...a kid, after school I was always being driven from piano to volleyball to self-defense classes and so on. At the time, I thought I was the world’s busiest teenager. However, after all these years, I can easily see that I have gained some important benefits from those activities. Playing the piano is probably the greatest benefit. In the meantime, it would be a big lie for me to say that my appreciation for playing the piano came immediately. Since the time I was ten years old until I was twelve or thirteen, I absolutely detested Sunday afternoons. Of course by then, it was not called Sunday for me but the torturous “piano day”. I had to practice all the morning before the lesson in the afternoon, and became totally exhausted in the evening. When it was finally over, I had relief as of am incredible amount of weight had been pulled from my shoulders. In those days, I never got to see the importance of having those lessons, practicing for hours, and even playing those tunes. As much as I tried, I could never find a way to enjoy it; it was no more than some never-ending horrible homework for me. But today, I want to thank my teacher for forcing me to appreciate the art of music. Now, I can easily list playing the piano as one of the most refreshing aspects of my life. Whenever I feel sadness, I always have the chance to be up in clouds after a couple of minutes. Swaying back and forth, I can surrender myself to the soothing tunes and get lost in the harmony. I believe very few...
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...hora, y luego va de compras con su esposa Victoria. A las doce come otra vez. A veces toma una ensalada con salmón, o verduras con carne. Por la tarde juega al fútbol con sus amigos y después toca la guitarra o navega por Internet durante media hora, antes de salir por la noche. A veces va a un restaurante caro con unos amigos o con Victoria, pero también baila en la discoteca hasta las dos de la madrugada. A ¿El texto describe el fin de semana de qué persona famosa? a. Victoria Beckham b. David Beckam c. Thierry Henry B ¿Cómo se dice en español? 1. he has breakfast 2. orange juice 3. his children 4. then 5. wife 6. at twelve o´clock 7. meat 8. in the afternoon 9. his friends 10. during 11. in the evening 12. expensive 13. but 14. the early hours of the morning C Escribe una lista de todos los verbos del texto: [pic] EL PRESENTE Las Personas yo = _________________ tú = _________________ él = _________________ ella = _________________ nosotros = _________________ vosotros = _________________ ellos = _________________ ellas = _________________ Verbos Regulares Cantar Comer Abrir To s___ To e__ To o___ yo cant__ com__ abr__ tú cant__ com__ abr__ él/ella cant__ com__ abr__ nosotros cant__ com__ abr__ vosotros cant__ com__ abr__ ellos/ellas cant__ com__ ...
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...To employees (memo) This afternoon there was a significant cave-in in the San Jose mine that resulted in 33 of our employees being trapped. They are 2300 feet underground. At this time we have no way to communicate with them. Therefore, we do not know how many, if any, are injured or if they are alive. We are working very hard to set up communication and come up with a rescue plan. We will do everything in our power to bring them home safely. We greatly value each and everyone of our employees. Please stay positive and keep the miners and their families in your thoughts and prayers. To family (face-to-face meeting) I have asked to speak with you to inform you that there has been a collapse in the San Jose mine today. The collapse has resulted in 33 men being trapped. Your husband/son is one of those men. I want you to know we are going to do everything we possibly can to rescue everyone. Unfortunately, at this time, we have no form of communication available with them. Therefore we do not know how many are injured or how many have survived. I know this is horrible news and you are very concerned about your loved one. Please take comfort in knowing we will do whatever is necessary to rescue all 33 men. We are working as fast as we can to set up communication and come up with a plan for rescue. We will keep you involved every step of the way. We will also be here to support you through this process. There is a good chance that the rescue could take...
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...Miranda Turvin May 21, 2012 ENC 1102 Descriptive Essay Working to find my inner peace, I go from place to place just looking for the solitude. A warm, comforting place that I may call my own. That place has been found and not many can claim it for it is mine. Out in the rolling country side of Fort Meade, Florida is a dream just unfolding. The Sunkist sunrise and sunset, the breath taking stars, and the calm, solitary squeeze against my being just makes it all the more better. On the outskirts of the Lilliputian town there is nothing more than the everlasting land where it’s hard to tell where the sky starts and where it stops. Nothing more than a relationship between nature and myself. Cool breezes drag the scent of pine trees and water through the air and the grass grows tall and dark green. Hawks, pigeons, and quails make beautiful music as their aria begins to sync. So the only sounds you can hear are the arias being sung and the wind blowing through my hair. The sunset glows of many pinks, yellows, lavenders, and blues as the day begins to kiss the land goodnight. The numerous birds flee to their nests as they begin to drift into slumber as the night is just beginning. The luminous moon rises to the center of the dark, velvet curtain. Its illumination kisses every tree, strand of grass, and the mist obscuring the few houses that scatter the land. Although the birds are nestled in their homes, the foxes, raccoons, and creatures of the night come out to find their...
