...Novel Review The “Princess Diaries” is the first volume novel that written by Meg Cabot. This novel tells about a young- American-teenage girl named Mia Thermopolis who lives with her Artist mother, Helen in Manhattan. Mia going to a private school called Albert Einstein High and included into unpopular students in her school. She has a lot of main problems that she should dealing like the non-vegetarian food at her school, making sure her cat, Fat Louie, doesn’t eat another sock, and her social life, which is sadly lacking. Mia has a normal life like other teenage girl but one day her life changed 180° after she met with her dad at the Plaza Hotel. Her dad tells her that he is the crown prince of Genovia, a small European principality, and she is the sole heir to the throne since his testicular cancer has left him unable to have more children. At the first time, Mia does not believe it; she knows they are rich, so that’s why she can spend the summers with her father and his grandmother at her chateau in France. But she thinks her dad is just a politician. In this novel, we can see how Mia runs her days after they know she is a princess, be a best friend with Lily Moscovitz that has her own TV show and is trying to expose the racism of the Chinese owners of the deli across the road for discounting Asian students 5 cents, have to take lessons from her insane grandmother to learn how to be a princess, falls in love with the most popular boy at school, Josh, who doesn't even...
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...Princess Amelia "Mia" Mignonetta Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo Her grey eyes are her "only attractive feature", according to her outspoken best friend Lilly Moscovitz. Amelia struggles with her new role in the world as Princess of Genovia (a country loosely based on Andorra). For all of her childhood and a some of her adolescence, she prefers to wear combat boots and overalls (though she wears a uniform to school) instead of the designer wardrobe that is expected for her. She is fluent in English and is learning Spanish and French, though she sometimes humorously mistakes homonymous words for one another. Mia often does inappropriate or mortifying things, particularly when she is in public. She bites her nails, obsesses over her cat "Fat Louie" (whom she admits to loving the most in the world; over her mother, friends and boyfriend), is concerned about her life to an exaggerated degree, and writes in her diary whenever she can. After being formally recognized as a princess, she is assigned her own bodyguard, Lars van der Hooten. Her failure at self-actualization saddens and frustrates her. She was a dedicated vegetarian until book #9 of the series. She lives on takeout from Number One Noodle Son and other local Noho restaurants. [edit] Lilly Moscovitz Lilly is a slightly overweight feminist with an IQ of 210 (at last count). She has a "squished" visage (similar to that of a pug) and brown curls, although later in the series she dyes her hair blonde. She is loud-voiced...
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...they bear a similarity as they were both initially sponsored by monarchs in search of the Northwest Passage, the differences between the Spanish (1492 – 1548) and English (1584-1648) explorations are very clear. During the XV century the first marine expeditions that allowed having a better understanding of the world, were made. The major European explorers that were part of the Spanish and English explorations were Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Nunez Balboa, Ferdinand Magellan, Juan Ponce De Leon, Hernan Cortes, Francisco Pizarro, Hernando De Soto, Francisco Coronado, and Sir Francis Drake. An important similarity on the explorations was that they were in search of the Northwest Passage , a route that the Far East could be achieved (India) from Europe traveling to the west. Other similarities included are the first voyages were made by Italian explorers and sponsored by monarchs. Christopher Columbus and John Cabot were from Italy. Columbus’ voyages were approved by Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile of Spain. John Cabot received approval by Henry VII of England. These are the similarities, but now we will see how clear the differences were. In the past we were taught that Christopher Columbus discovered America and that the Indians were unfriendly individuals. However, today young students are taught that Columbus was not the first European to set foot in the New World, “it is now well known that Columbus was not the first inhabitant of the Old World...
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...introduction:- The eBay platform offers an unprecedented opportunity to build a new eBay business or expand your current business, reach new customers, and create a potential new stream of revenue. Leverage the resources of the eBay Developers Program to tap into eBay's marketplace of over 200 million users with tools and services that meet the diverse needs of buyers and sellers on eBay. History of eBay:- eBay was founded in Pierre Omidyar's San Jose living room back in September 1995. It was from the start meant to be a marketplace for the sale of goods and services for individuals. In 1998, Pierre and his cofounder Jeff Skoll brought in Meg Whitman to sustain the success. Meg had studied at the Harvard Business School and had learned the importance of branding at companies such as Hasbro. Meg culled her senior staff from companies such as Pepsico and Disney, created an experienced management team with an average of 20 years of business experience and built a strong vision for the company -- that eBay is a company that's in the business of connecting people, not selling them things. They quickly shed the image of only auctioning collectibles and moved into an array of upscale markets where the average sale price (ASP) is higher. ASP is a key metric in determining eBay's transaction fees, so increasing the ASP became an important item. By forging partnerships with namebrands such as GM, Disney and Sun, eBay has managed to do exactly that. Sun has sold ...
