...to be someone different to who we thought they were or when they didn’t live up to our expectations. Sometimes we have been deliberately tricked into something and then not had the means to escape the situation. Information gives us the cheat code to the mother-load when it comes to getting out of unfavourable circumstances. Just like the soldier in the story, it is sometimes necessary to spy a little in order to get ourselves out when we find ourselves in a fix. By knowing who we are dealing with we have a better understanding of the lengths they will go to. If we should find ourselves on the opposite side of their chess board, information will give us the necessary leverage and we...
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...Burt’s Bees Has Buzzed its Way to the Top of the Natural Care Product Market Kelsey Morales, Madeleine Tessier, Kelsey Rosentreter TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents…………………………………………………………………………………………..…….…..2 Thesis Statement………………………………………………………………………..……………….…..….……3 Introduction to Burt’s Bees History…………………………………………………………………...….……..…4-5 (Kelsey Morales) Burt’s Bees is a Green Company…………………………………………………………...…….…...….………5-6 (Kelsey Morales) Charity and Giving back to the Community……………………………………..………………………….………6 (Kelsey Morales) Clorox Takes over Burt’s Bees Ownership…………………………………………………...……….…………6-7 (Kelsey Rosentreter) The Current Company Structure…………………...…………………………….…………………….……………8 (Kelsey Morales) Steps of Product Production…………………………………………………….…………………………….……..8 (Kelsey Rosentreter) Product Mix……………………………………………………………….........................................................8-10 (Madeleine Tessier) Packaging…………………………………………………………………………………………………………10-11 (Madeleine Tessier) SWOT Analysis …………………………………………….……………………………………………………11-12 (Kelsey Rosentreter) Conclusion………………………………….………………………………………………………………….…12-13 Bibliography…………………………………………….………………..………………………………….……14-15 Thesis statement: Burt’s Bees is an earth-friendly personal care product company that specializes in 100% natural products. They offer many different product lines and are sold in a variety of stores, both locally and internationally. . In this research report we will demonstrate...
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...ENWR 106 March 08,2014 Theme In Literature What is the meaning of a theme in literature? A theme or moral of a fable is the lesson that is being portrayed within the story. It is a message that can be taken from a story and personified into one's life. Theme is immensely important in literature due to its ability to share the author's opinion and understanding about life and human experiences. It is impossible to tell a story without letting out one's views and attitudes toward a subject of the story. By sharing these views, it helps someone distinguish or open up to new ways of thinking and feeling. To demonstrate, the theme in Raymond Carver's short story "What We Talk When We Talk About Love" portrays multiple themes, which are love, language and communication, marriage, drugs and alcohol, and violence. Although themes are not directly presented, you can derive an idea or the evidence of what the theme may be from the characters, actions, and settings that formulate the story. For example, based on the what the characters of What We Talk About When We Talk About Love are trying to define as love, you can formulate that one of the themes are the elusive nature of love. For instance, Mel says, " I was going to tell you something. I mean, I was going to prove a point. You see, this happened a few months ago, but it's still going on right now, and it ought to make us feel ashamed when we talk about love like we know what we're talking about when we talk about love" (p. 729)...
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...The Secret Life Of Bees The Secret Life of Bees is the story of Lily Owens, a girl who has shaped her life around one devastating memory—the afternoon when her mother (Deborah) was killed, when Lily was four. Besides her harsh and unyielding father ,T.Ray, Lily’s only real companion is Rosaleen, a tender, but fierce-hearted black woman who cooks, cleans and acts as her "stand-in mother." Set in 1964 in South Carolina, a place and time of seething racial divides, violence explodes one summer afternoon, and Rosaleen is arrested and beaten. Lily is desperate, not only to save Rosaleen, but to flee from a life she can no longer endure. Calling upon her colorful wits and youthful daring, Lily breaks Rosaleen out of jail and the two escape, into what quickly becomes Lily’s quest for the truth about her mother’s life. They are taken in by three black, bee-keeping sisters, May, June, and August, and Lily is consumed by their secret world of bees and honey, and of the Black Madonna who presides over this household of strong, wise women. Lily’s journey is one of painful secrets and shattering betrayals but that ultimately helps Lily find the thing her heart longs for most. Throughout the book, the reader comes to know a cluster of characters. One character that sticks out the most is June Boatwright. According to the book "her hair was cut so short it resembled a little gray, curlicue swim cap pulled tight over her scalp." June is a teacher at a 'colored' school, which is where she...
