... After moving to the City of Angels from South Korea, where dog cafes are popular, animal lover Sarah Wolfgang, 21, has launched a crowd funding campaign to open a pooch-friendly parlor called The Dog Cafe where patrons can get a cup of Joe, followed by cuddle time with adoptable pups. This marketing plan will analyze what actions will need to be taken to successfully bring the Asian concept of a Dog Cafe to the American people. Situational Analysis Strengths The business will receive positive views because of the support of sheltered dogs that can end up getting euthanized. The consumers will have a high sense of charity when contributing to animal shelters with their purchases of service and coffee items. Promotion for this company is also well thought out. This café uses multiple channels including social media to attract new consumers to the business. There were many consumers expressing their anticipation for the opening of the café. Weaknesses This a relatively new concept for a coffee shop inhabited by rescue animals in the United States. Visits to the café are...
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...in Detective Fiction The Hound of the Baskervilles By Yue Zhao Submitted to the School of Foreign Studies in Partial Fulfillment to the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in English (International Trade) Under the Supervision of Ms. Tang Jun June, 2012 Acknowledgement I would like to pay tribute to all those people who have given me a hand in the process of writing this thesis. Without their gracious help, the accomplishment of this thesis would not be so smooth. First and foremost, I deeply appreciate my supervisor, Ms. Tang Jun, who has provided me with so many valuable comments and constructive advice all the way through. But for her constant and invariable patience and kindness in guiding me, it would be more difficult for me to go through all the confusions and find a right direction. My thanks also go to the teachers who has given me suggestions, which benefit me a lot when I make the original plan, in the opening defence. With their help, I get to know where I should go next. Last but not the least, I extend my thanks to my classmates and my dearest parents for their encouragement and support. Wheneve I feel frustrated with my work, they are always there. Gothicism in Detective Fiction The Hound of the Baskervilles Abstract: As one of the most influential people who are never alive, Sherlock Holmes, written by Arthur Conan Doyle, attracts researches. The Hound of the Baskervilles is one...
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...Online Marketing Guide Tips + Advice to Grow Your Business Through Online Marketing The Small Business Why you should be marketing online Case study: How Happy Hound gets 90% of its sales online 10 things you can do today to boost your online marketing Worksheet: How you can get started Contents 4. Why Your Business Needs to Market Online 6. 10 Ways to Use the Internet to Grow Your Business 9. Measuring Your Results 10. Tip a Day: Map Your Path to Online Success 12. Case Study: Happy Hound 13. Online Marketing: Something for Every Business 14. Key Terms 16. Worksheet Suzanne Golter of Happy Hound dog day care and boarding 2 Welcome Every day we hear from business owners who think they need special skills to reach new customers online. Overwhelmed by the number and seeming complexity of online marketing options, they sit on the sidelines, eager to get in the game but confused about where to start. Sound familiar? If so, this guide is for you. Whether you’re new to online marketing or just looking to do it better, the advice in this guide can help you reach your business goals. You’ll learn: • How many new customers you can find online • 10 ways to use the Internet to grow your business • How to measure your results • How one small business gets 90% of its sales online • Key terms and what they mean We’ve also created a daily tip sheet filled with ideas to help you get started as well as marketing plans for four different types of businesses. Get started right...
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...Because their job is simply to keep company, many of these dogs are well behaved and friendly to almost everyone. This makes them an excellent house pet. Guardian dogs, or working dogs, are large and naturally reserved. They are known to keep livestock, families, and valuables guarded. This type of pedigree is wary of strangers, but tightly bonded to their owners, making them a horrible party guest for an active person. Gun dogs, also known as sporting dogs, are extremely active and affectionate. The breeds in this category tend to range from easy going to sharp and intense. For people who can provide exercise and a working program with training, nothing can beat their trust in their owner. Herding dogs are highly intelligent and active. This type of dog always needs a job to keep them interested, requiring people who are energetic and smart. Because their job requires them to work with larger, stronger animals, herding breeds are normally very brave and adventure seeking. This means they often get into trouble if not told what to do. They normally choose one person ultimately to bond with, sometimes not with the person intended. Hound dogs are perfect for mellow dog lovers who enjoy a fearless hunter. Many hounds are kept in kennels, but they thrive best within the center of a family. These dogs are perfect for a person with patience and humor. Some believe dogs...
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...In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, society is shallow and disconnected due to mass media. Bradbury thought that our society today would become like this, and in many ways he was right. Throughout the novel, Bradbury portrays mass media as a facade that hides real experience and interferes with the characters' ability to think deeply about their lives and relationships. Some examples of how mass media corrupts the society in the novel include the parlor TV walls, the way companies advertise, and how the authorities use television to lie to people. In the novel Fahrenheit 451, it is common to have one or more parlor TV wall. A parlor TV wall is a wall-sized TV, with interactive entertainment, similar to a video game. Mildred, Montag’s wife,...
