...Save as Many as You Ruin by Simon Van Booy. It is a shorts story from 2007. It jumps a lot between present and past tense, which makes the story more exiting for the reader, it also starts in medias res. The story is about Gerard who lives in Manhattan. Gerard want’s to stand out from the crowd, like when he wonders about his life is extraordinary (line 9). Or when he sees the mannequins who are still (line 28-30). Is maybe because he is afraid of ending up like them, still and boring, and not feel anything, like he does with his women. Gerard has an 8-year-old daughter, which he loves a lot. He do not let other women in that Lucy and Laurel, who is the only woman he ever loved, but when she got to close, he still found something else to ruin it, like Issy, who is Lucy’s mother. He cheated on Laurel with Issy. Gerard mood get shown by the weather when he is thinking about Lucy, she is always warm, and when he is thinking about his life, and all the women there is snow, and when he gets Laurel again, there is candles in her apartment and when he sees her, he says the memories spill over him like a faucet left running (line 62.) like the snow is melting, like his cold and snowy heart. Issy was like fire to him, and he burns himself when he ruins his relationship whit Laurel, it is also why she is killed in a pool, because water kills fire. The Title which is “Save as Many as You Ruin”, maybe means that he saved Lucy, when he ruined his relationship with Laurel, so...
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...does not have time to find other means of transportation other than my car because I can not be late to school and I most definitely can not be late to work. Having a vehicle for transportation is becoming more expensive as the days go by. No one can ever expect to know what the gas prices will be like tomorrow. One day they go way up high to about $2.64 per gallon and the next day they are back down to about $2.41, of course that's just an estimation of what I have seen. It is very frustrating since the price is always changing managing money becomes a little more complicated because you never know what to expect. Everyone thinks that because gas is about $0.03 cents less at the gas station down the street that they are going to save a lot more money. For example, I live in the northeast side of town, and sometimes I drive to the east side to do run errands, gas always seems to be lower on the east side of town. It is not too much lower approximately $0.06 cents my argument though is that of course it is not worth trying to find the gas station with the lowest price because it wastes time, along the way after pumping gas there will be a gas station with a lower price, and it also wastes gas driving to the gas station out of the way and a little further down the street. Finding the gas station with the lower price per gallon wastes time looking for it, driving there, and waiting in the line of cars that think a lot of money is being saved. In the time it took to look...
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...very useful for a teacher when it comes to neatly organising a spreadsheet with many tables of class’s results. By defining a range means that tables are easy to input into formulae, and will help reduce errors. AutoSum is very beneficial to a teacher because it simply adds up an entire column without having to add each cell individually. This saves a lot of time, and helps reduce errors, especially if there is lots of students’ data. Weaknesses: Macros are not included in the spreadsheet, which would’ve been very useful for a teacher. Macros stop repetitive tasks being completed over and over again. This is useful as it saves a lot of time to the teacher, e.g. if they click a customised button which filters data or changes sheets. This will also improve the usability of the spreadsheet and make the data input easier. Goal seek, which also isn’t included in the spreadsheet, would also be very beneficial for a teacher. Goal seek is where a cell total changes in order to reach a possible result, and this would be vital if a teacher needs to see how many more points a student would need to reach their target grade. This will help save time as it helps draw faster conclusions, it’ll reduce errors as there is lots of students’ data, and helps get the best solution....
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........................................3 For Men and Women..........................................................................................................3 Pantene Is A Top Of the Line Product............................................................................................4 Introduction Pantene Inc. is addressing the issues on a new line of products. That they are introducing to our customers in just a few months. This change of the product is combining the shampoo/ conditioner/ with a color enhancer. The shampoo, conditioner, and hair color is usually three different products. Our intention is to produce one product, that is better for the hair, as well as saves on cost. Pantene Inc. 12 Turner Blvd. Wayside VA 24392...
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...ourselves at that checkout line as if we are playing a game of..., I am going to save more moo-la, also know as money, than I thought this week and I will have more funds in my pocket for this weekends fun! However, what if we looked at kindness as a coupon? I believe that we look at our lives day-to-day, more and more as if we are expecting someone to be nice to us. Not giving it a second clipping about what change we are saving by being kind to one another. Saving $1.00 in our bank of kindness, for that rainy day of, "I hate my life"....; also known as kindness, should be something we all think about . I mean, would it even take as long as scanning our eyes over the Sunday paper, looking online for coupon codes, or looking for those red clearance stickers? I believe we should take our kindness and think of it more as a savings in our coupon bank for a remarkable hoping for a $1.00 saved in the Universe of life. If I would consider it a savings of money, could I not think of it as a deposit on my own debts of unkindness? Does life and kindness not go hand in hand? Should I not recall the old saying "being kindness is goodness"..., if my parents didn't teach me after all someone had to teach me how to save a buck myself. I believe that looking into the eyes of a stranger. Being kind and pushing for nice, or making kind with an old foe isn't that bad. I mean, after all their goes another coupon you can save on Tracey. Keep my friends close and my enemies closure. Sadly, that is the...
