...The performance was put on by the gospel choir of NCSU, and they were accompanied by a keyboardist, two guitarists, and a drummer. The lead guitarist was a good player, as well as the keyboard player (I hope to be there one day). Early on the audience section wasn't very full, but as things began to get started some late comers filtered in. The choir director encouraged the audience to participate in the performance rather than simply being spectators. I really enjoyed the performance having grown up going to churches that sing gospel music. It was also fun to see some of my fellow students displaying their talents, and to see the audience members stand and enjoy the show as well. The songs performed: "Shift this Place" by Youthful Praise "I Don't Know Why You Love Me" by The Citadel of Praise "The Good Shepherd" by Donald Lawrence "Do You Know Jesus" by Hezekiah Walker "He's Working It Out For Your Good" by Chicago Mass Choir "Jesus Is a Rock" by Glenn E. Burleigh (performed twice) "Be Healed" by Total Praise Choir "Wait On The Lord" by The Citadel of Praise The music expressed African traditions with its strong sense of complex rhythms. There was also the call and response present in the compositions and the dancing tradition. It seemed to me that the audience enjoyed what they were seeing. Most were already familiar with the particular style of music, but those who weren't joined in and appeared to have fun. The song I liked the most was "Jesus...
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...SAS also known as “Statistical Analysis System” institute was founded in 1976. It all started at North Carolina State University (NCSU) as a project to analyze agricultural research, but the need for statistical analysis skyrocketed and thus SAS was founded. Two NCSU faculty members headed the project, Jim Goodnight and Jim Barr each one playing a major role in the development of SAS. With the help of Jane Helwig, a documentation writer, and John Sall, a computer programmer, the SAS core team was formed. These four people are given credit for co-founding the company. The company had their first user conference in 1976 to determine if the company could stand independently. They had more than 300 people attend this conference. With their customer clientele already growing and reaching nearly 100, they were sure that this company could be a success. Late in 1976, the co-founders left NCSU and formed the company in an office building across from the University. In 1976, they had small rooms filled with computers lined wall to wall. Base SAS, the first program created by the company, was stored on a punch card consisting of 300,000 lines of code. By 1977, SAS was awarded the first outstanding software recognition award and was placed on the Data pro Software honor roll. By 1978, SAS had 21 employees and over 600 customer sites. In 1976, SAS’s main concern was the customer; therefore, they issued a survey called the SASware Ballot, which still exists today. With this ballot they...
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...Erica Graham 1 Erica Graham Prof. Poznanska International Business Final Paper 3/6/2015 Introduction: SAS Institute Inc is by far the world largest private software company. It is known for two things, it was the first company to make software for analyzing data, and how it treats its employees. “SAS Institute is probably the most important software company that you’ve never heard of.” (Fishmen) Yet a majority of the people in the United States and overseas uses SAS technology every day without knowing where and how it came into being. SAS is considered to be the sanest company in America, with the lowest turnover rates for employees across the world. “The company experiences annual turnover in the range of 23% compared to an industry average of 22%.” (Crowley) This is due to the way that SAS operates, putting its workers and their job satisfaction above everything else. SAS institute is also one of the very few companies to take a sustainability approach to business, one in which it holds the value of people above all else. “SAS has found that by being an especially benevolent and respected organization, they consistently produce the most optimal workplace performance.” (Crowley) Reason for International Expansion: Erica Graham 2 In 1966 there was no company called SAS, but the foundation for this fast growing multinational company was laid. In 1966 the need for computerized statistics programs was enormous especially for the agricultural sector...
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...Small Business & Technology Development Center Conducting an Industry Analysis This guide is intended to assist you with your research as you perform an analysis of your business industry. The following steps should be used as a template to report major findings and organize your research. Several key factors must be considered as you analyze your industry: Geographic Area – Local?, regional?, statewide?, national?, international? Industry – Size, trends, outlook Product Buyers – Target customers Regulatory Environment Company Information – Identify and research most successful businesses Identify the Industry Determine the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code and/or NAICS Code for the industry. Find codes at the US Census Website: http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/ Industry Overview Include: A brief history Factors that affect growth Government regulations Leading businesses in the industry Library Resources: o Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys o US Industry & Trade Outlook o Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries, Gale Research o Encyclopedia of American Industries, Gale Research Internet Resources (free or for purchase): o Trade Associations – Find appropriate associations in: Encyclopedia of Associations or a general Internet search) o Hoover's Online (http://www.hoovers.com/) – Companies and Industries Section o MarketReseach.com (http://www.marketresearch.com) – Retailer of private market research reports Small Business &...
