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... (to make meaning clear) Presenting Reading Writing Talking & Listening Learning Talking and Listening RANGE OF PURPOSES Getting on with others Finding out Asking questions Explaining Giving information ... Writing Process Thinking and talking about type, purpose, audience Gathering ideas/information Organising What you have to say (Content) Drafting Editing Checking grammar, punctuation, spelling ... Encourage reading for different purposes: - for enjoyment and relaxation; to find information; - reading and explaining instructions; - reading articles from local/national newspapers Value and...

Ngày tải lên: 15/09/2013, 03:10

... instead If you are willing to actually be a native English speaker of some continent, then imagine that you are American or Australian or whatever It's reasonably safe to this You're not lying to ... to anybody just imagining It's like acting in a play After you've pretended for a few minutes, you can always go back and be yourself again no permanent damage is done Now listen very carefully ... pronounced as a flap, because it comes at the beginning of a stressed syllable 13 Once you've got individual words down cold, start listening to the intonation American rises and falls less dramatically...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 12:21

... process to accomplish a name change For instance, you may have been divorced in a state other than California Or, you may want to change your name to something other than a birth name or former name ... swearing -in ceremony is conducted by an immigration official rather than by a judge.) How to Change a Child’s Name Where both parents agree, changing a child’s name can be as easy as changing an ... the same name By law, a woman cannot be discrimi­ nated against in businesses or credit matters because of her name California law requires that all businesses accept a Chapter 4  | marriage, divorce,...

Ngày tải lên: 18/04/2014, 14:06

... sample training agenda from the UFOC of a restaurant franchisor Franchisees Training Agenda Topics to Be Covered Instructional Material Hours of Classroom Training Hours of On the Job Training Instructor ... trademarks, maintaining the confidential nature of trade secrets, legal obligations, and customer relations In developing an initial training program, franchisors must be mindful that many franchisees ... appropriate, and have skilled scoring and evaluation techniques, with a final exam to determine eligibility to open a store Training and education in a franchise system can be a lot more than an instructor...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 18:20

... system An Intranet can also provide a secure central point for collecting financial information in order to track financial performance and maintain financial controls Intranets also can permit authorized ... what would appear to be a level of absolute discretion being vested in the franchisor by stating that not all means of achieving and maintaining quality control are justified Rather, they have ... recently, several courts have again recognized the business justification standard as an appropriate defense to an allegation that a franchisor is involved in an illegal tying arrangement In 1987, the...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 18:20

... installed and shall continue for such period of time as Franchisee shall maintain and operate a Center at the premises described herein Installation and Maintenance All Signage shall be installed ... (Continued) This Guaranty shall be enforceable by and against the respective administrators, executors, successors, and assigns of the Guarantors and the death of a Guarantor shall not terminate ... the obligation to comply with all applicable employment laws, health and safety standards, and related local ordinances; the duty to upgrade and maintain the franchisee’s facilities and equipment;...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 18:20

... foreign investors are Israel, Jordan, the U .A. E., Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Egypt because of suitable conditions and local interest Unattractive markets may be Syria, Iran, and Lebanon because of instability ... competitors are really doing, to react to what candidates are really saying, or to understand what market trends will really affect their growth plans, are destined to fail Franchise marketing is a ... pricing, packaging, labeling, and features; (7) keeping track of the information that may be readily available from federal, state, and local governments; and (8) staying abreast of political, economic,...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 18:20

... rate’’ in a leasing transaction is usually much less than the comparable interest rate in a loan ❒ Factoring Under the traditional factoring arrangement, a company sells its accounts receivables ... marketing, for which debt financing may be very difficult to obtain As franchising as a method of expanding a business matures, a growing number of private investors and venture capitalists have been ... Building overall brand awareness ❒ Brand leveraging strategies ❒ Building an arsenal of intangible assets Co-Branding and Strategic Alliances ❒ Identifying goals and objectives ❒ Targeting and...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 18:20

... manuals and agreements, age and retirement, plant closings and layoffs, sexual harassment and discrimination, occupational health and safety standards, laws protecting the handicapped, and mandated ... Perform year-end accrual analyses for health, dental, and FLEX plans on behalf of the franchisee or area developer Some franchisors have offered to bring certain financial management and administrative ... per award? Many early-stage franchisors are unable to predict or measure their actual costs in generating leads, screening prospects, and ultimately awarding the franchise to a qualified candidate...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 18:20

... of inadequate pretransaction planning and investigation to both the acquisitor and the target in a transaction combining two or more 328 F IN AN CI AL ST RATE GI ES franchise systems can be financially ... objectives to be accomplished by the transaction SPECIAL ISSUES IN MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS 321 and the criteria to be applied in analyzing a potential target company operating within the targeted industry ... Franchisee and each of its shareholders, officers, and directors shall have executed a general release under seal, in a form satisfactory to Franchisor, of any and all claims against Franchisor and its...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 18:20

