..."If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again." Robert the Bruce, king of Scotland, is meant to have told his troops this shortly before walloping the English at Bannockburn in 1314. The idiom, said to have been inspired by a humble spider stoically weaving his web as Bruce hid from his English pursuers in a cave, is particularly appropriate too for the modern residents of Annan, ancestral home of the Bruce lineage, who have erected a statue of the king – after a 130-year delay. When the town hall was constructed on Annan's high street in the 19th century, a plinth was placed above the entrance for a planned statue of Bruce, Lord of Annandale. But financial problems meant it was never commissioned. Two years ago a local committee began fundraising and a £2m bronze likeness has been put in place. A dedication service will be staged on Friday. Some £40,000 was raised to help complete the 250kg statue. Committee secretary Roderick McCallum said he was pleased the town had recognised the role of the king. "The Bruces became Lords of Annandale having been gifted this land by a previous king – basically, I think, to help to pacify the natives," he said. Their first castle was also built in Annan, near to where the town hall stands. Mr McCallum added that erecting the statue would "correct the deficit" from more than a century ago. The statue was produced by artist Andrew Brown, originally from Port William, who said the work presented a number of challenges...
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...TRIDENT UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL NAME BUS303 Business Communication MODULE 4: Integration and Reflection Assignment: Self Reflective Course Essay INSTRUCTOR: This Business Communication course has helped me overcome my fear of entering the real world and preparing for my military retirement. Being in the service for all of these years will place a small amount of fear regarding entering the civilian workforce because of the leadership style you are taught in the military. However, with the tools I have gained from this class; I feel that my transition from military life to the civilian sector will be easier than I thought. We as military personnel have learned how to wear a uniform properly and how to greet personnel with respect but we have not been taught how to properly prepare for retirement. When asked to write a resume in this course, I felt this assignment would be a challenge because the first thing I thought about was “the future”. Asking myself what exactly does my own future have in store for me and how do I prepare. Immediately, I took this assignment serious; gathering my thoughts to put into my resume because what if there was no tomorrow for me in the U.S. Navy; what if I had to get out today “what would I do”. I really enjoyed this assignment along with the cover letter because it challenged me to “think, what if” and “how do I prepare”, so this really hit home for me. “The Tips for Writing Resumes” was a great source to refer to for this...
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...Garbage collection Garbage collection is a process of releasing the memory used by the objects, which are no longer referenced. This is done in different ways and different manners in various platforms and languages. We will see how garbage collection is being done in .NET. The .Net Framework provides a new mechanism for releasing unreferenced objects from the memory (that is we no longer needed that objects in the program) ,this process is called Garbage Collection (GC). When a program creates an Object, the Object takes up the memory. Later when the program has no more references to that Object, the Object's memory becomes unreachable, but it is not immediately freed. The Garbage Collection checks to see if there are any Objects in the heap that are no longer being used by the application. If such Objects exist, then the memory used by these Objects can be reclaimed. So these unreferenced Objects should be removed from memory , then the other new Objects you create can find a place in the Heap. The reclaimed Objects have to be Finalized later. Finalization allows a resource to clean up after itself when it is being collected. This releasing of unreferenced Objects is happening automatically in .Net languages by the Garbage Collector (GC). The programming languages like C++, programmers are responsible for allocating memory for Objects they created in the application and reclaiming the memory when that Object is no longer needed for the program. In .Net languages there is...
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...Current Philosophy of Classroom Management Before this class I have current ideas of how a classroom should run. The following list follows my beliefs up to this point on these topics within a classroom. How the teacher should act : A teacher should remain professional at all times. A teacher should be warm and compassionate A teacher should be dedicated. A teacher should be hard-working. A teacher should be someone who provides a mutual trust. How students are expected to behave : A student should be involved with the class work. A student needs to be willing to learn. A student needs to communicate with teachers and classmates. A student needs to be courteous. A student should be able to obtain and give trust. What the classroom might look and feel like: A classroom should be warm and inviting. A classroom should be bright and exciting. A classroom should have posters and aids to promote learning. A classroom should contain the necessities such as desks, chairs, boards, teaching aids, etc. to promote the best learning available. How the teacher helps students conduct themselves properly : A student should be comfortable to talk with their teachers. A student should receive positive feedback with teachers. A student should feel successful due to a teacher's beliefs and attitudes toward the student. A student should feel motivated with the work given by a teacher. A student should be eager to learn due to the teachers provided learning environment. What...
