...Day 1: Had my first day today and it was very interesting. First I had an orientation where we went over general guidelines for interns at Viacom and then we signed some paperwork. Played some icebreaker games and got a crash course in all the entities that Viacom owns such as MTV, MTV2, VH1, Comedy Central, CMT, BET. After I met with JC, one of the research analysts for MTV and I got a tour of where I was working and met fellow employees and met my supervisor Mitchell. I then attended a meeting with the research, programming and creative insight teams where we discussed millennials (people aged 15-30) and their media consumption. We watched clips about certain shows that were going to be aired and whether or not millennials would watch these shows. We also discussed other areas regarding media consumption. Day 2: I arrived early to work to start learning. The more the better in my opinion. I got acclimated at my desk and started learning the basics. I got a crash course in MTV and ratings since I am in intern in the research and strategic insights department. Then I attended a focus group regarding upcoming MTV events and gave input regarding the specific topics. Got acclimated with startrak, the system in which MTV/MTV 2 pulls ratings. Day 3: got acclimated with startrak even more. Learned some of the more difficult tasks associated with it. I learned how to pull the ratings for MTV and checked ratings that my supervisors JC, Cara, and Mitchell create. Basically its just...
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... In fact, violence has actually been steadily decreasing since these things have been growing in popularity. Critics of violent media seem to long for the “good old days”; a time before there was violence in the media. These critics fail to acknowledge that those “good old days” were actually far more violent than today. Some believe that violence in the media is to blame for violence in people, but that argument is undermined by the realization that violence existed long before video games and television. In fact, violence has actually been steadily decreasing since these things have been growing in popularity. Critics of violent media seem to long for the “good old days”; a time before there was violence in the media. These critics fail to acknowledge that those “good old days” were actually far more violent than today. Some believe that violence in the media is to blame for violence in people, but that argument is undermined by the realization that violence existed long before video games and television. In fact, violence has actually been steadily decreasing since these things have been growing in popularity. Critics of violent media seem to long for the “good old days”; a time before there was violence in the media. These critics fail to acknowledge that those “good old days” were actually far more violent than today. Some believe that violence in the media is to blame for violence in people, but that argument is undermined by the realization that violence existed long before...
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...Essay Title: Body Project Course title: Regulating Bodies, Youth, Identity and consumption The body is a topic of much discussion within society at the moment with focus on media and consumer consumption. This has brought to light a range of issues surrounding the body, and literature from decades ago have been looked at and performed in a modern light to produce up to date research on the body. This body project gives me an opportunity to not only understand myself about body sculpting, but allow a better understanding on the literature and provide additional evidence that will either support or reject themes and theories in this chosen topic. My choice to choose the topic of dieting for this body project was an easy one to make. From the age of about fifteen I have been conscious of my weight despite being told ‘you aren’t fat,’ and ‘you don’t need to diet.’ These comments were not enough to deter me not to take up different dieting techniques and phases of exercising however more times than not I would fail at reaching my targets. I therefore saw this opportunity as a way to try again as the pressure of keeping a diary and writing up on it may encourage me to maintain it for longer than my previous attempts. I find the topic of dieting very interesting not just in terms of myself but also in terms of society as a whole. After researching this topic of interest and not realising it myself but dieting has a significant association with the increased risk of not only...
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...DAMM Good! Lemonade Stand (DGLS) Accounting Summary Report – Season One Bus 599 - Introduction to Quantitative Principles 12 September 2010 Background The enclosed DAMM Good! Lemonade stand (DGLs) accounting summary is a quantitative snapshot of financial transactions that have occurred during the first season of operation of DGLs. This accounting summary report has two aspects: to generate common accepted financial statements that reflect the health of the business and to provide concise but insightful interpretations and necessary recommendations deduced from the data (Larson, 2008). Financial Position Summary Appendix I: Daily Seasonal Data * The seasonal data was used as an “ad hoc” journal or daily receipts record to build each of the financial worksheets. Appendix II: Financial Journal The DGLs Financial Journal is the formal recording of five aspects of a transaction that is found in the Daily Seasonal Data: (1) its date, (2) brief description of the transaction, (3) ledger account to be debited and amount, (4) ledger account to be credited and amount, and its (5) cross-reference title for other financial reports. It also includes additional data entries such as the weather condition on that day and number of hours the stand was open to help “flush out” the other factors affecting the DGLs. This approach provides an audit trail and a means of analyzing the effects of daily transactions on DGLs’s financial position. * The DGLs first season...
