...My experience at the Houston Foodbank I have always had a passion for getting involved in community activities and helping people as much as I can, being able to translate that passion into a reality at the Houston Foodbank was a memorable experience for me. The activities of the day started at 8:00 am with registration and a welcome address from the staff at the Foodbank. After the address, the group was split into two subgroups, people with blue tags and those with orange tags. I was part of the group with the blue tags. One of the leaders took us into a sorting room where we had to separate and sort items from big boxes into smaller banana boxes. The items range from cereal to drugs to toys and other household products. Items such as water, soda and items that were too big to go into the banana boxes were placed into different boxes. Once a banana box has been filled, it is covered and carried to the packaging unit for proper packing and storing. We did this for about an hour until one of the leaders pulled the UHD students out of the room as it was getting too crowded. The UHD students were then moved to a separate unit where we had to further group the items packed into banana boxes into different categories which includes non-food products, drugs, condiments and soda, dry foods and snacks. Expired food items were placed into a separate container to avoid giving them out. We worked in this unit until the end of the period. Working at the Houston Foodbank taught me a...
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...Materials The training program for Dan McGuinness Irish Pub will be carried out by The manager, Brad O’Sullivan, and head server, Tony Ainsley. Both have had many years of experience in the restaurant and bar field, and will bring that experience to the table for the duration of the course. The company believes the best way to handle the training, is to treat everyone who participates as if they are brand new to the business. The company understands this may cause some of the more experienced participants to become frustrated, but the company believes everyone should start at the beginning and learn together. Instructional Strategies The management at Dan McGuinness believes it is important for the course to be informative, instructional, and just as important, fun. Much of the groundwork in the classes will be familiar to many of the more experienced personnel, however the company believes any member of staff coming into the business for the first time will benefit from the more experienced personnel. The first strategy to be put in place will be to set up learning teams; each team will include an experienced person as team leader. During the course of the program, there will be situational roll playing; this will be overseen by the experienced personnel because they will most likely have had experience in dealing with most situations the server, or bartender will have to deal with. The two main instructors, Mr. O’Sullivan, and Mr Ainsley, will teach their respective area...
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...applications Expectations: * Read Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich * Write a one-page summary of one of Ehrenreich’s 3 experiences in the book (CCPS Summary Checklist/Rubric) * Write a 2-3 page reflection on how issues in the book affect our local area, including first-hand experience with community action and/or outside research *see note below (CCPS Narrative/Analytical Writing Rubric) Experiences: * Guest speaker from Human Services Programs (HSP) of Carroll County (Monday, December 9th during Mod 3A) * Class project **see note below * Volunteer to help with HSP Neighbors in Need Holiday Shop (http://www.hspinc.org/nin.help.php) *Students also receive Service Learning Hours * Volunteer to help organize WHS Food Pantry (dates/times will be provided) *Students also receive Service Learning Hours *Reflection paper: The reflection paper must include text-based evidence from Nickel and Dimed, connecting issues in the text to at least 2 other sources. These may be two experiences from the list above, two sources of outside research about local poverty and/or community action agencies, or a combination of the two. Please note that if you choose to include outside research, you must include citations in MLA format. **Class project: HSP Neighbors in Need Holiday Shop provides a free holiday shopping experience for the more than 500 local families and individuals who are not otherwise “adopted” for the holiday season. In addition to traditional...
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...2011). Every person in the world has values and they have been taught to them by what is around them. They may not all have been taught intentionally, but they are instilled in a person and stays with them as they get older. It either comes from experience, family, peers, or even from television. For me personally, I value most is independence. Not everybody feels the same way as I do but it’s what I have seen and I have experienced. Not only have I experienced it in my personal life but I have also learned how to be independent in the workplace. I am told or taught something once and from then on I need no help. My managers in the past have told me during my evaluations that it is something I succeed at. I have prided myself in never having to ask what I should be doing at work and I always keep myself busy. According to my self assessment reports, what ranked highest in were knowledge, self respect and security. When it came down to the ranking of instrumental values, truthfulness ranked number one. The reason I ranked it number one was due to my past experiences in the workplace. There are times when you have to be true to yourself and ask for help. I can relate to Kathy, the owner of Kudler Fine Foods Company, when it comes to trying to do everything. While she is the owner, that doesn’t mean that all of the responsibilities should be held by her. When a person tries to take on more than they should, they don’t see what can fall through the cracks...
