...Lianne Zettel Informative Speech 7/9/2012 TOPIC: American Olympian Gymnast- Shawn Johnson SPECIFIC PURPOSE: To inform the audience about Shawn Johnson’s life before, during, and after her career as an Olympic gymnast. THESIS: Shawn Johnson was a young Gold medalist of the 2008 Summer Olympics who has endured a journey as an elite-gymnast into retirement at age 20. Introduction I. The Olympic flag contains five rings that represent the five major regions of the world- a. Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceana. II. The colors of the rings from left to right are blue, yellow, black, green, and red b. Colors were chosen because every country’s flag contains at least one of those colors. III. This includes one obvious country, the US. c. The U.S. alone sent 596 athletes to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. d. One of the youngest members that participated in the artistic gymnastics portion was Shawn Johnson who won a gold medal at 16 years old. Body I. History a. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, on January 19, 1992. b. Only child and lived with her mom and dad i. Extremely energetic and a daredevil ii. Loved to play on jungle gyms and climb all over tables and couches c. 3 years old- dance class and tumbling class- turned out she already had her heart set on gymnastics d. Three years later - Chow’s Gymnastics and Dance, ( still her coach), and started competing by 7 ...
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...Shawn Johnson East is a 26-year-old Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics who was born on January 19, 1992. She was born in Des Moines, Iowa and was the only child of Doug and Teri Johnson. According to the biography.com website, Johnson was a very energetic child and was enrolled in gymnastics at the age of 3. At the age of six, Shawn began training with Liang Chow. Johnson attended school at Valley High School in West Des Moines. In 2009, Shawn left public school, and then completed school in 2010 by a private tutor. Shawn then began college at Vanderbilt University, Nashville and pursued in dietetics and sports psychology. At the age of 12, Johnson competed in the Junior Olympics National Championships, coming home with first in beam, and second in floor. Shawn...
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...WWE Analysis World Wrestling Entertainment, best known as the WWE, is an entertainment company dedicated to the production and marketing of live shows and original products. WWE has two different professional wrestling brands: Raw and Smackdown. Between them they have no great difference; the format is the same, the stories are just as complex to each character, and characters are exchanging between each of the marks. This has no other purpose to give a bit of dynamism to the show, and a bit of rivalry between the Raw and the Smackdown. WWE creates various characters for its program with very complex features, to then introduce them to the world of the fight with combinations of social satire, action, adventure, drama, mystery, athletics and much humor. With regard to the history of the characters, WWE has been characterized by creating a very long history of each of the characters, line since they begin to make popular until they reach retirement, making countless fights, rivalries between teammates, Championships, injuries, among other things that certainly make people continue struggles, and see them continuously, the story of the characters is linear. Program Raw on Monday was recorded for the first time in the city of Mexico, which created much commotion that in Mexico there are many followers of this programme and, of course Rey Misterio and recently Alberto del Rio, the two Mexican fighters of the brand. The show was like any other of the engravings in the U.S....
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...IT/280 Computer Hardware Fundamentals “CPU and Memory Installation Paper” Student: __________ Instructor: __________ JSTONE Associates LLC requires many different tasks which are performed by out IT department of technicians. Upgrades are a must for any business that wants to stay relevant in the market. We at JSTONE Associates LLC understand these upgrades not just viable but necessary. As our company grows and prospers so much our systems. In this portion of your handbook we will be covering the installation or upgrading of memory within our company. These step by step instructions must be completed as required by our company policy and procedure guidelines. 1. Acquire unit or unit’s specs from the company database to retain the compatible upgraded RAM for the system or systems being updated. 2. Pull the allotted memory upgrades from our warehouse and proceed to your specified area of operation. 3. Power down the unit(s) and remove all connections from the system. 4. Locate and procure a clean and clear area to process the work order. 5. Pull cover from system and clean the unit of dust and other materials with your kit. 6. Wash and dry hands thoroughly and put on company issued static shield bracelet. 7. Carefully pull each individual RAM stick from the motherboard and place the dated hardware in the shield sleeves from your kit. 8. Clear all connections or components that may obstruct your path to the motherboard. 9. If removal...
