...The Value of Digital Privacy in an Information Technology Age Mona McQuaig LEG500 Introduction Magnificent Bookkeeping Accounting Firm Inc., is a trusted bookkeeping and accounting firm in the local community, that has been in business for over 10 years. We offer employment opportunities to up and coming accountants in hopes that they will become a part of our magnificent firm and/or move on representing our firm as a great educator of successful accountants. Recently we have experienced a few challenging employees and this report will discuss how we address those issues with those employees according to the situation, our company policies and the employment at will doctrine. Upon employment with our company, in any capacity, employees are orientated on our mission, goals and values, their responsibilities and expectations, as well as, educated on the employee handbook in great detail. All employees are giving in written and are signed in agreement that employment with Magnificent Bookkeeping Accounting Firm Inc., is at will; that neither the firm nor the employee has an expressed or implied a contract of employment and employment can be terminated at any time by either party. Skills, Competence, and Abilities Magnificent Bookkeeping Accounting Firm Inc., has an excellent recent graduated hiring program. The program offers the graduates the opportunity to work while gaining experience in the accounting profession. The graduates are expected to meet...
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...space, Apple encourages current and new customers to get excited about what it has to offer. Complete Solutions : Apple's products complement and complete each other. Buy an iPod, and you can download music via iTunes. For the average user, most Mac programs are produced by Apple. This sort of control over the entire user process, from hardware to software, strengthens customer loyalty. Apple users generally don't have to stray to find products and solutions they want. Are You a Mac? : Let's face it, Apple is a hip brand. It pushes a strong identification with everything young, up-to-the-minute and smart. Consider Apple's I'm a Mac campaign. The Mac guy is smooth and confident, while PC appears uptight and old. Once you've become smooth, would you want to go back to uptight? Varied Products : Many consumers may not be ready to buy an Apple computer, but they're willing to give gadgets like the iPod or iPhone a try. By selling products with lower entry costs, it creates an opportunity for new users to be introduced to Apple. If these users enjoy their gadgets, they're more likely to consider buying an Apple computer in the future. Media Fodder : Media outlets, especially bloggers, love to write about Apple. Why? Because Apple makes it so easy. With leaked rumors about new...
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...Edwardian Era The time period of the Edwardian Era in England was a period of sexual politics, mindless triviality, tensions between social security and individual freedom and wavering belief in God and religion. The Edwardian age is sometimes called the "golden age" where extravagant parties and high fashion are all everyone cares about. First impressions and formalities are so important; they matter more than freedom of speech and expression. Women have many restrictions placed upon them. Duty is more important than love. People who are unique or different are to be shunned by society. These are the rules of the early modern era in which Forster wrote his novel, A Room with a View. The issues of class snobbery and a too formal and strict society play a large part in Forster’s, A Room with a View indicating it was written in the Edwardian Age. The upper-middle class is the dominant class of society in England. These people are the tourists that fill the British pensions in Italy. They valued coherence to the rules set by society and would not accept anyone different who did not value or follow the rules. Another big part of normal society knows how to act accordingly under the circumstances. A young lady must always have control over emotions and maintain good composure. Mr. Emerson does not believe intact. He has not taught his son George the formalities of social gatherings or how to be chivalrous. George does what his heart tells him. So when Lucy suddenly falls in...
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...was able to develop extreme loyalty among consumers due to a combination of several factors, including the leadership qualities of late CEO Steve Jobs, a corporate culture of enthusiasm and innovation, and the revolutionary products for which Apple has become known. Apple has also mastered core research and development skills that have allowed the company to translate its technological capabilities into products that consumers want and willing to pay a premium price to obtain.” Are You a Mac?: Let's face it, Apple is a hip brand. It pushes a strong identification with everything young, up-to-the-minute and smart. Consider Apple's I'm a Mac campaign. The Mac guy is smooth and confident, while PC appears uptight and old. Once you've become smooth, would you want to go back to uptight? To many, Apple represents quality, prestige and innovation. Varied Products: Many consumers may not be ready to buy an Apple computer, but they're willing to give gadgets like the iPod or iPhone a try. By selling products with lower entry costs, it creates an opportunity for new users to be introduced to Apple. If these users enjoy their gadgets, they're more likely to consider buying an Apple computer in the future. Promotion: Media outlets, especially bloggers, love to write about Apple. Why? Because Apple makes it so easy. With leaked rumors about new developments, its very own expo and mysterious shutdowns of its...
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...convicts just had to get rid of the cousin and nephew no matter what the costs. The characters within this production are witty, ebullient and entertaining. The three convicts, played by Austin Blackburn, Trevor Miles and Emanuel Clark, gave each role their own personal touch. Austin Blackburn playing Joseph, shows the audience that he is content even though he strangled his wife. Trevor Miles, playing Jules, was an accountant before being convicted of theft and tends to be more sensible. Emanuel Clark, playing Alfred, is a romantic fellow who somewhat falls for Marie Louise and shows to be quite hilarious. Matthew plays Felix Ducotel, the distressed but yet calm husband to Emilie Ducotel. She is played by Rebecca Rouse and seems to be uptight and rigid about the situations. Their daughter, Marie Louise Ducotel is played by...
