... Environmental Scan/SWOT Analysis SWOT Analysis PEST analysis Strategy Four actions Framework Strategy Canvas for Porter’s Angels Ranch Strategy Canvas of the Porter’s Angels Ranch Conclusion References Abstract The Porter’s Angels Ranch has been organized to encourage, promote, advertise and develop the ranch type horses as a unique and excellent athlete, Porter’s Angels Ranch was named after a man who wanted to share my dreams of helping mentally challenged children and adults. Tim Porter has encouraged, and challenged me to go after what is in my heart and what I believe in, my dreams that is the love for horses which are the angels of the ranch to help the mentally challenged children and adults. Sharing a gift to each individual that has never thought they would have that one chance of happiness is so satisfying. To see a child smile or an adult say they cannot do it and then with the therapy we provide accomplishes what they thought they cannot do the excitement in their eyes is satisfying enough to make anyone smile. Through the volunteers and horses Porter’s Angels find hope, growth, and compassion for each individual person. Therapeutic benefits for the ranch would be to teach the rider rhythmically movement that would help the mentally challenged person to improve their posture, balance, and muscle control, it also provides cardiovascular benefits. Psychosocially the therapy increases concentration,...
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... Horseback riding or just horse riding is the skill of driving, riding, vaulting or steeple-chasing with horses. Since time immemorial, horse riding (also referred to as equestrianism) has been an important aspect of human culture. In the last centuries, it was done mostly for utilitarian purposes such as work, warfare and transportation. In the present, horse riding is most commonly for recreational activities. Many people who like riding horses do it either for fun or for competition purposes (Kate 24). About 30 million people in America ride horses every year. However, there are approximately 2500 cases of riders who are below the age of 25 years being admitted to hospitals every year due to cases of horse riding injuries (Michael 201). A good number of these injuries are those related to head and brain. The risk of injuries in horseback riding is significantly greater than in bicycle riding. They occur because some of the activities like jumping are very risky since horses can be as heavy as 1500 pounds, move as fast as 30 miles per hour, and can stand as tall as 3 meters. Most of these injuries result when the horse falls off, or the horse rider is thrown forward and lands on his/her head or striking their heads on a nearby object like poles. Some of the factors which may increase the chances of falling and causing injuries to the riders are like slippery footing, bareback riding or green horse, and the height from which the horse rider falls will determine how severe...
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...Paper#1 Family Process xxxxxxxx University of Wyoming Paper#1 Family Process The J. Family is a neighbor of the interviewer. The initial interview was conducted in Mr. and Mrs. J’s home with their 3 school age children present and included in the interview. Two subsequent interviews were conducted for clarification and additional information over the phone with Mrs. J. The interviews were conducted using the Friedman family assessment model (Friedman, Bowden, & Jones, 2003). Identifying Data Family Name J. Family 1111 Xxxx Street xxxx, Idaho 8xxxx 208-xxx-xxxx Family Composition • DWJ Chaplain Master of Arts in Clinical Ministry 48 y.o., 12/5/1964, Spokane, WA; Male-Dad Crohn’s disease “Okay” Health • JAJ Homemaker 2 Years Post-Secondary Education 50 y.o., 2/1/1962, Tacoma, WA; Female-Mom “Excellent Health” • JJJ 8th grader 13 y.o., 6/24/1999, xxxx, ID; Male-Son “Excellent Health” • CAJ 6th grader 11 y.o., 5/13/2001, xxxxx, ID; Male-Son “Excellent Health” • KAJ 3rd grader 8 y.o., 6/3/2004, xxxxx, ID; Female-Daughter “Excellent Health” Family Form Nuclear Family-One parent working (Friedman et al., 2003, p. 19). Cultural Background Family describes self as Caucasian and English speaking. Father is the 4th generation to live in the United States and he reports origins from Scandinavia. He is unsure what part of Scandinavia but states, “I think I am a mix of Swedish and Norwegian”. The mother reports she is 3rd generation Irish-American...
