Skimming

His example includes how Google has allowed our society to adapt to bad habits such as skimming carelessly, as opposed to detailed analytical reading. He supports this theory by admitting that he notices himself skimming and finding short articles online because they tend to be more convenient. Due to the Internet’s convenience and access to abundant amounts of information, people tend to lean more towards skimming because reading everything the Internet provides us thoroughly, would take too…

Skimming and scanning, as he describes, are methods of "expeditious reading," better understood as reading fast and efficiently. Skimming is used to ascertain the meaning or "gist" of a text, while scanning is used to search for specific details. Nation recommends spending more time developing skimming speed as "training in scanning is unlikely to result in more fluent access to items." Magazine Article…

Dwight Macdonald has discussed the difference between reading and skimming a text in Reading and Thought. He uses examples such as functional curiosity relating to the growth of educated people to explain how the way we read affects our thinking. Macdonald explains that the more we read from the media, the more irrelevant information we gain. He uses the comparison of people reading in the sixteenth century and the nineteenth century and found that the average educated person back then took…

The basis of the movie Office Space is a prime example of skimming fraud. In the movie, three co-workers, Peter, Samir and Michael, frustrated by their numerous bosses and their workplace, plan their revenge by uploading a computer virus that is supposed to skim pennies at a time on every deposit the company makes. Michael, the software engineer who developed the program, tells Peter and Samir that the “theft will be so gradual that it will take years before it’s even noticed” (Riedel, Rappaport…

your knowledge. I want to create awareness for you about understanding the evolving nature of credit card fraud at the pump and what to do in order to take the necessary steps to protect yourselves. Preview of the main points: I will talk about how Skimming is a method by which thieves steal your credit card information, the evolving nature of credit card fraud at the pump, and how to minimize risks posed by debit and credit card skimmers. Transition: First, I would like to talk about the…

can then develop a professional vocabulary list. Further, Richard M. Cash, Ed.D., elaborates on seven specific critical reading and thinking areas in Advancing Differentiation: Thinking and Learning for the 21st Century: Scanning or previewing - - Skimming - - Annotating or note taking - - Highlighting - - Contextualizing - - Reflecting - - Evaluating Arguments. Consequently, when these seven areas are facilitated by teacher instruction in the classroom library; as independent activities…

Question 2 Penetration Pricing: a Penetration pricing strategy is the strategic application practice of settling an initial price that is far lower than the projected standard price for the product. The strategy is essentially also know as a price war. This strategy goes for the lowest and deepest price cut, to ensure that the product at any given time in the market has the lowest price compared to its competitors. The business would only use this strategy if they need an exceptionally low price…

contracted by American Marketing Systems (AMS) to perform a clandestine investigation of a suspected internal skimming operation involving an unknown number of employees in its marketing department or accounts receivable. AMS has just become aware of this predicament, but are unaware of the how the skimming operation is being conducted. DFI has been contracted by AMS to ascertain if a skimming operation exists, and if so, who is implicated and how the operation is being conducted. DFI and AMS…

using to skim funds from. Furthermore, reports could be run to show inconsistencies in rental payments made by tenants. Discussions with tenants that may have in the past paid in cash could lead to further information as to which units Katie was skimming off of. Also, usually when you end a lease there is documentation that the lease has ended including a final walk-through. These could be used as documents that verify which units she was calling vacant yet were actually occupied. Aramis…

Albom began sharing Morrie’s death and the process of dying by sharing one of the very first metaphor’s when he describes the pink hibiscus plant and how it stays beautiful as its leaves wither away. “The last class of my old professor’s life took place once a week, in his home, by a window in his study where he could watch a small hibiscus plant shed its pink flowers.” (Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie, 1997 pg. 56). As Albom visits Morrie on his weekly visits, you notice with the tone and several…