...Armed with a winning combination of innovative products, a well considered distribution strategy and a little help from an Austrade export grant, high performance sports apparel manufacturer 2XU Pty Ltd has ‘hit the ground running’ in export in just five years. Victorian-based 2XU is a designer and manufacturer of world class sporting garments across the categories of triathlon, running, swimming, cycling, compression and fitness activities. All 2XU products are engineered with the single minded goal of equipping the athlete to feel more prepared, race ready and capable than the competition – an ambitious and engaging brand philosophy which has been adopted across all facets of the company in its quest to enter and conquer the international market. Internationally, 2XU has enjoyed first-mover advantage thanks to its innovative garment collections and rapid establishment of an extensive and successful distributor network both overseas and online. Beginning with one key distributor in the United States, 2XU now boasts an impressive portfolio of distributors throughout Europe, North America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Over the past two years, export sales have surged by some 190 per cent. Successful marketing of their unique products overseas has also played a key role in 2XU’s impressive international growth and the Austrade-administered Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) scheme has been there to help. Under the scheme, 2XU has received over $199,700...
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...innovative idea and business model, identify potential markets and explain why their product would be successful in these markets, and they must sell themselves as entrepreneurs. Step 2: Perform the appropriate analysis and evaluation. -To get a good mark on this assignment, Ashley and Jessica must critically evaluate secondary research. To do this they must (1) evaluate resources, (2) develop effective search strategies, and (3) identify proprietary resources. -To do well on their assignment, the students must do the following: 1. They need to be critical of all the resources and information they use. In particular, they need to minimize their use of the Web, and instead use databases available through their university to gather information. For example, they could access the Wall-Street Journal available online through most universities to show a need for their product (people feeling increasingly unsafe, rising crime against older people, aging population, etc.). They could also use ProQuest ABI Inform Global to find relevant academic and practitioner business articles. 2. They must cite all sources properly. If they don’t, they might accidentally commit plagiarism, and at minimum, fail this assignment. 3. Make good use of their time and find relevant information by developing search strategies. They can do this by using more than one search field at a time, using the “AND” function among others, and by using truncation and proximity searching. 4. They might...
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...Dylan Thomas: Do not go gentle into that good night Do not go gentle into that good night by Dylan Thomas is a poem written for all to hear but specifically for the narrator’s father. Throughout the poem, the narrator asserts that all people should resist death in every way possible even if death has to drag you out of the world, one should put up a fight to live another day and be acrimonious at the thought of being taken from this life. The reader may wonder why the narrator has such hostility towards death and will discover by the end of the poem that the poem is actually a plea from a dying man’s son to gather what strength and mentality he has left to stand up against death and say not today, for his sake as well as the narrator’s. The narrator begins by presenting his father with an example of wise men that fight their impending death with vigor, despite knowing that defeat is inevitable. “Because their words had forked no lightning they/do not go gentle into that good night” (Thomas 5-6); lines five and six tell us that these intelligent people who fight the losing cause against death do so because they haven’t yet made their mark on the world and not even death shall get in their way of doing so. By showing his father his admiration for these wise men, the narrator indicates that he wishes his father to heed their example; to strive toward anything that may give him some purpose besides waiting complacently for death to collect him. Also noticeable in this stanza...
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...For those who have experienced the death of a loved one, feelings of helplessness and despair may be very familiar. This is what the speaker of Dylan Thomas’ “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” is expressing in this poem to his dying father. Thomas uses colorful metaphors to inspire the reader to live life to it’s fullest. When the poem starts off it is unclear who the speaker is and who their intended audience is. It is not until the last stanza, “And you, my father, there on the sad height,/ Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray”, that it is made clear that the speaker is a son writing to his dying father. That is when the reader realizes that this poem is more personal than originally thought; it is not just a man...
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...In the poems “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas and “After a Time” by Catherine Davis they use diction or word choice to help explain their view on a given topic, in this case it is death. Dylan Thomas uses a lighter or more neutral tone to express his view on the experience when faced with death. In lines 1-3 he says “Do not go gentle into that good night, / Old age should burn and rave at close of day; / Rage, rage against the dying of the light” (Dylan 1-3). Dylan uses words like rave and gentle to express his view point in a more neutral diction rather than aggressive like Catherine. In Catherine Davis’s villanelle she uses darker words along with more negative words choices. “After time all losses are the same./One...
