ShantanuT01/DACTYL-Pretraining huggingface dataset:
During the last meeting, the stakeholders gathered to analyze the data concerning school work and achievements, and they found that there was a low performance in math and reading among students. As planned for the following meeting, they will start with the reading area to discuss all the possible reasons for the decrease of the performance level and will work on the finding of possible solutions to improve it. The lack of information for analysis of the section was detected because only four participants of the negotiations were involved in the discussion and answered some of the open-ended questions. In answer to the first question, a teacher stated that they always encouraged the development of positive literacy habits to help students in their homework. For the second question, one participant said that they did not have a plan or ideas for engaging parent instructional decision. Other members of school staff indicated that the institution’s administration does not involve them in the planning process improvement. They need to be included in the process as the stakeholders interested in the development of the change plan. The stakeholders were shown the results of the survey. A team building tool was utilized to deliver the findings and get input from the staff members to develop and explain the Action Plan. The team members identified all the possible causes of such results. This tool helped to identify specific problems the members encountered. It also provided a chance for employees to utter their vision of the issues and discuss the outcomes, thus providing a valuable contribution to the finding and implementation of a solution.
Name, Date and Location of fire In the history of the United States, MGM Grand Hotel and Casino experienced one of the largest fire tragedies that claimed eighty five lives and injured a dozen more. The fire tragedy was named as the MGM Hotel Fire which took place on 21 November 1980 in a town called Las Vegas, Nevada. “The MGM Grand Hotel/Casino was located at 3645 Las Vegas Boulevard South, City of Las Vegas, County of Clark, Nevada (southeast corner of the intersection of East Flamingo Road and Las Vegas Boulevard South (“MGM HOTEL FIRE REPORT” par. 3)”. The first units that came to put out the fire were the Clark County Fire Department and it got assistance form the local fire department. At the time of the fire, there were approximately five thousand people in the hotel including staff of the hotel. Some of the people were able to evacuate the building on their own while approximately three hundred people were evacuated by use of a helicopter that answered the police call for assistance. Many other people were evacuated by fire fighters and people of goodwill who had come to help. The 5 W’s of fire The people who were involved were the firefighters, the local people, the police department, the guests and the staff. What was involved was the fire that broke out in the Deli of the hotel. The fire took place in Las Vegas, Nevada in Clark County. The people who died were as a result of smoke inhalation and burns. The fire happened because of an electrical fault in the restaurant (Craighead, 2009). Codes and technologies in existence at the time of the fire. There were emergency evacuation plans in the MGM Hotel that were meant for fire evacuation in case of an emergency such as fire or a terrorist bomb attack. The security statement stated the route to be followed in case of an emergency, and people were to follow the outside stairways. The security statement was categorical that only the outside stairway was to be used and not the inside stairway (Mirkhah, 2010). Safety features in the building The safety policy of the hotel stated that safety glasses had to be worn in some areas within the hotel in order to protect the eyes. It was also required that one had to wear protective gear such as gloves, apron, helmet and gumboots when they were undertaking any task requiring them to wear this protective gear. It was against the policy of the MGM Hotel and Casino to wear high heeled shoes, soft shoes, moccasins and tennis shoes. Also, loose clothes and neck-tie were not permitted in the area of work especially in the kitchen and when someone was operating a machine that would easily catch t
Introduction Irving Fisher, a remarkable mathematician and among the American Neoclassicals, made several significant contributions to the Marginalist Revolution. His major contributions are towards; theory of capital and investment; popular revisiting of ‘Quantity Theory of Money’; index numbers theory; the Phillips Curve; and theory of debt-deflation. A Yale economist, Fisher was colorful and eccentric figure. He was an enthusiastic supporter of health food and eugenics. Main body However, a week before the famous crash of stock market in 1929, he was convinced and continuously assured the investors that the stock prices had achieved a permanent and new plateau and were not overinflated. This prediction proved to be incorrect and became a cause of reputation and fortune loss. Four years later, he asserted that the Great Depression resulted due to over-debt combined with falling prices. He launched a new phenomenon famously known as debt-deflation. (Fisher 1933) The primary element of reasoning presented by Fisher was that, even though economists painted the economy as if it were in equilibrium on permanent