Spark College Essays Samples For Students

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3) Mission, Vision, Statement of Values and Objectives: Suggestions to Improve. 9

Mission: Focus on R&D, Invest & Grow. 9

Strategic Mission, Strategic Posture and Spark NZ Performance 10
Strategic Mission, Organization Structure and Firm Performance of Spark NZ 10
Strategic Mission, Competitive Marketing Tactics, and Firm Performance 10
Vision 11
Hard Skills 11
Soft Skills 11
Statement of Values: Focus on Integrity, Community Citizenship, and Customer Service. 12
Objectives: Focus on Development of 4G, Telecommunication, Cloud Computing, IPTV Protocol and Acquisitions. 12
4) External Environmental Analysis and Internal Capability Evaluation. 14

Strategic Position. 14

a) PESTEL Analysis: Threat-Cost of Mistake; Weakness-Reliance on Technology. 14
b) Five Forces: Differentiation ...

Digital forms of communication have taken over and are drastically reshaping the ways in which the world communicates. Today, friendships, casual get-togethers, meetings and romance are developed by information found on the internet. Millions of websites, social networking sites, games and apps influence the way in which individuals relate, and how people interact. One of the ways the effect is evident is seen in online dating. Today, hundreds of websites cater to the dating needs of men and women of all ages, backgrounds, nationalities, and range of interests. This unique form of digital culture seems to have dramatically influenced ...

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The relationship between the United States and China has always been a strange one. This is because the United States have always struggled with the decision has to how best to deal with or approach China. Should China be seen as a threat? Or should this country be seen as an ally? In answering whether China should be perceived as a threat, experts in US foreign relations argue that a containment policy should be used to handle China as a threat to the free world as a rising military power. A containment policy adopted by ...

An automotive engine is a propulsion system responsible for moving automobiles from one place to another. An engine converts energy from a fuel or a battery to the mechanical energy used to spin the wheels, thus setting a vehicle in motion. There are different types of engines used in the automotive industry today. These include internal combustion engines and electricity driven vehicles. The internal combustion engines burn fuels such as petrol, diesel, natural gas or propane. Electric engines are fitted with electromagnetic motors that are powered by electric currents from storage batteries on the vehicle. The sole purpose of ...

(Please keep the full text of the question as part of your answer sheet. You can use this file as a template. Type/Insert in your answers after each question. )

Q1: What are the transport protocols used in the following applications? (Be sure to describe/explain the protocol) (10 points)

Simple connection-oriented streaming voice/video without control for pause, stop, resume, forward, backward,
Real Time Transport Control Protocol delivers video and audio over IP networks and is designed for end-to-end real time transmission of media data.

Unreliable, no handshaking, no ordering, no retransmission of data

UDP User Datagram Protocol provides a mechanism that is connectionless and without handshakes.
SS7 transport
The standard transport protocol for Signaling System 7 (SS7) over the Internet is SIGTRAN. A gateway transforms SS7 signals into ...

Piston: Pistons of 4-stroke engine moves between Bottom Dead Centre (BDC) and Top Dead Centre (TDC) to complete a single thermodynamic cycle. Latest 4-stroke automobiles are designed to run on unleaded petrol. A 4-stroke engine is called an internal combustion engine, where the piston completes 4-separate strokes they are intake, compression, power and exhaust. The intake stroke of the piston moves down (or BDC) and the engine takes a cylinder full of air and petrol. Then the piston moves back (TDC) and thus compress the petrol and air mixture. When a piston reaches at the top the spark plug of the engine ...

Building a fire and a shelter are two of the first things you should do when you’re stranded in the wilderness (“How To”). You should try to accomplish this before night time falls to ensure that you’ll have warmth and protection throughout the night.

How to Build a Campfire

Fire is an important part of life. Whether you’re safe at home or stranded in the wilderness, you will need fire for warmth, light, cooking, and protection (Vaux). Building a campfire is then one of the first things that you should do when you’re stranded in the wilderness. Aside from the benefits previously mentioned, a ...

ENGINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Introduction
This study evaluates the operating principles of vehicle fuel systems, vehicle ignition systems and pressure charging of engines.
The report attempts to evaluate the operating features of actuators and sensors used in the ignition systems and engine management system of vehicles. It also analyzes the types of pressure charging systems, its shortfalls and how it affects the enhanced power of the engine.
The secondary sources which form the bulk of this report are primarily research from various sources. The paragraphs below look into the sensors and actuators and the pressure charging systems.

Sensors and Actuators

Types of Sensors and function
The ...

In the recent past, there has been quite a number of issues trending that has hit headlines in the world. The most reliable sources where the issues can be traced from one major news reporting agencies, the BBC and another podcast retrieved from slate.com. The American calendar is again tightly scheduled for another tight race to determine who is going to be the next president of the United States of America. This is one of the major issues that have made the world to have something worth pondering about as the U.S are gain yet to begin another journey ...

