...Engineer Patricia Galloway believes that serving as the first woman president of the 151-year-old American Society of Civil Engineers — a historically male bastion if there ever was one — makes her a role model to women in the industry. It's high times for women leading construction-related engineering groups, with three others currently in high office. The same goes for construction organizations. Nova Group's Carole L Bionda is chairelect of Associated Builders and Contractors. Meanwhile, the US House Education and Workforce Committee last month passed the Family Time Flexibility Act (H.R. 1119) which could undermine workers' most basic rights by altering the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which currently requires employers to pay overtime to certain employees when they are required to work beyond the normal 40 hour work week.( Peterson 98) At home, we're aware (perhaps painfully so) that men and women often have different communication styles. But it's easy to forget that such differences can show up at work, too. To do an effective job of communicating, keep in mind gender-related communication styles. Young boys are socialized to give an immediate answer or solution to a problem. Young girls want answers, too, but tend to talk things over to solve problems. So while a man might prefer to work things out for himself, a woman is more likely to want to discuss them. According to researcher Deborah Tanhen, author of Talking from 9 to 5, when a woman starts to discuss an...
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...Women in our society Engineer Patricia Galloway believes that serving as the first woman president of the 151-year-old American Society of Civil Engineers - a historically male bastion if there ever was one - makes her a role model to women in the industry. It's high times for women leading construction-related engineering groups, with three others currently in high office. The same goes for construction organizations. Nova Group's Carole L Bionda is chairelect of Associated Builders and Contractors. Meanwhile, the US House Education and Workforce Committee last month passed the Family Time Flexibility Act (H.R. 1119) which could undermine workers' most basic rights by altering the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which currently requires employers to pay overtime to certain employees when they are required to work beyond the normal 40 hour work week.( Peterson 98) At home, we're aware (perhaps painfully so) that men and women often have different communication styles. But it's easy to forget that such differences can show up at work, too. To do an effective job of communicating, keep in mind gender-related communication styles. Young boys are socialized to give an immediate answer or solution to a problem. Young girls want answers, too, but tend to talk things over to solve problems. So while a man might prefer to work things out for himself, a woman is more likely to want to discuss them. According to researcher Deborah Tanhen, author of Talking from 9 to...
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...If I were asked to curate a show consisting of four works of art from The Modern, I would select Cy Twombly’s Untitled Rome piece, Richard Serra’s Vortex, Michelangelo Pistolettos’s The Entruscan, and Roxy Paine’s Conjoined. The unifying factor of these pieces that fascinates me the most is the unification in them itself. Each piece ties in so well with the architecture of the building, as if the Museum were created for the pieces. Each piece seems to have reflective qualities and in different ways conjoin together to form unity which is why I would call this show “The Art of Coming Together”. Untitled Rome is made up of what appears to be two solid concrete figures that push away from each other at the top, but conjoin at the bottom, with no space between as if they were welded together for eternity. Vortex, made up...
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...Feminism and what it means to people has changed greatly over the past century. Feminism is not just about males and females being equal there is much more to it. Feminism explores gender roles affecting both males and females, sexuality, and breaking the molds society has set for females. Feminism has an affect on literature, whether it be a lack of or inclusion of it. In Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones feminism is an apparent theme throughout the novel. Jones’ tale is one like no other. Her traditional feminist ideas and beliefs are not left out in the story. Critics say that Jones’ feminist ideas are not the same of today’s “modern feminists”. (Rudd 2) Although Howl’s Moving Castle may seem like a typical fairy tale, Jones makes...
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...Client………………………………………………………………………………. K. National Competitors……………………………………………………………………… L. Local Competitors………………………………………………………………………… Chapter III……………………………………………………………………………………….. M. SWOT……………………………………………………………………………………. * Strengths…………………………………………………………………………. * Weaknesses………………………………………………………………………. * Opportunities…………………………………………………………………….. * Threats…………………………………………………………………………… * SWOT Analysis…………………………………………………………………. Chapter IV………………………………………………………………………………………. N. Market Share…………………………………………………………………………….. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Goldilocks Bakeshop is a bakeshopchain based in the Philippines, which produces and distributes Philippine cakesand pastries. The chain was named after Goldilocks, a character from the fairy tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears. In 1976, Goldilocks of Southern California opened its doors for the first time in North America. This was followed in the early eighties with store openings in Vermont and West Covina. The Panorama City store was inaugurated on Valentine's Day 2001. The central manufacturing was also opened in Santa Fe Springs at the end of year2001 and now supplies most of the Southern California stores' needs. Cerritos, Eagle Rock (Los...
