...Marketing 500 | Assignment 5: Marketing Strategies | Professor: Dr. Shirley McLaughlin | | Miriam E. Rockemore | 3/17/2013 | | Executive Summary This paper aims to summarize the plans and strategies that will generate sales of merchant processing services and equipment for Franchise Card Network. Franchise Card Network (FCN) is a vehicle solely dedicated to delivering the best possible payment processing solutions to franchisors and their franchisees. FPN works exclusively in the franchise space, utilizing the extensive knowledge of its human resources in the areas of retail and payment processing to facilitate the unique needs of franchise systems. FCN’s goal is to provide fair, fully disclosed pricing and empowering merchants to take control of their payments processing costs. Franchise Card Network (FCN) believes in the promise and value small to medium-size businesses offer the marketplace. Through innovation and experience, Franchise Card Network helps guide these businesses in managing the opportunities and risks associated with establishing and expanding their payment processing capabilities. Franchise Card Network will empower its clients with rapid application approvals, with most applications being approved within two business days. In addition, FCN’s investment in technology will effectively harness and exceed the growing demands in the processing industry. Therefore...
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...|[pic] |Syllabus | | |College of Natural Sciences | | |SCI/241 Version 6 | | |Nutrition | Copyright © 2012, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course introduces students to the world of human nutrition. Students examine the components included in a healthy, balanced diet and develop strategies to meet their changing nutritional needs throughout the various stages of life. Specific topics for the course include the digestion process, functions and health benefits of specific nutrients, weight management and fitness, and the effects of nutritional deficiencies. Policies Faculty and students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies...
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...Mid-Michigan 3340 Ranger Road Lansing, MI 48906 Ph. 517-321-3331 Fax 517-323-7228 pme@pmenv.com Metro Detroit 22655 S. Chrysler Drive Hazel Park, MI 48030 Ph. 248-336-9988 Fax 248-336-9989 pmehazelpark@pmenv.com West Michigan 1441 Arboretum Dr. SE, Suite 200 Grand Rapids, MI 49546 Ph. 616-285-8857 Fax 616-285-8026 pmegr@pmenv.com ISO 9001 REGISTERED CATEGORY-N BASELINE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE FORMER ACTIVE HOMES MANUFACTURING BUILDING LOCATED AT 7876 VAN DYKE, MARLETTE, LAPEER COUNTY, MICHIGAN June 2, 2006 May 19, 2006 District Supervisor Remediation and Redevelopment Division Lansing District Office Constitutional Hall North Tower, 4th Floor 525 W. Allegan Street Lansing, Michigan 48909 RE: Category-N Baseline Environmental Assessment of Former Active Homes Manufacturing Building Located at 7876 Van Dyke, Marlette, Lapeer County, Michigan PM Environmental, Inc., Project No. 22-692A Dear District Supervisor: Enclosed is one copy of the above-referenced document prepared in accordance with the March 11, 1999 “Instructions for Preparing and Disclosing Baseline Environmental Assessments by PM Environmental, Inc., on behalf of Outlook Properties LLC. An affidavit signed by Mr. Bob Gilling, for a Disclosure Baseline Environmental Assessment has been included. If you have any questions regarding the information in this report, please contact our office at (248) 336-9988. Sincerely, PM Environmental, Inc. Rachael...
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...CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR VARANASI (JNNURM) Municipal Corporation, Varanasi Final Report, August 2006 City Development Plan for Varanasi Executive Summary 1.0 Introduction Urban centres have a vital role in India’s socio-economic transformation and change. Urban centres account for 30% of the total populace, notwithstanding, most cities and towns are severely stressed in terms of infrastructure and service availability, and their growth and development is constrained by indifferent implementation of the 74th Constitution Amendment Act (CAA), 1992. The Government of India launched the JNNURM in December 2005. The Mission aims at encouraging cities initiate steps to bring about improvement in the existing service levels in a financially sustainable manner. The ever-increasing number of slum dwellers causes tremendous pressure on urban basic services and infrastructure. In order to cope up with massive problems that have emerged as a result of rapid urban growth, it is imperative to draw up a coherent urbanisation vision and strategy for implementation of projects aimed towards achieving the outlined vision. The aim of the Mission is to encourage reforms driven, fast track, planned development of identified cities with focus on efficiency in urban infrastructure and service delivery mechanisms, community participation, and accountability of Urban Local Bodies (ULB)/ parastatal agencies towards citizens. The JNNURM consists of two sub-missions – The...