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...The exert A Wrinkle in Time shows that Meg's tone was insecure. She gets really insecure about the questions that she's being asked about a hard topic. “And you don’t know where your father was sent?” “No. At first, we got lots of letters,...” In the first bit, you can see the Meg is insecure by the way she is acting when she is getting asked all of these questions. When you're reading the line of text you can really see how uncomfortable she must be in the situation which then leads to her being to feel insecure. “They can’t understand plain, ordinary love when they see it. Well, go on. What happened next?” “Nothing happened,” Meg said. “That’s the trouble.” The second set highlight really shows her being insecure because when Calvin...
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...Several events included in the timeless classic, “A Wrinkle in Time” are of discrepancy in correspondence to the movie production. The first divergence between the novel and the movie is delineated in the beginning. At the start of the movie, Meg is seen in her earlier years as a child in a laboratory with her father, Mr. Murry. In contrast, at the start of the novel Meg was in her bedroom attic thinking about how dreadful and appalling school was. In addition, throughout the movie, it is chronicled that father ended up in Camazotz as a result of tessering. However, in the novel this is not the reason. Mr. Murry ended up in Camazotz from not a matter of tessering, but rather due to accidentally leaving the solar system while heading to Mars....
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...he meeting had dragged on for more than an hour that rainy day in Seattle, and Jeff Bezos had heard enough. The CEO had rounded up 15 or so senior engineers and managers in one of Amazon’s offices to tackle a question buzzing inside the company: Should Amazon bust open the doors of its most prized data warehouse, containing its myriad databases, and let an eager world of entrepreneurs scavenge through its data jewels? For several years, scores of outsiders had been knocking on Amazon’s door to gain access to the underlying data that powers the $7 billion retailer: product descriptions, prices, sales rankings, customer reviews, inventory figures, and countless other layers of content. In all, it was a data vault that Amazon had spent more than 10 years and a billion dollars to build, organize, and safeguard. So why on earth would Bezos suddenly hand over the keys? Because in the hands of top Web innovators, some at the meeting argued, Amazon’s data could be the dynamo of new websites and businesses that would expand the company’s already gigantic online footprint and ultimately drive more sales. Others worried about the risks. A free-forall, one manager warned, would “change our business in ways we don’t understand.” Bezos ended the debate with characteristic gusto. He leaped from his seat, aping a flasher opening a trench coat. “We’re going to aggressively expose ourselves!” he declared. Today, there’s considerable reason to cheer Bezos’ exhibitionist...
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...Margaret Whitman Hewlett Packard is a multinational hardware and software corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California. The President and Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett Packard is Margaret “Meg” Cushing Whitman. She assumed this role in September of 2011after serving on the Board of Directors for Hewlett Packard (HP). Meg Whitman was born and raised in Long Island, New York where she graduated from high school in just three years. After graduating, she went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with honors from Princeton in 1977. She then went on to earn a Master of Business Administration degree in 1979 from Harvard University. Her career began as a Brand Manager for Procter and Gamble, and then she went on to rise from a consultant to a senior Vice President at Bain & Company. Next, she became a Vice President at The Walt Disney Company, a Vice President at Stride Rite Corporation and President and CEO of Florists’ Transworld Delivery. Her tenure at Hasbro had her bringing the British group, Teletubbies, to United States television. Meg Whitman’s major accomplishments came when in 1988 she became Chief Executive Officer of eBay where there were 30 employees and annual revenues of $4 million. Whitman was able to grow the company to about 15,000 employees and annual revenues in excess of $8 billion. A brief stint in politics, using her own money, Whitman ran for Governor of California where she lost the election. She then joined the Board of Directors of Hewlett...
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...In A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle, the main character, Meg Murry, develops into a strong, independent person. At the beginning of the novel, Meg is an insecure person and no one really likes her or her little brother. On pages 8-9 in the book it says “That morning one of her teachers said crossly, “Really Meg, I don't understand how a child with parents as brilliant as yours are supposed to be such a poor student. If you don't manage to do a little better you’ll have to stay back next year.” Another quote from the novel also says, “And on the way home from school, walking up the road, with her arms full of books, one of the boys had said something about her “dumb little brother.” At this time she’d thrown the books on the side of the...
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...Concert Review # 2 The second concert I attended conducted by Sidney Harth on February 21st was at the Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland and was actually my first time at the music hall because the first concert was cancelled and I am from the Buffalo, NY area. I can definitely say that it is one of the most beautiful buildings that I have ever seen in my life. As you walk up the stairs and begin through the large chambered doors you get the feeling an old castle were kings, queens and the royal family came to be entertained. The inside was just as fascinating as the outside it embodied a place in which no expense was spared and even gives you the subconscious feeling that you are too royalty. Furthermore on the concerts, I felt this particular concert represented music that I was not accustomed to and therefore was annoyed with at first. Yet as I began to open my mind a bit and realize that with every different note it reflected a different emotion that the original conductor was feeling, it made me curious of what else was about to come. Aaron Copland’s “Quiet City” was without a doubt my favorite piece played at this concert. It began with a quiet and slow noises of violins that made me envision a dark night when one is looking into the clearing. A dark tonight then transitions into an early morning battle or conflict as the trumpets begin to blare all throughout. Not just the title itself, but the style of the music makes me think of New York City and how lonely...
