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The United Kingdom: England
Unanswered questions
Cumbria county council confirms 1800 jobs will be cut
Bank of England liquidity auctions
probed by fraud office
England, the United Kingdom and Great Britain
The United Kingdom is a country formed by 4 other countries:
Northern Ireland
Although at the eyes of the international community the UK represent a whole country, each country is considered as a an individual and sovereign
Each nation has its:
own borders
own traditions
own flag
own political leader
Northern Ireland:
Prime ministers and parliaments:
The house of Lords and The house of Commons
PRIME MINISTER: David Cameron
PRIME MINISTER: Hon Carwyn Jones
The Cabinet and The Counsel General
PRIME MINISTER: Alex Salmond
The Scottish Parliament
PRIME MINISTER: Peter D. Robinson
Junior Ministers and departmental ministers
For better understanding...
The first 2 minutes
Britons, British, English
Ethnic groups
: white 87.2%, black/African/Caribbean/black British 3%, Asian/Asian British: Indian 2.3%, Asian/Asian British: Pakistani 1.9%, mixed 2%, other 3.7%
: English and regional languages
: Christian 59.5%, Muslim 4.4%, Hindu 1.3%, other 2%, none 25.7%, unspecified 7.2%
; 63,742,977
Official flag
Political map
5 important dates
Early May Bank Holiday
(first Monday in May)
end of the winter and almost at the beginning of summer
celebrates the hope for the fertility of the land and basically to wish the season to be great
a particular tradition is people dancing shown in the picture below
Social stratification
(The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England Explained:video , 2011)
(Scotland, 2015) (Welsh government, 2015) (Gov.uk, 2015) (Northern Ireland Executive, 2015)
St George's Day
(April 23)
St Georges is patron saint of England.
England national day
People place a red rose in the button hole
Parades and festivals
The Queen's birthday
June 13th
The Queen's real birthday is on April 21st
Since 1748, it has been a tradition to celebrate the queen or king birthday on June
A military parade known as Trooping the Colour is held in London, attended by the Royal Family.
(educationuk,org, 2015)
(educationuk.org, 2015)
Notting Hill Carnival
July 31st
Held in West London
Europe's biggest street festival
Colourful floats and dancers in flamboyant costumes
Music from salsa to reggae
Caribbean food from street stalls
(educationuk.org, 2015)
The UK has a
constitutional monarchy
Combines a monarch head of state and a parliamentary system
Considered a democracy in practice
The Queen is considered the head of state
She does not have a lot of political power
In England
The power resides in the Prime Minister and the the Parliament
Just as any other country that belongs to the UK
How is the government run?
The Prime Minister:
Head of state, the power of decision making resides on him
The Deputy Prime Minister:
Deputy head of government
The cabinet:
Senior members of the government
Divided into to two Houses
House of Lords
House of Commons
3 main political parties:
Other political parties
Green Party
Scottish National Party
Plaid Cymru
British National Party
UK independence Party
Queen Elizabeth the II
God save the Queen!
David Cameron
prime minister
Nick Clegg
deputy prime minster
(Gov.uk, 2015)
(The Telegraph, 2014)
Political rights
Freedom of
Expression and Belief
Personal Autonomy
and Individual Rights
Associational and Organizational Rights
Civil rights
(Freedom House, 2015)
Functioning of Government
Political Pluralism and Participation
Nowadays, England is isn't in a state of war
Although it has been always known for declaring Germany the war after Hitler refused to retreat for Poland-WWII
England is conflict about the Falkland Island with Argentina
(Eyes witness history, 2015)
Unknwon [BrainwaveCreative] (4/05/2010) British Political History Condensed [video] Retrieved from: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNvtTAgnzRo
"How government works" (2015)
Retrieved from: https://www.gov.uk/government/how-government-works#how-governement-is-run
Steven Swinford. (2015, April). The Telegraph. Retrieved from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ed-miliband/11548217/SNP-threatens-to-block-defence-spending-unless-Trident-is-scrapped.html
Unknown [UK Parliament] (25/06/14) How Parliament works in nearly 60 seconds [video] Retrieved from: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbLTwQwXqWc
"Political issues and debates" (2015)
Parliament UK
Retrieved from: http://www.parliament.uk/education/about-your-parliament/current-affairs-and-political-debates/
Paul Whiteley (2014)
Progress online
Retrieved from: http://www.progressonline.org.uk/2011/01/27/who-are-the-liberal-democrats/
"UK political parties list" (2014)
The Telegraph
Retrieved from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/party-policy/7560271/UK-political-parties-list.html
Eyes Witness History. (2015). Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain announces Britain's declaration of war on Germany, September 3, 1939 . Obtenido de Eyes Witness History: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/vocham.htm
Freedom House. (2015). United kIngdom. Obtenido de Freedom House: https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2015/united-kingdom#.VTRRC_mUc1Y
(CIA world fact book, 2015)
Team conclusion
Production Factors:
Economic Systems:
Per Capita Income:
Unemployment Rate:
Inflation Rate:
Central Bank:
It has large coal, natural gas, and oil resources. Also, services like banking, insurance, and business affect the economy (CIA, 2015).
England has a combined economic system having an flowing contribution from both the private and the government sector.
England also functions with a capitalist system.
(Economy Watch, 2010)
The actual GDP is 2522.26
(Trading economics, 2015)
37955.11 US dollars
Protests & Social Stability:
(Trading economics, 2015)
Creative Economy
"The fastest growing business in the world"
(The Creative Economy, 2015).
It's the economy that matters, UK voters tell CNN
UK profit warnings rise on low oil price
What could have caused it to happen?
Why it affects the economy of the country?
How it affects the economy of the country?
Why is it important?
What could have caused it to happen?
Election 2015: Nick Clegg in public servants' pay pledge
What could have caused it to happen?
Election 2015: Tories pledge new childcare places
What could have caused it to happen?
• Who:
Nick Clegg, David Cameron, Labour and The Lib Dem.
• What:
Nick Clegg stated that looking forward for the year of 2016 the public sector wages would increase in real terms and they shall be spared from wage cuts due to Liberal Democrat plans, this if the deficit the UK is going through is already dealt with.
• Why:
Nick Clegg expressed that the public sector has suffered enough and that they deserve to have their wages back to normal balances by the year of 2016.
April 21st, 2015 19:07
• Where:
• How:
The Conservative government will produce an extra 600,000 free childcare places, Labour is investing in cancer diagnosis equipment, and the wage of the parliament is decreased since the Labour manifesto states that the budget should go to those with the lower income.
During the year of 2007 and 2008 there was a financial crisis inside of England that contributed in the recent inflation that the UK is going through as also the deficit that has been present in the country. Also as the wage rate increased so did the unemployment rate and this caused discomfort in England's population.
Has been the head of the Liberal Democrats since the year 2007 as well as the Deputy Prime Minister since 2010. He was introduced to the liberal Parliament in 1999, he is responsible for the creation of one million jobs and for the delivery of £800 tax cut for millions of people.
(Liberal democrats, s.f)
Nick Clegg
Labour party
The labour party started as a parlamentary pressure group that evolved to be a membership party through the 1920s and 1930s. It modernized its campaigns in the 80s and later on, in 1997, included 101 women MPs. It has been in power 23 years out of one hundred that it has been active. Its prioritary mission is to create a lasting progressive future social, political and economical future for the British.
Relationship: Freedom Index (Civil rights)
April 2015
The prime minister pledges more good things that will benefit the workers with young children if he returns into the power but the other parties like the Labor and Liberal party disagree in the way he will do it and are planning to to it different.
He said he will put approximately 600,000 new free childcare places so the parents can go to work. It would be funded by reducing tax relief on pension contributions.