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...CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION Marriage is one of the deepest and most complex involvements of human relationships. It is a corner stone of society and a very necessary part of the social system. It is a crucial and sacred bond between two personalities merging into one for ideas, attitudes, habits and likes and dislikes. In Philippines marriage is considered a lifelong partnership. It is the foundation stone on which the family is built. Basically marriage is a social and legal contract. People marry great number of reasons- personal or social. Usually they have a certain preconceived notions about the kind of person they would like to marry. The large percentage of separation each year, non-marital pregnancies and premarital cohabitation have all dramatically changed the traditional family structure (Amato et.al, 2003). Millions of children are no longer being raised in nuclear families. The institution of marriage, the backbone of society, appears to be under threat. Marriage has, despite demographic and political shifts, significant value for the individual, families and the society (Nock, 2005). When looking at marriage as an institution, as opposed to a free-standing concept, marriage represents socially sanctioned behavior. Marriage embraces traditionally virtuous, legal and predictable assumptions concerning what is moral and what is proper (Nock, 2005). Through marriage an individual is transformed; they are perceived and treated differently...
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...Literary Analysis: The Glass Menagerie Many critics believe that “The Glass Menagerie” is one of Tennessee Williams finest literary pieces, and that like most of his work, it was a reflection of his own life story. Born as Thomas Lanier Williams III on March 26, 1911, in Columbus, Mississippi, he lived with his loving but possessive mother and his older sister, Rose, who later suffered a mental breakdown. His father was a hard man who tended to drink too much and who was often away from home due to his job as a traveling salesman. Through most of his childhood, Mr. Williams felt like an outcast due to both his delicate health and the ridicule he received for his southern accent after his father accepted a job in St. Louis. This ongoing theme of lack of self-worth throughout his life was in large part due to his sexual orientation and lifestyle both of which were not easily tolerated in the early part of the last century. Although Mr. Williams self-doubt is evident in much of his work, the rest of the literary world and his readers feel without a doubt that his work is award winning. His impact on the literary world can be seen by the many awards he received including his winning not one but two Pulitzer Prizes for “A Streetcar Named Desire” in 1948 and for “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” in 1955; as well as the longevity of his work which is proven by its contemporary recognition. Therefore, due to his literary genius and personal life experience, Williams was able to use the...
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...PHILIPPINE FOLKLORE: ENGKANTO BELIEFS HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Philippine mythology is derived from Philippine folk literature, which is the traditional oral literature of the Filipino people. This refers to a wide range of material due to the ethnic mix of the Philippines. Each unique ethnic group has its own stories and myths to tell. While the oral and thus changeable aspect of folk literature is an important defining characteristic, much of this oral tradition had been written into a print format. University of the Philippines professor, Damiana Eugenio, classified Philippines Folk Literature into three major groups: folk narratives, folk speech, and folk songs. Folk narratives can either be in prose: the myth, the alamat (legend), and the kuwentong bayan (folktale), or in verse, as in the case of the folk epic. Folk speech includes the bugtong (riddle) and the salawikain (proverbs). Folk songs that can be sub-classified into those that tell a story (folk ballads) are a relative rarity in Philippine folk literature.[1] Before the coming of Christianity, the people of these lands had some kind of religion. For no people however primitive is ever devoid of religion. This religion might have been animism. Like any other religion, this one was a complex of religious phenomena. It consisted of myths, legends, rituals and sacrifices, beliefs in the high gods as well as low; noble concepts and practices as well as degenerate ones; worship and...
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...THE COURSEREADING LITERATURE: RANGE OF READING AND LEVEL OF TEXT COMPLEXITY By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of Grades 6-8 text complexity band independently and proficiently. [RL.8.10]READING STANDARDS FOR INFORMATIONAL TEXT: RANGE OF READING AND LEVEL OF TEXT COMPLEXITY By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end of the Grades 6-8 text complexity band independently and proficiently. [RI.8.10]WRITING STANDARDS: RANGE OF WRITING Write routinely over extended time frames, including time for research, reflection, and revision, and shorter time frames such as a single sitting or a day or two for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences. [W.8.10]KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGE Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. [L.8.3]VOCABULARY ACQUISTION AND USE Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. [L.8.6]SPEAKING AND LISTENING STANDARDS Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on Grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly...
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...University of Hamburg Summer Semester 2014 The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights-Introduction, practical relevance and critical analysis Xiaoxiao Ding Master in International Business and Sustainability ABSTRACT: due to the increasingly significant influence of the transnational corporations in industrial and commercial fields in modern society, especially in the spheres of environment and labor protection, more and more cases raised involving their infringements of the international human rights laws. On June 16, 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Council endorsed Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, providing guidance for the implementation of the United Nations " Protect, Respect and Remedy" Framework. In the form of " Soft Law", these principles specify what business enterprises should do to respect human rights and how to prevent the violations on human rights. This paper identifies the main idea of these principles, gives relevant practical references and analyzes these principles with a critical perspective. Contents 1. Introduction .............................................................................. 2 2. The development and content of UN Guiding Principles......... 3 2.1 Historical development of UN Guiding Principles ........................ 3 2.2 The main idea of the UN Guiding Principles ................................. 4 2.3 The legal framework of the UN Guiding Principles ...................... 5 3. Practical...
