...The Internet Generation For most of my life I have been fortunate enough to be able to interact with computers and the internet. Although this is a good thing for me, it doesn’t blind me to the fact that there are some people who just don’t understand the concepts of a computer and the internet. The "computer generation" is not just for one generation. The elderly don't have to sit back and watch while the younger generations have fun banking, playing, shopping and socializing online. But many elderly people shy away from computers out of fear, wondering "What if I break it?" or "What if someone steals all my personal information?" The concern over the growing “digital divide” has led to a number of initiatives being employed to encourage web usage for the older generations, and to ensure they are not excluded from the digital world. Among these is educating the elderly on ways computers may benefit their lives. Some computer manufacturers have designed computers especially for elderly users. The designs acknowledge seniors' limitations on a computer, attempting to make a comfortable user for them. For instance, the designs tend to emphasize simplicity and straightforward commands and prompts. Keyboards are less cluttered with keys, and the software lacks design complications. The computers also make the tasks common to elderly users, such as email or viewing photos, easy to access and operate. These are just a few ways companies as well as new technology make it easier...
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...The Marketer’s Secret Weapon How Social Media Understanding Drives Innovation By Robert V. Kozinets, BBA, MBA. Ph.D. M A R C H 2 01 0 Executive Summary Marketers in today’s competitive world need an edge. This paper offers two of them. First, it tells marketers to consider social media not just as a marketing tool, but as a way to continuously build high-level consumer insight. Second, it offers a rigorous method based in anthropology for building social media data into applied cultural insights. That method is called netnography. In netnography, online interactions are valued as a cultural reflection that yields deep human understanding. Like in person ethnography, netnography is naturalistic, immersive, descriptive, multi-method, adaptable, and focused on context. Used to inform consumer insight, netnography is less intrusive than ethnography or focus groups, and more naturalistic than surveys, quantitative models, and focus groups. Netnography fits well in the front-end stages of innovation, and in the discovery phases of marketing and brand management. Netnography follows six overlapping steps: 1. Research planning 2. Entrée 3. Data collection 4. Interpretation 5. Ensuring ethical standards 6. Research representation A short illustration of a computationally assisted netnographic approach to a brand study of Listerine is provided. It demonstrates how insights can be used to inform marketing activities including brand...
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...Family Cultural Research Paper Ashley Ziemann WITC New Richmond Family Cultural Research Paper In Switzerland, there were very wealthy land owners. They were known as the Wipfli family. I did not realize that they were from royalty, I had always just known them as the Wipfli’s. They lived in the Wipfli castle containing 30 rooms, which was wsurrounded by a wall and a moat, which is still owned and occupied by present members of the family. Inside the castle at each of the four corners of the castle, there was a large dungeon. All the walls were covered by murals. There was a circular marble stairway that wound its way up in the middle of the building. On the stairs were the Stations of the Cross. The castle is noted for its one-half mile tunnel which leads from the castle, under the river and comes out to the next village where there was a lake. The purpose of the tunnel was to provide an escape during World War 2. It also has a summer house way up in the mountains where the family lived during long hot summers. My cousin, Kathi, has a painting of the summer house over her dining room fireplace. One of the original family’s sons fell in love with Josephine Van Albert, of the family of Prince Albert (on the tobacco can). They married against her families objections which was possible because the Wipfli’s were wealthier than the Van Albert’s, and they moved from England to Switzerland. Charlotte’s father promptly disowned her, thereby cutting her off all claim our family...
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...Alzheimer's Disease Research Paper Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive, degenerating disorder that affects the brain cells. It is NOT a normal part of aging and it is also not something that happens inevitably in later life. The disease was named after Dr. Alois Alzheimer, a German physician in 1906, after he had performed an autopsy on the brain of a dead woman who had experienced severe memory loss, confusion and difficulty understanding questions and found dense deposits around her nerve cells. It is the most common type of dementia, which is a progressive dysfunction of the brain which results in a restriction of daily activities. A lot of kids grow up being first introduced to this disease in their grandparents or older people in their...
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... Among many other features, choosing to take your classes online gives you an incredible amount of flexibility. If you have a job or kids, being able to do your assignments whenever you can, or whenever you, want can be invaluable. Unlike traditional classes, online you don’t have to worry about getting to school on time and missing your math teacher’s Wednesday pop-quizzes, or failing your literature class because you couldn’t finish that research paper by the due date. Online classes give you the flexibility to work at your own pace and on your own time. The boss says that you can’t afford to miss your 6am to 5pm shift today, even though your essay on global warming (Which you haven’t even started) is due at 1pm the...
