...When I read “A Hologram for the King”, I noticed different aspects that I would like to develop. In my opinion, this book is about much more than just the decay of American business. It’s about the life of a poor man who tries to deal with his difficult situation. So before beginning, let’s have a short summary. Alan Clay, an ex-consultant and a victim of the Recession, is now a 54-years-old business man hired by Reliant in order to present a new technology, a holographic teleconference system, to the King Abdullah. By landing this contact, he would solve all his money problems as he is a debt?ridden man. Across the book and the wait for the king to come, Alan remembers his past and wonders about his purpose in the life. First of all, in my opinion, this story is about the nothingness both physical and psychological. On one hand, we can talk about a real physical desert because the whole story takes place in Saudi Arabia, which is not known for its luxury forests but for its small shrubs which don’t need a lot of water. More particularly, the story takes place in King Abdullah Economic City which, according to the book, comprises only three buildings. For a city-to-be, it’s a kind of desert. “The landscape was flat and blank. Anything built here, an unrelenting desert, was an act of sheer will imposed on territory unsuited for habitation.” (A Hologram for the King, p34) “They drove a mile before they arrived at a modest gate, a pair of stone arches over the road, a great dome...
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...Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Social Work Values: A Critical Analysis A. Antonio González-Prendes, Ph.D. Wayne State University aa3232@wayne.edu Kimberly Brisebois Wayne State University Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics, Volume 9, Number 2 (2012) Copyright 2012, White Hat Communications This text may be freely shared among individuals, but it may not be republished in any medium without express written consent from the authors and advance notification of White Hat Communications Abstract Increasing numbers of clinical social workers use cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) in their practice. This article analyzes how CBT fits with social work values and in particular with social justice. We propose that CBT is a good fit with the values of the profession and make suggestions for areas of improvement. Keywords: cognitive-behavioral therapy, social work values, social justice, social work practice 1. Introduction In a day when evidence-based practice has become so important to the social work profession, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has become one of the most frequently used forms of psychotherapeutic intervention. Extensive research supports the effectiveness of CBT approaches for a wide range of psychosocial issues (Dobson & Dobson, 2009; Granvold, 2011). It is one of the most widely researched and published models of therapy, with more than 325 published outcome studies that validate its efficacy (Butler, Chapman, ...
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...Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Languages and Information Technology Department of International Relations 155 Su Van Hanh Street, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City U&P Group - Class PR0903 Email (date) Mr./Mrs. (Company) Address Dear Sir/Madam U&P Group is pleased to inform you that we are organizing the Zodiac Night under the theme of horoscope party which is scheduled to take place from May 20th, 2012 at 5th Floor of HUFLIT. We are, therefore, writing this letter to respectfully request your consideration of support in sponsoring the Zodiac Night. Horoscope is the hot topic among HUFLIT students right now. Through the signs, people find themselves in their essential personality, love or friendship comparability. That inspired us to create a new kind of playground for students of Department of International Relations. The Zodiac Night includes games, a mini show-case, a music show and a tea break under the Western horoscope theme of 4 main groups of zodiac: Fire, Air, Water, and Earth. This event will be able to bring about 120 people together who would be very potential customers for your company. We welcome donations of any amount or value, including product or services. If you choose to sponsor a budget package of 5,000,000 VND, your business logo will appear on all game stalls and the banners, standee of the event. We are confident that after you review the detailed plan, you will come to the realization that supporting us is a quite...
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...Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 SE584: Forensic and Business Investigations Techniques February 22, 2009 The passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) changed how accounting is practiced and how corporations handle their accounting departments, to include auditing and internal controls. Some of these changes are for better accountability and some are for governing the application of stricter rules. The accounting profession was dramatically affected by the events leading up to and after the passing of this law. In the days before SOX, there were many high valued fraudulent activities. The news was flooded with employees, managers, and executives who were committing fraud against their investors, their organizations, or both. Millions and billions of dollars were being lost. The acts that brought about SOX began many years before its inception but were especially prevalent during the dot-com boom. These company’s executives fraudulently reported increases in revenue dollars, bringing their net income up in order to keep pace with their growth projected by analysts. The collapse of these “fast and furious” companies did not mean the last of the major fraudulent activities by executives against organizations or their investors. The 1990s was a time that saw many changes affecting business. The Internet was beginning to open more to commercial use, no more was it just for academics and the government. The age of technology that had started in the 1960s truly took off. The...
