...Headout, a mobile travel application that functions as sort of a mobile concierge, helping you find tours, activities and tickets to local events in select U.S. cities, has closed on $1.8 million in seed funding in order to expand its business to new markets. Currently only live in New York and Los Angeles, the startup says it plans to utilize the funds to reach 12 more cities by year-end. This includes expansions into San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington D.C., Miami, and others over the next few months. Describing itself as an “Uber for tours,” the startup first began as Bangalore-based Tourlandish, and was initially targeting travel to and from Asia. But the company, which later participated in the 500 Startups accelerator program, shut down that app and relaunched with one focused on New York tours and events instead. After being live in New York for around six months, Headout launched in Las Vegas as its second supported city. Today, Headout has close to 500 last-minute activities available in its application, which the startup reports are anywhere from five to ten times more than its competitors offer. There are also 300 more vendors on waitlists for inclusion. Not all vendors are able to participate in Headout, however. Instead, the company tests out the activities in advance in order to vet them. If approved, the vendors are then given access to their own standalone mobile application that allows them to control when their activities are made available...
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...Emotion 2004, Vol. 4, No. 1, 46–64 Copyright 2004 by the American Psychological Association, Inc. 1528-3542/04/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.4.1.46 Decoding Speech Prosody: Do Music Lessons Help? William Forde Thompson, E. Glenn Schellenberg, and Gabriela Husain University of Toronto at Mississauga Three experiments revealed that music lessons promote sensitivity to emotions conveyed by speech prosody. After hearing semantically neutral utterances spoken with emotional (i.e., happy, sad, fearful, or angry) prosody, or tone sequences that mimicked the utterances’ prosody, participants identified the emotion conveyed. In Experiment 1 (n 20), musically trained adults performed better than untrained 56), musically trained adults outperformed untrained adults. In Experiment 2 (n adults at identifying sadness, fear, or neutral emotion. In Experiment 3 (n 43), 6-year-olds were tested after being randomly assigned to 1 year of keyboard, vocal, drama, or no lessons. The keyboard group performed equivalently to the drama group and better than the no-lessons group at identifying anger or fear. In the past 10 years, the possibility of links between musical and nonmusical domains has generated excitement among researchers and the popular press. One line of research concerns short-term benefits in nonmusical domains that occur as a consequence of passive listening to music. In two widely cited studies (Rauscher, Shaw, & Ky, 1993, 1995), listening to music composed by Mozart led to...
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...The Effect of Different Music Frequencies on Society BS/P-001 09-05-2013 Although not everyone listens to music regularly, it can (music) have a positive or negative effect on the listener depending on the frequency. Music tuned to A=432Hz can have a healing effect, while music tuned to the frequency of 440Hz can have the opposite effect. They have both proven to be a powerful influence depending on how they are used. According to some sources, Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbles set the 440Hz standard in 1939, which was later adopted by the International Standards Organization as early as 1953. Music can have a positive effect on society depending on the frequency. For example, listening to music which ash been tuned to the international standard frequency of 440Hz can cause a shift in consciousness toward more negative attributes of violence, anti-social behavior, aggression and negative emotions. In contrast, music which has been toned to the more natural frequency of 432Hz, which has been considered the pulse of the universe, when listened to, has been known to generate profound healing on all levels and spiritual well-being. Music has such a powerful influence that it has Benn used for everything from selling products to making money for entertainers. While in public, whether walking down the street, on the bus or on the subway, you see people listening to music on ipods, ipads and mp3 players and music is downloaded daily from websites that have the latest...
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...child development and playing with other children in an open space can help develop social and emotional skills. The technology advancement in the current have seen most of the children hooked in so many appliances where there is no physical exercise in our children lives which can bring in to so many disadvantage mostly in children health. Anti-social activities within the 12-19years old in the community has increased for the last 2years where they tend to go to out in the surrounding empty sites to express themselves in an appropriate ways. By building a playground to suit all ages and a place for the community recreation which will include Swings, Monkey bars, Slides for the young children and skate Patch, basketball and football pitch for the older children and a bench...
