...Leon Ball Creative Writing Final The Deal The sound of shoes walking on the tile floor was echoing throughout the entire mall. The heels clicking, sneakers were squeaking, and the flip flops smacking the floor as the people of the Colorado Springs mall, the south end location, were walking around with their family and friends trying to enjoy the day. Sarah Tolsen was spending the day at the mall with her friends trying to just enjoy the day. Sarah is new to this town and she has been trying to fit in with a clique of girls at her school. The girls that Sarah was trying to fit into were plotting on how they could initiate her into their little group. They all finally decided that they were going to make her steal something to prove she belonged in their group. Once Sarah heard what she had to do she hesitated at first and knew that these girls wouldn't truly be her friends if they didn't care if she got in trouble or not. She decided that if she had to spend another four years in her high school that she was going to need friends, even if they weren't really her friends for life. Sarah took a deep breath and started to walk towards the entrance of a store that sold accessories for young women. There were handbags of all colors and shapes, hair clips with feathers attached, and a wall with nothing but jewelry that glistened under the lights in the store. Sarah tried not to draw attention to herself as she scoped out the store and determine what would be the easiest thing...
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...Quitclaim Deed This Quitclaim Deed made 11/10/2010, by Diversified Property Group Inc. ("Transferor") 11022 E. Boone, Spokane Valley, Washington,99206 to: Transferor, in consideration of One Dollar and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, remises, releases, and forever quitclaims to Transferee all of the interest of Transferor, if any, in an to that real property located in the County of Spokane, and State of Washington, and more certainly described as follows: The East 185 feet of the North 139 feet of Trac 51, Opportunity, according to Plat recorded in Volume "k" of Plats, Pages 20, 22 and 23, in the City of Spokane Valley, Spokane County, Washington Parcel NOS. 45162.0945 and 45162.0938. Subject To lien in favor of WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE; and Subject To restrictive covenants, easements and encumbrances of record. To have and to hold, all and singular the described property, together with the tenements, hereditaments, and appurtenances belonging to such property, or in anywise appertaining, and the rents, issues, and profits of such property to Transferee, and Transferee's heirs and assigns forever. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Transferor has executed this Quitclaim Deed on the date first above written. Diversified Property By: ______________________________ Acknowledgment State of ________________ ) ...
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...Amy Hall History Spurgeon 31 March 2006 President Roosevelt and the New Deal The Great Depression was one of the greatest collapses in American social and cultural life. The complacency of the flourishing “Roaring Twenties” led to the Stock Market Crash, and the American Dream was rudely shattered. Those who had previously prided themselves on the ability to provide security for their families were now faced with the harsh reality of poverty. As faith in capitalism soon evaporated, Americans began to look to the government for salvation. Hoover was blamed for his lack of intervention after the collapse of the economy, but just when things were looking their worst, things changed. A new man was elected President. His name was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and he is recognized as the President who saved the country from ultimate atrophy. True, it was World War I that really ended the Depression, but had it not been for Roosevelt and the adoption of the New Deal, the economic slump of the depression may never have ended. Roosevelt entered office with no plan to deal with the depression. He was willing to try anything and the New Deal became the likely path. It was very experimental and very risky. President Roosevelt promised immediate action to end the Depression, and he kept his promises. The day after his inauguration, he called a special session for Congress. It was here that he declared a national Bank Holiday, where all banks in the U.S. were forced to shut...
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...Grade Received - "A" The United States is experiencing inflation, increased unemployment, and escalating gas prices. A 71-year-old food company is associated with hard times, and as the economy heads downward, the product bucks the cycle and enjoys sales increases. During the down economy, marketers are experimenting with various tactics to entice consumers to buy. Cars come with free or cut rate gas; buy a gift card for a friend, and you get one free; and the supermarket is full of 2-for-1 specials each week. Excluding the supermarket deals, choose a product and marketing campaign that targets buyers in a down economy. Discuss the effectiveness of the campaign and how you might improve upon it. Be sure to include your thoughts on competition and differentiation (3 paragraphs total for the post). With the way the economy seems to be going, it is not getting better anytime soon. I see small businesses shutting down, and not to mention big businesses going out of business. An EntertainMart in my area recently went out of business. It is a business that sells movies, music, MP3 players, video games and posters. I thought it would do well but that is what I get for thinking. I still see blockbusters slowly but surely going out of business in my area. I am surprised that they lasted as long as they did. With the way the economy is, more and more people are moving to Hulu, Red Box and Netflix. There are still companies that are out there still striving to bring business...
