...they are sad Being together for good times And being together in bad times Love is..., the source of strength Love is... Being honest with yourself of all times Being honest with the other person at all times Telling, listening, respecting the truth And never pretending Love is..., the source of reality Love is... an understanding that is so complete that You feel as if you are part of the other person Accepting the other person just the way he/she is And not trying to change him/her to be something else Love is..., the source of unity Love is... The freedom to pursue your own desires While sharing your experience with other person The growth of one individual alongside of the other And together with the growth of both Love is..., the source of success Love is... The excitement of planning things together The excitement of doing things together Love is..., the source of the future Love is... The fury of the storm The calm of the rainbow Love is...., the source of passion Love is... Giving and taking in a daily situation being Patient with each other’s needs and desires Love is... the source of sharing Love Knowing that the person Will always be with you regardless of what happens Missing the other person when they are away But remaining near in heart at all times Love is... the source of security Love is... the source of life Susan Polis...
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...others are telling the reader about behaviors that might have serious consequences. Some are based on truth, while others are based on fiction. According to author Tom Harris, the definition of an urban legend is “A modern, fictional story, told as truth, which reaches a wide audience by being passed from person to person”. Urban legends come from different sources like the internet, passed from friend to friend or reading it in a book or newspaper. When reading or listening to an urban legend tale, one has to ask 1. Is the source objective or biased 2. Is the source reputable and 3. Is the source sufficiently detailed? The tales over the years have become more elaborate and some parts of the story maybe true but as time goes on, another part of the story gets added making the story more unbelievable. According to author, James M. Henslin states that “urban legends are stories with an ironic twist that sounds realistic but are false”. Urban legends are told to people because of a lesson that needs to be learned or behaviors that need to be corrected. The person who is telling the story might think that by sharing this story, it would help that person because it’s similar in nature; therefore the person speaking is trying to help. In conclusion, urban legends are told for a different reasons and it’s up to the people listening or reading the story to either believe it or not. The urban legends pass through different generation, we listen; draw our own conclusion, the...
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...scores. Through the scorecard approach, the bank will use scorecards to modify the amounts of the initial level of operational risk capital determined at the bank’s business line. 1. The bank can apply expert knowledge to estimate distribution functions 2. Reflect the Level of operational risk: adjustment on the result of the scorecard 3. Identify the Source of Operational risk: This will help in specifically what part of the product or business lines and which units causes operational risk 4. Present causes of operational risk: management can take actions on what the operational scorecard shows which will help mitigate operational risk 5. Reflect on quality of operations: the operational risk level of a bank depends on the quality level. Changes on operational level can help reduce current risk by improving quality of operations. 6. Supplement information: information is really vital and it will help for the bank to pinpoint which contributes to its current operational risk. 7. Adjust on the current level of operational risk: this will allow for the management to set its priorities. Source: Anders, U., & Sandstedt, M. (2001). An Operational Risk Scorecard Approach.Operational Risk, 1, 47. Retrieved April 14, 2013, from...
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...* Plagiarism can get you expelled from your course * Plagiarism can result in your work being destroyed * Plagiarism can result in expulsion from your academic institution * Plagiarism can result in legal action. Plagiarism: is when you are copying someone’s else ideas or taking credit of something that is not ours it is most likely If you get caught plagiarising, it's possible you may lose your job and the opportunity to move forward not only will you be removed from your course and institution, but you may never be able to study for a degree again. Plagiarism offences a lot of people who are unable to make up their own work word for word. The problem is that students today are faced not only with increasing pressure and a consequent temptation to plagiarise However, don't fall into the trap of thinking that because more people are tempted to plagiarise this somehow both reduces its seriousness and the likelihood of your facing plagiarism consequences, as it does neither of these. The consequences of plagiarism could seriously endanger your academic career because your record will follow you, and should you be compelled to leave your course of study, then you will find it extremely difficult to obtain a place elsewhere Should you be embarked on a longer piece of work, such as a dissertation or thesis, and plagiarise, the work will probably be destroyed. In fact, in these cases, your work will be scrutinised even more carefully for any instance of plagiarism and...