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...Jose Thomas Moreno page 1 Ms. Julia Simpson-Urrutia English 1A 5 September 20015 The controversies of Machiavelli Is being good all the time a bad thing? Machiavelli believed it was. He writes, “A man who wishes to make a vocation of being good at all times will come to ruin among so many who are not good”. It seems like a fair statement to me; being good among those not good may lead us to ruins. The more power we posses, the more difficult it will be to remain good. Not all agree . Lao Tzu would probably respond with an observation like, "therefore the master says let go of all desire for common good, and good becomes common as grass" (A World of Ideas pg. 211 verse 37). Unlike Machiavelli, Lao-Tzu believed in individual importance. His rhetoric is based on simplicity, patience and compassion.On the other hand, Machiavellis ideology is based on any means necessary. Today, evidence of Machiavelli's statement is everywhere. Politicians are known to be crooked, they'll promise anything it takes to get elected and once in power make up new agendas. Others have lied in order to make action available. For example, on may 29,2003 president George W Bush reported, "we found the weapons of mass...
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...category where none existed before” (Castaldo, J., 2007). Surely RIM was poised for success; however, three short years later, the industry is wondering if RIM can compete with the likes of Apple and Google with their new devices running on their revolutionary iOS and Android operating platforms. The future of wireless industry is constantly improving and the future category where none existed before” (Castaldo, J., 2007). Surely RIM was poised for success; however, three short years later, the industry is wondering if RIM can compete with the likes of Apple and Google with their new devices running on their revolutionary iOS and Android operating platforms. The future of wireless industry is constantly improving and the future category where none existed before” (Castaldo, J., 2007). Surely RIM was poised for success; however, three short years later, the industry is wondering if RIM can compete with the likes of Apple and Google with their new devices running on their revolutionary iOS and Android operating platforms. The future of wireless industry is constantly improving and the future category where none existed before” (Castaldo, J., 2007). Surely RIM was poised for success; however, three short years later, the industry is wondering if RIM can compete with the likes of Apple and Google with their new devices running on their revolutionary iOS and Android operating platforms. The future of wireless industry is constantly improving and the future category where none existed...
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...Juan Perez English 7-8 10 November 2013 A Quantum Leap in Weaponry Philosopher Jean Baudrillard once said, “Deep down, the United States, with its space and technological refinement, its bluff good conscience, even in those spaces which it opens up for simulation, is the only remaining primitive society.” No matter how much we advance technologically we will always depend on our primitive instincts. Since the beginning of humanity people have been fighting with each other. As humans evolved so did the weapons that were used. Humans have gone from throwing stones at their enemies to sending missiles half way across the globe. As our technology advances, the innovations get applied to our weapons systems, which in turn make them more efficient and effective. Since the beginning of time, man has had a necessity to accomplish things, some things were simpler than others. When things got difficult man figured out how to use whatever he could find to help accomplish his goals. These items were later known as tools. Primitive tools were made out of wood, bone, and stone (Smithsonian 15). These were the most common materials at the time. However when the time came to defend ourselves these tools became weapons. At first weapons were jagged pieces of materials, such as pieces of broken bone, broken wood and jagged rocks. These tools were held in the palm of the hand (Smithsonian 18). Eventually the tools were shaped and tied to make handling more efficient, as well as to eliminate...
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...Kadeem Y. S. Mc Mahon D01305442 DeVry College of New York LAWS310 – The Legal Environment Professor Steven Maffei Stem Cell Research Essay Majority of the general population knows or has heard something in reference to stem cell research, weather it is from magazine articles or news, at some point in our daily lives we’ve heard the term “Stem Cell Research.” Stem cells due to their controversial nature, has seen numerous changes in the legislation governing its research and the types of stem cells – weather it is fetal, cord, embryonic, etc... – The legislation affecting stem cells can determine where the U.S. stands on this ground breaking research. According to Lanza, A simple definition for stem cells is as follows “a stem cell is a cell that has the potential to develop into a number of different types of cells in the body.” (2011). Basically, stem cells are the base of all organs and tissues in the human body, a master cell of some sort. Stems cell, also have the potential be the backbone of many medical breakthroughs in centuries to come, from age prevention to helping with disabilities such as blindness, inability to walk, etc... As mention earlier in this paper there are many types of stem cells, but for purpose of this paper I shall focus on adult & embryonic stem cells. An adult stem cell is an undifferentiated cell that is found amongst differentiated cells in an organ or tissue that processes the ability to renew itself, as well as differentiate into...
