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Use a More Rigorous Approach in Your Process Management Initiative with Oriel's New Methodology

Madison, WI (PRWEB) June 23, 2007 -- The Oriel Process Management methodology consists of tools that allow organizations to strategically manage their business over time. A process management system... more

Weak Revenue? The New Fix for Sales, Marketing Problems

Baby Boomers in Alabama Utilize New and Innovative Fitness Coaching by Phone Process to Overcome the 4 Biggest Obstacles to Exercising

Manufacturing Process Improvement Manager (Shanghai) - Shanghai ...

Conduct training and coach people from Supply Chain so they have the prerequisite knowledge and skills to apply Continuous Improvement concepts/tools on an ongoing basis. • Assure proper process and resources to support business ... more

Leveraging Your Fax Solution for Business Process Improvement ...

This webinar explores the relationship between core business process problems and the tools used for fax communication. Join us and see how forward-looking companies are consolidating systems, gaining new efficiencies and improving ... more

Dos and Donts of ISO implementation and Certification process ...

Use a Registrar's Preliminary Assessment as an improvement tool, as well as to maintain momentum for the implementation. If you feel confident that you are ready without having to go through a preliminary assessment, ... more

Business Process Mapping Tools

Business process mapping software provides a useful set of process improvement tools that will help any organization measure its performance and improve its efficiency. A map provides a visual reference that outlines all the steps in ... more

Best Defence Is A Good Offence » The Secretary Of Defence

(AFNS) -- In a move that validated the effectiveness of the Air Force tool used for continuous process improvement, two Airmen won a Department of Defense-wide process excellence skills challenge that took place at the DOD Performance ... more

Product News: Data Analysis Tool from Quantum Associates | Quality ...

With this analytical tool, senior management can see how the data affect their processes, and they can use it to align process improvement projects with their overall business strategy as well as measure performance. ... more

Guest Post: Susan Page on Facilitating Business Process Improvement

Step 7: Create Internal Controls, Tool, and Metrics. Flag potential problem spots in the business process and develop an internal control to prevent human error from occurring. Also, take inventory of what applications you have ... more

Sales Process Improvement

This form of sales software for Outlook is indeed a wonderful tool to use for sales process improvement. It is proven that sales process improvement can be achieved thru Prophet. For as much as many computer programs cost today, ... more

Document Management Methods For Business Process Improvement.

Document improvement is a strategy and a tool to help an organization meet its long term goals and objectives. One key goal for all companies is to meet the demands of their clients- both internal and external. ... more

ASME Career Center - Job Opening: Materials - Manufacturing:OPS ...

Operations Excellence Specialist- Reliability The Operations Excellence Specialist will utilize leadership, maintenance and reliability experience and communication abilities to implement key work processes and process improvement tools ... more

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Voting Question: HELP! Pls Tell Me What Would be a BETTER COURSE to take.?

I'am an INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER MINOR IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY student and im planning to shift between being a PURE INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER or into BS INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING MINOR IN SERVICE MANAGEMENT. They are off the same courses except that when we get to our 4th year in college, some units might be taken in IE minor in service management that are not gonna be taken in pure IE. In PURE INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING: We are going to Master our taken subjects from our 3rd year such as; Operations Research, Industrial Financial Management,Manufacturing Systems Engineering and a lot more. same goes for BS I.E. minor in SM... except that we would take some units that will cover our minor in service management, so instead of matering our previous taken subject.. we would have this: Call Center Management (2 units) This course discusses thoroughly the issues in call center operations. Appropriate IE tools to solve the problems in these areas will be discussed. The trends and studies done in these areas will be used as basis of discussion. Banking and Financial Services Management (2 units) This course covers banking operations and practices of different financial institutions. The emphasis of the course is more on operations and its products. Food Service Management (2 units) This course discusses in detail the issues in basic food creation, storage, and delivery. Discussions on the use of facilities planning tools and statistical tools will be covered. Healthcare Management (2 units) This course focuses on the problems currently faced in the area of health care management, which also covers public health care. The application of IE tools, such as methods improvement and optimization will be tackled in the context of these two services. Retail Management (2 units) This course discusses in detail the issues in financial service and food service management. Optimization tools that may be employed in these areas will be tackled. Operations Planning and Control (3 units) This course is an introduction to the concepts, quantitative techniques, and the decision-making process in the planning and control of production systems centering on demand forecasting, capacity planning, inventory management, material requirements planning, introduction to Just-in-Time concept, scheduling and aggregate planning. CAREER OPTIONS: Aside from being able to pursue a career as an Industrial Engineer, Operations Research Analyst, Inventory Control Analyst, Facilities Engineer, Ergonomics Auditor and Analyst, Methods Engineer, Production and Warehouse Managers, Production and Operations Manager, Quality Control Officers, Supply Chain Analyst, and Human Resource Officer, graduates of this program are to have a career or become entrepreneurs in Restaurant Services, Selling and Retail Operations, Call Center Operations, Health Care Management, Public Administration and Services, and Airport Operations Management --YOU SEE, ITS THE SAME OPPORUNITY FOR BOTH SIDE, but i'm not sure which course is better... haha! :)) please HELP! more

Resolved Question: Tech/ Engineering review questions(10 Points)?