David Cameron, the prime minister and the Conservative party
He have had more experience because he is the current prime minister and he knows what has always being a struggle. With this proposal he says that will make a huge difference and he wants return to the power so he can make possible this idea even though the other parties do not believe in it.
Cameron pledged this because the government noticed that the families are having trouble because they need to go to work so the only choice is to pay for a childcare which cost a lot so it provoking that they were lack of money.
This proposal was criticized by the other parties. Indeed the Labor and the liberal party a similar idea but they have a different way of handling the idea.
For example the Liberal party wants to early-years education too.
David Cameron
He is the leader of the Conservative party of Britain and won the election of prime minister in 2010.
Cameron is important because is the one who is pledging this new free childcare places and is worried about the citizens of the country. He is proposing many ideas so he could won and make them possible.
(biography.com, 2015)
Tristram Hunt
He is the Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central and the shadow education secretary.
He was the one who said that this idea will not work because there are many variable that they are not considering and said that the Labour party has a better idea that really will make a difference.
(theguardian.com, 2015)
Relationship: Political Parties
Elections are heading and every single contestant is preparing for it. They are making pledges in which they explain what they will do if elected and actually help people, but it is merely a way to win voters, to have a good image
this social class owns a low economical lever as well as a low social and cultural capital.
Traditional working class:
the average age is older than the other classes. They are low on the three capitals although they are not the poorest.
Emergent service workers:
This new class has low economic capital but has high levels of 'emerging' cultural capital and high social capital. This group are young and often found in urban areas.
Technical Middle Class:
This is a new, small class with high economic capital but seem less culturally engaged. They have relatively few social contacts and so are less socially engaged.
New Affluent Workers:
This class has medium levels of economic capital and higher levels of cultural and social capital. They are a young and active group.
Established Middle Class:
Members of this class have high levels of all three capitals although not as high as the Elite. They are a gregarious and culturally engaged class.
This is the most privileged class in Great Britain who have high levels of all three capitals. Their high amount of economic capital sets them apart from everyone else.
(Independent, 2013)
SNP threatens to block defence spending unless Trident is scrapped
What could have caused it to happen?
SNP is a party that wants more rights for Scotland and for the United Kingdom, not only for England, but they strongly disagree with the use of many taxes and with the government spending money in things they consider irrelevant. (Steven Swinford, 2015)
Relationship: State of war and Political System
Why do they need a nuclear program if not for war? If the UK really has no interest in any conflicts why is it necesary a defense
Britain's election: rise of Scottish and English nationalists threatens old order
What could have caused it to happen?
April 6, and the elections are on May 7, 2015
With the upcoming elections, England is being threatened to go back to a government as the one they many years ago where politicians only seek the highest position, which is the prime minister, who has in his hands a great political power.
Voters are bailing on the two main parties, the Conservatives and Labour.
The Conservative prime minister and his Labour challenger.
The current Conservative prime minister, David Cameron and Ed Miliband are in competition for the highest position in British politics.
Being prime minister is the position that all political aim in England, he is responsible for making decisions and must be the head of the executive branch of government.
(HistoryLearningSite.co.uk, 2014).
England does not have a separated system with legislative, judicial and executive branches of government; this is why the prime minister basically has all the power in politics.
(White, 2015).
Relationship: Political Figures
The prime minister is the one who takes all the important decisions including the ones that will contribute to the welfare of the citizens, and there have been many proposals including this one. It has always existed competence between parties producing problems and disagreements, and different way of handling the ideas which influence in decision of the election of the prime minister.
David Cameron
He is the current Conservative prime minister.
His role is to be in charge of everything that happens in England politics.
He is important in this new because he is part of one of the most important parties and he is trying to get the post of prime minister.
(David Cameron, 2015).
Ed Miliband
He is the current Leader of the Labour Party and also Leader of the Opposition.
"In politics you don't just have to fight, you have to know whose side you are on".
He is also a politician Leader of the second most important party, and wants to be named prime minister after this years elections.
(Ed Miliband, 2015).
Five important facts
England's population has the highest obesity rate of the European Union with 22.3% of men and 23% of women.
The class system of the country is mostly ruled by manners and and background ( family, education...) instead of money.
England owns the largest tea per capita of the world, that is 22 percent more than the American or the French and 2.5 times more than Japan.
Public schools in England are very expesive and exclusive private schools and ordinary schools are free, they are called state schools.
British police do not carry guns unless it is an emergency.
April 2015
SNP would vote against Commons measures with authorise spending by government departments.
Stewart Hosie, Nicola Sturgeon
and the SNP party.
What and why it happened?
The SNP is prepared to block all government spending on Britain's Trident nuclear defence program, this happened because they said they prefer to use that money in other committees and they disagree with Trident program.
(Steven Swinford, 2015)
Both are part of the SNP party. They are against the Trident and are fighting for Scotland's rights and want the best for their country and the United Kingdom, but many people disagree with them. Which is the importance to be in this new? It is important because elections in England are going to happen soon, and since they have these kind of political issues, people can polarize with one party or idea and they can vote without being informed. (Steven Swinford, 2015)
Stewart Hosie
Nicola Sturgeon
Men who rescued baby from River Severn in Shrewsbury honoured
Where?: Shropshire
When?: 13 February
What?: A baby was rescued from a river
Who?: Andy Hill, James Williams and Mickey Bramall.
How?: Andy Hill, James Williams jumped to the river while Mickey Bramall went for a lifebuoy.
Why?: Because if they had not save the baby, she would have died.
Where?: Cumbria, England
When?: February 2015
Who?: The Cumbria Country Council
What happened?: The Cumbria Country Council announced that 1,800 jobs will be cut over the next three years and that the council taxes will rise 1.99 percent to mitigate the impact and to be able to deliver the services.
Why it happened?: This decision was made in order to make budget savings of £83m.
How?: Reorganizing the way it is run bringing the savings.
General information
Since England has a constitutional monarchy this causes a lot of problems because even though they have the queen, the ones that really take the decisions are the politicians, but England is facing many problems with Scotland so in time of elections there have been a lot of arguments between different parties. (Steven Swinford, 2015)
Important actors
Dave Armstrong Unison's North West regional organizer was the one who said that this cut will damage their local economy even though the rise of taxes.The council will have halved in size since 2010. (BBC, 2015)
Patricia bell Leader and Cabinet member responsible for resources was the one who say that the priority is to protect the services. And that this will be difficult so what they need is to working in a different way, delivering services in new ways, to get more volunteers and to work together.
Politicians are making and effort for improving life of citizens. They are emphasizing in the wages part. Stating people deserve to increase wages in real terms
All of this money is coming from the wage reduction of the wage of the parlament
The Crumbia Country Council announced that they had to make budget savings of 83m to be stable in economy.