basis, he concluded that the real economy is always in the state of disequilibrium. Fisher strongly argued that the forces that support the rise of Depression, in fact, were disequilibrium in nature. Depression is due to the occurrence of two primary factors; falling prices and excessive debt. (Fisher 1933) Although, there are different other factors that could also lead to a major disaster, such as excessive speculation and over-confidence, deflation and debt were the two major forces that transformed a blooming economy into a Depression. The sequence of events presented by Fisher that tends to follow a major financial crunch results in the context of low inflation and excessive debt. (Fisher 1933) Fisher argued that, in an endeavor to reduce debt-burden, the borrowers are involved in distress selling for repayment of debt through raising money. But such repayment results in a price level deflation and a reduction in money supply. Fisher believes that price level deflation is the primary cause of all sins in the economy. He narrates it as the ultimate result of attempts by agents to reduce indebtedness. (Fisher 1933) The reduction in indebtedness is done by distress selling for the purpose of raising money for the payment of loans and, as explained above, results in the reduction of deposit currency which ultimately causes deflation. After the 1929 crash, when business debt was overriding, most of the firms discovered that their commitment of debt repayment could not be met from their regular cash flows. Consequently, they embarked on distress selling. The reason
Rebellions and the English Reformation It is clear to historians that the process of the English Reformation was primarily guided by the nobility and highest ranks of the English government. The decisions of Henry VIII were titular in both the political and theological worlds of the country. Therefore, the reforms accepted and implemented by the government did not originate from the ordinary residents of England in any way. The increased tension between the papal authority and the crown confused people who were not ready for various changes that Protestantism brought along with the onset of Royal Supremacy. 1 The revolts, nonetheless, were not large or significant in their organization, although they often inspired many people to assemble. Arguably, one of the most impactful rebellions was the Pilgrimage of Grace which happened in 1536 and 1537, after the previous Lincolnshire Rising was disbanded. 2 Similar to the majority of all uprisings that happened during the English Reformation, the Pilgrimage of Grace was started by people who were largely affected by the political and economic reforms. Major conflicts between the pope and the King of England started in 1527 when Henry VIII, unsatisfied with his current marriage, sought the Church’s support in a divorce. 3 The focus on religious inconsistencies and the king’s personal desire to have offspring quickly affected other parts of the country’s life. The enforcement of Protestantism brought changes to the process of worship, and Royal Supremacy started targeting local religious houses to make them repudiate the Catholic authority. 4 This activity provoked violence from the commoners who, while not realizing a direct change in the system before, have understood that the nobility is actively discouraging their beliefs. In October 1536, the Lincolnshire Rising included almost 40,000 people who wanted to put an end to the suppression of their monasteries and the heresy in the country. 5 Most importantly, they also wished for the king to repeal the laws that limited their use of the land. This initial uprising, while considerably large, was ineffective in persuading the noble family. However, it inspired more people to join, and the Pilgrimage of Grace in Yorkshire was a direct product of the previous rebellion. 6 This event also culminated thousands of people to revolt against the religious disruptions in the state. In the end, this uprising did not lead to the outcomes how which its members have hoped. First of all, it did not result in the reunification of England with the Catholic Church, as both the king and the pope continued to denounce each other’s authority over the country. The rebellion also did not stop the Protestants from dissolving the monasteries. 7 The nobility was interested in the lands that the church possessed, and the control over large pieces of land was a crucial source of revenue that Henry VIII could
Professor Henry Mintzberg categorized his ten managerial roles into three main categories. These are the informational role, interpersonal roles and the decisional roles. The informational roles according to Mintzberg (1994, p 458) are monitor, disseminator and spokesperson while the interpersonal are Figurehead, leader and liaison. The decisional roles, which are entrepreneur, disturbance handler, resource allocator and negotiator, form the basis of an evaluation of the specific associated behavior and a job example that correlates to it. According to Henry Mintzberg, the activities that involved in this kind of role include initiating new projects, being able to spot opportunities and identifying the likely areas of business development (1994 p 458). The behaviors associated with this role enable the manager to show concern about the improvement of a given project, as well as delegating duties to ensure a smooth running of opportunities to be in charge by supervising the overall development process (Anderson & West, 1996, p 236). A corporate CEO’s job is an excellent illustration of a job that needs mastery of the entrepreneur roles. This is because the entire development of the
