...later on became a restaurant. Said to offer a casual dining experience unlike any other where not only can you expect great food and drinks but also plenty of fun to go around. T.G.I. Friday’s marketed a casual dining restaurant is a restaurant that serves moderately-priced food in a casual atmosphere which targeted the middle income population which was a big majority when they first started out. They targeted their market with different types of promotions and programs such as:- Give Me More Stripes This program offers specials to customers that sign up and can redeem points that will be added into their card whenever they head on to T.G.I. Fridays and dine there. After collecting over a hundred or more points, one would receive a bonus or a special. This way customer would be lured in by the bonuses or specials with the mentality to earn more points every time they dine it so they would be offered the multiple opportunities for the specials BINGO Menu T.G.I. Friday’s has a large enough menu to put together this program. Basically, A BINGO Menu would consist of twelve different items on the T.G.I. Friday’s Menu, ranging from appetizers to entrées and finally a couple desserts. It can be any sixteen items on the menu and even after a few months or after a new menu comes out, they can remake a new BINGO card. The key rules that would be involved with this BINGO Menu would be: 1. Each person who comes in will be asked by the server if they would like to see and try out...
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...Anonymous Evaluation Paper Red Lobster Evaluation Red Lobster is a restaurant that is notorious for claiming they provide excellent seafood. Their promise is to provide tasty seafood while also providing people with a wonderful dining experience. Here is Red Lobster’s story taken straight from their website, “Here at Red Lobster we’re passionate about serving our guests great seafood. It’s why we go the extra mile to bring you the best dining experience possible. Our fishermen take pride in catching only the highest quality seafood, and the freshest fish. Our grill master’s expertly perfect flavors, cooking seafood and steak over a wood fire grill. And our servers pull out all the stops to make every dining experience feel extra special. It’s our passion. It’s our pride. Because at Red Lobster, we Sea Food Differently.” For me, I was anxious to see if the Red Lobster restaurant made me feel like I was having a real, oceanic experience. It is hard to have great seafood when comparing it to fresh, straight out of the ocean, seafood. Like many restaurants, Red Lobster has claimed it provides a comforting atmosphere, tasty seafood, and excellent service; however, I believe Red Lobster actually upholds its overall promise to its guests. Immediately after walking into Red Lobster, I felt as if I was walking into a restaurant striving for that “right off the coast,” appeal. I could sense that Red Lobster was trying its hardest to appeal to every guest that entered through...
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...Shay is a very independent person. She doesn’t like to listen to society. Shay likes to break rules. I like her and I wish to be confident like her. “Tally there’s nothing out there, like you said. Nothing and no one to bust us. “ page 47 Everybody wants to be pretty and once they turn sixteen they can. Shay is one of the only people who don’t want to become pretty. Shay runs away a week before her birthday. Tally stayed behind but now they won’t let her become pretty. Tally has to break her promise and go find Shay because she might be in danger. - Conformity as and individuality as bad\ - tightly controlled inhabitants - unjust laws - limited or complete lack of individual freedom 4. Shay and Tally live in Uglyville. Tally is going to Pretty...
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...Loyalty: have frequent customers cards offering a free cup of coffee after paying for 10 cups. Keep an excel file of customer information including all the information that grandpa knows about each customer. Offer free coffee for customer birthdays. Post pictures on a bulletin board so that customers feel special. c) Remaining competitive: should have a lot to do with customer loyalty since initially we won't have the money to invest in top of the line equipment or technology. Constantly visiting area coffee shops see what the competition is offering. Holding focus groups to get feedback from the community. Starbucks Rumor Some of this may be relevant to other parts of the business but I posted it here for now since it relates to employees. - Address employee concerns o Identify examples where other cafes have survived despite the opening of a nearby Starbucks o Provide ongoing employee training to develop great people skills, teach employees about coffees and nutrition to make them experts. o Offer a free meal to employees for every shift of at least four hours and encourage them to try different things so they better know the menu. Give all employees taste of specials for familiarization/recommendation purposes. o Hire employees who are...
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...1. The specials and the standards need to separate for the following reasons: a. They are not the exactly same process. The process for special carpets adds more steps than the standards carpets. So it is not convenient to use the same line. b. The setup time is too long. It costs as much as hours to changeover from the standard products to the special products. It costs money and requires storage space, and some of it will probably go to waste. c. The hurry order. There is third order called hurry order. When it happens, the process need to stop for rush special due, and the standard and special products will be delay to get to customers. If there are two lines, the special order’s influence will be down. The standard products and the special products can run in one line. 2. The JIT philosophy is that getting the right quantity of goods at the right place at the right time. It’s based on the simplicity and emphasis on quality. But in the Katz Carpeting company, the inventories of the carpets were high. They produced a lot what they already had , yet not enough of what was needed. They can’t get the right quantity of goods. 3. The following is the steps to implement the JIT system. First, they should make quality improvements. Their quality was becoming a problem, with customers frequently returning carpets for rips or incorrect dyed colors. They need to solve these problems, because the quality is pervasive and all the JIT objectives are dependent on quality improvement...
