...It’s Not So Lonely Being Single In the words of Jo Coudert, “You do not need to be loved, not at the cost of yourself. The single relationship that is truly central and crucial in a life is the relationship to the self. Of all the people you will know in a lifetime, you are the only one you will never lose" (131). I could not agree more with Coudert. People should not sacrifice themselves in order to be loved. Your relationship with yourself is the most important relationship you will ever have. Being single can be very liberating; there are financial upsides to singlehood versus marriage as well as having the freedom to live your life without having to consider someone else first. There are many issues folks are not exposed to which couples have to deal with throughout their relationship. People often assume their single friends are lonely. As for me, I do not believe simply because a person lives the single life means he or she is lonely. Think of the financial advantages unattached people have compared to those in a relationship. In 2011, the average wedding budget in the United States was $27,021 (Jaeger). In the same year, couples spent an average of $15,000 to get divorced (Alterman). Washington State had 41,509 marriages in 2011 and 26,860 divorces and/or annulments (Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, Table 1 and Table 5). Altogether, Washingtonians could have saved over a trillion dollars simply by not getting married in the first...
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...Creating a Program that Blinks the LEDs on the Board 1- Create a new project and copy and paste the following code in the main.c file of your project. //*************************************************************************************** // MSP430 Blink the LED Demo - Software Toggle P1.0 // // Description; Toggle P1.0 by xor'ing P1.0 inside of a software loop. // ACLK = n/a, MCLK = SMCLK = default DCO // // MSP430x5xx // ----------------- // /|\| XIN|- // | | | // --|RST XOUT|- // | | // | P1.0|-->LED // // J. Stevenson // Texas Instruments, Inc // July 2011 // Built with Code Composer Studio v5 //*************************************************************************************** #include <msp430.h> int main(void) { WDTCTL = WDTPW + WDTHOLD; // Stop watchdog timer P1DIR |= 0x01; // Set P1.0 to output direction for (;;) { volatile unsigned int i; // volatile to prevent optimization P1OUT ^= 0x01; // Toggle P1.0 using exclusive-OR i = 10000; // SW Delay do i--; while (i != 0); } } 2- Google the “for” and “while” loops in C++ and describe how they work here. We will use them very often in programming. Answer: * For loop is used like an infinite loop...
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...been a few injuries, chronic fatigue and potential burnout. I decided to step back this year while training for the marathon by preventing myself in falling in the same pattern again. Often times, the best barometer of feedback is not in watts, heart data or fancy graphs. Some of the best feedback comes from our gut instincts. Finding the joy in training and being opening up to being more flexible in our regimen is just as important as all the hard interval work or getting in the volume. This said, I decided to listen to my inner voice which said, “I think I need to rest more today.” That inner voice often sent me an SOS signal calling for either a brief physical or mental break. The best advice that I can give to you as a runner is to speak to yourself as if you were your own best friend. What would you say to a good friend if she or he felt pressure to so something on plan, but knew deep inside what they really needed? What would you say to your friend if he or she said that she was really, really tired and not up for doing something you had planned together? You’d probably say that “it’s okay – we’ll get it in another time.” The best runners, who perform well consistently, often follow a structured training plan. However, they also have learned the art of listening to that inner voice and allowed for flexibility within their plan. As a runner, you need to understand and trust that it’s OK to back off. Listening to that inner voice and allowing for that flexibility...
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...utilize the availability of this information and integrate according functionalities in to their websites, creating a better experience and positively influencing sales. But although revenues in online shops are increasing, physical stores still retain their attractiveness to customers. A reason for that is certainly that the overall shopping experience created in a shopping mall or a corner store is very different from shopping with a web browser. As for a traditional travel guide book publisher, Lonely Planet, it also can use this good opportunity to release new product in order to change customers’ ideas about this company, which can help the company to change its impression of traditional consumers. Besides, it can also address consumers’ concerns about the timelessness and currency because the new products that used in mobile devices can provide real-time information and update information constantly, which traditional travel books cannot do. Requirement 2 As we know from the case, Lonely Planet was always looking for ways to expand its market and brand image through new technologies. For example, it offers audio phrasebooks and city guides that can be downloaded to several brands of smart phones....
