...Cell Phones Are Good Re: “Why I hate Cell Phones,” written by Sarah Reihani It is true that with cell phones you get distracted from doing work or get caught up on a conversation and don’t focus on things that need to be done. This is something I can agree with. Even thought it might not always seem like having a phone is a good thing, in the end it always best to have a phone with you at all time. Today cell phones are a great technology and an essential tool for everyone that goes anywhere outside their houses. Cell phones are not only a distraction throughout media but they help a wide world generation stay on top of good news. Also cell phones now a days have GPS capabilities as long as you have signal you can know exactly where you are...
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...user; large companies have resisted letting employees use iPhones on corporate networks The iPhone accounted for 16.1% of the market in the quarter, compared to 10.9% the same period a year ago, IDC said in releasing its quarterly report Friday. In terms of shipments, Apple shipped 8.8 million units, a 131.6% increase from the 3.8 million shipments a year ago. RIM, meanwhile, saws its share drop to 19.4% from 20.9% a year ago. Nevertheless, the company shipped 10.6 million units, a 45.2% increase from the 7.3 million units shipped a year ago. Overall, the growth rate of the global smartphone market more than doubled the mobile phone market as a whole. Vendors shipped 54.7 million smartphones in the quarter, up 56.7% from a year ago. In contrast, the overall mobile phone market grew 21.7%. Smartphones accounted for 18.8% of all mobile phones shipped in the quarter, compared to...
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...I recently bought a new smartphone from AT&T and received a defective phone. I went into the AT&T store to exchange the phone, but the representatives told me to call their 1-800 number. Due to the fact that my phone was not working, I was unable to call the number. After arguing with the representative, they agreed to call the number for me. The associate said that I would have to wait at least a couple of days for my new phone that I need every day for communication. The reason why I bought my phone from AT&T was because they are a big company. I thought that I will get a good condition phone and if something happen, they will provide a good service to solve my problem. However, the service gap between my expectation and the service I received...
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...have cell phones in elementary and high schools? Personally, I believe students should be allowed to have cell phones in elementary and high schools. However, I don’t believe students should be allowed to use them during school hours. It is very useful for a student to have their phone after school when walking home just in case of an emergency. There are plenty of kids I know that get scared to walk home but have no choice. There are also a few kids I know that go to a friend’s house without asking. Being scared to walk home seems strange maybe, but, I know what this feels like. Being on the phone with my mom or friend helped me deal with my fear and to overcome it. It is also very nice to have a phone on you when you are getting a ride with a friend. This is because you can call your parent and let them know to save their gas. It’s a win win situation at that point. If it were allowed for elementary and high school kids to have their phones, I believe there would be less abduction’s that end badly. The reason I believe this is because with the new GPS apps on most phones these days, parents can track their child as long as the child has their phone on them. My older sister has wondered off without my mom’s permission and because of the AT&T family map GPS; she was able to track her down. Some abduction’s I have heard of happened at a bus stop or while a child was walking home from school. Having a phone on them could have made it possible to find them quicker. I understand...
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...Wozniak and his friends Ronald Wayne. When Jobs first met Steve Wozniak and began building computers in a bedroom of his parents’ house in 1976. At that time, they were contrary to popular wisdom because both are college dropouts to establish the Apple Company. At the beginning, they build the computer boxes that just allowed him to make long-distance phone calls for free, it was a small business. “Until the introduction of the Macintosh line of personal computers in 1984 established the company as an innovator in industrial design whose products became renowned for their intuitive case of use”. In 1985, John Sculley presumes the helm after a management shakeup that causes the leave out of Steve Jobs and several other high level executives. However creative like a art, Steve Jobs is a casual and very creative thinking people, he conceived the product also shows that it has a simple and have a unique personal art style, Both in product design or function are apparent to American creativity and freedom-loving character, For example the I-phone without any keyboard or you can download the different application in your own phone. This is different from...
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...My lifes lesson was and still is friendship Navia and I and I had been best friends since before I can remember. She lived next door to me and our mothers were really good friends. We would say that we were bestfriends for infinity. We were inseperable . Our parents would call us Thelma & Louise because were so bad. Once we came up with this bright idea to steal all of our nightlights in both of our houses to make a home for lightning bugs. It was 1993 on a beautiful summer Sunday. I had just left church and arrived back at home. When we pulled up I saw the movers taking everything out of Navia’s house. I was devastated. I felt as if I would never see my friend again. We hugged and cried until it was time for her to get in the car and leave. For awhile, we talk on the phone everyday. I would tell her all the latest gossip of the neighborhood kids. Yet, after awhile the conversations became shorter and the calls became less frequent. Here it is 1999 , I had a new life and new friends. I was captain of the cheerleading team and president of Fashion DESIGN TEAM. I was in seventh grade and now and I thought I had so many friends I couldn’t keep up. Well, at least in my head I thought I did. You couldn’t tell me I wasn’t a cool kid. Just when I thought life couldn’t get any better, my mom dropped a bomb on me. She said, “Nikki your bestfriend is very sick” I responded, “Who? Shanea? Or is it Melissa. Oh no! I know who… it is Brittany! She’s fine mom. She just got...