Language plays an important role in forming human perception and attitude to life. It is also closely associated with the concept of culture, identity, and ethnicity and reflects the main peculiarities of a person. What is more, language can provide more cultural and historical information about a particular nation or identity and characterize its salient traits. Beside cultural and social affiliation, there are social and political factors that make those groups be assimilated to other cultural environment for the sake of being accepted in the community. In this respect, Hunger of Memory written by Richard Rodriguez reflects on the vices of the U.S. educational system that made him lose his sense of identity. Similarly, Amy Tan’s Mother Tongue also details the author’s perception of the role of language in maintaining identities. In addition, both narrations are dedicated to the importance of family bond in understand of the self. Both literary works represent the shortcomings of the U.S. educational system that provides no perspectives for preserving mother tongue identities. Both Rodriguez and Tan had to learn the standard American English to socialize, communicate with their peers and be normally accepted within the majority community. The intellectual development they underwent made them forget their identities and loss the sense of their cultural and national affiliation. They realized the actual impact of language on relations with their families and the surrounding people, mistakenly believing that speaking “common” language can provide them with more perspectives for self-development and growth as well as widen their opportunities for career promotion. Strong attachment to the educational system prevented them from conceiving the importance of cultural and identity. Hunger of Memory as well as Mother Tongue also discloses the connection between social and political influences and individual goals and incentives in life. Moreover, both authors realize that speaking “right” language detached them considerably from their veritable roots identifying their real values and origins. Later on Rodriguez realizes that accepting the institutional role alienates him from the Latin culture and, therefore, he decides to be more committed to his original positions (Rodriguez 13). Like Rodriguez, Tan is also aware that language is the key aspect for assimilating to the American society and achieving success. She also realizes that American language and cultural also requires the negligence and suppression of cultural heritage, particularly her native language and her mother’s language (Tan 46). In whole both works narrate the sto
Introduction Ideas have impacted society today in that everything ever invented started with an idea. The development of an idea can be challenging as people usually query the facts which support the idea. Scientists and skeptics show a lot of resistance to ideas until convinced otherwise. This has not deterred the formulation of ideas to better understand the human challenges. Idealism was developed to have a foresight of something desired in the future such as a state or a way of life. Many areas of education, culture and political sphere used idealism as a basis. Political giants such as Karl Marx used idealism to conquer and rule. Artists have also tapped into the use of idealism. Philosophy developed from idealism, has impacted major countries in Europe and later Americas in the twentieth century. The response was mixed and it was referred to as continental in English speaking countries and pragmatism in the United States. In the continental philosophy there are variations; the existentialism, phenomenology, hermeneutics, deconstruction, and critical theory. In all variations, the phenomenology and existentialism were more influential with origins traced from days of Socrates and before. These philosophies influenced each other in the nineteenth century and were used by many philosophers such as Martin Heidegger (1889 – 1976) a phenomenologist and Jean-Paul Sartre (1905 – 1980) an existentialist. Their philosophies have influenced society especially in the English speaking countries. Body Existentialism consists of themes that concentrate on the individual and his/her life. Areas such as individuals confronting life, the world is illogical and no explanation can be given to why it is so. Existentialists give their ideas to society hoping the society will adopt them. Two famous existentialists are Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre who influenced society through literature in the form of novels. They existed during World War II and believed that social action is necessary and understanding of the situation. Albert Camus (1913-1960) grew up in poverty and so much suffering, waste and death leading him to question reason for not committing suicide. He believes this query is brought about by lack of looking at life as it is and not having a preconception to life. He believed that people never reflect on the dangers in life instead dwell on selfness, and continue to spend lives in this terrible world banking on optimism. The more they get positive results the more they are entrenched. Indeed we do not realize or understand ourselves and meet our primary needs. These are the need for precision and social affection and contact. These needs are not met as the world is illogical and no explanation for things happening the way they happen. Social affection and contact is disgruntled, he thought humans in this age stay strange to one another and to themselves living in isolation. Relationships are not mutual and giving out but conservative this leads to misery
