...change in other areas of life, our public schools tend to feel like throwbacks” (378). They pointed out that kids now in the days are doing exactly what their elders did 40 or 50 years ago; sitting in rows of desks starring at a blackboard for 7 hours 5 days a week. For example, they pointed out that “Kids are global citizens now, even in small-town America, and they must learn to act that way” (379). According to Wallis and Steptoe, it is becoming more and more important to develop social skill and stated that the CEO of UPS mentioned, “Needing workers who are “global trade literate, sensitive to foreign culture, conversant in different languages” (379). Wallis and Steptoe draw’s a point that teachers need to not be scared to take charge of a lesson and not fear being obsolete. “They will, however, feel increasing pressure to bring their methods-along with the curriculum- into line with the way modern world works” (384). Wallis and Steptoe acknowledges that these changes that have to be made can’t be done in just one day but are changes that have to be met soon to meet today’s work criteria. Anthony Gentile October 5, 2014 Tiger Mom...
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...In two thousand fifteen there was a rumor about him saying mexicans steal jobs etc. Chapo guzman then found out and got offended and set a 100 million dollar bounty on Donald trump dead or alive. Chapo guzman is the eternal fugitive. He has a possession of firearms , drugs , and money. His sons have Ferraris, guns, pet tigers or lions, and money. One of his sons posted on twitter saying he was gonna make donald trump eat his own words. The people of the world say that he pays the governement for the things that he does. On his first escaped they said he walked out with guards guiding him were to leave. Has he killed? yes but why? cause of what he does and what do drug lords do? they make money by selling drugs and doing jobs that involve murdering people. On the night he escaped the second time guards said that he was making a lot of noise in his cell. He basically made noise with his loud tv because they made a big whole in his shower to the underground tunnel that was a mile long. I remember watching tv with my mom on Febuary twenty second the local news interrupted and they said that the Mexican military called "La Marina" captured joaquin guzman loera. All that day was just about him and then again on July fifteen. Hes basically laughing at the whole worlds government...
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...Homework Assignment #1 Prepared by Basak Alemdag WALMART RETAIL ANALYSIS Business description Walmart is an American retail corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores in various countries. It is currently the largest retailer in US and in the world and also the world's third largest public corporation according to the Fortune Global 500 list in 2012. Today, Walmart operates in 15 countries with a total of 8500 stores. It is well-known for its low-cost structure. Founded by Sam Walton in 1962, the company is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas. Walmart is still a family-owned business, run by the Walton Family who has the 48% stake of the company. It also owns a chain of warehouse stores in North America, called “Sam's Club retail warehouses”. Walmart has a wide range of product categories under the following departments: Electronics, Auto&Tires, Apparel, PhotoCenter, Books, Sports/Outdoors, Home Improvement, Baby, Patio&Garden, Toys, Health, Pets, Grocery, Gifts, Beauty, Movies&VideoGames, Party/Occasion, Pharmacy, Jewelry. Customer identification Walmart essentially targets price-sensitive consumers as their regular customers. It offers overall medium-quality goods with lowest prices, and it is the main reason most customers shop from Walmart. The average US Walmart customer's income is below the national average, and analysts recently estimated that more than one-fifth of them lack a bank account, twice the...
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...complain about not being in a school play • watch TV or play computer games • choose their own extracurricular activities • get any grade less than an A • not be the No. 1 student in every subject except gym and drama • play any instrument other than the piano or violin • not play the piano or violin. I'm using the term "Chinese mother" loosely. I know some Korean, Indian, Jamaican, Irish and Ghanaian parents who qualify too. Conversely, I know some mothers of Chinese heritage, almost always born in the West, who are not Chinese mothers, by choice or otherwise. I'm also using the term "Western parents" loosely. Western parents come in all varieties. Ideas Market The Tiger Mother Responds to Readers Chua's Daughter Sophia Explains What Life is Really With her 'Tiger Mom' An Asian Father's GIft: Permission to Fail Ms. Chua answers questions from Journal readers who wrote in to the Ideas Market blog. All the same, even when Western parents think they're being strict, they usually don't come close to being Chinese mothers. For example, my Western friends who consider themselves strict make their children practice their instruments 30 minutes every day. An hour at most. For a Chinese mother, the first hour is the easy part. It's hours two and three...