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...‘Do not go gentle into that good night’, a villanelle written by Dylan Thomas in 1951, was one of Thomas’ most prevalent poems. Thomas's refusal to align with any literary group or movement has made him and his work difficult to categorize although Thomas is widely viewed as part of the modernism and romanticism movements. Though Thomas wrote exclusively in the English language, he has been acknowledged as one of the most important Welsh poets of the 20th century. He is noted for his original, rhythmic and ingenious use of words and imagery. ‘Do not go gentle into that good night’ is addressed it to his octogenarian father, whose eyesight and general health were beginning to fail. The poem urges his father to fight against death—to "burn and...
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...In the poems, “Do not go gentle into that good night” by author Dylan Thomas and “a mermaid escapist” by author Amanda Lovelace, they both portray different views on the topic of death, the two poems illustrate to readers that death can be accepted or a battle to fight for. In “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night”, it summarizes that people should fight for their lives and life should end with excitement. The speaker states, “Do not go gentle into that good night. Old age should burn and rave at close of day” (Thomas 1-2). The author, Dylan Thomas, uses symbolism to show that life should not end with a borning note. The reThe good night and close of death symbolize death that is fought for. But, compared to fighting for life, the poem, “A...
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...Do not go gentle into that good night’ Dylan Thomas 1. Do not go gentle into that good night' is a villanelle: a fixed form originated by French courtly poets of the Middle Ages. What are its rules? The rules, or form of a villanelle is that it must consist of nineteen-lines with two repeating rhymes and two refrains. Refrains are lines that are repeated over and over. The 19 lines are divided into five three-line stanzas and a sixth stanza with four lines. In the final stanza, the refrain serves as the poem's two concluding lines. The rhyme scheme is ABA; two rhymes end all the lines. 2. Whom does the poem address? What is the speaker saying? The poem addresses the poets father who is seriously ill and dying. The speaker doesn’t want his...
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...I hope when you read this letter you have the best time in high school and go to good college. I’m you from the past, I like to travel around the world, fear turn to eighteen. I don’t know why I so scare turn to eighteen but when I think about lost protection from my parents, laws and other pages that I have to sign make me worry a lot. I live in San Jose, the rent in this city is so high because of this city in the silicon valley, a lot of people want to live here. I hope I can buy a house for my family to live here. After college, I want to be an engineer computer because I like computer and I live in the silicon valley. My dream is to want to be a soccer player, I always play with my friend on Friday, we can stay after school to play one...
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...Firstly, burnout is something Physicians should be aware of and they should know what is too much for them to handle. Their supervisors should also not push physicians to their breaking point. When this happens, patient-centered care is not being given to its fullest ability. In the chapter “When Good Doctors Go Bad” there was a physician named Dr. Goodman who at a point in time was a good doctor who did amazing work (90). One of his patients was a patient who had a broken hip (90). Dr. Goodman knew what needed to be done to fix this, but he had endured a “strenuous” day and instead put pins into the hip when really a full surgery was needed (91). Dr. Goodman did not give patient centered care for this patient because of the long day he had...
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...A Comparison of “Dog’s Death” and “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” Tammy McGee ENG 125: Introduction to Literature Instructor Jessica Dennis August 12, 2013 The theme I have chosen to write about is death and impermanence, and the two literary works I have chosen to compare and contrast are Dog’s Death by John Updike and Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas. How we are affected by death, and how we accept that it is inevitable seems to be a theme for many short stories and poems. Death brings a struggle between the dying and the family and friends of the dying. All the loved ones of the dying want them to do is fight, to encourage them to stay positive, even when there is no chance of survival. We want to be selfish and want to spend as much time as we can with them before they die. Just as the two poets in these poems do. In Dog’s Death by John Updike, the dog wants to lie down, to hide so she can die peacefully but the family rushes her to the vet to try and save her. And in Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas the father is being begged to fight against the inevitable death. I am going to show how loved ones want the dying to fight death, whereas the dying would like to come to peace with death and rest. Both Dog’s Death and Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night are poems, however they are structured differently. Dog’s Death is not a set structure, meaning to say it is not a certain type of poem. It has five stanzas...
