...Total Money Makeover Book Review So, you’re making payments on your car, your furniture, your house and your credit cards. In other words, you’re a typical American…and you’re in trouble. You’re behind on your payments and see no earthly way to dig your way out of your miserable pit. You need Dave Ramsey. Dave Ramsey is direct, he doesn’t sugar-coat his advice. He’ll tell you what’s smart and what’s not so smart. He won’t tell you that the road out of debt is always easy. Ramsey gives a step by step approach to getting out of debt, saving and investing for the future, but he also gives you more. People in financial trouble, such as myself, need more than a method; they need hope. Ramsey offers hope by telling you from his personal experience and the experiences of others. This book gives the wisdom you need, but additionally gives testimony after testimony of people who were in serious debt and became debt free, as I am on my way to becoming by following his advice to, deal with your denial, don’t swallow the lie that debt is a tool, start a lifetime quest to learn more about money, setting up a budget, and taking the baby steps toward financial freedom. Deal with your denial Before chapter one begins, Dave Ramsey explains that his book is neither sophisticated nor complicated. I found this to be true as I began reading along. Given that I was already feeling defeated about my financial situation, Dave Ramsey did very well by providing several laughing opportunities...
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...How to run an event? The purpose: To inform the audience how they can run an event on campus? Main points: -Complete the contract of the performer and fill out all the forms necessary, -Market the event, -Running the event the day of. Being a member of LEAP the first thing you learn is how to run an event on campus. 1. The first thing you need to do is contact the performer and book the performer for the day that you’re interested, also first make sure the performer is around the amount of money that your assigned to use. After you book the performer you wait for them to send you the contract. Meanwhile there are three other forms that you need to feel out. The green form, which is due 2 weeks before the event, this includes your food form for which you go to Paul, also book the room in which you want to have the event. Book the room for the time of the event, PLUS time for setup and tear down. Make sure to have the items that are required by contact. The red form, also due 2 weeks before, which is basically a checklist to help you do everything that you need to get done before the event. The green form -Overview of the event: Place to find more information, confirmed room, review tech needs, confirm food orders. Yellow Form - Don’t miss deadlines: Make sure staffing list is sent at least two weeks prior to the event; make sure parking request is sent at least 7 days before the event The lion production for sounds and after the event you have to fill out the evaluation...
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...The book starts out focused on this eleven-year-old boy named Jess Aarons. He lives in rural Virginia not far from Washington D.C. It is a small town called Lark Creek. He wants to be the fastest kid in fifth grade. He wants this because whether we wants to admit it or not, he wants to get his dad’s attention and outshine his five sisters for once. Jess loves to paint and draw. People, including his dad and schoolmates, look down on Jess because he does what he enjoys doing, art. He feels as if he can outrun everyone he won’t have that “poor nerd” title. He practices running each morning and always dreams of how he will feel after he wins and how people will look at him. However, one day when the races started, a new girl, Leslie Burke, crosses to the boys’ side of the playground and outruns everyone. Turns out this is the same girl that moved right next door to Jess. Leslie is very smart and very imaginative. She is the one who came up with the idea to create their fantasy land....
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...Running Head: OVERCROWDING OF PRISONS 1 Overcrowding of Prisons Don Bailey SOC 305 Crime & Society Ekaterina Gorislavsky 25 May, 2015 - 1 - [no notes on this page] Running Head: OVERCROWDING OF PRISONS 2 Abstract The correctional institutions are established to correct the behaviors by law breakers. Society believes that once an individual comes out of the correctional facility, he is a reformed person. In addition, these facilities are always expected to warn the law abiding citizens to deter them from committing a crime for fear of being in the correctional cells. However, the population in the correction facilities especially prisons is contrary to this expectation. Over time, there is increased number of offenders. This comprises of the new offenders and the repeat offenders. This causes overcrowding in the correctional facilities which is a challenge to the society. The focus of this problem is the social effect of overcrowding to the judicial system and ways of addressing the challenge. Overcrowding in correctional institutions Crime is punishable for three reasons namely retribution, prevention and deterrence. The main purpose of incarcerating offenders is to stop them from repeating previous crimes they committed. Appraising the current American system using these standards, the deterrence category has failed miserably, insufficient in prevention and providing unsatisfactory retribution through detention. Attempts to deter released criminals...