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...| Apple’s Strategic Management | MGT2037 Principles of Management | | Walker, Craig | 2/24/2015 | [Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] | Apple, Inc. is an know name in computer technology, Apple leads the computer and technology industry in innovation thanks to the award winning desktop and notebook computer known as OX X operating system (Yoffie & Slind 2008). Apple management style has been documented and used to study how to be a successful business. Steve Job was a pioneer in the way he took the company leadership to become a top company. Apple success is no secret even if secrecy is part of their strategic strategy. They invest in their employee and this help them not only a strong company but a company that people tops in the technology field are flocking to work with. For Apple to be a successful organization it has to have a successful strategic management plan, the managers must learn to think strategically and have the ability to evaluate their environment and develop new ideas. Steve Jobs one of the founding fathers of Apple Inc. used strategic planning to his advantage by making Apple mission simple one-bringing easy to use computers to the market place and revolutionizing the industry with simple easy computers and devices for consumers to use. Apple...
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...I had completed two interviews at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation to become a nutrient assistant and they went very good. I only had one peer interview left before I would be working there. About a week after the peer interview, I received a phone call from the hiring manager stating “ Thank you for your time, but the position has been filled.” Two months later I applied to the National Honor Society. Around two weeks after submitting my application, I received a letter in the mail informing me that I was not accepted. After not getting the Hazelden job, I was forced to change my approach. In other words, I had to prepare in a different way. I continued my job search and that is when my business teacher referred me to MidWestOne Bank. Learning...
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...1. Cupertino, California based high school friends Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs produced their first computer, the single-board Apple I, in a garage workshop in 1976. After selling 200 or so of the computer, Jobs attracted the attention of some investors, co-founding Apple Computer with Wozniak, and introducing the Apple II computer in 1977. Steven Wozniak and Steven Jobs had been friends in high school. They had both been interested in electronics, and both had been perceived as outsiders. They kept in touch after graduation, and both ended up dropping out of school and getting jobs working for companies in Silicon Valley. (Woz for Hewlett-Packard, Jobs for Atari) Wozniak had been dabbling in computer-design for some time when, in 1976, he designed what would become the Apple I. Jobs, who had an eye for the future, insisted that he and Wozniak try to sell the machine, and on April 1, 1976, Apple Computer was born. Hobbyists did not take the Apple I very seriously, and Apple did not begin to take off until 1977, when the Apple II debuted at a local computer trade show. The first personal computer to come in a plastic case and include color graphics, the Apple II was an impressive machine. Orders for Apple machines were multiplied by several times after its introduction. And with the introduction in early '78 of the Apple Disk II, the most inexpensive, easy to use floppy drive ever (at the time), Apple sales further increased. With the increase in sales, however, came...
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...What is wrong with me? I asked myself for the umpteenth time. Everything kept ringing in my mind. I kept tossing and turning in bed; I woke up at about 01:08 am, turned on the light in my room, sat on my bed and could not figure out what to do. I decided to listen to music, but what kind of music? Reggae probably! Oh no, I will not listen to music. Should I read? Probably the bible! All I wanted was to rid my mind of the dilemma. I could not think straight. When did it start? How did it start? When is it going to end? I knew one thing for sure, that there was something wrong with me, but I was not going to allow myself to go insane. It was a Friday; a new day had been born, the sun was up and the day seemed to be promising. Being the event manager in the institution where I worked, I was planning an international conference for 200 people and went for a meeting at the La Palm Beach Hotel, to finalise arrangements for the conference. I heard the telephone on my desk ringing when I was about to enter my office. I quickly opened my office door and entered my office. The phone kept ringing, I picked the handset. The receptionist told me that my sister was on the phone and wanted to speak with me. I had not visited Yoyo for some weeks and she had called to check on me. We agreed to meet during the weekend. I went to the shop to buy some cookies for Yoyo’s kids and set off to visit her at her residence in North Kaneshie. Yoyo informed me that her friend Ewurama’s younger brother...
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...I wake up to the sound of my ever annoying alarm clock. I lazily reached for it and pressed the snooze button. With a still tired brain, I stared at the wall for about 5 minutes like I always did until finally, I decided to grab my phone from the desk beside me and looked at the screen. My eyes were fixed on the date today - December 10, 2024. If I remember correctly, today is the birthday of my friend from high school, Wil Fonbuena. I've heard she is now a successful singer in Broadway.They say that not a single seat is empty every time she performs. I sent her a message saying happy birthday and that I missed her so much. It has been 10 years since I graduated from high school. Undoubtedly, a lot has changed since then. As for me, I am now a prestigious surgeon in the field of cardiology situated here in New York. It was difficult at first but I eventually got the hang of it. Still lying on the bed, I heard my stomach growl. I finally stand up and head for the kitchen. My house, talking about structure, is personally designed by the famous architect, Michaella Rojas. The interior however is designed by Myriel Castro. A renowned interior designer known for creating interesting innovations. I arrive at the kitchen and start to wonder what I will be making myself for breakfast. I look to left and see my favorite cookbook on the table. It is a collaboration written by two famous chefs namely: Chef Sherry Gibas and Chef Grace Sampol. Sherry now owns several restaurants all over...