1.A manufacturer needs to purchase the correct amount of steel to produce 1000 of the same steel parts. What mass property would the designer need to know? a.Mass b.Surface area c.Volume d.Density 2.What type of constraints are Parallel, Tangent, and Coincident examples of? a.Assembly b.Geometric c.Numeric d.Dimension 3.An engineer identified six possible solutions to a problem and wanted to compare them on the basis of cost, complexity, and development time. What type of analysis tool would the engineer use to compare and rate these ideas? a.Design Process b.Decision Matrix c.Choice Tablet d.Gantt chart5/13 4.What type of modeling system is used to generate part models and annotate working drawings? a.CAD b.CNC c.CIM d.CAM 5.What principle of design is represented by repeated and equally spaced openings? a.Proportion b.Rhythm c.Balance d.Subordination 6.An engineer needs to select a material for the redesign of a product that reduces its size and weight and increases the strength of the product. Which of the following properties should be considered? a.Aesthetic b.Functional c.Mechanical d.Thermal 7.A product design company is analyzing a competitor’s new product to determine if the design can be improved or made more efficiently. Which of the following terms best describes the process the design company is using? a.Industrial espionage b.Reverse engineering c.Concurrent engineering d.Market research 8.What term best identifies improvements in products that already exist? a.Serendipity b.Innovation c.Invention d.Design more

Voting Question: what can i do to make my resume better?

Guy Mikesell Dreamweaver1961@bellsouth.net 1440 SW 171st Terrace ♦ Pembroke Pines, Fl 33027 ♦ 954-430-1571 Objective: In pursuit of a challenging project supervisor opportunity that would allow me to utilize my process improvement solutions to achieve overall team success. Experience Pro 24 Security and InvestigationsDavie, Florida Area Supervisor04/2008 to 07/2008 ·Supervised and coordinated the activities of 100 security guards ·Interpreted specifications, blueprints and job orders to workers and assigned daily responsibilities ·Trained and managed 60 guards; through training achieved significant improvements in daily productivity ·Supervised 19 different job sites to ensure guards were alert and following proper procedures ·Analyzed daily work problems of associates and implemented actions plans to resolve the issues Custom Flooring IncPompano Beach, Florida Warehouse and Site Supervisor05/2005 to 08/2006 ·Reviewed and approved work orders and construction proposals for 40 tile installers ·Conferred with engineers and subordinates ·Assisted in field surveys in order to resolve problems between drywall, plumbing, and building contractors ·Supervised 2 warehouse associates and provided them with guidance on what tools should be used for their daily jobs Custom Flooring IncPembroke Pines, Florida Warehouse and Customer Service Mgr01/1999 to 06/2004 ·Supervised and managed 40 tile installers ·Implemented new product sheet processes that increased warehouse productivity ·Oversaw the handling of all order shortages of material for jobs ·Implemented new warehouse organization to achieve a more effective work environment; arranged warehouse to accommodate carpet, tile and wood orders which allowed orders to be side marked and arranged by job start dates Abbey Carpet and TilePembroke Pines, Florida Sales Representative / Customer Service Manager06/1998 to 01/1999 ·Executed daily operations of customer relations ·Reviewed and approved work orders and construction proposals ·Reorganized warehouse which resulted in a more productive and work friendly environment; arranged warehouse to accommodate carpet, tile, and wood orders to ensure materials were side marked as they arrived and verified all delivery orders were complete Independent Tile & Marble Contractor Davie, Florida Owner01/1986 to 06/1998 ·Completed all estimates for customers ·Installed tile and marble floors ·Managed all customer relations and daily activities of the business Certifications: In the process of renewing Tile and Marble License and Flooring License Additional employment experience available upon request more

Resolved Question: Computer freezes during... everything?

I have a gateway laptop intel core 2 duo, 2 GHz CPU; with 4086 mg ram. The OS is Vista home premium. Yesterday evening my system crashed while I was installing a game patch (official patch, from a commercial publisher that I've used before [ie i was pretty sure it was safe]) You know, the blue screen of death deal. I restarted and it recommended that it run a disk check, so I let it go ahead and do that. Once I'm logged back on, I started to jump online to check me email, and my browser locks up. I went to task manager to end the process, but then task manager crashed and my entire system froze. I did a hard restart, followed by the same basic scenario. I managed to uninstall the game and patch, which did not help. I have not yet been able to scan for a virus as the system freezes after I've been logged on for only about 1-3 minutes. I cannot open system restore. If I try to boot in safe mode, the boot fails. I've run just about every diagnostic and repair tool from the F8 boot menu to no avail. I've attempted to clean boot without improvement. I'm out of ideas. Does anyone know what might be going on here? Oh, and to add more mystery, there are generally no error messages, as the system just completely freezes without warning. The few messages that have happened are mainly generic "Firefox is not responding" or "A program has stopped working and windows has to restart" (except instead of restarting it freezes). Thanks sooooo much if you have any advice. more

Resolved Question: You have the horse - how would you retrain it?