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...The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/1352-2752.htm YouTube: an opportunity for consumer narrative analysis? Stefano Pace ` Universita Bocconi, Milano, Italy Abstract Purpose – The aim of the paper is to discuss a possible extension of narrative analysis to a new medium of expression of consumer behaviour, specifically YouTube. Design/methodology/approach – Marketing and consumer behaviour studies often apply narrative analysis to understand consumption. The consumer is a source of introspective narratives that are studied by scholars. However, consumption has a narrative nature in itself and consumers are also storytellers. YouTube is a new context in which subjects tell stories to an audience through self-made videos and re-edited TV programs. After defining the pros and cons of different approaches to the study of YouTube, narrative analysis is presented as a possible means of understanding YouTube. Findings – Some preliminary evidence is presented by discussing several YouTube videos. These indicate that YouTube content can be better understood as stories, rather than example of other approaches, such as visual analysis, media studies, videography, and others. Research limitations/implications – From the analysis conducted, preliminary managerial implications can be drawn. It seems unlikely that normal TV broadcasters will be substituted by YouTube videos. For the most part, YouTube content draws its sense and shared...
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...visit to Miss Emily and tried to get her to pay the debt. She refused to acknowledge that the old arrangement might not work any more, and flatly refused to pay. Thirty years before, the tax collecting townspeople had a strange encounter with Miss Emily about a bad smell at her place. This was about two years after her father died, and a short time after her lover disappeared from her life. Anyhow, the stink got stronger and complaints were made, but the authorities didn't want to confront Emily about the problem. So, they sprinkled lime around the house and the smell was eventually gone. Everybody felt sorry for Emily when her father died. He left her with the house, but no money. When he died, Emily refused to admit it for three whole days. The town didn't think she was "crazy then," but assumed that she just didn't want to let go of her dad, (even though you could argue that he had stolen her youth from her). Next, the story doubles back and tells us that not too long after her father died Emily begins dating Homer Barron, who is in town on a sidewalk-building project. The town heavily disapproves of the affair and brings Emily's cousins to town...
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...chapter one……………………………………………………… …..Page 4 -Introduction (some background on tourism in Denmark)………………………4 -Problem formulation/ hypothesis -Research objective (what do we want to achieve in this research……………………………………………………………5 - Delimitation………………………………………………………………..........6 * chapter two……………………………………………………………………….7 - History of leisure tourism …………………………………………………......7-8 - Definition of theory…………………………………………………………..9-12 - Analysis of the Campaign, how does VisitDenmark promote domestic tourism……………………………………………………………………… 13-19 - Danish outbound tourism…………………………………………………...20-22 * chapter three………………………………………………………………….....23 - Research methodology……………………………………………………...23-25 - Research design……………………………………………………………..25-26 - Area under study………………………………………………………..............26 -Target population……………………………………………………………27-28 - Sampling techniques………………………………………………………..28-29 - Instrument for data collection……………………………………………..........29 * chapter four……………………………………………………………………..30 -Findings and Analysis……………………………………………………….30-35 * chapter...
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...An artistic movement whose influence on film has been as profound and enduring as that of surrealism or cubism on painting, the French New Wave (or Le Nouvelle Vague) made its first splashes as a movement shot through with youthful exuberance and a brisk reinvigoration of the filmmaking process. Most agree that the French New Wave was at its peak between 1958 and 1964, but it continued to ripple on afterwards, with many of the tendencies and styles introduced by the movement still in practice today… French New Wave The New Wave (French: La Nouvelle Vague) was a blanket term coined by critics for a group of French filmmakers of the late 1950s and 1960s, influenced by Italian Neorealism and classical Hollywood cinema. Although never a formally organized movement, the New Wave filmmakers were linked by their self-conscious rejection of classical cinematic form and their spirit of youthful iconoclasm. "New Wave" is an example of European art cinema. Many also engaged in their work with the social and political upheavals of the era, making their radical experiments with editing, visual style and narrative part of a general break with the conservative paradigm. Using portable equipment and requiring little or no set up time, the New Wave way of filmmaking presented a documentary type style. The films exhibited direct sounds on film stock that required less light. Filming techniques included fragmented, discontinuous editing, and long takes. The combination of objective realism...
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...INNO NATOUR. Lesson learnt from Innovation in Nature Based Tourism Services Contact: Faculty of Economics and Public Administration „Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava Universităţii str., no. 13, Building H 720229 SUCEAVA, ROMANIA Phone: (+40) 230 216147 ext. 294 Erasmus IP web site: www.innonatour.usv.ro Faculty web site: www.seap.usv.ro University web site: www.usv.ro 2012 Subject to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without written permission of the copyright owners. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................................ 5 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT.............................................................................................................. 8 STUDENTS OF THE 20112012 ERASMUS IP ...................................................................................... 9 LECTURERS, TUTORS AND EXPERTS OF THE 20112012 ERASMUS IP ................................. 10 RESULTS OF THE ERASMUS IP INNO NATOUR 20112012......................................................... 19 FINAL REPORTS OF THE WORKING GROUPS .................................................................................. 20 INDIVIDUAL POST CASE STUDIES OF THE STUDENTS ................................................................. 44 CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS ......................................
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