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...59.87 257.62 398.29 122.35 1.02 1.75 10.12 1.16 4.33 274.72 9.44 1.38 288.78 700.00 1.10 1.10 14.00 1.30 2.40 75.00 15.00 15.00 400.00 92 159 72 89 180 366 63 9 72 % % % % % % % % % Minerals Calcium (mg) Iron (mg) Magnesium (mg) Phosphorus (mg) Potassium (mg) Selenium (mcg) 1,535.44 12.69 201.23 925.96 2,356.96 10.69 1,000.00 18.00 320.00 700.00 4,700.00 154 70 63 132 50 % % % % % Sodium (mg) Zinc (mg) 2,046.39 7.95 1,500.00 8.00 136 % 99 % Basic Components Calories Calories from Fat Calories from SatFat Protein (g) Carbohydrates (g) Sugar (g) Dietary Fiber (g) Soluble Fiber (g) InSoluble Fiber (g) Fat (g) Saturated Fat (g) Trans Fat (g) Mono Fat (g) Poly Fat (g) Cholesterol (mg) Water (g) Vitamins Vitamin A - RAE (mcg) Beta-carotene (mcg) Vitamin B1 - Thiamin (mg) Vitamin B2 - Riboflavin (mg) Vitamin B3 - Niacin (mg) Vitamin B6 (mg) Vitamin B12 (mcg) Vitamin C (mg) Vitamin D - mcg (mcg) Vitamin E - Alpha Toc. (mg) Folate (mcg) Other Omega-3 (g) Omega-6 (g) 0.25...
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...HANOI UNIVERSITY OF INDUSTRY FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES ---------- GRADUATION PAPER B.A DEGREE IN ENGLISH A CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN NOMINAL CLAUSE IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE EQUIVALENTS Supervisor : Nguyễn Thị Hưởng, MA Student : Đặng Thị Thơi Student ID : 0541180107 Group : ĐHTA2 – Intake 5 Hanoi, May, 2014 DECLARATION I certify that no part of the report has been copied or reproduced by me from any other person’s work without acknowledgement and that the report is originally written by me under strict guidance of my supervisor. Date of submitted: May 05, 2014 StudentĐặng Thị Thơi | SupervisorNguyễn Thị Hưởng | | | ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS For the accomplishment of this study, I have received a great deal of support and assistance from many dedicated individuals. First of all, I would like to express my faithful and deepest thanks to my supervisor, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Huong (M.A) for her useful references, excellent advices and readiness during my study process. Secondly, I would like to show my gratitude to all teachers at Faculty of Foreign Language, Hanoi University of Industry for their support during the time of the course. I want to thank all linguists and grammarians whose researchers have been quoted in this study. My thanks also go to my beloved family and my friends who always stand by my side and encourage me from my reparation until the completion...
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...Purpose The purpose of this paper is to gain an understanding of marine protection areas within Australian waters and to analyse its policy from an environmental and economic viewpoint, in order to forward policy recommendations for future consideration. A Background to Environmental Policy The underlying assumption behind environmental policy is that by designing social intervention we can bring about environmental improvement. However, designing a policy that actually produces the changes you seek is extremely difficult. Chiefly, planning and policy attempt to exercise control, to develop a desired future (Thomas 2007, p.7). But control is difficult enough to achieve over people, let alone trying to control the physical environment (Thomas 2007, p.7). Another fundamental issue for policy-makers is the direction of the policy. In particular they have to consider whether they are attempting to prevent environmental impacts that result from human action, or whether they are attempting to adapt to such changes, consciously or unconsciously (Thomas 2007, p.8). Natural Resources Natural resources have been critical for human welfare since people first started to walk the earth several million years ago (Field 2005 p.27). Natural resource economics is the study of how the flow of goods and services derived from natural resources is, and should be, managed in today’s world (Field 2005 p.37). Field continues to state that resource management problems derive from the underlying...
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...management systems. For example, while basic aggregation operations like SUM and AVG are part of SQL, there is no support for other commonly used operations like variance and co-variance. Such computations, as well as more advanced ones like regression and principal component analysis, are usually performed using statistical packages and libraries, such as SAS [1] and SPSS [2]. From the end user’s perspective, whether the statistical calculations are being performed in the database or in a statistical package can be quite transparent, especially from a functionality viewpoint. However, once the datasets to be analyzed grow beyond a certain size, the statistical package approach becomes infeasible, either due to its inability to handle large volumes of data, or the unacceptable computation times which make interactive analysis impossible. With the increasing sophistication of data collection instrumentation, and the cheap availability of large volume and high speed storage devices, most applications are today collecting data at unprecedented rates. In addition, an increasing number of applications today want the ability to perform interactive and on-line analysis of this data in real time, such as “what-if” analysis in forecasting. The emergence of multiple gigabyte corporate data...