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...is stormy and hard. I’ve never given much thought to how I would die. But dyeing for someone I love seems like a pretty good way to go. “The beauty is too weak of a word to describe how adorable you look” I penetrated her eyes with mine. “You didn’t just sweep me off my feet; you drowned me in the sea of your charm. And now I’m hopelessly in love with you.” She blushed as I sprinkled sweet words in her ears, hoping that the two legged ants wouldn’t steal her away. “Kevin” she said in a low and sweet tone, “mi truly love yuh, but Gregory won’t let us be. With yu, nuh measure of time can be long enough. But mi fear di worst. Let’s leave tung and go to anadda parish where nuh body can find us.” I knew Gregory still loved her though it’s not mutual. And I knew he was homicidal. But without a taught I looked in her dark browns eyes and said “We are leaving Wednesday”. “Yes, Wednesday” she said. Then her phone rang. It was Gregory and she decided to turn the phone off and end the interruption. By now, the sun has set and ready to leave our island. I decided to walk Verona to the playground which was close to her home. As we arrived she stopped and said “let’s just kiss and say good bye”. And that we did. As I turned and walk away, I must have looked back a thousand times until I no longer saw my heartbeat. Monday morning I woke up bright and early. I started thinking about her before I even taught about yarning. I rushed out with her favorite chocolate to our usual rendezvous...
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...holidays were the best time of year for me. I could relax and enjoy the time off without having to worry about school. I was looking forward to this summer in particular because it was out last year of high school. The four of us, Jesse, Anna, Josh and I, were sitting around a small, wooden table in our local coffee shop – the quiet murmur of others surrounding us. We had already planned to go to the beach and lie in the soft sand with the sun beating down on us, and we planned to go bowling, with the luminous lights bouncing off of us as the cheers and shouts of yet another strike echoing around us; but we wanted more to do. I wanted to visit a river around the corner from my house and take a picnic there. I loved going there because it was so peaceful and serene. The clear water was encircled by thousands of small forget-me-nots and buttercups that fluttered in the warm summer breeze. Around the edges of the field stood towering trees with bright green leaves that protected the area from noisy traffic. We were going to sit on the mossy bank and soak up the golden sun rays that oozed across the cobalt sky. I thought it would be a perfect place to go, but the others wanted to do something fun. “That sounds like something my grandmother would want to do!” Josh laughed. “Well what do you suggest we do then?” I replied. “What about the zoo?” suggested Anna. “The zoo… really?” I questioned “Yeah, the zoo, what is wrong with that?” So I began to explain. Although Jesse was five...
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...In the early 1980’s computers were unknown. The only real computers were called mainframe computers and they took up an entire room in size. They used a special code called binary that only worked with 1’s and O’s. All of the data had to be inputted by stretches of tape or by flipping switches. It took people to develop a computer language for the computer to take off. The first language was called Cobal and it was followed by Fortran and Basic. Because of the large size of computers, having one would require having space big enough to house a room size machine. It took a company named Intel and its founder Gordon Moore, to develop a microprocessor, which shrunk down the size of the processor by placing millions of transistors on a single chip. Now computers instead of taking up an entire room could now fit on a desk. After this discovery people wanted to make a computer the average person could afford. Ed Roberts the owner of a computer calculator company called MITS was the architect of this endeavor. He came up with the first P.C. and called it Altair. It was designed as a kit that the buyer had to put together. As with anything, if you did not put it together properly it would not work. After the introduction of Altair other people wanted to make computers as well. People such as Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, and because of all of these “nerds” they help fuel the economic boom of the 1980’s and changed how businesses ran companies. The first P.C Altair was a large box...
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...GCSE English Literature Specimen Assessment Materials 1 For assessment from 2013 GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE SPECIMEN ASSESSMENT MATERIALS GCSE English Literature Specimen Assessment Materials 3 Contents Page Question Papers English Literature Unit 1 (H.T.) English Literature Unit 2 a and b (H.T.) English Literature Unit 1 (F.T.) English Literature Unit 2 a and b (F.T.) 5 Mark Schemes English Literature Unit 1 (H.T.) English Literature Unit 2 a and b (H.T.) English Literature Unit 1 (F.T.) English Literature Unit 2 a and b (F.T.) 93 GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE Higher Tier UNIT 1 Specimen Assessment Materials 2 hours SECTION A Question 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Of Mice and Men Anita and Me To Kill a Mockingbird I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Chanda’s Secrets SECTION B 6. Poetry 12 Pages 2-3 4-5 6-7 8-9 10 - 11 ADDITIONAL MATERIALS Twelve page answer booklet. INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Answer both Section A and Section B. Answer one question in Section A and the question in Section B. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES The number of marks is given in brackets after each question or part-question. You are reminded that assessment will take into account the quality of written communication used in your answers. JD*(S-2011 Higher) Turn over. 2 SECTION A 1. Of Mice and Men Answer part (a) and either part (b) or part (c). You are advised to spend about 20 minutes on part (a), and about 40 minutes on part (b) or part (c). (a) Read the extract on the opposite...
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