Social aspects
White, M. (2015, April 7). Britain's election: Rise of Scottish and English nationalists threatens old order. Retrieved April from
The Prime Minister and British Politics. (2014). Retrieved from
David Cameron. (2015). Retrieved from https://www.conservatives.com/ourteam/david_cameron.aspx
Ed Miliband. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.labour.org.uk/people/detail/ed-miliband
The Battle For Number 10. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/the-battle-for-number-10
Eyes Witness History. (2015). Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain announces Britain's declaration of war on Germany, September 3, 1939 . Obtenido de Eyes Witness History: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/vocham.htm
Freedom House. (2015). United kIngdom. Obtenido de Freedom House: https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2015/united-kingdom#.VTRRC_mUc1Y
Unknwon [BrainwaveCreative] (4/05/2010) British Political History Condensed [video] Retrieved from: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNvtTAgnzRo
"How government works" (2015)
Retrieved from: https://www.gov.uk/government/how-government-works#how-governement-is-run
Steven Swinford. (2015, April). The Telegraph. Retrieved from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ed-miliband/11548217/SNP-threatens-to-block-defence-spending-unless-Trident-is-scrapped.html
Unknown [UK Parliament] (25/06/14) How Parliament works in nearly 60 seconds [video] Retrieved from: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbLTwQwXqWc
"UK political parties list" (2014)
The Telegraph
Retrieved from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/party-policy/7560271/UK-political-parties-list.html
"Political issues and debates" (2015)
Parliament UK
Retrieved from: http://www.parliament.uk/education/about-your-parliament/current-affairs-and-political-debates/
Paul Whiteley (2014)
Progress online
Retrieved from: http://www.progressonline.org.uk/2011/01/27/who-are-the-liberal-democrats/
"Labour and Conservative parties" (2014) Encyclopedia Britanica Retrieved from: http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/133481/Conservative-Party
BBC. (2015). Election 2015: Tories pledge new childcare places. Obtenido de BBC NEWS: http://www.bbc.com/news/election-2015-32407934
biography.com. (2015). David Cameron Biograpghy. Obtenido de biography.com: http://www.biography.com/people/david-cameron-39203
theguardian.com. (2015). Tristram Hunt. Obtenido de The guardian : http://www.theguardian.com/profile/tristramhunt
Mail Online [Abel]. (2015, Abril 14). [Cameron 'We will double universal childcare for working parents'
]. Recuperado de https : //www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbSJZibEp4c
Election 2015: Nick Clegg in public servants' pay pledge. (2015, 04 14). Retrieved from BBC: http://www.bbc.com/news/election-2015-32406128
History of the Labour Party. (n.d.). Retrieved from Labour: http://www2.labour.org.uk/history_of_the_labour_party
Nick Clegg. (n.d.). Retrieved from Liberal Democrats: http://www.libdems.org.uk/nick_clegg
Important actors
James Williams:
He was the man who jumped straight into the water even though the dangerous it could be. He had struggles because she was strapped in a pushchair but he safe her.
The grandmother was walking alongside when the river and strong gust of wind pushed the pram with a 6-month-old baby, felling down into the river.
Important highlights
Di Steer:
The Chief Executive Officer of Royal Life Saving Society UK was the one who think that the three of them deserved to be recognized because not everybody does that.
(rlss.org.uk, 2014)
Queen Elizabeth II
Easter Monday, April 6
It is the last day in a four day weekend.
Some places have egg rolling competitions, parades, dancing fairs or special sport competitions.
Hallaton and Melbourne hold a bottle kicking match.
Comes from a medieval fest called Hocktied.
(Timeanddate, 2015)
History marks the course of the people's culture and behavior
the country's creativity.
Social groups
As a team we were able to realize just how complicated a politic system of a country can be, specially after investigating the UK system and the England's.
It was very interesting to learn about how this works and to know that this comes from a long time ago, and although it has its flaws this political system still is present and still working, and even more important England (UK) still represent one of the most powerful countries in the world, and a great example of a democracy, although officially is not.
Minority groups
Why it affects the economy of the country?
Why is it important?
United Kingdom
All five members of the panel acknowledge on the economy's important role but could not say a solution on how to handle it.
Conservative Pauline Neville-Jones, Labour's Chris Bryant, Liberal Democrat David Steel, Humza Yousaf of the Scottish National Party (SNP), and the UK Independence Party (UKIP)'s Louise Bours
Through a debate, important representatives picked the most important issue in the country. Economy was the result with 54.5% of the votes.
Because people are realizing that in order to get improvement, they need to start by getting the best economy possible.
Economy has always been matter of great importance, since it affects everyone live in the country. For this reason the people who vote are considering the economic contributions of each candidate before making a decision.
Lilian Neville-Jones
*Was a member of the panel.
*She belongs to the Conservative Party.
*She pointed out the public's tendency to take the economy for granted, and justified that "Now that it's functioning well, we're not so worried about it. Earlier on, when we first came in to government, people were extremely worried"(CNN, 2015).
The voters
"The economy affects us all, it's our employment, it's our future"
(Parliament.uk, 2015).
They consider how their decision is going to affect the economy before considering other issues.
Each candidate gave an argument to the public showing what was their position on the issue of the country's economy.
The people are looking for the option that best suits the country's economy, they are not going to settle for having a good economy, because they want to see more results.
With the chosen candidate it will be implemented the economy and the proposals that he had, which can be for better or can lead to a significant economic change.
People see the economy as issue number one, so they expect the candidates to bring amazing results.
(Jones, 2015).
Jones, B. (2015). It's the economy that matters, UK voters tell CNN - CNN.com. Retrieved April 26, 2015, from http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/24/europe/cnn-uk-election-debate/
The Creative Economy. (2015). Retrieved April 26, 2015, from http://www.creativeeconomy.com/index.htm
Baroness Neville-Jones. (2015). Retrieved April 26, 2015, from http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-neville-jones/3840
CIA. (2015). Retrieved from The World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/uk.html
Economy Watch. (2010). Economy Watch. Retrieved from http://www.economywatch.com/world_economy/england
Trading Economics. (2015). United Kingdom GDP per capita . Obtenido de Trading Economics: http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/gdp-per-capita
The Bank of England (2015).About the Bank. Retrieved from http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/about/Pages/default.aspx
UK profit warnings rise on low oil price, says EY - BBC News. (2015). Retrieved April 26, 2015, from http://www.bbc.com/news/business-32472570
Social aspects
Gender division of work
Social role by age
Through the first months of 2015.
Profit warnings from UK-listed companies rose, the rise was in part due to the low oil price.
UK-listed companies
5.4% of quoted companies issued profit warnings in the period
Growing competitive pressures
The price of oil has an important part of it because it has fallen by more than 40% since 2014. Currently a barrel stands at $65, and at the beginning of this year, it was below $50.
Ernst & Young (EY).
*Company in charge of the report given.
*They are an organization committed to building a better working world committed to building a better working world and greater collaboration.
(EY.com, 2015)
British companies
Like: Eland Oil & Gas, Perenco, Britoil, among others.
Half of the 16 warnings in oil price volatility were made by oil and gas companies.
EY difference: High-performing teams delivering exceptional client service. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.ey.com/UK/en/About-us
Spickernell, S. (2015, April 26). Low oil prices drive up profit warnings. Retrieved from http://www.cityam.com/214490/low-oil-prices-lead-drive-company-profit-warnings-uk
(Spickernell, 2015)
14 per cent of the UK population are from ethnic minorities.
Experts predict that as a result, by the middle of the century between 20 per cent and 30 per cent of the population (up to 16million people) will be from a minority community.(
Daily Mail,
The largest minority ethnic and racial groups in England
Low-cost oil is reinforcing the demand and it is giving central banks inflation breathing space. But, this recovery is uncertain.
*Black African
*Black Caribbean
This makes a tough environment for companies to plan or invest
This groups suffer of
Examples: Xenophobia, islamophobia
and anti-simitism
In 2011/12, the number of crimes
aggravated by religious hatred or racism in the UK
topped the number of 100 per day. (InterNations,2015)
Social etiquette:
*Speak w. politeness
Food and drinks:
*Importance of pubs
*Fish and chips+curry
B-pop: that refers to the incoming pop music form Britain.
Indie music: Alternative music, consider more a concept of thinking.
Mods: Jazz, blues and so.
Pop Culture
Family Drug and Alcohol Courts to be extended in England
Edward Timpson MP
for Education
Mark Carney
Martin Weale
*He is a Monetary Policy Committee Member.
*"Inflation is likely to stay very low until the sharp fall in oil prices lies more than a year in the past."
*He is acting with the bank, in order to get inflation back to target.
East Sussex, Kent and Medway, Plymouth, Torbay and Exeter, and West Yorkshire.
February 2015
Family Drug and Alcohol Court will open more courts in England.
Family Drug and Alcohol Court
London FDAC will be expanding their branches thanks to the Department for Education.
Because families with at least one parent that has an addiction need help with their kids all over England.