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...just on a much smaller scale. As of today, products go from one part of the world to the other and back just to make one shirt or phone and in fact this is cheaper for major companies to outsource for example, Apple builds phones in china, apple is based in the USA and when china done making the phone they send it back to the USA to be sold. Trade is cheaper and faster today than it has ever been before. Today's ocean trading routes are larger and faster than ever. These routes can get massive quantities of bulk goods like timber and cotton from one side of the world in a matter...
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...Today is the day I have been waiting on. It has been a while since I had a day to myself. Today is that day, a day of peace. My alarm was set for 8; 00 am. The exact time the kid’s bus arrives for pick up and my wife leaves for work as I lay in the bed tossing and turning, I could hear the family scrambling throughout the house. You can hear my wife yelling at the kids to be ready for the bus. Then my alarm rings, ding. Ding…ding….is reached over to shut my alarm off and was greeted by the family at my bed. Good mourning dad we love you was all I heard as the kids darted out the door off to school. It is time to get my day started. As I walk through the bed room door my wife greets me with a kiss as she heads out the door. She turns and says “breakfast is in the microwave sweetie. I replied; ok have a good day as she leaves. I can smell the aroma of the food in the air as I entered the kitchen. As good as the food smelled I need a cup of coffee to start my day. As my coffee brewed I got my self-ready for the day. Since today is a day set for my hobbies, I decided to start it off with coffee and video gaming. I spent about four hours playing play station 3. Now that my gaming was over, it was time for the park. Armed with my camera I headed out to the park for a day with nature. As I was driving to the park I passed a dairy queen, so I decided to add a treat to my day. The park was beautiful, the sun was shining bright and the birds were chirping. I walked through the park capturing...
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...Notes Nov. 8th – 14th Monday 11/8: DL had a very good day today. There were no real issues; she followed the schedule that was planned out by the teacher with very little interruptions or disturbances. Lastly we have been working on DL staying with the group and asking for breaks whenever she is feeling frustrated, and I am happy to say that she is responding very well to the change. Tuesday 11/9: CPR-All staff meeting, no school today. Wednesday 11/10: Today was another successful day with DL. HO and I have been working on numerous things with DL, and one of the big things is having DL slow down with any task that is she doing, more specifically eating. We have made signs and give DL constant reminders to slow down, and over the pas couple of weeks, DL is really starting to slow down. No major events happened today just a...
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...2012 My Life-Changing Story Today was the worst day of my life. My mom gave me good and bad news. The bad news was so horrible. The good news was very surprising. The bad news was so bad, that I started crying. My mom told me that I was moving. It all started when today, was the day I would be the student of the month. I was so happy that I was finally my turn to be student of the month. I went to school and I got to wear the class crown. The class crown is a crown that the student of the month wears on the first on the first day. The student of the month get to choose what fun activities we get to do for the entire month after we finish our assignments. It was an honor for me to wear the class crown. That day I was so happy that I got to finally be the student of the month. When I came home from school and my mom told me good news. She told me that she was expecting a baby. But, after that my mom told me that we were going to move to Miami, Florida. Since my mom was pregnant we had to move because there was not enough room in our apartment. My whole family lives in Richmond, Virginia. So, my parents thought that it would be a good idea to buy a house in Miami. I was so sad that I was going to move next week. I was so mad that I started to cry. I did not want to leave all my friends, my teachers, my city and leave. My mom told me that I was going to find more friends and even better ones too. I mom told me that I was going to have a room of my own and...