Tom Ford Men fragrance in 2007.5

Target audience.6
Offer details..7

Time of placement7

Advertising channels.8
Perceptions8
Buyer process.8
Involvement level.9
Marketing mix.9
Product.10
Promotion.10
Placement.10
Critique and Recommendations10
Yves Saint Laurent Opium fragrance for women12
Target audience13
Offer details.13
Time of placement14
Advertising channels.14
Perceptions.14
Buyer process15
Involvement level..15
Marketing mix..15
Product..15
Promotion..15
Conclusion and Recommendations..16
CONCLUSION16

References.17

Executive Summary
The media advertisements are meant to be creative so as to meet the required needs in the market. The advertisements involving the sexual contents are increasingly ...

Introduction

The Cat on the Globe is placed in Kensington market in Toronto. The globe is widely identified as “Jiggity Jig” that signifies the immigrants who come to Kensington from various parts of the world. The figure denotes the immigrants as where they are now and where they have come from. The topic of immigration with respect to the Kensington market is of a great significance. The distinctive multicultural market has become rich in culture due to the immigration and settlement of the immigrants of varied races in the region. The market hosts various cultural events such as festivals that feature ...

During the 19th century, many changes have occurred in the political, social, and the scientific world. For instance, imperialism and industrial revolution has led to modern methods to change Britain’s industry (Burgan 12). In the literal world, Romanticism and Victorianism have emerged during this period. Romanticism compares reality with imaginative issues and humanity with nature issues. This paper will examine two books by different authors. The first book is Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and the second book is Hard Times by Charles Dickens. This paper will critical analyze the characters portrayed in two different periods.
Frankenstein is a ...

In describing the 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises, Jeffrey Meyers, Hemingway biographer says "recognized as Hemingway's greatest work" (Meyers 56). To a great extent, this statement and description of the book is quite accurate. According to many critics, the book is described as the author’s greatest work because it embraces themes that bring out the less spoken about realities of the twenties with regard to gender, status and communication. Hemingway explains how the prewar status and society’s perception of men has been replaced by a whole new status that emphasized a situation where the men were emerging as a threatened ...

Effects of colonialism on the development of Modern African States

Ramat-Gan (2011) advances that the advent of colonialism in Africa formed the basis of the economic underdevelopment that continues to plague the countries in the modern world. The introduction of colonialism is linked to the many problem associated with the atrocities that the colonial masters implicated on the poor civilian natives of the time. Duke (2010) observes that the colonialism in Africa took different phases and faces. While the British used the direct and indirect rule in some areas, the French adopted the assimilation policy. Whichever the method that the colonial masters had, one character trait that they shared ...

Discussion Question

Hive was discovered by Jeff Hammerbacher during his tenure at Facebook. Facebook was receiving huge volumes of data daily, and there was a need to create a mechanism to help in data storage, mining, and analysis. It is this tool that allows Facebook to process thousands of Terabytes of Data with ease on a daily basis. Hive employs a language called HQL which works in a similar way as SQL. Irrespective of the limitations of commands that HQL understands, the language is still useful.
Hive gives users with little programming knowledge the capacity to process, extract and analyze data ...

When analyzing and comparing two works of art, there are many aspects that one must take into account, especially if they belong to different mediums. Even though there may be many differences, one can still find similarities between two masterpieces. This is more significant if they belong to the same historical and ideological context, as in the case of Sandro Botticelli’s painting “The Birth of Venus” and Agnolo Poliziano's poem “Stanze per la Giostra”. They were both important exponents of the Renaissance’s humanist movement, which sought to recall the importance of man, including the rationality and mythology ...

451 Degrees Fahrenheit
Numerous medieval utopia promised happiness to man on earth. Who has anything against this? Maybe it was the writer of the 20th century, who dared to encroach on the sacred right of mankind? The fact is that Bradbury has created a dystopia, the plot of which is an impartial view on the future society, tat quite clearly reminds us of the present and the society we have now. We too are acquainted with the same attempts to show a person the path to true happiness, which lies in the ruthless negation of everything negative in the ...

“I don’t believe it is possible to be neutral. The world is already moving in a certain direction and to be neutral, to be passive in the situation like that - is to collaborate with whatever is going on. And I, as a teacher, do not want to be a collaborator with whatever is happening in the world. I want myself, as a teacher, and I want you as students, to intercede with whatever is happening in the world” – these words belong to the famous historian, writer, political scientist and simply one of the most honorable persons of ...

MANAGEMENT

The statement provided to us says that managers of Caribbean business seem to operate on the philosophy of theory X and unable to exhibit any leadership traits. We have to present arguments for this statement by using our insight and logic.