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...Olowe of Ise “It is insufficiently understood that a museums power lies not in the possession of objects and collections, but in the acceptance of its authority to name them by both label and context. This is the most jealously guarded divine right of the museum as the curator of soi-disant public collections” – Duncan F. Cameron. Duncan F. Cameron served as a museum curator and director in the Brooklyn Museum in the New York City Borough of Brooklyn, the second largest museum in New York City and one of the largest in the United States. Duncan served in the museum from 1971-1974. An artist once told me, “Art is in the eyes of the beholder” – anonymous. It’s a statement with a broad perspective of thought and meditation. First I would like to give an example of what the quote by Duncan meant can be seen by the work of Constantine Petridis, a museum curator of African art gallery in the Cleveland Museum of art. He explains objects from the same culture are displayed together and differentiated with those of their neighbors. This concept shows the formal and stylistic relationships between neighboring and familiar artistic customs or traditions that ex-plains the distinctiveness of the arts of distinct people. An addition to the regional framework, thematic connections are highlighted through the use of gallery cards which explain topics of artists, leadership, masks and masquerades, styles and the supernatural. Gallery cards provide photo, descriptions and narrative text linking...
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...central Wisconsin. Instilled with the belief that hard work and determination were the keys to success, I left home at seventeen and went to work with a construction company erecting silos. When the construction season was over I signed on as a station helper for the Soo Line Railroad. Over the course of the next four decades I worked my up through the ranks to Vice-President of Transportation at Minneapolis, MN I also married and raised a family of five children After my retirement, I returned to the place of my origin, now sharing time with my 104 year old mother and enjoying the closeness of my brothers and sisters. Life was always interesting and sometimes exciting. Now at the age of eighty-four, I enjoy putting some of my thoughts on paper and hope you will, too. Other books I have written are: Grandpa Cliff Remembers Grandpa Cliff’s Verses Grandpa Cliff’s Tales Cliff Leary Love, Money & Murder Bob Nason sat on the old handmade lawn chair basking in the noonday sun at the south side of the cabin. He and his father Will had just finished a fine lunch of fresh blue gills they had caught that morning. A slight zephyr out of the west moved the tops of the tall pines at the south end of the small clearing surrounding the cabin. Bob watched as a deer moved quietly through the undergrowth then stopped and eyed him suspiciously with its’ ears open full forward so the slightest sound could be heard. Bob’s thoughts were of the many wonderful days he had enjoyed...
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...The Elias Group Strategy Paper Fin/370 Feburary 12,2014 Joseph Ori The Elias Group Strategy Paper The Elias Group is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to provide information, services and assistance to businesses who wish to go into contract with the U.S. Government. The Elias Group company was found by Ms. Elias; who had retired as the Deputy Administrator for the General Services Administration. Today the Elias Group has thirty-one full time staff and a network of over 100 specialized consultants that provide business owners with several of services such as: Preparing a firm to qualify for the GSA schedules, assisting in the appropriate response to a government request for either goods or services, assisting in providing an analysis of business operations and operating policies to assure appropriate regulatory compliance, assisting lobbying efforts for industry specific assistance and or legislation that we deem appropriate for the consumer, industry and government. On top of all these services the Elias Group also provides grants and professional research. Just like any other business the goal is to increase profit and expand. The Elias Group is considering in expanding but as good business managers they have to consider several of factors including the benefits and disadvantages of going public through an IOP, acquiring another organization or merging. Taking a company public through the Initial Public Offering (IPO) requires several of steps followed...
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...Introduction King Arthur Flour has built a company from a unique culture, centered on a baking community, which eagerly seeks out the high quality and chemical free baking products. The iconic label represents personality traits consumers can relate to such as honesty, purity, and superior strength (Keller, 2013, p. ). As a small company with products used extensively by bakers around the world, King Arthur Flour employee owned company regularly contributes to the future direction of the business (Godes & Mayzlin, 2007, p. 724). This paper will demonstrate how King Arthur made a marketing program from a baking company and their baking activities into a unique business and consumer experience. This paper will also explain how word of mouth has created a unique baking community used to provide support and shared ideas with all consumers. Brand Equity King Arthur Flour’s main sources of brand equity comes from their flour products, which is produced and sold business to business but also their baking equipment, baking products and baking catalogs (Godes & Mayzlin, 2007, p. 726). King Arthur Flour brand equity also comes from their direct to consumer sales through their smaller company stores and cafes which offer baking products, cookware and baked goods for immediate consumption. (Keller, 2013, p. …..). King Arthur Flour has built its marketing program around building and preserving their brand equity by engaging the community, maintaining a quality product and...