I have a 6yo horse that has done Parelli for 2 years. I posted a question yesterday as to if the new handler/owner should also know the Parelli methods. Im not going out and doing a Parelli course (there are none near me) I also don't plan on paying heaps of money for DVD's to watch, as I don't believe they are an effective training tool. So I have no way of learning the "secrets" as Parelli likes to call them on his web site! AND I'm not getting an orange stick!!!!! I can only assume he acts this way because of Parelli methods (I have no other Parelli horse to measure it against). I have been having improvement and success in handling this horse. It has been generally positive, despite him bucking me off. LOL I am not against common sense horsemanship (NH), I would like to think that I have practiced it my whole life. I was taught to communicate with the horse and to gain the horses trust and respect. All in a non violent, calm and slow and steady process. I have just backed my 3 1/2yo filly after a very slow and gradual process of years (I've had her since birth) and she did not buck or hump, because she was very well prepared for riding. SO.... How would you proceed with a horse that is oversensitive to the handler? (moves away constantly when approached, pulls back when tied, hates being groomed, very pushy, difficult around his head etc. Lots of the issues people discussed yesterday that seem typical with Parelli horses) It is new for me because I have not come across a horse who is so mistrusting of everything around him. He spooks and runs even when a car enters the premises? What would be YOUR plan of attack? To cut out the dependence on Parelli methods and tools and to get back to common sense horsemanship. Has anyone successfully worked with a horse to over come these issues after Parelli? I would be interested to compare your thoughts against my own.... Isn't the internet great! To listen to the experiences of people around the world ;-) Thanks in advance.*** ADD - countrygurl91 - you could not be more surprised than me! LOL The previous owner has given several conflicting statements, which is why I've turned to some more trusted souls on YA ;-) I have been surprised to find so many other people have had the same "issues" with Parelli. Hence not wanting to continue with his training methods.I'm conflicted because I do actually like him. I know I can work with these issues and some answers here have given me some extra things to think about. Should a $5000 horse act like this? I don't think I should have to retain one that was supposedly trained!! Can I stop him bucking? After I have my CT scans, IF I'm cleared to ever ride again ;-( I have to decide IF I WANT to take that risk. I'm trying to sort my head about, if it is worth all the effort to go on with him and if anyone else has managed to do it. I did watch some of the DUHorseman videos last week and I liked some of his theory's. He is a bit more about common sense.*** ADD - Barefoottrimmer - I'm sorry you feel that way. You have misread my question, but thanks for contributing ;-)*** Also I actually really liked the last answer you gave me, you hit the nail on the head. I'm asking about Parelli because I don't understand the method and I'm trying to learn. I consider I learn about horses EVERY single day, so "no" I don't know it all and I never will. I used the term backed because I don't like the term broken in ;-)*** Add - Bliss - Thanks for your comments. I'm sad to be misunderstood, but everyone is entitled to an opinion - hence my thumbs up for contributing. You always make good constructive comments (even when you don't agree with something) and I enjoy reading them ;-) I had also hoped to catch smokie's opinion. more

Resolved Question: Is the "reliability improvement process" team identical to the "management" team ?

If project mismanagement occurs, is it likely to occur in the 60 second "reliability improvement program" window ? << The reliability improvement process competes for limited funding with every other program within the production/maintenance organization In real production plants the reliability improvement program is clearly a question of which comes first the chicken or the egg. This requires reliability engineers to have numbers and then sell the numbers to management in 60 second sound bites based on 1) Describe the issue and 2) Tell how we will resolve the issue in time and money. The 60 second sound bites requires that we have good sales tools and the graphics of Crow/AMSAA plots help us sell the program. >> It obviously won't work unless the reliability engineer is the management and the management is the reliability engineer.For Collins project, was the reliability engineer the management and was the management the reliability engineer ? more

Resolved Question: If project mismanagement occurs, is it likely to occur in the 60 second "reliability improvement program"?

windows ? << The reliability improvement process competes for limited funding with every other program within the production/maintenance organization In real production plants the reliability improvement program is clearly a question of which comes first the chicken or the egg. This requires reliability engineers to have numbers and then sell the numbers to management is 60 second sound bites based on 1) Describe the issue and 2) Tell how we will resolve the issue in time and money. The 60 second sound bites requires that we have good sales tools and the graphics of Crow/AMSAA plots help us sell the program. >> more

Resolved Question: Was there a complete doofus managing the project ?

<<Both MIL-HDBK-189 and TR-652 are methodologies and concepts to assist in reliability growth planning. They provide a structured approach for reliability growth assessments. In general, they are considered from the standpoint that you must begin with some new components and grow the reliability of a system with a development program. Another source of reliability growth information is IEC 61164 (this document was previously numbered as IEC 1164) Reliability Growth-Statistical Test and Estimation Methods. The IEC-61164 document is a product of TC-56 work group which has provided about 50 documents pertaining to reliability and dependability. You can also download a reliability growth paper from the Internet which was written by David W. Coit with the title: “Economic allocation of test times for subsystem-level reliability growth testing” which was published in 1998 in the IIE Transactions (1998) 30, 1143-1151. This paper contains numerous references. For plant equipment and operation, the reliability details described below are a little different: · The primary purpose of our business activities is to run our production facilities to make money and not to make an improvement program · We have old equipment that can only be improved at specific time intervals IF the improvement is truly cost effective · Reliability growth occurs on the device as we using the equipment for its primary purpose as a link in the money making machine without time or resources for validating claims for improvements. · We lack staff and we lack verified knowledge that our planned improvements will function as forecasted · We need to forecast when the next failure is expected so we can plan for replacement/enhancements during schedule turnarounds · The reliability improvement process competes for limited funding with every other program within the production/maintenance organization In real production plants the reliability improvement program is clearly a question of which comes first the chicken or the egg. This requires reliability engineers to have numbers and then sell the numbers to management is 60 second sound bites based on 1) Describe the issue and 2) Tell how we will resolve the issue in time and money. The 60 second sound bites requires that we have good sales tools and the graphics of Crow/AMSAA plots help us sell the program.>> Was a reliability improvement program called for in the contract ? Did this occur ? Was someone mismanaging ? more

Resolved Question: Can come one grade me on my essay?