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...Flash animations in sites such as these. Consider the retailer’s objectives, the characteristics of the products being sold, and the type of customers who visit these sites. Case 1. Lonely Planet In 1972, Tony and Maureen Wheeler were newlyweds who decided to have one last adventurous travel experience before settling down. Their trip was an overland trek from London to Australia through Asia. So many other travelers asked them about their experiences that they sat down at their kitchen table and wrote a book titled Across Asia on the Cheap. They published the book themselves and were surprised by how many copies they sold. More than three decades and 60 million books later, their publishing enterprise has turned out to be one of the most successful in history. The Wheelers’ publishing company, Lonely Planet, has grown rapidly, with typical annual sales increases of 20 percent or more. In 2007, BBC Worldwide purchased a 75 percent ownership interest in the company and purchased the rest of the company’s stock in 2011. Lonely Planet TV now produces a variety of travel and documentary programs that appear on cable networks throughout the world. As a BBC subsidiary, the company does not release sales figures, but industry analysts estimate current annual revenues to be about $110 million. Lonely Planet publishes more than 600 titles and holds a 20 percent share of the travel guide market. The company has more than 450 employees in its UK, U.S., French, and Australian offices...
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...knowledge among his employees as an important resource because he makes them feel comfortable and secure and make them feel that he wanted them. 3. What steps might Original Penguin as a company take ensure the satisfaction of its employees? - The company must give credits to the accomplishments of the employees by acknowledging their efforts and by giving them rewards or something. The free flow of ideas must still be there and respect and treat everyone as they wish to be treated. Communication with one another must remain intact to ensure that the employees are satisfied with what they do, and making sure that they still have the same goal/s for the success of the company. Video Case 2: Lonely Planet Travels the World Questions: 1. Identify at least three ways that Lonely Planet can benefit from the use of technology...
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...Reading never came to me easily growing up. I struggled tremendously with trying to find the meaning in the author’s words, because the books didn’t make sense to me. It always felt as if it was fight that I’d never win. I felt this way for some time till I read, ‘The Not So Lonely Good Company of Books’ by Bryce Shoemaker. Instead of searching for a meaning Shoemaker’s essay confirms how books are a learning experience and how the reader chooses to apply that knowledge to their everyday life. This furthered my idea that not everyone is able to be successful at reading, but can still have learned something that will impact their life. Inside the student essay Bryce Shoemaker shares his opinions on literature as well as his thoughts on an essay,...
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...Lonely Planet Lonely planet is one of the largest publishers of travel guide books in the world. The company was originally founded by an adventurous newly married English couple, Tony and Maureen Wheeler who travelled to Asia and then Australia in 1970s and after years of struggle the company grew internationally with success. In this essay, it is tried to study the environment of this company with the emphasis on management concepts which were studied in “Competitive Advantage through People” course. More specifically, the purpose of this essay is to consider Lonely Planet and apply the concepts of trust, intrinsic motivators and stakeholders management to it. It is very important for managers to develop a better understanding of building trust in their organization, since lack of trust between employees and managers can reduce the productivity. Not only that, trust between staff people within the company itself can also lead to increase in trust of brand. The products of Lonely Planet were in the way that attracted many travelers in the world that influenced them to trust the Lonely Planet brand. One of the main slogans of Lonely Planet is “Honest, trusted travel content that spans the globe”. This exhibits that the company stresses significantly on both honesty and trust which has inspired travelers to explore the world for over 30 years by now. In other words, brand loyalty of Lonely Planet due to trust by word of mouth is attracted and encouraged many people...
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...had been working with Flanagan for just over a month. She knew she had to kill the DailyDilly initiative but was reluctant to do it with the reps present. “Let’s discuss this off-line,” she said. Will slapped the table. “Come on,” he demanded. “We’re here now.” The DailyDilly reps became wide-eyed. Allie took a deep breath. If Will was going to push her, she’d be blunt. “No, then,” Allie said. “It’s not on.” Will pushed his chair back and walked out of the room. The reps started to review their presentation, but Allie stopped them with a wave of her hand. Ruth, no longer smiling, told them all she was sorry and stood up to escort everyone out. Allie knew she had just made some enemies. Half an hour later, Ruth stopped her in the corridor. “So you’re still not convinced?” “Roddy asked me to weigh in on DailyDilly for a reason,” Allie said. Roddy...