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...experience what it is actually in this magazine. Because it covers everything related to our interest in our life such us films, gigs, gadgets, sports, artist, personal views and even foods, it is 100% suitable in the campus or work life especially, no doubt. With the cheaper price, the readers can get a variety of information here. Plus, the readers also can saves 10% of the cover price by subscribing the magazines for 12 issues with reasonable price as it is told in the advertisement as well as it’s deliver services is good too. As it is not too thick and heavy like other informative magazines, you can carry out this magazine anywhere you want and not disturbed by it. Because it is not really suitable for children, we will add another portion or a small book and package it with these magazines, so that everyone can have these magazines. In that small book, there we can put additional information about children and something that related to them such as cartoon. This will also influences the children to have it and the parents are not facing a loss at all as theirs also can enjoy the items in The Score. So, it is fair and save. So, why not you get it now? Enjoy...
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...the thread. Additional options such as Edit, Quote, and Delete will appear. In order to reply to the thread, click on Reply, and then enter your reply to the assigned discussion topic in the message box. Reply Button © 2015 University of Miami and Laureate Education, Inc. Page 1 of 3 Key Items in the Discussion Text Box How to Participate in Discussions It is strongly recommended that you enter an original subject for your reply in order to provide easier navigation. To do so, update the text in the subject box. If at any point you need to clear your reply, you can click on the Cancel button in the upper right or lower right corner. While replying to a discussion thread, you can also save a draft and return at a later time to complete your reply. To do so, click on the Save Draft button in the upper right or lower right corner. You will then be directed back to the discussion thread, and you can view your reply with the word Draft next to it. Example of a Draft in a Discussion Thread © 2015 University of Miami and Laureate Education, Inc. Page 2 of 3 How to Participate in Discussions To open and complete your reply that you saved as a draft, click on the Edit button. Please note that saved drafts can only be seen by the author. Not even instructors can see their students’ saved drafts. As a result, saved drafts will not count as submitted published replies. Example of a Discussion Text Box- Editing a Draft You...
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... Money Talk, Netrepreneur5 Comments Saving money imposes great advantages for your Personal Finance in the long run. Think about sustainable living that eco-friendly communities apply. They are trying to reduce consumption in order to save our environment for further destruction thus providing good living conditions for thenext generation. The same principle should apply to your money saving. If you reduce your unnessescary expenses today and live minimally, you will be able to save something you can use in the future. That really makes sense, right? Every penny you get to save will grow. It may not look big now but if you start saving soon enough, and practice restraint, it will certainly rise. Saving money has its own advantages, like peace of mind. You have peace of mind when you know you got something in your pocket when some health emergency arises. Saving money also provides fulfilment and security especially when paying debt and liquidity as a whole. Saving for your retirement seemed premature while you are on your mid-30 but there is such a thing called early retirement and forced retirement planning. Unforeseen reasons may come up which could lead to these things mentioned so you better come prepared for it. You also have to save for rainy days. After all, you will never know when it will happen. With the worldwide economic crisis, people lose job everyday and even if you are confident about your income today, you are never sure what tomorrow could bring. It is much...
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...Syneri Castings Case Solution Submitted To: Mushtaque Ahmed Associate Professor Institute of Business Administration University of Dhaka. Submitted By: Sourodip Paul Roll No: ZR-17 Batch: BBA 23rd Institute of Business Administration University of Dhaka. Solution to the Questions: 1. How much time would the new layout save? Solution: For us to ascertain how much time the new layout would save, we should compare the current system must to the new system. The amount of time that an employee spends traveling to the maintenance department summed with the time he spends in the system being serviced and waiting for service presently, compared to the respective values under the proposed system, will give the savings in time. Under the present system, * There are 2 service channels with a single line (M = 2). * Number of arrivals per hour is 7( = 7). * Number of employees that can be serviced in an hour by each channel is 5 ( = 5). * From the table, PO= 0.1765 The average time that a person spends in the system is: = 0.3922 hours = 23.532 minutes Hence, the average time a person spends in the system under the present system is 0.3922 hours, or 23.532 minutes. Adding the system time to the travel times involved (6 minutes total for casting personnel and 2 minutes for molding personnel), the total trip takes: For casting: (23.532 + 6) = 29.532...