The FDAC is extending because there is a considerable big amount of parents that are addicts to drugs. There is the need in England for all of them to have access to a court case, so their kids have a future insured.
A lot of single mothers, and dysfunctional families. The FDAC is providing help for them so their kids can have a healthy family. As well, they are reducing the opportunity for a kid to be having alcohol and drugs problems when growing up.
*Is the institution responsible for providing education to addicted parents.
*Is the one who provides foster families while parents go through the intoxication process.
February 18
The Bank of England sees the possibility of keeping the interest rates below 0.5%.
The Bank of England.
Inflation may turn weaker than expected, and this means England will have it fastest growth since 2006.
Inflation could fall below zero thanks to the low oil prices.
*Carney is one of the most important politic figures in England.
*He is the BoE (Bank of England) governor.
* "UK inflation predicted to fall to lowest level in 25 years".
The interest rate is keeping on hold lower than 0.5 percent because inflation fell last month to 0.3 percent. The main reason for this to happen is the decreasing price of oil. So, inflation is likely to stay at a very low rate.
The fact that inflation, interest, and oil price rate is at a very low percentage affects all the population because its affecting all of the country's economy.
Through this semester and the the partial projects that composed it, we were able to identify the most important aspects of the UK referring to its politics, economics and social aspects.
We were able to realize many things about the country overall, and we were capable to comprehend the importance of the UK in the international aspects.
A very interesting thing that we learned was the confusion that it exist around the topic of what the United Kingdom is and the difference between UK and England.
Referring to this same situation, it was amusing to learn about how the British people feel about the situation, making this an important part of the England culture
It is important to clarify that the English people and the rest of the UK does not feel unified and that is why their countries are considered as sovereign.
What is unemployment rate?
29872.00 thousands employed people
and 772.40 thousands of unemployed people of 64.3 million people in England.
What does it means?
Last year, the country had one of the highest numbers in employment and lower in unemployment, this means for England that as years go by, more monetary income comes for the country and the country's economic power increases. But this improvement in their numbers also mean that there exist more social stability, less protests about unemployment and less people migrating to other countries in search for works. However, this also means that people from other parts of the world are coming to England looking for work opportunities.
The inflation rate was recorded at 0.30 percent in January of 2015. (Trading economics, 2015)
England's bank is The United Kingdom Central Bank. It was founded in 1694.
(Bank of England, 2015)
Where? England
When? This year
How? By investigating if staff knew or form part in possible manipulation of auctions they held.
Who? The Serious Fraud Office (SFO)
What and why it happened? The (SFO) is investigating the Bank of England because they are having their doubts lent money to banks during the financial crisis because they think that they were making everybody believe that the market was bigger.
Important actors
Kamal Ahmed
He is a British journalist of BBC who thinks that what happened was that banks exaggerated the value to give the impression of stronger, with or without the permission of Bank of England officials.
Lord Grabiner QC
He is senior barrister, he has being appointed conduct an independent inquiry into the liquidity auctions by the bank because they want to make their own investigations and they think that he is the right one to do this job.
The financial crisis of 2007 and 2008 , the Bank launched a new type of liquidity auction which was called long-term repo open market operations in this liquidity auction the banks were able to put up a wider range of assets against the three-month loans.
This article has relation because is mainly about how the central bank could have controlled some economical aspects in the financial crisis making it worse.
Relation with economical aspects
With this article we cannot know what really happened, but what we are sure is that something was controlled in a bad way coming from the central bank or another bank.
UK unemployment falls to 1.86 million
General information
Where? UK
When? This year
How? Adjusting to Tories' failing plan has left working people £1,600 a year worse off since 2010"
Who? The citizens
What happened? Unemployment has continuing to fall, however; the wage growth exceeding inflation growth in the five years ago.
The total pay before was 2.4% lower, the average earnings including bonuses was 2.1 lower and the number out of work was of 97,000 and everything notably increased now.
*Refers to a violent, and destructive behavior by supporters of association football clubs, including brawling, vandalism and intimidation.
*Anti-establishment views and the promotion of individual freedom.
*The punk subculture is centered on a loud, aggressive genre of rock music called punk rock.
*People who likes their art and music with an alternative or indie edge.
*Focused on British café racer
Motorcycles and Rock'n'Roll music
Important actors
James Sproule
He is the chief economist at the Institute of Directors. He was the economist who said that the wage will go one rising as the competition for talent intensify.
The chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce was the one who said that the youth unemployment was higher that the adult unemployment, and that they will start to look for ways to change it.
David Kern
Are expected to go to school, learn the basic system of the social living, learn to socialize, and learn manners.
The relation of this article with the economical aspects is that this was mainly about the unemployment rate, which has rise but what is strange is that the wage has also rise more than the inflation rate in the few years ago which has been surprisingly good.
Are expected to go through high-school and so on, until they take the SAT exam.
Teens can start to apply for simple jobs, so they can win experience.
Young adults:
Study a Major in a university
They are expected to start to contribute to the society = work.
Relation with economical aspects
Contribute to society, meaning: working, apply to the rules, pay taxes, etc.
Form a family (if is the case) and if so, teach manners, etiquette, social behavior, etc.
Elderly people:
Help in families, pass knowledge through generations.
We can conclude with this article that in UK even though the unemployment rate has grown, the salary rise, thank of that the economy has not resent as it should.
In England, gender division of work is delimited by the occidental society,and as we already know, there is a type of discrimination in this society where women receive less payment than men for the same work, and in the occidental society, there are many paradigms that tend to make women specialize more in emotional, caring services in the health, social work and education sectors, such as being nurses, teachers, secretarial occupations, social workers, psychologists, nanny, etc. In Western society women also do unpaid works in the home such as being housewives and moms. On the other hand, men tend to work in business, engineering, hard manual labor,industries, etc. Also according to our society, men should work for more hours because they are the money providers. (Elizabeth Washbrook, 2007)
CIA. (2015). Retrieved from The World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/uk.html
Economy Watch. (2010). Economy Watch. Retrieved from http://www.economywatch.com/world_economy/england
0-14 years:
17.3% (male 5,660,891/female 5,380,448
15-24 years:
12.6% (male 4,116,859/female 3,945,146)
25-54 years:
41% (male 13,299,731/female 12,843,937)
55-64 years:
11.5% (male 3,621,110/female 3,702,717)
65+ years:
17.3% (male 4,990,024/female 6,182,114)
BBC . (5 de March de 2015). Bank of England liquidity auctions probed by fraud office. Obtenido de News business : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-31739051
BBC. (18 de February de 2015). UK unemployment falls to 1.86 million. Obtenido de New Business: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-31515556
(Milliken, D., & Bruce, A, 2015)
(Berg, S,2015)
(CIA world fact book, 2015)
(International Studies Aboard, 2014)
(Learn English culture, 2014)
(Englandforever, 2015)
(Milliken, D., & Bruce, A, 2015)
(Inman, P. 2015)
(The Guardian, 2015).
(Gov.uk, 2015)
*He is the man who is appealing to the court in order for this to treat more cases.
*Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families.
*"Importantly, FDAC has the support of parents themselves, which is crucial to its success."
In conclusion, we learned as a team a lot about England. It was interesting to realize that by searching information from this country, is possible to also learn from other cultures around the world that are part of England's society.
Thorough history, England has always been one of the most important countries, and the innovation in their actions reflect in history.
With history, British people has been able to crate an identity that influence all the social and economic sectors of the country.
We can conclude that we can learn a lot from different countries, their culture, government, traditions, among other things.