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...Harrison Zacher Death and Dying Research Paper Bereavement The loss of a loved one is one of the most difficult experiences to endure in a human lifetime. The grieving process often encompasses the survivors’ entire world and affects their emotional, cognitive, spiritual, and physical selves in unexpected ways. After a major loss, such as the death of a spouse or child, up to a third of the people most directly affected will suffer detrimental effects on their physical and/or mental health (Jacobs 1993). What is Grief and it’s Stages Grief refers to the psychological reaction to the bereavement, the death of a loved one. When a person dies who has been a close companion and with whom we have had a close bond with, many changes in our life have to be taken in. Death of a long-term partner can force on us a need to redefine ourselves and it is not an easy task. Grief becomes a problem when someone gets stuck in grief, this is know as “complicated grief” or “chronic grief”. Factors that contribute to this include a lack of family support and remaining overly focused on past memories. Returning to normal everyday activities is the most obvious sign that the grieving stage is over. Grieving becomes problematic when it lasts longer than six months. Signs of this include loneliness, emptiness, regret, not acknowledging the death, and avoiding places that would be reminders of the deceased person. It is only problematic if these symptoms are excessive and interfere...
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...Taylor Dittamore 1/10/12 Hour 7 At age 4 I began playing cards with my grandfather. We played a game called memory and my grandpa didn’t seem to have a very good one. I will never forget the way he laughed when he told the story of how I beat him at the card game every time. Liver cancer took my gramps from me on October 29th, 2011. Dealing with his death was and still is the hardest thing I have had to deal with in my life. Cancer also took my other three grandparents from me, unfortunately I was too young to gratefully remember them. I come from a wonderful family of six and I wouldn’t want it any other way. I enjoy having a big family, it gives me more people to love and look up to, I am never bored, and I know if I ever need a friend, I will have five. My mom and my two sisters are my best friends and my role models. They are all strong, opinionated women and I adore them. I have three amazing best friends that I consider to be more as family than friends. I work at a boutique in Glen Carbon called Unique Boutique and Gifts and have been employed there for about four months. Art relaxes me. My dad gave me his artistic gene and I am so lucky for that. I don’t like to miss school, even though I hate doing schoolwork, I love to see people I normally do not get to see on a regular day. I am an outgoing, sociable person that loves to meet new people and make new friends. I like a challenge, achieving a goal after working hard to get there is the best feeling...
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...Capitalization Rules Capitalization is the writing of a word with its first letter in uppercase and the remaining letters in lowercase. Experienced writers are stingy with capitals. It is best not to use them if there is any doubt. Rule 1. Capitalize the first word of a document and the first word after a period. Rule 2. Capitalize proper nouns—and adjectives derived from proper nouns. Examples: the Golden Gate Bridge the Grand Canyon a Russian song a Shakespearean sonnet a Freudian slip With the passage of time, some words originally derived from proper nouns have taken on a life, and authority, of their own and no longer require capitalization. Examples: herculean (from the ancient-Greek hero Hercules) quixotic (from the hero of the classic novel Don Quixote) draconian (from ancient-Athenian lawgiver Draco) The main function of capitals is to focus attention on particular elements within any group of people, places, or things. We can speak of a lake in the middle of the country, or we can be more specific and say Lake Michigan, which distinguishes it from every other lake on earth. Capitalization Reference List * Brand names * Companies * Days of the week and months of the year * Governmental matters Congress (but congressional), the U.S. Constitution (but constitutional), the Electoral College, Department of Agriculture. Note: Many authorities do not capitalize federal orstate unless it is part of the official title: State Water Resources Control...
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...Psychologist more understanding of human nature and the human condition, and provides many methods in to the study of human behavior. Humanistic psychology appeared in the 1950s in retort to both behaviorism and psychoanalysis. It is concerned with the specific understanding of human beings, and views using measureable approaches in the study of the human mind and behavior as erroneous. This is in direct contrast to cognitive psychology, which aims to apply the scientific method to the study, an approach of which humanistic psychology has been intensely critical. As an alternative, the discipline stresses a phenomenological outlook of the human experience, looking to figure out human beings and their behavior by conducting qualitative research (Wikipedia). The humanistic approach comes from existentialist thought, a philosophy that stresses human self-determination and accountability. The founding philosophers behind this institute of thought are Abraham Maslow, who presented a “hierarchy of needs”; Carl Rogers, who shaped and developed ‘client centered therapy’ and Fritz and Laura Perls who aided in the creation and development of Gestalt therapy. Gestalt psychologists claim to consider behavior holistically, believing that the whole is greater than the...
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...On October19, 1941 at approximately 6:56 pm a spinning two blade wind turbine began producing power on a hilltop known as Grandpas Knob in the town of West Rutland Vermont. This turbine ran for approximately 3.5 years, suffering numerous malfunctions and shutdowns. The project was abandoned in the spring of 1945 after one of the apparatus’s eight ton blades snapped off and crashing to the ground. While impressions on a whole deemed this pioneering experiment in wind power production a failure, the mountain top itself was spared from any massive destruction from this small scale wind project. Now Sixty-seven years later, a new generation of wind power turbines is being considered at this very same site and the surrounding area. Although this newly proposed wind farm along six miles of ridgeline is estimated to produce 50 megawatts of electricity and provide enough power for 15,000 households, this project will result in the irreversible destruction of this mountain top ecosystem. The environmental costs greatly outweigh any financial benefits that this proposed project offers. Background In early 2007 a renewable energy company named Noble power, a company that specialized in wind turbine construction, met with local officials to float the idea of a wind park on the Pittsford ridgeline known as Grandpa’s Knob. Noble ran into financial problems as a result of the 2008 recession and was forced to close its Rutland office in January 2009.Another event happened in 2008 when Vermont...
