...Dirt! The Movie Response Throughout the world times are changing and people have become careless and insatiable. Many people don’t appreciate the material beneath our feet because they don’t understand what dirt does for us. Dirt is alive and has all kingdoms of life and from the amount of species that live in dirt; dirt may be more alive than we are. If people would take the time to see how dirt has evolved through time then maybe more people would try helping it instead of endangering it through damaging courses such as agriculture, mining, and more. I feel that if we want to improve the soil we need the efforts of everyone. If students and faculty helped make an edible garden with composting, potential green roofs, or created a campus wide green day, we would be helping the dirt one step at a time. Students and faculty should make an edible garden that anyone that wants to participate in can help and mend. An edible garden will be efficient because we can grow our own food using our own waste that we composted. If the faculty could find an area that they won’t be using we should create a waste site where we can put leaves, banana peels, coffee grounds, egg shells, paper, and grass clippings, and more in it. These things decompose into the ground and when mixed they become compost, which is used for fertilizing the soil. This will get us fresh soil to help our vegetables and edible garden to grow better. This garden will let people eat healthier food substances and take...
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...Dirt ties in the essential elements of life such as food, water and natural elements. The organic compounds, which make up the soil, support all living organism and any life form could not sustain without it. Three services it provides are food, water and natures elements; simply, without these we would not be able to survive. Dirt is the very base of life on Earth because it has most of the important nutrients in which plants need to grow; those plants in turn feed animals and humans. Dirt is also where much of our fresh water is stored. Fresh water travels through the soil being filtered as it goes. It often ends up in underwater rivers called aquifers where we can get it when we need it. Thanks to dirt, we have clean, fresh water to drink and food to eat. Many industries and activities are having an adverse impact on dirt for example agriculture and runoff. The current type of agriculture uses monocultures. A monoculture is when a large amount of one crop planted in a field. This has detrimental effects on the soil because this crop takes in the nutrient out of the soil, leaving it deficient and unable to sustain other crops. The monocultures also attract many pests. Since there are no other plants that would attract other pests, which in turn would make these pests compete and therefore regulate the amount of insects, farmers uses a large amount of pesticides and insecticides. Farmers overuse these toxic substances and because the soil is deprived, it is not able to take...
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...Works Cited Blogs.hbr.org. Harvard Business Review, 4 Feb. 2008. Web. 19 Nov. 2013. John Baldoni writes for the prestigious and topnotch Harvard Business Review. I am going to use this article in my paper by using the three key topics he writes about. “Hone your skills,” is the first topic he writes about by saying that if you are going to be a good leader, you need to first, hone your own personal skills. The second topic is “know Yourself”. If you expect to be a great leader, you have to know who you are on the inside before you can lead others. Next, “Set The Right Example.” To be a good leader, you must be a good example, you want others to do good under your leadership. Boston.com. Globe Newspaper Company, 13 May 2010. Web. 20 Nov. 2013. Shalise Manza Young writes for the leading web-based sports website for the city of Boston. I am going to use this source for Tom Brady’s personal quotes. This article is full of Tom Brady’s insight on leadership. He talks about how important it is to him to be a good leader to his friends, family, strangers, and every person he comes into contact with. He talks about in this article what really makes him think about leadership and his strive and selflessness. Deckplateleader.wordpress.com. Deckplate Leadership, 30 Dec. 2007. Web. 2013. Deckplate Leadership is the most credible and usefull website on the most inspiring people and the greatest leaders. In this article, Deckplate gives twenty reasons why Tom Brady is an outstanding...