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...Ms. Breuer – 8 Book Review 18 October 2012 11/22/63 by Stephen King I have always loved Stephen King and his disturbing ways of writing. After reading 11/22/63, I was amazed at all the different types of writing he is capable of. I first fell in love with Stephen King’s ways after watching the movie It and later reading the book. I have continued reading his books and watching his movies as they are always spine-chilling, exciting, and very creative. I was over-joyed at the thought of him writing a book about one of my favorite periods in history, the 60’s. My parents gave me 11/22/63 the Christmas of 2011. I started reading this book right away. It begins with a 30-year-old man named Jake. He’s a high school English teacher in the year 2011. Almost every night he eats at Al’s Diner where he knows the owner, Al. Al is about 45 years old and full of life, but one day Jake suddenly notices he’s becoming very sick and weak. Turns out Al has been traveling back in time to the year 1960 and experiencing time back then. Al opens up the opportunity to Jake of going back in time, as Al is now developing cancer. Al gives Jake the mission of going back to 1960 and stopping President John F. Kennedy from being assassinated. Along the way, Jake finds himself changing the future as we know it. He ends up in some tricky situations, such as lying about where he comes from and falling in love with a girl with a messed up past. It’s not an alternate reality sort of book, but it is a great...
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...COMMEMORATING SAM AND FRODO'S JOURNEY 4 RUNNING HEADER: COMMEMORATING SAM AND FRODO'S JOURNEY 1 A Commemoration for the Journey Completed by Samwise Gamgee and Frodo Baggins Maresa Klinger University of Houston – Clear Lake Abstract In the LOTR, the Hobbits' Sam and Frodo take on a difficult journey that consisted of obstacles, a ring whose relationship to the two plays as an antagonist, and how the two's relationship is tested through of all it but overcomes in spite of the odds. The obstacles consist of being chased by Sauron's evil minions known as the Orcs, following a delirious used-to-be Hobbit named Gollum who takes them up mountain cliffs and through dangerous forests, one of which has the giant spider Shelob...
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...after commas, colons, and semicolons within sentences. Insert two spaces after punctuation marks that end sentences. V. Alignment: Flush left (creating uneven right margin) VI. Paragraph Indentation: 5-7 spaces VII. Pagination: The page number appears one inch from the right edge of the paper on the first line of every page. VIII. Running Head: The running head is a short title that appears at the top of the pages of a paper or published article. The running head is typed flush left at the top of all pages. The running head should not exceed 50 characters, including punctuation and spacing. Using most word processors, the running head and page number can be inserted into a header, which then automatically appears on all pages. IX. Active voice: As a general rule, use the active voice rather than the passive voice. For example, use "We predicted that ..." rather than "It was predicted that ..." X. Order of Pages: Title Page, Abstract, Body, References, Footnotes, Tables, Figures, Appendixes Title Page . Pagination: The Title Page is page 1. I. Running Head: The running head is typed flush left (all uppercase) following "Running head:" II. Key Elements: Paper title, author(s), institutional affiliation(s), author note. III. Paper Title: Uppercase and lowercase letters, centered on the page. IV. Author(s): Uppercase and lowercase letters, centered on the line following the title. V. Institutional affiliation: Uppercase and lowercase letters, centered on the...