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...Example Speeches - Grooms Speech #1 On behalf of my wife and I, we'd like to thank you all for coming here today and sharing our special day with us. There are times when it's good to be surrounded by people who are important to you, and for us this is one of those occasions. We hope that you're enjoying it every bit as much as we are and we'd like to thank you for your kind wishes cards, presents and support. We must say we've been really impressed by the number of people that have rallied round to help us in preparation for today, if you're not mentioned by name and that's most of you, please be assured that Kate and I are very grateful. David and Maggie, thank you not only for your hospitality this evening and your kindness, but for also giving me your very beautiful daughter. I promise I'll take good care of her and of course do everything she tells me to, even if it involves golf! I must confess I did actually try it a while ago, and during one lesson with the local pro I asked him whether he had seen any improvement since my last lesson. And he said “er… yup, that's a much better haircut”. So Maggie, we have a present here for you. I also want to say thank you to my parents who put up with me for all these years, you have both been there for me when I've needed you and given me a wonderful start in life and I'm very fortunate and proud to have you as my mum and dad. I've a present for you here Mum, as a thank you. I can imagine that Neil, my best man is getting...
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...Ancient Engineering Ashley Shehan World Civilizations 1: History103 Samson Tsahiridis October 15, 2012 Ancient Engineering Ancient civilizations are credited for many inventions and engineer advancements that have been perfected and still used today. These advances have laid a foundation for today’s way of life; convenient, efficient, and technology improving faster than ever. Introduction of roads, domestication of animals, and the use of ships are all examples of engineering used to increase power, efficiency, and the quality of life. With the use of roads, ships, and calendars, civilizations were able to improve their economy, increase their power, increase population, and expand their power. Roads Romans The Roman Empire’s success was greatly due to the extensive paved road system built, connecting virtually the entire empire. The Appian Way was built in 312BCE, one of the earliest Roman road built. The network or road would eventually consist of over 55,000 miles of road, with a width of 20-40 feet, depending on the amount of traffic and use of the road. Built mostly by soldiers, the use of these roads greatly empowered the Roman Army. Unaffected by weather, quicker deployments, and faster distribution of communication, supplies, and food were possible, increasing efficiency. Post houses to tend or change horses were located every ten to fifteen miles along the routes, while Inns to accommodate travelers, and were located every twenty to thirty...
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...Title: What Happened to our Moral Values? Author: Judelle Sterling Source: Helium.com, the Values and Morals in American Society: 1950s versus today Article by: Jennifer Buckett Created: September 23, 2007 I remember growing up as a kid. My mother would teach us on a daily basis how to always keep and practice good moral values. Not only did she teach it to us, she did it with examples. We watch mother saying “hello” and “good morning” with a smile to everyone; young, old, friends and strangers alike. We grew up learning how to respect everyone, how to conduct ourselves in a proper and respectful way to show respect and earn respect. That was the good old days when things were simple and happiness was all we had time for. Where love for the fellow man was so thick that you could feel it just by looking at each other as we walk by, yes that was the past. Now in the present time all I see is people being rude to each other. Moral values mean nothing these days. People are too busy to greet one another. All you see on the news is how a group of teenager beating up a 70 year old man in the name of fun or gang initiation. Things are getting out of hand, and it will get worse if we stand by and do nothing. Compared to the old days society today has plunged to a new low in moral values. Let’s go back as far the 1950s where our moral values were at its best. I wasn’t around in the 1950s but I’ve watch television shows...