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...Mini essay about Ernest Hemingway’s ”Mr and Mrs Elliot” Ernest Hemingway’s typical style of writing is called “minimalism”. The style is also used in this story. A plot defines the genre with few persons, few adjectives, which make the story less describing, and a short story. All these things are shown in this story. Even though the narrator is all knowing, he doesn’t use a psychological describing of the persons, but instead shows their personality through action and dialogue. For example you don’t get to know much about Mr and Mrs Elliot’s past. But if you want the whole and true story you have to read between the lines. Questions is coming up like is she really lesbian? Who do we have to feel sorry for? In the start of the story you may be confused, because he describes a bullfight. But if you read the whole story you can see that the bullfight is a synonym for what Mr Elliot goes threw. In the introduction a boy is hidden away under the cape, just like Mr Elliot is hidden away in his own room at the end of the story. The story have a very dynamic mood all the way threw and even though it’s the man who is left alone in a room in the end and the women who lays in bed with her girlfriend, you still get the feeling that it’s the lady who is miserable. All along she has been living in this illusion of a perfect life; Her having a baby with a young, talent man that apparently only have loved her. She tries to escape her real identity; that she’s a lesbian and that she’s way...
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...Mohsen Jamal Mr. Andrews ENG3U1 22 March, 2016 Ineffective Writing Style in Farewell to Arms World War I was one of the most desolating tragedies that the human race ever faced. The novel, Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, is one of many famous and historic novels that date back to World War One. Farewell to Arms is a well-known novel solely based on the content inside of its covers, and it has also been ‘labelled’ as one of Hemingway’s greatest novels. Although the novel is famous for its interior content, the introductory chapters in the novel are ineffective and misleading. The chapters lack relevant information, and they are abundant in insignificant amounts of material which leads the reader to struggle when understanding the plot. For example, the first two chapters spend more time explaining the surroundings and settings of the novel, rather than providing valuable information that would assist in comprehension of the novel so far. The first two chapters take place in the small Italian village where Henry lives in. Also, Hemingway struggles to express the story through the novel medium, the novel spends many chapters repetitively explaining the same event or conflict. For example, the novel spends three chapters describing Henry’s encounters with Catherine Barkley on his way to work every day. Moreover, during these encounters, no new information or drama is presented. Finally, the novel hesitates to describe characters thoroughly, and it gives a very feint interpretation...
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...War and combat injury can lead a soldier to take drastic measures to change his life for the better. In A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway divulges Frederic Henry’s life from his time stationed as an ambulance driver with the Italian army to his desertion. Frederic is a character who evolves over the course of the war and ends up becoming an empathetic yet tough character who is abandoned by his hope of eternal happiness in the end. Frederic Henry’s story is one of impending tragedy, he can be looked at as a round character who mostly looks out for himself. When we meet first meet Frederic, he is lost in a world of alcohol, sex, and personal desires. Frederic finds pleasure in alcohol and women on his leave. Frederic then meets a nurse by the name of Catherine Barkley during his time as an ambulance driver for the American Red Cross. At the front lines, Frederic is nearly blown up by an enemy mortar shell, lodging several pieces of shrapnel into his legs.He is then transferred to an American hospital where Catherine follows him there. In his book, A Farewell to Arms, Hemingway portrays Frederic as a character who does what he wants, and who is concerned mostly about himself rather than others. When Frederic states “I worried in the night about someone coming up, but Catherine said they were all asleep”(101). This quote shows the reader that Frederic is merely concerned about the punishment that will receive rather than the punishment that Catherine would receive if they are...
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...ENG101 : IDIOMS AND PROVERBS LIST Nature: Land Sayings The following nature sayings contain references to land features and mostly describe negative situations. 1. to beat around the bush – to be indirect; to avoid coming to the point 2. between a rock and a hard place – a difficult situation 3. Can’t see the forest for the trees. – to look too closely at small details and not see the whole picture 4. clear as mud – unclear, confusing 5. down to earth – practical and realistic 6. to make a mountain out of a molehill – to over exaggerate the severity of a situation 7. slippery slope – a course leading to disaster or destruction Water Sayings These English proverbs that include references to different forms of water describe both good and bad situations. 1. to break the ice – to make a beginning in some undertaking or enterprise; to break through cold reserve or stiffness; to begin an initial conversation with a new unknown person 2. in deep water – in big trouble 3. a drop in the ocean – a quantity bearing an infinitesimally small proportion to the whole 4. to go with the flow – to act as others are acting, conforming to common behavior patterns with an attitude of calm acceptance 5. to make waves – to cause trouble 6. on thin ice – in a dangerous, hazardous, or delicate situation; at risk; in an unsafe, difficult, or vulnerable situation 7. tip of the iceberg – when there are bigger problems that it seems 8. up...