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...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-1T48DIt24 Script You have just seen a video of Situational Leadership Theory being use to teach Constance how to cross a busy street safely. In the lecture we talked about how people develop skills over time and because of this, how the way we lead them needs to change. The questions you will answer now will demonstrate that you understand the principles of Situational Leadership. Test questions 1. In the video, Constance was first taught how to cross the street using a high task (S1) leadership style. This style was used because: a. The teacher’s priority was for Constance to learn to cross the street safely rather than increase her motivation, b. The teacher’s priority was to increase Constance’s motivation to cross the street on her own rather than help her learn how to cross the street safely, c. The teacher’s priority was for Constance to learn to cross the street and to increase her motivation at the same time, d. The teacher’s was letting Constance cross the street independently. a In this case a is the correct response. At this stage it is clear that Constance doesn’t know how to cross the street safely and so until she learns that, the focus must be on learning the task. This is also why c incorrect. If Constance knew how to cross the street but was reluctant to do so then b would be correct, and if she was both competent at the task and motivated then d would be right. 2. The second time...
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...Guillermo Furniture Store Scenario Tieshia Brewster University of Phoenix Dr. Larry Key, PhD Abstract A beautiful vacation spot in Sonora, Mexico has a large furniture manufacturing locate in North America. Guillermo has a furniture store nearby his home. The area has a significant supply lumbar for the particular tables and chairs sold by his company and cheap labor. On Guillermo hand craft product he price at a slight premium. Other than that life was tremendous for Guillermo until the 1990s when other competitors came into town pushing Guillermo to think of other ways of survival for his company. Guillermo Furniture Store Scenario Guillermo is using the decision- making process to correct reports both budgets and performance. Guillermo decision is to obtain a computer control lasher lathe, become a spokesperson for other manufacturers, or shall his finish goods. Guillermo can use production data using man hours, financial statements, and use the production hours to acute profits from selling the finish goods. This analysis should help Guillermo decide the market price of the tremendous property that he want to it he accept the spokesperson position. In order for Guillermo...
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...Thinking about another pregnancy Miscarriage* can be a very unhappy and frightening experience. Even some time later you may still be coping with feelings of shock and great sadness. You may also be feeling anxious about the future – especially about trying again. This leaflet looks at feelings and some of the facts about pregnancy after miscarriage. It talks about deciding whether to try again, and about timing. It also gives some information that may help you and your partner before and during another pregnancy. Reasons for and against You may want to try again because: • You simply want a baby – or another baby if you already have one. Even if you didn’t plan the last pregnancy, the miscarriage may have made you realise that’s what you want • It seems the best way to get over the ‘empty’ feeling that is common after miscarriage • You feel confident that the next pregnancy will go well • It’s important to your partner • You feel it’s your last chance – if you are an older mother, for example. Should we try again? You may feel quite confident about trying for another baby. But you may be very anxious about having another miscarriage. Or you may be worried about whether you will manage to conceive. “ 2 You feel so desperately empty after the loss and want to fill that void… * We generally use the word ‘miscarriage’ to cover early and late miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy and molar pregnancy. “ You may want to put off trying again because: • You fear...