Jun Lu Mr. Brown English 11 26 October 2009 From What I Love What is the one thing that impacted my life? That would certainly come to the answer of one of the beauties I love and enjoy – Piano. For many people, piano is just a musical instrument that they could use as a tool to perform and to entertain others. To me, it is more significant because it changed me from the inside to the outside, from how I think to how I act. It made me a better person in ways of processing problems, handling stress, and made me a happier person because I am more capable of coping with stress. Throughout the years since I was a little kid, I heard about all the beautiful sounds and music that you can create with piano. Though I never had a chance to see one myself, I always paid special attention to the piano melodies in the music. During the summer of freshman year, I went to my friend’s house to do a project together; the first thing I saw when I walked into his house was the piano sitting right there by the wall next to dining table. As I approach the piano I was irresistibly reaching my hand out to touch it and lay my fingers on the different white bars that created diverting sounds. My friend was nice enough that he said he would teach me how to play some songs with it. From that day on, I was addicted to the elegancy of the piano, going to my friend’s house every day after school until the end of the summer learning how to play piano. Since then I’ve always wanted a piano to be around in my house so I can play it whenever possible. Therefore, during sophomore year my dad surprised me with a keyboard for my birthday, I was thrilled. After I got my lovely keyboard, I went on the internet and try to learn something new to play on the piano every day after school. Before I received my keyboard as a gift, I always felt really bored and lonely after I get home from school because there was not anybody home because my parents are consistently working, and I felt that I have nothing to do other than to work on the homework. After I got my keyboard, it drastically changed the feeling that I had when I got home from a tiring day of school work. The keyboard provided me an escaping path from stress and also it keeps me company with good music. Many of my friends say that I am an aggressive to some extent and very impatient person. I quickly lose especially with activities such as fishing. It is fascinating even to me that I had so much patience with the piano where I just sat there learning and practicing repetitively on the same song to get good at it. Because I started to play piano, it changed me as a person that if I just give a little more patience to everything that I do, I would most likely enjoy it more. I use piano as an escape route from stress. Whenever I feel sad and down, I would play music with my keyboard to abreact my feelings. Listening to the euphonic melody coming from the piano also calms me down from stressful situations, such as when I am stuck on a problem in homework and cannot figure it out or when I heard the news that my grandfather was tested positive for cancer and that I just can’t face the fact of it. Piano made me a better person in thinking wise because when I meet up with stress and confusion, I am able to calm myself down and think more thoroughly into the heart of the of the problem and different perception of the situation. Other than the problem handling improvements, I also changed in my habits that would help me succeed school and in the future. My addiction toward the elegancy of the piano, disciplined me to practice repetitively. Thus, it helped me developed the habit of practicing and reviewing the things I do not understand. Ultimately, piano had changed me significantly from the inside to the outside in many ways that turned me into a better person. Because of piano I am capable of thinking more in-depth into the heart of the problems, and competent of coping with stress on a daily basis. As well as assisting me to develop a good habit of practicing and reviewing that would be a perfect tool to help me succeed in life. more

Resolved Question: Have you tried to enhance your healing power?

Enhance Your Healing Power Samuel, July 09, Adapted Generalist document Life often seems frightening and uncertain, especially when we are facing medical problems. We need to find a good, reliable, affordable way to optimize it and enhance healing power. Professional help and medication can aid in healing, it cannot force us to become well, if we are internally at odds with our lives. The placebo effect shows that self-healing can occur when people are convinced they are getting the right medication. This power can be used to enhance the healing process to help proper medication work even better. This document is intended for those who want to optimize their lives and accept that they can, and want to, make the causes, once they are shown how. The question naturally occurs, “What are the right causes to best optimize life for ourselves and others and enhance healing powers?” The causes should be based on what is verifiable and universally true. There are three kinds of causes; thought, speech and action. All three, except those triggered by autonomic responses, are directed by our minds and described with language. Our minds are inseparable from language. Voluntary actions follow from thought, or the prejudices and opinions we substitute for thought, framed in words. Even our prejudices and opinions are framed in words. The words we think in and say are a category of action. It is therefore useful to examine the words that express our basic approaches to life in order to look for improvement. To get our lives into their best possible order, we need to understand some basic truths. The most basic is that there is no separation between the physical (tangible), and non-physical (intangible) aspects of life. A mind-heart without a body is a figment of science fiction. Please write down all the words of intangibles that attach to life such as beliefs, faith, love, imagination, dreams, life, hope, fear, hate etc. Then write down all the words that relate to the tangible aspects of life like action, body, wood, water, food. The list of tangibles and intangibles is endless. However, the inseparability of tangible and intangible aspects is summed up in the Japanese words Myo-ho. Why use Japanese words? The concept originated in Japan and can’t be expressed as well in another language. Write down all the words for causes you can think of and effects those causes can have. They are all summed up in the words Ren-ge. Causes simultaneously produce effects like the flower and the seed of the lotus. Everything is always changing. Write down all the words that come to mind about things changing-Clouds, faces, butterflies, concepts, memories and on and on. They are all summed up in the Japanese word Kyo. Because everything is always changing, no one is stuck where shehe is. The three words Myoho Renge Kyo include every aspect of life and serve as the Placebo Effect Enhancement Tool. How is the HMET used? Add the shortened Sanskrit verb for focusing intention, or giving respect, and create Nam Myoho Renge Kyo. This, spoken repeatedly with the palms pressed together, focuses the mind-brain-body on the essential realities. It releases delusions and limitations as reliably as vitamin C cures scurvy. It works best when conducted together with a support group of people who are also trying to have great lives by training their mind-heart-bodies by using the LOT. Source: http://www.sgi-usa.org. Or http://www.SGI.org Caveat; SGI does not use the term Placebo Effect Enhancement Tool and may use additional translations of Myoho, Renge, and Kyo. The term is my attempt to summarize the essence of the philosophy taught by SGI in functional language and show one of its most important applications. more

Resolved Question: Have you tried to enhance your healing power?

Resolved Question: Have you tried using the Placebo Effect Enhancement Tool?

