...with the child's/children's other parents. The definition of single parenthood may vary according to local laws of nations or provinces. Single parenthood may occur as a result of loss (death of spouse, separation, divorce, abandonment by one parent), or by choice (single parent adoption, donor insemination, egg donor/surrogate motherhood, choosing to carry to term an unexpected pregnancy and raise the child on one's own). More than 25% of children in the U.S. live with only one parent (U.S. Bureau of Census, 1997). Research about the welfare of children in single-parent families varies. Many factors influence the outcome of how children fare: parent's age, education level, and occupation, family income, family's support network from friends and extended family members (including the absent parent if available). Further, outcomes in families where single-parenthood is chosen is higher, as the single parent is typically older, has established employment and social supports, and has considered the pros and cons of raising a child alone. Statistically, children in single parent homes fare worse than those with two parents. In the United States, family structure contributes to five characteristics of a child's well being. These include lower birthrates and higher death rates among infants when there is just one parent. Also, the number of children ages 15-17 in school and in good health is much lower, and the number of children becoming pregnant at these ages is increasing. However...
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...Coconut Conservation status: Secure | Coconut Palm | | Kingdom: | Plantae | Division: | Magnoliophyta | Class: | Liliopsida | Order: | Arecales | Family: | Arecaceae | Genus: | Cocos | Species: | C. nucifera | | Binomial name | Cocos nucifera L. | The Coconut Palm(Cocos nucifera), is a member of the familyArecaceae (palm family). It is the only species in the genus Cocos, and is a large palm, growing to 30 m tall, with pinnateleaves 4-6 m long, with pinnae 60-90 cm long; old leaves fall cleanly leaving the trunk smooth. The term coconut refers to the fruit of the coconut palm. Origins and Cultivation The origins of this plant are the subject of debate with some authorities claiming it is native to southeast Asia, while others claim its origin is in north-western South America. Fossil records from New Zealandindicate that small coconut-like plants grew there as far back 15 million years ago. Even older fossils have been uncovered in Rajasthan,India. Regardless of their origins, coconuts have spread across much of the tropics, in particular along tropical shorelines. Since its fruit is light and buoyant, the plant is readily spread by marine currents, which can carry coconuts significant distances. The Coconut palm thrives on sandy soils and is highly tolerant of salinity and prefers areas with abundant sunlight and regular rainfall (75-200 cm annually), which makes colonising the many shorelines of the tropics relatively straightforward. Coconuts...
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...Special friends Friends we will be now and forever Friends will stay through any weather. Just keep in mind we will be together To love and care for one another. If anything will ever go wrong Friends will always stay strong. As long as we have each other No one will bother us any longer. Don’t be weary if the sun will not shine on you, I will be your light to guide you through. No one will take this friendship we have Cause in our hearts it will always last. If you ever need anything,anytime day or night I promise I will always be there to make it right. I hope I can do for you the things you have done for me Cause a true friend is what you forever will be. A gift from heaven Friendship is a priceless gift, It cannot be bought or sold. For its value cannot be reached, By a mountain made of gold. Whenever I need a shoulder, Your there to catch my tears. You made our friendship bolder, Throughout the passing years. Our friendship will never go away, And for this I want to say: “ Our friendship is a treasure That could never be measured.” So when you ask God for a gift, Be thankful if He sends…. Not diamonds,pearls nor riches, But the gift of true friends. Ang Buhay Ni Joules B. Jayoma Si Joules B.Jayoma ay ipinanganak noong Mayo 8,2004 sa Howard Hubbard Memorial Hospital. Siya ay 10 taong gulang, siya ay anak ni Joyce Francis B.Jayoma...
