...Executive Summary XO Group Inc. is an internet based lifestage media company. XO Group has four flagship brands and each brand is specific to a particular market. The Knot and Wedding Channel are focused on the wedding industry. The Nest is dedicated to the home environment. The Bump is focused on family planning. XO Group provides services to couples who seek advice and information on planning lives together; from the wedding to their first baby and everything in between. XO Group’s professional staff ensures goals are being met and customers are satisfied. Throughout the company’s life, XO Group continually pursues new opportunities to stay ahead of their competitors and hold their place at the top of the lifestage media industry. Table of Contents Page No. | Executive Summary………………………………………………………………. | 3 | Table of Contents…………………………………………………………………. | 4 | List of Tables……………………………………………………………………... | 6 | List of Figures…………………………………………………………………….. | 7 | Section 1: History of Company………………………………………………….... | 8 | The Beginning…………………………………………………………………. Getting Bigger…………………………………………………………………. The Nest………………………………………………………………………... Merging Two Companies……………………………………………………… Stepping Into The Baby Market……………………………………………….. XO Group Inc.…………………………………………………………………. | 8...
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... It is so ingrained in our lives it is almost unimaginable to fathom living in a world without it. And yet, some still do. It also begs the question that if ever connectivity was lost would it cause the western world to devolve and become 2nd world countries, or even third world. This paper explores the Digital Divide as it is defined today, the areas which are most affected by this divide, and focuses on Africa, and solutions implemented to try to close the gap. The term “Digital Divide” was coined some time in the 1990s, evolving from a number of definitions. One of its earlier definitions was by Woolinksy, defined as the lack of access to computers (Gunkel, 2003). It has since evolved to be known as the social concern that various groups in the world have a lack of access to Information and Communications Technology (ICT). However, it is not just limited to the lack of access. It is also about the socio-economic inequalities that exist within countries, ability, access, gender, ethnicity, culture, age, language, educational level, income and connectivity to the Internet (OECD, 2001 and Economist Intelligence Unit, 2012). Most importantly, it is the divide in the level of skill and proficiency in...
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...Executive Summary This report provides an analysis and evaluation of the situation concerning XO Computers. Included in this analysis are marketing objectives, product adaptation, promotion mix, channels of distribution, and price determination. Although the main use of these computers was meant to be sold to schools for a low price, our company has found that these computers can be successfully sold in other markets as well. In Colombia, we can market our XO computers to both the rich and the poor. We will aim to target children of Colombian coffee farmers who strive to learn but cannot afford expensive technology. In fact, there are 618,199 households in the coffee-growing region of Colombia. In addition, there are 653,471 children aged between 5-19 years old (average of one school-aged child per household) in these areas. About 39% of the population in the coffee-growing region (made up of Caldas, Risaralda, and Quindío regions) did not finish primary school and/or secondary school. So, we believe that there is a large market that would be interested in our product. The price will be set at $250, which we believe is a reasonable price. Based on the average income of a Colombian worker, we believe that our product will be well received in the Colombian coffee regions. We believe that the adults will want to invest in their child’s future, as well as buying a well-made piece of technology for an inexpensive price. Table of Contents Introduction 4 Part 1: Market...
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...| Education and Schools: Supporting Positive Outcomes | The Role of Education in Addressing Global Threats-EDUC-4012-1 | | Regina Haney | 7/27/2014 | | Your perspective on the role that education plays in supporting healthy development and well-being for all children in our diverse world. Our children are the future. It is very important for ALL children to have the necessary education so they can grow up fit, strong, happy, and secure. There are so many issues that need to be addressed, not only in our country, but worldwide, as well. One such issue is to encourage equality between the sexes and allow women more power. There has to be opportunities for both boys and girls to acquire the needed training and instruction that is the basis which is needed for the aims and objectives for continual growth. The rate of boys and girls attending school is very unbalanced; for every 100 boys not in school there are 117 girls who are in the same position. These figures represent the unlikelihood to form the understanding which is crucial to wipe out destitution, starvation, squalor, fight diseases, and guarantee balance within one’s surroundings. (UNICEF, 2014). As of 2001, about 115 million children who are of primary school age, the majority, girls, are not attending school; teaching girls ensures an increase in growth for everyone. When this happens, more females are able to exist, properly nourished, and better educated. When young girls have received the necessary...
