...u -tr a c k c u -tr a c k .c To: Mr. Mclvor, From: Echo - im89011 Subject: B.C. PACKERS CASE MEMO Date: May 5, 2011 Case Background Canadian cat food market showed arising opportunity in 1987. B.C. Packer, the famous market leader in both canned salmon and tuna provider was considering the possibility of entering the Canadian cat food market, in order to get more profit from its by-product instead of just cover its cost by selling commodity bulk of fish meal. Therefore, a study with detail analysis based on all the information collected, is necessary for indicating a direction for the management of the company. Market Overview Cat population in Canada in creased 4.6% during the period of 1983 to 1987. More and more people would like to feed a cat rather than a dog since cats require less space and care than most dogs. 1 o m w w w w PD F -X C h a n ge PD F -X C h a n ge ! W N O y bu to k C lic m C lic k to bu y N O .c W w ! .d o w o .d o c u -tr a c k c u -tr a c k .c The changing consuming behavior of the cats owners lead Canadian cat food market to more clearly segmentation by classifying different brands in the past 2 years. See EXHIBIT 1 for the market allocation in 1989. The gourmet class was just developed since 1987. The major customers, female age 35 and over, affluent, upper income, believe higher price means higher quality. This group...
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...Analyst of Various Disorders Sonia Oliver PSY410 Abnormal Psychology May 24, 2010 Vallery Tovey MA, MA, CAAC, ICRC Analyst of Various Disorders According to the DSM-IV-TR there are various mental disorders that fall under different classifications. Anxiety Disorder has various listings like OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) is classified under this disorder. Cyclothymic Disorder is classified under Mood and Affective Disorders. Dissoactive Identity Disorder is classified under Dissociative Disorders. Also according to the DSM-IV-TR, Complex Somatic Symptom Disorder is classified under Somatoform Disorder. In describing the symptoms of these disorders under each category, included will be the biological, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral component of above listed disorders. One of the various disorders listed under Anxiety Disorder is OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) were the individual will form recurring and unwanted anxiety that will produce feelings and compulsive routines. The individual is trying to form a way to provide protection for him or herself (Hansell & Damour, 2008). The biological component may include in other Axis I disorder is present; there is an obsessions or compulsion, which is not restricted to it. The individual can form various habits that include; fixation of food that leads to an eating disorder. The individual can begin pulling his or her hair out (APA, 2000). Emotionally the individual’s disorder is obsessions or compulsion...
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... decler16@msu.edu January 12, 2002 DEFENDANTS’ BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Authorities........................................................................................................ii Issues Presented...............................................................................................................1 Statement of Facts...........................................................................................................1 Summary of the Argument..............................................................................................3 Standard of Review.............................................................................................3 I. Argument.........................................................................................4 To defeat a government employee’s qualified immunity, the Plaintiff must prove there was a violation of a constitutional right and that the right that was violated was clearly established. It is undisputed the suspect...
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...CULTURE 2 /3 /2 0 1 6 P a tr ic k F o o n g WHAT IS CULTURE? No simple definition “The collective programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one group from another … includes systems of values.” Geert Hofstede “A system of ideas … constitute a design for living” Zvi Namenwirth & Rober Weber 2 /3 /2 0 1 6 P a tr ic k F o o n g VALUES Values: Ideas about what a group believes to be good, right and desirable; shared assumptions about how things ought to be They include a society’s attitude to individual freedom, truth, justice, social obligations, the role of women, love, sex, marriage, etc. They are invested with considerable emotional significance; people argue, fight and even die over values such as freedom 2 /3 /2 0 1 6 P a tr ic k F o o n g NORMS Norms are the social rules that govern people’s actions toward one another based on values It can be subdivided into: folkways and mores 2 /3 /2 0 1 6 P a tr ic k F o o n g FOLKWAYS Folkways are the social conventions of daily life Good social manners, appropriate dress code, eating with the right utensils, etc. Violation of folkways is not normally a serious matter; people may consider violators as weird or eccentric and if you’re a foreigner, you may be initially excused 2 /3 /2 0 1 6 P a tr ic k F o o n g FOLKWAYS Eg attitudes toward time in different cultures ie lateness What is the general attitude toward punctuality...
