This article is another informative work on the dangers on distracted driving. This article‚ however‚ includes distractions from hands-free devices that allow one to have a phone conversation without holding a phone to his or her ear. A study showed that someone texting or having a conversation on a wireless headset drove as poorly as someone whose blood alcohol concentration was above the legal limits in Australia and Spain‚ where this was tested (0.5 grams per liter). The study also found that
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I‚ Pencil Summary: This was an article written from the aspect of a wooden pencil. The pencil first starts out talking about how no one knows how to make him/her. It states that it is a mystery even more so than a tree or a sunset. It goes on to talk about even though it might look like a simple object‚ it is much more complex with creation. Referencing each piece used to create the pencil‚ then tracing its genealogy to those who made objects used for transportation‚ manufacturing‚ texturing
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What is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and what is its purpose? The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was designed and passed to protect investors of corporations from the possible acts of fraudulent accounting activities by corporations. The SOX Act’s purpose is to commend and force ethical business practices among businesses across all industries. The overall goal was to protect financial records that organizations keep to help further protect against any and all accounting fraud. Major corporations like
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PROGRAM EVALUATION AND REVIEW TECHNIQUE (PERT) Category: Planning/ Monitoring - Control ABSTRACT Program (Project) Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)(G) is a project management tool used to schedule‚ organize‚ and coordinate tasks within a project. It is basically a method to analyze the tasks involved in completing a given project‚ especially the time needed to complete each task‚ and to identify the minimum time needed to complete the total project. PERT planning involves the following
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According to a survey by Crocker and Kalemba (1999) in “The Incidence and Impact Of Women’s Experiences of Sexual Harassment in Canadian Workplaces”‚ sexually harassed women in the workplace has been considered a contentious social dilemma as half women in the workforce went through incidence of various types of sexual harassment at work which made sexual harassment as the most widespread form of female sexual victimization
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References: are in the bibliography section of the original article.
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Proficiency Level Analysis ESL 433N—Advanced Methodologies of Structured English Immersion Grand Canyon University January 18‚ 2015 Proficiency Level Analysis For this assignment‚ I will group a seventh grade class into appropriate groups depending on their proficiency levels. There are five English proficiency levels in Ms. Jensen’s class‚ Pre-Emergent‚ Emergent‚ Basic‚ Intermediate‚ and Proficient. By looking at the score results of the Arizona English Language Learners Assessment (AZELLA)
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education of mainstream teachers to prepare them for ESL students in their classrooms. Between 2009 and 2012‚ The ESL- Content Teachers Collaborative was an initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition‚ Language Enhancement and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students (OELA) that provided 1.5 million dollars in the form of a grant that facilitated the professional development of ESL instruction. Current teachers from all different
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Health “Parents Can Play an Active Role in the Identity Formation of Their Adolescent Children” Despite popular belief‚ when it comes to identity theory‚ adolescents are not the only factors involved in the formation of their development. A recent article published in Journal of Research on Adolescence shows that parents are active participants in the development of their child’s identity. Jonathan Ventura of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem‚ along with Doctor Elli Schachter‚ studied parent’s who
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Business Ethics across Cultural Article Review The research conducted for and in these articles is to display the emphasis on the integration of business ethics and the study of its importance in foreign countries. The ethics of Western Europe‚ Continental Europe‚ and Japan differ greatly from those of the United States. They do not seem to place as much emphasis on the mindset and the appearance of the mere implementation of these business ethics. Based on these writings‚ these countries
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