1) The document discusses Christmas traditions and shopping trends.
2) It asks readers questions about their Christmas budget, gift buying habits, shopping locations, and what motivates holiday shoppers.
3) The main topics covered include when people stop believing in Santa Claus, average ages of learning the truth, and parents' attitudes about revealing the truth to their children.
The slow start summarizes Stevenage Borough FC's first few games of the 2009/2010 season. They drew their first 3 games against newly promoted sides Tamworth and Hayes & Yeading, failing to take full advantage when scoring first, and also drew away at Barrow. They struggled to adapt without star striker Steve Morison. However, they secured their first win of the season in their next game against Ebbsfleet United with goals from Beardsley, Byrom, and Wilson.
This document provides information about reinventing technology with instruction including:
1. Links and resources for videos, reflections, and learning more about topics like QR codes, the SAMR model, digital citizenship certification, and remixing as an artist.
2. An example using the SAMR model to categorize different ways technology can be used in a book report assignment from substitution to redefinition.
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This document summarizes the events of an elimination quiz round held at SK Tutorials in Vadodara, India. It provides photos and descriptions of the registration process, volunteers and sponsors, the lamp lighting ceremony, chief guest Piyush Thakkar's address, the start of the event, a special art round, the winners being awarded trophies by sponsor Premraj, and photos of the top 14 teams that made it through the elimination round.
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I-SET hosted a three-day robotics workshop from July 2-5, 2012 with three parallel sessions focused on beginner, advanced, and coach/mentor training. Over 80 beginner and novice learners worked on robotics fundamentals in one hall, while 20 advanced teams tackled programming and building in another hall. Additionally, 20 coaches and mentors received training to support robot and FIRST Lego League competitions. The goal was to equip participants with different experience levels for upcoming regional and national robotics events. Science, engineering, and technology were emphasized through enthusiastic participation.
The document discusses Christmas traditions and the concept of Santa Claus from the perspective of children. It explores when children typically stop believing in Santa, how they react when learning the truth, and how parents approach discussing Santa. Common ages for stopping belief are 7-11 years old, with most children finding out from other family, classmates, or realizing the inconsistencies of Santa themselves. Their reactions range from pride in learning the truth to still enjoying the idea despite knowing he's not real.
The slow start summarizes Stevenage Borough FC's first few games of the 2009/2010 season. They drew their first 3 games against newly promoted sides Tamworth and Hayes & Yeading, failing to take full advantage when scoring first, and also drew away at Barrow. They struggled to adapt without star striker Steve Morison. However, they secured their first win of the season in their next game against Ebbsfleet United with goals from Beardsley, Byrom, and Wilson.
This document provides information about reinventing technology with instruction including:
1. Links and resources for videos, reflections, and learning more about topics like QR codes, the SAMR model, digital citizenship certification, and remixing as an artist.
2. An example using the SAMR model to categorize different ways technology can be used in a book report assignment from substitution to redefinition.
3. Details on a webquest activity where participants take on roles like teacher, parent, or administrator to analyze digital citizenship scenarios and develop an action plan statement.
This document summarizes the events of an elimination quiz round held at SK Tutorials in Vadodara, India. It provides photos and descriptions of the registration process, volunteers and sponsors, the lamp lighting ceremony, chief guest Piyush Thakkar's address, the start of the event, a special art round, the winners being awarded trophies by sponsor Premraj, and photos of the top 14 teams that made it through the elimination round.
The resume style guide provides guidance on formatting, layout, and content for resumes. Key recommendations include using spell check and having others review your resume, using title case for job titles and proper nouns only, including degree information for recent graduates, using action verbs and bullet points to describe experiences, and maintaining a consistent layout with dates right-aligned and in complete form. Resumes should focus on skills and accomplishments rather than personal information.
I-SET hosted a three-day robotics workshop from July 2-5, 2012 with three parallel sessions focused on beginner, advanced, and coach/mentor training. Over 80 beginner and novice learners worked on robotics fundamentals in one hall, while 20 advanced teams tackled programming and building in another hall. Additionally, 20 coaches and mentors received training to support robot and FIRST Lego League competitions. The goal was to equip participants with different experience levels for upcoming regional and national robotics events. Science, engineering, and technology were emphasized through enthusiastic participation.
The document discusses Christmas traditions and the concept of Santa Claus from the perspective of children. It explores when children typically stop believing in Santa, how they react when learning the truth, and how parents approach discussing Santa. Common ages for stopping belief are 7-11 years old, with most children finding out from other family, classmates, or realizing the inconsistencies of Santa themselves. Their reactions range from pride in learning the truth to still enjoying the idea despite knowing he's not real.
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This chapter discusses perceptual and cognitive structure of space, including depth perception and costs of navigation. It covers various depth cues like occlusion, perspective, and shading. The principles of 2.5D design are outlined, which use depth selectively to support goals while ensuring critical information is accessible. Navigation through space has cognitive costs, and different modes of accessing information like traveling or online have different cost profiles. The chapter concludes that depth perception differs from patterns in the image plane and 2.5D design principles account for these differences.
This document discusses the benefits of functional programming (FP) that the author learned. It begins by explaining how multithreading programs are difficult to write, test, and ensure thread safety due to mutable shared state. FP avoids these issues by not using mutable variables. The document then covers some key aspects of FP like recursion, higher-order functions, function composition, and immutable data structures. It provides examples in various languages to illustrate these concepts. The author argues that FP provides a good foundation for writing concurrent programs due to its avoidance of mutable state.
