Gen 105 Elevator Speech Yesterday‚ I was talking on the phone with my cousin Lori. We were discussing the work she is doing to get her nursing degree. She has a small daughter‚ and is attending traditional on site classes. I told her that I was finally going back to college too. She asked how I could possibly find time for class while raising three children under the age of three. I told her I was attending Axia College‚ an online university that allows me to do my work when it
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Elevator Pitch You are standing at an elevator‚ waiting. The person you want to pitch your short-term financing proposal to walks up and stands beside you. You introduce yourself and say that you are getting ready to pitch them. They give you the Oh-and-why-should-I-pay-attention-to-you? Look. The elevator doors open and you both enter. You have about 45 seconds to capture their attention and give them a set of reasons to pay attention. This is called an elevator pitch and you must‚ at all times
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Elevators have distinguished themselves as a component of our modern world. They guide us to our destinations faster and help us innovate our technologies to higher levels to keep up with our fast-paced world. Based on simple machinery‚ its minimalism proves to be the heart beat of our improving industrial communities. Although Elijah Otis improved the invention of the elevator in 1850‚ the composition‚ structure‚ and limitations are still improving today. Though there are many types of elevators
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Breaking Norms Paper INTRODUCTION: Giving up a seat to an elderly on a bus‚ sitting down in your seat silently when the teacher enters the room‚ and even going to sleep at night and waking up in the morning are all social norms. We might not recognize it‚ but we follow social norms in our day-to-day activities constantly. Social norms are society-based beliefs on what is acceptable and unacceptable in our society. Breaking a social norm usually leads to confusion or disapproval. It might not
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INTRODUCTION A network isn’t just a bunch of computers with wires running between them. Properly implemented‚ a network is a system that provides its users with unique capabilities‚ above and beyond what the individual machines and their software applications can provide. As technology rampantly growing‚ it has been a part of our daily lives and yet many are still left behind. Information technology must be applied to every systems of education to maintain a high standard competency thus it will
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Response to Literature: “The Elevator” Par·a·noi·a- noun. A mental disorder characterized by systematized delusions and the projection of personal conflicts. In the short story “The Elevator‚” William Sleator uses fear and paranoia to drive his main character to a compelling resolution. The main character’s (Martin’s) fear of elevators created an imaginary obese monstrous woman who intimidates him every time he rides the tiny exhausted elevator. In the beginning of “The Elevator‚” the setting is set
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A UML Documentation for an Elevator System Distributed Embedded Systems‚ Fall 2000 PhD Project Report Lu Luo December 2000 A UML documentation for an elevator system Lu Luo A UML documentation for an elevator system 1. Introduction This paper is a PhD project report for the course Distributed Embedded Systems at Carnegie Mellon University. Throughout this course‚ a distributed real-time system – an elevator control system– is specified‚ designed‚ built‚ and simulated. Object Oriented
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Dear Mr. Rodriguez‚ Five weeks ago‚ on February 14th‚ I placed an order for double glazed‚ made to order‚ oak French doors‚ for my client over the telephone. When they arrived five weeks later I was surprised to find out that the doors had been cut to small. Instead of measuring 11 feet 8 inches wide as I specified‚ the doors measured 11 feet 4 inches wide. My client wanted the doors installed immediately‚ so I had to pay my carpenter $376 to rebuild the opening. Seeing as I am a long standing
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The social science experiment I conducted involved me violating a social norm and observing the reactions I would get for doing something considered “not normal” by societal standards. I monitored the reactions of five different groups throughout the experiment to get the best results. I rode the elevator five times but instead of standing the “normal” way which is facing the door an unspoken social norm I stood the wrong way. I stood backwards facing the back instead of the door. I got various reactions
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Hey Gaby‚ I just started my class online with the University of Phoenix‚ let me tell you a little bit about it because I know you were interested in going back to school as well. Online courses are also known as distance learning‚ which means that you are earning your education via online. Instead of being in a traditional classroom setting and having that face to face contact with your teacher‚ distance learning is student centered instructional format that allows you to take courses without having
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