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...Average weight of berries in truck 75 bbls Total Dumping capacity 5 * 75 * 60 / 7.5 = 3000 bbls/hr Holding Capacity Total capacity of bins numbered 1-16 250*16 = 4000 bbls Total capacity of bins numbered 17-24 250*8 = 2000 bbls Total capacity of bins numbered 25,26,27 400 * 3 = 1200 bbls Destoning Capacity 1500bbls/hr x 3 = 4500 bbls / hr Dechaffing capacity 1500bbls/hr x 3 = 4500 bbls / hr Drying Capacity 200bbls/hr x 3 = 600bbls/hr Therefore, we can see that the drying stage is the bottleneck. 5. Overtime issue on peak day: total wet berries in one peak day: 18340bbls x 70% = 12838bbls processing rate: 600bbls/hr (bottle neck) total working hours = 12838bbls / 600bbls/hr = 21.4 hrs overtime = 21.4hrs - 12hrs = 9.4 hrs. (We found that two shifts can help with the situation, which means that the workers will work 16 hours a day (7am-3pm, and 3pm - 11pm). And in this scenario, overtime should be 21.4 hrs - 16hrs = 5.4hrs.) 6. Truck waiting We assume that trucks starts arriving at 7am, and we already knew the bottle neck will be the drying stage only for wet berries, so Inventory piled up rate = rate of wet berries needed to be processed - processing rate of bottle neck = 18340bbls x 70% / 12 hrs - 600bbls/hr = 1070bbls / hr - 600bbls / hr = 470bbls / hr (a barrel of cranberries weighs 100lbs) And we know bins #17 - #27 (total 11 bins) can hold 3200bbls, so we can get how long wet berries will be filled in the bins. 3200bbls / 470bbls/hr = 6.8 hrs, which means...
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...I viewed a play from the Oliver National Theatre in London broadcasted on the 31st of January 2015. The name of this play is ‘A Small Family Business’. It began at 7:30pm at the Eileen L. Auditorium in Paraquita Bay. The play as written by Alan Ayckbourn. The designer is Tim Hatley, the lighting designer is Paul Anderson and the sound director is Gareth Fry. The main actors are Jack McCracken, played by Nigel Lindsay, Poppy McCracken, played by Debra Gillett, Samantha McCracken, played by Alice Skyes, Desmond Ayes, played by Neal Barry and Benedict Hough, and played by Matthew Cottle. The play is about Jack McCracken and his entrepreneurial greed after taking over his father-in-law’s business. Upon his takeover he is approached by a private detective named Mr. Benedict Hough, who has knowledge of some compromising information. He later then realizes that his extended family is known thieves and adulterers who plunders the business from their home. It then concludes with a small housewarming party with their trouble, Mr Hough, dead. The acting was a little more developed than I thought. It was on-point in some areas and in others not so good. At first I thought Niky Wardley, the character Anita McCracken, was over acting but u then realized that that was supposed to be the kind of character she was; boastful. At some point in time Poppy’s back was shown to the audience. I liked the character Samantha McCracken. Her part was played very well. I noticed in the end and beginning...
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...MKT 305 WK 8 QUIZ 7 CHAPTER 11 & 12 To purchase this visit here: http://www.activitymode.com/product/mkt-305-wk-8-quiz-7-chapter-11-12/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM MKT 305 WK 8 QUIZ 7 CHAPTER 11 & 12 MKT 305 WK 8 Quiz 7 Chapter 11,12 TRUE/FALSE 1. Situational influences are things that influence consumers that are independent of enduring consumer, brand, or product characteristics. 2. Situational influences change the desirability of consuming things but don’t change the value of these things. 3. Situational influences can be classified into one of two categories: utilitarian and hedonic. 4. The term situational factors is sometimes used to refer to situational characteristics related to time. 5. Time pressure is represented by an urgency to act based on some real or self-imposed deadline. 6. Consumers experiencing time pressure are less likely to rely on simple choice heuristics than are those in less tense situations. 7. Seasonality refers to regularly occurring conditions that vary with the time of year. 8. The challenge for those who sell seasonal products is to position the product more as an everyday option. 9. Periodical cycle refers to the rhythm of the human body that varies with the time of day. 10. Timing ad buys so that advertisements run primarily at times when customers will be most receptive to the message is called advertiming. MKT 305 WK 8 QUIZ 7 CHAPTER 11 & 12 To purchase...