Douglas McGregor came up with two theories to explain the behavior of managers in general. These theories are known as theory X and theory Y. According to theory X, managers wish to be given directions and proper guidance. Managers do not take any decision on their own- they wait for orders from senior managers. Theory X explains the ...

After the American Civil War, the South lay prostrate before the specter of the Lost Cause. There was a general poverty, both economic and personal. The war had had such a devastating effect that the intellectual capacity of a whole region shuddered, moaned. There could not be a more devastating occurrence to Southern pride than the ignoble defeat of the entire culture. The extent to which the South declined is documented in its literature. An examination of Southern literature during and after the Civil War provides a perspective on how far down the South had been driven before it ...

Introduction

A car is an automobile machine that has wheels driven by the engine. A car has four wheels the rotate to allow it to change positions from one part to the other. The components of a car involve the engine, body, wheels and steering for controlling the movement. The other minor parts of the car are the starter, headlights, backlights, windscreen, wipers, radiator, alternator, seats, safety belts, chassis, etc. different cars has varied engine performance depending on the model. Several types of cars exist in the market, and these include Isuzu, Toyota Mercedes, Mitsubishi, Honda, Landrover, BMW, etc.
Each ...

1. Introduction
As with much of Europe, the course of British society was irreversibly altered as a result of the Great Wars of the 20th Century. Perhaps during no other time period is this as evident then upon analyzing the working class culture within the United Kingdom and how it is was literally revolutionized between the two wars. The shift centers on the notion that a generational gap exists within British society that draws a clear line in how individuals living in the early 20th century viewed consumerism, and how those save views evolved during the course of the ...

3. The assignment has three parts, which you will identify under three separate headings:
a. Articulate your disciplinary spark.

Disciplinary spark: What advantages does the internet provide to education?

b. Document the work generated by each of the thought engines. Use the appropriate number to distinguish the work that each thought engine has prompted.
1. Accessibility, price, flexibility, autonomy, dynamic tracking of progress, structured environment, real-time feedback
2. Tough: Education is less tough, learning can be made more simple. Often the online environment is more tough for students. The material can be less tough with a structured environment. Teachers are often less tough in these settings. The tests are ...

It has been close to two years since Malaysian Boeing MH17 being downed over the disputed territory of eastern Ukraine. In the early hours and days of the tragedy, the media of most world countries, whether print, online, or television, seemed to be trying nothing else other than to cover the continuous story. While journalists are not tripping over each other in a bid to publish the sensational materials presently, the interest in the story has not ceased completely, neither has the investigation that is still to name the guilty party. Until it has, media will continue their coverage ...

- Identify your problem statement for conducting a community needs assessment before developing your program. (5 pts.)
The problem in the community is decreasing nutrition levels of the aging population because lack of education in nutrition, low levels of income to buy food and lack of transportation to access available fruits and vegetables.
- What information would you need from your community needs assessment to design a program that meets the community’s priorities and needs (i.e. what are the goals and objectives of your needs assessment and what data do you need to collect)? (10 pts.)
...

Psychology is basically the study of the human mind and human behavior. Although, what exactly the human mind is made of and how it develops is a question that still remains to be truly answered despite all the years of research. This nature vs nurture controversy, which is already subject to much debate, is only one of the many questions that psychologists seek to answer.
At the core of the nature-nurture controversy is the question, as Dr. Stangor puts it, "Are genes or environment most influential in determining the behavior of individuals and in accounting for differences among people?" ( ...

There are unconventional concerns within the midst of Pope Francis’ governance as the Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic world. Pope Francis was reported to being elected as the 266th pope with St. Peter being popularly known as the first . The defiance to tradition was observed to be immediately exhibited right after Pope Francis’ election when he appeared before the crowd at the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica wearing very simple white vestments . Various reports have disclosed other actions that allegedly breaks tradition include: choosing “to live in an apartment rather that the archbishop's palace, passed on a chauffeured limousine, ...

Environmental sustainability is a perpetual phenomenon in the business world. Myriads of multinational corporations are embracing the idea of business conduct in the environmentally friendly way. This sustainability initiative aims at the reducing emissions, renewable energy and creating sustainable operations in the conduct. An imperative yet costly method of operation, some of the businesses across the world only have the blueprint that stipulate their method of initiating the endeavor. However Wal-Mart, a business icon across the globe, has unrelentingly taken upon environmental sustainability measures. These measures stem out from the parent company to the other retail stores across the globe. Zero ...

The Second Great Awakening

The history of the United States is coupled by many revolutions and reforms making the country we have today. There is mention of various groups and individuals campaigning for change in various states but little is said of the revolutions made by various religious institutions in the changing of the American society and the way things are viewed. The Protestants in the United States of America between the 1790s and the early 1900s. There were several protests by the Protestants and they were known as the great awakenings.
The Second Great Awakening was a revival by the Protestants which ...

