...Period 4 November 12th, 2013 The Visitor Questions 1. There were three main events in the film “The Visitor” that had a change on Walters life and changed him as a person. The first is when he went to visit his apartment in New York and found Tarek and Zaineb living there. He could have kicked them out, but realised he enjoyed their company and invited them to stay. The second was when Tarek taught Walter how to play the drum. Walter struggled to play the piano and didn’t much enjoy it, but after learning to play the drum he continued to practice and had a passion for it. The third is when Tarek’s mother came to town to visit Tarek in the detention center. Walter began to grow feelings for her, and did not want her to leave. He gained that sort of happiness inside him that his wife used to give him before she had passed away. 2. Tarek enlightened Walters life by teaching him how to play the drum. Learning to play the drum was like a new beginning for Walter. When he came home and found Tarek living in his apartment he could have easily kicked him out. Instead, he let him stay and it made his life more than ordinary. I believe after post 9/11 people began to get paranoid that everyone is a terroist. A good example of this is the scene Tarek was taken by the officers in the subway just based on how he looked and the color of his skin. People began to start “judging books by their covers” rather than truly knowing the person. 3. Pre 9/11, visitors were welcomed into America in the spirit of Emma Lazarus’s words: “Give...
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...provide a visitor with clear, easy-to-find information. This is why the navigation of a site is very important. By following the best practices of navigation, designers should have no troubles creating a site that is easy to use for any type of visitor. J & A Beagles, a new company looking for fresh ideas should consider these practices for navigation when creating their Web site so each page has maximum usability for their users. Navigation Bars Thinking too much while visiting a Web site concerning navigation usually ends in frustration. The worst case scenario involves the visitor leaving the site altogether. A site should provide extremely easy navigation from one page to the next and also allow a visitor to find the Home page or previously viewed pages with little to no effort. If the navigation on a site is easy to use, a person who knows nothing about surfing the Web can navigate through the site with no help. One way to make navigation simple is by using a navigation bar. Usually a site provides a horizontal navigation bar, but when a site contains a large amount of content, a vertical bar is provided as well. Bath & Body Works uses both on its site (Figure 1.1, Figure 1.2) Figure 1.1 Figure 1.2 These six “buttons” allow visitors to find exactly what they need. By hovering over the first three buttons (Category, Fragrance, or Brand), a drop-down menu appears with more options. In Figure 1.3, the extra options from the Category button help a visitor narrow...
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...The Nine Elements of Effective Web Marketing Introduction When it comes to web marketing, it’s all about ‘conversion’ - how many of your site visitors you can convert into a lead or a sale. We suggest that companies lacking a well conceived and well implemented website conversion strategy, are failing to leverage the most important marketing medium of the twenty-first century. The Nine Elements: 1. Identification of site goals 2. Clearly defined target audience 3. Compelling message 4. Site structure and information flow 5. Calls to action 6. Lead capture mechanism 7. Supporting graphic design 8. Site promotion 9. Testing, measurement, and refinement 1. Site Goals Identifying goals is critical for two reasons. First, goals help you to determine what should or shouldn’t be included on your site. You use your goals document as a set of criteria for determining site content, simplifying the design process, and removing the ‘political element’ that plagues some companies. Secondly, having specific goals allows you to measure the effectiveness of your site after it’s completed and live. That’s key because if you can’t measure site performance, then improving it becomes much more problematic. So you’ll find that measurement and improvement are the keys to that ROI you’re looking for. The bottom line on goal setting is that if you never identify the target, then you can’t expect to hit it. 2. Target Audience A foundation of effective web marketing is the ‘who’...
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...For part B Question 1 For this question we had to calculate the average, median, maximum and minimum values for Duration of Visit, Bandwidth, and Viewed Page. To calculate the average, you first need to select the cell where by which you want the average to be put into then the formula for example “=AVERAGE(J6:J98)” is typed in the formula text box, after the formula is typed then you click enter. Then the average will be calculated and place in the cell which you selected. To calculate the median, the process is the same only that you change the formula that you type into the formula text box. The formula typed is “=MEDIAN(J6:J98)”. In the formula, the numbers in the brackets are the names of cell from which the median needs to be calculated. For the above median, the median was calculated from the numbers that existed from cell number J6:J98. To calculate the Maximum value, it’s the same process only that the formula changes to “=MAX(J6:J98)”. This formula will be used to calculate the maximum value existing between cells J6:J98. From calculating the minimum value it is also the same process only that the formula typed into the formula text box changes to “=MIN(J6:J98)”. This formula will be used to calculate the minimum value existing between cell J6:J98. Question 2 For this question we have to calculate and display the mode for Bandwidth and Viewed Page. To calculate the mode, you first select the cell in which you want the...