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...Basic Computer © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc., Concepts Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected under all copyright laws as they currently exist. No portion of this material may be reproduced, in any form or by any means, without permission in writing from the publisher. OBJECTIVES At the end of this chapter you will be able to: 1. Define Computer and Identify the Four Basic Computing Functions 2. Identify the Different Types of Computers 3. Describe Hardware Devices and Their Uses 4. Identify Types of Software and Their Uses 5. Describe Networks and Define Network Terms 6. Identify Safe Computing Practices Computer Concepts 1 GO Com Concepts_Ch01.qxd 3/6/07 4:46 PM Page 2 Introduction Computers are an integral part of our lives. They are found in homes, offices, stores, hospitals, libraries, and many other places. Computers are part of cars and phones, and they enable you to access bank accounts from home, shop online, and quickly communicate with people around the world by means of e-mail and the Internet. It is difficult to find a business or occupation that doesn’t rely on computers. Whether it’s a truck driver who keeps an electronic travel log or a high-powered stockbroker who needs up-to-the-second market information, computers make these tasks easier, more efficient, and more accurate. © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. This material is protected under...
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...INDIAN LEATHER INDUSTR Y Submitted by, AHSAN JAVED ROLL NO. BM-A-20 POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Submitted to, DR. SHAMSHER YMCA BUSINESS SCHOOL PRICING AND DOCUMENTATION INDIAN LEATHER INDUSTRY ACKNWOLEDGEMENT “FOR EVERY OPPORTUNITY MAY GOD BE THANKED” I am very thankful to our teacher Dr. Shamsher for his great assistance of the to make the successful his able accomplishment learnt a lot. I am also thankful to my friends and colleagues for their support and endurance while preparing this project. I would like to thank all the people who have directly or indirectly helped me in completing this project, as and when I required. project. Through guidance and knowledge-based interactions, we have 2 INDIAN LEATHER INDUSTRY AHSAN JAVED PREFACE The project Indian Leather Industry has been carried out with a view point of understanding the role of Leather Industry in the Indian Trade and Indian economy. As per the objective of the project, I have tried to explain, analyze and interpret the role of Leather sector in Indian as well as in international trade. 3 INDIAN LEATHER INDUSTRY TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTE R TOPIC Acknowledgement Preface Executive Summary Objectives Of The Study PAGE NO. 02 03 08 10 1. INTRODUCTION TO LEATHER INDUSTRY: An Overview History Of Leather World Scenario Environmental Products Aspects for Leather 11 12 14 17 2. THE INDIAN LEATHER INDUSTRY: ...
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...The Bloodless Battlefield: Cyber-War Vernon Pratt HSM 438 18 July, 2014 Professor Stephanie Lemmon Digital battle is not only what is found on computer games, it is an all to real and costly form of combat in which the combatants and defenders alike do not suffer physical wounds but the effects of these cyber-battles can be just as deadly as any bullet fired from a gun or bomb dropped from an aircraft. Within this paper three separate cyber-warfare events are reviewed, each event is different from the other only in terms of the consequences, only the consequences were different. What is “Cyber-Warfare”? One definition of cyber-warfare is, “cyberattacks are so inexpensive and easy to mount, with few fingerprints, they will almost certainly remain a feature of modern warfare.” (Markoff, 2008). Digital battles waged within the digital world of computer systems and the world-wide-web (internet). Cheap, “It costs about 4 cents per machine,” (Markoff, 2008), so cheap that the cost of one armored tank tread (one piece of the entire treack) could finance an entire cyber-war (Markoff, 2008). The first cyber-warfare event, Estonia 2007: Following the fall/collapse of the Soviet Empire in 1990 formerly USSR controlled nation states returned to autonomous control; Estonia was one of these countries. Being released from Soviet control did not mean that the civilian population wanted to be free from the Russian government and tensions existed between pro-Estonian and pro-Russian...