The development of organization depends heavily on how it is being managed; so, it is the management’s role in making decisions that are directly linked with the success or failure of the organization. Story telling is a very important part of our lives as we all grow up listening to different stories that teach us significant lessons. A story must be effective to make everlasting impressions. Narrative comprises of various tools that can be used differently for distinct purposes.
“Burning platform” stories have a negative tone like saying that if innovation is not done, the company would go bankrupt; ...

Although slavery has been condemned as a crime against humanity, there was once a time when men and women were considered as less than animals and were made to work under the harshest circumstances. While treatment towards both the genders might have differed, the general attitude towards slaves was the same which was exhibited by those who were well off and had enough money to afford servants. The premise of this paper is to compare and contrast the arguments which have been given by Fredrick Douglas in his autobiography. Douglas was the son of a slave and saw very little of his ...

The question of where life originated is almost as old as life itself. While humanity has likely always been self-aware, at least as long as it has existed, the source of the first life on Earth is still a mystery. In ancient times, cultures came up with cosmogonic myths that sought to explain the source of life. One example is the Judeo-Christian cosmogonic myth, in which God is an immortal being who was the only Life, hovering above some waters, before creating what would become the planet Earth and then filling it with life. There are other myths that envision a ...

The Merchant of Venice would be notable if it simply coined the phrase “A Pound of Flesh;” however, there are other distinctions that set it apart even for an author as notable as Shakespeare. In act III scene one there is a speech that contains the quote, “If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that” (III.i.53–57). This play also contains ...

Everyone usually called him Elie, but his given name was Eliezer Wiesel, as a boy growing up in the Hungarian Transylvanian town of Sighet he studied the Torah and the Cabbala under the guidance of Moshe the Beadle. That life ended when the Nazis arrived. First, it was Moshe they took away. When he returned, everyone chose to believe him mad rather than place credence in his tales of Gestapo violence. Reality soon proved them wrong. First, it was the ghettos, then the train and the concentration camp. In the camp the Nazis separated men like his father and teenaged ...

William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams has always been known as an experimenter, an innovator, a revolutionary figure in American poetry. Yet in comparison to artists of his own time who sought a new environment for creativity as expatriates in Europe, Williams lived a remarkably conventional life. A doctor for more than forty years serving the New Jersey town of Rutherford, he relied on his patients, the America around him, and his own ebullient imagination to create a distinctively American verse. Often domestic in focus and "remarkable for its empathy, sympathy, its muscular and emotional identification with its subjects," Williams's poetry is also characteristically honest: "There ...

Introduction

According to the current world population demographics, the men and women ratio is almost equal in most part of the world. However, a mere look at the parliaments and senates of many countries across the globe gives rather a skewed picture. As per the Parline database featuring figures for women representation in senates for 190 different countries, it can be seen that among them only one country has women representatives in senate (parliament) outnumbering men (Rwanda as of 1st Feb, 2013 data). Only 40 countries are recorded to have more than 25% women representatives in the parliament. Even the developed countries ...

Romanticism and Realism are both highly influential art periods, however, they depict their subject matter in vastly different ways. Political, social, and ecological understanding changed how society viewed art. Romanticism and Realism had different objectives. Romanticism to produce emotion and Realism to document reality by looking at these periods in depth one can gain a better understanding of the importance of these periods on the world of art.

Early Romanticism

Romanticism is usually considered a spinoff of Neo-classicism. The Romantic period begins with the turn of the 19th century, from those who did not find inspiration of the seriousness of Neo-classicism and its ...

Justifications, Problems, and Solutions

The broad goal of conservation biology is, according to experts from the American Museum of Natural History, is “to conserve global biodiversity” (Calcagonotto, Egan, and Lehn 2001). Small population conservation biology is a facet of conservation biology that deals with the more specific issue of trying to preserve endangered species that have extremely low populations, and the efforts to conserve these species can be very expensive. The question of whether or not this type of conservation biology is ethically justifiable is one that can be explored by examining the approach of small population conservation biology, examining a test case from the ...

Every time I see or hear of the word ‘holocaust;’ death, suffering and human rights come immediately to mind. The term ‘holocaust’ means, “sacrifice by fire” and it frequently refers to the Nazi’s persecution and planned slaughter of the Jewish people. Approximately eleven million people were killed during the Holocaust and six million of them were Jews. Night is the story of a boy, named Eliezer, who remains alive during the Holocaust whilst living in the concentration camps. This memoir also traces Eliezer’s emotional journey from being a practicing Orthodox Jewish boy to a profoundly disenchanted young man who questions ...