Chapman, J. (2014). Daily Mail. Obtenido de http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2620957/Ethnic-minorities-make-one-population-2050-Britains-melting-pot-continues-grow.html
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Britain now has 7 social classes - and working class is a dwindling breed. (03 de April de 2013). Obtenido de Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/britain-now-has-7-social-classes--and-working-class-is-a-dwindling-breed-8557894.html
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Bobby E. Nichols, 75, of Texarkana, AR passed away October 11, 2013 in a local hospital. Mr. Nichols was born March 21, 1938 in Corsicana, TX. He was a veteran of the U. S. Air Force; a Mason; and a member of the Lions Club.
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As much as I enjoy spending time with my fellow dog fanciers, it is a bit like belonging to a secret society replete with its own language, e.g., "typey"; wardrobe, e.g., grooming smock, not by Kate Spade; and gang signs, e.g., throw the bait. For some time now, I have been grounding myself with exposure to the non-show-going public. Of course, I can't just walk up to stranger at Whole Foods and announce that I attend dog shows. I have to have some common ground and some common language. Like sitting at the dog park and asking the guy with the rescue Greyhound, "Did you see that dog show on TV last night?" There's the opener for a possible conversion.
While I only rarely meet people who have not heard of the Westminster Kennel Club show, other events have virtually no visibility to the public at large. I would like to remedy that. That's why I've added the Oklahoma City Summer Classic to my schedule of dog show clusters I will visit this year. It is exactly the kind of dog show experience that both show folk and the general dog-loving public can enjoy. The four-show set, hosted by the Mid-Del-Tinker Kennel Club and the Oklahoma City Kennel Club for the last seven years will be held June 28-July 1 this year. In the past, the Saturday event was taped for broadcast, but it has struggled to find a network sponsor and will not be televised this year.
The OKC Summer Classic offers everything exhibitors and spectators want in a multi-show venue. The cluster boasts a central, easily accessible location and a state of the art facility close to some of the best dining, shopping and lodging options you will see all year. There are large, all-breed events with several specialty events and supported entries, providing multiple chances at majors. Spectators and exhibitors alike will enjoy the fun-themed days. This year's cluster has a tropical, island theme and will give exhibitors a chance to pull out the cruise wardrobe with prizes each day for best dressed. There will be "Meet The Breeds" for spectators and multiple seminars for exhibitors who want to expand their knowledge.
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text: I heard crying one day outside our house and I thought it was someone's new puppy doing the usual, until the little cry sounded so sad and I heard it again the next day. My brother and I went on a search, and found a little puppy, Chubby, hiding behind a small tree. We looked up and he had a little brother scared to death a step higher up at the edge of our neighborhood's woods! They had been abandoned for dead with the pound already called by some neighbors. My brother and I rescued them, got them cleaned up, vaccinated, and got them a sleeping place, pen, ad toys. They were the best dogs, and amazingly healthy for being left in the woods! We think it was our love and their strength that gave them such quick rehabilitation. Cocoa found a home with my brother's friend in about two weeks. Another family wanted to adopt Chubby, but wouldn't be able to get him for another week or so, and he stayed with me. He became the love of my life. He is the sweetest, most grateful puppy, both basically potty-trained themselves. As he's grown he looks like a terrier mix, as he has lots of little whiskers around his face. The only thing Chubby needs is for his family to be around him and he's in bliss. I had already promised Chubby so I gave him to his deserved family, but I miss him every day. His impact has led our family to get a dog in need of a home, and we've found one that will be old enough just in time for Christmas! We can't wait to have a furry family again! I'm naming him C.J. - Chubby Jr.. Chubby will always have my heart.Add to Favorites


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Daily-Deal Sites Stand to Get $100 Million in Holiday Gift SalesDouglas MacMillan
Groupon Inc., LivingSocial.com and other daily-deal sites are vying for as much as $100 million in online-coupon sales this holiday season as shoppers look to the Web for discounted gifts.
U.S. consumers will spend $80 million to $100 million on daily-deal gifts between Thanksgiving and Christmas, estimates the website Yipit, which aggregates offers from a range of companies. The amount is up from $15 million to $20 million during the same period a year ago, Yipit said.
Daily-deal companies are courting holiday shoppers with a variety of offers, including Christmas tree bargains, helicopter flights and discounted stays in the Bahamas. These sites appeal to people who want to share experiences, rather than just products, said Jim Moran, co-founder of New York-based Yipit.
"Because of daily deals, holiday gifts aren't limited to physical goods anymore," Moran said. "Now you can buy family and friends fun dining experiences, classes and services no matter where they live."
In a poll of 10,000 Yipit users, more than 90 percent said they were likely to buy a daily deal as a gift this year.
Groupon, which held an initial public offering earlier this month, prepared for the shopping season by analyzing shopping trends on its site last year.
Grouponicus Site
"We looked at all of the deals we ran and all of the deals that we sold, and we wanted to zero in on things that were resonating with folks during the holiday season," said Aaron Cooper, a senior vice president at the Chicago-based company.
Groupon expanded its holiday shopping site, called Grouponicus, to more than 40 cities, up from 20 last year. It also added more deals involving unique experiences, including tickets to the Ellen DeGeneres television show and a half-price helicopter ride in New Jersey. Many of the holiday discounts are available for three or more days, instead of the site's usual 24 hours, to give shoppers more time to decide, Cooper said.
The holidays may see an increase in national brands promoting goods on discount sites, according to Peter Krasilovsky, vice president and program director at research firm BIA/Kelsey.
"What we'll see at Christmas this year, more than we have in the past, is a lot of national brand sales," Krasilovsky said. "Some of these national brand deals may provide an alternative to Black Friday," the day following Thanksgiving that is popular with shoppers. It's so named because that's the day many retailers theoretically go into the black for the year.
Clothes, Movies
American Apparel Inc. is offering a $50 gift certificate for $25 on Groupon's page of holiday offers. Fandango will offer discounted movie tickets through daily-deal service Tippr.
LivingSocial, the second-largest daily deal site, plans to donate a portion of the proceeds from some deals to a charity between Dec. 5 and Dec. 16 -- continuing a tradition from the past two years. The site will also focus on offers that are suited to gifts, said Maire Griffin, a spokeswoman for the Washington, D.C.-based company.
"Every deal that we offer during that time is a really giftable deal -- a lot of spas and restaurants -- as opposed to deals that aren't necessarily giftable, like Botox or auto mechanic work," Griffin said.
Martin Tobias, chief executive officer of Tippr, said he expects a 30 percent increase in sales during the holiday season. Last year, the company offered a precooked fried turkey that was popular around Thanksgiving.
Another site, Bloomspot, expects a 35 percent increase in sales from holiday shoppers, according to CEO Jasper Malcolmson. That's partly because people are buying more expensive items as gifts, such as travel packages that cost more than $100.
Even though some shoppers will stuff stockings with online coupons, the industry may not get as big a holiday jolt as e-commerce in general, said Sucharita Mulpuru, an analyst at Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Forrester Research Inc.
"These prepaid voucher sites tend to be driven by the opportunity to buy a great deal and less by the season, so I don't think that they get the same holiday lift that other companies do," Mulpuru said.
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I'm flying out to Sydney on the 23rd Jan and thinking of heading up the east Coast after a few weeks. Just wondering if anyone else has the same idea and wanted to meet up?
I'm flying out to Sydney on the 23rd Jan and thinking of heading up the east Coast after a few weeks. Just wondering if anyone else has the same idea and wanted to meet up?
Hi M,
I am heading out end of Feb and was planning to staying around Sydney for a few days to do the usual sightseeing and then going to Cairns to see GRB. I can change plans around (go on a road trip for example and then get back to Sydney towards the end of my 3 week trip). I have no hostel booked yet or anything....But I ordered visa through USIT. I dont really know anybody there...so would appreciate some company for 1-2 days..until I familiarize myself with the place. My email is -snip-
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Would be more than happy to meet up out there, I'm not sure where i'll be but if you let me know when you arrive we can arrange something. Do you have facebook?