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...1970’s: 1. Pascal: Was created by procedural programming language, formed in 1968, encourage good programming practices using structured programming and data structuring. 2. KRL: Was created by Daniel G. Bobrow at Xerox PARC, Terry Winograd at Stanford University, It is a frame-based language. Created 1971. 3. RED: Was created by Brosgol et al. at Intermetrics for US Dept of Defense, an imperative and functional programming language, Created 1977. 4. CDL: Created by Koster at University of Nijmegen, in 1971, is a programming language based on affix grammars. 5. Modula: Created by Wirth, in 1975, programming language is a descendent of the Pascal programming language. It was developed in Switzerland. 1980’s: 1. Ada 80 (MIL-STD-1815): Created by Ichbiah at CII Honeywell Bull, in 1980, is a structured, statically typed, imperative, wide-spectrum, and object-oriented high-level computer programming language, extended from Pascal and other languages. 2. CBASIC: Created by Gordon Eubanks, in 1980-1981, is a compiled version of the BASIC programming language written for the CP/M operating system. 3. Draco: Created by Chris Gray, in 1982, was a shareware programming language for CP/M and the Amiga. 4. C++: Created by Stroustrup, in 1983, is a general purpose programming language that is free-form and compiled. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it comprises both high-level and low-level language features. 5. GW-BASIC: Created...
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...SUMMER PROJECT REPORT ON “EQUITY REASER CH OF INDIAN COMMERCIAL VEHICLES INDUSTRY” In the partial fulfilment of the Degree of Master of Management Studies under the University of Mumbai By Mr. Mihir Bhatia (Roll No: A- 05) Under the guidance of: Mr. Pranjal Wagh Prof. Nilay Savla (External Guide, Organization) (Internal Guide) Aruna Manharlal Shah Institute of Management and Research Ghatkopar [W], Mumbai-86 2010-11 Acknowledgement In the course of researching and completing this project, I have been fortunate in receiving help from many individuals, without them it would never have come to fruition. I therefore wish to express my gratitude to the following that have helped me throughout my project. I acknowledge and thank the Mumbai University and My Institute “ARUNA MANHARLAL SHAH INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH” who gave me the opportunity to undertake this very summer project in MMS Course. And the first person that comes to mind for this is Our Prof. NILAY SAVLA, who is not only my Mentor but also the person who made me incline towards my goal of pursuing Finance as a career. Her support and inputs are valued and respected. I wish to express my gratitude to Samarth EduFin Pvt. Ltd. to give me the opportunity to work in the Company as a Management Trainee. I am deeply indebted to Mr. Pranjal Wagh for his efforts in terms of time, energy and knowledge sharing. He has been most gracious and accommodating. Without any...
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...Business Research Report – Canada Goose Canada Goose Inc. is number 125 of the Profit 500 list. Canada Goose is a company that had started in a small warehouse in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1957 by a guy named Sam Tick, who was a cutter at other factories. When Sam Tick started the company, it was originally called Metro Sportswear LTD. In 1970, Sam Tick’s son-in-law, David Reiss, had joined the company and had invented a down filling machine for the jacket. Originally, they renamed the company to Snow Goose, because of the white downs, but eventually somewhere in the 70’s it was renamed to Canada Goose. In 1982 Laurie Skreslet became the first Canadian to climb Mount Everest and he was wearing the Big Mountain Jacket create by Canada Goose (Canada Goose, 2013). Then in 1997 an man named Dani Reiss, son of David Reiss, joined the company as a salesman, selling the brand to stores to sell the product. In 2001 he had succeed his father and had become president and Chief Executive of the company. He had brought a new strategy to the way things are done on the advertising and production side of the product. The Strategy was; “by focusing on the made-in-Canada, used-in-Canada story behind the coats, people would clamour for them” (O’Kane J. 2013). The strategy worked and the company fiscal year grew 40% and had sales close to $150 million US Dollars. In addition, Canada Goose jackets had been popping up in movies. The one movie in particular that the jacket appeared in was “The...