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...interesting facts and emphasizing a pause between the two. I know we talked about the importance of pauses in speeches, which I felt I did a good job with last time, so I tried to following actions from the last speech. Along with the pauses, I feel that I had a decent amount of voice inflection through my speech. I did tend to stumble a few times throughout my speech, but I thought I did an ok job changing the tone of my voice. Also, I feel that my movement went alright through the speech. I did begin to shift my weight when I would stumble on a sentence or point, but otherwise I did attempt to move after my intro and body. Lastly, I think I did a good job of using proper hand gestures. At times I would keep my hands close to my body when I sharing my aunts story, but when I began to talk about the actual topic I began to use my hands more to emphasize points I was saying. So overall, I feel I had some good strengths in my informative speech. Even though I did have some positive aspects of my speech, I also had some negatives points. I do feel that this speech was worse than my last because I felt the need to focus on more things I needed to work on, so I became very nervous which was apparent through my speaking. I think that because I was so nervous going into...
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...objectives for this study include the following: 1. To analyze the impact of various gainsharing approaches 2. To explore the different types of gainsharing approaches 3. To explore the recommendations that can make the gainsharing approaches programs more effective 1.3: SCOPE OF THE STUDY The scope of the report outlines the various objectives of the report. The scope of this report is to understand how comprehensive gainsharing approaches have become and to understand the massive impact it has on employee performance. 1.4: METHODOLODY I have gathered the information from various sources. The major sources of information include the book on Human Resource Management by Keith Davis and William B.Werther also Human Resource Management by Gary Dessler. For further elaboration and clarification, I also took help for various websites. I have mainly used secondary sources of data which was collected through various books and websites. 1.5: LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY Research works are meant to face limitations. While completing this term paper I too had to face a lot of limitations in gathering information. My limitations included: * Time constraint * Lack of pertinent information Chapter 2 GAINSHARING APPROACHES Gainsharing programs actively encourage employees and employers to work together to solve the problems of cost, quality, and production...
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...Innovative Models for Doing Business in the Music Industry Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Reasons for Changes in Consumer Thinking 2 2.1 New Technology Changes the Way Consumers Experience Media 3 2.2 Development of P2P File Sharing 3 2.2.1 Generation 1: Napster 3 2.2.2 Generation 2: The Pirate Bay 4 3 Company Attitudes Towards Changing Business Climate 5 3.1 The Industry Reaction on File Sharing 5 3.2 Technologial Countermeasures 6 3.3 Taking Chances with the New Climate 7 4 Analysis of Different Business Models and Market Conditions 9 4.1 A New Business Model – A Good Business Model? 10 4.1.1 Streaming Media Services 11 4.1.1.1 Spotify 12 4.1.2 Single-song Download Services – Online Music Stores 13 4.1.3 Music Rental Services 14 4.2 Study Case: Tip-Jar - The Radiohead Business Model 15 4.3 Study Case: CD-giveaway - The Prince Business Model 16 5 Conclusions 18 References 19 Introduction The emergence of new media, digital technology, and changing consumer expectations has given the music industry the challenging task of scrutinizing their own business models and methods, forcing companies to revise their business structure and adopt new sources of revenue for the twenty-first century. The main goal of this study was to find out the trends which have affected the industry past years and shaped it towards the present state, reveal how the current climate is, and point out some possible future success factors and new models of...
