...Nguyen Nguyen ESLW- S04 Essay#2 Baseball Season Preparation Baseball has always been America’s natural past time. Many fans love watching baseball but do not realize how hard it is to prepare for a season. Most fans think the players just show up on the first day. I think this belief is completely false. I feel that preparing for a baseball season requires much preparation. The preparation I use includes working on my swing, working out, and studying other people’s ideas on hitting. These steps are necessary for me to have a successful season. These steps have proven to be a valuable aid in helping me to prepare for the season. I believe these steps are the basic steps to becoming a great baseball player. Developing my swing is the first step I use in preparing for the upcoming season. There are a few different techniques I use to work on my swing. The first way is to take hitting lessons. I learn much of my knowledge about hitting from taking hitting lessons. My usual routine consists of taking lessons three times a week. This allows me to be evaluated by a professional. I took hitting lessons from the same coach for five straight years. His teachings have helped me become a much better hitter. Another way I develop my swing is by practicing daily...
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...Key players Based on the issues identified above, determine the key players involved, their position/roles and the main decision that they have to make. Num. Who? Position/roles Main decision 1 Encik Zayed Director 1. Whether to negotiate with the external auditor to issue an unqualified report. 2. Whether to terminate the auditor’s appointment so in order for him to success in applying loan from the banks. 3. Whether to commit and invest on necessary training to enhance the knowledge of the employees as to fulfill its corporate social responsibility (CSR). 4. Whether to redesign the organization structure as to improve its efficiency. 5. Whether to provide clearly stated company’s vision. 2 Puan Hashminah Director 1. Whether to hire their own family members (Puan Balqis & Encik Salam) to do job which they are not qualified. 2. Whether to established Standard Operating Procedure as recommend by the external auditors. 3. Whether to stop using manually prepared timesheet by the employee itself and assign a staff to supervise employee’s attendance in order to prevent employee take advantages over the slackness. 4. Whether to implement policy for hiring employee as to prevent unqualified staff. 5. Whether to pay the contract worker based on monthly basic by including EPF and SOCSO. 3 Cik Amy Finance Executive 1. Whether to implementing computerized preparing sales invoice, purchase orders and automatically allocating pre-numbering for each of the document in order...
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...Greenfield (1994) stated that playing games in a regular basis allows the user to familiarize oneself in a “computer-oriented society”. Games where graphics play a more important role than phrases such as adventure and action games help the players to improve their “Spatial Awareness”, which is the ability of relating things with one another and it also boosts their mental processes. (Mitchell & Smith, 2004). Playing video games also requires the ability to use visual information to control and direct the motor system in order to complete a task. This ability is necessary in everyday activities like reading, writing, walking, driving, dressing etc. To perform well in an action games, the players must react quickly to detect threats, determine its level of difficulty and defend properly. Similarly with driving games, quick reactions to vehicles and obstacles that appear suddenly are required to avoid collisions and accidents. Players get tutored in detecting a range of visual and acoustic evidence that supports speedy decisions. This is why military uses video games to train pilots and soldiers and professional racers use video games to improve their driving...
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...hobby to me that has taught me many valuable lessons. Coaching has taught me to prepare in everything I do, it has taught me to be a better competitor, and it has given me the ability to be a better teacher. Coaching as a hobby has been a very fun and eventful time in my life, but coaching has taught me to prepare for not only my games but for everything I do in life. I was a procrastinator when it came to completing tasks, and it would drive my family crazy. When I started coaching I noticed that I had to prepare well in advance, and my preparing started months before any practice or game had started. I go over and over in my head what the next practice is going to be like and I take the same approach to my work. I used to just show up and get the job done, which sometimes would run into simple problems or just plain run out of time. As soon as I started coaching, at work, I noticed that at the end of the workday I was preparing myself for the next day. I found myself completing more tasks and with less rework. Supervisors noticed the...
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...Mp3 Players In the Classroom By: Angel Larson, Jessica Gallo, Ashley Dorzok and Michael McClanathan We questioned if MP3 players should be available to students at Moraine Park Technical College. If so, would they improve productivity and student morale? Since many students already use their MP3 players when doing homework and/or listening to reading material for school, we believe the chances for MP3 players being used will continue to grow. Should college students at Moraine Park Technical College be awarded a MP3/iPod player to use throughout their educational career? Would having the ability to download audio books, learning materials, and/or podcasts enhance students’ learning, or become a distraction and hinder it? The purpose of our research is to decide if MP3 Players should be available to Moraine Park Students and whether it will improve productivity and student morale. Variables used will include resources and a survey given to our demographic. Our hypothesis is that productivity will increase greatly if iPod’s/MP3 Players were provided to students at Moraine Park Technical Colleges. These devices can be used to store books, lecture notes, and class videos. They are portable; making it easy to carry in a backpack, purse and often times, pockets. Students and Instructors can take advantage of these devices by uploading appropriate lesson plans and study guides to their MP3 players. While music and audio books enhance concentration, we believe...