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...resources available to them. Reproduction: Placental mammals reproduce through internal fertilization. The young are enclosed by a placenta. This placenta allows the young to remain in the uterus for a long time. The placenta connected to the uterus by an umbilical cord. The mother gives birth through her birth canal. After the young is born the mammal produces a new egg through the reproduction cycle. Food they eat: Placental mammals have to eat constantly to maintain their body temperature. When they are young they depend on their mother for food and drink. Some are herbivores and eat only plants. Examples of these animals are horses, pandas, and sloths. Some are carnivores and eat only meat. Examples of these animals are dolphins, tigers, and lions. Others are omnivores and eat plants and meat. Examples of these animals are humans and some bears. Some are even insectivores. These animals only eat insect. Examples of these animals are aardvarks, anteaters, and pangolins. Adaptations: Mammals develop adaptations based on the different places they live. Placental mammals in colder climates develop thick fur or blubber. Placental mammals in hotter climates may...
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...Assignment One: Cereal Aisle Analysis I work Mondays through Fridays and I do my grocery shopping every Saturdays even though I know it’s might be extremely busy and crowed, but this time it worked to my advantage because I was able to conduct the observations required for this assignment. I went to my local giant store here in Horsham, PA around 10am and I went directly to the cereal aisle for 30mn to have enough information from various people groups. The first group was the families’ mom, dad with children: they were always pulled by the kids toward the cereals they could recognize and that was on the lower shelves. The second group was the single men: they were walking quickly though the aisle because they knew exactly what they want and it was usually the plain ones. The third group was the senior: they were cautious about their selection, they had a list handy but they will read labels and did not seem to care about designs. The fourth group was the single moms: they came prepare with a list handy, will pick more than one box and were knowledgeable of the brand they were looking for. The first group selection was based on the choice of the children because they are the first consumer of it the household. The parents tried to pick one or two boxes out of the selection the kids made and they made sure they didn’t spend a lot of time in the aisle to avoid having the kids second guessing their choice. The second group determined the value based on what they like in the...
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...complain about not being in a school play • watch TV or play computer games • choose their own extracurricular activities • get any grade less than an A • not be the No. 1 student in every subject except gym and drama • play any instrument other than the piano or violin • not play the piano or violin. I'm using the term "Chinese mother" loosely. I know some Korean, Indian, Jamaican, Irish and Ghanaian parents who qualify too. Conversely, I know some mothers of Chinese heritage, almost always born in the West, who are not Chinese mothers, by choice or otherwise. I'm also using the term "Western parents" loosely. Western parents come in all varieties. IDEAS MARKET The Tiger Mother Responds to Readers Chua's Daughter Sophia Explains What Life is Really With her 'Tiger Mom' An Asian Father's GIft: Permission to Fail Ms. Chua answers questions from Journal readers who wrote in to the Ideas Market blog. All the same, even when Western parents think they're being strict, they usually don't come close to being Chinese mothers. For example, my Western friends who consider themselves strict make their children practice their instruments 30 minutes every day. An hour at most. For a...
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...in the top twenty of the richest people on the planet? The wealthiest family on earth, the Walton’s, whom control the world’s largest revenue public corporation, Wal-Mart (The World’s Billionaires). The American multinational retail corporation manages chains of large discount department stores. The corporation is also the world’s largest private employer with approximately 2.2 million employees; the company’s employee roll exceeds the population of over 50 countries in the world including Qatar, Trinidad and Tobago, Iceland and Suriname. Walmart is essentially the largest retailer in the entire world. The company, which is controlled by the Walton family who own a 48% stake, have been bashed in the media time and time again for “failing America.” Applause must be given to the Mega Corporation, they came from being just one department store to a multi-billion dollar corporation however, the treatment of Wal-Mart’s employees and the greediness of Wal-Mart’s owners combine to make it a monster corporation with negative effects on both individuals and competing companies. To be reasonable, we must touch on the benevolence of Wal-Mart because to be a $465 billion dollar corporation they must be doing something correct, right? The children of Wal-Mart's founder, Sam Walton, in contrast to its workers, are billionaires. Does that make them greedy or just lucky? They would not talk to ABC News on the topic but billionaire Ted Turner an American media mogul and philanthropist who is known...