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...SECTION A 1. What are the capabilities of the XO laptop (especially the latest version, XO-3)? How well-suited is this machine for developing countries? The One laptop per child organization (herein referred to as OLPC) was started by MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte in 2005. And the mission statement of the organisation is as follows: “To create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning. When children have access to this type of tool they get engaged in their own education. They learn, share, create, and collaborate. They become connected to each other, to the world and to a brighter future” Their aim was to provide this laptop at a cost of $100 and Mary Lou Jepson, as chief technical officer of OLPC had to consider a range of environmental factors for the design to be tailored to the particular needs of the developing world (Buchele, 2009:1). These challenges included electricity availability, extreme temperatures and the rugged physical environments of these countries (Brown, 2009:8). After several years of research and development, the result was the XO laptop featuring hardware innovation in power supply, display, durability and networking. The first model XO1 was launched in November 2007 at a cost of $188, failing at the initial goal price of $100 but it revolutionized the PC industry to be motivated...
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...tutoring system. The arrangement has had conversions in an endeavor towards the finest condition. The individuals made imperative steps in this effort. The events had both unwanted and desirable consequences on education. To have an enhanced perspective on the arrangement, one has to assess the milestones that have in wholesome totaled up to the current outlook of the education scheme. This essay will describe some of the undertakings and individuals who instigated the milestones that have had a noteworthy bearing on US education system. The Meriam Report The report was emanated in 1928, and it gave insight into the devastating existence circumstances of Natives during that period. Most importantly the educational challenges facing the group were addressed, and it was starting point for the matters related to learning for the community to be prioritized (Webb et al., 2010). Besides schooling, the said report also gathered information on other aspects of the health of the Indians, family and community life, legal issues, missionary activities among Indians and the economic facet. It gave insight into all aspects of their life, and it’s the reports’ recommendations that instigated educational transformations for them as well as other beneficial policies for the community. The effect therefore of the report was the furtherance of educational contexts for the subjects (Wisconsin History, 2016). Brown versus the Board of Education In 1954, the body championing for human rights...
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...distributing microcomputers to school children in Dakar in 1982, the first XO deployment only took place in February 2007, with mass production beginning in November of that year. The mission of One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is to empower the children of developing countries to learn by providing one connected laptop to every school-age child. In order to accomplish our goal, they need people who believe in what they’re doing and want to help make education for the world’s children a priority, not a privilege. The root cause of the rapid change, digital technology, also provides a solution. When every child has a connected laptop, they have in their hands the key to full development and participation. Limits are erased as they can learn to work with others around the world, to access high-quality, modern materials, to engage their passions and develop their expertise. What children lack is not capability, it is opportunity and resources. The tool with which to unlock their potential is the XO. Put this ultra-low-cost, poweful, rugged, low-power, ecological laptop in their hands and contribute to making a better world. In the first years of OLPC They have seen two million previously marginalized children learn, achieve and begin to transform their communities. They are working to provide this opportunity to millions more. Currently over 1 million XOs have been deployed through OLPC projects in over 40 countries. Current XO deployment projects vary in almost every respect, including how...
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...curricula and assessment are viewed by the program as too slow or expensive, and teacher training as of limited value due to teacher absenteeism and incompetence, so laptop implementation must proceed without them. The program also believes that in the end, "the students will teach themselves on how to use the laptop. They'll teach one another, and we have confidence in the kids' ability to learn". The other flaw in this program is that the poorest countries targeted by OLPC cannot afford laptop computers for all their children and would be better off building schools, training teachers, developing curricula, providing books and subsidizing attendance. No one ever understood Nicholas Negroponte's position when it comes to the $100 Laptop/OLPC/XO. While the idea behind...