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...Executive Summary The Burrito Shack is a fast casual restaurant that has been in operation for three years. Its mission is to offer quality food in a fun atmosphere where the customer has various choices for an affordable meal. As the fast casual segment continues to grow, The Burrito Shack will look for various opportunities to grow and increase our revenue. One such way to do this is to increase our online presence as our tech savvy client base continue to use the internet, especially social media, to guide their decisions. Benefits of a Strong Online Presence There are many benefits for increasing our online presence. We will keep our brand in the forefront of people’s decisions. Using social media, we will keep the idea of our restaurant as a stop for lunch or dinner as a daily opportunity for our customers. Using Search Engine Optimization (SEO) software, we can increase the likelihood of our website being visited by new customers. Using Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software, we can use our customers’ preferences to tailor our offerings more to what they are looking for and address any concerns immediately to increase our customer loyalty as well as identify what new visitors are looking for. The benefits to the customer are that they will receive more deals in return for their loyalty. With social media, they will be kept up to date with any daily specials. With the CRM software, their wants as well as issues will be addressed in a timely fashion. In...
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...Doing Business in India India is a richly diverse and complex country. Regionalism, religion, language and status are all factors that need to be taken into account when doing business in India. Behaviour, etiquette and approach are all modified depending on whom you are addressing and the context in which they are being addressed. By tailoring your behaviour and approach to doing business in India you maximise the potential of your visit. Indian Society and Culture Language Different states in India each have different official languages. Central government only recognises Hindi as the official language of India. However, when doing business in India, English is the language of international commerce. Hierarchy * Indians are always conscious of social order and their status relative to other people, be they family, friends, or strangers. * All relationships involve hierarchies. The boss is seen as the source of ultimate responsibility in business. Every relationship has a clear- cut hierarchy that must be observed for the social order to be maintained. The Role of the Family * People typically define themselves by the groups to which they belong rather than by their status as individuals. Someone is deemed to be affiliated to a specific state, region, city, family, career path, religion, etc. * Indians maintain very close family relationships. The extended family creates countless interrelationships, rules, and structures. Along with these mutual...
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...there was a little boy in my class named Adam. Adam looked a little different and he wore funny clothes and sometimes he even smelled a little bit. Adam didn't smile. He hung his head low and he never looked at anyone at all. Adam never did his homework. I don't think his parents reminded him like yours do. The other kids teased Adam a lot. Whenever they did, his head hung lower and lower and lower. I never teased him, but I never told the other kids to stop, either. And I never talked to Adam, not once. I never invited him to sit next to me at lunch, or to play with me at recess. Instead, he sat and played by himself. He must have been very lonely. I still think about Adam every day. I wonder if Adam remembers me? Probably not. I bet if I'd asked him to play, just once, he'd still remember me. I think that God puts people in our lives as gifts to us. The children in your class this year, they are some of God's gifts to you. So please treat each one like a gift from God. Every single one. If you see a child being left out, or hurt, or teased, a part of your heart will hurt a little. Dink and I want you to trust that heartache. Your whole life, we want you to notice and trust your heartache. That heartache is called compassion, and it is God's signal to you to do something. It is God saying, Bethany, William, Brendan! Wake up! One of my babies is hurting! Do something to help! Whenever you feel compassion -- be thrilled! It means God is speaking to you, and that is magic. It...
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...that are shared by people. It needs not said that the use of non-verbal ways of communicating are directly linked to ones culture hence the conclusion non-verbal communication is culturally bound and culture biased. Non verbal-communication, which involves all external stimuli other than the use of the written or spoken Sword, involves among other things the use of colour, use of space, touching, gift giving and time in conveying a message. The use of colour in communicating is widely used nowadays but its use started a long time ago. For instance, we grew up with the notion that the red colour means danger and that black is associated with darkness. Colours nowadays are used by manufacturers of says pesticides to warn users of the effectiveness of the poison. In communication by colour, colour tells us about people and their culture. They use red to denote a dangerous chemical. At funerals moaners wear black conveying a message of the unpleasant and disheartening death of a loved one. White is associated with purity hence its use at weddings with the bride wearing a wide gown to send the message of her purity and the purity nature of the pleasant event. These uses were not invented but were just copied from our forefathers who taught each one of us either indirectly or directly. No one told me directly for instance about the colour red and its meaning but naturally I was scared of the colour and anyone wearing it because I associated it with blood and to add to it our elders were...