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...aroma. "So where did you meet?" I asked my friend Patrick as he put down his coffee cup. "In the Faculty Center in UP." "Again? How come you meet a lot of guys there? I'm always there and nothing ever happens." Patrick pointed to his face and smiled. "Che!" I replied laughing. But I knew that it was true. Patrick was not really that good looking, but he had this sexy air about him. And he had fair skin which is, for most Filipinos, a prerequisite for beauty. I looked at the mirror behind him and saw my dark, emaciated reflection. "So anyway, I was washing my face in the ground floor washroom when this comes this really cute guy. I've seen him on campus a few times before. So anyway, he goes and takes a leak," Patrick paused. "You know those FC urinals, right?" I nodded. "No partitions." Patrick took another sip from his cup and continued. "So anyway, this guy sees me checking him out. To my surprise, he turns to me, giving me full view of him in all his glory and smiles. I smile back. And," Patrick took a deep breath, "the rest is for me alone to know." He ended by dabbing the sides of his napkin to his mouth. I knew pressing Patrick for more details would shut him up just like that so I let it pass. I could wheedle out all the details later. "So what's his name?" "Carlo." I raised an eyebrow and gave Patrick my you've-got-to-be-kidding look. He laughed and nodded in agreement. "Yes it's another Carlo. It's always Carlo, or Paolo, or Mike, or Jay--" "So what name...
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...Computer Shopper By Tyrai Parker Computer Structure And Logic Dr.Mohamed Desktops & Note Books | Size & Resolution & Price | Hard Disk Capacities | RAM | Processor Speeds | Apple iMac | 27’in 2560-by-1440 resolution$1999 | 1TB1TB (7200-rpm) hard driveConfigurable to 3TB hard drive, 1TB or 3TB Fusion Drive, or 256GB, 512GB, or 1TB of flash storage. | 8GB (two 4GB) of 1600MHz DDR3 memory; four user-accessible SO-DIMM slotsConfigurable to 16GB or 32GB. | 3.4GHz3.4GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor (Turbo Boost up to 3.8GHz) with 6MB L3 cache | ENVY 15z-j100 Notebook | 15.6-inch diagonal HD BrightView LED-backlit Display (1366x768)$549 | 750GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive | 6GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm) | 4th generation Intel® Core™ i5-4200M Processor | HP ENVY 17t-j100 Quad Edition Notebook PC | Screen size - 17.3-inch diagonal HD+ BrightView LED-backlit Display (1600 x 900)$899 | 1TB 5400 rpm Hard Drive | 8GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm) | 4th generation Intel® Core™ i7-4700MQ Processor | Inspiron One 20" Non-Touch | (W) 19.95 in x (H) 12.72 in $449 | 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive | 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600MHz - 1 DIMMs | Intel® Celeron® processor G1620T(2.4GHz, 2MB) | As being a lawyer I think should use Notebook because its personal they hold confidential information that nobody should know about his or her client. Things they might do on their notebook on a daily day to day basis is word processing, thought processing, spreadsheets, legal...
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...(For Course participants only) Reading Material & Work Book On Effective Noting & Drafting (Edited by Smt. Jayanthi Sriram, Asst.Director) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA INSTITUTE SECRETARIAT TRAINING & MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING ADMINISTRATIVE BLOCK, JNU CAMPUS (OLD) OLOF PALMS MARG, NEW DELHI-110067 TEL. 26105592 TELEFAX: 26104183 Revised - 2005 FORWARD In responsive administration it is obvious that the response has to be meaningful. Yet, it may not be effective unless the response time is optimised. This twin objective can be achieved through streamlining of the decision making process itself. In the Central Secretariat, as in other spheres of Government, contribution by all rungs of employees particularly by those at the cutting edge level, namely the Section Officers and Assistants, generally helps arriving at the right decision. Besides collection of information, such contributions are rendered through Noting & Drafting. Effective noting & drafting at every level, therefore, is a matter of prime concern. 2. To address this concern, we in ISTM have been according utmost importance to the inclusion of 'noting and drafting' as a subject in all our foundational and refresher Courses. Besides, focussed workshops on effective noting & drafting are also organised in large numbers. To help participants team effectively, the need for practical exercises cannot be overemphasised. Similarly,...