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...IQRA's mission is to empower the children and the nationals through digital educational knowledge by its special computers products and services all over in the KSA. IQRA is a real world laptop for real world change. The IQRA laptop will be designed collaboratively by experts and industry to combine innovations in technology and learning. IQRA Notebook, Net-book and Notepad are standard durable, functional, energy-efficient, responsive, and fun. . As the pace of change in the world increases dramatically, the urgency to prepare all children to be full citizens of the emerging world also increases dramatically. No one can predict the world our children will inherit. The best preparation for children is to develop the passion for learning and the ability to learn how to learn. The most important cause of the rapid change in digital technology also provides a solution. When every child has a connected laptop, they have in their hands the key to full development and participation. Limits are erased as they can learn to work with others around the world, to access high-quality, modern materials, to engage their passions and develop their expertise. Roughly 2 million children and teachers in Latin America are currently part of an OLPC project, with another 500,000 in Africa and the rest of the world. Largest national partners include Uruguay Peru (our largest deployment, involving over 8,300 schools), Argentina, Mexico, and Rwanda. Other significant projects...
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...Technology or business practices used to augment the solution for one laptop per child: While now costing $200 per laptop, the OLPC XO-1 contains an impressive array of technology Advances that are not found in the most expensive commercial laptops. Each advance is Tweaked to facilitate the constructionist goal of children’s collaborative learning. Sugar Learning Platform The laptop user interface, the software that children navigate to interact with the computer is called Sugar. It doesn’t look like Microsoft Windows, Apple OSX, or any flavor of Linux, but it is Open Source software, where any user can customize the code. based on the Linux operating system, Sugar’s every aspect is designed to encourage collaboration. It starts with a circle of activities, not programs, and promotes the sharing of the activities both online and through the physical interaction a child has with the computer. Take the classic computer game Tetris. Sugarized, for the XO-1, it is now called Block Party, a collaborative spatial manipulation learning tool where multiple Players work in concert to place irregular-sized blocks in congruent, solid lines. Mesh Networking To facilitate this constant collaboration, OLPC is implementing a new wireless Internet protocol called 802.11s, which allows each XO-1 to directly and instantly connect with another. This mesh network eliminates the need for a traditional central computer router each laptop automatically becomes a router - and...
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...Quanta Computer and the One Laptop per Child Initiative Quanta Computer is a company based in Taiwan, China. They manufacture and design products for many major tech companies such as Apple Inc., Hewlett-Packard, and Sony, just to name a few. What turned Quanta into one of the largest computer manufacturers in the world? To start off Quanta is strategically positioned in Taiwan, which just like many other Asian countries has gained significant ground in the computer world since the 1970’s. With Taiwan's competition in the industry being so high it kept their margins and prices low, which is very appealing to many major computer companies. Component designs within computers also became simpler and more standard which made it easier for companies in Taiwan to produce. (2.) Based on the Network Readiness Index for 2013 Taiwan ranks 10th out of 144 countries poled. If we look at the GIT report for 2013 Taiwan scored 6 out of 7 for local competition giving them a rank of 3rd out of 144. With accessibility to digital content also scored high with 6.3 out of 7. Factor in their math and science education ranking 6th overall, it is easy to see why Taiwan is home to a major company like Quanta Computer. (1, p.268) Quanta’s competitive strategies were geared towards having the company become a market leader in almost every aspect of business it entered. We see Quanta recently move towards vertical integration by controlling many of its procedures ranging from shipping...
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...DATABASE ASSIGNEMENT ONLINE STORE DATABSE TABLE NAME * STUDENT/CUSTOMER * ENROLLMENT * COURSES * CATEGORY * ORDERS * ORDER DETAILS * PAYMENT * PRODUCT * SHIPPERS * SUPPLIER/COMPANY TABLES ATTRIBUTES STUDENT/CUSTOMER STUDENT table contain attribute such as: * STUDENT ID-PRIMARY KEY * FIRST NAME * LAST NAME * ADDRESS * POSTAL CODE * CITY * STATE * COUNTRY * PHONE * EMAIL * PASSWORD * CREDIT CARD * CREDIT CARD TYPE ID * BILLING ADDRESS * SHIP ADDRESS * DATE ENTERED ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT table contain attribute such as: * STU ID-PRIMARY KEY * COURSE ID-PRIMARY KEY * SEMESTER-PRIMARY KEY * INTAKE COURSES COURSE table contain attribute such as: * COURSE ID-PRIMARY KEY * COURSE NAME * FACULTY CATEGORY CATEGORY table contain attribute such as: * CATEGORY ID-PRIMARY KEY * CATEGORY NAME * DESCRIPTION * PICTURE * ACTIVE ORDERS ORDERS table contain attribute such as: * ORDER ID * STUDENT ID * PAYMENT ID * SHIPPER ID * ORDER NUMBER * ORDER DATE * SHIPDATE * REQUIRED DATE * SALE TAX * TIME STAMP * TRANSACTION STATUS * FULFILED * DELETED * PAID * PAYMENT DATE ORDER DETAILS ORDERDATAILS table contain attribute such as: * ORDER IDs-PRIMARY KEY * PRODUCT IDs * ORDER NUMBER * PRICE * QUANTITY * DISCOUNT * TOTAL * IDSKU *...
