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1. Balanced literacy is a comprehensive approach that focuses on phonics, otherwise referred to as word study, reading and writing. The fundamental goal of this program is to include the strongest aspects of each. The balanced reading strategy includes the following major elements: independent reading and writing, guided reading and writing, shared reading and writing, reading and writing aloud, modeled reading and writing, interactive reading and writing as well as word study and reading and writing workshops. According to Policastro and McTague (2015), the paramount goal of a balanced literacy strategy is "to teach reading not as a skill ...

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Earnings or Net Income is the single most important figure in a company’s financial statement for the average investor. Even a small fall in the reported earnings can result in the loss of millions of dollars in stock value and subjects company managements to scrutiny by investors and financial analysts. Corporate executives are under therefore under pressure to meet market expectations resulting in “earnings management”. Earnings manipulations can range from minor adjustments within the law and the accounting standards to the outright fraud of showing non-existing profits (Carruth, 2011). The Sarbanes- Oxley (SOX) Act of 2002 was enacted ...

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Executive Summary Quality education is not always equals to a higher budget. This kind of education can be achieved by maximizing the readily available resources and optimizing human resource skills, and using modern technology at human advantage. When environment and human resources, and modern technology are properly used, an excellent quality of education is possible without the fear of workers’ strike and student protests. This study wants to present a possibility of a cost less quality education among the leaders and administrators of St. Vincent Community College. It is a ...

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Conflicts are a part and parcel of our existence. It does not even require a second person to be in conflict with. We can have a conflict with our selves over goals, setbacks, aspirations etc. However, in organizations, a conflict can be energy sapping and un- productive, taking away a lot of valuable resolving time. Certain conflicts in a brain storming session can also be productive giving the debating members a lot of insight. Secondly, conflicts could be due to ones feelings or emotions, thoughts or perception and action or behavior. (Dane, 2001). Teams are the basic way in ...

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Executive Summary The disclosure of engagement partners and other participants in audits of public companies can add to the transparency and accountability of financial reporting significantly as it has been suggested by PCAOB and approved by SEC. With the implementation of this policy change, investors and other financial statement users can know the identity of the engagement partners and other participants in the audit. Therefore, investors can make well-informed investment decisions based on these disclosures. However, these disclosures have both direct and indirect costs that will be ultimately passed on to the company management and ...

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1500 words The Modern period continued to change the society until the late 20th century, where a new artistic era began and continued up to this day; the 21st century eventually became the Post-Modern Period and many radical changes brought by the Modernism is adopted by the new art styles to the point of it is hard to discern what Post-Modernism is all about. If Modernism concentrated on the preservation of ideal pure art, Post Modernism welcomed changes by using eccentric methods to produce contemporary art found in Modern Museums. The 21st century is currently covered by postmodern epoch ...

Customer Centricity has been explained as a business strategy where business functions revolve around understanding and satisfying customer needs. MacDonald (2016) terms it as a strategy which means putting the customer first and at the centre of a business that consists of understanding the customer needs, building a relationship with him and retaining him. From the 4 Ps of Management, the focus has changed to ‘get, keep, grow’ – meaning getting customers, retaining them and serving them facilities which help in winning over other customers too. A Customer Strategy focuses on the acquisition of customers, retaining them and increasing revenues ...

The article 2 of the Human Rights Act of 1998 is a fundamental provision that is usually invoked to safeguard the right to life of individuals and that which imposes the legal obligation of contracting states to take appropriate steps not only in refraining from taking life intentionally, but also to take the appropriate steps to safeguard life. This provision has become the controversy in many cases involving human rights torts, by virtue of the section 6 of the Act that provides a statutory cause of action against the public authorities or bodies. In many occasions the article 2 ...

Genetically acquired disorders and characteristics can easily be transferred from the parents to offspring. Genetic counselling is an endeavor to educate the parents and make them aware of the impacts of their genetic composition on their future offspring. Diseases such as erythroblastosis fetalis result from the incompatibility between the father’s genetic composition and the mother’s, resulting in to a fetus with hemolytic anemia. It is therefore imperative that the parents are counselled on the various genetic characteristics which can result into problems on their born children. Genetic counselling is the process by which a parent is counselled ...

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Social media technologies – such as social networking sites, blogs, and social tagging has developed at an incredible pace. Organizations have taken this opportunity to use social media with the aim of improving important organizational processes. Though social media can improve various aspects in an organization, its effectiveness usually depends on the ability of an organization to link its business objective and various social media strategies. Executives need to understand how social media can fit into the overall goals and objectives of the organization in order to improve the connection and collaboration with customers. Social media has assisted many organizations ...