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...spark, then finishes off with what he accomplished. The novel starts off by introducing us to his early life. Steven Paul Jobs was born February 24 1955. He was born into a family that was not capable of taking care of him so they gave him for adoption. Even though Steve didn’t get to grow up with his birth parents he was sure lucky he grew up where he did because that’s what introduced him to computers. Since Steve’s adoptive father was a mechanic Steve hot exposes to electronics and engineering at an early age. This is what sparked an interest in technology. Steve started building his first computer in his teen years. It wasn’t difficult to find parts since Steve lived in Silicon Valley California. When Steve grew up he moved out and hound his own home. Steve turned his homes garage into a computer factory, with spare computer parts laying around and unfinished products collecting dust. Steve...
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...Music Notes: Midterm One Introduction Studying Rock: * Fan mentality: reject other forms of music * Gold Records: 500,000 copies * Platinum Records: 1 million copies Themes: * Social, political, and cultural issues * Issues of race, class, and gender * The development of the music business * The development of technology The Popularity Arc: * Mainstream popularity is the ‘peak’ * Genres tend to develop underground and aren’t written about historically during these years (subcultures) Musical Form: * The way different sections in a song are organized Rhythm: the way music sounds are organized in time; beat is the pulse Meter: organization of rhythm and beats into music * Simple; one & two & three (2 parts) * Compound; one & uh two & uh three (3 parts) * Duple (2 beats per measure) * Triple (3 beats per measure) * Quadruple (4 beats per measure) Timbre (colour): voice is: warm, smooth, rich * Chest voice, falsetto, crooner (male who sings with background jazz music) The 1920’s, 30’s and 40’s * Upheaval in politics, reflected in music * Baby boomers Chapter 1: Roots to 1955 Before Rock and Roll (Main stream music, rhythm and blues, country & western) Part 1: The World of Mainstream Pop Leading up to 1955 National vs. Regional Changes * Emergence of technology took music from a regional scope to a national level * Radio (1920’s) directed at white middle class ...
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...graduates of West Point. One thing that I found interesting was the fact that in Africa, Bradley served under Patton and in Europe Patton served under Bradley. Bradley stated that Patton was a soldier first and the greatest example of this was even though Patton was his superior in service by six years, he never questioned the decision for Bradley to be his superior in the 12th Army Group. Patton was often outspoken and seemed to receive criticism for some of his comments and actions, including the all famous slapping incident. However, it is of note that happened on his way to Bradley’s Headquarters and when Bradley heard about the incident from Patton he felt that he would have done the same thing. Patton was said to have been a “glory hound” and quick to anger to the point that he would often overstep his bounds when it came to disciplining troops. Bradley was more of the calm and collected type personality, and is commonly referred to as the GIs General. There is an instance that Bradley was observed refusing the help of his Aide and smoothing out the ground with an entrenching tool for his bed. He expected his subordinates to get the job done and was quick to replace those he felt didn’t, actually relieving more commanders than Patton. Again, both men were great commanders, but if I had to choose one over the other it would be Bradley. The reason would be because my uncle, 2LT Lloyd Jeffreys, served under Bradley and said that he gave you an air of confidence that if...
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...Camp Bow Wow Corporate Budgeting: Final Project My companies name is Camp Bow Wow, which is an overnight boarding facility for mainly dogs but other animals are welcome. The company was started in 2009 when the owner (Kasandra, myself) decided to become the owner of a dog named Buddy. All was well until Kasandra had a vacation planned and could not find any boarding facilities to meet the standards she was looking for. She had also recently inherited a large some of money in the amount of about 200,000 from the passing of her grandparents who also shared the love of animals with her. Kasandra used that money to find a place she could live and turn into a boarding facility and luckily she was able to find the perfect house with lots of land in the middle of town, so she got to work and the company shared its grand opening with the community in spring of 2011. The company has successfully been around for almost 3 years now offering products such as boarding, bathing, nail trims, and other products to ensure your animal is safe and happy. The location is right in the middle of the town of Appomattox so it’s perfect for people who are traveling in either direction and is known for their non-traditional animal boarding facilities, while targeting mainly dog breeds the facility is open to animals of several kinds. The reason we say its non-traditional is because the animals are not just kept in kennels all day and walked a few times unless requested by the owner, but actually...
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...Proverbs in various languages are found with a wide variety of grammatical structures.[21] In English, for example, we find the following structures (in addition to others): • Imperative, negative - Don't beat a dead horse. • Imperative, positive - Look before you leap. • Parallel phrases - Garbage in, garbage out. • Rhetorical question - Is the Pope Catholic? • Declarative sentence - Birds of a feather flock together. However, people will often quote only a fraction of a proverb to invoke an entire proverb, e.g. "All is fair" instead of "All is fair in love and war", and "A rolling stone" for "A rolling stone gathers no moss." The grammar of proverbs is not always the typical grammar of the spoken language, often elements are moved around, to achieve rhyme or focus Use in conversation[edit] Proverbs are used in conversation by adults more than children, partially because adults have learned more proverbs than children. Also, using proverbs well is a skill that is developed over years. Additionally, children have not mastered the patterns of metaphorical expression that are invoked in proverb use. Proverbs, because they are indirect, allow a speaker to disagree or give advice in a way that may be less offensive. Studying actual proverb use in conversation, however, is difficult since the researcher must wait for proverbs to happen.[23] An Ethiopian researcher, Tadesse Jaleta Jirata, made headway in such research by attending and taking notes...