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...invoices, with 100 samples was 8%, this makes the deviation rate ±5, with a low of 3 and a high of 13 in qualitative terms, Baker estimated the upper deviation rate at 14. This rate, however still falls in the below the maximum category, which means the controls have a high risk, not a low risk (Whittington & Pany, 2014). In addition, the deviation rate could be determined by using a table that is acceptable to the auditor, or computer software created for the purpose. If the upper deviation is in the below the maximum acceptance level, it becomes an issue that brings two different scenarios for the company billing controls, a low level of risk would be acceptable for the audit, but a high risk level requires subsequent tests of controls (NCSU, 2015). While assessing controls risks too low may signify that the design and operation of controls are effective when they are not, the vice versa would indicate ineffectiveness, when the system is indeed effective (Finley, 2010). 5. Baker's objective was to assess that shipping invoices had been billed correctly. The sample selected was 100 invoices, the first 25 for the each of the months of January, April, July, and October were reviewed. Systematic selection requires samples to be selected in a random order with a starting point and intervals in between. Although the samples reviewed may be adequate, there is no guarantee that there are no bias factors involved in the selection, since the beginning of a quarter may include billing...
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...Partnering with Industry for a Computer Science and Engineering Capstone Senior Design Course Ken Christensen[1], Dewey Rundus1, and Zornitza Genova Prodanoff1 1 2 Abstract A capstone design course is an important component of the senior year curriculum for engineering students and plays a key role in achieving departmental ABET EC 2000 outcomes. In the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of South Florida, we have partnered with industry to have students work in teams on industry-contributed “real world” projects. Industry partners contribute projects, mentor students, give a guest lecture, and provide the opportunity for students to present their project at the industry site. Students work on projects in teams and are given milestones and schedules to follow. The milestones include formal requirements, specifications and design, prototype demonstration, test plan, and final project delivery and presentation. The final presentation includes a project demonstration, user documentation, press release, and a poster that is permanently displayed in the department seminar room. The course includes formal lecture and reading assignments on the development process. A midterm exam covers these topics. Soft topics include discussions on working in teams. Our industry partners stress the importance of students being able to work well in teams. We hope that our experience can serve as a guide for other engineering departments considering...
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...SOCIAL PROBLEM Educational Inequality: A Social Problem in the U.S. SOCIAL PROBLEM Educational Inequality: A Social Problem In the U.S. Introduction: The goal of education is to make sure that every student has a chance to excel, both in school and in life. Increasingly, children's success in school determines their success as adults, determining whether and where they go to college, what professions that they enter, and how much they are paid. Why is that getting a good education is dependent upon a person’s socioeconomic status? Education is a right in the U.S, but it seems to be accessible for the privilege. Why do we have inequality in education? Let’s look at different views explaining some possible causes or contributors to this issue. “Social inequality is the expression of lack of access to housing, health care, education, employment opportunities, and status. It is the exclusion of people from full and equal participation in what we, the members of society, perceive as being valuable, important, personally worthwhile, and socially desirable. Economic inequality is expressed through the unequal distribution of wealth in society. This has obvious ramifications in terms of the unequal distribution of what that wealth may purchase; housing, health care, education, career prospects, status - in our society, access to all these things is largely dependent on wealth. Because of the nature of our society - post industrial, competitive, capitalist, commercially driven...
