...guilt-dispensing friend, Leroy Jenkins. Bill Brasky had known Leroy Jenkins for (plus or minus) half a million years, the majority of which were flamboyant ones. Leroy Jenkins was unique. She was plucky though sometimes a little... oafish. Bill Brasky called her anyway, for the situation was urgent. Leroy Jenkins picked up to a very ecstatic Bill Brasky. Leroy Jenkins calmly assured him that most spotted wolf hamsters yawn before mating, yet man-eating capybaras usually charismatically belch *after* mating. She had no idea what that meant; she was only concerned with distracting Bill Brasky. Why was Leroy Jenkins trying to distract Bill Brasky? Because she had snuck out from Bill Brasky's with the iPad only two days prior. It was a enchanting little iPad... how could she resist? It didn't take long before Bill Brasky got back to the subject at hand: his iPad. Leroy Jenkins sneezed. Relunctantly, Leroy Jenkins invited him over, assuring him they'd find the iPad. Bill Brasky grabbed his hippopotamus and disembarked immediately. After hanging up the phone, Leroy Jenkins realized that she was in trouble. She had to find a place to hide the iPad and she had to do it fearlessly. She figured that if Bill Brasky took the nappy, busted-out hatchback, she had take at least eight minutes before Bill Brasky would get there. But if he took the Segway? Then Leroy Jenkins would be exceedingly screwed. Before she could come up with any reasonable ideas, Leroy Jenkins was...
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...Harold Wilson, who was the Prime Minister during 1964-70, had promised Britain one of his most effective campaign speeches. He had promised that Britain would catch up with “the white heat” of technological change. Wilson had successfully linked the Labour Party to modernisation in contrast to what were described as the “wasted years” of the Conservative government. The Labour government seemed to be more in touch with the social and cultural trends of the 1960s. Modernisation of the British economy was one of the key priorities for the Labour government. By 1964, it was widely accepted that Britain was lagging behind other countries such as West Germany and Japan. Britain’s economy seemed to be trapped in the cycle of “stop-go”, with bursts of prosperity always leading to inflation, runs on the pound snd regular crises over the balance of payments. Reorganising the economy to break out of this cycle was the key aim of Wilson’s government in 1964. Moreover, Labour inherited a deficit of about £800million. The two classic economic solutions to this kind of problem were deflation and devaluation. But Wilson and his Chancellor of Exchequer, James Callaghan, refused to do neither. Instead, Wilson was convinced that these problems could be fixed by careful management and planning. A new department, the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) was set up, led by George Brown and a National Plan had been drawn up. He had set growth targets and devised a national system of “economic planning...
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...CV - Pamela Sue Jenkins Pamela Sue Jenkins BSN, RN, CPEN Home Address Work Address 119 Fieldcrest Drive 1600 Rockland Road Cochranville, PA 19330 Wilmington, DE 19899 610-998-0615 302.651.4183 E-mail: pedrn1985@gmail.com pjenkins@nemours.org Academic Preparation 2012 – Present Master of Science - Leadership Wilmington University & Education Wilson Graduate Center 31 Reads Way New Castle, DE 19720 1985 Bachelor of Science – Nursing Lebanon Valley College 101 N. College Avenue Annville, PA 17003-1400 1982 – 1985 Diploma in Nursing Bryn Mawr School of Nursing 130 S. Bryn Mawr Avenue Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 1980 – 1982 Associates Degree – Nursing Lebanon Valley College 101 N. College Avenue Annville, PA 17003-1400 Licenses DE Registered Professional Nurse (multi-state) L1 – 0036388 PA Registered Professional Nurse...
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...Jenkins quoted the JWOLF when they said “teens are being tried as adults and sentenced to prison for murder at alarming rates in the united states . But this actually disproves juvenile advocated reliance on the “underdeveloped brain” argument. If brain development were the reason, then teens would kill at roughly the same rates all over the world .”(page 1 ,6 th paragraph) believing and stating that the brain of an adolescent child or teen has nothing to do with the rates of the murder or the murder itself .jenkins believes that no matter what age murder is unacceptable therefore giving them an adult sentence is not reasonable enough, jenkins stated that “The Juvenile penalty was abolished here years ago and a life sentence still allows a great deal of good living to be done - even from behind bars- far more than these teen killers gave to our murdered loved ones”(page 2 , 12th paragraph) . Many people try and make excuses for these young murderers and try to say that the united states is cruel for sentencing these young killers twenty- five years to life ...