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...Child Neglect and Color Imagery Child abuse and neglect is a detrimental issue in our world that can negatively impact on our future. “The Farmer’s Children,” by Elizabeth Bishop is a short story that portrays cruelty and negligence toward children. In, “The Farmer’s Children,” Elizabeth Bishop uses dark colors such as black and red to foreshadow the death of the children and blue to represent the cold and the winter. Additionally, she also uses yellow to show irony in the story by showing an illusion that the children are in a cozy, warm home but in reality they are facing abuse and neglect everyday. In “The Farmer’s Children,” Elizabeth Bishop portrays the theme that child neglect and abuse can lead to severe consequences by using color...
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...library I had no idea what it was about, after reading the short summary on the back of the book and finding out a film was also created to mimic this story I was immediately intrigued . The story was narrated through the main character Lily, a young teenage girl who wanted nothing more than to seek out information regarding her diseased mother whom she has restricted memories and who desperately desires to know what love and true happiness consists of. Lily narrates the novel in the first-person, describing the events she experiences from her unique perspective and retelling the stories others tell her in the same manner. Lily narrates the story and presents an attitude that maybe considered that similar to the tone a child when sharing personal information that have written in a diary, except with less self-loathing and more passionate feelings. Lily’s father who shows evidence of not only being a bigot but who is uncompassionate and callous which makes it more than difficult for her to grow up as normal girl, as he treats his own daughter as an inconvenience. Growing up Lily was limited to the girly activities she was permitted to do I assume she may have a tad of an immature superego due to this, according to I reference this as I believe her moral development is inadequate. However, she is still in her adolescent stages and has plenty of more life ahead of her to enhance to her current development. This story takes place in nineteen sixty four in South Carolina a place...
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...population density of worker bees present on the hive. Worker bees are vital to the broods’ development since they are the ones feeding them. Small number of nurse bees ultimately leads to the deprivation of food. Temperature could have affected them too. Lack of food for larva leads to starvation and definitely, to death. Type III survivorship curve was found to be prevalent given the data plotted on the grid. Mortality rates were at its peak during the juvenile stages, while a high survival rate during the later stages. The curve reflects the opposite pattern of survival and mortality. The curve begins with a very steep slope, which indicates low survival (high mortality) among the juveniles. The shallow slope in middle part and old ages indicates that most of the individuals that survive their youth survive to old age. Mortality was observed on each of the life stages and these mortalities are caused by different factors. Eggs of the test species are generally temperature sensitive. Varying weather conditions which cause temperature changes may have caused the eggs to degenerate, and fail to develop. Some eggs also failed to develop due to its non-viability. Eggs that developed into the larval stage are also at risk of being infected with chalk brood, which is caused by a fungus. A low population density of nurse bees may also cause the larva to stop developing since the larva is primarily dependent on the food delivered by the workers. Bees on its pupa stage may have a...
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...”Welcome to the monkey house” by Kurt Vonnegut The story takes place in the not-so-distant future in an overpopulated world, with an over dominating government. There are way to few jobs and people are forced to take a special medicine, which make them feel numb from the waist down and not feel attracted to sex nor the other gender. The main character is a criminal mastermind named Billy the Poet, whose quest is to deflower the hostesses. The hostesses are women who help the citizens with committing suicide. The government are advertising suicide because of the world’s overpopulation. Billy the Poet kidnaps one of the hostesses named Nancy McLuhan, and deflowers her without abusing her in any way. At last Billy lets her go with a changed mind and a bottle of regular birth control pills. “Welcome to the monkey house” are from a novel collection by Kurt Vonnegut. The main character is, Billy the Poet. He is described as very dangerous and very wanted by the government, but he’s a good person who only wants the best for other people. Billy the Poet does not take his medication given by the government and he wants to let women off the medication too. Every women whose seen Billy and gotten deflowered by him, lies to the government to protect Billy. He is a rebel who fights against the government and fights for freedom of mankind. The hostesses, taken as prisoner by Billy, name is Nancy McLuhan and works at the Ethical Suicide Service. She’s a strong and wilful woman....
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...way that he compensates for the “flaws” he possesses. Beowulf is a hero who persevered despite the presence of major obstacles. This quote applies to Beowulf because he overcame the weakness that his shortsightedness creates, Beowulf persevered in the face of Grendel’s awful Mother, even though he was scared, finally, Beowulf faced the Firedrake, despite his extremly old age. An obstacle Beowulf overcame was his short-sightedness, which Beowulf acquired in his youth, as a result of being stung by a swarm of bees. A time when he didn’t let his short-sightedness weaken him is when he faced...