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...Abstract William Bolcom is recognized as one of the America’s living composers. He is known for Twelve New Etude for piano which he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988. He not only composed lots of famous piano works, but also did bunch of voice, chamber ensembles, orchestra works. Besides he was as a professor of music at the University of Michigan, he has published variety of music, and appears regularly as a concert pianist and collaboration with his wife. Most of his works span the years 1963 to 1994, and comprise a wide range of compositional practices including serial technique, tonality, proportional rhythmic notation, special effects, Latin-American dance styles, blues...
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...Professor Schmidt 3/20/2016 Phil 195 Philosophy and Music Exam answer the following short answer questions: 1. How did the views of music change from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance/ Enlightenment? Music in the Middle ages continued on the idea from agent Greeks that there were two separate ideas or views of music, First type of music was the music seen as proper, the proper music was seen almost as a branch of knowledge, including the math and ratio behind a musical number, in this instance music was considered as an aid to spiritual experiences and was seen as a holy endeavor on its own. The second type of Music was the improper form of music, which is used as temptation, which seemed to coerce the body to move rather than exercising and expanding one’s mind. This kind of music almost had a demonic takeover kind of characteristic to it, this music takes one’s mind away from reason and toward instinctual behaviors. During the renaissance arguments would be made for both of these views of music, one can see how arguments can be made for which form of music is more natural. The mathematical relationship intertwined in a piece of shows how music in this form is almost connected to some kind of universal truth. Whereas music as a mover of a body, can be seen as natural because it seems to trigger some kind of evolutionary switch inside of...
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...Tim Blankenship September 8th 2013 EDU-225 Professor Budoff Increasing Productivity and Efficiency This essay will summarize my comprehensive technology plan and how I believe it will Increase productivity and efficiency for both students and teachers. Technology is the key to the future and is changing the way students are learning in the classroom today. If this technology is used properly and safely both the student and teacher can learn everything the internet has to offer. Technology gives us so many things that we can use in our classrooms to help teach our students. The internet and computers are the most common pieces of technology available and most recently Tablets and smart phones have been introduced into the school system. You may also find Smart Boards or interactive white boards that allow a teacher to use the program and share things on white boards with the entire class. These technologies will help teachers do more group activities and keep thing interesting so the students can learn and progress with their education. Educators from around the world use the internet and share their information with the rest of the world we only need to find it to learn about other cultures in other lands, we can even learn to speak their language. When in groups and learning about other cultures students can talk to one another and learn from each other and practice speaking in that language if they would like...
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...Gardener. Mentor. Friend. This is not a direct sequel to “Best Gift, Ever!”, but it almost is. I got so many positive comments and questions after that particular blog-post that I started to imagine my future celebrity book-signings, huge six-figure (even seven-figure) royalties. Why, I was even already on Oprah, to talk about my latest book and how well it’s doing on New York’s bestseller list. Dr. Phil was recommending it as well. Just before it became recommended reading for every child-psychology course in the US and Canada. Translated into fifty different languages, many hospitals were already talking of putting it in every new parent’s hands. Wonderful! Amen, somebody! But coming back down to earth, the immediate questions that faced me were, if you indeed want to give your child or ward the best gift ever, how would you go about it? How would you help your child become independent in this world, and have the ability to navigate this world as she pleases? How do you prepare her for a world that does not yet exist? One of the very best analogies I’ve found, for how to bring the best out of your growing child, is the art (yes, art) of growing a plant. Well, you don’t expect your child to remain rooted to one spot his whole life but the similarities are many. Scientists have long talked about “Nature vs Nurture”. Which has the strongest pull on how well a child does physically and mentally? Is the child a successful musician because the genes are there, or because he was...
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...THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SPECIAL PROGRAM IN THE ARTS IN THE SELECTED HIGH SCHOOL: TOWARDS AN INTERVENTION PROGRAM BY: ELLEN S. TALACTAC MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION Chapter I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SPECIAL PROGRAM IN THE ARTS IN THE SELECTED HIGH SCHOOL: TOWARDS AN INTERVENTION PROGRAM The Special Program in the Arts (SPA) is a nationwide program of the Department of Education for the students with potential or talent in the arts namely: music, visual arts, theater arts, media arts, creative writing and dance. The school shall offer a comprehensive secondary educational program centered on the arts, covering a range of art forms and disciplines. Arts education is an integral component of a balanced educational program in all year 2 levels, which provides the background for post - secondary level work. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY San Francisco High School was chosen as one of the schools to implement the Special Program in the Arts because it satisfies the criteria set in the guidelines. (DECS Memorandum # 135 s. 2001) The SPA school is / has: * A financially autonomous regular high school * Is strategically located in the region and surrounded by resources such as libraries, museums, instructional...