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...The NCAA(National Collegiate Athletic Association) is not paying college athletes, which will become a problem sooner or later if the NCAA does not pay college athletes. Many people think that paying college athletes will bring some problems to universities/colleges, such as offering players more money.However it would be unfair for less appealing and wealthy schools because they do not have as much power or money to recruit the best players. Though people do not understand that college football is for stronger players compared to weaker ones. If the players are dedicated to playing for their future, then paying college athletes would prepare them for the NFL(National Football League) and the players who don’t make it still help their team get better. Although most players in college do not make it to the NFL, every player on their teams help win and helps other players get better so everyone should receive a piece of the action....
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...badminton player in the world. Training Stage It is obviously for performance. The plan will train the athlete to perform on the international games. Competition Goal Date of the competition: 27 July 2012 The goal of the athlete is getting the gold medal and fame. Competition event: (the Olympic game) Periodization We will use Double Periodization to train the athlete for the competition. It can help the athlete to develop quickly and effectively. Part 2 Musculoskeletal Component General Preparatory Phase We will provide a basic training to build up relative strength, dynamic flexibility and do specific fitness for example jumping, push-up, sit up and aerobic running such more to retain the quality of the athlete. Special Preparatory Phase We try to build up relative strength endurance, speed and maintain the flexibility and strength; Doing specific fitness like weighting training on footage in the gym room and some footwork training. Pre-Competitive Phase The athlete needs to develop the power and the power endurance also keeps the flexibility, strength endurance and speed. We will provide some system for Lin to retain his power. Competitive Phase We will push Lin to improve the power and power endurance at the maximum level as well as maintain the fitness and flexibility at the performance level to ensure Lin has well performance. Transition Period We will provide a week for the athlete to recover the body muscle and energy for preparing the game...
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...I chose to read Sacred Hoops: spiritual lesson of the hardwood, By: phil jackson. I read this because I think Phil jackson is one of the best Basketball coaches in the history of basketball. He was the coach of Chicago Bulls, he took the bulls to win 6 championships and he also took the LA Lakers to win 3 consecutive titles. Phil Jackson was a spiritual man, he practices Native American spirituals. He developed a new approach to leadership based on freedom, authenticity, and selfless teamwork. He wrote this book to show players and other coaches on how to make the players act with a clear mind, not thinking, just doing; to respect the enemy and be aggressive without anger or violence; to live in the moment and stay calmly focused on the game....
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...THRIVE/CIADP invites the applications for the post of Senior Finance Officer based in Chitral. 1. 2. 3. 4. Assists the FM in the overall Finance activities of the Program and PMU Coordinates and follows up with the FM and Accounts officer for preparing vouchers for the Program; Prepares the monthly Payroll sheet for staff. Preparing Travel Claims of local staff and attachments and makes sure that all required documents are attached; 5. Preparing bank reconciliation statements; 6. Scrutiny of the financial documents received from LSOs and other vendors; 7. Follows up with the LSOs for deliverables, timelines and payments; 8. Preparing payments against Contracts with LSOs and check compliance as per budget and contracts; 9. Maintains efficient filing system. 10. Performs other duties as required by the job. Qualifications: Bachelors in Commerce with ACCA/CA/ICMA part qualified and 3-4 years experience in accounting/finance preferably in development sector. Required Skills: Knowledge of computer systems and applications such as Microsoft office especially EXCEL, WORD and POWERPOINT. - Ability for analytical, independent work in an organized manner. - Ability to work in a multicultural environment; - Knowledge & ability to work on accounting software; - Team player to solve professional problems/hurdles. - Can work under pressures. The applications should reach to M/S THRIVE office at House # 497, Street # 12, Sector G-10/2, Islamabad not later than January 22, 2012 OR by email at jobs@thrive...
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...performing, and teenagers hanging out). Adidas went “All in (Brettman)” with their new marketing ad, showing viewers the great diversity the company has. “"This is a campaign that will show the breadth and depth of the Adidas brand," said Patrik Nilsson, president of Adidas America. (Brettman)” Their ad gave consumers a sense of inspiration and happiness, believing that with these new Adidas products they could achieve their goals. The commercial begins with a rear view of a teenager jogging alone wearing a jacket the reads “Adidas” with the company’s logo across his back. Then the video transitions flashing short glimpses of the company’s sponsored athletes and musical artists such as Derrick Rose, Lionel Messi, B.o.B, and Katy Perry, each preparing for their game or performance with a look of focus and determination in their eyes. The crowds begin cheering while cameras are flashing as the various athletes and professional artists enter the stadium. Fireworks are set off exploding with bright lights outside the fields as strobe lights illuminate the areas waving back and forth. Their events soon...