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...THE OTHER ROAD: THE ROAD NOT TAKEN Barbara Smith ENG 102 Professor Downie February 15, 2012 Edited On: March 7, 2012 The Other Road Not Taken Outline Thesis: In the following paper, Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”, will be broken up to show the themes, settings, and symbolism. I. Introduction II. Themes A. Choice B. Dreams, Hopes and Plans C. Man and the Natural World D. Exploration III. Settings A. Forest B. On a gravel or dirt road IV. Symbolism A. Roads B. Nature V. Conclusion The Other Road Not Taken Speaking on roads that are not taken can literally be analyzed on a personal stance. Before I get into the poem I would just like to take the time to make this a reality. We all know the singer Whitney Houston passed away a few weeks ago. Her life can be analyzed as being two roads and which one she should have taken. Whitney grew up in a church in New Jersey where she began singing in the church choir. Her career took off in 1987 officially. Fast forward a few years and the good girl we knew seemed to crumble up before our eyes. Whitney married Bobby Brown and had a daughter Bobbi Kristina. Whitney and Bobby’s relationship soon became a downhill ride over powered by drugs and alcohol. We thought by looking at her, that her career was over. She proved us wrong by coming back more faith driven than ever before and with a new attitude. You see in “The Road Not Taken”, you have a decision to make as to which...
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...Dirt Bikes USA Running Case Study Bryan Gaine Melissa Kelly Brad Michels Erica Riley Table of Contents Management Analysis of a Business .....................................................................................4 Analyzing Financial Performance..........................................................................................5 Competitive Analysis .............................................................................................................7 Analyzing the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of Desktop Software Assets .......................8 New Customer Database Design ...........................................................................................9 Using Internet Tools to Increase Efficiency and Productivity ...............................................10 -2- Table of Charts Table 1: Dirt Bikes USA Sales History from 2001 to 2005 .................................................. 5 Table 2: Domestic vs. International Sales from 2001 to 2005 ...............................................6 Table 3: Statement of Income ................................................................................................6 Table 4: Software Suites ........................................................................................................8 Table 5: Customer Database ..................................................................................................9 Table 6: Internet Tools Matrix .............
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...Internet Tools and Dirt Bikes By: Anthony Williams Based upon the information given to us, Dirt Bikes first order of business should be to sit down and draw up a plan regarding how they will proceed and what they will need to achieve that goal followed by an Internet and Information and tools usage policy. First thing to determine is how many of Dirt Bikes employees actually need computers or mobile devices and of those that need a PC or mobile device, who needs access to the internet in order to do their job. Like everything else, without a plan as in many other business aspects, implementation of an Intranet is doomed to fail without being properly planned. After determining their needs we need to look at the benefits of intranets for Sales and Marketing, Human Resources and Manufacturing and Production. An intranet is inexpensive to implement and easy to use. Because a majority of people surf the web/internet already, implementation and learning how to use the company intranet should be fairly easy. Intranets are also scalable and flexible which means as the company increases production and or size so can its intranet. Intranets can integrate data from diverse sources, such as manufacturing and production along with sales and marketing, external competitor research, etcetera. Company intranets with different focuses can offer Dirt Bikes many benefits such as improved decision making, empowering users to be part of the process and have input by building a...
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...Dirt Bike Inc. is a company that manufactures and sells its own brand of off road motorcycles. In order for the company to increase sale, better market, reduce labor, and secure private information some changes have to be made. The meaning of this paper is to provide supervision on how the intranet and information technology services can be beneficial for Dirt Bikes Inc. Companies that start off small, and in time gain success, can only uphold that success by investing a percentage of their yearly profits back into the company. Over the years Dirt Bike has evolved into a profitable company and yet they are still willing to find a new way of increasing sales, and making their company more significant. Dirt Bike has a hundred or more employees that are divided up into different departments. There is a sales team, and marketing, Human Resource department and an engineering and production department. Dirt Bike provides internet access and desktop computers to its staff. But in order to become more effective and to better customer services clients and consumers changes need to be made. In business today it is a necessity for communication channels to be as proficient as possible. Dirt Bikes’ current means of communication is out of date and without further investment in technology, will hold back the operations and growth of the organization. A complete overhaul of the IT communication is recommended. Although there are significant costs associated with implementing a new...
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...APA Alan Jankewicz 205 12152012 Dorch APA After evaluating the Dirt Bikes organization, I recommend the following solutions: Since the Dirt Bikes organization already provides Internet access to all employees who use desktop computers, it would be beneficial to create a private network by using the existing network infrastructure paired up with Internet connectivity standards and software developed for the World Wide Web (WWW). According to Laudon and Laudon (2009), Internet networking standards and Web technology used to create private networks are called intranets. An intranet is private and secure and is protected by a firewall which prevents unauthorized individuals from entering the network. Intranet software technology and that of the WWW is the same. Having quick access to accurate information can be vital to a sales and marketing department. The sales and marketing department could benefit from using an intranet by being able to look up sales reports, product information, marketing analysis, and researching competitors are just one click away. The human resources department could benefit from having an intranet because they could eliminate using large amounts of paper. The human resources department could upload employee handbooks, benefits information, job listings and applications, newsletters, and new employee interactive training, as well as other information that would save paper costs. The manufacturing and production departments could benefit from...