This document provides an overview of startup best practices including lean startup methodology, user stories, agile development practices, Git version control, metrics and analytics, and customer acquisition and retention strategies. It emphasizes frequent iteration and customer feedback to build the minimum viable product and validate business assumptions quickly.
Lasagna Alla Bolognese is a type of flat pasta with meat sauce usually layered between. It originated from early recipes in Italy. Fusilli Bucati includes several varieties of curled pasta shapes. It is made with shrimp, oil, salt, pepper, parsley, white wine and milk.
The document discusses the history of development of notebooks and speakers. It then discusses redesigning an unknown topic and provides information about planets, the evolution of rockets, and the first astronaut Armstrong. The document concludes with a section about the conflict between Israel and Palestine, covering its history and beginning, well-known wars, and current situation.
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The document discusses different aspects of Christmas including a day of Christmas routines, a year of Christmas budgeting and shopping trends, when people stopped believing in Santa's existence, and the history of Christmas traditions. It provides information on daily Christmas activities, annual spending habits, childhood beliefs, and the origins of customary celebrations.
2. A Day of Christmas
Christmas routine investigation.
A Year of Christmas
Christmas Budgeting & Holiday Shopping Trends.
When people stopped believing in existence of Santa ?
A History of Christmas
History of Christmas Traditions.
History of Christmas Toys.
History of Christmas Trees.
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3. A Day of Christmas
Christmas routine investigation.
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4. 120 A Year of Christmas
J Busn Res M. Laroche et al.
Christmas Budgeting & Holiday Shopping Trends.
2000:49:113–126
Table 4. Factors for Personal Characteristics
Factor Cronbach
Description Item Loading Alpha (E/F)
Traditional Christmas lover I love the Christmas season 0.8852 0.8989/0.9225
I look forward to Christmas every year 0.8803
I am strongly attached to all the Christmas traditions 0.8325
Christmas is my favorite time of year 0.8432
When it comes to Christmas, I follow all the traditional customs of the 0.7585
season
I love to Christmas shop 0.7516
It is important to get into the Christmas spirit by participating in the season’s 0.6516
traditional activities
Christmas shopping is one of my least favorite activities (reversed) 0.6354
1. Do you have a Christmas budget?
Bargain hunter In general I shop a lot for “specials” or discounts 0.8641 0.7211/0.7056
I am willing to spend more time shopping in order to find bargains 0.8091
A person can save a lot of money by shopping around for bargains 0.6285
Prior to shopping, I check all the newspapers and magazines for gift ideas
and prices
0.5207 2. How many gifts do you buy?
Influencer I often try new brands before my friends and neighbors do 0.6864 0.8054/0.7155
When I see a new brand on the shelf I often buy it 0.6507
I sometimes influence what my friends buy 0.6180
People come to me more often than I go to them for information on brands 0.6085 3. Where do you shop?
I like to try new and different things 0.5825
My friends and/or neighbors often come to me for advice 0.4215
Leader I think I possess more self-confidence than most people 0.8244 0.8039/0.6985
I like to be considered a leader
I am more independent than most people
0.7549
0.7097
4. What motivates shoppers?
Thoughtful giver I conduct a lot of research about what the person would enjoy before I go 0.7010 0.7133/0.6824
shopping at Christmas
I watch carefully the people I am buying gifts for to see what they would 0.7199
really like 5. What are some shopping trends?
It is important to get gifts that people will enjoy 0.6681
I like to put a lot of thought into the gifts I buy 0.5327
Generics buyer Generics are often as good as advertised brands 0.8532 0.8955/0.6725
Generics are not much different from name brands except for the packaging 0.7990
Generic products provide good value for what I pay 0.7941
Fashion conscious I usually have one or more outfits that are of the latest style 0.7475 0.7128/0.5901
An important part of my life and activities is dressing smartly 0.7053
When I must choose between dressing for fashion or for comfort, I choose 0.6960
the former
Identity shaper I often give Christmas gifts that help to shape the recipient’s personality 0.8409 0.5886/0.7191
I often give Christmas presents to people in order to reinforce some aspect 0.7353
of ther identity
Finally, demographic variables measured on nominal scales regression analyses were run for each dependent variable and
were converted to dummy variables (gender: female ϭ 1, for each subgroup1. The results for each of the three regression
male ϭ 0); or interval variables (marital status was converted analyses are summarized in Table 5 for the English subgroup
to: single, separated/divorced/widow, and married/living to- and in Table 6 for the French subgroup.
gether). In summary, reliable and significant factors were
found for the personal, situational, and culture-related vari- Objective 1: Is Extent of Search
ables and for in-store information search.
Moderated by Culture?
An ANCOVA analysis (controlling for education, income, gen-
Results
12年11月21日星期三 der, marital status, age) was conducted for each of the three
search indices to determine whether belonging to a given
5. A Year of Christmas
When people stopped believing in existence of Santa ?
When you stopped believing in
existence of Santa?
12
11 1
10 2
around aged
age 7 8 to 11 9 Childhood Clock 3
8
4
7
5
6
How they reacted when they find out the truth?
Parents Attitude
Never be teached a. Let children be children for as long as possible.
or felt disappointed. b. Never teach children about the myth of Santa.
c. To wait until child ask them.
d. When child is old enough to tell the truth.
Know from
Family members
In school / Friend 40%
Pretended Santa Clause
2/3: felt a sense of pride in figure out the truth about Santa Clause. other situations
1/3: Although the jolly guy was not real, they liked the idea of him.
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6. A History of Christmas
History of Christmas Traditions.
History of Christmas Toys.
History of Christmas Trees.
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7. Christmas
Infographic
Thank you for your attention
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