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...third with deer, the fourth with light. The title sets the poem somewhere in the dark. In the first stanza we learn that it is a dark place with snow on the ground. The voice of the poem paints beautiful and quite sweet images of nature. There is a doe and fawns of probably the same yellowish - brown colour. The word “fallow” means “of a light yellowish-brown colour” (Thefreedictionary.com). The animals might have something in common as they are of the same colour. They seem to be invisible in the night. The wind blows stormily : “as fast as the stars are slow”. That is a paradox because the star movement is fast. In the second stanza the speaker defines the darkness which moves “stealthily” and quickly: faster “than the swiftest hound”. It “arrives” and haunts so it is something exceptionally unpleasant. The speaker personifies the darkness describing it as somebody who “arrives”. Everything is drown in the darkness. The world is unable to see the light as the lamp goes out. The darkness may symbolize any difficulties that people or the world undergo. There are situations in which human beings feel they are at their wit’s end, unable to go on. Their connection to the light...
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...The Most Dangerous Game Connell, Richard Published: 1924 Categorie(s): Fiction, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Detective, Short Stories, Thrillers Source: Feedbooks 1 About Connell: Richard Edward Connell, Jr. (October 28, 1893 – November 23, 1949) was an American author and journalist, best known for his short story "The Most Dangerous Game." Connell was one of the best-known American short story writers of his time and his stories appeared in the Saturday Evening Post and Collier's Weekly. Connell had equal success as a journalist and screenwriter. He was nominated for an Academy Award for best original story for 1941's Meet John Doe. He died of a heart attack in Beverly Hills, California on November 22, 1949 at the age of fifty-six. Copyright: This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. Note: This book is brought to you by Feedbooks http://www.feedbooks.com Strictly for personal use, do not use this file for commercial purposes. 2 "Off there to the right—somewhere—is a large island," said Whitney." It's rather a mystery—" "What island is it?" Rainsford asked. "The old charts call it `Ship-Trap Island,"' Whitney replied." A suggestive name, isn't it? Sailors have a curious dread of the place. I don't know why. Some superstition—" "Can't see it," remarked Rainsford, trying to peer through the dank tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht. "You've good eyes," said Whitney, with a laugh," and...
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...careful manner since they can be held liable for negligence in the following ways: a) They don’t carry out their work as required by the ISA b) They fail in the duty of protecting the interest of the various users of the financial statements i.e. any person who relies on his work. c) They don’t carry out their work with due care and skill i.e. what an ordinary skilled man or woman would do in that circumstance. N.B. The auditor’s liability falls under three categories: i) To their clients (company itself) ii) To third parties in case of negligence iii) Civil and criminal liabilities CIVIL LIABILITY UNDER THE STATUTE All auditors can be sued in a civil court when they have breached their position of trust e.g. if an auditor uses information acquired during the course of the audit to make financial gain , then in such a case he or she can be sued for breaching his position of trust and confidentiality. CRIMINAL LIABILITY UNDER THE STATUTE Section 46 of the Companies Act provide that an auditor shall be criminally liable if he willingly makes a material false statement in any report, certification or in the financial statement with the intention to deceive and mislead. Examples of criminal liabilities include: i) The auditor accepts appointment when he is ineligible to do so or continue in office after becoming ineligible. ii) The auditor obtains the advantage of deception. iii) The auditor falsifies accounting records or documents. iv) When the auditor...
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...Business Review," a full 55 percent of customer relationship management (CRM) technologies and methods do not produce results. A wide array of CRM technologies exist to help companies target new customers, collect data on existing customers and streamline the customer acquisition process. Though many of these technologies and methods tout big returns, companies considering investing in CRM need to know how to avoid the four main pitfalls of customer relationship management technologies and methods. 1. Implementing CRM before creating a Customer strategy It seems obvious that you should draw up a plan before implementing anything. Yet a surprising number of firms dive headlong into CRM without carefully working out an exact customer strategy that the technology helps the company execute. In some ways it's similar to the rush to be on the web a few years back. It was so hip and "must-do" that everyone joined in. Yet most never stopped to ask why they were doing it or what they would get out of it. As a result, few websites to this day produce much of anything. Most were poorly thought out and almost nobody visits them. Only those who understand the Web and the role it plays in overall customer strategy have mastered how to utilize it. It may well be that the same thing is happening with CRM. Companies hear that Siebel or SAP or PeopleSoft CRM is the thing to do and they go ahead and buy the software. That leads to implementing it before drawing up a customer centered acquisition...
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