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...arrived. 7. The delegation will meet the visitors at the airport. 8. We have produced skis here since 1964. 9. All workers will read the memo. 10. Nobody can beat Tiger Woods at golf. 11. They also speak German at EU meetings. 12. We must look into the question. 13. Someone reads the newspaper to him every day. 14. The Chinese discovered acupuncture thousands of years ago. 15. Has he given you back the book yet? 16. The police locked up the criminals. 17. They must have left the keys behind. 18. The robbers made up the story. 19. The boy is eating the cake. 20. Dad promised by a box of chocolates. 21. The spider scared her. 22. The guide will show us the Natural History Museum in the afternoon. 23. The dentist is cleaning the woman’s teeth. 24. She showed her relatives the new house. PASSIVE VOICE PV 4 Change the sentences to passive voice. 1. Many people begin new projects in January New projects are begun in January. 2. You must wash that shirt for tonight’s party. That shirt must be washed for tonight’s party. 3. Mum is going to prepare the food. The food is going to be prepared by mum. 4. They make shoes in that factory. Shoes are made in that factory. 5. We will have to examine you again. You will have to be examined again. 6. They had finished preparations by the time the guests arrived. Preparations had been finished by the time the guests arrived. 7. The delegation will meet the visitors at the airport. The visitors will be met at the airport by the delegation...
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...TOUR2002 Visitor Management Individual Assignment (25%) Name: Agatha Tanubrata Student ID: 3151978 Lecturer: Kevin Phun 1.0 Introduction Tourism is a competitive and dynamic industry that entails the ability to continuously adjust to customers' varying needs and desires, as the customer’s enjoyment, safety and satisfaction are mainly the focus of tourism industries (Normandin, 2013). This report will focus on visiting and experiencing an organized tourism program of the Peranakan Museum as a participant and be able to create critical consciousness as well as to use chosen concepts and theories to evaluate the helpfulness of the tour guide after the visit. The Peranakan Museum installed in the previous Tao Nan Chinese School (constructed in 1912) sightsees the culture of Peranakan societies in Southeast Asia. The best and most inclusive assortments of Peranakan objects are owned by the museum. Peranakans’ distinctive visual arts and cultural traditions are shown on the three floor galleries of the museum (Peranakan Museum, 2011). Whilst signifying the living culture of the Peranakan community in Singapore, the Peranakan Museum gives a stimulating and educational experience for all. The museum is a constituent of the Asian Civilisations Museum that runs under the National Heritage Board (Peranakan Museum, 2011). Throughout experiencing the tourism program, the activity’s description and rationale; analytical awareness of the association...
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...and unauthorized pills. Prisoners will make weapons out of anything they can get into their hands. We conduct routinely pat searches of all inmates, including their housing units, recreation yards and all TV areas. When conducting a pat search of an inmate I always start from the top of their body and go down in a sweeping motion, because they can hide contraband on them. Visitation is Saturday and Sunday from 8:00 am to 1:00pm and all major holidays. We start processing visitors around 7:00 am. One by one they complete a visitation form were there write down all their personal information, vehicle information and the inmate name they came to visit. Once that is finish they place everything (jacket, money, belt, shoes, baby diapers) in a basket, and it has to clear the x-ray machine. The visitor then is as asked to walk thru the metal detector. Once they clear the metal detector, their hands is swab with a cloth material that is placed on an ion machine that is used to detect drugs residue on your skin. Visitors are allowed to be tested twice. If the machine detects drugs on a visitor’s hands on the first test they are allowed to go wash their hands and are allowed to be retested...