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...Southeast University An Assignment On Real Steel Course Title: Intermediate composition Course Code: ENG-1002 Table of Contents CHAPTER’S, CHAPTER (1) ----- Introduction CHAPTER (2) ----- Character & The Plot CHAPTER (3) ----- Moral of The Movie CHAPTER (4) ----- Movie Details CHAPTER (5) ----- Picture’s & Details CHAPTER (6) ---- The good side And the bad side of this movie CHAPTER (7) ---- CONCLUSION CHAPTER (1) Introduction Introduction "Real Steel" imagines a near future when human boxers have been replaced by robots. Matches between small fighting robot machines are popular enough to be on television, but in "Real Steel," these robots are towering, computer-controlled machines with nimble footwork and instinctive balance. (In the real world, 'bots can be rendered helpless on their backs, like turtles.) Hugh Jackman stars as Charlie Kenton, a former boxer who is now hanging onto the fringes of the fight game as the owner-operator of a ramshackle robot he tours with. It's no match for the competition, and when the desperate Charlie replaces it with another battered veteran, it can't even outfight a real bull.If the movie were all robot fights it might be as unbearable as well, a Transformers title. Drama enters in the person of Charlie's son, Max Kenton (Dakota Goyo), a smart, resilient pre-teen who, like all kids, seems to have been genetically programmed to understand computers, video games and all allied fields. Charlie is...
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...Table of Contents CHAPTER’S, CHAPTER (1) ----- Introduction CHAPTER (2) ----- Character & The Plot CHAPTER (3) ----- Moral of The Movie CHAPTER (4) ----- Movie Details CHAPTER (5) ----- Picture’s & Details CHAPTER (6) ---- The good side And the bad side of this movie CHAPTER (7) ---- CONCLUSION CHAPTER (1) Introduction Introduction "Real Steel" imagines a near future when human boxers have been replaced by robots. Matches between small fighting robot machines are popular enough to be on television, but in "Real Steel," these robots are towering, computer-controlled machines with nimble footwork and instinctive balance. (In the real world, 'bots can be rendered helpless on their backs, like turtles.) Hugh Jackman stars as Charlie Kenton, a former boxer who is now hanging onto the fringes of the fight game as the owner-operator of a ramshackle robot he tours with. It's no match for the competition, and when the desperate Charlie replaces it with another battered veteran, it can't even outfight a real bull.If the movie were all robot fights it might be as unbearable as well, a Transformers title. Drama enters in the person of Charlie's son, Max Kenton (Dakota Goyo), a smart, resilient pre-teen who, like all kids, seems to have been genetically programmed to understand computers, video games and all allied fields. Charlie is a very bad absent father, and as played by Hugh Jackman, he is actually mean toward his boy...
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...Identify a company (or school) that has been a target of a network or system intrusion? What information was targeted? Was the attack successful? If so, what changes has the company (or school) made to ensure that this vulnerability has been controlled? As a response to the question, I would like to present a case of cyber espionage that happened in 2004 with the US Military and Defense. The series of attacks were designated as the Titan Rain by the FBI and known as one of the largest attacks in the history of Cyber espionage. Some claims that the attack was ongoing for three years while other believes they lasts for several days.(http://www.dvice.com/archives/2010/09/7_of_the_most_d.php) The main purpose of the attack was to steal confidential and sensitive information and patterns of the US army. Upon my research I have found out that there are many have assumptions about who can be the potential attacker and most of them claims that it could be either China (government supported cells) or Chinese mafia. In one particular article the author James A. Lewis contradicts the these assumptions and states that the attack was taken in action by the bored teenagers of California just for excitement as US officials performed further research. James points out that the intelligence services of China are not so lousy and clumsy would leave footprints after the operation. He also adds that China having one of the most sophisticated opponent and can launch an attack from other contraries...