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...for computerized statistics programs, the grants provided allowed Goodnight, Sall and a consortium of eight land-grant universities to create the programs needed. When the grant funding came to a halt in 1972, the group of statisticians agreed to chip in $5,000 apiece each year to keep the project running. The analytical software was licensed by pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies, banks, and also by the academic community that had given birth to the project ("SAS Company Stats," n.d.). With a growing customer base that already numbered close to 100 academic, government and corporate entities, it was evident that success as an independent operation was possible. Goodnight, Sall and two other facility members decided to leave NCSU and develop SAS Institute Inc. - – a private company "devoted to the maintenance and further development of statistical analysis systems." The Company’s mission is to deliver solutions that drive innovation and improve performance ("SAS Company Stats," n.d.). II. Organizational Strengths and Weaknesses A. First organizational Strength SAS Institute offers analytical software in over 24 industries from Automotive to Utilities. They have over 350 enterprise solutions, products, insights and trends. SAS software is installed at more than 75,000 business, government and university sites ("SAS Company Stats," n.d.). The company also has customers in over 141 countries and nearly 14,000 employees worldwide....
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...L1.1 Lecture Notes: Logic Justification: Precise and structured reasoning is needed in all sciences including computer science. Logic is the basis of all reasoning. Computer programs are similar to logical proofs. Just as positive whole numbers are the fundamental units for arithmetic, propsitions are the fundamental units of logic. Proposition: A statement that is either true or false. E.g. Today is Monday Today is Tuesday The square root of 4 is 2 The square root of 4 is 1 2 is even, and the square of two is even, and 3 is odd and the square of 3 is odd. The Panthers can clinch a playoff berth with a win, plus a loss by the Rams, a loss or tie by the Saints and Bears, a win by the Seahawks and a tie between the Redskins and Cowboys. (Copied verbatim from the sports page 12/26/2004.) Propositions may be true or false and no preference is given one way or the other. This is sometimes difficult to grasp as we have a “natural” preference for true statements. But “snow is chartreuse” and “snow is white” are both propositions of equal standing though one is true and the other false. Non-propositions: What is today? Is today Monday? Questions are not propositions. You can’t judge whether the question itself is true or false, even though the answer to the question may be true or false. Show me some ID! Similarly, imperative statements lack a truth value. 2x=4 x=y Statements with undetermined variables do not have truth...
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...ISSUES IN ACCOUNTING EDUCATION Vol. 19, No. 4 November 2004 pp. 555–565 The ALLTEL Pavilion Case: Strategy and CVP Analysis Edward Blocher and Kung H. Chen ABSTRACT: The ALLTEL Pavilion case is intended for the undergraduate management accounting or cost accounting course and the M.B.A. management accounting course. It provides an excellent context in which to examine strategic issues in using cost volume profit (CVP) in a service business. Based on an actual entertainment pavilion, the case develops many factors unique to a service business and illustrates how pavilion management can use CVP analysis to determine which artists to attract and what kinds of contracts to have with these performers. The Pavilion has two types of customers (paying ticket holders and free ticket holders) and earns profits from three types of revenues (ticket revenues, concession revenues, and parking fees). The case requires you to identify the best strategy for different types of artists, conduct cost-volume-profit analyses, consider the strategic issues related to operating leverage and how this affects the choice of performer and contract, and assess pricing strategies. O ne day in early November, Pam Berg, Manager of the ALLTEL Pavilion, was reviewing the operating results for the year just completed in preparation for the executive board meeting the following Friday. While the year ended in the black, she was disappointed that the ALLTEL Pavilion failed to earn the budgeted...
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...CADV 450 19 January 2014 Stress and Coping in Relation to School Stress stimuli can be presented in almost any situation and carry on into other situations. Stress can interfere with a lot in a person’s life and come can come from and/or affect one’s health, happiness, education, the list goes on. What is important is learning how to deal with those stress factors. This is where coping strategies come in. In our online class, we spoke about coping and stress from a Child Life Specialist point of view. One of the goals of a CLS is to make a situation that is stressful easier to cope with. This is important for teachers as well. One of a teacher’s main goal is to provide the appropriate tools for students to help them learn new things. As observers, teacher should be able to recognize stress stimuli and help students cope with their stress so that it does not interfere with their schoolwork. In my paper, I will focus on and provide examples of stress displayed in school settings that ultimately affect one’s ability to focus on the curriculum and ways to cope with those stressors. Then I will reflect on what I have learned and why this topic is important to me. This topic is interesting to me because I plan to become a teacher and I believe that having the ability to cope with stressors is a powerful tool to have in life. A huge percent of children in the United States have divorced parents. For children, divorce can create confusion, anger, sadness, etc. According to the...