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...staffing plan for the next year based on a set schedule for repairs and on the city budget. Kramer estimates that the labor hours required for the next four quarters are 6,000, 12,000, 19,000, and 9,000, respectively. Each of the 11 workers on the workforce can contribute 500 hours per quarter. Payroll costs are $6,000 in wages per worker for regular time worked up to 500 hours, with an overtime pay rate of SIR for each overtime hour. Overtime is limited to 20 percent oldie regular-time capacity in any quarter. Although unused overtime capacity has no cost, unused regular time is paid at $12 per hour. The cost of hiring a worker is $3,000 and the cost of laying off a worker is $2,000. Subcontracting is not permitted. a. Find a level work place plan that relies just on overtime and the minimum amount of under time possible. Overtime can be used to its limits in any quarter. What is the total cost of the plan and how many under time hours does it call for? b. Use a chase strategy that varies the workforce level without using overtime or under time, what is the total cost of this plan? c. Propose a plan of your own. Compare your plan with those in part (a) and part (b) and discuss its comparative merits. SOLUTION Barberton Municipal Division of Road Maintenance a. The peak demand is 19,000 hours in quarter 3. As each employee can work 600 hours per quarter (500 on regular time and 100, or 0.20 500, on overtime), the level workforce that relies just on overtime, allows...
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...B B B B B B C C C C C C C C D D D D D D D D Time Management 1. Do you make a Master Schedule for each semester? 2. Do you update it weekly/daily? 3. Do you stick to it? 4. Do you allow time for exercise and socializing with friends? 5. Do you get at least 6 hours of sleep each night? 6. Do you study at least 2 hours for every hour in class? 7. Do you get your assignments done on time? 8. Do you regularly attend your classes? NUMBER OF A’s and B’s circled _____ Your Study Environment 1. Do you regularly study at the same time? 2. Do you have an area where you always go to study? 3. Is your study area free of noise and distractions? 4. Do you have all your supplies near you when you study? 5. Is your area comfortable? 6. Can you study for at least a half hour without getting up, walking about, taking snack or TV or phone breaks? 7. Do your friends leave you alone when they know you want to study? 8. Do you use your time between classes to study? NUMBER OF A’s and B’s circled _____ Test Taking/Preparation Skills 1. Do you study for each class every day? 2. Do you start reviewing for major exams at least 3 days in advance? 3. Do you belong to a study group? 4. Do you attend extra help sessions or office hours provided by the instructor? 5. Do you know what kind of tests you will take, i.e., essay, multiple choice, and how to prepare for different types of tests? 6. Can you predict what types of questions will be on the test? 7. Are you able to finish your tests in the allowed...
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...Let me give you some quick examples of why you must know math in your daily life: ANYTHING you study makes you smarter! math is used in everyday life to count up the answers to things like how much of an ingredient to add when you're cooking, how much money you have in your bank account, how big a rug will you need for your bedroom, and what size tires should you put on your car math helps you decide if something is a good idea - when you know how to calculate the odds or percentage of something, you can decide if it is a good risk or not math helps you be creative - without a good understanding of basic math, you can't create good art, wallpaper your room, figure out how to mix paints, or do any sort of needlework math is used to get the most bang for your buck - if you can do simple math, you can compare prices and get the best deals, you can plan out a good budget so that you save money, and you can plan out your trips to save gas and time math is used to predict the future - if you can do simple math, you can figure out what your grade average will be, how long it will take to save up for that new laptop, and when to buy or sell stocks and make a killing on the market math helps you play sports - what, you didn't think jocks had to study math? How else can you keep score, figure out the odds, calculate a batting average or basket percentage, and decide which yard line your team is on? Developing good study habits is crucial for any student pursuing higher education...
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...Chapter 3: Process flow measures 3.3 Solutions to the Chapter Questions Discussion Question 3.1 The opposite of looking at average is looking at a specific flow unit’s flow time, and the inventory status and instantaneous flow rate at a specific point in time. Because flow times change from flow unit to flow unit, it is better to look at the average over all flow units during a period of time. Similar for inventory and throughput. [pic] Discussion Question 3.2 In practice, one often tracks inventory status periodically (each day, week, or month). Flow rate is typically also tracked periodically (even more frequently than inventory status because it directly relates to sales). It then is easy to calculate the average of those numbers to obtain average inventory and throughput during a period. In contrast, few companies track the flow time of each flow unit, which must be done to calculate the average flow time (over all flow units during a given period). [pic] Discussion Question 3.3 First, draw a process flow chart. Second, calculate all operational flows: throughput, inventory, and flow time for each activity. Third, calculate the financial flow associated with each activity. If the activity incurs a cost (or earns a revenue), the cost or revenue rate is simply the throughput times the unit cost or revenue. If the inventory incurs a holding cost, the inventory cost rate is simply the average inventory times the unit holding cost. Fourth,...
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