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...Top Three Business option that I prefer to be Engaged I believe I am on the right path to achieve my goals. I now anxiously await the next phase in my development. I know that my skills along with my experience will continue to aid in achieving my long-term objective. Hospitality Service Sector Hospitality Industry is growing very rapidly and Nepal has tremendous potential for tourism development because of its unique natural and cultural heritage. Now in Nepal, tourism policy has been formulated with the aims of: increasing national productivity and income; increasing foreign currency earnings; creating employment opportunities; improving regional imbalances and projecting the image of Nepal more assertively in the international arena; through the development and diversification of the Hospitality industries. Information Technology Information Technology (IT) is a broad term that includes all aspects of managing and processing information and related technologies. Information technology professionals are responsible for designing, developing, supporting and managing computer hardware, computer software, and information networks, including the Internet. The real world applications of information technologies can be found everywhere. In fact, IT is likely already a part of your life in ways you may not even be aware. Volunteer or join a board One of the best ways to keep our skills up to date is simply using them. Nonprofit organizations are always looking for skilled...
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...Submission of Internship Report Dear Madam, I have completed this report as part of my internship program. This report has completed according to your requirement and those set by the host organization. This internship project has given me the opportunity to explore the travel related business of Bangladesh. The report is based on my acquire knowledge, experience and skill during my period of internship under the supervision of Shahnaz Parvin Akanda, Managing director of Ananash Trs Ltd. Bangladesh. Consequently, I am transmitting my Project Report to your very concern. Hopefully, you will appreciate my well-researched, informative and innovative approach of work. In case of any further clarification, i would be honored to consult with you and furnish you with further details. With best regards, Shettalumna Nasir ID:06304069 II Acknowledgements At first I would like to thank the all mighty ALLAH for blessing me with the strength, ability and patience to accomplish the study. I would like to thank my faculty advisor, Ms.Afsana Akhtar for giving me the opportunity to work with her during my internship period on this interesting topic under her counseling, I have been able to complete this report in a comprehensive manner. I have tried my best to implement her constructive suggestion, wherever relevant. I have gathered vast information about corporate world, the people and corporate culture through this internship. Workings with Ananash were being a great...
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...Morasca Dip. di Elettronica e Informazione Politecnico di Milano Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32 I-20133 Milano, Italy morasca@elet.polimi.it Victor R. Basili Computer Science Department University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 basili@cs.umd.edu Abstract Little theory exists in the field of software system measurement. Concepts such as complexity, coupling, cohesion or even size are very often subject to interpretation and appear to have inconsistent definitions in the literature. As a consequence, there is little guidance provided to the analyst attempting to define proper measures for specific problems. Many controversies in the literature are simply misunderstandings and stem from the fact that some people talk about different measurement concepts under the same label (complexity is the most common case). There is a need to define unambiguously the most important measurement concepts used in the measurement of software products. One way of doing so is to define precisely what mathematical properties characterize these concepts, regardless of the specific software artifacts to which these concepts are applied. Such a mathematical framework could generate a consensus in the software engineering community and provide a means for better communication among researchers, better guidelines for analysts, and better evaluation methods for commercial static analyzers for practitioners. In this paper, we propose a mathematical framework which is generic, because it is not specific to...
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...Chapter one Introduction 1.1 Purpose of the Study As closed-class words, the spatial prepositions (SP), which are used to illustrate the relation of two objects is limited in number and simple in form. Nevertheless, they have a great many senses. SP is not only applied to describe the spatial relationship, but also applied to organize other grammar structure. Therefore, at the initial stage of learning English, SP is always the vital category of words that English learners have to comprehend. However, these limited and simple words are used (use) in the expression of foundational spatial meaning and abstract meaning. Learners can easily understand the meaning of up in get up but not in time is up. This is because the common and normal way learners used (use) to comprehend English is to find the “semantic equivalent”. A Chinese learner can understand the former one while they find a semantic equivalent “qi” in their mother language, but the latter one’s (one) is empty. According to the “semantic equivalence hypothesis” by Ijaz (1986), learners always intend to copy all grammar and communication function, except for pronunciation and spelling. From the linguistics aspect, learner can hardly find a precise substitute in their mother language. Therefore, how to master the use of SP efficiently becomes a challenge for English learners. In the view of traditional schools of linguists, the mean of words are arbitrary (Saussure,**), that is to say, the various meanings of SP and...