Mass Shootings: How we can deter potential mass shooters in the US? List some major mass shootings in the US and identify some major similarities and major differences among them. Mass shootings have become an issue in the United States. There are ways mass shootings can be deterred. One way is strict gun regulations. By making it hard for people to possess firearms, it makes mass shootings less likely. Also strict screenings and regulations can be put in place so people with mental health issues are not able to purchase a firearm. Also another more extreme example of a ...

Foremost, to understand the relevance of the identified themes of politics and economics, there is a need to consider the traditions that the authors represent in their works and the how their characters realize the problem with assuming the norms are acceptable. In other words, the following segments of this paper present the turning points of the identified narratives as they highlight the socio-economic divisions through the experiences of the characters. In “The Lesson” racial groups play a significant role in determining the opportunities that the people access. While in “The Necklace,” the social class to which one is ...

“The Lesson” is the short story written by Toni Cade Bambara and its main topic is the social and economic inequality. This inequality can be seen in the position of the children and their families in the society. Miss Moore is also teaching them about social and economic inequality in her private lessons which happen during summer. The children symbolize the innocence and the young who are supposed to be educated about the world and about all of the injustice. The world functions in such a way that there are the privileged and the under-privileged groups of people. In “ ...

The Influence of Early Childhood Teachers’ Mental Health Literacy and Early Intervention for Special Needs Children: Methods

Introduction In recent decades, it has become common knowledge that early childhood education is of fundamental importance to the overall development of all children, whether those children have developmental disabilities, are intellectually disadvantaged, or present with other special needs (Virmani et al., 2013; World Health Organisation, 2016; Kay-Lambkin, Kemp, Stafford & Hazell, 2007). However, despite the importance of early childhood education for all students, there are special requirements that must be met for students with special needs. Teaching special needs students in the early education classroom can be difficult for a plethora of reasons. The purpose of this discussion will ...

Impact of the Second World War on Western Europe

The war had a devastating impact on the social, economic, and political life of Western Europe. Psychologically, the people of Western Europe were tired of the war. It is perhaps the most significant difference between the aftermaths of WWI and WWII. Consequently, calls for retaliation and nationalistic sentiment were not as high. The severity of the psychological anguish is illustrated by the millions of people that the war left dead. Many more were displaced from their homes (White, 1953). Sickness and injury were the norm rather than the exception. Many, especially the Jews and those that survived the Nazi ...

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References 12 Introduction As we know, the labor resources are the main resource of enterprises. The results of the company and its competitiveness depend largely on the quality and effectiveness of the above mentioned resources. The difference between the labor force and other types of resources lies in the fact that each employee may waive the conditions offered to him and can require changes in working conditions, retraining or even voluntary redundancy. The concept of “labor resources of the enterprise” characterizes its potential workforce. Employees can be organized in labor unions and to act as a separate subject of ...

Stem cells are rapidly differentiating cells that can differentiate into different types of cells (Sadava, Heller, Orians, Purves and Hillis 408). Stem cells are normally found in multi-cellular organisms (Banzhaf and Yamamoto 102). The stem cell is located in the different tissues of a fully developed adult organism. Examples of these tissues include the skin tissue, inner lining of the intestines and the bone marrow (Sadava, Heller, Orians, Purves and Hillis 408). These tissues usually require frequent cell replacement. The stem cells are also found in the meristem of plants. The function of the stem cell is to replace ...

The “Dog Stars” by Peter Heller is a post-apocalyptic book with its setting in Colorado. Nine years After a flu pandemic wiped out almost every creation on earth; a deadly blood disease spreads to claim the remnants of the flu pandemic (Peter 1). Among the survivors who remain after the second calamity was the books main character Hig, who is also the narrator. He lives at an abandoned airstrip together with Bangley and his loveable old dog, Jasper after moving away from the comforts of his previous home. They struggle to survive in the new environment against all odds ( ...

1. Which company is the focus of this article? a. Specific US company: the article focuses on the Abt Electronics Company, founded by Jewel Abt and her husband, David b. In which particular country/region of the world is this company’s business the topic of the article? The United States of America, with its headquarters based in Chicago, Illinois c. Provide some basic BACKGROUND INFORMATION about the company and its focus based on your research. (2 paragraph summary): Abt Electronics started a small business in the local area of Logan Square, in Chicago. The company began in the ...