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...Shame Is Worth a Try The argumentative Shame Is Worth a Try written by Dan M. Kahan is his point of view about shaming the public rather than sending useless harmful persons to jail. This article explains to readers about different shaming punishments and the way you perform these punishments. Also, Kahan discusses the courts choices and the way they see punishment by shaming. Kahan does a good job explaining and arguing the reasons behind why shaming is both good and bad. He explains the point of views from both liberal and conservative reformers. None the less the tone he uses, the diction he presents, and the example choices keep us wanting to know more. Kahan argues in favor of the use of shame as a punishment that is, “an effective, cheap, and humane alternative to imprisonment.” He tells us to think about the times when we were punished as children, and who punished us: teachers, parents or other authority figures. What kinds of bad behavior were we punished for? What type of punishment worked best to deter you from changing your ways? You may not remember everything from an incident but do you recall being ashamed and bashed in front of other people? The tone he chooses to get the point across is both sarcastic/funny and meaningful. He oddly adds phrases here and there to further the argument by using a stern tone to explain his seriousness. His quotes, that include different shaming requirements by law, help us better understand the circumstances in which shaming...
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...Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek οἰκονομία (oikonomia, "management of a household, administration") from οἶκος (oikos, "house") + νόμος (nomos, "custom" or "law"), hence "rules of the house(hold)".[1] Political economy was the earlier name for the subject, but economists in the late 19th century suggested "economics" as a shorter term for "economic science" that also avoided a narrow political-interest connotation and as similar in form to "mathematics", "ethics", and so forth.[2] A focus of the subject is how economic agents behave or interact and how economies work. Consistent with this, a primary textbook distinction is between microeconomics and macroeconomics. Microeconomics examines the behavior of basic elements in the economy, including individual agents (such as households and firms or as buyers and sellers) and markets, and their interactions. Macroeconomics analyzes the entire economy and issues affecting it, including unemployment, inflation, economic growth, and monetary and fiscal policy. Other broad distinctions include those between positive economics (describing "what is") and normative economics (advocating "what ought to be"); between economic theory and applied economics; between rational and behavioral economics; and between mainstream economics (more "orthodox" and dealing with the "rationality-individualism-equilibrium nexus")...
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...Syllabus Certified General Accountants Association of Canada 100 – 4200 North Fraser Way Burnaby, British Columbia Canada V5J 5K7 www.cga-canada.org © CGA-Canada, 2013 All rights reserved. These materials or parts thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner without the prior written permission of the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada. Printed in Canada ISBN for an individual volume: 978-1-55219-599-4 About CGA-CANADA _________________________________________ CGA-Canada today The CGA designation focuses on integrity, ethics, and the highest education requirements. Recognized as the country’s accounting business leaders, CGAs provide strategic counsel, financial leadership, and overall direction to all sectors of the Canadian economy. The Certified General Accountants Association of Canada — CGA-Canada — sets standards, develops education programs, publishes professional materials, advocates on public policy issues, and represents CGAs nationally and internationally. The Association represents 75,000 CGAs and students in Canada, Bermuda, the Caribbean, Hong Kong, and China. Mission CGA-Canada advances the interests of its members and the public through national and international representation and the establishment of professional standards, practices, and services. A proud history CGA-Canada was founded in Montréal in 1908 under the leadership of John Leslie, vicepresident of the Canadian Pacific Railway. From the beginning, its objective...
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...'Terror struck into the hearts of the enemies is not only a means, it is the end itself,' Brigadier S K Malik writes in Quranic Concept of War, a virtual textbook for the Pakistani military doctrine. The desecration of an Indian soldier's body by Pakistanis should come as no surprise. Have we forgotten what the Pakistanis did to Captain Saurabh Kalia in Kargil [ Images ] in 1999? Pakistan has a history of desecration of dead Indian soldiers even during the 1965 war. Barbaric behaviour by the Pakistanis is neither new nor a planned strategy, it is their habit! But that still leaves open the question: Why now? It is this that opens up intriguing possibilities. By all accounts relations between India [ Images ] and Pakistan were on the upswing, thanks to the perpetual sway of the 'peace at any (mostly our) cost' lobby's all pervasive presence and influence and the ruling dispensation that had its eyes set firmly on consolidating its vote bank before the 2014 general election. It is quite likely that the Pakistan army [ Images ] at this point in time saw no benefit in escalation of tensions on the Indian border when it is readying to reclaim its 'strategic depth' in Afghanistan post the US withdrawal. First, a few facts about the area of the recent clashes. The Nangi Tekdi area was captured from Pakistan in the 1971 war and has been a thorn for them ever since. Also, this is the area of the LoC that has the maximum number of divided families, unlike the Uri sector...