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...Gender Identity Disorder The psychological diagnosis of Gender Identity Disorder (GID) describes an individual who experiences a strong identification with the opposite sex. This cross-gender identification refers to the desire to be, or the insistence that one is, of the other sex, often results in the individual experiencing high levels of discomfort and distress. Many key terms are commonly misunderstood and are often assumed to be synonymous when referring to Gender Identity Disorder. Thus, it is important to differentiate these terms. First, the term “sex” refers to an individual’s biological reproductive structures. Whereas, gender refers to the psychosocial, expected behaviours and rules an individual attributes to. Gender identity refers to the individual’s subjective feelings towards the particular gender they identify with. Lastly, gender role is another important concept that should be properly defined. It refers to the behaviours, attitudes, and schemas that a society deems acceptable and designates as either masculine or feminine (Dragpwski, Scharron-del Rio & Sandigorsky, 2011). The DSM-IV-TR defines two important components of Gender Identity Disorder. The first is the presence of strong and persistent cross-gender identification (Criterion A) (DSM-IV-TR, 2010). In children, the problem must lie within 4 of the 5 following behavioural characteristics: (a) repeatedly stated desire to be, or insistence that he or she is, the other sex; (b) in boys, preference...
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...Sưu t m và thi t k b i Ph m Vi t Vũ -1– Ôn t p ng pháp ti ng Anh 1. C u trúc chung c a m t câu trong ti ng Anh: M t câu trong ti ng Anh thư ng bao g m các thành ph n sau ñây: Ví d : SUBJECT John and I We He I VERB ate studied runs like walking. COMPLEMENT a pizza "present perfect" MODIFIER last night. last week. very fast. 1.1 Subject (ch ng ): Ch ng là ch th c a hành ñ ng trong câu, thư ng ñ ng trư c ñ ng t (verb). Ch ng thư ng là m t danh t (noun) ho c m t ng danh t (noun phrase - m t nhóm t k t thúc b ng m t danh t , trong trư ng h p này ng danh t không ñư c b t ñ u b ng m t gi i t ). Ch ng thư ng ñ ng ñ u câu và quy t ñ nh vi c chia ñ ng t . Chú ý r ng m i câu trong ti ng Anh ñ u có ch ng (Trong câu m nh l nh, ch ng ñư c ng m hi u là ngư i nghe. Ví d : “Don't move!” = ð ng im!). Milk is delicious. (m t danh t ) That new, red car is mine. (m t ng danh t ) ðôi khi câu không có ch ng th t s , trong trư ng h p ñó, It ho c There ñóng vai trò ch ng gi . It is a nice day today. There are a fire in that building. There were many students in the room. It is the fact that the earth goes around the sun. 1.2 Verb (ñ ng t ): Trư ng ð i H c Kinh T ðà N ng Sưu t m và thi t k b i Ph m Vi t Vũ -2– ð ng t là t ch hành ñ ng ho c tr ng thái c a ch ng . M i câu ñ u ph i có ñ ng t . Nó có th là m t t ñơn ho c m t ng ñ ng t . Ng ñ ng t (verb phrase) là m t nhóm t g m m t ho c nhi u tr ñ ng t (auxiliary) và m t ñ ng t chính. I love you. (ch hành ñ ng) Chilli is hot. (ch...
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...P ra c t i c a l ve ri f i c a t i o n & s a fe g u a rd tools for C/C++ F Michaud . R. Carbone DRDC Valcartier Defence R&D Canada – Valcartier Technical Report DRDC Valcartier TR 2006-735 November 2007 Practical verification & safeguard tools for C/C++ F. Michaud R. Carbone DRDC Valcartier DRDC Valcartier Technical Report DRDC Valcartier TR 2006-735 November 2007 Principal Author Approved by Yves van Chestein Head/IKM Approved for release by Christian Carrier Chief Scientist c Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada as represented by the Minister of National Defence, 2007 c Sa Majest´ la Reine (en droit du Canada), telle que repr´sent´e par le ministre de la e e e D´fense nationale, 2007 e Abstract This document is the final report of an activity that took place in 2005-2006. The goal of this project was first to identify common software defects related to the use of the C and C++ programming languages. Errors and vulnerabilities created by these defects were also investigated, so that meaningful test cases could be created for the evaluation of best-ofbreed automatic verification tools. Finally, when relevant, best practices were inferred from our experiments with these tools. ´ ´ Resume Ce document est le rapport final d’un projet de recherche qui a eu lieu en 2005-2006. Le but de ce projet ´tait avant tout d’identifier les d´fauts logiciels courants li´s ` l’utilisation des e e e a langages de programmation C et C++. Les erreurs et vuln´rabilit´s...