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...that has shown a great amount of growth since first opening in 1930. George Jenkins opened the first Publix Supermarket in 1930 in Winter Haven, Florida. Shortly after 1945, the company purchased the All American grocery store chain. After purchasing the store chain, Jenkins moved the headquarters for Publix to Lakeland, Florida. Over the next 30 years Publix added pharmacies and bakeries in their stores. in the 1990s, Publix Supermarket ventured outside of Florida to open their first store in George. In 1996, George Jenkins passed away and left the company to be run by his family. Publix now operates stores in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and South Carolina. According to Publix Supermarket, Inc. (2012), “Publix is known for its philosophy of pleasing the customer; the Publix guarantee to never knowingly disappoint our customers is legendary in the industry” (para. 2). Throughout this paper we will explain the Publix Supermarket company background, discuss a SWOT analysis of Publix Supermarket, and identify and explain the needs and wants of Publix’s internal and external stakeholders. Publix Supermarket Company Background Publix, opened for business for the past 82 years, has achieved the expectations of George W. Jenkins. According to Publix Supermarket, Inc. (2012), “Publix, operating stores in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee, was founded by George W. Jenkins in 1930 in Winter Haven, Florida. It has grown into a Fortune 500 company...
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...Box-Jenkins Methodology Introduction Forecasting Basics: The basic idea behind self-projecting time series forecasting models is to find a mathematical formula that will approximately generate the historical patterns in a time series. Time Series: A time series is a set of numbers that measures the status of some activity over time. It is the historical record of some activity, with measurements taken at equally spaced intervals (exception: monthly) with a consistency in the activity and the method of measurement. Approaches to time Series Forecasting: There are two basic approaches to forecasting time series: the self-projecting time series and the cause-and-effect approach. Cause and effect methods attempt to forecast based on underlying series that are believed to cause the behavior of the original series. The self-projecting time series uses only the time series data of the activity to be forecast to generate forecasts. This latter approach is typically less expensive to apply and requires far less data and is useful for short to medium-term forecasting. Box-Jenkins Forecasting Method: The univariate version of this methodology is a self- projecting time series forecasting method. The underlying goal is to find an appropriate formula so that the residuals are as small as possible and exhibit no pattern. The model- building process involves four steps. Repeated as necessary, to end up with a specific formula that...
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...employee-owned company that has stores located in the southern states. Publix can be found in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee. (About Publix, 2012) Here is a brief overview of how the company started and became so successful: A Man by the name of George W. Jenkins founded the store in the year 1930, in Winter Haven, Florida. (About Publix, 2012) This time period was in the middle of the depression. Jenkins left his secure job at Piggly Wiggly and decided to open his own grocery store. (Gwynn) This store was not only known for the cleanliness and appearance, it was also known for standard for employee relations. In 1935 Jenkins opened his second store on the other side of down town. In the 1940’s Jenkins mortgaged an orange grove that he had received during the great depression to make a down payment on his dream store, as well as Florida’s first Supermarket. (Gwynn)This store had features such as, “Air conditioning, Fluorescent lighting, Electric-eye doors, Frozen food cases, Piped-in music, Eight-foot-wide aisles and Open dairy cases.” (Gwynn) Also there were in store flower and donut shops. He brought in people from all over just to visit his “food palace.” (Gwynn) In the 1950’s Jenkins really started living his dream and began his grocery chain, he could now have his “super Markets” start to spread all over. By 1962 there were 85 stores, and by 1969 the company had grown to 150 different locations. (Gwynn) In 1978 the company was grossing $2 billion dollars...