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...Day 1 Today was this first day of work and I was really excited to begin working with my future co-workers. On my way to work I took a wrong turn and got on the wrong bus. It was a good thing that I left an hour ahead of schedule. I asked a gentleman for help and he told me where to go and was extremely kind. After I finally arrived to The Frozen Food Store, I was kind of disappointed. I thought I would be working at this huge company but it was just a hole in the wall. It was crappy. I had high expectations after speaking to the owner, Pete Snieder on the phone. Pete sounded very intelligent and had some great aspirations for me when I spoke to him on the phone. Once I entered the building I was greeted by Stephanie Smith, receptionist. Stephanie was more than the just the receptionist though, she ran the whole company from her desk. Stephanie was so nice and was a complete sweetheart. Stephanie was completely professional as well. For about the first 2 hours it was Stephanie and I. Then finally Pete arrived and I was able to speak to him. When I first met Pete I was very intrigued on how my internship would go from here. Pete said that he wanted to have me complete a project for him so that I could have a sense of accomplishment. The project that Pete wanted me to complete was to find an easier way to attract clients and leads. The sales people don’t have any time to go out and talk to perspective clients. The project would eventually be overtaken by the next intern but Pete...
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...believe Paul’s teachings encourages us to seek the truth of scripture as it influences the way we live and view the world today. Biblical Worldview Essay The Natural World One views the natural world in a way that is very negative. Paul’s depiction in Romans 1; 18-32 leads one to believe that this is unchanged since creation. The world remains a very dark place, filled with sin, sexual immorality, perversion, and selfishness. Believers and unbelievers alike do not dispute this depiction. Even with all of our growing technology, we are no better off than those that lived in Paul’s day. In Romans 1; 20, man is told that even creation speaks to God’s qualities and divine nature. This verse warns that there will be no accepted excuse for denying God as their creator. People live in the flesh and worship everything except God. In Paul’s time, he struggled with seeing the same abominations (Romans 1; 18-2; 3). People in Paul’s day, just like today, were divided by their beliefs on false gods or in some cases, no gods at all. Paul warns about God’s anger towards sin in Romans1; 18-20 (NLT). Human Identity Since the fall of man in the garden, our true nature is to be sinful. We are held captive to sin by our lack of relationship and submission to God. Some people even completely deny their need for God. Romans 3; 10 clearly states that ‘No one is good- not even one”. Even with that scripture being said, man foolishly allows themselves...
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...video, “Romans: the letter that changed the world” that, Paul saw this fault line in the society of Rome and uses this as the base for his writing the book of Romans. My world view is that, the sins committed by the Romans back in Paul’s day are still being committed today (Ecclesiastes 1:9) in today’s society. I think we can take a major lesson from Paul in that, Rome was a completely debased and that today, we live in a society of complete moral decay and decadence not unlike Rome. I believe that society as a whole WILL NOT change for the better and that each individual needs divine revelation and intervention and salvation to escape such a world. This is my world view. Faith in Christ is the only way to escape. The Natural World My view of the natural world is of constant sin, sexual depravity, murder and more are being committed even to this day as they were back in (Genesis 6:5). (Romans chapter 1:18-32) Rome back in Paul’s day, was full of every sin imaginable. We see Homosexuality, worship of the creation rather than the creator GOD. (3) There were Pagans, Moralists believed that they could achieve a salvation and redemption in their own terms. One example is my wife’s grandparents. They believe that simply being good and outwardly doing good, then they should see the gates of heaven, which is in stark contrast to (Romans 3:10). In today’s world, the same sins that were committed, then are being committed now, but more so because of things such as the internet because, the...
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...of Alpheus. Saint Matthew was a Jew who worked for the Roman forces and collected taxes from the other Jews. He was not beatified or canonized as he lived prior to the Catholic Church. We recognize Saint Matthew as a Saint and his feast day is celebrated on September 21st and November 16th in the Orthodox Church. Saint Matthew also got in trouble for throwing a party for Jesus. Jesus was not happy that Matthew did this and did it behind his back. Saint Matthew was a tax collector and is the patron saint of bankers. “He collected taxes in Capernaum when he...
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