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...Data Theft Paper Data Theft Paper Data theft is when information is unlawfully copied or taken from a business or individual. This information is user information such as passwords, social security numbers, credit card information, other personal information, and confidential corporate information. Within this paper several examples will be giving as, I explore how data theft has affected individuals and organizations. What can organizations and individuals do to protect them from becoming victims of this type of fraud. When stolen data happens such as people’s identities or an organization’s information the potential harm is huge with major economic and legal implications. The worst thing about the data theft is that it can remain undetected. It is devastating when you find out as a boss that an ex-employee has stolen the company information for personal gain, profit, or to ruining the company completely. A survey released by Information Week (informationweek.com) and Accenture in July 2007 showed that 89 percent of 1,010 U.S. companies still felt vulnerable to data theft (McNurlin, Sprague, & Bui, 2009). For example the Boeing Company had an ex-employee who illegally downloaded thousands of pages of significant business documents to his computer. It was anticipated if any of those documents had gotten into the wrong hands of Boeing’s competitors it could have cost them $5 to $14 billion dollars (McNurlin, Sprague, & Bui, 2009). In 2008, a data theft...
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... appropriately acknowledged, this assignment is my own work, has been expressed in my own words, and has not previously been submitted for assessment. 1 ASSESSMENT SHEET Student name: (to be completed by the examiner) COMMENTS Course name: Subject name: Assessor/marker: Principles learnt (for example, number and understanding of principles referred to, their influence on the structure of this paper, number and correct citations of references, use of...
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...Individual Paper ?? Professor ?? University of ?? Class 10/13/2012 Introduction After carefully reviewing Mr. Anil Ravaswami’s memo to Ms Castle (A. Ravaswami, personal communication, October 10, 2012), I can say without a doubt that anyone who shall choose to base any idea, form an opinion or make a decision shall ensure that their critical thinking light is turned on. I have evaluated the memo using the ten step critical thinking method developed in Asking the Right Questions (Browne & Keeley, 2012 p. 9). As part of this method, systematic evaluation is completed by asking yourself ten different questions that help to identify things such as bias opinions, false statements or fallacies, attitudes, omitted information and even help to identify rival causes for reasons given or evidence used. By using this method of critical thinking, Cliffside Holding Company of Massapequa (CHCM) will have a much more clear perspective as to whether or not a leadership development program should be created and funded for junior insurance executives. What are the issues and the conclusions? The first of Browne and Keeley’s ten step method is to ask yourself, “What are the issues and the conclusions” (Browne & Keeley, 2012 p. 18). When you read Mr. Ravaswami’s memo you can clearly identify the prescriptive issue at hand which is whether or not CHCM should establish and fund a new leadership development program for junior insurance executives. The issue here is...
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...INHERITANCE BOOK ONE By Christopher Paolini ALFRED A. KNOPF New York THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF Text copyright © 2003 by Christopher Paolini Illustrations on endpapers copyright © 2002 by Christopher Paolini All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. Distributed by Random House, Inc., New York. Originally published, in different form, by Paolini International, LLC in 2002. Copyright © 2002 by Christopher Paolini. KNOPF, BORZOI BOOKS, and the colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc. www.randomhouse.com/teens LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Paolini, Christopher. Eragon / Christopher Paolini. p. cm. — (Inheritance ; bk. 1) SUMMARY: In Alagaësia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters. eISBN 0-375-89036-X [1. Fantasy. 2. Dragons—Fiction.] I. Title. PZ7.P19535Er 2003 [Fic]—dc21 2003047481 SAPHIRA’S EYE (From the original Front Cover done by the author) This book is dedicated to my mom, for showing me the magic in the world; to my dad, for revealing the man behind the curtain. And also to...
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...A REPORT ON SIX MONTHS STUDENTS INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME. AT NIKORMA (A SUBSIDIARY OF NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION) HEADQUATERS, This located at no.7 lake chart crescent, Maitama. Abuja BY CS/08/1332 IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR DEGREE IN TECHNOLOGY (B.TECH) IN COMPUTER SCIENCE. MODIBBO ADAMA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY YOLA, NIGER STATE OCTOBER 2012 DEDICATION This report is dedicated to the Almighty ALLAH and to my beloved mother and Mrs Aisha Tijjani and her husband also with the entire staffs and students of Surveying and Geo-informatics Federal University of Technology Minna. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT My profound gratitude goes to the Almighty God who saw me through this training program and thanks my parents and siblings who encouraged me when the road seemed too tough, for shelter and financial support. My appreciation goes to the staff of Pipeline and Products Marketing Company (PPMC) especially my supervisor and the staff of Pipeline Right Of Way (PROW) and to all NNPC staff and development control for their kind support and for the knowledge they impacted on me during the period of my training. My thanks goes to the SIWES and ITF coordinators especially the Federal University Of Technology Minna SIWES coordinator, my Head of Department...
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