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...reference sheet for yourself, which you will use as you write your final paper and any future papers at Liberty University Online. The worksheet you make here will not be exhaustive. Rather, it is designed as a quick reference guide. Assignment Goal: Practice formatting citations and various parts of your paper (title page, abstract, etc.) by creating a personal reference guide for yourself for your future papers. Post your worksheet on Blackboard. Practice 8.3: Using books or articles you find at Liberty University (or sources you have in your possession), write a citation in an appropriate format (MLA if you’re in English; APA if you’re in counseling, etc.) for each of the following types of references. • A book written by a single author o Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher. • An article in an edited book o Author, A. A. (1996). Title of chapter. In E. E. Editor (Ed.), Title of book (pp. first page-last page). City: Publisher. • An article in a print-format journal o Adda, J. & Ottaviani, M. (2005). The transition to digital television. Economic Policy, 20, 159-209. • An article downloaded from Liberty University’s databases o Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Online Periodical, volume number(issue number if available). Retrieved from http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/ ...
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...book reneeds to be 4-5 pages of the book left to tell, book review to be wrote in times romain font size 12, argins to be one inch, and text double spaced. no subsections or subtitles and must anser qustions below following the below format Book Review of Left to Tell Please note carefully all of the guidelines for this assignment already stated in the course syllabus with respect to length and format. I take off a full letter grade minimum for any violations of the guidelines stated in the syllabus. A good book review answers the questions below. Of course, you would never make any reference to the questions themselves. It is simply to say that when the work is completed, these questions should have been answered. 1. Why did the author write the book? The motivations can be stated or unstated. You can speculate within reason based on the actual content of the book. 2. What are the central themes that run throughout the book? You can obviously make reference to particular sections, but it should not simply be a chapter-by-chapter summary. What points seem to run through the whole book? 3. How effective do you think the book was in fulfilling its purpose? Provide a clear assessment. A book review should give a reader a good idea of what the book is about, and should be accompanied by the reviewer’s clear evaluation. A reader should know whether or not you thought the book was good, and that can only happen if you address the questions above...
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...Running head Wells Fargo 1 Wells Fargo Deanna Hammond Professor McMullen Business 499 December 11, 2015 Running head Wells Fargo 2 Determine the impact of the company’s mission, vision, and primary stakeholders on its overall success. Wells Fargo’s vision “Our progress has not been perfect. The expectations of others, and the even higher expectations we have of ourselves, have not always been met. When we make mistakes, we admit them, we learn from them, and we keep moving forward with even more understanding and a deeper commitment to doing what’s right.” Wells Fargo wants to make sure the financial needs of its customers are met and to help them in anyway financially. Wells Fargo feels that if the customer does there homework and shops around and compares all the financial institutions it will be happy with the choice it makes to come or to stay with Wells Fargo. In the 1990’s Wells Fargo came out with a Vision and Values book but under Norwest Corporation at that time they were a small regional bank now Wells Fargo is a well known bank with a large global presence. Going back and keeping the traditions of each company they brought into make Wells Fargo what they are today is how the vision and values have all come about. Those beliefs are just as...
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...the whole series of activities that create and build value in his 1985 book Competitive Advantage (NetMBA, 2010). Porter developed the five forces model that many businesses and organizations utilize to address how well they can compete in the marketplace (Harvard Business School Press, 2005). In his book, Porter suggests that activities within an organization add value to the service and products that the company produces. These activities should be running at the highest level if the organization expects to gain competitive advantage over its competitors. If the organization is run efficiently, the value obtained should exceed the costs of running them. He suggests there are primary and support activities that make up the value chain concept. Primary activities include inbound logistics, operations, outbound logistics, marketing and sales, and service. Support activities help the primary function and include procurement, technology development, human resources management, and firm infrastructure (Porter, 1985). To establish a successful product for an organization, a value must be included in each activity that the product life cycle. A successful organization contains all the required functional departments to perform these activities, and effective communication is necessary to synchronize the activities of these functional units efficiently. Technology Impacts a Value Chain Technology is always utilized is some degree in every value chain activity and can effect competitive...
