...Mike marched into the room, wearing his white V-neck shirt - that reveals the scar on his chest, and pulled me up by my collar as I struggled to stay conscious. I could see black dots start clouding my vision. I stayed silent knowing that if I told him he’ll just double the punishment. He brought a lighted match close to my ear. “This is for not listening to what I say,” he stated cruelly leaving the match to do its duty – I was too weak to do anything about it. Sweat trickled down my forehead and my palms started to swear, I tried rubbing my hands on my pajama to dry them but I found no use in doing so because they just kept on sweating more and more. When will this be over? Sometimes in life the only thing you could do is to pray for god and hold on hope’s rope- and this was one of the times. Dizziness .I felt it. Rapidly I took a seat on the floor of the dusty basement. “What do you think you’re doing?” Mike raised his eyebrow in curiosity. I looked up at him slightly and whispered under my breath as I breathed heavily, “Please, only this time.” He just glared at me and took out another match. I watched as fire danced on the match stick. Then I closed my eyes shut. When will this end? The heat could be felt coming near my bruised cheek. Closer. Closer. Closer it came. The flame captured my skin – a predator attacking his prey. 5 minutes turned to 10, 2 matches turned to 3; 10 minutes turned to 15, 3 matches turned to 4; 15 minutes turned to 10, 4 matches turned...
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...Registration deadline (by 11:59 p.m.) February 29, 2016 Description of Externship Opportunities made available to registered students who have completed the required quiz via Externship Webcourse (ranking process). List will be posted no later than 12:01 a.m. March 3, 2016 Deadline to complete all required quizzes in Externship Webcourse (by 11:59 p.m.) March 7, 2016 Students who have not completed required quiz are removed from Webcourse March 14, 2016 Registered students are able to submit experiences preferences quiz via Externship Webcourse starting at 8:00 a.m. After students submit preferences, they will be contacted within 1-4 business days with their official match. They will then need to complete the commitment contract assignment within 48 hours to secure match. April 8, 2016 Matched students notified of employer contact information by or before 12:01 a.m. April 22, 2016 Deadline for students, who secured their matches by completing the required commitment contract, to make phone contact with their employer host (information provided on 02/25/15) to discuss and clarify details of the job shadow (by 5:00 p.m.) May 9 – 13, 2016 Spring 2016 Externship May 13, 2016 Online Reflection/Discussion Board opens in externship webcourse. Spring 2016 Externship survey/evaluation available online to be completed. June 12, 2016 Deadline to complete reflection postings and online evaluation by (11:59 p.m.). Online Reflection/Discussion...
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...matching exercises. 3. Note that the answer to the quizzes are shown at the end of the chapter under “AIS Action Solutions”. Check your answers for the chapter quizzes before you upload the completed document. 4. Your instructor will evaluate your submitted work and determine the points you will earn for this activity. Chapter 15 quiz Question No. | Answer | 1. | B | 2. | B | 3. | D | 4. | D | 5. | D | 6. | B | 7. | C | 8. | A | 9. | B | 10. | C | Problem 15.1 Match the terms in the left column with the appropriate definition from the right column. Ignore d and f. Term | Definition letter | 1. Payroll service bureau | E | 2. Payroll clearing account | H | 3. Earnings statement | G | 4. Payroll register | A | 5. Time card | C | 6. Time sheet | B | b b Chapter 16 quiz Question No. | Answer | 1. | B | 2. | B | 3. | C | 4. | B | 5. | D | 6. | C | 7. | A | 8. | A | 9. | B | 10. | C | Problem 16.1 Match the term in the left column with its appropriate definition from the right column: Terms | Definition letter | 1. journal voucher file | D | 2. instance document | K | 3. XBRL element | A | 4. Balanced Scorecard | F | 5. XBRL extension taxonomy | L | 6. audit trail | I | 7. XBRL taxonomy | E | 8. XBRL linkbase | G | 9. XBRL schema | H | 10. XBRL style sheet | J | 11. responsibility accounting | B | 12. flexible budget | C | Chapter 11 quiz ...