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...In the film Juno, directed by Jason Reitman, a character than I admired is Vanessa Loring. Vanessa is a successful career woman in her early 30s who is desperate to be a mother. She is a perfectionist who initially comes across as uptight and controlling but later we learn that she is just nervous about the baby adoption falling through and is struggling to keep her marriage together. Vanessa shows a genuine love for children and a great devotion to being a mother. However her husband, Mark Loring, is struggling to grow up and is not ready to become a father. Film techniques used in the film to make us admire Vanessa are camera work, costume and dialogue. These techniques show us that she is the only mature and realistic adult in her marriage, her realisation that she does not need the “perfect family” to be happy and her natural mothering skills and genuine love of children. Dialogue is a verbal feature used in Juno to make us admire Vanessa. Initially we see Vanessa as cold and controlling, but as the film goes on we begin to realise that she is the only grown-up in her marriage and is having to deal with a husband who refuses to grow up. Vanessa shows great patience when she says, “Hate to interrupt the jam session.” This is how Vanessa responds to Mark after catching him and Juno playing with his guitars when they are supposed to be discussing the adoption. The adoption is a huge deal and Vanessa manages to turn a blind eye to Mark’s insensitivity, showing she is mature...
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...Now that I have been working their for about 5 years now, I have grown as a person. I am more outgoing and have made great connections with others that work their as well. A typical work day in the visiting clubhouse is pretty lackluster if you are not the bat boy for that given series for obvious reason, because we do not get to go out on the field and watch the game. Once we clock in, we immediately go out to the visiting bullpen and provide the team with gum, towels, seeds, and coffee. After all that is completed, we begin setting up the dugout for team's batting practice session. We have to fill coolers with water and Gatorade to quench their thirst. Then again, we have to provide the team with towels, gum, and seeds. We have a uptight supervisor, so we make sure that everything is perfect, when he comes down to check that we done our jobs correctly. These duties take about 30 minutes each, so we have a lot of down time on our hands because we arrive at the stadium usually at 3:00 p.m. The game usually begins at 7:00 p.m. so that...
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...verbal mode to be most difficult source of communication. The most complications with words is that we can sometime attach them to different experimental and emotional connotations. Words are not always associated through the listener nor the speaker’s similar experiences or similar feelings. Some more examples of verbal mode would be the following: jargon, the use of clichés, and the use of specialized vocabularies. Verbal Activities There are suggested activities for exploring verbal mode, and they are: participants who form a trio and talk for three or four minutes using various clichés that can be remembered. Afterward, each trio is instructed to attempt to come to some agreement on definition of several words, and they are: “uptight”. "heavy”, “straight.” Members of the trios are encouraged as a third activity to try to express verbally experiencing the highs and lows of one another’s feelings. Nonverbal Communication Numerous psychologists were a part of the human-potential movement and had turned toward the attention to the nonverbal ways in which we share meaning with one another. Kinesis is the science of nonverbal communication. Some examples of...
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...his life is as well controlled by his parents. The fact that Gregor lays in his bed and thinks so deeply about his life shows how depressed he really is in the life he is living. He is a busy many who wakes up early every morning, and is constantly tired. I feel bad that Gregor has the mental stability he has, but in this case he needs to keep his job so I understand why he keeps his mind to him self. Gregor Samsa is far more worried about other people then he is himself, even when he has turned into a bug. Gregor Sansa wakes up and feels uncomfortable with his body. His back is hard symbolizing stress, there for he does not have a loose back and remains stiff. He is stressed over being a working man who does not get a lot of sleep. He is uptight and does what he is supposed to do without loosening up. His blanket barely fits him and slides off with little movement, because he has morphed into something not human. He is not able to put his mind into what he is and feels as if he is in daze. Samsa does not know how to control his body, resembling the lack of control he has on him self and his life. His parents control his actions because he never wants to let people down and does what ever he can to keep his parents happy. Samsa feels as if his boss has more control over his life then he does, because his boss forms the schedule Samsa has formed his life around. His legs appeared small to the rest of his body which was a lot larger and bigger. This resembles the stability Gregor Samsa...
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...the sight of people in the audience spitting on the bride. Another example might be when Ian mentioned to Toula’s Aunt that he was a vegetarian and she insisted that lamb was not considered meat. In the film we see also many instances of misunderstandings that arise due to the differences in culture. For example, when Ian met Toula’s father for the first time, Toula’s father took it as an insult that Ian did not ask permission before attempting to date his daughter. Due to Ian’s ignorance of nurturing culture like Greek culture, Ian unintentionally angered Toula’s father by his actions. Another example is when Ian’s parents meet Toula’s family for the first time. Ian’s parents also unintentionally upset Toula’s father by acting too uptight. Greek culture is classified as a collectivistic culture, so it easy to see how acting fairly reserved could come across as distasteful. Despite all the significant differences between the two families culture, in the end they were able to happily coexist and learn from eachother. The Miller family learnt how to loosen up and be more accepting of other cultures, while the Portokalos’ learnt that being different isn’t necessary a bad...