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...Dirt Bike’s Internet Tools Ann Isaacs IT205 – Management of Information Systems November 10, 2013 Karen Cann Communication is a key element in the success of any business and an intranet is just the way to help your business accomplish this task. The use of intranets within an organization such as Dirt Bikes will prove to be beneficial in increasing sales, communication between employees, vendors, suppliers and provide up-to-date information to all types of customers. Human Resources, Sales and Marketing, Manufacturing and Production are all teams that can benefit from this service. The Intranet enables the company to incorporate information from customers and vendors in an effort to find their own business process, resulting in finding the best solution for each. Employees can access company information from anywhere, not just at the office. The ease of use is very promising and unlike older systems everyone can be on the same system. Sales and Marketing departments can benefit from intranets, providing accurate and quick access of reports, marketing initiatives, product information, and competitor’s offers or sales. Very different from the internet, an intranet is an internal system within a company that all employees can access. The intranet will serve the purpose of provoking organization, communication and process simplification. The intranet will provide a company and its employees first hand access to advertising and marketing, company...
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...Dirt Bikes Dirt Bikes USA is a small company headquartered in Carbondale Colorado that manufactures and sells its own brand of off-road motorcycles. It was founded in 1993 to product dirt bikes that could be customized for racing and off-road recreational riding using the best quality components and parts from all over the world. The company has continued to grow and now faces a new set of challenges and opportunities. You have been asked to serve as a consultant to apply your information systems knowledge to help Dirt Bikes solve some of the problems it is encountering. Dirt Bikes USA was founded in 1993 by Carl Schmidt and Steven McFadden, two young but experienced bikers with engineering backgrounds who saw that dirt bikes were becoming very popular in the United States as both sporting and racing motorcycles. They developed frames for dirt bikes that were more suited to off-road handling and started using these frames to build their own dirt bike models using motorcycle engines manufactured by other companies, such as Honda and Rotax Motors of Austria. Riding on one of their customized dirt bikes, Steven finished first in the famous Barstow to Las Vegas race. There was so much interest in Carl and Steve’s bikes that they decided to open a production facility that could manufacture large numbers of their dirt bikes for the retail market. They opened a small production facility in Carbondale which has since expanded to house 120 workers involved in production, design...
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...Sharon Reid Management of Information Systems Professor Adkins Week 4 Internet Tools at Dirt Bikes December 4, 2013 Since the Dirt Bikes organization already provides Internet access to all employees who use desktop computers, it would be beneficial to create a private network by using the existing network infrastructure paired up with Internet connectivity standards and software developed for the World Wide Web (WWW). According to Laudon and Laudon (2009), Internet networking standards and Web technology used to create private networks are called intranets. An intranet is private and secure and is protected by a firewall which prevents unauthorized individuals from entering the network. Intranet software technology and that of the WWW is the same. Intranet benefits having quick access to accurate information can be vital to a sales and marketing department. The sales and marketing department could benefit from using an intranet by being able to look up sales reports, product information, marketing analysis, and researching competitors are just one click away. The human resources department could benefit from having an intranet because they could eliminate using large amounts of paper. The human resources department could upload employee handbooks, benefits information, job listings and applications, newsletters, and new employee interactive training, as well as other information that would save paper costs. The manufacturing and production departments...