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...Case Analysis 1: Meg Whitman at eBay Inc. Leadership Behaviors In reading over this Harvard case study about the first CEO of eBay, Meg Whitman we can easily point out several of the leadership behavior techniques that she had exhibited in her many years with eBay. Behaviors included specific task-, relations-, and change-oriented behaviors, and although we will be highlighting only a couple of these behaviors it is important to remember that Meg Whitman’s leadership went well beyond the examples that will be discussed in this analysis. Meg Whitman was hired by the founder of eBay, Pierre Omidyar in March 1998 at a time when the company was still very young and experiencing a fast paced growth. It was the intention of Omidyar to hire someone who would be instrumental in helping eBay thrive during this time of expansion, as it changed from a small start up company into a large established one. In choosing Whitman to fill the position Omidyar will discover he made the right call, because Whitman was experienced enough to know that eBay had a unique culture already in place and that respecting that culture was of the utmost importance, Whitman also understood that implementing sweeping change could not only be demoralizing to current employees, but could also damage to the company’s reputation amongst its customers. For example, when Meg Whitman “scheduled appointments, she quickly developed an appreciation for how different the eBay culture was compared with those of...
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...users or citizens are the ones who control the direction of the site. eBay created a legal system that promotes self-governance. The auction site devised a feedback forum to let users rate one another to discourage fraud. The users are constantly educated; eBay teaches people how to use the site. eBay also has its own banking system. eBay has been bounded by two things: a clear mission to be the world's largest person-to-person online auction company, and a focused strategy with five key elements expanding the user base, strengthening the eBay brand, broadening the trading platform by increasing product categories and promoting new ones, Fostering community affinity and enhancing site features and functionality. The arrival of Meg Whitman ( President and CEO of eBay since 1998) marked a watershed in the effort to build brand recognition at eBay. The company's early growth relied strictly on word of mouth. But as an old hand at consumer product marketing, Whitman made branding one of her first initiatives. In a series of meetings with the senior management team, she broke the problem into two parts. The first was clarifying what eBay stood for. In their judgment, it was a personal trading community where users could buy and sell almost anything. This definition set it apart from most existing auction competitors and the several that eventually followed. All market communications now reflect this unequivocal definition. Part two of Whitman's branding exercise came directly...
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...Most people don't believe that time travel is real. Yet, the characters in the novel A wrinkle in Time would disagree. The intelligent scientists Mr. and Mrs. Murry played around with the idea of the tesseract (fifth dimension). When Mr. Murry goes missing, his high school daughter Meg Murry is left to rescue him in a different dimension. Murry has trouble socially and academically at school, while her brother Charles Wallace is a guinness just like their parents. From the fifth dimension to space and back to Earth, Murry is left to take on this adventure with her brother Charles, her friend Calvin O’keefe from school, and the three W’s (Mrs. Which, Mrs. Whatsit, and Mrs. Who). When Murry, Charles, and Calvin are in the fifth dimension on...
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...Meg Murry, a thirteen-year old middle schooler, undergoes a metamorphosis in Madeline L’Engle’s novel “A Wrinkle in Time”. In the beginning, Meg is described by her fellow classmates and teachers as a troublesome and stubborn student. As a result, her confidence sinks down like an anchor as her grades rapidly plunge down to the lowest section of her grade level. These moments force Meg Murry to look upon herself as a social outcast and a failure. Consequently, Meg Murry, red-eyed and angry, relentlessly punishes herself by calling herself harsh terms such as “a delinquent” (page 12), and “dumb” (page 17). That is, until one dark and stormy night, where Meg Murry runs into her new, eccentric neighbor, Mrs. Whatsit. Mrs. Whatsit, lips moving,...
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...HRM 87 Companies must evolve throughout the years to stay in business. They must keep up with technology demands, changes in the economy, as well as cultural changes when there is change in leadership. This paper is going to discuss. The changes that Home Depot and Hewlett Packard has gone through when they change the Chief Executive Officers and how it impacted the companies positively and negatively. Hewlett Packard announced in 2011 that they were replacing the then CEO Leo Apotheker with former EBay CEO Meg Whitman. [ (Chan, 2011) ]According to Whitman, “HP is investing in innovation, bringing cost in line with revenue, improving profits, lowering debt, optimizing cash flow, and exceeding financial performance.” [ (Takahashi, 2013) ] Instead changing the way that HP did things when Apotheker was CEO, Whitman seems to tweak the way HP will improve their businesses by investing more in business printers rather than expanding into tablets and smartphones as their competitors have done. Home Depot replaced CEO Robert Nordelli with Frank Blake in 2007 and is reported by Reuters an improvement in the culture of the business. When Nordelli was CEO Home Depot would focus on metric c sales b y making sure that the stores would all carry the same merchandise rather than allowing the stores to order what they need. In other words, if a store sold double the snow shovels than water hoses but another store sold more water hoses than snow shovels, under Nordelli both...
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