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...Match Horoscope Free at http://www.AstroSage.com || Match Making || Vedic Astrology has an excellent and proven method of compatibility matching based on nakshatras (Lunar Constellations), which is called Ashtakoot match or simply guna milap. It assigns points for factors that influence marriage. More the points obtained, more the chances of successful and happy married life. As the name suggests, maximum possible points are 36. If a matching obtains less than 18 points, it is not considered good and marriage is not advisable. Apart from 36 Points, this report also considers Mangal Dosha (Manglik or Kuja Dosham) compatibility and pronounces results by combining these two important factors. Here are the points obtained for the given details: Guna Milan GUNA Varna Vasya Tara Yoni Maitri Gana Bhakoot Nadi BOY Sudra Manav Ati mitra Sarpa Mercury Devta Gemini Madhya GIRL Kshatriya Chatu Kshema Mesha Mars Rakshas Aries Antya MAX OBTAINED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 OBTAINED POINTS AREA OF LIFE 0 1 1.5 2 0.5 0 7 8 Work Dominance Destiny Mentality Compatibility Guna Level Love Health Total Guna Milan: 20 Out of 36 Ashtakoot Matching between male and female is 20 Mr. Kunal has 'Low Mangal Dosha' and Ms. Richa has 'Low Mangal Dosha'. Conclusion: This Marriage Is Preferable. Interpretation of Each Point Varna The boys varan is Shudra, while the girl comes belongs to Kshatriya. There is a meager incompatibility in temperamental characteristics, outlook and objective. Varana indicates ego...
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...Appellate Brief Kate Voigt July 26, 2013 Professor Doug Simon MBA 660 The Legal and Ethical Environment of Management ______________ No. 1 ___________________________________ IN THE EIGHT CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS _____________________ MARY DEAREST, Petitioner, V. STATE OF MINNESOTA, Respondent, ___________________ IN REVIEW TO THE SUPREME COURT OF MINNESOTA ____________________ BRIEF FOR THE RESPONDENT ___________________ Kate Voigt 1678 Snelling Ave, Suite #987 St. Paul, MN 55108 (123) 456-7890 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Authorities………………………………………………………………………5 Statement of the Issues……………………………………………………………………6 Statement of the Case and Facts …………………………………………………..7 Argument…………………………………………………………………..7 Mr. Gonzalez should not be held negligent for leaving the matches on the sales table; they were set out of reach of children, in a position where he could see customers take them if he were to be standing behind the counter. …………………………7,8,9,10,11,12 THE RULING THAT MR. GONZALEZ SHOULD NOT BE HELD NEGLEGENT SHOULD STAND BECAUSE THERE WAS NO FORSEEABLE INJURY INVOLVED IN GIVING THE CUSTOMERS FREE MATCHES…………………………8,9,10 MR. GONZALEZ SHOULDN’T BE HELD NEGLEGENT FOR GIVING HIS CUSTOMERS FREE MATCHES BECAUSE IF THEY WERE DEFECTIVE, THERE SHOULD’VE BEEN A RECALL BUT SINCE THERE WAS NO KNOWN DEFECT, THE MATCHES CANNOT BE RECALLED……………………………………………..9, 10 The court should uphold the ruling due to the product not being defective in its design…..9,10,11,12 THE STATES PRODUCT LIABILITY...
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...to a deck of cards. The 27 picture cards include all the tissues including skeletal, muscle, epithelium, cardiac, etc. The word cards ask “What” (what is the tissue) and “Where” (where is it located). The cards with the pictures of the tissues are laid out on the ground to see, as well as the word cards. All the cards (54) are scattered on the ground, completely out of order. The point of the game is to match the card with its picture. For example, Simple Squamous Epithelium is the WHAT and the skin is the WHERE. A picture of this tissue is found on the picture card, with the highlighted portion to identify. The object of the game is to match as many picture cards with word cards. The person with the most matching cards wins the game. Some cards contain extra credit questions, which allows one extra point for guessing it correctly the first time (no points for each additional attempted time). Each person takes one turn before returning to the original player. If the person matches the picture card with a word card, they gain a point. If they pick 2 cards and they don’t match, they neither gain nor loose points and have to put the card back on the ground and the next person goes. Even if someone gets it right, they don’t get to go again, leaving more opportunities for other people to guess. The more people play, the easier it is to learn the histology of the human body. There are only 3 strikes to get it wrong when playing. On the 4th time someone picks the wrong picture card...
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...broad line of printing and scanning systems. It has many branches including the St-Louis Branch. It is possible to see from the case that there are many issues arising from this branch. One key issue that needs investigation is delegation of duties. The equipment administrator has many important responsibilities to perform, and as well as having many, there are many that are not well defined. The Equipment administrator is responsible for the accuracy of inventory records, the timely resolution of equipment discrepancies that delayed orders. The EA is also responsible for maintaining the Non-revenue Report, which needed to be updated daily. Every month the EA was also responsible for taking physical inventory of all the equipment and to match this inventory to the Non-revenue Report. It is possible to see that this list of things are all intertwined and are very time consuming. After an audit, they were able to pinpoint that the accuracy of equipment reports was not precise, this something that should be changed. It is not always a good idea to have one person responsible for tasks that are intertwined, because mistakes are often made and never uncovered. The EA could in fact fudge the numbers when it came to physical inventory so that they matched the Non-revenue Report, and therefore he/she would make the company look better because there would be no lost inventory. Furthermore, we can see that having to update the Non-revenue Report daily, but not matching these to physical...