Customers are the backbone of a company; they are the sources of finance and the reason why a certain business exist. An effectively managed business has an objective of satisfying its customers and developing close relationship that facilitates customer loyalty. To attract customers and persuade them buy ones products takes a combination of business processes; effective marketing and sales strategies have a direct effect on customer’s attainment and development of customer loyalty. In customer acquisition and creation of loyalty, there are two main theories that a company needs to understand and decide the best approach to use; the theories are customer retention and customer acquisition (Spiro, Rich, & Stanton, 2008). This paper compares and contrasts the cost of customer retention versus customer acquisition; in the second part of the paper, it will discuss the major differences between business-to-business marketing approach and business to consumer marketing approach. Customer acquisition After development of products a company need to find and persuade customers to buy the products; the focus customers are the target market group that the company embarks on developing appropriate marketing approaches to reach. After successful persuasion and conviction to customers that they deserve to buy a certain companies commodity, then the company is said to have acquired a customer. Acquisition of customers takes different forms, convincing buyers of competitors to switch and buy products from the company or to develop market and sell ones products. In some cases, when a niche market has been created, then customer has been acquired. To acquire customers it calls for massive advertising and marketing strategies. To have an effective customer acquisition, a company has to implement an optimal marketing mix; the following are the 4ps of marketing used in customer acquisition:   * Pricing Organisations whether is the service or goods industry need to set a price that is competitive in the market and offer maximum returns; the prices set should be attractive to the customers; this will make the goods competitive and convincing the customer to buy them is fast.   * Promotions To sell a products, a company need to advertise and device ways to create awareness of the existence of the products; there are two approaches to promotion; PUSH and PULL approaches. The promotional strategy adopted by a company will determine whether it will persuade its customers effectively, different markets calls for different approaches to promotion and advertising.   * Place To acquire customers, a company need to have its products and services where the target customers can get them   * Product To convince customers, company products must be responsive to the needs of the customers. To acquire customers, all the above factors needs to be considered, a costly activity calls for strategic planning to ensure that a method that uses minimum cost and yields high returns is adopted. Customer retention Customer retention is a selling strategy where customers are persuaded
The Tool This research paper is a review of Google Analytics. It is a widely recognized, freemium, self-service Web analytics or business intelligence (BI) and data visualization application offered by Google since 2005 after it acquired Urchin (Baker). The tool tracks and reports Web site traffics and offers useful insights, particularly for marketing and advertising agencies. It has been responsible for driving better business intelligence practices, integrating a wide range of top analytical functionalities for both Internet and mobile users. Based on quality- and functionality-driven applications, Google Analytics applies different visualization methods and data summarization on sophisticated dashboards to allow users to extract data and information that are easy to understand for decision-making. Google Analytics is based on a tracking code technology (page tags) to support more JavaScript documents, to collect data automatically, to send cookies, and to analyze every user’s behavior on a site. Google Analytics runs on all major devices, including Windows, Linux, Android, Mac, and others. Additionally, it is developed to support various Web pages, such as Perl, JavaScript, ASP.NET, PHP, as well as to support businesses of different sizes, including freelancers and small, medium, and large businesses. It is free for small businesses and individuals, whereas other entities can acquire it on a flexible payment arrangement to exploit more than its 30 features, making Google Analytics the most affordable, readily available tool for all, irrespective of the size, industry, or financial position of users. Noted Benefits Insights and reports obtained from Google Analytics are considered instrumental for the commercial growth of any modern business. The tool assists commercial entities to analyze vast volumes of data from disparate sources for market optimization. Different end-users get divers