...The poem “The Juggler” by Richard Wilbur describes the juggling show that the narrator and a crowd of people witness. The narrator is amazed by the way the juggler can juggle balls and balance a table on his toe and a broom and plate on his nose. From the beginning of the poem to the description of the juggling act, there is a change in mood. This change, in turn, also reflects the narrator’s outlook on life due to this encounter with the juggler. The poem begins describing the physical laws of a ball. The narrator tells us that balls bounce “less and less” and then personifies the ball by stating it “hates its own resilience” (Wilbur 1-2). The narrator then compares the balls actions to how we evaluate life over time by saying “the earth...
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...Strategic Assignment Career Goals 1) Further my military career by becoming a lieutenant in the National Guards. This requires a great deal of time to get through the training blocks and will ultimately affect the available time required to attain other goals. 2) Land a job in HR Being that taking one this career path is new to me and I have been out of the civilian job market for the last 9 years pursuing my military career, I find that it is rather difficult to achieve this goal. 3) Advance enough to land the corner office. I believe that this one will be achieve in time. The first step will be to acquire a career that will facilitate the kind of growth which will ultimately get me to this goal. 4) Make six figures before 40th birthday Might be a bit ambitious, but I believe that with hard work and determination, this goal is attainable. Key Goals to achieve while at Keller Graduate School of Management 1) Graduate with a Masters in HR 2) Build good relationships in order to network with classmates Obstacles to overcome to achieve goals 1. Adapting to the distractions of my children while having to study. Due to the close relationship that I enjoy with my family, it is very difficult to maintain focus on my school work while the kids are running around the house and playing. At some given point I tend to walk away from the computer and join them in their playful acts. 2. Juggling military duties, school, and family life. It is always difficult...
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...Group 1: Arab/Muslim Americans 1) Describe your assumptions, beliefs, and perceptions about members of this group. This group values education and ensure they are well educated to be able to obtain different occupational opportunities. There are some that has their own business and many that go into the field of medicine or law. The children are very smart. They normally finish in the top three in the national spelling bee contest. This group relies on their religious belief as a guide in their daily lives. On the other hand, this group could be perceived as terrorist wishing all Americans should be put to death. 2) When you think about working professionally with members of this group, are there traits, characteristics, or other issues about the group that you would be curious about, concerned about, or intimidated by? Why would understanding diversity issues be important to you as a human services worker? The ideal of working with this group would be quite challenging but perhaps successful. This group is very professional in the work space and displays the desire to provide outstanding services. There would be a curiosity and concern about the way they retain their cultural identity while living in the United States. Such as their language, the way they dress, their beliefs and values. Being cautious in handling conflicts in the work space not knowing if you upset someone from this group, they strap a bomb to their body. 3) How could advanced...
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...priorities (see Figure 4) and think uncharacteristically “inside the box” for answers to this question. Background on the Issue. NASA's budget peaked in the period 1964-1966(see Figure 2), during the height of construction efforts leading up to the first moon landing under the Apollo program. Since then, NASA has undertaken many projects, while its portion of the national budget has been slowly chipped away. There are many ideas, but no definite decisions on what NASA should set to achieve next. Without proper leadership, direction, and funds, NASA and the United States will soon take a back seat in the ‘space race’. Effects of Present Problem and Current Policies. Identifying policy alternatives is important because NASA’s impact can be seen through: * Being a leader in space exploration is still considered as essential to a majority of Americans (see Figure 3); * The dollars spent in each state, boosting economies throughout the entire nation(see Figure 1); * An incredible amount of innovations and technology used in military defense, medical advances, and everyday life1; * A combination of the strong leadership the United States should be known for and international cooperation helpful to countless efforts abroad. Figure 1. “How NASA Dollars help everyone” Figure 2. “NASA’s budget peaked during the Apollo program”...