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...decided to sell the zoo and emigrate his family into Canada. Also, Piscine Martel, when older, was speaking of the story in Toronto.|High school- Port Hope Ontario.University- Trent University (1981) Montreal is where he wrote the fantastic novel “Life Of Pi”This problem faced can happen anywhere in this world. | Who? (Charactural)| Piscine Patel, “Pi” an Indian boy, from Pondicherry.(Brought up as a Hindu, discovers Christianity and Islam) (Has a mom, brother and father, who die in the ship wreck while traveling the Pacific Ocean) Father:Santosh Patel| Yann Martel is a Spanish born Canadian writer. (Bachelor degree for Philosophy). It affected him spiritually, but I believe the whole word was struck by his imaginative yet true journey to believe in god. | What? (Thematic)| Pi’s father is emphatic about his kids being aware of the true nature of wild life (animals). Which then lead him to believe that Pi didn’t truly understand that the animals are a danger. To force that animals are indeed killers, he made his son, Pi, watch the tiger kill a goat. Part 1 also shows Pi’s journey to find religion and to meet new people along the way that eventually will speak to him about science. (Shown below.) The whole story was to put faith in god, and how Pi found that, spirituality and practicality. “A story with God is the better story.”...
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...desperation clearly clouded my judgment because the day before I knew how wrong it was to do something like that. After class I lost track of time and got busy with work. I parked at the garage from 8am and came back to the garage around 5pm, that was when I noticed my vehicle was missing; I was looking around the parking garage for a couple of minutes to see if I misplaced my parking spot but after awhile I finally asked two employees who were around the vicinity if they saw what had happened to my car. One of the gentlemen said if it wasn’t where I had left it, it might have been towed, and if that was the case, I should call MUPD. I did as he suggested and the campus police did verify that my vehicle was indeed towed and I had to pick it up at Tigers Towing. Left immobile, I phoned my roommate and asked him if he could drive me to the tow lot, he kindly agreed. He showed up 30 minutes later then we headed to the towing company. Once I got there, the employee told me to fill out could of forms and paid a towing fee of $70 to get my car out. As soon as I got in my car, I noticed a ticket from the university worth $50. So I got a total of $120 worth of...
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...the German Zwieback, and still present in Dutch "beschuit"). In modern Italian usage the term biscotti is used to refer to any type of cookie or cracker. Some of the original biscuits were British naval hard tack; such hard tack was made in the United States through the 19th century. Throughout most of the world, the term biscuit still means a hard, crisp, brittle bread, except in the USA and Canada, where it now denotes a softer bread product baked only once. Biscuits derive its name from a French word meaning twice backed bread; Biscuits in general have a good shelf life, which is higher than all other snack items available in the market. A biscuit is a hard baked sweet or savory product like a small, flat cake, which in North America may be called a "cookie" or "cracker". The term biscuit also applies to sandwich-type biscuits, where a layer of 'cream' or icing is sandwiched between two biscuits. In the UK, "cookie" is usually only used in specific terms such as "chocolate chip cookie" or to refer to larger, softer American style cookies. Referring to the Sesame Street character the Cookie Monster, British author Chris Roberts quipped that he prefers the word "cookies" over "biscuits," "as a character called Biscuit Monster would never have worked." Sweet biscuits are commonly eaten as a snack and are generally made with wheat flour or oats and sweetened with sugar or honey. Varieties may contain...
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...2/17/2016 Reforming Chinese Education: What China Is Trying to Learn from America | Solutions Subscribe | Sponsor | Submit | Donate | Sponsors and Partners | About submit to reddit Login Skip to Navigation Idea Lab Features Perspectives Visionaries Your Solutions Community Global Volume 2 | Issue 2 | Page 3843 | Apr 2012 Reforming Chinese Education: What China Is Trying to Learn from America Cite this Article By Yong Zhao In Brief When Shanghai, China, was awarded the number one spot for educational achievement by the Program for International Student Assessment, a number of Western countries began to ask what had sparked the country’s rise. One answer is five Ernie French Anxious parents await their children's return from the gaokao college entrance exam in Beijing, China. Key Concepts China’s growth has been fueled by lowskilled cheap labor. As the population ages and labor costs rise, China must create more highvalue jobs, which are often connected with innovation. Recent education reforms seek to foster innovation and entrepreneurship. They include relaxing central control of the curriculum, retraining teachers, reducing student academic load, and broadening college admissions criteria beyond test results. Central to the reform debate is the College Entrance Exam, or gaokao, which has played a role in Chinese culture for centuries. Some educators have started to experiment but reforming the gaokao will require a deeper shift in Chinese attitudes...