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...Hall with me after class, Benny, a sophomore in one of my international relations courses, asked for, and received, some pointers on the required paper. “You’ve just told me to write exactly as I’ve been taught not to write,” said he. “And who, pray tell, taught you?” asked I. He gave an over-the-shouldernod across the street, toward Ellen Reed House--the English Department. "Hmmm. . . fine--I'mnot surprised to hear they tell you something different,” I told him. “The English profs teach you to write in a generic way, say, fiction, or generically expository stuff. I want you to write a social science paper.” With some ”Hmmm-ing” of his own, Benny shuffled off, wearing a mildly annoyed and not altogether convinced frown. How dare they teach different ways to write in different departments at the same college! Benny did make an effort to heed my suggestions, but it took persistence. For example, the introduction to his first draft, included a vague Writing Across the Curriculum, Vol. 11, August 1990 35 36 Writing Across The Curriculum (August 1990) statement like: ”Conflict between Arabs and Black Africans in the Sudan is a serious problem and should be examined in greater detail. . . including its history, causes, and future.” The purpose statement I eventually settled for read more like this: ”This paper will examine social, economic, and political aspects of the Sudanese civil war. The geography and history of the conflict will be briefly reviewed...
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...Effective Advertising Planning and Implementation Paper Cassie Novak University of Phoenix MKT/447 Jeffrey Manning 9/16/13 Advertising Message The iPhone referred to be one of the Apple’s line of products, happens to be a very advance and can be very helpful for each individual. The message is, life is busy, read your favorite newspaper, watch your favorite TV program and listen the music that you like. Addressing various questions, knowledge can be expanded by message, creates awareness and entices the consumer. The good way to impress consumer is to make them excited by utilizing the product. To Who Is It Directed Each and every product is specifically for all ages, regardless if it’s the youth, working mom, dad, grandma and grandpa. The Iphone is for each demographic, access photos to the family and can help coordinate for the trip across the country for consumers to take advantage of. This product plays the role as a phone, can basically make phone calls and call those we love. “For anyone who wants to get to the next level handheld technology, this is the product and the product is marketed as such” (….). Relationship Between Consumer Behavior and Target Markets For a Starbucks coffee, consumer did not have any issues paying $5.00 two years ago. Now today consumer can buy full can of coffee for 5 dollars. “Consumer behavior has advised that the consumer is stretching his or her dollars and gourmet coffee...
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...In this paper, I hope to fit in what I can about both sides of my family. Starting with my Father’s side of the family, the Bloomberg’s come from Stockholm, Sweden. My Great-Great-Great Grandfather John Bloomberg immigrated to the United States in the late 1890’s and had their name changed to Blomberg; oddly enough most other Bloomberg's who immigrated to the United States kept their last name the same. He also immigrated with his brother, although not much is known about him. After his brother moved to America, he made his way down to Brazil...
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...John Steinbeck Research Paper: Final Draft John Steinbeck is regarded as the “quintessential American writer.” He created many works of literature that “evoke life in the 20th century with compassion and lyrical precision” (Li). John Steinbeck’s most popular works such as Of Mice and Men (1937) and The Grapes of Wrath (1939) explore the darker side of life in America for farm laborers. Though these works were considered highly controversial, they gained him major recognition. Of Mice and Men was adapted as a play in 1938 and was declared the best play by New York Drama Critics’ Circle. He went on to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1940 for The Grapes of Wrath. In 1962, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature (Schultz & Li). As a child and youth, Steinbeck spent a lot of time working on farms and interacting with other migrant workers. His experiences with migrant farm workers created the foundation for Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath. John Ernst Steinbeck was born on February 27th 1902 in Salinas California to John Ernst Steinbeck Sr. and Olivia Hamilton Steinbeck. Steinbeck Sr. managed a flour mill, and his mother Olivia was a teacher in a school, thus securing the family a middle class income (Bender). His mother Olivia looked to “mold him into a man of broad intellectual capacity” (Kiernan). She read him several books as a child and, by the age of five, he could read. In school he was teased for “his large ears…so he withdrew into books.” His...
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...provided the encouragement, support and editing without which this book would not have been written. As I sit back in my rocking chair, sometimes with a glass of wine, many of the places, people and circumstances of my past go through my mind. I daydream of what was and wonder at what might have been. I was born at the onset of the Great depression and raised on a stony 200 –acre dairy farm in central Wisconsin. Instilled with the belief that hard work and determination were the keys to success, I left home at seventeen and went to work with a construction company erecting silos. When the construction season was over I signed on as a station helper for the Soo Line Railroad. Over the course of the next four decades I worked my up through the ranks to Vice-President of Transportation at Minneapolis, MN I also married and raised a family of five children After my retirement, I returned to the place of my origin, now sharing time with my 104 year old mother and enjoying the closeness of my brothers and sisters. Life was...
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