Hi Megan, ive been in aus for just over 6 months now and am looking to do east coast trip from Sydney to Darwin for 2 months starting on 1st Feb. Id love to rent a camper and have an amazing road trip seeing everything the east coast has to offer. If it sounds like a good plan or ure interested let me know.
Hey David,
Sounds good! Definitely something i'd like to do, have you got facebook?
Hey guys, I've been in Sydney since May last year and I'm looking to do the East Coast as well.. I was thinking of doing it in March but a couple weeks earlier wouldn't matter.. Let me know ur plans if you've got a spare space and don't mind I'd love to join.
Thanks Serina
Hey Serina,
I'm actually thinking about going the first week of March now so would be ideal time for you too. Not really sure on my plans until I get to Sydney but would like to get a car/ camper van. Would be good to meet up when I get to Sydney
Sounds good Megan definitely should meet up. I will inbox u on here with my Aus number
Serina x


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Rope: "I'm fit to be tied"
Knot: Cross arms in front and say "What knot"
Cub Scout: "Where's the cookies?"
Den meeting: "Paint, cut, glue"
For those of you who can't imagine that a ROPE can come alive, this story may be hard to believe. Once there was a four foot piece of ROPE who wanted to become a CUB SCOUT. The ROPE knew that in DEN MEETINGS CUB SCOUTS learned to tie KNOTS in ROPES. He had always wanted to learn how to tie himself into a KNOT. So the ROPE checked with a CUB SCOUT that he knew to find out when the next DEN MEETING was to be held. He put on his best tie, hitched up his pants, and headed for the meeting. The ROPE could tell he was at the right house because several CUB SCOUTS were arriving to begin the DEN MEETING. The ROPE walked right in and said to the den leader "I want to be a CUB SCOUT and attend your DEN MEETINGS". But the den leader said "I cannot let a ROPE be a CUB SCOUT!" Well the ROPE was really upset. He ran out of the DEN MEETING, knot knowing what to do next. He ran outside into the gravel road and was run over by a bread truck. The ROPE was tumbled, rolled, crunched, and in general, pretty messed up. His ends were all unraveled, and he had been twisted into a quadruple half hitch KNOT. The ROPE could not even remember who he was. But somehow he remembered he wanted to be a CUB SCOUT and that a DEN MEETING was going on that he should be attending. he stumbled to the front door and knocked. When the CUB SCOUT den leader opened the door, there was the unraveled half hitched ROPE. "I want to be a CUB SCOUT," said the ROPE. The den leader looked at him and said, "Aren't you the ROPE that was here a few minutes ago?" The ROPE looked right at the den leader and shouted, "I'm a frayed KNOT".


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Angry Birds is top game for smart phones
SMART PHONES Creator of Angry Birds plans new versions, toys
Published 4:00 am, Saturday, November 20, 2010
Small and scrappy, their eyebrows thick and angled with determination, the Angry Birds have become the latest gaming sensation among smart-phone users.
More than 10 million copies of the game have been purchased on iPhones and 5 million have been downloaded on Android phones. It has catapulted to No. 1 in Apple's App Store in 69 countries. In the United States, it has ranked in the top three since spring. Players spend more than an hour on it each day.
Soon it will spread its wings even more, with plush toys arriving in stores in time for the holidays, as well as a holiday-themed version of the game. It is also due to land on Facebook in the first half of next year, and eventually for the Xbox, Playstation 3 and Wii. Rovio Mobile, the Finnish game developer that created Angry Birds, has even been shopping around a television show or film. It has opened an office in Palo Alto.
The concept of the game is simple: The Angry Birds are going after the evil green pigs, which have stolen their eggs. The pigs hide behind a barricade configured in different combinations of wood, glass and stone. Players launch the birds into the air one by one, trying to knock down the barricade and hit the pigs.
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Each bird is distinct. The little blue bird splits into three in midair, for example, and the yellow bird has a turbo boost. The Mighty Eagle is a new character that should hatch in the next week or so. In the future, gamers will also be able to play from the pigs' perspective.
Rovio CEO Mikael Hed recently talked about the company's plans for Angry Birds.
Q:Where did Angry Birds come from?
A: Our game designer, Jaakko Iisalo, came up with a mock screen shot for a game with angry-looking round bird characters who were trudging along the ground with dust trailing behind them and moving toward a pile of blocks. Everybody loved those bird characters so we designed a game around (them).
Q:What do you think is so appealing about these birds?
A: Probably the attitude of the birds. They're nice, but they have character at the same time. They are not pushovers. Someone stole their eggs and they are going to get them back.
Q:You released it in Finland. What happened next?
A: We launched it just before Christmas last year. Finland had such a small user base. When the game was launched, all of us who had iPhones and friends and family who had iPhones downloaded the game. Just with that, it became the top 10 in Finland. What we didn't anticipate was it continued to rise to No. 1 and stayed there. Our expectation, having looked at how other games and apps performed, was that it would go to the top 10 and stay there for a little bit and then quite quickly drop out again.
A few weeks later, when the game was still No. 1, we started to have a feeling that people really liked the app. It started to spread to other countries. Sweden was next. It took until mid-February of this year for it to become really popular in (Britain). It took a couple more months before it was noticed in the U.S. and then it was featured in the U.S. App Store and after that it went to No. 1 in the U.S.
Q:And now you're going to expand it.
A: Our plan from the start was let's start with the app store and if we are successful, then we would expand to other platforms. If we were successful with smart phones, then we would go to PCs and Macs and consoles. That is what we are doing today. We are still following the same business plan.
But at some point we realized we had created something that has the potential to be much more than a game. People spend so much time with the game and these characters and this world that they want more of it. So the next logical steps are first the toys and the merchandising part. We are already selling some plush toys on our website, and those will be in stores nationwide very soon. And a lot more merchandise is on its way.
Q:What kind?
A: There are board games and more toys. There is a rather long list of merchandise - bean bags, iPhone and iPad covers and T-shirts. It will start to roll out in early 2011.
Q:What kind of television show or film are you looking to produce?
A: We have not announced anything on that side. The only thing certain is we are not aiming for a kids-only audience, just like the game is not a children's title only. The vast majority of the users are not kids.
We have a very wide demographic for the game and we want the same wide target audience for the broadcasting side too. It will not be a purely children's cartoon. You can think of it perhaps like "The Simpsons" or some of the high-end stop-animation you see in film today. It will be a concept that works well for the whole family.
Q:How else do you plan to expand?
A: There are new versions of the game that are coming out. We are doing a holiday version of the game, and then we are working on other Angry Birds-branded games that might have completely different game play in them, so there is plenty more.
Our role model in gaming is game franchises like Super Mario Bros., where the same characters and the world that users have gotten to know so well are then used in many different types of games. That is what we would like to do with Angry Birds also.


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Welcome to the February issue of Asia Pacific Intelligence. This month we open with a focus on all things Japanese, as the markets and economy that many have dismissed as moribund are slowly coming back to life, under the regime change of new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and a growing awareness that the country must deal with its crippling level of debt. Japan has a debt burden worse than Greece says Chris Rigg, manager of the Audley Japan Opportunities Fund in the first of our interviews and predicts rich returns as the country transforms.
Stefan Nilsson of HFC Advisory Group outlines for our readers the size, scope and predilections of the Japanese hedge fund market, both from within and without, and we have a note that the Japanese Government Pension Fund, the biggest pension pot in the world, is finally looking at investing in alternatives. Our final piece on Japan is an interview with Patric�� de Gentile Williams, head of seeding at Man's FCA who has invested $25m with Japanese long short hedge fund manager Toby Bartlett at Arena.
Other countries covered this month are India where Dr Vinay Nair of Ada Investments believes that the potential for the development of a local hedge fund industry is as ripe as it was in the US in the 1980s.