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...Executive Summary I A. Purpose I B. Background I C. The Rational for the Acquisition I D. Standalone, Synergy and Premium Valuations II E. Integration Plan II Part 1 - The Rational of the Acquisition 1 1. Pfizer's Strategy 1 1.1. Pfizer Growth Strategy 2 2. Pfizer's Road Map 4 2.1. Pfizer's Acquisitions Rational 4 3. The strategy behind the acquisition 5 3.1. Acquisition Motives 5 3.2. M&A vs. Alliance 5 4. Target Identification 7 4.1. Protalix - an R&D Acquisition 9 5. Synergy Analysis 10 6. Standalone, Synergy and Premium Valuations 12 6.1. Market Value 12 6.2. Trading and Transaction Multiples Valuations 12 6.3. Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Valuation 14 6.3.1. DCF Methodology and Assumptions 14 6.3.2. Summary of the Standalone and the Synergy DCF Valuation 15 6.4. Premium 16 6.5. Walk-away Price, Net Value Creation and Financial Feasibility 17 Part 2 - The Integration Plan 18 Bibliography 21 APPENDIXES 22 Appendix 1 - Pfizer's Executive Leadership Team 23 Appendix 2 - Pfizer's Organizational Structure Scheme 24 Appendix 3 - Five Forces Analysis for the Pharmaceutical Industry 25 Appendix 4 - Pfizer's PEST Analysis 27 Appendix 5 - Level of Competition Between the Acquirers & the Uniqueness of the Acquired Company 31 Appendix 6 - Acquisition Motives 33 Appendix 7 - Protalix Management and Board of Directors 35 Appendix 8 - Technology Adoption Lifecycle 36 Appendix 9 - Pfizer's SWOT Analysis 36 ...
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...Developing Guidelines to Design Gestures for Teaching Chinese as a Second Language From the Perspectives of Kinesics and Linguistics Yihan Zhou Seton Hall University Abstract According to kinesics and linguistic theories, this project investigates what parts are involved in making gestures and how gestures carry meanings. A wide range of body parts are involved in making a gesture. According to David Mcneill, the physical movements acquire meaning by iconics, metaphorics, deictics, and beats. The project also discovers an etymological way to connect gestures to Chinese vocabulary. Based on the findings, the project further develops some guidelines to design gestures for teaching Chinese. They are making easy movements, identifying teaching content, making gestures understandable to your students, and applying gestures into teaching. In the end, the project applies the guidelines in designing activities for teaching Chinese pronunciation, vocabulary, character, and culture. Keywords: guidelines, gestures, teaching Chinese, kinesics, linguistics 1. Introduction 2.1 Background Gestures are common body movements: teachers instruct with gestures, referees in soccer game use gestures, people greet each other with gestures. Then what are gestures? Generally speaking, gestures are body movements which accompany and even sometimes replace verbal language. Because of its intimacy with language, it has attracted the people’s attention since Greek and Roman era...
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...College Credit Through Advanced Standing Produced by the Office of Academic Services This manual is accurate as of the date of publication. As new information becomes available, it will be posted to the online version, available through the Academic Services web site, www.nvcc.edu/aboutnova/directories--offices/administrative-offices/academic/index.html. Revised June 2012 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... 3 PURPOSE .................................................................................................................................3 TYPES OF ADVANCED STANDING ...................................................................................................3 GENERAL PROCEDURES ...............................................................................................................4 EVALUATION RESPONSIBILITIES .....................................................................................................5 SECTION 1—CREDITS FROM POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS ........................................ 7 GENERAL CONDITIONS ................................................................................................................7 GENERAL EDUCATION TRANSFER CREDIT FOR STUDENTS WITH PREVIOUS DEGREES ..................................9 EVALUATION OF INTERNATIONAL TRANSCRIPTS .....................................................................
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...Robbert K. J. Maseland First and foremost, I would like to express my sincere appreciation and gratitude to my advisor, Dr. R. K. J. Maseland, for his academic guidance and encouragement throughout the research. He has been very generous sharing his experiences on institutional and cultural determinants on economy, as well as on academic research methodology and beyond. I would not have finished such a thesis paper without his support. His effort and patience would never be forgotten. Abstract The democracy’s inequality decreasing effect has been appealing to researchers for long but lacks concentrated argumentation and empirical evidence, as well as the interaction between democracy and religion. This paper conduct an empirical analysis covering time period of 1978-2010 with 86 countries to test the hypotheses of whether democracy decreases inequality and whether an egalitarian religion decreases the influence of democracy. The result shows the direct effect of democracy is weak, however, the hypothesis of religion’s effect on the democracy’s influence is partially confirmed. Therefore, democracy itself has minor influence on inequality while a large proportion of the effect is religion-related. Key words Democracy Religion Inequality 摘要：民主对贫富差距的削弱作用长期以来受到学界的广泛关注，但是迄今尚未有统一的论证和支持的实证研究，同样值得研究而没有定论的还有民主和意识形态之间的关系。本文对1978-2010年间86个国家的民主和贫富差距数据进行了实证分析，试图验证民主对贫富差距是否有削弱作用以及平等主义的意识形态是否会削弱民主的效果。回归结果显示民主对贫富差距的直接效果弱而不显著，但是意识形态在影响民主对贫富差距的效果却很大程度得到印证。因此，民主对贫富差距至多仅是微弱效果，而意识形态的加入可以大幅增强解释效果。 ...