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...30 Research Tools and Resources in DCCCD Libraries http://www.dcccd.edu/databases A: Six Essential Finding Tools That Everyone Should Know Well 1. The Library Catalog (thelibrarycatalog.com) – The key to the entire contents of the DCCCD Libraries. 2. The Choose a Database Page – A gateway to the DCCCD’s extensive collection of digital resources (dcccd.edu/databases). 3. Academic Search Complete (Ebscohost) – The DCCCD’s largest single database of articles. Includes full text articles from nearly 8,000 magazines and journals in all disciplines. Some newspapers. 4. Serials Solutions - The answer to "where is that journal title I'm looking for?" 5. Gale Virtual Reference Library - An alternative to Wikipedia. Citable articles from specialized subject encyclopedias in full text on the Web. 6. Google and Its Subsets (Advanced, Books, Scholar, Directory, Uncle Sam, Google Dictionary). B: The Traditional Library 7. Library of Congress Classification System Your guide to systematically browsing the library shelves. 8. Physical books and e-books (NetLibrary) E-books allow full text searching. Physical books allow bathtub reading. 9. WorldCat - A tool for finding almost any resource published (except for articles) - many available in nearby libraries (not just in the DCCCD) C: Online Databases: The Choose a Database Page listed in A is the starting point (dcccd.edu/databases). 10. CQ Researcher - The best single source for analysis of current and controversial...
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...Eventually in the movie Tyler takes the fight club and turns it into Project Mayhem, which organizes increasingly serious anti-capitalism vandalism ventures. During one of these missions, a fight club member dies, and Jack tries to shut down the operation in Tyler’s absence. He retraces Tyler’s steps and learns that fight clubs have been started in every major city. It is in one of these cities that someone calls him Tyler. Jack calls Marla and begins to realize that Tyler is a split personality of his own personality. The Jack/Tyler character in Fight Club can’t but be considered mentally unbalanced when a proper comparison is made to the characteristics of those said to be in good mental health. Jack/Tyler simply doesn’t feel good about himself; which is seen in the beginning of the movie when he’s attending a series of support groups for people suffering from a variety of health problems. His ambition is to feel something; to escape the numbness of what he is beginning to view as an empty existence. Jack/Tyler has no meaningful relationship with anyone other than a sexually deviant one with a woman called Marla. The characters isolate themselves physically from others to begin with by living in an abandoned house in an abandoned part of town; later, as Project Mayhem intensifies,...
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...in the presence of this animal. Many people live their entire lives with the fear of spiders. This paper will discuss how these people can learn through exposure therapy to extinct their fear of spiders. Personally I am not afraid of spiders; however, my four-year-old daughter screams and runs out of the room at the sight of a crawling spider. Although the spider she is afraid of is not harmful, her mom, as a precaution has taught her that spiders are bad. Additionally, I believe that others like my daughter have been taught by someone close to them at a young age to be fearful of spiders because they are poisonous, and unattractive. There is evidence that offspring of a phobic individual are at greater risk for developing the same specific phobia subtype because children tend to mirror their parents’ tendencies and fears King, Muris (2004). According to the DSM-IV-TR American Psychiatric Association DBM-IV-TR, (2000), a specific phobia is characterized by clinically significant anxiety provoked by exposure to a specific feared object or situation. Exposure to the feared stimulus invariably provokes an immediate anxiety response that may take the form of a panic attack. Because of the fear of the specific object or situation, people with specific phobias tend to exhibit avoidance behavior or endure situations with relative distress. Unfortunately, based on my observations of my daughter’s reaction to spiders and reading the DSM –IV I believe that she has this phobia. It is well...
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...Tootsie Roll Vs Hershey The purpose of this financial analysis is to compare Tootsie Roll and Hershey Inc to the industry average financial ratios to determine which company will be the best investment opportunity. This analysis will evaluate and compare the company’s liquidity, solvency and profitability ratios from 2004. Tootsie Roll, Inc. and Hershey Inc are both companies well known for the selling of confectionary goods. Hershey is publicly traded under NYSE: HSY, Tootsie Roll under NYSE: TR. Both are listed under SIC 2064, Candy and other Confectionary products. • Liquidity Liquidity ratios measure the short-term ability a company to pay its obligations and meet unexpected needs of cash. These numbers can be found by analyzing the company’s balance sheet. The company that closely matches or exceeds the industry averages in liquidity is Tootsie Roll. Tootsie Roll’s current ratio of 2.34 exceeds that of the industries 1.29. They also have a lower cash to debt ratio 1.05 (2.37 industry, days in inventory 63.98 (industry 72.7) and a quicker inventory turnover 5.7 (industry 6.05). The only ratio were Hershey exceeds Tootsie Roll is receivables turnover ratio. Hershey collects more of its receivables but Tootsie Roll collects faster. Tootsie Roll is better suited to collect cash quickly to pay its obligations and meet unexpected cash needs. • Solvency Solvency ratios measure a company’s ability to last over an extended period of time, or how a...
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