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...| Food Fight: The Day McDonald's BlinkedCase Study Analysis | Sullivan UniversityMGT 510 | | Kris Lutgring | | Executive Summary While McDonald’s and Burger King have fought over a percentage of the same market share, each company has a unique strategy with which they’ve approached the market. McDonald’s aims to deliver an inexpensive, standard, quality meal with high level of uniformity both in burger structure and in delivery times. Burger King also strives for an inexpensive, quality meal, but focuses on allowing the customer a degree of flexibility in the menu – a goal reflected in their long-time slogan, “Have it your way.” This difference results in distinct objectives for each restaurant that resonate throughout their respective operations structure, affecting the cooking process, approach to customization, equipment and technology, staffing, order processing and pricing. Background: McDonald’s versus Burger King In the quick-serve restaurant industry, no two brands have waged war over customer loyalty as publicly as McDonald's and Burger King. The rivalry dates back to the mid-20th century as both companies emerged on the national scene, battling for territory and franchisees. Similarities in menu, resturant decor, and locations all set the scene for a story only America could create. Both McDonald's and Burger King exploded onto the American palette in the 1950's. McDonald's set out to change their menu operations by investing in their food...
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...Generational differences in work values: A study of hospitality management. Evgeny Strokov Glion Institute of Higher Education, Switzerland Success Strategies for the Hospitality and Service Industries (MGMT - M900 - 201360 - 1) Wednesday, 12 June 2013 Word Count: 1519 ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Statement of Authorship ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- I certify that this assignment is my own work and contains no material which has been accepted for the award of any degree or diploma in any institute, college or university. Moreover, to the best of my knowledge and belief, it contains no material previously published or written by another person, except where due reference is made in the text of the work. I also understand that under no circumstances should any part of this assignment be published, including on the internet, or publicly displayed without receiving written permission from the University. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Signed ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Student number E00032823 Name: Evgeny Strokov ------------------------------------------------- * Generational differences in work values This essay is based on the extensive...
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...Education and the Crime Rate How Education Lowers Crime Washington State University Economics 490, SES Capstone Abstract The main objective of this paper is to analyze the impact of education on the crime rate. The majority of people would assume that increased levels of education would lower the crime rate in a given area. This paper helps to reinforce this idea based on the conclusions reached from the research. There are also a few unexpected results such as higher levels of income per capita having higher rates of violent crime. In the end though, the data and research cement the idea that education is a good crime prevention tool. Introduction Crime rates are a concern for every major city in the United States, as well as the world. Why do some cities have higher crime than others? What needs to be done to lower crime rates? These are a few of the questions asked on a daily basis. A very effective tool to fight crime may very well be education. Most Americans would probably prefer to have their tax dollars go towards improving education instead of having to fund a larger police force. Raising education levels is more of a proactive approach whereas adding to the level of law enforcement is retroactive. Prevention is always better than having to fix a problem after it has occurred. The goal of this paper is to compare the relationship between education and crime rates. I will do this by using data on...
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...Industrial Revolution: The Future of Western Europe The Industrial Revolution was the moment in history when Europe began to change from a hands-on age to more of a mechanical age. The Industrial Revolution began mainly in Western Europe and soon spread across the world, including North America. Britain accelerated its manufacturing, business, and even daily life, being the center head of the Industrial Revolution. Britain first led the way back in the 18th century, and by 1850, its entire society was changed forever, both economically and socially. Britain’s decisions in the previous decades shaped the prime location for an economic boom, mainly by not wasting its time with an absolutist rule nor with too many disputes with other European countries. Through technological and scientific means, Britain propelled itself economically forward, letting the rest of Europe play catch up. By controlling the seas, it shielded itself from disaster in markets across waters. The living and working standards transformed with longer life spans and whole family units working in industries. Although these families faced horrid conditions in these factories, they were still able to make money in the long run through labor unions and new legislation. Overall, Britain became the leading industrial power in Europe, if not the world, as a result of a new prominent social class, a strong capitalist ideal, life altering inventions, revamped living and working conditions, and revolutionary maritime...
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