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...Publix Supermarkets – The American Dream History: Publix Supermarkets is a company that only within the last 80 years has become what it is today. George W. Jenkins, the late founder of Publix Super Markets, was born on Sept. 29, 1907. He grew up in Harris, GA, where he worked in his father's general store until 1925 when he headed to Tampa FL drawn by the prospect of getting into the real estate industry. Instead, he began working at Piggly Wiggly grocery, after being with the company for just a few months he was already managing the store. He was then transferred within the company to manage their largest store in Winter Haven. After 4 years he decided to resign so he could open his own store, following in his father’s footsteps. This was the beginning of something great. On Sept. 6, 1930, George opened his first store, which he called Publix Food Store located in Winter Haven, Florida. Five years later, he opened a second store in the same town. Realizing he needed to truly follow his dreams he decided to close these two stores to open the store people called his “dream store”, the first Publix Super Market, on Nov. 8, 1940. “A food palace of marble, glass and stucco, this store included innovations such as air conditioning, fluorescent lighting, electric eye doors and terrazzo floors” (Publix.com). In 1945, he was able to purchase a warehouse and 19 All American stores from the Lakeland Grocery Company. He began replacing these small stores with his larger supermarkets...
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...Veterans leave lasting legacies, but Micah John Jenkins' story is rather captivating. Micah Jenkins Jenkins was born on December 1, 1835. According to Professor Harwood's book, In the Arms of Angels Magnolia Cemetery, during his childhood, Jenkins lived on Edisto Island. His family consisted of six children and his parents, John and Elizabeth Jenkins, were wealthy cotton growers. When fifteen, Jenkins joined the Corps of Cadets at the South Carolina Military Academy and four years later graduated as valedictorian (Harwood, pg 98). Alongside Asbury Coward, Jenkins opened their own military school called Kings Mountain Military School. Micah Jenkins since the age of twenty was known as a very religious man. He carried a Bible and a prayer book with him and was often caught reading it on the battlefield. According to a website about Micah Jenkins, he became the leader of a volunteer militia...
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...What were the objectives in changing to the new 4/40 work week The objectives in changing to the new 4/40 work week were to have the clinic be innovative in its personnel policies, allowing full time employees a three-day weekend, reducing the number of computed to and from work each week. Evaluate the work of the task force from a managerial perspective. From the results presented by the task force, the research has shown that alternative schedules didn't necessarily reduce work-family conflict, although having a decrease in employee absenteeism. There are many generalizations that can be made from this study and considerations need to be taken as to whether these generalizations are reflected in other employees. The data collected provides possible explanations as to the conclusions of the study but it is believed that the study doesn't offer the whole picture. The use of a survey provides low precision is control and measurement and realistic context. Evaluate the work of the task force as a field research study. Workers enjoyed the commute time and expense savings associated with the 4/40 work week. The answers to the research question might be biased because some of the members of the task force made their opinions known, which could have influenced the opinions of other employees. The research questions were relevant and worth answering and were worded in way that were answerable. Most data...
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...There are three distinct possibilities for Fine Print: 1. Accept the Jenkins job outsource work to Bradley. This option involves outsourcing other jobs to Bradley and doing the Jenkins work. 2. Reject Jenkins job. Here we would reject the Jenkins job outright. 3. Outsource work to Bradley. We would sub contract the Jenkins job to Bradley. To determine which option to pick we need to find out our total cost per unit. Volume/Total cost = 100/$15. John quotes $17/100 that suggests a $2/100 markup. Jenkins has a $10/100 bid but there are costs that would not be applicable if the Jenkins job is accepted. (-$1/100 of sales commission). Granted that the fixed costs remain fixed we need to examine the variable costs. Direct material = 6,000/150,000 = $4/100 Direct labor = 1,500/150,000 = $1/100 Manufacturing overhead = 1,500/150,000 = $1/100 Fixed costs attributable to the Jenkins job = 150,000/10,125 = $6.75/100. Total cost attributable to Jenkins job = 6 + 6.75 = 12.75/100. It appears without factoring in fixed cost (that would exist even without production) that his variable cost to produce is $6/100. Since Bradley’s rates are $8/100 it would make sense to outsource other work and do the Jenkins job. We could reject the Jenkins job on the basis of capacity. We could outsource the Jenkins job to Bradley. Bradley’s costs come in under the price of the Jenkins job (Cost of $8/100 vs. Revenue of...