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...Fundamentals of Effective Communication in the Workplace Fundamentals of Effective Communication in the Workplace 1 Fundamentals of Effective Communication in the Workplace Bret Hart Intro to Business February 5th, 2014 Fundamentals of Effective Communication in the Workplace 2 Getting elected to take over another project at work seemed less than exciting when I noticed that the program was not running to the best of its ability. In 2010, I was asked to take over the Demo program, meaning to monitor the inventory that was being issued out to Reps (who than used the inventory to close big deals and/or to gain business). Days into my new duty I noticed that the amount of merchandise being issued out was not being returned and/or lost. Reps were not being held accountable for the devices and there was no way to track how much inventory was being issued to each Rep. I knew this was becoming a problem and needed to be addressed immediately, so I emailed my supervisor and asked to have a one-on-one to discuss possible resolutions. During our meeting, I presented him with a Past Due Report, which would keep track of who checked out what inventory, their reporting manager, their associate director and the dollar amount of all equipment that was out in the field. I explained how the report would create responsibility, structure and the opportunity to be more successful for all who was actively involved with this program. Accountability. Since the report was approved and has now become...
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...Precision Worldwide Inc. manufactures steel rings, which are used in certain machines. French firm Henri Poulenc competitor of Precision Worldwide Inc is introducing a plastic ring, which is a substitute for the steel retaining rings. Hans Thorborg, general manager of Precision Worldwide Inc. is worried because the plastic rings not only have a longer life than the steel rings but are also manufactured at a lower price. PWI has a large quantity of steel rings and substantial inventory of special steel. In a meeting, the general manager, the sales manager, the accountant and the development engineer discussed the possible problems and alternatives for this problem. For PWI, manufacturing plastic rings was defiantly the best solution for the problem but they still wondered what they would do with the inventory they had. According to the sales manager, customers new about the new plastic rings and were asking if PWI was already selling them. The development engineer calculated that the plastic rings could be by mid-September. The sales manager thought that since the plastic rings could be produced at a really low cost, the inventory problem was irrelevant. He suggested that if the steel rings couldn’t be sold they should just throw them away. Another problem was that Henri Poulenc was selling the plastic rings at the same price that PWI was selling the steel rings. Not manufacturing the plastic rings would be like ignore a considerable profit margin. In the meeting they concluded...
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...become an important source of information, entertainment and communication tool for people, especially for young people. However, this market is gradually becoming fierce compare with traditional forms of the business; marketing becomes indispensable to promote the business. This article will analyze the case study of Napster uses of marketing mix is 7P's (People, Place, Prices, Product, Promotion, Process, and Physical Evident) in order to compete with traditional markets and other online music provider. Product Product is the first element in the 7P's. In the first period, Napster entirely offers technology products and services. The advent of it has solved the pain is music search, download music more easily online in MP3 format. Shawn Fanning- the founder of Napster has created a huge online player and completely free. However, Napster got in big trouble about copyright in the music market. The first 2 years has built a strong brand for Napster with the users. Until 2003, with the start of the new owner, Napster once more time come back in the field of online music. Napster provides to customer the proactive in music. That means the customer have power to control the content and right to access their own account any time they want. Besides that, they also give customer a chance to hear trial before they purchase their product which do not happened with the bigger competitor is Apple. With the flexible and differentiation in developing product, Napster have more competitive...
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...It is the time of the year where WWE fans are looking back on the year that was while also looking ahead to the new year with hope that 2015 will be a better year than 2014 was. One of the things that is on a lot of people’s minds is whether or not The Undertaker will wrestle at WrestleMania 31. The latest bit of news about The Undertaker is that WWE wants him to work because he’s making around $1 million per year and they want to get a return on their investment, so to speak. If he does wrestle at WrestleMania 31 then his likely opponent is Bray Wyatt. At this point, nobody really knows if he’ll compete and we probably won’t find out for sure for another month or two. Next year’s WrestleMania could be the time where he decides not to come back. Maybe he can get inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2015 or even better in 2016 in his home state of Texas since it’s going to be in Dallas. Whatever he decides, fans should respect him because of all that he’s done in his amazing career. Nobody deserves our respect more than him. What if he doesn’t wrestle, though? He’s at a point in his life where he really doesn’t need to wrestle anymore. He has a wife (Michelle McCool) who he has a daughter with, he has other children from previous marriage and he’s done enough to entertain us. There really is nothing left for him to do. Should he wrestle or should he retire for good? It’s a debate fans will have for several months and then in the years that follow. I’ve been at three of the past...