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...A Literary Analysis of “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” and “The Things They Carried” ENG125 Sharon Linne January 26th, 2015 Sources of conflict provide a unifying factor that enables an audience to relate to a literary work’s respective authors on a psychological level. This is particularly important when an author seeks to place his or her audience in their own perspective. A strong case for the conflict of individual versus self can be identified in the texts “They Things They Carried” (O’Brien, 1990) and “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night.” (Thomas, 1952) This shared trait offers insight towards the human element and increases both works’ depth as a result. It also allows the audience to experience timelines and situations they would never have been able to otherwise, especially when dealing with sensitive topics such as death and war. We will be exploring the combined use of persona, fate, point of view, flashbacks, epiphanies and irony towards further contributing towards the authors’ visions. The texts “The Things They Carried” and “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” both share the conflict of individual versus self. The pair both vary greatly in their presentation as well as what substantiates them. They however, simultaneously both touch on the universally shared trait of human emotion in extenuating circumstances. O’Brien and Thomas both depict situations where the concept of death is always lurking just around the corner. The realization...
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...conversion, it’s ... Ina good to the good samaritean, Energies ... with the fist pumping Ina god say...instinct I let Detroit go bankrupt I let Detroit go bankrupt. The ego, is the most expensive thing. The ego The ego, is the most expensive thing. The egoThe American people aren't buying what he's selling the people So they have to figure it out What if someone about to force it out It da best domestic agenda, Hillary Clinton and domestic agenda And not conversion, it’s ... Ina good to the good samaritean, Energies ... with the fist pumping Ina god say...instinct I let Detroit go bankrupt I let Detroit go bankrupt. The ego, is the most expensive thing. The ego The ego, is the most expensive thing. The egoThe American people aren't buying what he's selling the people So they have to figure it out What if someone about to force it out It da best domestic agenda, Hillary Clinton and domestic agenda And not conversion, it’s ... Ina good to the good samaritean, Energies ... with the fist pumping Ina god say...instinct I let Detroit go bankrupt I let Detroit go bankrupt. The ego, is the most expensive thing. The ego The ego, is the most expensive thing. The egoThe American people aren't buying what he's selling the people So they have to figure it out What if someone about to force it out It da best domestic agenda, Hillary Clinton and domestic agenda And not conversion, it’s ... Ina good to the good samaritean, Energies ... with...
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...FIN340 304 Tutorial week 3 Questions 1. How can a central bank use direct intervention to change the value of a currency? Explain why a central bank may desire to smooth exchange rate movements of its currency.. 2. Should the governments of Asian countries allow their currencies to float freely? What would be the advantages of letting their currencies float freely? What would be the disadvantages? 3. What is the impact of a weak home currency on the home economy, other things being equal? What is the impact of a strong home currency on the home economy, other things being equal? 4. Assume the Hong Kong dollar (HK$) value is tied to the U.S. dollar and will remain tied to the U.S. dollar. Last month, a HK$ = 0.25 Singapore dollars. Today, a HK$=0.30 Singapore dollars. Assume that there is much trade in the computer industry among Singapore, Hong Kong, and the U.S. and that all products are viewed as substitutes for each other and are of about the same quality. Assume that the firms invoice their products in their local currency and do not change their prices. a. Will the computer exports from the U.S. to Hong Kong increase, decrease, or remain the same? Explain. b. Will the computer exports from Singapore to the U.S. increase, decrease, or remain the same? Explain. NOTE: Explain in great detail with example and diagram if necessary. All presentation must be prepared in Power point slide. 1. A) Central Banks...
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...A READING LESSON PLAN for Secondary Students Prepared by: Faith G. Brillantes Jayah Jay J. Carcedo I. Objectives 1. To appreciate the father’s acceptance of death 2. To understand people’s natural resistance of death 3. To recognize the structure of villanelles II. Subject Matter: A Poem: “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” III. Unlocking of Difficulty A. Vocabulary: Context Clues 1. Old age should burn and rave at close of day; a. Poor b. glow c. admire 2. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. a. Be angry b. calm c. exile 3. Because their words had forked no lightning a. Left b. restored c. split 4. Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay a. Weak b. robust c. strong 5. Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay a. Dim b. glare c. fly B. Background information (through pictures and illustrations) 1. Picture of a family. Explain the relationship of the parents to their children and vice versa in dealing with death. 2. Show video clips that portrays people’s survival against death. IV. Motivation Questions: Have you ever given your best when you knew it was useless? Do you know someone who has? Do you know someone who has been disturbed and frustrated by the way that death comes to everyone? Motive Questions: How did the speaker urge his father to fight against death? How did the speaker use the four different types of men to express his frustration towards...
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