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...V. Cotter and David J. Fritzsche ____________________________________________________________________________ ConsoliMerica Merica Merica dated Area 1 Area 2 Area 3 Nystok M$000s M$000s M$000s M$000s Dn000s Net Sales: to Customers 3365 930 930 930 3450 to Affiliates (cost + 20%) 0 0 1065 0 0 to Liquidators (at cost) 0 0 0 0 0 Less Cost of Goods sold 1532 515 1320 515 1481 Less Value Added Tax 58 0 0 0 345 Gross Profit 1775 415 675 415 1624 Selling Expense: Advertising Expense Sales Salaries Sales Commissions General Selling Expense Transportation Expense Sales Office Depreciation Total Selling Expense 144 115 62 387 153 13 873 40 30 19 94 53 3 239 46 36 19 101 9 3 214 40 30 19 94 53 3 239 105 116 28 585 227 24 1085 Admin and General Expense: Research and Development Total Training Expense Storage Expense Executive Compensation Other Expense Total Adm & Gen Expense Total Operating Expense Operating Profit (Loss) 72 104 56 146 0 378 1251 525 0 10 10 24 0 44 283 132 72 78 1 73 0 224 438 237 0 10 10 24 0 44 283 132 0 36 212 148 0 396 1481 143 Other Income: CD Interest Capital Gain (Loss) 19 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 Other Expense: Loan Interest Bond Interest 0 50 0 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 494 132 206 132 143 193 51 91 51 0 Net Profit (Loss) After Tax ...
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...Micro+ Ridhwan Ismail Perlyn Ho Brandon Goh Yeo Li Sin Seow Jia Chun TAMPINES JUNIOR COLLEGE PROJECT WORK Contents | | | Chapter 1 | Introduction | Page | 1.1 | Project Aim | 1 | 1.2 | Project Context: Microcars | 1-3 | 1.3 | Influence of Microcars | 4 | 1.3.1 | Positive Impacts | 4-5 | 1.3.2 | Negative Impacts | 5-6 | Chapter 2 | Analysis of Current Solutions | | 2.1 | Target Group | 7 | 2.2 | Overview of Current Measures | 7 | 2.3 | Kenguru B1 | 8 | 2.4 | EQUAL | 9 | 2.4.1 | EQUAL's Entry System | 9 | 2.5 | Limitations of Current Measures | 10 | Chapter 3 | Micro+ | | 3.1 | Aim & Design Objectives | 11 | 3.2 | Independence | 12 | 3.2.1 | Laser Guidance | 12-14 | 3.2.2 | Friction Drive Module (FDM) | 15-16 | 3.2.3 | Ramp | 16-17 | 3.3 | Usability | | 3.3.13.3.2 | Modified Steering MechanismExpanding Width | 1819 | 3.4 | Summary | 19 | Chapter 4 | Evaluation of Ideas | | 4.1 | Methods | 20 | 4.2 | Effectiveness | 20-21 | 4.3 | Feasibility | 21 | 4.3.1 | Limitations | 21 | 4.3.2 | Solutions | 21-24 | Chapter 5 | Project Summary | | 5.1 | Summary of Project | 25 | 5.2BibliographyAnnexes | Future Directions | 25-2627-2829-44 | | | | | | | Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Project Aim This project aims to improve on the design of microcars to enable wheelchair bound drivers to utilise it as the needs of this particular demographic are usually not considered when designing microcars. Our proposed...
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...CH 220C ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY Spring, 2015 Section Page 1. General Information 2 2. Safety Information 2 3. Attendance 3 Make-Up Policy 3 4. Laboratory Protocol 3 Assigned Reading 3 Pre-Lab Quizzes 3 Lab Notebook 5 Chemicals 5 Due Dates for Reports 5 5. Orientation 5 In-Lab Information 5 Library Information 5 6. Check-In 6 7. Grading Procedure 6 8. Policy on Cheating 7 9. TA Office Hours 8 10. Faculty Course CoordinatorS 8 11. Course Web Page 8 12. Hints to Minimize Frustration IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 8 13. Work Schedule 10 Lab Report Due Date Schedule 10 Experiments 10 14. Supplements 17 A. Extraction of Unknown 17 B. Recrystallization of Unknown Products 18 C. Methyl Benzoate 19 D. Synthesis of Luminol 20 E. Azo Violet 23 1. GENERAL INFORMATION PRE- and CO-REQUISITES Pre- and co-requisites for CH 220C listed in the Course Schedule. Important: Because the lecture and laboratory courses are co-requisites of each other, dropping one of them requires that you drop the other as well, unless the drop occurs during ...
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