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...Introduction of Johnson &Johnson As a consumer, you’re familiar with the name. The rich heritage brands from their operating companies have helped people around the world, and chances are your own family has trusted their products for generations. Johnson & Johnson is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly based manufacturer of health care products in the industry. Their products touch the lives of nearly a billion people every day. Their operating companies around the world compete in consumer, pharmaceutical, and medical devices and diagnostics markets. With approximately 120,000 employees working in more than 250 companies in 57 countries, Johnson & Johnson has the skills and resources to tackle the world’s most pressing health issues. Few companies have the consistent track record of public trust, annual sales increases, double-digit earnings increases, and steady dividend increases of Johnson & Johnson. Working together across various business segments, Johnson & Johnson believe that they can accelerate growth through a dedicated focus on the intersection of existing capabilities, customer need, and emerging trends. Because of their wide-ranging technological expertise and global presence, cross-business collaborations provide an enormous opportunity to address unmet health care needs and to enhance competitive advantage for their Family of Companies. Success in these markets requires an understanding of local cultures derived only from local experience...
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...Tylenol The background In 1982, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) faced a major crisis that had the potential to send the company into financial ruin. Tylenol, the country’s most successful over-the-counter product, with over one hundred million users, was under attack. The crisis Sealed bottles were tampered with and extra-strength Tylenol capsules were replaced with cyanide-laced capsules. These bottles were then resealed and placed on shelves of pharmacies in the Chicago area. Seven people died as a result. Tylenol was called upon to explain why its product was killing people. The solutions The company first learned of the deaths from a local news reporter. A medical examiner had just given a press conference saying people were dying from poisoned Tylenol. Tylenol had to act fast. What did Tylenol do right? It is difficult to imagine how else should have Johnson and Johnson reacted at the time of the crisis except the following ways: • Recalling all the products whether contaminated or not. • Alerting all the customers by all available media including toll-free hotlines. • Appearance of the chairman of the company on the television to publicize the company’s response and action taken by it to combat the emergency. • Making public relations programmes to address the issues and concerns all the internal and external stakeholders. • J&J put customer safety first. – Company Chairman James Burke immediately formed a seven-member strategy...
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...Information/Additional Perspective Johnson & Johnson Tylenol Case In 1982, Johnson & Johnson's Tylenol medication commanded 35 per cent of the US over-the-counter analgesic market - representing something like 15 per cent of the company's profits. Unfortunately, at that point one individual succeeded in lacing the drug with cyanide. Seven people died as a result, and a widespread panic ensued about how widespread the contamination might be. By the end of the episode, everyone knew that Tylenol was associated with the scare. The company's market value fell by $1bn as a result. When the same situation happened in 1986, the company had learned its lessons well. It acted quickly - ordering that Tylenol should be recalled from every outlet - not just those in the state where it had been tampered with. Not only that, but the company decided the product would not be re-established on the shelves until something had been done to provide better product protection.As a result, Johnson & Johnson developed the tamperproof packaging that would make it much more difficult for a similar incident to occur in future. How Did Johnson & Johnson Make These Decisions? The public relations decisions made in light of the Tylenol crisis had to have come from somewhere. This basis for decision making became a bit more clear in 1983, when the New Jersey Bell Journal published article written by Lawrence G. Foster. Foster, Corporate Vice President of Johnson & Johnson, at the time of the Tylenol...
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...get consumers and create a solid revenue stream. We are not just another developer of an insulin pump. Our unique focus of creating an insulin pump that is more manageable for diabetics will give us an advantage over our competitors. We will fund development of our own pod by providing consulting services to create other insulin pumps for diabetics for corporations who are looking to create their own pod-like insulin pump system. These consulting assignments will come from advertising sponsorship relationships that we will establish with companies who are interested in embedding their brand and offers along with our pumps. 2.0 Situation Analysis The Animas Corporation is member of the Johnson and Johnson family of companies (Animas Corporation, 2007-2010). Johnson and Johnson have been around for over 125 years. Currently, Animas Corporation produces an insulin pump for diabetics called the One Touch® Ping™ (Animas Corporation, 2007-2010) (National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, 2011). In a society where diabetes is increasing, the need for insulin pumps is growing. There are currently 18.8 million people diagnosed and 7.0 million undiagnosed, and the numbers are increasing (National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, 2011). As of today, there are only five choices for diabetics to choose from when selecting an insulin pump (NA, 2011). With such limited choices, no one company is suffering from hardship, however, new and more innovative models are being manufactured...
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