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...Question: A lot of people, especially younger generation, are dissatisfied with various aspects of the SAR. Write a letter to the editor to express your view on the government with at least 3 reasons. Dear editor, I am writing to express my dissatisfaction with some existing problems that cannot be solved by the government. Hong Kong seems to be developed in a way without any stumbling blocks, no matter in every aspect such as education, economy and society. There is no doubt that the economy is really prosperous nowadays. Yet, Hong Kong citizens, even the young generation likes me, are dissatisfied with a various kind of things which still have much room for improvement. There is definitely a need for ameliorating a multitude of problems thoroughly that I am going to illustrate. To commence with, I am really disappointed to the issue on the inadequate chance of getting into a university. In the territory, there are merely 10,000 places of bachelor degree within the 8 universities, which absolutely cannot meet the demand for it. Some may claim that many ways are provided students for continuing their studies such as associate degree, IVE, which is a truth. Unfortunately, Hongkongers are very pragmatic, thus surely focusing on your education level at the first glance when you are having interviews in the vast majority of companies. Once you are not a graduate, no opportunity will be given in almost occasion. That means the insufficiency of the place of degree directly contribute...
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...The Python Papers Monograph 2:17 Proceedings of PyCon Asia-Pacific 2010 Experiences in Building Python Automation Framework for Verification and Data Collections Juki Wirawan Tantra jw.tantra@gmail.com Abstract This paper describes our experiences in building a Python automation framework. Specifically, the automation framework is used to support verification and data collection scripts. The scripts control various test equipments in addition to the device under test (DUT) to characterize a specific performance with a specific configuration or to evaluate the correctness of the behaviour of the DUT. The specific focus on this paper is on documenting our experiences in building an automation framework using Python: on the purposes, goals and the benefits, rather than on a tutorial of how to build such a framework. 1. Introduction I work in a growing IC design company that focuses on wireless solutions. The project described in this paper was developed when we were developing the fifth generation of our product. We were facing huge challenges for this project: our product's feature sets have grown so much that manual verification of the features require more than 2 months (and this would involve most of the engineering team doing manual tests). Recent economic situation prohibited any further investment, both for manpowers and tools. However, the project needs to be completed on time, or we would risked losing a significant potential business...
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...Case note Più affidabilità ed efficienza: così si rinnova il cementificio La produzione del cemento richiede grandi quantitativi di energia, oltre che di materie prime. Nello stabilimento di Merone (Como) del gruppo Holcim un intervento di adeguamento impiantistico realizzato con la collaborazione di ABB ha migliorato il processo e ridotto i consumi energetici ben al di sopra delle aspettative. Azienda leader Fondato nel 1928, il cementificio di Merone è stata una realtà storica nel campo dei materiali per costruzioni. Nel 1996 è stato acquisito dal gruppo svizzero Holderbank, che ha assunto il nome di Holcim dal 2001, e oggi fa quindi parte di uno dei maggiori gruppi mondiali nel settore del cemento, con 80 mila dipendenti in 70 Paesi. In Italia Holcim produce cemento in tre stabilimenti: Merone e Ternate (Varese) comprendono la fase di cottura e sono a ciclo completo, mentre Ravenna è centro di macinazione. Tradizionalmente il mestiere svolto da Holcim (Italia) consiste nella produzione di cemento ma, negli anni, l’attività è stata estesa alla produzione di altri materiali da costruzione come gli aggregati (sabbia e ghiaia) e il calcestruzzo, divenendo così un Gruppo fortemente integrato e una realtà industriale importante del Nord Ovest d’Italia. La posizione strategica sul territorio è il principale vantaggio competitivo di Holcim, unico operatore del settore in grado di servire il mercato della Lombardia con cemento, aggregati e calcestruzzo. Parallelamente alle attività...
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