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...Preparing Business Scenario Analyses The following general guidelines may be used in preparing for an oral or written business scenario analysis and presentation. There may be several feasible courses of action regarding the solution to any case. It is more important to concern yourself with the process of problem definition and isolation, analysis, and evaluation of alternatives, and the choice of one or more recommendations, rather than trying to find a single answer. Very often, the right answer is the one that you can propose, explain, defend, and make work. • The Process of Analyzing a Case 1. Read and study the scenario thoroughly and efficiently. Read the scenario once for familiarity, noting issues that come to the forefront. Read the scenario again. Determine all the facts, making notes about symptoms of problems, root problems, unresolved issues, and roles of key players. Watch for issues beneath the surface. 2. Isolate the problem(s). Get a feel for the overall environment by putting yourself in the position of one of the key players. Seek out the pertinent issues and problems. 3. Analyze and evaluate alternatives. a. Once the problems and issues are isolated, work at gaining a better understanding of causes. In what area of the unit do the problems exist? Why? What caused them? Examine and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the unit’s processes (e.g., planning, communication), human behaviors, and/or exhibits (e.g., financial statements,...
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...BECOME A MAN OF VALUE” -ALBERT EINSTEIN Mattheans welcome the newly elected CM officers For this school year 2013-2014, the CM election was automated. It was held at July 5, 2013 under the supervision of the new APSAD, Ms Rodhora Arevalo. The election was between two parties: The LIFE PARTY (LEADERSHIP INTEGRITY FAITH AND EXCELLENCE) and LET’S PARTY (LEADERS ENSURING TOMORROW’S SUCCESS). A meeting De Avance was held at the gymnasium a day before the election. Continue to page 3 WANTED: VARSITY PLAYERS Try outs! Try outs! All sports like Basketball, Volleyball, Badminton, Chess, Dama and Scrabble. It is for the preparation of the Interschool Competition or rather a District Meet. All coaches are preparing for Matthean’s potential to ba a varsity player. For the basketball and volleyball players were all set mean their players were already complete while the sports like badminton, chess, dama and scrabble are still on going to search for their players. Continue to page...
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...Case Analysis Guide The Six Steps for Preparing a Case Analysis with excerpts from: “Teaching and the Case Method”, Barnes, Christiansen, Hansen; Harvard Business School Publishing. Professor Edward G. Wertheim, College of Business Administration, Northeastern University Why study using the case method? Stated simply, to teach you, the student, how to think. “The sole direct path to enduring improvements in the methods of instruction and learning consists in centering upon the conditions which exact, promote, and test thinking. Thinking IS the method of intelligent learning, of learning that employs and rewards mind. We speak, legitimately enough, about the method of thinking, but the important thing to bear in mind is that thinking IS method, the method of intelligent experience in the course which it takes”. * *From “Teaching and the Case Method”, Barnes, Christiansen, Hansen; Harvard Business School Publishing. Your Responsibilities: Participation in a case method class is futile without careful preparation. It is similarly futile to attempt to learn simply by listening to your classmates’ opinions of the “right answer”. Learning in a case method course is based on active participation in the generation of alternative solutions and creation of actionable strategies. The case itself is merely the conduit for discussion. Most students are disconcerted by the seemingly vast and disjointed information presented. Even though the prospect of a...
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...Since most hockey players devote their times and energy to be ready for the game after several practices of body checking, if it is forbidden, their aspiration will be useless. For instance, the mother of four sons, Katherine Devlin reports,“ her 10-year-old son Sean was “devastated.” Sean had been preparing for his first hockey season with body checking” (Feschuk, Dave 2013). The chance of getting harmed will be lessen while having full of equipment on the body. To be clear, Devlin describes, “And I would prefer they’re out on the schoolyard or in a park or in my living room, for that matter” (Feschuk, 2013). This quotation clearly demonstrates how parents truly believe in body checking. However, Devlin forgot that Helmet couldn’t protect children from getting brain damage. As an illustration, Cherry utters, “Brains are delicate, and they run our bodies and minds. When they are flung around inside the skull, which is weirdly enough rough on the inside, they don’t do too well” (The Huffington Post, 2013). Not only is body checking prevention, but one of the skills. Devlin points out that “ I saw my son’s team using hitting as just another skill” (Feschuk, 2013). Despite to the expectation and safety for the game, Mokrzynski argues that “ If Peewee coaches don’t have to teach body checking, they will be able to “spend more time and effort on making them better players” (Bergsma, 2013). In this case, he doesn’t have a specific data to support his arguments how the ban can have...
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...scenes is where the true football players are made. Hard work, long days, and fatigue all describe what the preparation is like. However, while all of this seems so difficult the rewards that being a football player provides are priceless. One of the greatest rewards of being a football player is feeling like you are part of a “family.” After a team has gone through off season workouts, summer workouts, and eventually two-a-days they become bonded. The bond is similar to a big brother-little brother bond. Everyone is always looking out for each other and nothing can separate them. During this bonding process, many friends are made. Players discover teammates that have the same will and desire as they do for the game. Not only do they become friends on the field, but off the field as well. Another one of the great rewards of football is game days. After the long, hard week of practice is over it is time for the team to see how they match up. There is nothing better than preparing to walk onto the field in front of over 2,000 screaming and yelling fans knowing that you get the opportunity to see how you stack up against your opponent. Not only does this provide great enthusiasm, it also provides the home team with an advantage. During the game, the “trash talk” and opposing teams will to win drive the players harder than anything else. However, the football game itself is something that every player always enjoys. One main reason players enjoy it is because if they mess up...
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