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...characters, and invoke the sense of dark versus light. In order to have all these components one must be able to develop a story from the art work before they can incorporate characters/ objects, and introduce the elements of light, darkness, shadow and color. Story within the Artwork Smith, or Smithy is the name of the match or that’s what all matches called one another, but we will call him Smith. Smith was just sitting in his matchbox, sometimes he was knocked on to the other smiths, and sometimes he was the last of his companions. It was and still is a crazy life for a match. First, they get hot head very fast and end up setting fire to other Smith’s or objects that did them no wrong. Now this specific day was very special. It was Smith’s birthday. He has survived longer than all of the other Smiths. He had spent a whole year stowed away in a box that once felt like a crammed closet, but now felt like a mansion. Smith knew that something grand was going to happen on his special day he just knew it. Smith wonders would he be used on top of a cake, or maybe to star fireworks. To Smith it did not matter what he was used for, just that he got out of the empty match box. It was nearly dark now and Smith was starting to get mad now. All day he had been waiting for his chance to set things a blaze. His red head primed and ready, the wood plank that gracious loud his head stability fresh and untouched. Smith was mad, a whole year he watched as his fellow Smiths would seek their glory...
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...prison in Yuma, Arizona on April 8, 2004 after serving 10 years for the murder of a cocktail waitress. The evidence that convicted him was a set of bite mark that matched his teeth with the bite marks on one of her breasts. Throughout this entire time, he always maintained his innocence. It turned out 10 years after his conviction he was exonerated due to DNA evidence on the victim’s clothes turned out to match that of another man. When it comes to bite marks unless the victim is found immediately after the bite happens and victims are not found immediately after they have been bitten, bruising and abrasions will start to appear and continue to change the skin the longer it takes before the victim is found. If very many hours go by it is even hard to tell if the marks are even bite marks. One time bruises thought to be bite marks were actually bruises made by a hair band. Bite marks are subjective and unless the victim is immediately found right after they were bitten it is impossible to even come close to identification of the suspect. The only positive way to match up the victim with the suspect is if DNA evidence can be gathered along with the imprint of the bite that matches both suspect and victim (Randerson, 2004). Also bite marks can be made while a body can be in many different body positions and skin has elasticity to it and stretches which can cause distortion of the bite marks. The identification of mistaken identity has been reported to be as high as 91%. ...
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...Web Navigation Steps First, familiarize yourself with O*NET by reviewing the information provided on the About O*NET page. Select the Content Model link, and review the conceptual model underlying this project. Return to Home (by clicking on the O*NET logo at the top of the page) and select the Visit O*NET OnLine link. Go to the My Next Move and enter an occupation you are familiar with (e.g., one you have held or hope to hold) in the keyword search box, or use the Industry search feature if you prefer.) Select the Search or Browse button. Select the occupation that best matches what you are looking for (or use other search terms until you find something that interests you) and review all of the data provided for that position. After completion of these navigation steps, proceed to complete the assignment by discussing the learning questions below. Learning Questions How easy was it to find the specific occupation you were looking for, and how comprehensive was the information provided about that occupation? What did you think of the occupations O*NET suggested as matching your skills? Was the occupation you are in or preparing for among those listed? As an HR professional, how could O*NET be useful in conducting a job analysis? Explain specifically how you would use the data from this site to assist your organization. As a director of human resources, would you have your staff use this site? Why or why...
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...Integrative Case Analysis – Competitive Strategy eHarmony Industry Structure and Value Creation/Capture From times immemorial, with the possible exception of Adam and Eve (whose marriage was probably made in heaven anyway), finding a life partner on Earth has been a difficult task. Wars have been waged, monuments erected and kingdoms won and lost, in partner-acquisition endeavors. People have used numerous techniques, institutions, practices and systems over time to try to perfect the art of finding a partner that they could be happy with. Yet no system is universally accepted as a formula for success. The Internet in the mid-to-late 1990’s offered the promise of making the partner search process more efficient, quicker (for some), less onerous, and less emotionally draining than other means. This led to the creation of a new Industry – the Online Personals Industry – which I would define as “a collection of online services built specifically to cater to the needs of those looking online for a relationship partner, whether for marriage or long-or-short-term companionship”. By leveraging the power of faster communication, access to a large number of candidates and intelligent learning systems to suggest possible matches, online personals sites had an opportunity to carve out a non-trivial share of the matchmaking or partner-finding “market”. Technology had the additional benefit of bringing together people from distant geographies (I have a Chinese-American friend who met...