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...Transcript of Copy of EFFECTIVENESS OF RETENTION POLICY AMONG ACCOUNTANCY STUDENTS 1. There are no common problems among accountancy students on why they fail their accounting subjects. 2. Retention policy of an accountancy student is very important in order for them to become a Certified Public Accountant. HYPOTHESES INTRODUCTION 1. What are the common problems why accountancy students fail to pass their accounting subjects? 2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a retention policy? 3. What retention preparedness program is being used to help accounting students pass their major subjects? Statement of the Problem For student to strive harder to be able to know whether they are fit in the program or not. For accounting instructors to know on what are the students’ perspective on having a retention policy. For Administrators to have an idea on creating a program in the preparation/preparedness for retention policy to all accountancy students. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY These are some schools who also implement the Retention Policy among Accountancy Students: Review Related Literature The descriptive normative method of research was used with the questionnaire-checklist. Descriptive research, according to James P. Key of Oklahoma State University, obtains information concerning the current status of the phenomena to describe “what exists” with respect to variables or conditions in a situation which involves range from the survey which describes...
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...How would you describe the research process? Sekaran and Bougie (2013) mentioned that reasearch is a step-by-step , logical organized and rigorous method to find a solution for a problem. Sekaran and Bougie (2013) identified seven steps process for busienss reaserch _ Identify a broad problem area: "A Drop in Sales" could attract the attention of the manager to the main problem area - Define the problem statement: Business research starts with a definite purpose or objective - Develop hypotheses: Variables are examined to acertain their contribution or influence in explaining why the problem occurs and how it can be solved - Determine measures: Measuring variables in the thepretical framework for hypothesis testing - Data collection: Collection of data related to each variable - Data analysis: Statistical analysis to see if hypothesis are supported - Interpretation of data: Interpreting the maning of the data analysis In my opinion reasech process is a systematic and organized process followed in order to solve a problem in a logical and objective way to reach a valid and reliable conclusion The reaserch process starts with identifying a main problem area which is the main area to be tackeled or the main real problem, after that the researche should narrow down the broad problem area to a specifc and certain topic of research for which we can develop hypothesis where the main variables are identified and then data for these variables are collected and analyzed in way that give...
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...A Thesis Proposal Presented to the Faculty of College of Criminology _____________ In Partial Fulfillment for the Degree Bachelor of Science in Criminology Submitted by Jacob, Mark Lester P. March, 2011 DEDICATION I would like to dedicate to the following who significantly helped me in completing this thesis. my parents, who gave me the appreciation of learning and taught me the value of perseverance and hard work, My mother Teresita P. Jacob, for her overall support and understanding, while completing this reaserch study, to my father Odilon R. Jacob, for giving his support ,motivation and encouragement inspired me in the preparations of this thesis. To my entire classmates especially to all the 4c4 section for their unselfish support by providing their knowledge and help that greatly contributed to the accomplishment of this work , lastly to the creator almighty Jesus Christ for giving me the power and life to continue life’s never ending pursuit to learn. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT It is a pleasure to thank those who made this thesis possible who in one way or another help in the realization of this research. To our immediate family, wife, sons and daughters who were always loving, kind, and understanding, providing us hope and inspiration. To our ever admired and respected adviser, DR. MERCEDES A. FORONDA, for endowing us her unrelenting guidance and support. To PROF. LINDON AGAS , for allowing us to pursue...
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...Community In: Social Issues Status of Pnp to the Barangay Community Philippine College of Criminology THE STATUS OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP) IN POLICE-COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP _____________ A Thesis Proposal Presented to the Faculty of College of Criminology _____________ In Partial Fulfillment for the Degree Bachelor of Science in Criminology Submitted by Jacob, Mark Lester P. March, 2011 DEDICATION I would like to dedicate to the following who significantly helped me in completing this thesis. my parents, who gave me the appreciation of learning and taught me the value of perseverance and hard work, My mother Teresita P. Jacob, for her overall support and understanding, while completing this reaserch study, to my father Odilon R. Jacob, for giving his support ,motivation and encouragement inspired me in the preparations of this thesis. To my entire classmates especially to all the 4c4 section for their unselfish support by providing their knowledge and help that greatly contributed to the accomplishment of this work , lastly to the creator almighty Jesus Christ for giving me the power and life to continue life’s never ending pursuit to learn. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT It is a pleasure to thank those who made this thesis possible who in one way or another help in the realization of this research. To our immediate family, wife, sons and daughters who were always loving, kind, and understanding, providing us hope and inspiration...
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