice. Also, practice ACT questions are all multiple-choice, so they won’t help you prepare for the SAT’s free-response grid-ins. Be prepared to be without this on the SAT! (The calculator, not your hand.) Where To Find Old SAT Practice Tests and ACT Tests The College Board and ACT, Inc. have kindly published free practice tests. We've collected them here for you. Old SAT Tests 2014-2015 Practice SAT|Answers 2013-2014 Practice SAT | Answers 2007-2008 Practice SAT (includes answers) 2004-2005 Practice SAT (includes answers) Practice ACT Tests ACT Practice Test 2015-2016 (Form 72CPRE) ACT Practice Test 2014-15 (Form 67C) ACT Practice Test 20-12 (Form 64E) ACT Practice Test 2008-09 (Form 61C) ACT Practice Test 2005-06 (Form 59F) A soothing rock pile in case you get overwhelmed by all these tests. Key Takeaways You can use old SAT tests as a resource for practice questions for the revised SAT. Old tests won’t give you the same feel as taking the revised test from start to finish, but many of the question types are similar.Writing has changed the most out of any of the sections; revised SAT Writing is much more similar to the ACT than the old SAT. In addition to old SAT tests, you can also use the ACT to prep for the new SAT. The English section and questions on the Science section about interpreting data and graphs may be particularly useful. There may only be 4 official free revised SAT practice tests available, but between old SATs and the ACT you can still build up a substantial stock of practice questions! What's Next? Check out our complete expert guide to the revised SAT. Need more prep materials? See our reviews of the best SAT prep books for 2016. If you're wondering how important your SAT score is, read our breakdown of the SAT and admissions. Taking the ACT? See our complete index of critical ACT prep articles. Want to improve your SAT score by 160 points?We have the industry's leading SAT prep program. Built by Harvard grads and SAT full scorers, the program learns your strengths and weaknesses through advanced statistics, then customizes your prep program to you so you get the most effective prep possible. 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Saturday, November 2, 2019
Cultural differencies and people management Essay
Cultural differencies and people management - Essay Example Understanding the culture of host country and consideration of cultural differences is important for companies in the international arena. The importance of cultural importance has been widely studies and research on it indicates that possessing a sound knowledge of the culture of markets in which businesses operate is of paramount significance. The Importance of cultural differences At the international level, have a good understanding of the cultural differences between the global market and the national level is critical in building long-term relationships and achieving business success. For example, in majority of Asian cultures, operating business is not limited to the confines of working hours, but rather can be extended to blend into social situations such as meals where opportunities are exploited to build bonds, making understanding and appreciation of the local culture an essential factor (Morrison, 2006). Cultural differences also play a significant role in determining the type of entry mode to be adopted by a company that is thinking of venturing into international markets. An example given by Morrison (2006) that can be cited as an area where the importance is clearly defined is in joint ventures where cooperation and trust is key to maintaining long-term business success. It is important for firms that going into joint ventures in the international market to critically analyze the culture of host country and come up with ways of blending the culture of different locations into a distinctive corporate culture in order to augment the sense of corporate identity. However, international managers need to appreciate that this comes with considerable challenges especially when strong national cultures clash in the case of global mergers (Morrison, 2006). In order for strategic alliances between firms in a different cultural setting to remain successful, it is important to maintain consistent corporation that ensures risks associated with opportunistic be haviours are minimized. Therefore, there is need to develop a higher level of trust between joint ventures, and cultural difference can be effectively used a measure of the different levels of trust between among countries. For example, it has been argued that masculinity can negatively impact joint venture projects, and individualism seems to have negative effects on the voluntary joint management of a firm, depending on the national cultural setting that a company operates under (Lee et al., 2011). In addition, the cultural difference of countries can be an important factor in determining the type of wholly owned subsidiary investment to be considered by international organizations. For example, a greater level of difference in culture necessitates that firms have stronger business controls, and firms operating in such markets are more likely to prefer wholly owned subsidiary as a way of entering into international markets. Therefore, the cultural difference increases the benefits of a company by acquiring n existing firm in the new foreign market since the organization entering the market has the opportunity of learning the different norms and routines unique to the host country from the acquired subsidiary. This plays a significant role in maintaining the success of the company as it ensures that firms make sound
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