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...intelligent shopper. The intelligent shopper is the best type of shopper. The Intelligent shopper usually used to make a plan or a list of things needs before they decided to go for shopping. The reason why the intelligent shopper is the best is my mom is the intelligent shopper and when she decide to go shopping she can go directly to buy what she needs and come back directly; she do not lose too much time in shopping. In fact, she saves her money and her time because she do not buy something that she do not needs. She also do not spend most of her time in the shop. Another type of shopper that saves money is the window shopper. The window shopper usually don’t buy anything. They just go out to the malls during the weekend and walk from store to store looking at items. They may even try an item out to see how it fit or to see if it works but not necessarily buying anything. The window shopper just like to see what the stores have or enjoy themselves in the shop. Just like the intelligent shopper save their money, the window shopper save their money too because they don’t usually buy anything. They just like to walk around in the stores and look an items. In addition to...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix D Goal Evaluation Matrix Choose five of the scenarios in Appendix C and evaluate the goals according to the SMART criteria. Provide support for your evaluation. | |S |M |A |R |T | |Goal setter and goal |Is the goal specific? |Is the goal measurable? |Is the goal attainable? |Is the goal realistic? |Is the goal timely? | | | | | | | | |Jie: |Yes |Yes |Yes |Yes |Yes | |She has been underweight and |She would like to gain 5 pounds|She will need to gain 1.5 |By gaining 5 pounds, her BMI |Eating a high calorie diet she |1 month from now she can gain 5| |wants to improve her health and |in 1 month in a healthy way. |pounds per week to reach her |could go from underweight to |can gain her 5 pounds in 1 |pounds | |stamina by gaining 5 pounds. | |milestone. |normal weight...
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...Blinklist was created in 2005. The application was intended to simplify the process of sharing and saving links. The user can save links as they find them without navigating away from the page. Blinklist is a bookmarking website that makes easier for users to save a link as they find it. The blink button added to the browser toolbar is a great way of quickly bookmarking and tagging sites without moving away from the website, and the ability to highlight some of the text on the site is an added bonus. It organizes your bookmarks based on keyword tags. Blinklist is ranked as 6,650th site relative to other sites and 649th in India. It charms mostly school going students who use this bookmarking sites and the most site visitors are located in India and the United States and Pakistan is ranked as 3rd in accessing this site. Blinklist lets you instantly save any website you find with one click for quick and incredibly easy access to any page you find on the internet. One of the strongest bookmarking tools on the whole web, you'll have every link everywhere you go anywhere in the world once you start bookmarking at Blinklist. Blinklist is a free service offered to anyone who is willing to make an account and sign in. It does not require a subscription fee or any other charge for using its services. The user installs the Blinklist browser button then begins exploring the web. When the user locates a page they would like to access later, they can click the Blinklist button to “blink”...
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...Five rules for the ethical use of deception 1. Deception can be used when you facing crucial situations. When you tell the deception no harm to others, and also can save yourself. For example, when you need to finish a task manager give to you, you didn’t finish it when they ask you, if you tell the truth, you will lose the job. Instead, if you tell them you already done, and finish it later all day and all night. You will keep your job and no harm to others. 2. Deception also can be used in public trade company; deception may save a company and bring the company back to alive. Company facing a tough situation that revenue drop down immediately, but the CEO know how to save the company and make some changes. In order to keep the investment from investors, CEO has to tell the lie that company is performing normally in order to hold the investment money use for company. 3. In sports, athletes need to deception others in order to get points. The deception in sports is totally legal. In football games, each team uses any possible strategies they can to lie to competitor in order to get points. 4. When you know something illegal, but you have to deception in order to protect yourself. When you see or know someone receiving bribe or kickback from other, you might not tell that to anyone if you don’t have enough protection. When someone asks you, you cannot tell the truth. 5. Sometimes you need deception when you encourage someone. When you give your employees...
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...book by James Fennimore Cooper, is the story of a white man named Hawkeye and two Mohican Indians. The film takes place during the French and Indian War. During the war many settlers volunteered or were coerced into fighting for the English. Hawkeye and the Indians are brought into the war when they save two daughters of an English general and agree to take them to an English fort. On the way there they find the family of a friend of theirs murdered by Indians. When they get to the fort Hawkeye tells others settlers about it and they want to leave the battle to protect their families. He helps them do that against the orders of the English; but stays because he has feelings for one of the women he saved although though he knows he will be punished. This illustrates his bravery and willingness to take responsibility for his actions. The fort is captured by the French and as the English are leaving they are attacked and massacred by Indians. Hawkeye saves the girls once again and attempts to escape with them even as they are chased by Indians. They make it to a waterfall where there is no way for them to escape with the women. Hawkeye dives off the waterfall vowing to find and save the girls. An English...
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...track of all mileage for full time employees and all expenses made while working for the company. Keeping track of expenses and mileage used by employees has been outsourced to this company to ensure that we are providing all employees with the right amount of compensation for their time and effort given to our company, as well as saving us time and effort in our accounting department and keeping track of receipts and mileage amounts. Entering receipts into the system is easy and simple by simply taking a snapshot of the receipt from your smart phone! Another reason we need to keep track of all of these expenses is to keep our costs down. The Concur system allows us to monitor the exact items that you are trying to expense out, and saves us cost on employees trying to expense added items on receipts that they should be purchasing on a separate receipt. Both of these applications are automatically integrated into our payroll system and then sent into our accounting department. This helps us monitor all of the expenses going out, and also helps us to figure out if there are items we are going to put through as expenses that should not be used. Some examples of items to be expensed would be photocopies, art supplies for displays, misc. office supplies, and by approval of your manager some items that can be used in everyday tasks set by said manager. Some examples of unacceptable items to be used for reimbursement would be food, personal items, car parts, and anything...
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