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...Marketing I Assignment 23rd August 2012 LIGHTWEL MATCH COMPANY From: Group 1, Section B A Logesh (2012PGP001) Debraj Das (2012PGP101) Lopes Raoul Reginald (2012PGP187) Piyush Gulati (2012PGP253) Roshan Anand (2012PGP316) The following factors can be focussed upon to help a product move from low involvement to high involvement (utilitarian) category: QUALITY: Quality aspects and companionship of the brand can be projected to make high involvement. We should focus on main attribute of the brand which can differentiate it from other brands. A brand which is with people all the time can improve loyalty to the brand. For example, Lightwel brand whose main attribute is quality can be promoted likePerfect Match to you in all Season: Be it rainy or summer, be it dry or winter, Lightwel will always be on your side. SOCIAL AWARENESS AND SUSTAINABILTY: Social causes can be stressed to gain popularity. Sustainability of the product, environmental consciousness and the help it does to society can be used to improve the brand popularity. Lightwel’s eco-friendly approach can be promoted likeSave Trees: Use Snowax matches made from wax and recycled paper. Save mother earth use Snowax. Educate India: In Lightwel child labour is abolished, use Lightwel let children go to school. Eco- Friendly and Reusable: Our matchboxes are made from recycled paper and are coated with a special layer that keeps it almost waterproof. So when you are done with the matchboxes, bring the empty...
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...Levitating Match I. Introduction The same effect can be seen in many domestic thermostats. It can be amplified by attaching two strips of material together with different rates of expansion (a bimetallic strip). As the temperature rises, the greater expansion on one side of the strips causes it to curve further and further. This can be incorporated into a switch that will connect and cut off a heating apparatus when a particular temperature has been reached. II. Objective/s • The performer should align the matches symmetrically. • One match should levitate when lighted. • The audience should see the levitation. III. Materials and Procedures Materials: Matchbox (empty) 3 matches Procedure: 1. Lay the empty matchbox flat on the table, slightly open, with the empty section facing upwards. 2. Insert two matches into the empty matchbox so that the heads point out from the matchbox. Close the matchbox as much as possible so that the two matches are securely held. 3, Angle the two matches so that the heads are touching. 4. Rest a third match so that the head meets the other two, and the tail is resting on the table, pointing away from the empty matchbox. The three matches should now form a triangular pyramid shape with the three heads at the top point of the pyramid. 5. Use a fourth match to light the others from underneath. 6. Watch as the third match levitate. IV. Magic behind / Physics Principle When the three match heads ignite they...
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...“Matched” is a romance and dystopian book written by Ally Condie and is a New York Times bestseller. Cassia Maria Reyes lives in tightly-controlled society run by the government. In her society, when people reach the age of seventeen, they undergo a process where they get matched with their life partners chosen by the Matching Department of the government. The process is where you will stand upon a screen where your partner’s face will appear and the partners are usually either from a different town or a province. Cassia and her parents attend her Match Banquet and she gets chosen to be together with Xander, her best friend. After her banquet was finished, she opens up her mircocard where it will show information about Xander, but a moment later, another face shows up on her screen and it isn’t Xander....
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...SWEDISH BUSINESS CULTURE FIELD REPORT – NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2010 [pic] [pic] [pic] SWEDEN FACTS AND FIGURES (2009 -2010) : Full name : Kingdom of Sweden (Sverige (SE), Ruotsi (FI) ) Capital :Stockholm ( 5 m inhabitants) Major language :Swedish Major religion : Christianity Land Area 449,964 sq.km (173 732 sq miles) Population: 9,3 m (=0,14 % of world´s population) Foreign born inhabitants : 13,8 % Population density: 20 sq. km Life expectancy: Men 80 years , women 84 years Adult literacy: 99% Average per household 2.1 Divorces per1,000 : 2.1 Internet domain : .se International dialing code :+46 Currency : Swedish Krona ( 9, 1310 Kr ~1 €) Parliament: The Riksdag, with 349 members in a single chamber National Day: June 6 Education: Nine years of compulsory schooling, but most pupils continue to the three-year upper secondary school. Around one third go on to higher education at universities and colleges throughout Sweden Working hours: Standard work week is 40 hours, minimum paid vacation is 5 weeks Labor force participation: Men: 74.0 %. Women: 68.3 % Employment (% of total): Agriculture 2%, industry 23%,services 75%,unemployed 9 % Longest north-south distance: 1,574 km Longest east-west distance 499 km Agricultural land: 8 % Forests: 53 % Marshland: 9 % Grasslands: 7 % Bare rocks and mountains: 12 % Lakes and rivers: 9 % Highest mountain: Kebnekaise (2,103 m) Biggest lake: Vänern (5,650 sq km) Natural resources: forest, ore, water power (see...
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