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.... Introduction top next gema actions are enough for everyday usage but occasionally you may need more power to define a complex transformation. You might, also, want to use the superior matching capabilities of gema to drive your program. GeL is a Lua 5 library that: allows the execution of Lua function (and hence of a C function) in a gema action provides the powerful text matching mechanisms offered by gema as a set of Lua functions it has been tested with Lua 5.0.2. Refer to the detailed documentation to build gel togheter with gema, . 1.1 Status GeL is not as mature as gema or Lua, please report any bugs you may find using SourceForge bug tracking subsystem (you don't need to log in as a SourceForge user) or sending an e-mail to Remo Dentato. 1.2 Licence GeL is released under the same licence of Gema. No specific reference needs to be made to GeL as long as the due reference to Gema and Lua have been made. 2. Usage prev top next 2.1 Gema like Gel may be used exactly as if it was gema, any valid gema script should work when executed by gel: gel [gemaopts] [-f rules.gema] [-l script.lua] [infile [outfile]] . The only differences are: The @lua{} function is available to execute lua scripts in actions Text enclosed between "![" and "!]" is considered lua code and is immediately executed Rules specfied with '-f' are loaded, the lua script specified with '-l' is executed (possibily defining lua function...
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...experience. My seminar topic was about examining the imagery that appeared in the play Hamlet. A skill I developed was using technological equipment to present a presentation.Each group had to pick a topic that was in their interest to research online for information. The requirements started with presenting the information in front of the class informing the audience what imagery means and discuss using concrete examples from the play. This presentation gave me the opportunity to work with PowerPoint and Excel and then to present my information. I believe that in order to communicate effectively with the audience you have to have a well prepared presentation that will capture their attention so that you can present your ideas clearly. A skill that I had trouble was to be able to work as a team. The imagery seminar was a great opportunity for me to develop my team work skills because we were put in to pairs to complete the seminar. Each member in the group had specific responsibilities to the team in order for the seminar to be successful. Being in the group to work on the seminar was a great experience for me because I was able to see where my strong and weak points are in group work. I found that it was easier for me to communicate my ideas with Rachna than to the whole class. A big part of group work is good communication between Rachna and I. Communication is also a big part of my learning experience because I will need to be able to get my ideas out by communicating well...
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...Inequalities Thomas Cunningham MAT221: Introduction to Algebra (GSO13360) Instructor: Justin Hazel Inequalities In this assignment I will be showing you how you can find out how to use Inequalities to find out how much you may or may not be overweight. You can use my equations and the examples of my work to find out exactly what category you might fall in. In this equation we are asked to use our own height to find out exactly if I might have a longer life span than the usual person. Before we start remember that W=my weight, and then H=my height. W=178.2 and then H=67 In this first compound inequality, I had to take the equivalent inequality and replace it with the BMI formula. My height and weight has been added in to replace the current H^. The next steps for this compound inequality I had to multiply all the terms by the denominator. There was some cancellation done towards the first phase of the problem. I then all three terms where divided by 703 to isolate W. People’s height of 67 might be different life span of those whom might weigh between 108lbs and 128lbs. 17<BMI<=22 17<703W/67^<22 17<703W/4489<22 17(4489) <703W<22(4489) 76313<703W<8978 76313/703<8978/703 108<W<128 In order to solve this second inequality, what I need to do is solve for W and place the values of W. The very first thing that happens is I multiply all the terms by H^ in order to take out...
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