Placebo Effect Enhancement Tool Life often seems frightening and uncertain, especially when we are facing medical problems. We need to find a good, reliable, affordable way to optimize it and enhance healing power. Professional help and medication can aid in healing, it cannot force us to become well, if we are internally at odds with our lives. The placebo effect shows that self-healing can occur when people are convinced they are getting the right medication. This power can be used to enhance the healing process to help proper medication work even better. This document is intended for those who want to optimize their lives and accept that they can, and want to, make the causes, once they are shown how. The question naturally occurs, “What are the right causes to best optimize life for ourselves and others and enhance healing powers?” The causes should be based on what is verifiable and universally true. There are three kinds of causes; thought, speech and action. All three, except those triggered by autonomic responses, are directed by our minds and described with language. Our minds are inseparable from language. Voluntary actions follow from thought, or the prejudices and opinions we substitute for thought, framed in words. Even our prejudices and opinions are framed in words. The words we think in and say are a category of action. It is therefore useful to examine the words that express our basic approaches to life in order to look for improvement. To get our lives into their best possible order, we need to understand some basic truths. The most basic is that there is no separation between the physical (tangible), and non-physical (intangible) aspects of life. A mind-heart without a body is a figment of science fiction. Please write down all the words of intangibles that attach to life such as beliefs, faith, love, imagination, dreams, life, hope, fear, hate etc. Then write down all the words that relate to the tangible aspects of life like action, body, wood, water, food. The list of tangibles and intangibles is endless. However, the inseparability of tangible and intangible aspects is summed up in the Japanese words Myo-ho. Why use Japanese words? The concept originated in Japan and can’t be expressed as well in another language. Write down all the words for causes you can think of and effects those causes can have. They are all summed up in the words Ren-ge. Causes simultaneously produce effects like the flower and the seed of the lotus. Everything is always changing. Write down all the words that come to mind about things changing-Clouds, faces, butterflies, concepts, memories and on and on. They are all summed up in the Japanese word Kyo. Because everything is always changing, no one is stuck where shehe is. The three words Myoho Renge Kyo include every aspect of life and serve as the Placebo Effect Enhancement Tool. How is the PEET used? Add the shortened Sanskrit verb for focusing intention, or giving respect, and create Nam Myoho Renge Kyo. This, spoken repeatedly with the palms pressed together, focuses the mind-brain-body on the essential realities. It releases delusions and limitations as reliably as vitamin C cures scurvy. It works best when conducted together with a support group of people who are also trying to have great lives by training their mind-heart-bodies by using the LOT. Source: http://www.sgi-usa.org. Or http://www.SGI.org Caveat; SGI does not use the term Placebo Effect Enhancement Tool and may use additional translations of Myoho, Renge, and Kyo. The term is my attempt to summarize the essence of the philosophy taught by SGI in functional language and show one of its most important applications. more

Resolved Question: how do you begin to teach someone how to read?

I'm a TA in a third grade bilingual class. The kids are currently in summer school. This fall is a big year for them because they can be retained if they don't pass the state exam. I've really been noticing how behind some of them are in reading. I started reading one on one with them but it doesn't seem to be enough. So then I selected the kid that was most far behind and spent some one on one time with him. I figured out he didn't even know the alphabet let alone the sounds the letters make. Today we made big improvement though, he read the words dress, dig, dog, and a few others on his own =D But I'm in need of other tools to help not only that child but the other 6 that are still far behind. My question is where do I begin? Or are there any useful word games that might help speed up this process? We're currently working on sight words. I bought index cards but i'm not sure what to do with them. ANy advice in general would be great! more

Resolved Question: atheists: do you think the following process is reasonable? how could it be improved?

The Church of Euthanasia Butchering the Human Carcass for Human Consumption by Bob Arson This is a step-by-step guide on how to break down the human body from the full figure into serviceable choice cuts of meat. As in any field, there are a number of methods to the practice, and you may wish to view this as a set of suggestions rather than concrete rules. You will notice that the carving of the larger or "commercial" cuts down into smaller specific or "retail" cuts will be only mentioned in passing, and not concentrated upon. Also, the use of human fat and viscera is generally avoided, and left only to the most experimental chef. These choices, along with recipes and serving suggestions, are nearly infinite in variety, and we leave them to you. We've found these guidelines to be simple and functional, but recognize that there is always room for improvement and we welcome your suggestions. Before getting to the main task, it must be mentioned that the complete rendering of the human carcass requires a fairly large amount of time, effort, and space. If the consumer does not wish to go through the ordeal of processing and storing the bulk of the entire animal, an easy alternative is as follows. Simply saw through one or both legs at the points directly below the groin and a few inches above the knee. Once skinned, these portions may then be cut into round steaks of the carver's preferred thickness, cut into fillets, deboned for a roast, etc. Meat for several meals is thus readily obtained without the need for gutting and the complexities of preparing the entire form. The human being (also referred to throughout culinary history as "long pig" and "hairless goat" in the case of younger specimens) is not generally thought of as a staple food source. Observing the anatomy and skeleton, one can see that the animal is neither built nor bred for its meat, and as such will not provide nearly as much flesh as a pig or cow (for example, an average 1000 pound steer breaks down to provide 432 pounds of saleable beef). The large central pelvis and broad shoulder blades also interfere with achieving perfect cuts. There are advantages to this however, especially due to the fact that the typical specimen will weigh between 100-200 pounds, easily manipulated by one person with sufficient leverage. Here the caution in choosing your meal must be mentioned. It is VERY IMPORTANT to remember that animals raised for slaughter are kept in tightly controlled environments with their health and diet carefully maintained. Humans are not. Thus not only is the meat of each person of varying quality, but people are also subject to an enormous range of diseases, infections, chemical imbalances, and poisonous bad habits, all typically increasing with age. Also as an animal ages, the meat loses its tenderness, becoming tough and stringy. No farm animal is ever allowed to age for thirty years. Six to thirteen months old is a more common slaughtering point. You will obviously want a youthful but mature physically fit human in apparently good health. A certain amount of fat is desirable as "marbling" to add a juicy, flavorful quality to the meat. We personally prefer firm caucasian females in their early twenties. These are "ripe". But tastes vary, and it is a very large herd. The butcher will need a fairly roomy space in which to work (an interior location is suggested), and a large table for a butcher's block. A central overhead support will need to be chosen or installed ahead of time to hang the carcass from. Large tubs or barrels for blood and waste trimmings should be convenient, and a water source close by. Most of the work can be done with a few simple tools: sharp, clean short and long bladed knives, a cleaver or hatchet, and a hacksaw. Body Preparation: Acquiring your subject is up to you. For best results and health, freshness is imperative. A living human in captivity is optimal, but not always available. When possible make sure the animal has no food for 48 hours, but plenty of water. This fasting helps flush the system, purging stored toxins and bodily wastes, as well as making bleeding and cleaning easier. Under ideal conditions, the specimen will then be stunned into insensitivity. Sharp unexpected blows to the head are best, tranquilizers not being recommended as they may taint the flavor of the meat. If this is not possible without exciting the animal and causing a struggle (which will pump a greater volume of blood and secretions such as adrenaline throughout the body), a single bullet through the middle of the forehead or back of the skull will suffice. Hanging: Once the animal is unconscious or dead, it is ready to be hoisted. Get the feet up first, then the hands, with the head down. This is called the "Gein configuration". Simple loops of rope may be tied around the hands and feet and then attached to a crossbar or overhead beam. Or, by making a cut behind the Achilles tendon, a meathook may be insertedang yamster truncated it! read the full here-> http://www.churchofeuthanasia.org/e-sermons/butcher.html note the recipe at the end... would that go well with babby?Lea R: the story is here -> http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-5922725-details/Cannibal+saut%C3%83%C2%A9ed+victim's+penis/article.do more