We also take a look at Australia, where the government's introduction of a new visa may produce rich pickings for hedge fund managers, according to BasisPoint's David Chin.
Finally, we have our usual round up of hedge fund news for January and for the whole region.
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Beverly has also worked extensively in the hedge fund conference industry, chairing and filming interviews at events for the GAIM conferences among others.
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I can't quite believe that I have yet to write a post here about fitspiration, given the ire that it provokes in me. And there you have it, right off the bat, my bias: I find fitspiration to be incredibly problematic – this will be controversial, but I often wonder if it could be more dangerous than thinspiration, in its subtleness. Fitspiration posts closely resemble what we are asked to do with our bodies every single day: eat "clean," work out in a gym, put mind over matter, be productive, and succeed. Unlike thinspiration, these messages target a wide demographic of people with and without eating disorders; they carry neoliberal undertones (ok, probably overtones).
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On Monday I sent this text message to my daughter:"Happy first day of your last semester of college…"
As I was hitting send, I was thinking about how it feels like it was only a short time ago that she was starting her first day of college. Fast forward four years and I am even more surprised with all of the prepping going into her next stage of life as a college graduate.
For many college graduates, it's their first time stepping into the job market. A couple of common entry level roles in organizations include customer service and accounts payable (AP) representatives. I mentioned this to a couple of my daughter's friends and their reactions were less than enthusiastic.
I quickly realized that college may have taught them a lot of things, but there are still misconceptions out there when it comes to such jobs. So, I thought it was worth sharing some information regarding those positions and what I'm hearing from my customers that are hiring for these roles.
- Traditional roles in customer service are evolving into more strategic and satisfying positions.
A few years ago, a Customer Service Representative (CSR) may have spent the majority of their time receiving orders over a fax machine, keying in the order, and then filing the paperwork associated with it. In many situations, this is no longer the case. Instead, the customer service department is growing in importance as it is the face of the organization to customers.
- Customer experience has become one of the key differentiators in markets where products are very similar, and sometimes identical.
Companies are making large investments in automation to improve the customer experience where it can be improved by technology. At the same time, they are recognizing that technology can only get them so far. This exponentially increases the value of CSRs who have great communication, empathy, and problem-solving skills — things that cannot be solved by technology and are vitally important to the success of the company.
- Accounts payable departments are evolving in a much similar way.
It's no longer just about getting invoices in, processing them, and sending out the payments. Accounts payable departments are increasingly being looked at as potential profit centers and some are even referring to themselves as customer service for the supplier community of the organization.
- Invoice processing are not the primary job of the AP department.
Judy Bicking shared that the true value of AP staff members to the organization is to get data off invoices and to utilize that data to the benefit of the company. This includes working strategically with procurement to see where they can make improvements across the process to add efficiency and deliver cost savings.
Landing that first job will allow you to start to build a network within your industry. There could be an open position that is your ideal role in a few years and you may not even know that it exists unless you know the right people. You'll have the opportunity to meet people who started in the same role that you are in now. Learning from them and staying in touch can help you build your knowledge in your current role and also allow them to keep you in mind when an opportunity to take your career to the next level arises.
With all that being said, my daughter still has one semester of college left. I'm going to try and find some time to get back up to visit her a couple more times before she has to enter "the real world". I am excited to see where her journey takes her — but if it's across the country, our weekends together will require much more planning and plane tickets.


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Demonstrations against the military presence in the border towns of Mexico have swept across the country over the last few days. Mexico's drug cartels have been the primary catalyst for a wave of crime and violence that have shaken the country to its core. Widespread corruption among the police led government officials to take the drastic step of sending 40,000 soldiers into towns and cities along the border of the United States.
The protesters, many carrying placards denouncing the military in their communities, are tapping into the widespread discontent that many Mexicanos feel about the the way President Felipe Calderon is handling the escalating drug wars. Brenda Contreras told the AP that her husband had been detained by soldiers three months prior and since then she has not heard from him, "Where he is, only the army knows," she said.
Human rights complaints against the soldiers have also risen dramatically since the patrols began about 2 years ago. But the government has little choice left in the matter. With pervasive corruption among police, government and public officials, President Felipe Calderon took steps to militarize border towns in an attempt to protect them from the violence, kidnappings and murders associated with the ongoing drug wars.
Robert Pastor, a Latin American national security adviser for President Jimmy Carter told CNN, "The grisly portrait of violence is unprecedented and horrific."
A few weeks ago, House Speaker Newt Gingrich called the situation in Mexico a civil war, and Larry Birns, director of the Washington-based Council on Hemispheric Affairs, agrees. "Of course it's a civil war, but that only touches the violence of it. It's also a civic conflict, as an increasing number of people look upon the law and democratic values as something that can be violated."
But Peter Hakim, president of the Inter-American Dialogue, a Washington-based policy center, disagrees, "One has to be careful and not overdo it. Mexico is a long way from being a failed state. Mexico has real institutions. It paves roads and collects the garbage. It holds regular elections."
Hakim does however see the situation as dire, "I don't think there's any question that Mexico is going through a very rough time," he continued, "Not only is there violence with the gangs, but the entire population is very scared."


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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Calling all rowdy Frog fans!
For a number of years now, those rowdier fans have retreated back to the student section and provided their energy from the top of Section X. But because nobody out there is getting any younger, there will come a point in every Frog fan's life when they are, sadly, too old to sit in the student section.
So instead of continuing to be the old creepertons at the top of the student section, I propose a section of young whipper-snappers closer the the field (and the opposing team's ears) in Section V.
I realize that sitting in X is an easy escape from the "down in front" complaints that you get from older folks who think it's inappropriate to make as much noise as possible when the opposing team is facing a crucial 3rd Down. But if we get enough like-minded fans who want to turn Amon G. Carter into the feared environment that it ought to be, then the whining will be drowned out by our strength in numbers. Who knows, maybe our enthusiasm will even be contagious enough to actually get other fans to join in the fun.
2010 could be another huge season for Frog football, so if you want to be in a section of other rowdy young alumni and help set the tone for the rest of the stadium, call up the TCU Ticket Office and get your season tickets in the first 20 rows of Section V...and get your vocal chords ready. If you can't get season tickets, just come sit down there- we'll make room for you.
Go Frogs.
11 comments:
- LT4heisman said...
Goodbye drunken sorority sluts. Hello drunken sorority ALUMNI sluts.
- March 31, 2010 at 1:35 PM
- BuckNasty said...
A bunch of us just purchased tickets in Sec. V. Come join us, unless your a complete douche that doesn't like to stand up and gets offended very easily.
- March 31, 2010 at 1:39 PM
- short side floption said...
Do they allow standing room only in the areas directly behind the opposing bench without seats in them? I went over there last year against UNLV to heckle the one O lineman who was cheapshotting Jerry Hughes and their was no one in them except cops. Those are large areas where a fairly large amount of people could stand and we would be literally 5 ft, from the players and coaches. Or does the FWPD constantly need a 25 ft radius to stand there and do nothing?
- March 31, 2010 at 1:54 PM
- Angry Trey said...
Im glad you picked section V because I purchased season tickets two weeks ago for section V. See you there!
- March 31, 2010 at 3:47 PM
- LENEtown Fizzle said...
row 12 bitches
- March 31, 2010 at 4:45 PM
- THEFINCH said...
row 12 is full of spitblood allstars, just joined
- March 31, 2010 at 4:58 PM
- Lyle Lanley said...
Spread the word- let's fill that section up with folks who want to be real fans.
- March 31, 2010 at 5:09 PM
- D said...
row 20 is high rolling as well
- March 31, 2010 at 5:45 PM
- John Lamberth said...
Me and my crew have been in Section V(ictory) for years... we've got old alumni that get rowdy just above the portal
- April 1, 2010 at 9:36 AM
- Adam said...