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...Intro: Schools send young girls home and tell them they are creating a commotion to other students by just wearing clothes that are comfortable. Is having a distraction free school more important than these girls’ education? I think not. Schools should have dress codes that keep student from showing up in bikinis and towels, not from being comfortable in their own bodies. Dress codes in schools are outrageous these days and should be dialed down a bit. One way kids express their self is how they dress. That’s almost impossible to do that nowadays with school uniforms and dress codes. Students aren’t even allowed to be themselves without any obstacles. Sometimes schools could have a uniform. Most likely they will include pants for males and...
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...The year 2000 election between Presidential candidate George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore will forever be remembered in history as one of the most widely debated elections of all time. Not only was it controversial, but it gave great insight as to exactly how a presidential race can be ran and lost as well. The Presidential election of 2000 sets itself apart from any other election because of the controversy surrounding the outcome. Even though Al Gore won the election based on popular vote, George Bush came out on top with winning the electoral vote over Gore, 271 to Gore’s 266. Although both sides fought a good fight, only one came out on top, the Bush campaign. Many were left wondering exactly why Vice President Al Gore lost. Research shows that the reasons as to why Vice President Al Gore lost the presidential election of 2000 to presidential candidate George W. Bush are due to, the inability to During the beginning of the 2000 campaign almost everyone believed that the outcome and win of the election was to lay rest with Vice President Al Gore. Having being Vice President during the successful Clinton administration in the 1990’s, analysts believed that a win was almost inevitable. According to the readings in Pomper, the question was not if Gore was going to win but by how much. The United States at that time had been used to a period of prosperity and had been living in an economy that was doing quite well. The only problem was that people were not entirely convinced...
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...In the poem "Warning" by Jenny Joseph, the use of diction, imagery, and syntax convey the speaker's negative attitude towards being forced to act in an uptight, "civilized" manner at all times so as to be a successful adult and role model for children. The choice to use words such as "gobble", "hoard", and "slippers" give the poem a whimsical tone that characterizes the narrator as someone who appreciates being able to laugh at life and do what they enjoy. The narrator wishes to be able to do things like "gobble" samples when out shopping and wear "terrible shirts" and not take life so seriously. They want to rid themselves of the "sobriety of my youth" and live the end of life to the fullest. Throughout this poem, several lines begin with...
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...Checkpoint: Characteristics of a Knowledge-and Value-Centered Manager I believe that there are many characteristics that a manager should have but I have chosen the ten that I feel are the most important but in no random order. Good Humor (Value centered) Organizational Skills (Value Centered) Honesty (Value centered) Trust (Value Centered) Management Skills (Knowledge) Knowledge of the Workplace (Knowledge) Communication Skills (Value Centered) Negotiation Skills (Knowledge) Problem Solving Skills (Knowledge) Non Judgmental (Value Centered) I believe that good humor adds value to the organization because it makes it easier to get along with the manager. Everyone does not have to feel so uptight and can kind of relax a little while being at work. Organizational skills add value because if the manager is not organized then there are many things that can go wrong. Honesty is another good characteristic and it adds value to the organization because honesty is the best policy and if your manager can not be honest with you when you do something wrong then you may continue to do the same thing over and over. Trust adds value to the organization because if you trust your manager then you will be able to talk to them about things in or outside of the office. Management skills are another excellent skill that a manager should have. If they don’t have management skills then they would not make a good manager and it would affect the whole facility. Knowledge of the Workplace...
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...With The Queen, British director Stephen Frears sheds light on one of England's most misunderstood public figures. The film, set during the week after Princess Di's death in 1997, offers a glimpse into what might have happened behind palace doors, when Queen Elizabeth II was caught between a relentless media frenzy and the desire to protect the royal family. The death of Diana, affectionately referred to as "the people's princess," shook up the country and left legions of grieving fans desperate for someone to blame—the paparazzi came under fire for chasing her before the fatal car accident, and, shortly after, their rage shifted onto the Queen for keeping her grief silent and undetectable. In other words, they wanted their Head of State to radiate a bit more warmth than the nearest refrigerator. The Queen begins with Her Majesty (played with understated perfection by Helen Mirren) discussing politics with the man painting her portrait. The opening credits pop up as she is gazing off to the side, and then, unexpectedly, she stares fearlessly into the camera. It's a perfect introduction to how the movie plays out: honestly, straight-forwardly, and without any sugarcoating. When Tony Blair (Michael Sheen) is elected Prime Minister, his friendly demeanor ("call me Tony") contrasts with the icy exterior of the Queen. Their first meeting, awkward and abrupt, hints that they have different ways of doing business—and their contained oil-and-vinegar dynamic resurfaces following...
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