Resolved Question: Can someone translate this from American English into English please?

I work for an american company who are really big on "self audits", "tracking tools", "metrics" etc. ( now there's a surprise eh). One of the delights of the self audit process is that we are supposed to give ourselves a score of 1 to 10 on the following, but it just looks like gibberish to me. can anyone explain it please? "Audit process established. Process includes structured method for assessing Continuous Improvement levels, but low use of performance metrics (e.g. more qualitative than quantitative assessment). "You will note that this part of the audit is actually "self auditing" the self audit process ITSELF, i.e., auditing the audit. more

Voting Question: Ideas for an Information Management Department?

My boss ask me for ideas, comments, new business areas, improvement areas, Tools (needs, fixes, etc), Processes (changes, confusion, deletions, etc) for the Information Management Department, what I should tell him? more

Resolved Question: How can I get my husband to take me seriously?

A few years back when I was married to my ex husband, our house burnt down and we had to rebuild from nothing. My ex showed me how to use every tool known to mankind, and taught me a lot, from running electrical, to plumbing, to carpentry skills, and I think for a woman I'm pretty handy with a saw. Now I'm married to this guy that I love immensely, but he doesn't think I'm capable of doing anything around the house. We are in the process of remodeling the bathroom, and he had to strip it down to the floor joists because the floor was rotted out. I want to jump in there and help, because I live for home improvement and I have some really good ideas, but everytime I try to help he says, just be quiet and go sit down, or go in the kitchen and look pretty. I HATE THAT. If he would just listen to me I know what I'm talking about, meanwhile he stands around with his brother (who's helping him) and discuss for hours how to do something, then end up doing exactly what I would have told him to do in the first place if he had just listened to me. I hate being treated like the pretty little woman who can't do anything but cook and clean and look pretty. He says it's not that he thinks I'm not capable, he doesn't want me to get hurt. How do I convince him that I've done more carpentry work than he ever has, and have even done roofing with the guys and I won't get hurt?How am I being controlling-this is OUR project, not just his. It's my house too. more

Resolved Question: Would someone please give me suggestions on how to improve my supplementary essay?

I am writing an letter/essay to Ball State in order to explain my poor highschool grades. I am hoping to prove that I have learned from my mistakes and that I would be a good choice for their school. Am I on the write track? Would you suggest any improvement? And lastly, is this a convincing letter? Any help is appreciated! Thank you! I am writing in regards to my high school grades. Although many associate poor grades with sloppiness or laziness, my poor academics are rooted in my obsession and passion for art. Ever since I was a child in elementary school I have had a great love for painting and drawing. I could spend hours on end completely immersed in my hobby. My attention could hardly be shaken from my projects until I was satisfied that they were complete. Once high school came around, I began to see this as a problem. My passion for art overwhelmed my thoughts to the point where I failed to keep my priorities in order. I would come home from school and instead of diligently working on my homework or studying for tests, I would toss all cares aside and begin to work obsessively on my next project. As I continued to do this, my grades continued to slip. When I finally began to realize the importance of my grades, I had already put myself into a predicament. It was too late, I had nothing to show for my past years of high school. At the beginning of my junior year I decided to start anew. I bought a planner and wrote down all of my assignments on a daily basis. I even gave myself a scheduled time each evening in which I could concentrate on nothing but my art. This new process of planning my time proved successful and by the time the first semester ended I was quite proud of my progress. Second semester came around and I was prepared to continue this process but this time something unexpected happened. I was put in charge of designing and painting a large, elaborate backdrop for the high school production of The King and I. For the next two months I was planning, painting, and acting for up to six hours every weeknight. I was exhausted. Though I recruited as many people as I could, I still couldn’t help but be involved in every detail of the project. However, as stressful as this was for me, the enjoyment I received from it outweighed everything else. After all was said and done I returned to my normal high school life to find that I had once again fallen behind in many of my classes. As the semester came to a close I struggled to catch up but soon realized that the damage I had done could not be undone. I feel that by making these mistakes early in life I have gained the tools needed to avoid making these mistakes in my adult life. For one I have learned that scheduling is my friend. Giving myself a certain time to do something lets me concentrate completely on the task at hand. In the end more is accomplished. Also I have better learned how to rate the importance of a task. Although something may seem important at the time I must look at the pig picture and decide how much something will benefit me in the future. Finally I have learned that I have a natural gift to be able to work obsessively hard on anything that interests me and I have been practicing in using this talent for tasks that don’t interest me quite as much but are necessary. Over the summer I have worked to find a college to suit me and have found Ball State University to have quite a desirable art program. I feel that this school can help me to cultivate the discipline I need and learn the skills necessary to succeed as a professional artist. I would like to thank you for your time and careful consideration. I would be honored to attend school here and am looking forward to being able to prove I can succeed under the college level workload. more

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Resolved Question: How to Re-install Win XP Home?