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...Obama’s Deal Author: PBS Frontline This video was about Obama’s goal to pass new healthcare legislation and how he succeeded. Obama set out to get this accomplished at the very beginning of his term. This was a task that he and his team realized would make or break his first term. If Obamacare didn’t work out he might not have been voted in for a second term. The biggest impact to his healthcare mission was the team he built up. President Obama had congressional leaders and previous members working closely with his to make his goals a reality. One of the biggest proponents of Obama’s healthcare reform was his Chief of staff Rom Emanuel. Rom Emanuel knew a lot about healthcare from working with President Clinton who also tried to pass a bill on healthcare reform. Unlike Obama’s bill, Clinton’s was destroyed by all the negative ads on TV about the plan saying “If the government will choose, we lose.” Although Obama and his team hit a few bumps in the road the bill was still able to pass through both houses of Congress. President Obama was mainly able to get the bill to pass through Congress because of his deals that he made with Senators. Karen Ignani, the head of the insurance agencies, got into a battle with Obama over the public option. The attack ads began to fly. This caused important leaders in the Senate to side with the insurance companies. It would cost President Obama and his staff a lot of deals to get the votes. Including over one hundred million tax payer dollars...
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...A REPORT ON Business Development and Consumer Satisfaction, with special reference to MyDeals247, Bangalore Submitted to: Jain University- CENTER FOR MANAGEMENT STUDIES Bangalore, Karnataka As partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for Bachelors degree in Business Management (August-September, 2013) (Guide) Submitted by Anand Puthanpurayil Jain University-CENTER FOR MANAGEMENT STUDIES (JU-CMS) #1/1-1, Atria Towers, Palace Road Bangalore, KA 560001 DECLARATION BY THE STUDENT I hereby declare, that this project titled Business Development and Consumer Satisfaction undertaken at MyDeals, Bangalore has been submitted by me for the recognition of Bachelors in Business Management, as partial fulfillment of the requirements for Undergraduate Degree in Business Management (2011-2014). This is the result of original work carried out by me. This report has not been submitted anywhere else for awards of any other degree/diploma. Anand Puthanpurayil Signature of the Student Date: CERTIFICATE BY THE GUIDE This is to certify that Anand Puthanpurayil has carried out this project report titled “Business Development and Consumer Satisfaction” undertaken at MyDeals, Bangalore, as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Undergraduate Degree in Business Management (2011-14), under my guidance during the academic session August- September, 2013. It is also certified that the...
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...Spotify first appeared in the United States twelve months ago. A small Swedish import with a ‘freemium’ music streaming model and an interesting group of backers (including ex-Napsterer Sean Parker), Spotify was a highly anticipated new product. Indeed Spotify raised money last week from Goldman Sachs at a cool $3bn valuation – almost as much as the financier Len Blavatnik recently paid for Warner Music Group, the 54 year old label of Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, P-Diddy, and Jason Mraz. And yet, there are many left unsatisfied. Artists such as Lady Gaga complain about the pitiful $160 she received from 1 million plays of ‘Poker Face’ on Spotify. Consumers complain about the $10 per month price tag to get Spotify on their smartphone. Labels haven’t said much. Yet. The truth is that Spotify is a good revenue generator for labels – indeed many reports suggest Spotify is second only to iTunes in terms of revenue generation, yet at what cost? The Beatles, AC/DC and, more recently, Coldplay have all held content off Spotify, presumably because of the age-old industry fear: cannibalization (especially of traditional iTunes download sales). The history of the music industry has been typified by a fear of cannibalizing existing sales: vinyl cannibalizing live; CDs cannibalizing vinyl; downloads cannibalizing CDs. Is this simply another case of fear holding back labels and artists from embracing a new model that’s inevitable? As Steve Jobs famously said, “If you don’t cannibalize...
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...President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal was an intensely politically active time, and in addition, American society was tremendously impacted by New Deal legislation. It can be justified to call the New Deal a revolutionary break with the past, rather than to say the New Deal was primarily conservative, pursuing to make only those new additions to legislation in order to prevent revolutionary changes. The New Deal increased the power of the Federal Government and brought about change to the citizens of the United States. Furthermore, the main goals of the relief programs created during the New Deal were to increase employment, and to stabilize the economy. Nevertheless, there were other important factors concerning relief policies such as voting, and the influence it had on retail sales. Although President Roosevelt thought that the New Deal would benefit Americans by increasing employment nationwide, the fact is the plan actually slowed the United States’ recovery from the Great Depression. On July 24, 1933, President Roosevelt stated to the public on the radio: To the men and women whose lives have been darkened by the fact of the fear of unemployment, I am justified in saying a word of encouragement because the codes and the agreements already approved, or about to be passed upon, prove that the plan does raise wages, and that it does put people back to work.1 President Roosevelt wanted to use government power in order to return the people and their economy to...