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...Dirt Bikes' Management Dirt Bikes’ management is concerned about how much money they have been spending on communicating with people inside and outside the organization. I have designed a strategy on how to use internet tools and technology to help Dirt Bikes’ employees communicate and obtain information more efficiently, earning revenue and creating marketing opportunities. Everything about a company must be broken down and looked at so that a person can see where the problems are coming from and how to solve them. Sometimes it is not the company, but the fact the company has not upgraded to the use of updated technology. The key is to integrate their current technology and business structure through the intranet and internet. The intranet is highly beneficial to Dirt Bikes’ business because it allows all of the employee’s instant access to job tools and services that help to increase productivity. The intranet is a collection of private computer networks within an organization, this will help them to be more productive, safer and protected. It uses network technologies as a tool to facilitate communication between people and it is also designed to improve data sharing capabilities. The Human Resources Department as well as sales and marketing can benefit thru the Intranet structure. The section of the Intranet for these departments will include links for employees to access information for their wages, company benefits, online W-2 access and more. It would also be designed...
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...Dirt Bikes IT/205 February 12, 2012 Dirt Bikes In reviewing the information available regarding Dirt Bikes’ operating system, there are a few recommendations that will help the organization improve their communication and costs. Starting with incorporating a local area network (LAN) would allow a better line of communication between each employee, as well as able to obtain information more efficiently. Building an intranet system will support the organization in allowing employees to access information stored from a central depository such as a database server. Dirt Bikes’ can also implement a Voice over IP system. The first recommendation is for Dirt Bikes’ to introduce a local area network to allow all the computers to communicate with one another all with in the same network. Creating a local area network in a star topology format will let all the computers flow through one hub, so that if one computer loses connection it does not affect the rest of the systems. The company should use a copper medium, such as a twisted wire cable to allow transmission between different network elements within the local area network. Building a local-area network and connecting it to the Internet will provide access to remote locations and wide area networks (WAN) to reach a global area. Introducing a server that is available on the intranet would benefit all the departments by introducing a central depository of information easily accessible and will help with the sharing of...
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...As per the analysis the financial statements of Dirt Bikes Company and the results are given as follows. The sales figures are represented in both aspects i.e. domestic and international. Sales trend Note: The increase and decrease in sales criteria is represented by following graphs. Result * The above graph shows the overall sales has increased up to year 2006 and has decreased in 2007. * The sales pattern of the individual products have been shown in a separate graph as domestic and international sales trends. * The sales trends of the Enduro series follow the overall sales trend but the Motos have maintained their sales more or less. * Motos have not shown the increase in sales as in early 2000’s. The following graph shows the trends of sales in all products. * * As the trend is same as 2005 for years before 2005,we we restrict ourselves to last three years * Observing this we find Enduro 250’s sales has shown more elastic changes than others. * Following table will show the trend in changes in sales as percentages. Year | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | Enduro 250 | 38% | 38% | 1% | -5% | Enduro 550 | 16% | 14% | 8% | -11% | Moto 300 | 10% | 27% | 7% | 0% | Moto 450 | 29% | 11% | 17% | 6% | SALES(% change) | 20% | 22% | 7% | -5% | * Both the Enduro bikes sales figures show elasticity. Enduro 250’s percentage change shows 37 percentage points decrease. * Enduro 550’s percentage decrease in sales in 11. * These bikes’...
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...The Uncommon Reader The novella “The Uncommon Reader” by Alan Bennett is based on the story of a queen. It focuses on her transformation to be from a queen responsible for the everyday ‘noble’ chores to a vivid reader. It traces a journey of how it all began and eventually led to the queen accepting the thoughts of the author and then after a period of addiction, how she becomes a writer. Towards the beginning of the novella, the queen was not that fond of reading. Reading was just a commonplace task that some people did for the sake of it. It didn’t fascinate her at all. As expected from a queen of such high stature, her job was to make sure that the state was functioning in a smooth fashion. She didn’t take reading as a very noble task, as according to novella, she was a doer ‘reading wasn’t doing-she was a doer’. Hence owing to this very fact, the Queen had a very low and derogatory opinion about reading. The Queen had this psyche which made her finish a book once she started it, regardless of the fact that she liked it or not. She didn’t read it with an impulse to learn and build on her knowledge. The novella also states that Queen didn’t like being contradicted, and if she came across any reading that wasn’t in line with her thoughts and actions, she used to lose her patience at it. Her lack of interest in reading can be judged by the incident when Norman, a servant sarcastically remarked about her reading sense by stating that the book ‘My dog Tulip’, must be comprehended...
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