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...was lucky enough to attend the concert of the music concert of the Mannheim Steamroller, which in my mind blew me away with its interesting and innovative way to include Christmas Music and Other genre of music. This production was extra special because it was the 25th anniversary for this historic performance. The composer, Chip Davis, whom has won a Grammy Award for his work, created a show that featured the great and talented music of the Mannheim Steamroller and included state of the art effects and visuals. It was truly a breathe taking performance. It was also a performance I would most likely come to again if it comes around soon or is around where I live. The music for the concert by Mannheim Steamroller was very delightful, and showed great display of all the instruments. I enjoyed the concert with great enthusiasm because previously before attending the concert I had never heard such music. After listening to a few songs, I turned to my buddy who came with me and said this music is new to me and that is why I was enjoying it so much. If I had to relate a chapter from our book or lessons into the music from the concert, I would say it would fit into the classical category. It was fun to listen to music that I currently do not listen to very often. If I had to relate this to my history 203 class I would say you would most likely here this in the classical era. Which was a considerably long time ago, rather than most music around today? This concert was great and...
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...13th in Fullerton California at a bar named the Slidebar. The bands that performed were Livication, Special Blend, and the main performance was by Brewfish. These bands are all of the reggae/rock genre with Brewfish also containing a little alternative and pop as well. The Slidebar’s setup is very organized having a stage down a hall in the back room separated from the bar, which makes for a decently spacious event for a bar. The Slidebar’s purpose was and is to provide local college students that make up a big part of the area in downtown Fullerton with good music and a hyped, yet still relaxing environment. I feel that the Slidebar as well as the bands did a fine job bringing a good environment and in turn making the whole venue a big success. I believe the event was effective because of the bands that were chosen to play for the type of crowd that usually attends at this particular bar. This bar typically features rock and punk style bands...
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...Club IT Part One Club IT is a downtown music venue owned and operated by Ruben Keyes and Lisa Tejada, both working musicians and have a degree in Business Administrations. After recently remodeling of the interior of Club IT, Lisa and Ruben realize that they need a full analysis of their information needs. In this paper I will discuss Club IT’s mission statement, primary clientele, information resources, and differentiation as the strategy to pursue a competitive advantage. Club IT’s mission is to “offer you live music, DJ’s, dance space and refreshments that suit your lifestyle” (Wiley, 2005). Its primary clientele includes childless young professionals, college students, tourists, and business travelers. Club IT works with people who love to enjoy themselves by dancing and enjoy the company of family and friends. Club IT plays a variety of music such as electronic, hip-hop, techno, MP3, and live music bands. With its high ceilings and high-tech energy lighting, Club IT creates an illuminating lounge setting and dance venue. Club IT’s information resources include intranet resources. Like many other organizations, Club IT has a members’ website, where customers can keep track a different kinds of information related to the club, such as its location, service hours, food and drink service, music band schedule, special events, and contact information, etc. After carefully evaluate Club IT’s current situation, I suggest that the owners should expand “members only” part of...
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...while I do my homework. 2. What is your opinion of musicians licensing their music to advertisement? Is this “selling out” or is it a smart way for a win-win for marketers and musicians? I like the idea of using music in advertisement, music has been used almost every industry and field. A single movie has about two hour original sound track in general, why not advertisement?! And I believe the selling or capitalizing the music is a great business opportunity for musicians and utilizing their talents. On the other hand marketers can use the special effect of music such as earworms effect to advertise their products much better. For instance, the star wars main them made me to watch all of the star wars episodes and might even make me buy a star wars them T-shit. In this case both marketers and musicians are in win-win situation. 3. What are the disadvantages/ advantages of using popular music in advertisements? Original music? The popular music is a very important part of our sociality especially among the young generations. Using popular music in advertisement can drag the young consumer’s attention on the products managers trying to promote, but when it comes to adults and older people, popular music may even cause them to get tired of it by promoting excessively. And original music should be more concerned too. Improper usage of music in industry may bring negative effects on the original music, as I said above it might even make some people annoyed. Consumer insight...
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...instrument I play isn’t the violin, cello, or piano. What I play is called “dontree”. Dontree isn’t an ordinary American musical orchestra. Dontree means music in the Thai language. Dontree has changed me. I learned new things, gained new outlooks, and learned greatly about music . Dontree is Thai classical orchestra. I am a Thai classical musician. Dontree was first introduced to me when I attended a weekend language class at a nearby temple. My parents wanted me to enrich my cultural knowledge. I went along and participated in the music program offered there. It wasn’t any ordinary music program. I was introduced to instruments from Thailand. It was quite a startling experience to be taught how to play these foreign instruments. As I was learning, I could play most of the instruments there. I found out I had quite a musical talent and continued to pursue this talent. Eventually I grew a passion for it. Every weekend I would attend this temple excited to learn more about Thai classical music. The history and the art of it which dates many years ago was so fascinating to me. The fact that I learned an enduring art form that not many others have even heard of made me feel special. The music taught me to be creative in my...
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