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...have worked on for years to enhance, tweak, and test relentlessly in my practices. A forced referral means putting patients into a situation where they are practically compelled to talk about you because of the experience. Referral appreciation events, where patients bring friends and neighbors, is one type of forced referral. They are also popular and fun, and they let people see you in a different light. People will get to know your personality more as a result of attending a party where you are mingling and having fun instead of working. The forced referral happens because to invite a friend to an event sponsored by their orthodontist, they are almost certain to talk about the orthodontist....
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...appointment. Thank you for visiting the Dealership today. It’s our policy to insure your complete satisfaction with every visit. I look forward to seeing you again. We appreciate you stopping by our Dealership today. Our wish is to exceed your expectations by providing you with all the information you need to make a well-informed decision. Look forward to speaking with you soon. It was nice to meet you today. Our commitment is to provide you with all the information you require in order for you to make a well-informed decision. I’ll make sure that you receive all the information you requested. Thanks again. It was an honor to work with you today. I look forward to a long and dynamic working relationship. We will speak again soon. I hope I was able to answer all of your questions today. I am extremely excited about working with you and your family in the future. How ever I can be of future assistance, please don’t hesitate to ask. We look forward to your next visit here at the dealership. It’s not every day that I’m fortunate enough to work with someone like yourself and your family. How ever I can help, know that I am available to assist you. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. It was a pleasure to show you the ______ today. If you have any additional information requirements, don’t hesitate to contact me. 11. Thanks, as you know our desire is to exceed all your expectations in fulfilling your automotive needs. I look forward to working together with you in the immediate future...
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... The supervisor had been firing experienced workers in order to make room for his family and friends. The workers went to the company’s office multiple times to complain. They presented Kirschenmann Farms with a letter signed by the majority of the workers asking for the issues to be resolved. The right to have concerted activity to improve working conditions is specifically protected under CA law. The company chose to ignore the law and fire the workers. With the UFW’s help, the workers kept fighting and filed charges with the Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB). The ALRB found sufficient evidence and issued a complaint against the company. Last October 25, the workers’ legal rights were affirmed when they won a negotiated back pay settlement of $50,000. They looked forward to finally being able to pay bills. However the company decided not to play by the rules.Despite Kirschenmann Farms' lawyers promising the agreed settlement would be paid, (click to see 12/4/08 ALRB 4th request) nothing has happened. The company has still not signed the settlement agreement, paid the workers their money or given the ALRB any idea when they will decide to honor their legal obligations. Sotero Berrilleza tells us that after the settlement was agreed upon he promised to buy his 6-year old grandchild a video console for Christmas--his grandson still keeps asking for the promised gift. Send your e-mail now and tell company owner Brian Kirschenmann this is not acceptable. Tell him to sign...
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...Social Networking (Today and Tomorrow) By: Gaurav Mehta Aashish Raina Vivek Wadhwa “Social media was born from sites not trying to change the way we behave or to provide us with extra information, it was just to assist our behaviour” Well if you say it all started with Facebook or Orkut, you will be surprised. Social Networking has been in our past, present and will continue in our future. So when did it start exactly? To understand that let’s first understand what is social networking? Social networking is about meeting new people and communicating with those whom you already know. So technically, social networking has been there for ages. The concerts, family functions, weddings, plays etc. can be termed as ways of social networking. However we consider the online networking as social networking. So let us focus on that part and see how it developed into what we have today. The online social networking: It’s about 6 C’s: 1. Communications 2. Connectedness 3. Common Experience 4. Content 5. Commerce 6. Cool Experiences (or Entertainment). The online social networks mirror our offline lives. It all started with CompuServe, which was the first online service to offer internet connectivity, albeit limited access, as early as 1989. It connected its proprietary e-mail service to allow incoming and outgoing messages to other Internet e-mail addresses. In early 1990’s, CompuServe was very popular with thousands of users visiting its numerous...
