...Running head: NARRATIVE ESSAY Literacy Narrative Ryan Hickey Western Governors University Student ID # 000504445 NARRATIVE ESSAY 2 Literacy Narrative I have never been fond of fluorescent lights. Their low almost inaudible hum, their constant flickering, and how they seem to bathe the room in a bluish/purplish hue, always seemed to put me on edge. I always tried to be the first one to arrive, and I usually was. Sitting alone in the empty conference room always seemed almost alien to me, even though I had been there many times before. Perhaps it was the anticipation of the upcoming work that caused it, or my body's self defense mechanism releasing adrenaline before the upcoming verbal sparring that always transpired. Whatever it was, it seemed to enhance my surroundings. The hum of the air conditioning clicking on, the whirl of the overhead fans, and the faint hum of the fluorescent lighting. It seemed like eternity had passed before everyone started to slowly trickle in. I scrutinize each person as they entered the room and have a seat at the long oak conference table. It never ceases to amaze me how each person was very different, with little in common. It was a true melting pot in every sense. The only real common thread was baseball. "This is what it takes to run a major league franchise, getting perspective from every possible background" I thought to myself. It was in these player evaluation meetings where I truly grasped the challenging task of being able to effectively...
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......................................................................... 3 Steps Involved in Secondary Research........................................................................................ 3 Advantages and Disadvantages of Secondary Research ............................................................. 4 Deciding Whether or Not to Outsource Secondary Research ..................................................... 5 OUTSOURCING SECONDARY RESEARCH: ........................................................................ 6 CONDUCTING SECONDARY RESEARCH USING INTERNAL RESOURCES:.............. 7 1. Identifying Sources of Information ........................................................................................ 7 2. Gathering Existing Data ....................................................................................................... 10 3. Normalizing Data ................................................................................................................. 12 4. Analyzing Data..................................................................................................................... 13 Demographic Analysis ..................................................................................................... 14 Workbook B -2- Conducting Secondary Research OVERVIEW OF SECONDARY RESEARCH Sometimes secondary research is referred to as community assessment, needs assessment, or situation analysis, but we use the term...
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...The incorporation of the airline occurred in Delaware in August, and many consider it a New York hometown carrier. Jet Blue had an approximately 32 million passengers in the year 2014 and the mean flights in a day were 825. Last year, the carrier number of passengers increased to 35 million with an average of 900 flights in a day. Moreover, it was the fifth largest carrier of travelers in 2015 with around 90 destinations in the USA. Considerably, JetBlue since the commencement of operations accomplished success in a duration of six years (JetBlue , 2016). Nevertheless, the company has various shortcomings in its procedures, and the evaluation of the corporation can provide more insights. JetBlue operating environment In the past years, the cost of fuel has continued to be low, and this has enabled JetBlue to have up surged revenues. The airline is also high with a considerable demand of customers as it has one of the best customer services. JetBlue management has over the years continued to monitor expenditures, and this has led to the success of the carrier. The revenue increment of JetBlue has tom some extent outperformed the airline industry by a mean of 6 %. JetBlue had a debt ratio of approximately 0.48 in 2015, which is at its lowest. Undeniably, this is an indication of that the management has been keen in ensuring a sustainable debt. Jet Blue has mostly adopted differentiation as one of the primary approaches to deal with competitors. Irrefutably, the success...
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...UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX LIBRARY USER MANUAL ------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS Introduction.......................................................................................................................... 2 How to Access the University Library................................................................................... 2 Library Resources................................................................................................................. 4 General Resources................................................................................................... 4 Specialized Resources.............................................................................................. 4 Keywords Search Engine...................................................................................................... 5 Other Resources................................................................................................................... 5 Ask a Librarian.......................................................................................................... 5 Terms and Conditions............................................................................................... 5 Useful Links........................................................................................................................... 7 Reference and Citation Generator............................................................... 8 APA Information...
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...CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Rock Music in the Philippines is performance arts composed in various genre and styles. The rock music of the Philippines is a mixture of indigenous foreign countries. The United States occupied the Islands in 1898 until 1946, and introduced American blues folk music, Rock &Blues, and rock and roll became popular. In the late 1950s, native performers adapted Tagalog lyrics for North American rock and roll music, resulting in the seminal origins of Philippine rock. The most notable achievement in Philippine rock of the 1960s was the hit song "Killer Joe," which propelled the group "Rocky Fellers" which reached number sixteen on the American radio charts. Up until the 1970s, popular rock musicians began writing and producing in English. In the early 1970s, rock music began to be written using local languages, with bands like the Juan Dela Cruz Band being among the first popular bands to do so. Mixing tagalog, and English lyrics. Background of the Study Joseph William Feliciano Smith born on December 25, 1947 is a Filipino singer-songwriter, drummer, and guitarist. More commonly known alternately as Joey Smith or Pepe Smith, he is an icon of original Filipino rock music or "Pinoy Rock". His father, Edgar William Smith, was a United States Airforce, and his mother, Conchita Feliciano, was from Angeles, Pampanga, where the huge Clark Air Force base was located. Joey spent his first years in Angeles, often visiting...