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...Professor Gregory F Stiber By: Brizaida Ribalta, Jessica Halsey and Shereen Hijazi Nova Southeastern University H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business & Entrepreneurship Assignment for Course: MKTP 5005 – Introductory Marketing Submitted to: Gregory F Stiber Submitted by: Brizaida Ribalta, Jessica Halsey, Shereen Hijazi. Date of Submission: August 30th, 2012 Title of Assignment: Term Project – Marketing Plan CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORSHIP: I certify that I am the author of this paper and that any assistance I received in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in the paper. I have also cited any sources from which I used data, ideas or words, either quoted directly or paraphrased. I also certify that this paper was prepared by me specifically for this course. Student's Signature: Brizaida Ribalta, Jessica Halsey and Shereen Hijazi ***************************************************************** Instructor's Grade on Assignment: Instructor's Comments: Table of Contents Executive Summary 4 Company Description 6 The Origin of Nike, Inc. 6 Today’s Nike 7 Mission and Goals 8 Core competencies 10 Situation Analysis 11 Macro-Level External Environmental Factors 11 Competitive Environmental factors 12 SWOT Analysis 15 Competitors 16 Reebok 16 Adidas 17 Puma 17 Target Market 19 Segmentation 19 Target Marketing 19 Marketing Mix 20 Product Strategy 20 Distribution...
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...The New Astrology by SUZANNE WHITE Copyright © 1986 Suzanne White. All rights reserved. 2 Dedication book is dedicated to my mother, Elva Louise McMullen Hoskins, who is gone from this world, but who would have been happy to share this page with my courageous kids, April Daisy White and Autumn Lee White; my brothers, George, Peter and John Hoskins; my niece Pamela Potenza; and my loyal friends Kitti Weissberger, Val Paul Pierotti, Stan Albro, Nathaniel Webster, Jean Valère Pignal, Roselyne Viéllard, Michael Armani, Joseph Stoddart, Couquite Hoffenberg, Jean Louis Besson, Mary Lee Castellani, Paula Alba, Marguerite and Paulette Ratier, Ted and Joan Zimmermann, Scott Weiss, Miekle Blossom, Ina Dellera, Gloria Jones, Marina Vann, Richard and Shiela Lukins, Tony Lees-Johnson, Jane Russell, Jerry and Barbara Littlefield, Michele and Mark Princi, Molly Friedrich, Consuelo and Dick Baehr, Linda Grey, Clarissa and Ed Watson, Francine and John Pascal, Johnny Romero, Lawrence Grant, Irma Kurtz, Gene Dye, Phyllis and Dan Elstein, Richard Klein, Irma Pride Home, Sally Helgesen, Sylvie de la Rochefoucauld, Ann Kennerly, David Barclay, John Laupheimer, Yvon Lebihan, Bernard Aubin, Dédé Laqua, Wolfgang Paul, Maria José Desa, Juliette Boisriveaud, Anne Lavaur, and all the others who so dauntlessly stuck by me when I was at my baldest and most afraid. Thanks, of course, to my loving doctors: James Gaston, Richard Cooper, Yves Decroix, Jean-Claude Durand, Michel Soussaline and...
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...SUMMER OUTREACH PROGRAM A Community Service for Children SPEAK ENGLISH (AGES 3-5) Location: Brgy. Holy Spirit Quezon City Personnel: Volunteers( Professionals, Students) I. Introduction This program will definitely help children ages 3-5 in a community to be able to speak in English. Our targets are the children in the community that needs to develop their speaking skills. Teaching children to speak correctly requires patience and persistence. The program will help facilitate the process of proper English acquisition by having the children play fun games and singing songs. Volunteering some of your time to outreach activities can be truly rewarding both for you and the children you help. Sometimes actions speak louder than words, when you are trying to witness to people. Participating in outreach program can help show the world you can do something worthwhile. I believe that each child becomes a whole person through growth in all areas of development social, emotional, intellectual, physical, sensory and language. Play and learning experiences provide age appropriate stimulating and fun enhancing each child’s potential future success in speaking English. This program is unique in that design to meet the individual needs of its children. The performance of children varies on their abilities, needs and goals. This program will supply assistance to help enhance the child’s ability to speak in a step by step process. At the same time it will prepare them to...
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