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...In addition to needing his Nolan Ryan card at every game another superstition that teammates and coaches have pointed out is the conversation and laps around the mound that MacDonald does every game. “ He’s not you typical kind of pitcher, if he’s not getting the calls or if he’s missing his pitches he will start talking to himself,” said Te. Teammates are not sure what MacDonald is saying to himself during those situations and don't try to find out. Abin believes that MacDonald may do it to get into the head of the other teams batter. “ He likes to get a competitive edge on his competition, he likes to get under the others team skin,” said Abin. If that is the case MacDonald is doing a good job at that. “ There was one game where Kev was missing on his pitches and was constantly having conversations with himself. One of the other teams batters ended up asking me if our pitcher was alright because he kept talking to himself.” Said Te. Ryerosn pitching coach Jon Rubin believes that when MacDonald is having these conversations with himself, it’s not just to get into the other teams head. “ It’s his bulldog mentality, Kevin always wants the best out of himself, when he’s not playing well he really gets upsets and starts talking to himself,” said Rubin. “Those are the things that you can’t coach a player, you can’t teach effort, he brings his best stuff each time he steps foot onto the mound.” Said Rubin. That being said regardless of if MacDonald had a good inning or a...
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...Consumer Behavior Assignment 1 Activity | Community | Observations | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * Marketing Manipulation : Market manipulation describes a deliberate attempt to interfere with the free and fair operation of the market and create artificial, false or misleading appearances with respect to the price of, or market for, a security, commodity or currency.[1] Market manipulation is prohibited in the United States under Section 9(a)(2)[2] of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and in Australia under Section s 1041A of the Corporations Act 2001. The Act defines market manipulation as transactions which create an artificial price or maintain an artificial price for a tradeable security. * Hobby -> product * Perception = view, opinion, taste, feeling, sound(hearing), touching, smell -> Sensory Stimulation Smell – Nose Touch – Skin See – eyes Sound – ears Tastes – Mouth * Expose to products -> attention -> Interpretation * Associating with sensory stimuli * Percepting * 1. Sensory Marketing Sample of perfumes [ Smell ] Music (in Zara – club music) [ Sound ] * Subliminal Messaging : Subliminal stimuli (pronounced /sʌbˈlɪmɨnəl/, literally "below threshold"), contrary to supraliminal stimuli or "above threshold", are any sensory stimuli below an individual's absolute threshold for conscious perception. Visual stimuli may be quickly flashed before an individual...
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...David Gross Masterclass 3/26/15 * Use different techniques for different sounds * Practice lift strokes and follow through * Grip Types American is more articulate and resonates less, good for Beethoven * Rolls The higher the pitch, the faster you need to roll Experiment with roll speed When playing soft rolls bring your hands up higher so the mallet angle is different Experiment with slowing down and speeding up at the end of rolls Play it by ear though * Staccato Playing For practice purposes, try playing articulate with soft mallets, and legato with hard mallets Youtube oliverian concerto the Olympian Stay down on the instrument Think like a bass pizzacotto Always think what it will sound like in the hall (excerpts) Pinch between thumb and index finger * Tuning Practice tuning intervals from an A Always go up to the note when tuning Fixed do helps recognize pitches by relating the syllables to the pitch * Muffling Try a wiping motion Start at the edge and use last 3 fingers to wipe across the head Maybe use wiping in etudes? For muting purposes perhaps put a piece of felt or shammy in the middle of the drum * Cross “Hammering” Try putting hands between the drum and use wrist “windshield wiper” motion * Excerpts Know what is going on around me in the piece Possibly keep a score with you in rehearsals Good timpanists can help shape the sound and rhythm of the orchestra Add dynamics to rolls to make them seem like...