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...resources on the web at www.academicintegrity.utas.edu.au/. The intentional copying of someone else’s work as one’s own is a serious offence punishable by penalties that may range from a fine or deduction/cancellation of marks and, in the most serious of cases, to exclusion from a unit, a course or the University. Details of penalties that can be imposed are available in the Ordinance of Student Discipline – Part 3 Academic Misconduct, see www.utas.edu.au/universitycouncil/legislation/ord9.pdf The University reserves the right to submit assignments to plagiarism detection software, and might then retain a copy of the assignment on its database for the purpose of future plagiarism checking. Requirements Modelling Report for the Sales & Book Tracking System Prepared for: Pinnacle Publishing Company 20th December, 2011 Prepared by: |Name |Student No. | | |...
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...influence on “NAVY” cigarette. □ To identify the motivational factors that influences the “NAVY” cigarette. □ To find the situational influences that affects the “NAVY” cigarette. 1.3 Scope This study focused “NAVY” cigarette smoker of Dhaka City. It covered time span of 15 days starting from 16th July. It is a comprehensive study of the consumer's belief about the “NAVY” cigarette. The report focuses on the Consumer's belief, perception, lifestyle etc. and the currently what consumers are thinking about the “NAVY” cigarette. 1.4 Limitations Several problems were arises to complete this study. They were: 1. Some of the respondents failed to complete the questionnaire due to unavoidable reasons. 2. The management of “NAVY” did not want to reveal all the information about the product 3. For most of the corporate information of “NAVY” we totally depends on the information that provided by the officials website of Akij Group. 4. We did not get sufficient time to make a successful report and for this reason we made it as early as possible. 5. We did not get any report prepared in past in our library, so we only depends on instructions given to us. 6. We selected only 50 respondents as...
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...SCHOOL OF PHARMACY REPORT WRITING UCS 1263 Assignment 1 Hospital Attachment Report Name : Thiban Ellumalay ID : 012011051056 Programme : BPH Lecturer Name : Dr. Jiyauddin Khan Submission Date : 30th September 2013 An attachment report based on the lesson learned, activity being carried out, experience gained, problem faced and suggestion at Hospital Tuanku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang in various pharmacy departments for period of 3 weeks Submitted to Dr. Jiyauddin Khan, PhD Report writing lecturer, School of Pharmacy Management & Science University Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia. Prepared by, Thiban Ellumalay, 012011051056 3rd year Bachelor of Pharmacy, Management & Science University Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia. 30th September 2013 Acknowledgement First and foremost I would like to thank the almighty lord for giving me wisdom to get my attachment done with successfully as well as with the preparation of the report. Without his blessings I wouldn’t have achieved this stage. Besides that, throughout my attachment accomplishment, many people have inspired me, influenced me and contributed their time, energy, ideas, and suggestions for improving my report. I will always be in debt to these people, too numerous to mention. I would...
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...How to Network: 12 Tips for Shy People Schmoozing is a trial for shy people, but armed with these common-sense tips they can increase their networking mojo. By Meridith Levinson From CIO.com December 11, 2007 Networking is the key to success in business, says Keith Ferrazzi, business coach and author of Never Eat Alone, a book about the power of relationship building and networking. It helps you find jobs, recruit talent, win new customers and discover investors who'll support your ideas. But networking is a trial for shy people—geeks especially. They view it as insincere at best, manipulative at worst. They eschew networking for a variety of reasons including lack of confidence, fear of rejection and a sense of unworthiness. If they could just relate to others more easily, if they just possessed more self-confidence and weren't such self-conscious wallflowers, the world would be their oyster, and schmoozing would be so much easier. It is possible for shrinking violets and shy guys to master the skill of networking. They just have to realize, says Ferrazzi, that successful networking is all about building intimate, sincere relationships based on mutual generosity, not duplicity, and that they can't achieve their career goals on their own. They have to network their way to success. If you're struggling to meet new people, here's some common-sense advice for increasing your networking mojo. Start Small If the idea of approaching people you don't know intimidates you, begin...
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...Dictionary, 1994) * a systematic investigation in order to establish facts and new conclusions (Oxford, 1996) Definitions of Research * a systematic and objective analysis and recording of controlled observations that may lead to the development of generalizations, principles or theories resulting in prediction and possibly ultimate control of events (Best & Kahn, 1998) * purposive, systematic and scientific process of gathering, analyzing, classifying, organizing, presenting and interpreting data for the solution of a problem, for prediction, for invention, for the discovery of truth, or for the expansion or verification of existing knowledge, all for the preservation and improvement of the quality of life (Calderon, 2000) * a process of systematically examining and explaining the observables. It seeks to generate answers to questions but it also generates further questions for study. In the scientific sense, research denotes an active process of identifying a research problem needing a solution and then systematically gathering, examining and interpreting knowledge about how to resolve that problem (Brockopp and Tolsma, 2003) Domains of Research Man is a rational being equipped with the faculties of the intellect and the will. These faculties enable him to speculate and...