I've been in section V for years. It's where the alumni who don't have kids are supposed to sit.
- April 1, 2010 at 9:47 AM
- Sir Wesley Willis said...
row 13 is where it's at. You know how some buildings don't have a 13th floor? Well.. I was trying to work that into something awesome, but fail.
Anyway, to answer SSF question, no they don't allow you stand there, and it's SO frustrating. But, from the 12th and 13th rows you can still hurl as many adjectives and expletives as you want at the other team and get heard every now and again/get dirty looks from everyone around you.
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It pains me to say it, but I've left Ubuntu as my primary OS and switched to Mac. I used Ubuntu as my primary operating system on my Dell laptop for over two years. I loved it. I felt very productive in the OS, especially relative to Windows. Many people have commented on how excited I must be ("Dude, you're getting a Mac!") but for me it kind of feels like it did when we moved out of the house our kids were born in–I know we moved for the right reasons, but the old place was special to me.
So why the switch? With Ubuntu there were a few annoyances. The major ones included:
- Palm Treo synchronization. Worked in Gutsy once then started working fine after upgrading to Hardy Heron so this one wasn't ultimately a factor.
- OpenOffice.org incompatibilities with Microsoft Office. At Optaros we've tuned most of our standard documents to work with both. Just to make sure I always sent a PDF version of documents and presentations along with the original.
- Broken wireless with the upgrade to Hardy Heron. Worked great in Gutsy. Completely broke in Hardy. The problem is a bug in Network Manager related to the Intel wireless device in Dell laptops. I learned to live without wireless.
- Unreliable display detection. This is correctable with edits to xorg.conf, but when my machine couldn't detect the projector settings, it was usually 10 minutes before a pitch which is a bad time to be fooling with that file.
- Inability to host a Webex. I worked around this one by dual booting, running a virtual machine image, or using an alternate machine. Co-workers running Gentoo don't seem to have a problem with Webex so I'm not sure what was going on here.
- Gnome instability. Every once-in-a-while, I'd hear my hard drive start swapping and then–boom–all of the "file menu" frames around all of my active windows, and all of my Java processes would simply go away. There was no way to recover without restarting X (ctrl+alt+backspace). Gnome is probably not an accurate description of where the problem was here.
Could I have fixed these issues? Given enough time, probably. But I'd rather spend my time elsewhere rather than fooling around with stuff that ought to "just work".
I realized that what made my development so productive on Ubuntu was:
- Being able to install software quickly and easily through apt-get
- Working with the same command-line tools I enjoy working with on Linux and Unix servers
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- Having complete control over what is installed and running at any given time
- Enjoying increased stability and performance (gnome issue aside) compared to Windows
- Never having to worry about procuring a license
- Finding helpful community and online resources for self-support
Ultimately it was my former colleague and friend, Tom Pierce, a fellow Linux lover and Mac user, who convinced me that with a Mac I could keep the productivity of Linux while gaining the benefit of a consumer-oriented machine–Mac users don't have to settle for broken wireless or worry that an archaic projector will derail a client presentation. (To be fair, neither do Linux users with the time and inclination to work through the issues).
So I bit the bullet and switched. At least on my primary work machine. My wife and kids still run Ubuntu on their desktop, my son runs Debian on his laptop, and our DVR is a Windows Media Center PC that talks to an XBox 360. (My home IT environment is now every bit as heterogeneous as Optaros'). Tom says my MacBook Pro is essentially a gateway drug and that my house will be all-Apple in no time. I hope he's wrong. I don't want to be a fan boy. Variety is the spice of life. My Treo is looking a little long in the tooth, though. I'll bet an iPhone would be a nice complement to this machine…


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Bad - This is a bad player, he refuses to learn how to play correctly.
Casual - This is a player that will let everything else take priority over wow.
Hardcore - This is a player that is fine with putting things on hold while he's on wow.
Bad/Good - Measure of Skill.
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1. the waiting game
2. WoW
3. League of Legends
Of orcs and men
Aldoraan Ret Pally since 2.4
Outland - love forever
Borderlands 2
Rayman Origins
Replaying the Uncharted series
Mountains rise in the distance stalwart as the stars, fading forever.
Roads ever weaving, soul ever seeking the hunter's mark.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky
Wario Land: The Shake Dimension
Farming simulator 2013
Borderlands 2
World of Warcraft
League of Legends
Final Fantasy Tactics (one of my all time favorite and what I nearly always end up playing even when I get my Playstation out for something else)
Mass Effect 1,2,3. Except on PC, my 360 import glitches, and Eve ALWAYS dies. Yes, I've tried all the fixes. Getting sick of it. I'll just wait for PSN to get the first one!
That's it, I'm boring right now.
Trine 2, Starcraft 2, and Vindictus. Not a lot of any though. I quit playing WoW a while back and haven't really gotten around to filling that void yet.
I've also been replaying Final Fantasy 7. I was only like 12 when I first played it, and a lot of the "weird" parts of the story make more sense to me now.
Zone of the Enders
Zone of the Enders 2
World of Warcraft
Waiting for Zone of the Enders HD collection to come out and ofcourse Zone of the Enders 3 in a few years..
League of Legends
Bad Piggies ( )
In World of Warcraft there are two classes; hunters, and those who wish they were hunters.
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If is real , prove that the expression is capable of assuming all values provided that are either in ascending or descending orders of magnitude .
I'm lost.......how do I show that is "capable of assuming all values".
But the function is not one-to-one, nor is the domain the set of all real numbers (x = b is not in the domain).Showing it's one to one will suffice in this case since ( I am assuming)domain=co-domain=real set
Try setting an arbitrary
and see if you can find a real x that satisfies the equation, no matter what y is.
Here are my thoughts on this.
Let us call
Assume that . For the other case you can try it for yourself, it should be very similar. Try sketching the situation I describe below.
When then each of the expressions is negative, so f(x) is negative. As (meaning as x becomes a larger and larger negative number) then (meaning the value of f(x) becomes a larger and larger negative number). Try explaining this for yourself.
At x=a, f(a)=0.
When a < x < b then f(x) is positive, which you can see by looking at whether each factor (x-a), (x-b), (x-c) is positive or negative. As x approaches b from below, the value of f(x) should approach , in other words, f(x) should get larger and larger without bound (vertical asymptote).
This already shows that f(x) assumes all values, so you don't have to look at what goes on elsewhere (i.e. x>b), but if you're interested you can check it out yourself.
Well actually the missing piece is that the function is continuous on its domain, which simply means that there are no "breaks" in the graph.
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Boromir it's a corollary of the intermediate value theorem (IVT)
If is continue in with , so .
Take any y , we will show that exist with
so for any positive , exists positive with ,
, we can take and with ,
exist with
, , then
exist in a number with by the IVT .
If the interval is with so for all exists
with and . Taking exist , with we use the same argument that we used before in the interval
Must say my friend (mrfour44) gave me the idea with the discriminant. I see it's probably along the lines of what Ackbeet proposed. Just consider this method because it's easier (i.e. more elementary).
So let's say our function is equal to an arbitrary real number, we have to prove that is possible. But by setting it equal to something we make it an equation and just have to show that it has a solution for real x.
So, let , a,b,c are in an ascending or descending order (i.e. or ) and:
Multiply by denominator and then just treat it like a quadratic:
Now, I guess you probably know what the discriminant is. So we have said that this equation holds for some real x. Now we must prove that, and this amounts to proving that the discriminant is greater than or equal to zero. So we have:
Now, use the AG-GM inequality ( ) on (a-c)^2 and R^2:
And combine with the initial inequality:
The rest of it is just checking whether this weaker ineqaulity is true for all the possibilities and those are (obviously it's true for R=0):
1. and
2. and
3. and
4. and
Now I won't go into that. This proof is long anyway. But this part is (considering this whole problem) rather trivial.