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...eight Associate Justices and is the highest judicial body in the United States. In the 2009 case of the Supreme Court vs. Joel Tenenbaum, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) sued former Boston University student Joel Tenenbaum for file sharing 30 songs he illegally downloaded from the Internet. According to Bloomberg (2012): The court, without comment, refused to hear Tenenbaums challenge to a law that let the recording industry collect thousands of dollars from individuals for such downloading. The jury was told to impose damages, set by US copyright law, of between $750 and $150,000 per violation. Jurors set a rate of $22,500 for each of 30 songs he downloaded. (para. 2) A jury subsequently ordered Tenenbaum to pay $675,000 in fines directly associated with each of the 30 illegally downloaded and shared songs. "I find it hard to believe that the legal system would uphold a six-figure sum against someone just for downloading music," Tenenbaum says (Brown, 2012, para. 4). I was interested in this case because Tenenbaum was one of the first two people in the United States to have this type of case taken to the Supreme Court. At the same time this case was going on, I was also downloading and sharing music and movies as well until I learned of the illegal status of doing so. The fact that I was doing the same thing at the time...
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...be allowed and such an act will benefit our culture because many new works could be created. The main premise behind Walking on Eggshells is the prevalence of appropriation. Examples throughout history were used like Picasso’s paintings being similar to old African paintings. Moreover, in television, cartoon characters such as Bugs Bunny referenced famous people like Mozart to entertain children. Finally, in music, Daft Punk was essentially a fusion of the works of Mozart and Beethoven. With so many instances of appropriation, it is hard to punish everyone for committing it. Moreover, artists sometimes do not care about money, and so they are willing to let their music be downloaded for free or be remixed because they care more about sharing their art than making money. Simply put, we have all the music in the world for us to define ourselves and our culture. Rip! discussed a wide range of topics about appropriation and expanded on a lot of points Walking on Eggshells made. Rip! also suggested that appropriation should be something anyone can legally do. Rip! justified this by pointing out the ridiculousness...
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...progresses, internet power is handed over to people and the digital music downloads and sharing of files has become so common that the business in the music industry has started deteriorating and they are losing money really fast. This project came into my concern since the available number of musicians and their music genres on the internet is very high. A few megabytes and the song is already on your digital device and all qualities are available without using a lot of money to access the music. The expense an artist uses is so much and there is no profit to gain after the music is produced and probably it might not hit. I anticipate joining the music industry that is why this topic is of my major concern. The main issue in question is how has the music industry been affected by the internet and digital downloading? Annotations BBC News. US Court Re-imposes $220,000 Music Piracy Fine. BBC News. 2012. Web. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19572817 In this article, a lady, Jamie Thomas-Rasset was accused by the Recording Industry Association of America, a trade organization that supports major music industries, that he had been pirating music and uploading them on the internet. She was fined a large amount of money per song and this shows how serious the digital downloading of music has affected the music industry and has become an offense to share the music online. This source shows the seriousness of the effect of digital download on the music industry and how...
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...trading of music possible in the form of MP3 files available over the internet for free. Users can simply upload the files to these sharing sites and millions of others at any given time have the ability to download it from them. The Recording Industry Association of America, however, doesn’t share the enthusiasm about these file sharing practices. To them, it is stealing from the record company and from the artist themselves. Consumers don’t tend to see it that way. The issue that arises here is whether or not should music be accessible for free trade over the internet. On the one hand, it is thought that MP3 downloads reduce sales of legitimate CDs. On the other hand, it can be argued that downloading free MP3s could actually encourage someone to buy a CD which they may not have purchased had they not heard it in its entirety. This is known as the sampling effect. The focus of this research paper will be to paper analyze the impact of music file sharing on the demand, supply, and prosperity of the music industry. The music industry is presently in a state of alarm. Many believe this is attributable to the capability of the Internet to lower costs for authorized as well as unauthorized copies, with the second being significantly more ubiquitous. In this paper, I will discuss the intent of copyright, the role of copying and file-sharing, the difference between explorers and...