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...CHAPTER ONE: 1.0 INTRODUCTION The chapter contains the background information of the organization giving when it was started and all the information to do with the organization. It also contains the organization structure which shows the level of authority for each employee and the departments they fall in. Also the chapter explains the overview of the current system and the proposed system and the department the proposed system will mostly cover. 1.1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION Airport and Beyond cars and services is a company located in Nairobi’s Lang’ata area along Lang’ata road near St Mary’s Hospital. Its 20 distance minutes away from the central Business District. It was started in May 2012 after the owner joined hands with his former workmates and decided to start the company to provide the services to the customers. Its main operations include travel services to the clients both individuals and group transportation services. These are offered to the customers at the best rates and on time. A client may visit the premises to request for the service or may contact the company either through email or through phone call. Reservation of the cars and services is also done where the customer may visit the company to reserve the car for a particular period of time or the client may communicate to the company through a phone call if only he/she is a frequent client to the company. 1.2 ORGANISATION STRUCTURE The company has several departments which enables...
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...Introduction “We, as peace-keepers, represent the United Nations and are present in the country to help it recover from the trauma of a conflict. As a result we must consciously be prepared to accept special constraints in our public and private lives in order to do the work and to pursue the ideals of the United Nations Organization” United Nations DPKO [1] These words illustrate the highest standards of integrity and conduct that need to be maintained and performed by the UN peacekeepers as required by the United Nations Organization. The world’s largest “club” embodies the aspirations of all the people of the world for maintaining peace and security of all its member states. It also at a glance demonstrates the main role or aims that have been made the responsibility of UN peacekeepers in relieving a conflict-torn country, although it relies on their dignity and restraint. Despite the many motivations behind UN peacekeepers (soldiers) joining the UN peace operations, such as compulsory military service, the opportunity for travel or adventure, to pursue a career, adding some skills that can be useful after retiring from service, or simply for better pay; many express their interest to bring peace to people and stability to an area wrecked by conflict.[2] My experience as a former UN peacekeeper in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from 2004 until 2005 encouraged my intention to analyze what was going...
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...because managers should know about research for good decision making. 4. Describe a situation where it would be more beneficial to engage an external research team rather than an internal one ! Answer : if a problems is a complex one, or if there are likely to be vested interest, or if the very existence of the organization is at stake because of one or more serious problems, it would be advisable to engage external researcher despite the increase cost involve. 5. “ because basic research is not applied immediately to a problem, it is less valuable and Answer : my comment is that some applied research could have a shorter time frame that some basic research. 6. “ if managers learn how to conduct good research by taking a course such as this book offers ,...
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...they may master these essential skills that are vital to succeed in the future. FLORIDA SUNSHINE STATE STANDARDS For Language Arts (English), the Florida Department of Education has revised certain standards and benchmarks for the 2011-12 school year. Students should accomplish these standards and benchmarks during his / her studies. The Language Arts curriculum has been broken down into six major strands: 1 = Reading Process 2 = Literary Analysis 3 = Writing Process 4 = Writing Applications 5 = Communication 6 = Information & Media Literacy Supplies: Notebook paper (College Ruled) Blue or Black ink pens (No other colors or metallic colors are allowed) Highlighters (4 different colors) Post-it Notes Plastic Paper Covers 1 three ring binder with 5 dividers is a must so that notes and assignments can be organized Jump drive (suggested) Black and White Composition Book or single subject spiral MLA Style Handbook, College Level Dictionary and Thesaurus (Suggested) ***You will need to purchase or borrow various novels for this course*** All assignments, textbooks, homework,...
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...TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Abstract II. Problem Statement III. Evaluation IV. Hypothesis V. Procedure/Design VI. Introduction VII. Definition and Examples a. Case I b. Case II c. Case III VIII. Origin of Competitive Intelligence IX. Why Collect Intelligence? X. What is Ethical? XI. Methods of Intelligence Collection XII. What Resources Are Used to Collect Information XIII. How Companies Utilized Collected Information XIV. Keeping Companies Secrets Secret a. Buildings b. Communication Systems c. Administrative XV. Conclusion I. ABSTRACT Intelligence gathering is considered commonplace in corporate America. Companies struggle to maintain the high ground within a competitive marketplace. One source for maintaining an elevated position is through information gathering on competitors, better known as Competitive Intelligence (CI). Collection of this information can be accomplished through numerous means. History has shown that the collection of CI is not a new practice, only that the methods used to collect the information have evolved over the past century. Intense pressure for turning profits, winning contracts, and avoiding expensive research and development costs drive the methods used in CI collection. With an increase in CI collection, companies are required to protect themselves from inside and outside intruders. II. PROBLEM STATEMENT Corporate America has become oblivious to the information being divulged concerning company trade secrets. ...
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