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...Computer Shopper By Tyrai Parker Computer Structure And Logic Dr.Mohamed Desktops & Note Books | Size & Resolution & Price | Hard Disk Capacities | RAM | Processor Speeds | Apple iMac | 27’in 2560-by-1440 resolution$1999 | 1TB1TB (7200-rpm) hard driveConfigurable to 3TB hard drive, 1TB or 3TB Fusion Drive, or 256GB, 512GB, or 1TB of flash storage. | 8GB (two 4GB) of 1600MHz DDR3 memory; four user-accessible SO-DIMM slotsConfigurable to 16GB or 32GB. | 3.4GHz3.4GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor (Turbo Boost up to 3.8GHz) with 6MB L3 cache | ENVY 15z-j100 Notebook | 15.6-inch diagonal HD BrightView LED-backlit Display (1366x768)$549 | 750GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive | 6GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm) | 4th generation Intel® Core™ i5-4200M Processor | HP ENVY 17t-j100 Quad Edition Notebook PC | Screen size - 17.3-inch diagonal HD+ BrightView LED-backlit Display (1600 x 900)$899 | 1TB 5400 rpm Hard Drive | 8GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm) | 4th generation Intel® Core™ i7-4700MQ Processor | Inspiron One 20" Non-Touch | (W) 19.95 in x (H) 12.72 in $449 | 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive | 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600MHz - 1 DIMMs | Intel® Celeron® processor G1620T(2.4GHz, 2MB) | As being a lawyer I think should use Notebook because its personal they hold confidential information that nobody should know about his or her client. Things they might do on their notebook on a daily day to day basis is word processing, thought processing, spreadsheets, legal...
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...Plot Overview The first chapter of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter introduces us to John Singer and Spiros Antonapoulos, two good friends who live together in a town in the Deep South and who are both deaf-mutes. Antonapoulos works in his cousin's fruit store, and Singer works as a silver engraver in a jewelry shop. They spend ten years living together in this way. One day Antonapoulos gets sick, and even after he recovers he is a changed man. He begins stealing and urinating on buildings, and exhibiting other erratic behavior. Finally, Antonapoulos's cousin sends him to a mental asylum, although Singer would rather have Antonapoulos stay with him. After Antonapoulos leaves, Singer moves into a local boarding house in town run by a family named the Kellys. The narrator then introduces us to Biff Brannon, the proprietor of the New York Café, the establishment in town where Singer now eats all his meals. Biff is lounging on the counter watching a new patron named Jake Blount, as the constantly drunk Jake is intriguing. Blount goes over and sits with Singer and begins talking to him as though the two are good friends. Then Singer leaves. Once Jake realizes in his drunken stupor that Singer has left, he goes into an alley and begins beating his head and fists against a brick wall until he is bruised and bloody. The police bring Jake back to the café, and Singer volunteers to let the drunk stay the night with him. The narrative shifts to the perspective of Mick Kelly, the young teenage...
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...Search Enoch Arden by Lord Alfred Tennyson Published 1864 Long lines of cliff breaking have left a chasm; And in the chasm are foam and yellow sands; Beyond, red roofs about a narrow wharf In cluster; then a moulder'd church; and higher A long street climbs to one tall-tower'd mill; And high in heaven behind it a gray down With Danish barrows; and a hazelwood, By autumn nutters haunted, flourishes Green in a cuplike hollow of the down. Here on this beach a hundred years ago, Three children of three houses, Annie Lee, The prettiest little damsel in the port, And Philip Ray the miller's only son, And Enoch Arden, a rough sailor's lad Made orphan by a winter shipwreck, play'd Among the waste and lumber of the shore, Hard coils of cordage, swarthy fishing-nets, Anchors of rusty fluke, and boats updrawn, And built their castles of dissolving sand To watch them overflow'd, or following up And flying the white breaker, daily left The little footprint daily wash'd away. A narrow cave ran in beneath the cliff: In this the children play'd at keeping house. Enoch was host one day, Philip the next, While Annie still was mistress; but at times Enoch would hold possession for a week: `This is my house and this my little wife.' `Mine too' said Philip `turn and turn about:' When, if they quarrell'd, Enoch stronger-made Was master: then would Philip, his blue eyes All flooded with the helpless wrath of tears, Shriek out `I hate you...
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