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...a high tech version of old fashioned bartering systems. Peer to Peer online shopping connects people all over the world by facilitating online sharing. Typically, an online peer-to-peer marketplace brings people and/or businesses together online to deal with each other directly without having to go through a slow, expensive middle man. Peer to Peer online shopping can be convenient, it can save time by having everything in one place, and save money by cutting out the middle man which will reduce the overall cost for the consumer and increases the profits for the provider/business. Peer to Peer online shopping can also be fun, and highly specialized. During the recession people had less money which caused them to spend less which eventually led to Collaborative consumption. Collaborative consumption which is consumers selling or renting to each other is encouraged by all of the Peer to Peer online sights. For example E Bay is a online auction and shopping website that provides peer to peer and business to consumer sales service via internet. According to our text book "one of the most surprising benefits of collaborative consumption however, turns out to be social. This is true because it allows for sharing between strangers and allows us to make meaningful connections. "Collaborative consumption is an economic model based on sharing, swapping, trading, or renting products and services, enabling access over ownership. It is reinventing not just what we consume but how we consume...
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...“File Sharing: Educational Information Distribution” I. Objectives * This case study aims to complete the following: * General Objective * To create an online informative webpage that discusses File Sharing. * Specific Objectives A. To describe the nature and description of File Sharing. B. To discuss the importance of File Sharing in the Internet World. C. To give the disadvantage and advantage of File Sharing. D. To discuss the benefits of File Sharing. E. To give instances in File Sharing. II. Scope and Limitation * This study will cover the File Sharing around the Internet about Educational Information distribution (Academic information). This will not cover other file sharing that includes movie, music and other entertainment files. Also, this study will not include the price of certain files to be share (incase it is not free). III. Significance of the study * This case study is significantly important or helpful to the following: * To the students: * To educate them how to use file sharing as a reliable source of their studies. Also, to make them know all possibilities wherein they can use file sharing in a good way. * To the instructors: * To inform them how east learning process could be, for both instructors and students, through the use of file sharing. * To the parents: * To inform them that internet, through the use of file sharing, is a wide resource of information which can...
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...Copyright Infringement and the Internet: Sharing Protected Materials through Social Media Frank R Palazzo Information and Social Media USFLIS4930 University of South Florida June 22, 2014 Introduction Since the creation of the Internet, copyright laws are losing their significance due to the difficulty of enforcement of these laws and finding a viable source of infringement. According to United States and most international law, a copyright is established as soon as the original work is created (Hawkins, 2011). Enforcement of copyright law in the age of information is proving to be extremely problematic, tracing the source of the infringement and proving that infringement has occurred can be very difficult and expensive. In the information age material can be distributed from many different sources almost simultaneously to numerous recipients, much of the time the sources of the alleged copyright infringement are private individuals conducting this activity within the privacy of their own home often through social networking sites. Sites such as Facebook, Twitter and others are frequently used tools to distribute copyrighted material such as music, videos, and links to pirated movies but many people are unaware that some things that are seemingly insignificant such as a picture are protected under copyright as well. When individuals copy and paste small items such as pictures for public viewing on their Facebook page they are generally not aware that they are breaking...
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...In recent years, internet piracy or "file sharing" of copyrighted material has gained much popularity. It is a topic that has incessantly sparked debate and has even received global attention. Although on the surface the act of file sharing may seem harmless, it is far from it. Each year, film and record production companies as well as software and video game development companies suffer from billions of dollars in lost profits. This loss comes as a direct result of internet piracy. Many agree that file sharing is unethical and consider it to be no different than downright theft. On the other hand, there are those that support file sharing and claim that their actions are easily justified and ethical. This essay will provide a brief overview and history of file sharing, will consider the arguments of each side, and will offer my personal observations and stance on the issue. File sharing, put simply, is the process of making available and distributing files via the internet. Many freely developed applications have been made available that simplify this process, providing the ability to easily search for, download, and upload any piece of digital content imaginable. These applications are commonly referred to as P2P or peer-to-peer applications as they allow individuals (peers) to directly connect with other peers to share files. By themselves, such applications are useless; a central network must be available that allows each peer to see one another. These networks...
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