... popularity and is attractive to individuals interested in starting a business without a substantial capital investment Consulting and Training Services Many veterans of a particular industry choose to ... distributor be expected to perform in terms of manufacturing, sales, marketing, display, billing, market research, maintenance of books and records, storage, training, installation, support, and ... meeting.) Special Issues in Negotiating and Preparing Merchandise and Character Licensing Agreements There are several key areas that must be addressed in the preparation and negotiation of a merchandise...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 18:20

... Leveraging Human Capital Leveraging Human Capital Tools to Direct the Inventive Tools to Direct the Inventive Mind Mind Tools and Services to Tools and Services to Create The Value Create The Value ... barters, trades, and produces one integral asset more than any other: intellectual property Today, nothing is more valuable than an individual's ideas And companies are taking steps to capture and preserve ... are Built on Intellectual Capital Value Creation—Inventory at Source Value Extraction -Convert to capital Human Capital Human Capital Intellectual Assets Intellectual Assets Experience Experience...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... IP ipCapital Group Insight: ipCapital • • “Packaging” your IP story to supplement traditional valuation methods strengthens your “Packaging” your IP story to supplement traditional valuation methods ... between your IP, business and your exit strategy – improve direction focus Use your IP to “sell” into the market to raise gross margins Use your IP to raise money and increase valuation © 2001, ipCapital ... detailed report describing approach and findings with a couple of days after that Your work was informative and very helpful I also know that the Company enjoyed the exchanges that they had with...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... the easier and more quickly your brain will become accustomed to slipping into that alternate state Page | 42 In the Brave Heart system we use a variety of brainwave entrainment audios, including ... of allowing and releasing Gradually, your fear becomes a an 8, a etc and within 10-15 minutes you can release all your fear and feel very light and relaxed again Sometimes this fear is felt in ... beginning to rise, stop what you‘re doing and take a few minutes to tune into your bodily sensations Notice that your shoulder muscles may start to feel tense, your breathing may become rapid and...

Ngày tải lên: 05/07/2014, 00:20

... that follow will probably appear threatening to you and your awesome abilities, but your fears are unfounded All learning, understanding, and knowledge are in your domain Your ability to remember ... immediately begin its automatic process of naming, explaining, and categorizing that item For example, perhaps you choose to look at a potato It is possible to simply be aware of the potato in the ... that I became aware of my ability to watch my mind Can I have a refund? A: If you'll look more closely, you'll realize that you were not actually thinking and in a state of alert awareness at...

Ngày tải lên: 10/07/2014, 09:32

... Croatia Asthma Spain Cardiovascula r disease Finland Diabetes Spain Vaccination rates Hepatitis A and B Whether reminder of the next vaccine dose sent by SMS increase compliance with hepatitis A ... containment Patients are looking at an intervention using telecommunications broadly, and mobile telephones in particular, to eliminate or at least ameliorate suffering and reduce their financial ... 2003, the average user in the Philippines sent 2,300 messages, making it the world's most avid texting nation SMS is a part in almost all marketing campaigns, advocacy, and entertainment In fact,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:20

... countries are not in the same league as mainland China and India, they certainly have the potential to rival Brazil and Russia in terms of economic clout in coming years Indonesia and Pakistan, with ... Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa Djordjija has authored or coauthored 15 books and more than 120 articles and has delivered lectures at leading universities and international organizations around ... have now been raised about the integrity of management at your Latin American operation In response, you initiate a special investigation to look into the matter The findings are shocking In the...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2014, 16:47

... she thinks a suffragette was an early 80s punk band that's how bad things can get Emancipation isn't getting your tits out and drinking tons of lager and behaving like a lout Being a man isn't ... to make the Mac users laugh Pretend you're using an i-pod by placing a bee in each ear and holding a gaudy pencil case to be in a pain in everyone's rear Entertain the passengers stretch your ... an airborn congestion charge 10 THINGS YOU WOULDN'T WANT FOR CHRISTMAS A dead robin in a sock, a relaxation CD that appears to be voiced by Ian Paisley A pair of trainers pickled in bree A vague...

Ngày tải lên: 14/11/2012, 16:50

... automatically transcribed dialog corpora by modeling dialogs within a probabilistic framework that accounts for transcription errors in a principled way This method may lead to many interesting ... future applications, such as continuous learning of a user model while the dialog system is on-line, enabling automatic adaptation References −5 Truth Manual EM Automatic −6 −7 −8 Manual EM Automatic ... estimated θ using the following three methods: Manual: Let θ be the maximum likelihood estimate using manually transcribed data, i.e., D θasu = PKasu KD a asu Automatic: Let θ be the maximum...

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 09:20