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...Protection of the environment is needed due to various human activities. Waste production, air pollution, and loss of biodiversity (resulting from the introduction of invasive species and species extinction) are some of the issues related to environmental protection. Environmental protection is influenced by three interwoven factors: environmental legislation, ethics and education. Each of these factors plays its part in influencing national-level environmental decisions and personal-level environmental values and behaviors. For environmental protection to become a reality, it is important for societies to develop each of these areas that, together, will inform and drive environmental decisions. 1 Learn the four functions of a headline. A successful headline has 4 very important jobs to accomplish 2 Avoid using ALL CAPITAL LETTERS. On a subconscious level, we have learned to recognize the "shape" of words. If your words are all in capital block letters, they appear as RECTANGULAR BLOCKS OF PRINT, and a...
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...Running head: DEFINING MARKETING Defining Marketing MKT 421 March 23, 2014 Defining Marketing Business dictionary.com defines Management as “the management process through which goods and services move from concept to the customer. It includes the coordination of four elements called the 4 P's of marketing: (1) Identification, selection and development of a product, (2) determination of its price, (3) selection of a distribution channel to reach the customer's place, and (4) development and implementation of a promotional strategy”. Merriam-Webster.com defines Marketing as “1. a: the act or process of selling or purchasing in a market b: the process or technique of promoting, selling, and distributing a product or service 2. a: an aggregate of functions involved in moving goods from producer to consumer”. My personal definition of Marketing is a plan that a management team creates to promote and or to sell a product or services. There are some positives and negatives when marketing is incorporated into the sales of a business. When there is an established marketing department that generate leads for their sales team, allows for a steady cash flow. Marketing departments that set leads in sales for a business maintain a consistent flow. They first of all find the lead; make the sale then go back to find more leads, resulting in no profits earned and not profitable enough to plan for the future. The sales departments know the product they are trying...
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...Case 7 Megahertz Communications Established in 1982, U.K.-based Megahertz Communications quickly became one of Great Britain’s leading independent broadcasting system builders. The company’s core skill is in the design, manufacture, and installation of TV and radio broadcast systems, including broadcast and news-gathering vehicles with satellite links. In 1998, Megahertz’s managing director, Ashley Coles, set up a subsidiary company, Megahertz International, to sell products to the Middle East, Africa, and Eastern Europe. While the EU market for media and broadcasting is both mature and well served by large established companies, the Middle East, Africa, and Eastern Europe are growth markets with significant long-term potential for media and broadcasting. At the time, they were not well served by other companies, and all three regions lacked an adequate supply of local broadcast engineers. Megahertz International’s export strategy was simple. The company aimed to provide a turnkey solution to emerging broadcast and media entities in Africa, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe, offering to custom design, manufacture, install, and test broadcasting systems. to gain access to customers, Megahertz hired salespeople with significant experience in these regions and opened a foreign sales office in Italy. Megahertz also exhibited at a number of exhibitions that focused on the targeted regions, sent mailings and e-mail messages to local broadcasters, and set up a Web page...
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...Chapter 2: Review of Related Literature and Studies I.I The Introductory Paragraph 1.4 Foreign Studies Research in June 2012 at the University of Georgia found that the millions of people who log onto social networking sites every day may very well be boosting their self-esteem in the process – feeling connected to others and being in control of how you’re seen by others may have a positive effect on how you see yourself. On the downside, though, a study in June 2013 from the University of Michigan found that it was the students with narcissistic tendencies who posted most often, using social media in different ways to boost their egos and control other people’s perceptions of them – something that could have a dangerous impact on young girls at the very time when they have tremendous developmental changes taking place. Another study, from Flinders University in Australia, found that the amount of time teenage girls spend online was associated with low self-esteem and dissatisfaction with their body image (although cause and effect cannot be determined). In interviewing more than 1,000 high-school girls, they found that social media intensified conversations about appearance. And as these conversations involved their peers, they were also more influential in the girls’ lives. Even though 80% of the girls in the survey were of...