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...“Maybe they had a water fight.” Burroughs not in the mood for jokes, “Listen to me, Jenkins from head to toe they were damp, not wet, damp I did a little more homework. The kids' temperatures, exactly the same 98.6, their blood pressure all normal. If you were scared to death, in a state of shock, your blood pressure would shoot Sky-high.” “What the hell are you talking about blood pressure 98.6 scared to death?” Jenkins asks and then proceeds to read the riot act. “I’ve been telling you since day one, we have a freaking nightmare on our hands. I told you the kids were attacked by something, and it wasn’t a man. I told the captain that Fillmore Rose some 46 years ago had similar conditions. “I told you, God damn it, that we might be dealing...
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...Upon information and belief, prior to accepting CSB’s checks in payment of Jenkins’ purchase or purchases, De Boulle made no effort to verify the authority of Jenkins to tender the two CSB checks which total $___________, or otherwise investigate why CSB would be purchasing items from De Boulle which cost $165,000.00, or question why an individual would make such a substantial purchases or purchases, using two company checks and a personal credit card. 12. CSB has no history of making purchases from De Boulle for any reason; and the facts and circumstances giving rise to the subject purchase or purchases should have raised numerous “red flags.” De Boulle should not have accepted CSB checks as payment from Jenkins without authorization from CSB. De Boulle’s failure to obtain such authorization caused CSB damages in excess of the minimum jurisdictional limits of the court. 13. Between December 2005 and March of 2011, Jenkins made numerous additional purchases from De Boulle using his American Express card. 14. The first three payments from Jenkins to De Boulle totaling $243,562.50 were among the first fraudulent purchases he made as part of his broader fraudulent check scheme. If De Boulle had contacted CSB seeking authorization prior to accepting the two CSB checks totaling $______________, CSB would have been made aware of Jenkins’ fraud at an early date, preventing CSB from suffering substantial damages over the next seven-year...
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...order to perform a variance analysis report Jenkins calculated the actual revenues and expenses and found the difference which was $296,610 in profits. Then Jenkins did the same with budgeted values and found the budgeted profits to be $606,350. The variance amount in turn is $309,960 under budget. Also, the variance amount for revenues is $32,100. This number is favorable due to the fact that they made more than what they had budgeted for. But on the contrary, the variance amount for expenses was $342,060, which was unfavorable because they spent far more than what they had budgeted for. This information would not be sufficient in order to explain to Norton why their profit percentage is nearly half of what they budgeted. This variance analysis report only shows the raw numbers and not any details to why they spent more on expenses than what they budgeted. Jenkins would have a difficult time explaining details to why they went over budget. She would need to show him a detailed expense report of the budgeted items and the actual amount they spent on the items. Then she would have to clearly define which items went over budget and why. This variance analysis report would not help Jenkins in the 8 am meeting she has would need to provide more information. Assignment 2: Preparing the Budget: Variance Analysis Report In order to provide more information to Norton, Jenkins will need to perform a variance analysis report. Jenkins would be required to use the numbers provided...
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...Henry Jenkins founder of MIT’s Comparative Media Studies Program, currently professor of communication among other things, identifies “Convergence Culture [as a map to] a new territory: where old and new media intersect, where grassroots and corporate media collide, where the power of the media producer and the power of the consumer interact in unpredictable ways” (456). One of the ways in which Convergence Culture is being shown is in 2001 when a student creates a Photoshop of Bert from Sesame Street as being evil, interacting with terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden. The pictures of Bert and Osama Bin Laden started in a classroom, traveled to the Middle East, to then the media and the news taking over. The flow of content moved so fast through the media to a point were the Children’s Television Workshop, creators of the Sesame Street had no control over Bert’s image because they did not know who to blame for it. Through this example is how Henry Jenkins introduces us to the convergence culture, where old and new media collide. It mainly shows how individuals will do anything in order to obtain the kind of entertainment they want to see. How does convergence begin? It all starts with individuals and their connections with others. Henry refers to it as “collective intelligence”, which is knowing something and putting pieces together by joining ones thoughts with other resources and skills. I agree with Jenkins, individuals tend to build their conclusions based on the media and or...
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