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...Christmas, there is a gift give away where all the AC’s get gifts for their clients. There is also a Christmas party on Christmas Eve every year where current and alumni residents get gift cards and not yet released Warner Brother DVD movies. Gift cards and toys are given to current residing and alumni children. Food and music help solidify the night along with memories and surprises. Other on-site amenities include a fruit and vegetable garden that is maintained by residents and volunteers. Every Thursday there is a career and education meeting where those who are unemployed have to meet. Resume writing and building are offered, job search, assistance applying to jobs,...
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...direct communicators 2. South Africans are known to be loud when talking The communication style is very much dependent on the level of a relationship; the closer people are the more comfortable they will be with speaking openly and honestly. South Africans follow the European approach to personal space, meaning people keep their distance when speaking. Unlike Latin or Arab cultures they do not appreciate touching 3. South Africa falls relatively in the middle in regards to power distance. it defines that there is some sort of separation between classes and levels of authority. You cannot speak to a superior the way you would speak to a friend. Although the country has freer communication barriers than an Arab country, authority reqiures respect Use professional names, only family members and close friends address each other by their first names. In academic circles, the titles Doctor and Professor are used as to show respect and formality. humor is accepted in communication and can be used to ease tension. 4. In the South Africa, marketing should start with what we want to say, not as words or slogans. Marketing should be direct with what they are looking to sell. In doing so, africans able to understand the distinction between core themes and sub-themes. Marketing should...
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...Marketing Plan, E- Business A1: I have chosen for my business a local frozen yogurt shop, Let’s Top It. This store is located in a geographically desirable area (on a main road in a residential area near several K-12 schools, and a community college) with a potential large and varied customer base. The store provides a decent variety of frozen yogurt flavor and topping offerings in a clean and friendly environment. The cost of the product is comparable to that of similar businesses’ costs and the way the store operates is similar. The main issue with this company is that they have almost no online presence. There is no webpage, no social media pages, they have a fairly poor search engine presence, and do not appear to be linked with any online advertising presences such as urbanspoon.com or yelp.com. This store also offers no customer loyalty programs that may encourage return visits. As this store has a lot of local competition that does provide all of the above, this business is handicapped as far as generating new business. Since this is a single, privately owned store, there is not a large budget for marketing but increasing the store’s online presence will provide a low- cost way to advertise and encourage more business and repeat business and will help this business be competitive with the other stores in the area. The target demographic is well versed in using the Internet on a daily basis not only for looking at potential sites at which to spend money but...
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...interoperability), client interfaces (called wallets) and a currency that operates on top of all of those technologies. The bitcoin system allows any person to send or receive a fraction of a bitcoin (the currency unit) to another person, anywhere in the world. The bitcoin system operates on the Internet without the need for banks or bank accounts and allows people to send money like they send email. To start using bitcoin, you need a bitcoin client, or "wallet" application. The bitcoin client allows you to use the bitcoin network, just like a web browser allows you to use the web. There are many different types and makers of bitcoin wallets, for desktop and mobile operating systems and also available as web applications. To receive bitcoin, you need a bitcoin "address", which is a bit like an email address or bank account number. If someone knows your bitcoin address, they can send you money, but cannot do anything more, not even identify who you are or where you are. Therefore, you can freely share your bitcoin addresses with anyone without fear or security risk. Once you have a "wallet," it can create any number of bitcoin addresses for you, even one per transaction. Give those addresses to anyone you want to send you bitcoin. Tip: bitcoin addresses are created by your wallet and do not need to be registered with anyone, or linked to your identity or email address. They can be used immediately to receive money from anyone and become part of the network once they have some bitcoin sent...
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