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...Finding the Speed of Sound Materials: Graduated Cylinder PVC pipe Ruler Tuning Forks Striker Meter Stick Water Procedure: Record the temperature of the room in degrees Celsius. Record the frequency of each tuning fork one at a time. Take the graduated cylinder and fill it with water, approximately 5cm from the top. Take the PVC pipe and record it’s inside diameter in meters. Now strike the tuning fork with the rubber mallet and hold the vibrating tuning fork over the PVC pipe as close as possible making sure it doesn’t touch the pipe. Gradually raise PVC pipe up in the graduated cylinder until the tuning fork’s frequency has the highest resonance. This distance is the fundamental length of the pipe, record the distance in meters. Repeat these steps until you have found the fundamental length of the PVC pipe for all ten tuning forks. For each tuning fork, calculate its period of vibration in seconds. Data Analysis: Frequency (Hz) Period (sec) Fundamental Pipe Length (m) Wavelength (m) Room Temp (◦C) 512 .002 .165 .684 22 480 .0021 .175 .724 426.7 .0023 .200 .824 384 .0026 .220 .904 Pipe Diameter 341.3 .0029 .240 .984 .02 m 320 .0031 .270 1.104 288 .0035 .295 1.204 256 .0039 .335 1.364 Graph: Discussion: The slope of the line would be 357.89 m/s. The accepted value for the speed of sound was 344.2 m/s. The value that we calculated was 347.5 m/s. The percent...
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...matching (Berkowska & Dalla Bella, 2009 Pfordresher & Brown, 2007). According to Zatorre, the brain’s ability to detect pitch occurs in various stages. Pitch is first encoded in the brainstem, but the individual’s conscious perception of the tone takes place in the auditory cortex. As tones are sequenced to become melodies and occur over time, activation is seen more often in the temporal and frontal lobes. 1st Stage – Brainstem 2nd Stage- Auditory Cortex Image 10: The Auditory Cortex taken from Google images. 3rd Stage- Temporal and Frontal Lobes Image 11: The Temporal and Frontal Lobes taken from Google images. Thus, the auditory cortex is involved in the early stages of pitch processing, while additional brain regions become...
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...1. What is contained inside of strings? 2. How can you tell how many characters are inside of a string? 3. What is the term for the position of a character inside of a string? • i.e., in the string "Testing", the letter 't' has a __________ of 3 4. Given a string s and an integer i, how do you get the character in the string s at index i? 5. How do you loop over the characters in a string with a for loop? 6. How do you loop over the characters in a string with a while loop? 1. What is contained inside of strings? 2. How can you tell how many characters are inside of a string? 3. What is the term for the position of a character inside of a string? • i.e., in the string "Testing", the letter 't' has a __________ of 3 4. Given a string s and an integer i, how do you get the character in the string s at index i? 5. How do you loop over the characters in a string with a for loop? 6. How do you loop over the characters in a string with a while loop? 1. What is contained inside of strings? 2. How can you tell how many characters are inside of a string? 3. What is the term for the position of a character inside of a string? • i.e., in the string "Testing", the letter 't' has a __________ of 3 4. Given a string s and an integer i, how do you get the character in the string s at index i? 5. How do you loop over the characters in a string with a for loop? 6. How do you loop over the characters in a string with a while loop? 1. What is contained inside of strings? 2. How can you tell...
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...Assessing Creativity in Hollywood Pitch Meetings: Evidence for a Dual-Process Model of Creativity Judgments Author(s): Kimberly D. Elsbach and Roderick M. Kramer Reviewed work(s): Source: The Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 46, No. 3 (Jun., 2003), pp. 283-301 Published by: Academy of Management Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/30040623 . Accessed: 29/08/2012 18:27 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. . Academy of Management is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Academy of Management Journal. http://www.jstor.org c Academy of Management Journal 2003, Vol. 46, No. 3, 283-301. ASSESSING CREATIVITYIN HOLLYWOODPITCH MEETINGS: EVIDENCEFOR A DUAL-PROCESS MODEL OF CREATIVITYJUDGMENTS KIMBERLY D. ELSBACH University of California, Davis RODERICK M. KRAMER Stanford University This study addresses an important but neglected topic by investigating the social judgment processes that experts (studio executives and producers in Hollywood) use to assess the creative...