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...different levels with one group having one extra person; the levels are based on scoring of reading assessments. The groups are rotated so that each may spend 15 minutes cycles with either the teacher or Para-educator. The groups not with an instructor were to work on the “Daily-5” (explanation later) until their scheduled lesson. After the students finish their lesson, they are to fill the remainder of the workshop time working on “Daily-5.” This workshop is part of a regular routine. The students understand that after a reading a story with the teacher, they are verbally given a writing assignment. The assignment is usually to write a five sentence paragraph and color a picture related to the reading. READING ASSIGNMENT I observed Mrs. Guimond begin at 0915 with a group of five boys. It is a reading group that struggles with pronunciation and comprehension. The group individually takes turns reading a paragraph from a short story. The story is always 12 paragraphs long and has pictures that relate to the topic (it is designed for groups with six members). After each student reads his paragraph two questions are asked; one is to the reader of the paragraph and the second to another member of the group. During the questioning, Mrs. Guimond speaks to only one student at a time and the others are...
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...Detective/Thriller Agatha Christie’s murder mysteries The “A is for…” series by Sue Grafton The Client by John Grisham Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Shining by Stephen King Watcher by Dean R. Koontz Fantasy The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien On a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony Any Harry Potter book by J.K. Rowling Historical/Social Issues The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel The Color Purple by Alice Walker The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee The Lord of the Flies by William Golding Of Mice and Men and The Grapes ofWrath by John Steinbeck Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd White Teeth by Zadie Smith Inspirational/Spiritual Care of the Soul by Thomas Moore The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom The Purpose-Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For by Rick Warren A Simple Path by Mother Theresa The Tao of...
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...“The Hunger Games” is a book written by Suzanne Collins that was also turned into a movie. The story follows the main character Katniss Everdeen as she participates in the deathly and horrible contest called the Hunger Games. The story is about a fictional county that is broken up and segregated into twelve districts and a capital. The people in the twelve districts are nothing less than mules for the capital and its people. Years prior there was a civil war that caused devastation to the districts and caused the Capital to create the Hunger Games as a reminder to all that the Capital rules with absolute power. The Hunger Games are an annual event that causes one boy and one girl from each district to be selected to fight in an area to the death until one lone tribute remains. It is barbaric and nothing less than a way to promote fear and regulation over the people of the districts. The game and the events involved throughout the movie are consumed with social psychology, kin selection, reciprocity and flight and fight are just a few social psychology concepts that are present in the movie. Katniss does in fact go on to win the games and it was made possible by her use of several social psychology concepts. In the early scenes of the movie they show that Katniss is very much the head of her family and that she is the one that makes sure her family has food. In addition to that, she has been the force keeping her mother and sister alive and well since the untimely death of...
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...The novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston, is set in West Florida during the Harlem Renaissance in the early 1900s, and tells the story of Janie Crawford, an African American girl growing up in the care of her grandmother, Nanny. As a young teenager, Janie has a moment of enlightenment underneath a blossoming pear tree. As she is enveloped in the beauty of the tree and in her own thoughts, she sees a local boy on the other side of her fence, and on a whim, goes up and kisses him. Nanny, witnessing this event, calls her into their house and explains to her that she is becoming a young woman and will need to be married off. Shortly after, Janie is married to Logan Killicks, a much older, but financially stable man. Hating how he treats her and forces her to work, Janie leaves Logan for a man named Joe Starks, who Janie is married to for nearly 20 years. Joe progressively gets more and more protective and controlling of Janie, and...
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...What seems to be the cause for these immense levels of death in colonies? Is this a common trend throughout honeybee life cycles? In short; no, this is not a common trend. It is difficult to pinpoint one specific cause of such massive death rates with a series of hurdles for the honeybee colonies to take-on, such as global climate change, disease, pesticides, habitat loss, and genetic vitality are common and presumed causes. Of several researched causes for the diminishing bee colonies, species richness was most effected by habitat loss / fragmentation (Potts, 348), proving that of the bulk of evidence that habitat loss was an essential key in the reduction of honeybee populations. In an industrializing world, especially in the United States...
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...theme of the short story “What We Talk about When We Talk about Love” by Raymond Carver are plot and character. The main character of the story plays a big role in creating the theme and the symbols that are prominent also contribute to the theme. This author used these key components to help the readers understand the main point of the story. The main character Mel and the symbols love and gin are all important to identify the theme in this short story. The theme in the story is the complicated meaning of love. The character Mel is a round character in the story. His character is sometimes hard to understand and figure out and also is shown to have more than one side. He is a very confused character...
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