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...New Deal Essay Your name The New Deal changed the role of the federal government by making them more involved in big business. During Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first term he implemented the plan. It consisted of the three R’s relief, recovery, and reform. The role of the government before the New Deal wasn’t very involved. President Hoover believed in government staying out of private industry. Mostly Hoover believed that the business cycle would happen. Then we would get out of the recession. The only thing he did was raise tariffs. That really hurt us in the long run with competion. The economic changes in the country were things like the Social Security Act that gave payment to the elderly. The National Recovery Act dealt with prohibition and setting fair price so we wouldn’t get into another economic mess. The Economy Act was to balance out the budget through saving. The Tennessee Valley Authority Act allowed the federal government to build dams and power plants in the Tennessee Valley to bring up the industry in the southern region. The Emergency Banking Act gave administration the right to regulate the banks. The Federal Securities Act stiffened the regulation of the securities business. It regulated the stock market and set rules to make sure it a fair business ventures. The Home Owners Refinancing Act would later establish the Home Owners Loan Corporation to refinance non-farm...
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...Virtually every human activity – ranging from obtaining an education to starting a family – is carried out within an organization. According to Bolman and Deal, everyone unconsciously forms frames or mental models which they use to understand and negotiate the organizations that they belong to. These frames can be compared to tools; using the right tool correctly speeds up an activity while using the wrong tool may get in the way and cause complications. The Bolman and Deal model suggests that all organizations can be analyzed through the structural, human resource, political and symbolic frames. The structural frame revolves around roles, policies and technology environment of the organization. The human resource frame focuses on the needs, skill and relationship between the people and the organization. The political frame focuses on power, conflict and competition within the organization while the symbolic frame deals with the organization’s culture, rituals and symbols. Although the frames offer distinct viewpoints, I think they sometimes can and should be combined to gain a more complete overview of the organization. Teamwork is a very important concept to many organizations today and the Bolman and Deal model considers teamwork from different frames. The model defines a team as a small number of people with complementary skills who have a common purpose and a set of performance goals (111). While the structural frame proposes that the success of a team depends on the way...
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...Dell delisting, and share valuation concerns MOHAN R. LAVI SHARE · COMMENT (1) · PRINT · T+ As with Dell, questions on the offer price have arisen in the case of Cadbury in India. The story of Dell represents the story of American enterprise. Started in a college dormitory room, and making products that the technology age devoured with passion, the company wasted no time in catapulting itself to a market capitalisation of more than $100 billion. For some time, it was also the darling of the stock market. In stark contrast, last week, Dell unveiled a buyout deal to take the company private. The $24.4-billion buyout would be financed with Michael Dell’s cash and equity, cash from Silver Lake, and a $2 billion credit line from Microsoft. Four major investment banks — Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Credit Suisse and RBC Capital Markets — are financing the debt. The primary intention behind the go-private move appears to be to escape the harsh glare of the markets with iffy quarterly results and to focus on strategy without being hounded by analysts. It could well be a combination of many factors, but the fact that cannot be denied is that Dell has been bleeding because of the shift in the market to smartphones and tablets and its inability to play catch-up. Further bleeding could have only hammered its stock price. While the buyout can help it avoid quarterly analysis and questions, delisting could also prevent Dell from building a war-chest for future acquisitions. ...
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...The Out come of the deal is Royalty $175,000 and 10% of the list price if sales reaches 200,000 copies in a year, otherwise 7% of the list price. we started the discussion with agent explaining about the experience of the author in this field and she is a well known name in the field of Behavioral Decision research (BDR). Slovsky’s has a keen interest in writing this book and this will the first of its kind helping the small investors. Publisher than stated as the author is new and its her first book. So it will be good to with $100,000. Agent told seeing the vast experience and mission of Slovosky this is a below par offer for the book. Publisher told that, since she is new into the market of book writing, it will not be an easy task to reach the mass and thus they will have to put in a lot of money for the Marketing Cost. So the best he can give is $150,000 Then Agent countered with the point that he has a vast experience in such kind of book deal and this can easily give you a lot returns. As the book is first of it’s kind in the market which looks to the core of finance and not the technical side of it, so easy to target a broader Audience. Then we got upto our final outcome of the deal, Royalty $175,000 and 10% of the list price if sales reaches 200,000 copies in a year, otherwise 7% of the list...