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...year. However, as time goes on and the cost of fixing damage to transportation increases, the officials of Hazleton must realize that a more permanent solution is needed in order to avoid more costly expenses in the future. The roads in the Hazleton area have been neglected for far too long and in return have caused a burden in the lives of its’ citizens and a financial burden to the city as well. I feel as though the worst part of the pot hole plagued roads in Hazleton is that you never know when your plans are going to be interrupted by an encounter with one. My worst experience was when my friends and I were going to take a trip for the day to celebrate the end of our senior year. Everyone was ready to go and we just had to stop in town to get some gas before we left. We were planning on going to the beach that day. Instead of being greeted by the soft sounds of the oceans and the heavenly smells of the food on the board walk we were faced with the sound of mental dragging on concreate and the smell of burnt rubber. This was all due to hitting an unavoidable pothole when we were driving to the gas station. After living in our area for a while we have become pretty good at avoiding potholes, but in this case there was nowhere to go and if we stopped an accident would have absolutely occurred. In the end our plans were canceled and we had to put our money for the day towards fixing the damage that was done on the car. Overall I feel as though we have progressed so much over time...
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...Reading Comprehension Paper #7 What does Carruthers mean by “nonconscious experiences”? How does he argue that they differ from conscious experiences? What conclusions does he think follow regarding the nature of animal experience? When Carruthers speaks of nonconscious experiences, he is talking about the experiences that humans have that they are not active in noticing. It is hard to explain without using examples, so a good example is when you have driven somewhere for an hour, and you get there, and you can’t remember anything about your drive there or your experiences along the way. This is because you are “nonconsciously” experiencing the drive, while your mind is focused on something else, such as your plans for later in the day. Carruthers argues that these differ from conscious experiences in that we don’t “feel” them. That when we have these experiences, we do not consciously perceive them and they are done almost as automatic responses to our environment rather than behaviours we choose to engage in. His conclusion regarding animal experiences is that their brains are not as high-level as the brains of humans, and therefore all of their experiences are nonconscious because they are not self-aware. Carruthers suggests that animals simply automatically respond to their environment rather than actively consciously respond to it. This in turn means that animals do not “feel” and we should not believe that way do. The reason we feel sorry for animals is that they...
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...To Whom it May Concern, My name is; I am currently working at Whole Foods Market located in Edgewater as a Specialist at Floral Department. I began working as a housekeeping team member at Edgewater store four years ago. Then I looked to move forward and I got the occasion to open a new store located in Paramus having the opportunity later on to transfer to Produce Department as chop chop team member. Few months later, I was looking to move onto floral department having more experiences about the department and be more valuable in experience and knowledge. Always keeping in mind to be a one step closer to my main goal which is been capable to solve any issues or necessities in the department or to the store as well; because I believe in “One store one team”. Around a year ago I was promoted to be specialist in Floral Department at Yonkers location getting the challenger to open a new store and assisted on building new set displays as well. At Yorker’s store I have gained extensive knowledge towards becoming a leader, and getting more skillful to know about what customer are looking for. Also, I have trained and transferred my knowledge to one of my team members making her to be ready and step up as Specialist at Floral Department at Yonkers Store. Over 4 months ago, with the experience I gained from opening a new store, I got the opportunity to move into the Edgewater store as Specialist at Floral Department as well. Bringing new ideas and new thoughts to increase the sales...
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...adventure travel India Memorable? Endowed with biodiversity and natural vegetation, India is the ideal place for Jeep safari. If you are a novice, yet, full of enthusiasm, you may consider this traditional adventure tour. There are many jungles, forests and sanctuaries in India, such as, Corbett National Park, Jaldapara National Park, Kanha National Park, Sundarban, etc. You have to just rent a jeep and take necessary bits and pieces for your adventure travel India journey. You can even consider elephant safari, horse riding and many such outdoor activities to get the first-hand experience of the adventure. When it comes to trekking, it naturally reminds everyone of the Himalayan trekking trail and passes. The steep mountain range attracts trekkers to opt for the trekking trail at Markha valley, Devikund, Gomukh and many such places. Gulmargh is a popular place for the thumping skiing experience. People flock here from all across the globe in order to have...
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...Three Reasons a Person Should Attend College Nowadays, education is playing a very important role in everyone’ life. Therefore, college serves as a great place to get better educated. When asked the question “why do you need to choose to go to college or the university”, people have different answers. For me, I believe the three main reasons are for more money, for good friends, for the different kind of experience. The first reason refers to money, which may sound common but is really very important. No one can live without food, drinks or anything else. And it is obvious that people who get a bachelor degree can receive a higher pay at first than who do not have one. And the research also shows more exactly that the difference can be more than $1 million in the course of their lifetimes. What’ is more, one having a Master or Doctor degree can do better. With a lot of money, people can travel, relax, do whatever they want, and they can also provide a better life for their parents, children. They do not need to experience much hardship, for example, those who do not have these degrees need to work form the basic level which requires more boring and complicated tasks. So money can be a very attractive reason for people to attend college. The second reason is that we can make many good friends at college. In every college, there are many students from different cities or even different countries. They major in various subjects and have several habits. When we come...