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...Managerial Report Visitor Arrivals in Fiji Prepared by: |Roshan Singh / S9902083 |GROUP 8 | |Salveendra Singh / S11011093 |MBA 435 QBA | |Alvin P Sharma / S97001213 |Lecturer : Dr. S. Ahmed | |Abdul Ali / S11079449 | | MANAGEMENT REPORT Topic: Visitor Arrivals in Fiji – Analysis for years 2000 to 2010 Executive Summary: The purpose of this report is to present the facts of Visitor arrivals in Fiji, through the use of facts, figures, graphically analyse and interpret results and provide a summary of trends, conclusions and justified recommendations after the 2007 – 2016 review of the Fiji Tourism Development Plan. Introduction: Tourism is Fiji's fastest growing industry in terms of employment creation and foreign exchange earnings. The industry provides employment directly to an estimated 85,000 people. The tourism industry is mainly private sector driven and contributes approximately 25% to the GDP. The sector is private sector driven and has grown substantially over the past few years. The 2007-2016 Fiji Tourism Development Plan provides a framework for the sustainable growth of tourism in Fiji. It is a working...
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...Critique writing - The Visitor This essay will provide a critical view of Patricia Cresswell’s “The Visitor”. It will look at the use of language, point of view, use of imagery, characterisation and setting to name but a few. I will provide my opinions on the piece of writing and explain my reasoning behind this. Cresswell’s use of language in The Visitor strongly suggests to me that McGill is isolated and lonely. The use of the word “frosted” when describing the outside of McGill’s home could be seen as a metaphor for his personality. The writer also states that the “frosted grass” could be “anticipating the approach of an intruder”. The word intruder is a strong choice of word, as opposed to guest or visitor, suggesting that the idea of a visitor is baffling. Another example is shown on line four where the text states McGill’s home is “the only sign of civilization for miles around” and “it occurred to him someone might be outside”. This immediately confirms to the reader that McGill has been alone for quite some time and would not usually expect any visitors. I also feel that the writer’s use of the words “ice cold lips” and “cold as marble” when describing the young girl connects her to McGill as this suggests that she may be lonely too. Cresswell is careful when characterising McGill, I believe he is shown to be a simple man with the best intentions but lacking in social skills due to his environment. This is backed up within the text “she was small and frail… he was...
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...I. Introduction In 2012, The University of South Alabama presented the USA Archaeology Museum. Located directly beside the Humanities building, the museum provides visitors with the history of Mobile dating back 14,000 years. At the museum, one can view the indoor exhibits, interact with archaeological technology, and also enjoy the display of Mobile’s native plants on a trail located outside of the museum. A. Purpose The purpose of this report is to evaluate the positive and negative features experienced in my visit. The results are based on my first visit to the Museum. II. Scope and Research Method I have been to multiple museums in various states across the country. However, this was the first time I had experienced the history of Mobile on display. I visited the Museum on Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. This report is based on what I observed at that time. My observation was based on four main features including appearance, layout, educational worth, and user friendliness of the museum. The scoring system used is based upon my experience at the USA Museum compared to the other museums I have visited. The scale ranges between one (lowest) to five (highest). C. Limitations This observation was made from one initial trip at three o’clock to the museum. I am unaware of any activities that may take place at any other time. I am very familiar with the external appearance of the facility due to traveling past it to and from class. D. Preview Part...
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...phones. Don't use music on your sigh! When what pages were in their infancy, web designers attempted to use music to attract visitors. Guess what – it failed miserably! If you must use the audio link, let the visitor make the choice as to whether not he or she wishes to use it. Typically people are attracted to your site on a quest for information. Was that question vase a search for songs or lyrics and music is not the key to keeping them there. Don't use bleeding text when animated GIFs such statements distract from that content on your webpage. In today's world of webpage design, blinking text and animated GIFs make your site look unprofessional. Other common mistakes although we are discussing with page design mistakes, spelling and grammar still playing critical role when designing asked successful webpage. The page that contains spelling and grammatical errors leads the visitor to believe that if you have not taken the time to check for spelling grammatical mistakes, then content may also be a compromise. You should just attempt to construct your page within easy – two – understand navigation structure. Is a visitor clicks on one of the links on your page, it should lead him to the information is being sucked. If you take someone to a page it is totally irrelevant to the top of Bing search, there's a pretty good chance that you will lose that visitor forever. Sent from my...