I've got an NEC i-select M5210 laptop that I've had for about 3 years. It's not fast, I admit, but in the last few month it's got slower and slower, so I thought I'd just go for a clean re-installation of Windows XP Home. I'd like to think it's not being slowed by a virus or spyware, as it's got up to date virus protection and running spybot doesn't improve it. I've defragged the hard drive several times, but no improvement. It doesn't have the XP disks, just a 4GB recovery partition and an option in the boot process. There's also a Windows menu entry for NEC tools...Smart Restore. My questions are: 1. If I go through the reinstallation process, will it wipe my personal files (in My Documents), or just overwrite the Windows system files? (I'll back up My Documents anyway, just in case.) 2. It's SP2, but I guess that was a download a year or 2 ago. I guess it will do it again, so is it a big download (that will eat into my 5GB monthly limit) or relatively small? 3. Can I partition the drive during the installation without losing data? 4. Any other advice, warnings, etc? Thanks in advance.16k - many thanks. I'll wait to see if there are any other useful answers over the next couple of days, then go for it. more

Voting Question: US History and Presidential Candidate! Agree or Disagree?

US History and Presidential Candidate! Agree or Disagree? 1st of all people must educate themselves before opinionating… When I say educate, I mean the history of the United States and the Politics that supports it. 1. The making of the United States and the Constitutions… – Freedom of speech – Freedom to vote – Etc. 2. How the United States was built – Immigration – Conduct new civilization – Cars, boats, trains- why were they created – Human Rallies – Immoralities/ lessons learned through processes – Education – etc. 3. How the US interacted with other countries and why? – Trading – Ideas – Politics 4. How laws are intervened – With in the US – US with other countries – US with the states – States within counties – Counties within city/ town limitations 2nd of all learn to observe and acknowledge people. Don’t stereotype. That’s what wrong in society today. Many of us are first to create a primary setting for Americans. Get to know them. Just because there is violence in today’s society, doesn’t naturally mean shut down. You will be amazed at the information/ history/ background you will gathering from meeting your neighbors, bosses, or even your child’s friends. People come in many packages, like gifts. Some bigger than others, just know boundaries. Set limits and goals for yourself. Be active in your communities. Read an article a day. Learn to help others. Point to make: just stay proactive with life. 3rd Politics is a very wide subject and objective. Listen, learn and watch! Those three terms can easily play a role in making the right decision for the next president. Don’t forget to compare candidates and discuss with friends, neighbors, children, and family and co workers. There is never enough information, opinions and media to fulfill the curiosity. For nosiness makes a great tool, and a way for improvement. 1 hour ago - 3 days left to answer. Additional Details 32 minutes ago Journalists usually tell individuals what they want to hear. It’s called paid advertisement… “Their personal perspective is good enough with enough current knowledge.” I have taken all these classes Social Work Journalism Culture US History BiologyQuestion is do you agree or disagree with my view on society? more

Voting Question: US History and Presidential Candidate! Agree or Disagree?

1st of all people must educate themselves before opinionating… When I say educate, I mean the history of the United States and the Politics that supports it. 1.The making of the United States and the Constitutions… –Freedom of speech –Freedom to vote –Etc. 2.How the United States was built –Immigration –Conduct new civilization –Cars, boats, trains- why were they created –Human Rallies –Immoralities/ lessons learned through processes –Education –etc. 3.How the US interacted with other countries and why? –Trading –Ideas –Politics 4.How laws are intervened –With in the US –US with other countries –US with the states –States within counties –Counties within city/ town limitations 2nd of all learn to observe and acknowledge people. Don’t stereotype. That’s what wrong in society today. Many of us are first to create a primary setting for Americans. Get to know them. Just because there is violence in today’s society, doesn’t naturally mean shut down. You will be amazed at the information/ history/ background you will gathering from meeting your neighbors, bosses, or even your child’s friends. People come in many packages, like gifts. Some bigger than others, just know boundaries. Set limits and goals for yourself. Be active in your communities. Read an article a day. Learn to help others. Point to make: just stay proactive with life. 3rd Politics is a very wide subject and objective. Listen, learn and watch! Those three terms can easily play a role in making the right decision for the next president. Don’t forget to compare candidates and discuss with friends, neighbors, children, and family and co workers. There is never enough information, opinions and media to fulfill the curiosity. For nosiness makes a great tool, and a way for improvement. Journalists usually tell individuals what they want to hear. It’s called paid advertisement… “Their personal perspective is good enough with enough current knowledge.” I have taken all these classes Social Work Journalism Culture US History Biology more

Resolved Question: Yahoo! Answers Survey: What improvement would you like to see?

As most of you already know, Yahoo! Answers is a Community of people sharing knowledge. And knowledge is information and skills acquired through experience or education... The Community is consisted of many features, such as having the option to block specific users, privatize your profile, disable/enable email communication, add your favorite contacts, become people's fan, the option to report contents that violate the CG and/or TOS, etc. (1) How satisfied are you with Yahoo! Answers, and what changes you would like to see? (2) Do you feel the Community Moderation is a great tool for getting rid of abuse? How can Yahoo! improve the Community Moderation? (3) Based on your experience with the appeal process, do you feel it's a waste of energy to appeal, or do you feel the Staff do a good job on handling appeals? Thanks for your response. Disclaimer: I am not a Yahoo! Answers Staff. Dad more

Resolved Question: Is this pertinent to high-profile safety-critical programming projects we read about ?