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...17 Negotiating deals Don’t ever slam a door. You might want to go back in. Don Herold, US negotiator Listed below are the ten most common high-pressure tactics negotiators use. Match each to its description. The first one has been done for you. Tactics 1 The shock opener 2 The vinegar and honey technique 3 The strictly off-limits ploy 4 The take-is -or-leave-it challenge 5 The I’ll-have-to-check-with-head-office ploy 6 The sorry-about-my-English poly 7 The good cop, bad cop approach 8 The once-in-a-lifetime offer 9 The salami technique 10 The last-minute demand Description a Make it look as though you are ready to leave the negotiating table if your demands are not met, that you are not prepared to move an inch further. b Point out at the start that, though you are prepared to negotiate A, B and C; X, Y and Z are definitely not negotiable. c Having obtained a concession from your opponent, inform them that you need your boss’s approval before you can do what they ask in return. d Make unreasonable demands early on in the negotiation. When you later ‘see reason’ and modiry your demands, they’ll be all the more welcome. f Don’t make all your demands right at the start. Make a small demand and get agreement on it before you make the next, and the next… g Pretend not to understand any proposal you don’t like the sound of. You’ll make your opponent uncomfortable by forcing them to repeat it. h Pressurise your opponent by suggesting that...
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...Texas A&M – Central Texas Advising Guide 2014-2015 Catalog MASTER OF SCIENCE Clinical Mental Health Counseling Clinical Mental Health Counselor (CMHC) 60 Hour Program Advisor Student Name Address Telephone (home) Undergraduate Major SSN Upper Level GPA 57 Semester Hours of Counseling Psychology Core Courses MHCK 550 Foundations of Counseling and Psychology MHCK 591 Ethical Foundations of Counseling MHCK 500 Behavioral Statistics MHCK 553 Personality & Counseling Theories & Applications MHCK 557 Methods and Practices in Counseling MHCK 501 Research Methods MHCK 554 Group Procedures for Counselors MHCK 558 Counseling Perspectives on Psychopathology MHCK 504 Human Development MHCK 511 Culture, Minority, and Gender Issues MHCK 556 Introduction to Family Counseling MHCK 505 Practicum I: Field Experience MHCK 581 Assessment & Evaluation Fundamentals MHCK 583 Consultation and Supervision MHCK 595 Internship in Counseling I MHCK 513 Crisis Intervention and Management of Individuals MHCK 551 Career Counseling and Guidance MHCK 596 Internship in Counseling II MHCK 594 Substance Abuse Date ZIP (work) GRE TAKEN FIRST, Must be completed before Practicum I Must be completed before Practicum I Pre Req to MHCK 501 Must be completed before Practicum I Must be completed before Practicum I Must be completed before Practicum I Must be completed before Practicum I Must be taken AFTER Practicum I 3 Semester Hours of an Elective Course from...
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...The New Deal and the Pros and the Cons The Great Depression was the worst both economically and physically for the country. Roosevelt was elected in 1932 and began to bring relief with his New Deal. In his first 100 days as President, sixteen pieces of legislation were passed by Congress, He was re-elected twice, and quickly gained the trust of the American people. The New Deal policies helped the United States economy greatly, but some hurt the country . One particularly was the Agricultural Adjustment Act, which was later declared unconstitutional by Congress. Lots things also stayed very consistent in the New Deal. For example, the Civilian Conservation Corps, and Social Security, since Americans were looking for any help they could get, these acts weren't seen as a detrimental at first. Overall, Roosevelt's New Deal was a success, but it also had lots of stumbling points. Roosevelt proposed to pay farmers for cutting back on production producing. It was supposed to help increase farm prices by decreasing the supply. The government had to deal with the existing surplus .There were a total of six million pigs slaughtered, ten million acres of cotton were burnt. The government wanted to create a shortage to drive the prices up for the farmers. It back fired. The farmers’ income would have been at least as high, if not higher even without Roosevelt's AAA. The farmers found themselves worse off because the National Recovery Administration...
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