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...St. Scholastica’s College LAY APOSTOLATE 1ST SEM, SY 2014 – 2015 Service Date Section: BSAct2A Group Group Members: * Atendido, Andrea * Cruz, Shaneen * Deximo, Layrose * Senas, Rubi I. Evaluation for the topic a. Strength The topics were suitable for their age and level which makes it easier for them to understand and comprehend. You can see their interest and eagerness to learn and answer our questions and quizzes. b. Problems Encountered All I can see is when the students start comparing their answers while on activity, these cases are unavoidable but we find ways to stop them from doing that like asking them if they are sure on their answers. c. Recommendations Be strictly involved with the students especially while taking their activity because comparison can lead to copying the answer of each other. II. Evaluation for the LA Students a. Strength They prepared a topic that fits to their age and made very comprehendible visuals. They taught the students their topics with clarity and certainty. b. Problems Encountered The students comprehend well but due to doubt they always compare their answers with each other or ask us for it when they can do it on their own. They are afraid to make mistakes and have the lowest score. c. Recommendations They should still asses the students while taking up the quizzes to avoid them comparing their answers. They should make sure that they evaluate the results of the...
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...reading, the franchise just hires anyone that is available without fully laying out the requirements for any position opening they have. There are no education requirements for employees or managers, most of the managers are young and either in college or high school. Each franchise has one manager, an assistant manager, and two to five-night managers with part time employees making minimum wage. The managers of each pizzeria work under an area supervisor. The managers and assistance managers were full time employees with chances of getting bonuses; however, these managers can only receive their bonus if the percentage of food and beverages are low. If the percentage is high, the manager doesn’t receive the bonus. The percentage of the pizzeria had been high, but still making a profit, because employees would make up for their paycheck by eating the food themselves or accidentally spilling the inventory. After a while, the main manager was forced to come into work and work side by side with his employees, which is against company policy, to fix these problems. He also had to change some policies to keep the employees from taking advantage of them, such as increasing the hours the employees must work to be entitled to their benefits of free pizza, salad, and drinks. By doing this for a few months the problems seemed to be fixed and the manager stopped coming in to check up on them; however, it didn’t take long before some of the older employees influenced new employees and...
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...contributions to the overall project and report. We are grateful to Status of Women Canada for funding this project and for the continued sponsorship of the Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres. We also thank the members of our Advisory Committee for pushing and challenging us throughout this project. We thank the women who facilitated focus groups and helped us contact the women in this study. Finally, this report would not be possible without the contributions of the women who told us about their experiences. © 2004 Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children ISBN# 0-9688655-3-4 1 “To understand violence, we have to examine both the personal experience and the terrain of that experience.” Dr. Yasmin Jiawani This report is built on the personal experiences of women who have experienced workplace harassment, but their stories are also about the “terrain” or the context of those experiences. In drawing out the commonalities of their experiences, we have begun to shed light on the terrain. We must transform the terrain if women are to have equality and safety in their workplaces. 2 We dedicate this report to Theresa Vince whose death in 1996 changed the views of many people in Ontario about sexual and workplace harassment. Her tragic and untimely death showed us that workplace harassment can no longer be easily dismissed as a trivial problem. Fundamentally, the goal of this report is to prevent any other woman from losing her ...
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...Much is expressed as to how he experienced the cold and vicious demise of the troops. Many things tormented him and forever stayed in his memory. How could he erase such drastic experience? Explain the things that made life worth living and how sometimes death was not even the worst irritable. Courage is a preservation for jungar and courage was manifested in several ways. For him, it seemed to be an otrocious and mind boggling trauma. To be in paranoia mode 24 without any rest let alone sleep because sleep was a treat and was very precious to all the troops. Feelings of anger towards keeping themselves alive was an everyday case scenario. Expressionism was shown by the way he interpreted his emotions towards all these experiences. The way in which he describes how the troops died inevitably makes all the events come alive almost as if one is living them just as he did. There was no reason to tell if he'd be alive the next day and that the slightest mistake could demolish his existence. The most irrelevant of everyday things were the happiest to him and he cherished them. Although, crucial resources such as food changed his attitude of misery towards optimism. Storm of steel does not have a plot, story line, or dialog. Also, he lacks the ability to show his emotions during all these experiences. Having been raised in the late 90’s hence being a mellenial has made it difficult to comprehend the events of a war. Such historical events have always occurred from a distance...
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... doing window shoppings, watching television, the youths can participate in many fun activities during the national service. They will not waste their time doing some useless activities. During the activities in national service, they will gain lots of knowledge, improve their health, gain new friends, and many more. Time is gold. So,the youths should always rember that time is so precious for them to fill it with useful activities. Furthemore,we should not forget that by participating in national service, the youths will receive a lot of experiences. During the programme, they will be taught by many experienced teachers. Maybe, some youths from urban-background have no camping experience. They,maybe do not know how to set up fire or cooking food. So, national service provides them with those, for them-unusual activities and experiences. They can learn new things that they do not know. Other youths can also teach them. This experiences can easily gain by them as most of activities held provide them from within and outside knowledge. I believe that participating in national...
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