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... The management responsibilities that I undertake in my workplace are the general day to day running of the establishment and organisation. These include all health and safety and fire regulations ensuring that all policy’s and procedure are all in place and all members of staff are obeying them. I undertake staff rotas, staff holiday allowance and ensuring all shifts are covered along with staff training. I am also responsible for ordering bar and housekeeping stock and supplies. I send confirmation letters, emails and faxes to customers. One of my daily jobs is ensuring all areas are all running smoothly without any problems and if there are problems I would deal with them appropriately. Some of my management responsibilities are dealing with any staffing problem for example if a person is off ill then there shift needs covering or someone may be continuously late for their shifts. I have to deal with paying any suppliers and get a receipts stating that they have been paid along with doing staff salaries. I have to deal with any complaints that may occur these could be problems with customers rooms. Question 2 Identify the area of your business which could benefit from greater organisation? The following areas that I feel would benefit from greater organisation would be the kitchen as I feel this area needs a head chef appointed as they would help with smoother running of the paper work. The other area that I feel requires more organisation is the bar area. The...
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...should be of good interest to you. 2. Useful for the concerned people in a particular field 3. Progress Novelty 4. Invites more complex designs / more variables 5. Time-bounded 6. Does not carry ethical or moral impediments Review Related Literature Literature means writings and a body of literature refers to all the published writings in a particular style on a particular subject. In research, a body of literature is a collection of published information and data relevant to a research question. The research question. Often referred to as the research problem, the research question provides the context for the research study and reveals what the researcher is trying to answer. The paper must answer clearly, "What is the problem?" and "Why do I care?" At the same time, stating the problem precisely limits the scope of the research project by focusing on certain elements. It lets you show why those variables are important. The statement of the problem is the first part of the paper to be read after the title and abstract. It's like a lead on a newspaper story. It hooks the reader and gives context to what follows. The literature review. A review of the literature is an essential part of your academic research project. The review is a careful examination of a body of literature pointing toward the answer to your research...
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...Spradling 3 Human beings are very different from each other yet they are so much alike considering how we become the people that we are today. From the moment we are brought into this world we begin to understand the world that we live in due to our environment and the genes that we have inherited from our parents. Therefore what makes us who we are? Many people would believe that we learn because of what we experience in life and others would argue that we are predestined because of our heredity. Both parties have piled up plenty of evidence to support their theory. Genes are the basis of our lives and as we grow the environment influences how our genes react and program our brains. “Genes are designed to take their cues from nurture. The more we lift the lid on the genome, the more vulnerable to experience genes appear to be. Ridley explains easily that genes are not puppet masters pulling the strings of our behavior (a common misunderstanding), but are puppets at the mercy of our behavior” (Mysterud). Nature vs. Nurture is still an ongoing controversy that psychologist cannot come to an agreement on. Nature deals with the inheritable factors while Nurture deals with the environmental factors that we grow up around in. Nature via Nurture by Matt Ridley explains that nature and nurture are both important factors that make a person who they are and who they become. Genes are the nature part of the human beings where we learn, how we think, and how we act. Ridley writes: ...
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...THE SUPERIOR FORM OF GOVERNANCE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN THE VIEWS OF NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI AND LAO TZU Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Political Science College of Arts and Sciences San Sebastian College- Recoletos, Manila August 2013 Vincent Roland R. Managuelod Ray Joshua B. Valdez INTRODUCTION In Politics there are many schools of thought that form the basis for the policies used in the operation of the government. These schools of thought vary greatly in purpose and belief, with many of these schools actively opposing one another. Ultimately, whatever beliefs these schools of thought may hold, and whatever actions these beliefs may lead them and the state their purpose is to shape the state into what they believe is ideal and beneficial for all. Of the many ideologies which are followed by statesmen, varied they may be, the ultimate goal is to create a society according to their ideals. In this study we will be discussing two thinkers whose schools of thought have had a significant impact on political philosophy today. The first is Niccolo Machiavelli. A philosopher, politician, diplomat and historian whose works have made his name a by-word for pragmatism and ruthlessness not just in politics but in everyday life. His most famous work, the Prince, advocated the separation of personal morals to that of one’s political morals, and the emphasis not on ideology but on what would be the most beneficial...
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