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...Katie White Statistics Week 1 (Chapter 1 & 2) Chapter 1 2. a) Ratio b) Nominal c) Interval d) Ordinal 4. a) Sample b) Population c) Population d) Sample 6. A sample is a portion or part of the population of interest. While population is the entire set of individuals or objects of interest or the measurements obtained from all individuals or object of interest. 8. a) Population would be used to get the overall average grade for the course. b) Sample would be used because a large corporation over the past ten years would be way to information to locate and take way too long. c) Sample of each because of the amount of information you are giving you don’t have to go into deep detail on each one. d) Population to get exact number to make sure it all can be stored on the iPod. 10. Name: Nominal Number of mins used: Ratio Satisfaction: Ordinal Chapter 2 2. 3 Classes. iPod, iRiver and Magic Star MP3 8. 26=64 therefore 6 classes. i > $29 - $0 / 6 = 4.8 class intervals of 5 12. a) 5 classes b) 10 intervals c) 50 d) Chart below e) Chart below # of Visits | Frequency | Relative Frequency | 50 -60 | 4 | 4/20=.2 | 61 -70 | 6 | 6/20=.3 | 71 - 80 | 5 | 5/20=.25 | 81 - 90 | 2 | 2/20=.1 | 91- 100 | 3 | 3/20=.15 | Total | 20 | | 16. a) 5 patients b) 20-30 Days c) 30 Days d) 3 e) Frequency Polygon...
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...Italian immigrants and the ultimate downfall of Eddie Carbone- the protagonist- as he develops inappropriate feelings towards his niece, Katherine. The play was enjoyed by audience members and critics alike describe by David Alan as ‘the production of a lifetime’. Personally, I felt that Phoebe Fox’s interpretation of Catherine was incredibly effective. An integral theme to the play is her character’s innocence and ignorant attitude towards the relationship between her and Eddie, as she is utterly unaware of his developing feelings towards her. A particular moment where she successfully portrayed Catherine’s naivety was on her first entrance. The actress ran onto stage shouting her line “Hi Eddie” with glee and enthusiasm. She adopted a high pitch, fast pace and loud volume. This vocal characterisation of Fox’s character immediately suggested to the audience how little experience of the ‘real world’ Catherine has and her immaturity as it mimicked that of a young child with no inhibitions or responsibilities. In addition she greeted...
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...What does Heather have to do tocapitalize on opportunity? Produce designs consumers want Line up retailers and advertising support Get items produced and delivered on time What are advantages of opportunity? Little capital needed Good market niche: Unserved,fragmented, and growing What are key factors forsuccess? Design sense Ability to sell retailer design General management Ability to manage cash, production,delivery, and quality What is the upside? Lots of expansion potential in“niche” Costs of operations mostly fixed Don’t need to control --Production--Cutting, Sewing, Shipping,infrastructure built up in industry toallow people to do just what she isdoing. Low working capital need Possible risks include: •Will her designs sell?•Successful designs will be “knocked-off.”•Heather’s ability to design for 5seasons, 20-30 designs per season What could Heather do toreduce the design risk? Hire a proven designer. Do some market research. Capitalizes on momentum --Gets key points out inexecutive summary: Incorporated Have a line Hired and paid people Have factor Have building Have production capability Leaves no doubt ininvestor’s mind that this isgoing to happen. Only issueis will it be with my money? Lays out uniquequalifications of Heather andconcept: Financial statements poorlypresented: Only 2 years Not well organized This reads like a preliminarydocument -- much more work isneeded. Arden & Company Don’t put any...
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...that they were not willing to share with people on the outside of the organization and to some extent people on the inside as well. For example, Diamond Foods was moving grower payments into different periods, so the growers did not even know what they are being paid for. Also investors and the public always believed that the company way reaching its growth targets, managers were actually engaging in income manipulation. This embodies the idea of moral hazard, where the investor cannot determine whether a manager is shirking their role or acting with the investors' best interests in mind. Investors rely on financial information to tell them what is going on internally, and make decisions based on the good news or bad news presented by these statements, and other sources to information from the company. As demonstrated, an investor cannot learn everything there is to know about a company from the financials; as a result, investors will assess the firm with an amount of estimation risk, lowering the price they will pay for the stock. Diamond Foods' admission of incorrect accounting will mislead speculation of stock and the performance of the whole firm. The lack of reliable information provided to investors and the public over the last three years led to their failure to make accurate forecasts, and ultimately lower the price of the stock. Management information is a useful way to prevent these problems if Diamond Foods decides to disclose information. If Diamond Foods provides...
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