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...OP issue & Challenges -Ocean Park was an old and tired brand and no one knew what it stood for. -HK has few scenic endowments hence need to create own attraction which take long time and high investment -Econ dwntn(1997) & SARs(2003) strike in Asia,fell by70%attendance,threat to close down. External environment analysis- PEST Factors Political -in 2009, the Govt of HK tourism board(HKTB) introduce removal of the quota of the Hong Kong Tour Group Scheme of Mainland tourists in 2002 -implementation of Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) enables Mainlander to visit HK as free and independent tourists without the need to apply for special visas. Economic As of Feb 12, high inflation rate lead to increase tickets price. From $208 (in 2009) to $280 (in 2012) .Decline in revenue will force OP to increase their retail price to sustain profit. Social -caters tourist from mainlander who are not sophisticated and they require long education campaign - Different market- locals & business group, and international tourist; family oriented Technological -use of latest technology in lighting, music and multimedia special effects, to enhance amazing undersea creatures. Industrial Analysis- Application of Porter’s 5 Forces 1. Threat of entry – very high -the entry barrier is high due to the need to invest large amount of financial resources -required land for a full scale development 2. Bargaining power of supplier (OP) – low -OP known in the industry hence weaken the bargain...
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...south-east of Mauritius. This destination is a real paradise for ecotourism. The domain includes the most ancient sugar mill of Mauritius that is Ferney. L’Etoile is found in a landscape which contain several viewpoints from which magnificent panoramic views on more than half of Mauritius can be seen and also l’Etoile is the most preserved region of Mauritius, apart from its English garden and its rivers the domain count indigenous woods rich of hundreds of different varieties of plants and trees, and other endemic species. Visitors will discover many rare plants as well as animals Aims and objectives * Promote eco-tourism * To enrich visitors knowledge about species and natural habitat * Sensitize visitors to become more eco-friendly and protect nature and the environment * Encourage visitors to help in the conservation of species * Make them forget their everyday life for a journey and make them enjoy themselves * Make the visitors have a memorable and wonderful moment among the nature Location: “domaine de l’Etoile” is situated at Sebastopol ,Belle-Rive which is found in the south east of Mauritius Accessibility: Various means of transport can be used to reach “Domain de L’Etoile”. For example: public Buses, car or hired...
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...Receptionist The main purpose of the job: The receptionist is the first to deal with the customer or visitor, and it is responsible for dealing with the public civilized manner reflecting the bright image of the company, so it should be good-looking, good handling, patient, cooperative, has the ability to deal calmly and wisely, quick-witted lectured mind, codifies all that is asked of him, and act honestly and faithfully and conscientiously in all his dealings. Main tasks: receive incoming phone calls on the company PBX and take the caller and the data recorded. divert incoming phone calls to the officials concerned were present in their offices, otherwise, the data is taken and recorded and the caller follow when attending employee to be delivered to him. request calls for staff and converted them. work record is to record all the numbers and information about the callers. receive customers and visitors to the company and ask them for the employee want to meet him, and then ask the employee if he was ready to receive it. In the event the employee is not present is recorded message from the visitor or customer indicating the purpose of the visit and hour visit, then the message is delivered to the employee upon his return to his office. Follow-up presence and exit of employees of the company to organize the process of converting calls or receive visitors or to answer Mr. Director-General when inquiring about one of them. attention to all the details on office...
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...University of Phoenix Material Comparative and Competitive Analysis of Websites Worksheet |Questions |1st Website |2nd Website | |The First Look |www.fandango.com |www.netflix.com | |What was your initial impression of the site? Did you feel |At first glance it seemed to be very organized and appropriately|The initial impression it gives is one of order but still not | |bored, overwhelmed, or confused? |sorted. Not overwhelming at all. |boring the design keeps one interested. | |How much time did it take to realize the purpose of the site? |No time at all, the website clearly showcases its purpose. |The site is completely understandable from the word go. The | | | |moment you enter the site you know its purpose. | |What is the target audience for the site? |Those looking for information on movies that are upcoming and |To provide streaming movies and TV shows to viewers across | | ...
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