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Resolved Question: Six Sigma Training and Green belt certificaion, $ 4 $ where is the best?

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Resolved Question: PLZZZZZZ FIX MY ESSAY! any corrections on my reflective essay?

My name is Ay. This is my third semester at Truman college. I have found writing an essay very challenging,especially using appropriate punctuation marks. But this semester of English 101 forced me to focus on my writing more in- depth than any other class I have taken. I believe, in English 101 ,I have learned that each different writing situation required a certain amount of preparation. When I first wrote my in class essay, I had some difficulties organizing it. The essay had no main idea that hooks the reader, body paragraphs with details , examples and a good conclusion. However,the process of using three drafts has helped me to look over on my mistakes. so I made some improvement on the third draft of the summary response essay. Which helped me to prepare for midterm in-class essay. Writing has been very exciting for me because, without it, there is nothing much I can do, for example, in order to communicate with people I need to know how to write proper e-mails and letters and I also have to write research papers,lab reports,etc in order to succeed academically. Writing for me is the ultimate tool to express my feelings. In English 101 the my turn essays that my teachers assigns me have really helped me express all my feelings and thoughts on paper. Writing my turn essays is a great experience because, ever since I came from another country I have the opportunity to express my thoughts freely. In the future, I would like to improve my writing by working hard and by being optimistic about that one day when I will be a good writer if I keep working on my writing. In conclusion, even though writing an essay seems hard to me, the course I am taking will help me improve my skill of writing and one day I will be able to write a good essay. The course I took at English 100 has helped me learn a lot. So I feel that I am definitely ready to go to the next level. more

Resolved Question: Can you check my grammar on this essay also?

College students are faced with very important decisions throughout their college careers. There are constantly letters in the mail from credit card companies urging them to obtain credit today for a “better” tomorrow. Credit card companies target college students because they typically spend a lot, whether its supplies needed for college or other luxuries. Whether one is pursuing studies in veterinary sciences, business, or liberal arts, all students have one thing in common; we must learn how to manage our money in a financially responsible way. This can be done by keeping a personal budget; a simple task, yet the results of budgeting can have a great effect on our future. Credit cards may seem like a smart choice, but they can actually cost more than you think! Sometimes students may get carried away with buying, but that situation is easily avoidable with self-control. Avoiding debt while in college can result in a better financial future. Keeping a budget can benefit you in many ways. Budgets show where money is being earned and where it is being spent. This makes it easier to see which areas need improvement. To make a simple budget for one month’s time period, start by first writing down how much is spent in the entire month and where it is spent. Next, find out exactly how much money is earned within a month. Subtract the expenditures from the earnings and if the remainder is a positive number, positive cash-flow is presented. Having positive cash-flow means that “extra” money is left over due to less spending and more earnings. Less spending is what must be done if a negative number remains. Not only does keeping a budget help avoid debt, but it also assists in creating wealth by managing savings for retirement. A simple budget plan of a month is just a small example, yet it is the first step to proper money management. If a budget is planned ten to sixty years into the future, it can be used as a unique tool for creating a very wealthy retirement or even a young retirement. Budgeting is also a good thing just in case emergencies happen, like a flat tire or an unexpected bill at the end of the month (“Business Week Online”). Unexpected emergencies are typically paid on credit these days, but what people should understand is that they may actually be paying more money by using a credit card. Credit cards can be more of a hassle than you think. There are over 1 billion cards in circulation today. The typical American carries a $5,800 balance on his/her credit card each month, paying 18.3% interest. This calculates to $929.70 a year in interest alone, which is more profit for the credit card companies, and more money out of people’s pockets (“Business Week Online”). Credit Card Company’s often hook a consumer by offering little or no interest rate; a “teaser rate”. What most consumers do not see in the fine print of a credit card contract is that these little or 0% interest rates change to a higher rate usually within the following year. Other charges made by credit card companies usually are not discovered until a bill arrives. These hidden charges can include application and processing fees, late payment fees, transaction fees and over the limit fees (“The hidden costs of credit cards”). The problem with credit cards is that it can be very easy to forget where and how much is being spent. It would be wise to keep track of all expenditures by holding receipts and planning them into a budget to avoid any unexpected charges at the end of the month. But most of all, when purchasing anything, credit or cash, we must avoid impulse purchases. Have you ever gone into a store to buy a single product? You find the item you came in to buy and walk towards the register, but can’t help to notice the other things in the isle you “needed” also. You walked in the store for one thing and left with much more than intended; this is exactly what we must control. Learn to differentiate between wants and needs, no matter how difficult it may be. To avoid this in a simple manner, write down precisely what will be bought before shopping, and estimate how much it will cost. Only bring the estimated amount of cash and avoid bringing a credit card for “just in case” purposes because that “just in case” just might cost you. Ultimately, budgeting finances can create a very wealthy, debt-free way of living. Think twice before swiping or signing up for a credit card; it can and most likely will cost more in the long run. Continue working on self control and budgeting in a financially responsible manner for the next few years and you will enjoy the many benefits self control and budgeting bring to your life.thats why the question asks about grammar. Word doesn't do this too well, and I'm not the best at grammar. So I'm hoping for someone that IS good at it will take the time to point out my common grammar errors, even if its brief. Just enough to show me what I do wrong. Peer Editing rocks my socks.Tula..I just went through my essay and what you corrected, and didn't see a thing changed. more

Resolved Question: "Hickphonics," Joke.?

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