the world. This was the promise of a gap year. Having just come out the other side of my gap year I’ve begun to reflect on the year I experienced. For me‚ it involved spending a lot of my time working to save money for the future. I also travelled across Europe with a group of friends‚ visiting 12 different countries and experiencing cultures and ways of life that I had never dreamt of. So‚ for all those high school graduates who are planning to take a gap year‚ here is some advice I wish someone
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The Gender Pay Gap PROBLEM Introduction The pay gap between men and women has fallen quite dramatically over the past 30 years though a sizeable gap still remains‚ but this headline figure masks some less positive developments in recent years. We are used to each generation of women making progress relative to the one before‚ but this process has slowed slightly with the better than the previous one(Centre Piece Summer 2006). The gender pay gap measures the earning differences between
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1.0 – Understanding the GAP - GAP OVERVIEW - Since 1969‚ GAP has been filling closets with khakis‚ jeans and t-shirts and it was the iconic casual-wear brand built on basics for men‚ women and children. However‚ after 4 consecutive years of falling sales and fashion mis-steps‚ this retail icon has become the poster child for a titan that had lost touch with its core consumers. At the GAP‚ you could smell change coming like the shift from Summer to Fall and in early 2007 Paul Pressler‚ CEO
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The North/South Gap The North/South gap is a divide that separates the poor (less developed countries) from the rich (more developed countries). The idea of categorizing countries by their economic and developmental status began during the Cold War with the classifications of East and West. The Soviet Union and China represented the developing East‚ and the United States and their allies represented the West. The term ‘Third World’ (less developed countries) came from the United States
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CASE 1 APPLE COMPUTER‚ INC.: PEOPLE AND DESIGN CREATE APPLE’S FUTURE Apple Computer paradoxically exists as both one of America’s greatest successes and one of its greatest failures to achieve potential. It ignited the personal computer industry in the 1970’s (1)‚ bringing such behemoths as IBM and Digital Equipment almost to their knees. At the same time‚ Apple is an example of opportunities lost. It represents a fascinating microcosm of American business as it continues to utilize its strengths
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Joseph Morais Craig Coppola English Com. 121 8 October 2014 Gap Years Are They Worth The Risk? Every year‚ students fresh out of high school re locate to a new temporary home for college‚ ready to start the next chapter of life. While eager to do so‚ many students do not have a clue to what they want to pursue or pick majors that they are unsure of. A recent study released by ACT‚ College Choice Report Part 1: Preferences and Prospects‚ stated that nearly 80% of high school students taking the ACT
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Gap analysis is a technique of asset-liability management that can be used to assess interest rate risk or liquidity risk. Implementations for those two applications differ in minor ways‚ so people distinguish between interest rate gaps and liquidity gaps. This article discusses both. Gap analysis was widely adopted by financial institutions during the 1980s. When used to manage interest rate risk‚ it was used in tandem with duration analysis. Both techniques have their own strengths and weaknesses
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Martijn Mooy Professor Kuznetsoff English 145-30 6 December 2012 Rich vs. Poor Achievement Gap: Is Life Fair to Everyone? The American Dream‚ the idea that every citizen can be successful if they work hard‚ is believable to the degree that every student going to school has the same opportunity to learn the skills needed to succeed in society. But if the opportunity for students to attain a sufficient education is imbalanced‚ then the likelihood of success becomes very slim for some students
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America for a very long time. Gender has been one of the main culprits that played a factor in the wage gap between men and women‚ but race may have a role as well. The wage gap is expressed as a percentage (e.g.‚ in 2013‚ women earned 78.3% as much as men aged 16 and over) and is calculated by dividing the median annual earnings for women by the median annual earnings for men. (“The Wage Gap”) In 1942‚ the National War Labor Board urged employers to voluntarily equalize wage and salary rates
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strategy will use consumers and existing customers as a basis‚ and then critically examine the organisation from this angle to internal business. For this paper‚ Gap 360 Ltd has been selected as a case study. Gap 360 Ltd is a company which focuses on the gap year travel industry‚ their strategic aim is to become the leading brand in the UK gap year travel market. However‚ this aim cannot be achieved without thoroughly comprehending their position‚ relative to three environmental forces through a situational
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