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...Why Starbucks succeeds in China and others haven't By Shaun Rein, CNBC.com Contributor Updated 2/10/2012 3:03 PM • Comments • • • • [pic] • [pic] • [pic] About 14 years ago, I met an entrepreneur who wanted to open up coffee shops around China. I never thought the coffee business would work there. The Chinese would not easily give up their tea-drinking culture for a bitter, overpriced drink, I told him. • [pic] By Greg Baker, AP A worker cleans the sign outside one of the many Starbucks outlets in Beijing. Enlarge By Greg Baker, AP A worker cleans the sign outside one of the many Starbucks outlets in Beijing. Sponsored Links Starbucks has proven me wrong. Howard Schultz, the CEO of Starbucks (SBUX), announced that China will soon become its largest market outside the United States. It has opened over 500 outlets in the country, which are more profitable per outlet than in the U.S. even though sales per outlet lags its U.S. counterparts considerably, according to the chain's chief financial officer, Troy Alstead. What did Starbucks do to succeed in a market where so many other Western food and beverage brands such asDunkin Donuts, Krispy Kreme, and Burger King have failed to live up to their own expectations? What Starbucks did right in China is a textbook case study in how food brands can succeed despite rising labor and real estate costs and increased competition on the Mainland. • PHOTOS: 10 fake businesses...
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...Academic Success Top 10 Tips Whether or not this is your first semester at City Tech, by now you probably have come face-to-face with some common challenges to academic success. The following tips are designed to help you take action and minimize obstacles, in order to maximize your college experience. Tip 1: Obtain official academic advisement Read the course requirements for your major and review your course selection each semester with an academic advisor to avoid mistakes. (Note: An academic advisor is a professor in your major department.) Tip 2: Research majors and careers that interest you To learn if your major and career path are right for you, visit the Career Services Center in Namm 105. Take DISCOVER, a computerized interest test, and meet with a career counselor. Visit the academic department offering the major that interests you to learn more. Tip 3: Familiarize yourself with school policies, procedures and deadlines How many times have you said, “I didn’t know,” or “No one told me,” about City Tech policies that affect you? In college you are expected to read school publications to find out about the college’s rules and regulations. At City Tech, these include the Student Handbook, available at the Information Services Center, and the College Catalog, accessible on the City Tech web site (www.citytech.cuny.edu). In addition, you should check the academic calendar each semester, to avoid missing key deadlines. You can get a copy of the calendar at the Information...
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...CASE 8: MCDONALD PHILIPPINES THE JOURNEY OF GEORGE YANG Known as the McDonaldman of the Philippines, George Yang (Gyang) started his journey after graduation from Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania in 1964. Back in Manila, he settled in to start a family and began a two-year juggling act of working as a marketing manager of a tobacco company (Bataan Cigarettes), consulting for a manufacturing company, and selling a variety of things on the side. These included insurance, nicotine guards (TAR-OFF), imported cosmetics, and lecturing Financial Management and Marketing subjects at his alma mater, De La Salle University. Kristin was very supportive of George. She acted as sales manager of the Tar-Off that George invented, even when walking down streets to offer the filters on consignment. At the prodding of Don Amado Araneta, Kristin started a nameless counter in supermarkets offering jewelries to young working mothers, which later evolved into a more sophisticated brand, Kristin Jewelry, which carried fine jewelry for upscale clients. George worked behind the scene, understanding market behavior, monitoring fluctuations in the price of gold in the global markets, and running the factory of 50 workers. Gyang, inspired by the success of the jewelry business, thought of something on a larger scale. He had been reading reports on a growing American fast-food chain called McDonald’s, which was being extolled in business reviews in many other countries. He wrote...
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...Corrections Trend Evaluation Tomas Gonzalez CJA / 394 February 4, 2014 Alfredo Cooke Corrections Trend Evaluation In this paper I will evaluate the past, present and future trends pertaining to the development and operation of institutional and community based correction. As part of the evaluation I will identify and analyze current and future issues facing prisons and prison administrators today. I will also identify and analyze the role/issue of alternate correction systems as a developing trend. Trends within the criminal justice system continue to influence the development and operations of institutions and community-based corrections. As mandatory sentencing laws can cause an increase in prison population, prison administrators face a daunting task in addressing the issues that overpopulation causes. “Apart from the highest priority of addressing prison population growth, prison managers are often confronted with an array of issues relating to imprisonment practices and their consequences” (Greenfeld, Beck, & Gillard, 1996, p.9). Development and Operations of Institutions The development and operations of institutions appears to operate around two opposing philosophies if punishment versus rehabilitation. The evolution of the development of corrections past, present and future has seen many changes throughout the inception of prisons. In the past the trends for prisons were solitary confinement with little concern for the rehabilitation of inmates. The well-being...
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...information that questionnaires reveal, the process of involving and consulting with staff is hugely beneficial and motivational in its own right, (see the 'Hawthorne Effect'). Whilst your survey will be unique to your company, your staff issues, your industry and culture, some useful generic guidelines apply to most situations. Although not exhaustive, the following ten points may help you cover the relevant subject areas and help towards establishing facts rather than making assumptions about motivation when designing your own questionnaires on employee motivation. ten tips for questionnaires on employee motivation 1. What is the 'primary aim' of your company? Your employees may be more motivated if they understand the primary aim of your business. Ask questions to establish how clear they are about your company's principles, priorities and mission. 2. What obstacles stop employees performing to best effect? Questionnaires on employee motivation should include questions about what employees are tolerating in their work and home lives. The company can eliminate practices that zap motivation. 3. What really motivates your staff? It is often assumed that all people are motivated by the same things. Actually we are motivated by a whole range of factors. Include questions to elicit what really motivates employees, including learning about their values. Are they motivated by financial rewards, status, praise and acknowledgment, competition, job security, public recognition...
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...Time Managment College Composition I CM 107 February 14, 2012 “Who hasn't wished at some point that there was a way to get more time in a day? It sometimes seems that we spend so much time rushing from place to place or task to task that we don't actually accomplish anything.”(Ward) Time can be your best friend or you worst enemy. Time can be an overwhelming factor when you feel there is not enough of it. It also plays in your favor by giving you time for the thing that matter most; yourself, family, work, and school by managing it properly. Chris, every time I see you, you always seemed stress out, tired and just plain out of it. I know juggling with 2 kids at home; holding a full time job, and going to school that alone can stress out anyone in your shoes. With proper organization of your time you can be able to accomplish all of these things and have time for yourself once in a while. I have been in your shoes before and know what it is like. I want to help you manage your time better. I can show different ways to organize your time and have time be your best friend. Think of me a as a coach to help you through this process. Time management can often time be complicated; however with the proper tools and strategies it can easily be mitigated in your favor. Your first step you should do is to priorities what is important for you. Ask yourself what is important to me? Is it spending time with your family important, or work, school, or it can even be time for yourself...
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...Macbeth at the start of the play At the start of the play, Macbeth is a good man who knows his place. He is a loyal servant of the King. God appoints the King to rule. If the King rules well, then his subjects will love him and he will reward their love with gratitude and generosity. This is the ideal state of affairs at the start of Macbeth, though just before it, there has been a rebellion, and the play opens with an account of the defeat of the rebels. Although God appoints the ruler, it is possible for a gross disturbance of the natural order of things to happen. And this may allow a rebel (usurper) to overthrow the rightful monarch. In Macbeth, this is what happens when the witches dabble in the affairs of men. But Hecate, who must obey the higher powers of the universe, shows the witches that order must be restored, and Macbeth removed from power. Macbeth is very loyal to begin with, so his treachery against Duncan is especially shocking. It is only believable (plausible) because of the way the witches arouse powerful ambition in him. But though they suggest things to him, the witches do not force Macbeth to kill Duncan. His evil action is freely chosen and (as we say today) premeditated. In fact Macbeth sees very good arguments against Duncan's murder but is stung into firmness by his wife's scorn. She says that if she had made a promise like her husband's, she could even have dashed out the brains of her own child. (Perhaps, though, this is bravado - later she admits...
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