...Flora Rheta Schreiber’s novel Sybil weaves the true tale of a remarkable young woman possessed by severe multiple personality disorder. Sybil’s body is home to sixteen personalities, all with different personas, speech patterns, behavior tendencies, language abilities, and even different genders. As a child, Sybil began to distance herself from the abuse she suffered from her mother Hattie, a suspected paranoid schizophrenic, thus creating each personality to escape her reality. Throughout her entire life Sybil struggled with “losing time” and often woke up with no knowledge of what she had been doing for days, weeks, months, and at times even years. Upon bringing her own mother to a physician, Sybil is referred to see a psychologist after she describes her “loss of time” to Dr. Hall. On August 10, 1945 at 2 PM Sybil first meets Dr. Wilbur. Despite Sybil knowing that she needs help with her nervousness and loss of time, she often fears that she reveals too much to her psychologist and often disguises her problem before Dr. Wilbur can provide substantial help. Dr. Wilbur suggests Sybil be psychoanalyzed at a local hospital, the very thing that Sybil’s parents fear, suspecting that the doctor will be the devil himself. However, Sybil was determined to receive proper care despite what her mother, father, and pastor advised. Yet on a scheduled appointment day in October, Sybil comes down with a severe fever causing Hattie to contact Dr. Wilbur’s office to cancel Sybil’s appointment...
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...Sybil – Movie Review Sybil is a three hour film, and it discovers the reason behind Sybil’s multiple personality disorder. The film was released in 1976 and was directed by Daniel Petrie. The important actresses were Joanne Woodward and Sally Field. Sally Field plays the main character, Sybil and Joanne Woodward plays the character Dr. Wilbur. This movie fits into the drama a biography category. The movie Sybil, is an excellent and educational movie, because the main actress, Sally Field portrays Sybil very well and the characters are well rounded. The film Sybil is about a young woman named Sybil who suffers from blackouts and massive headaches. On one occasion Sybil breaks the window and rushes to the hospital. Sybil speaks to the doctors with a little girl's voice. Dr. Wilbur is concerned about Sybil and wants to help her. Later in the movie, Dr. Wilbur diagnosed Sybil with multiple personality disorder. Sybil has a tots of twelve different personalities....
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...Technology Development Project Initiation Award for Students (TDP-IAS) 2009 PROJECT proposal LOW COST AUTOMATED WEATHER STATION (AWS) |Name |Department |Entry # |CGPA |Contact # / email | |Manish bansal |electrical engineering |2007ee50502 |9.55 |manishbansal.iitd@gmail.com | | | | | |9811977681 | |Ishan mittal |electrical engineering |2007ee10371 |9.45 |Ishan.mittal3@gmail.com | | | | | |9990641832 | |aditya goel |electrical ENGINEERING |2007Ee50052 |9.29 | aforadi@gmail.com | | | | | |9911073596 | |avinash kumar |electrical ENGINEERING |2007ee10060 |9.50 | avi.nitw@gmail.com | | | ...
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...GRUNDFOS A/S IN AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE Case updated by MSJ Center for International Business Department of Business Studies September 2009, Aalborg University (updated August 2011) Table of Contents A. The World Pump Market: ........................................................................................................................ 3 1. Introduction: ........................................................................................................................................... 3 2. Major Markets: ....................................................................................................................................... 3 3. Technological Developments (Brief History):............................................................................. 4 4. Main applications of Pumps: ............................................................................................................. 4 5. Industry drivers: ................................................................................................................................... 5 6. Major Players and the Level of Competition: ............................................................................. 5 B. Grundfos: ...................................................................................................................................................... 6 1. Company Profile: ...............................................................................
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...Commercializing the Kunst 1600 Dry Piston Vacuum Pump© James A. Narus James C. Anderson * June 2003 * James A. Narus is Professor of Business Marketing, Babcock Graduate School of Management, Wake Forest University. James C. Anderson is the William L. Ford Distinguished Professor of Marketing and Wholesale Distribution, and Professor of Behavioral Science in Management, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University. He is also the Irwin Gross Distinguished ISBM Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Business Markets (ISBM), located at Penn State University, and Visiting Research Professor, School of Technology & Management, University of Twente, the Netherlands. Please note that we prepared this case as the basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of an administrative situation. We disguised all of the company names and some of the information on marketplace conditions. Send correspondence to: James A. Narus Babcock Graduate School of Management Wake Forest University Suite 150, One Morrocroft Centre 6805 Morrison Boulevard Charlotte, NC 28226-3551 USA +1.704.365.6717 (telephone) jim.narus@mba.wfu.edu (e-mail) © 2003, James C. Anderson and James A. Narus. All rights reserved. Commercializing the Kunst 1600 Dry Piston Vacuum Pump Evan Stone, a senior product manager at Kunst Vacuum Pumps, was excited as he lifted the prototype...
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...[pic] Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode |B2B Marketing Case Assignment on Kunst Vacuum Pumps | | | Authors (EPGP04-Section A): Abhishek Kumar Singh (EPGP-04A-005) Vivek Talwar (EPGP-04A-113) Question What are the major, quantifiable value and price elements associated with the Kunst 1600? Answer: Value elements ➢ Cost savings since it would not involve changing oil because the Kunst 1600 is an oil-free vacuum pump. ➢ Higher revenues, and therefore profits, due to higher output of the Kunst 1600 in lower pressure settings. These resulting higher profits are only generated in the light commercial refrigerator repair segments because in these segments the technicians can complete more jobs with a faster pump (the Kunst 1600) in comparison to the more traditional pumps. Price elements ➢ According to the respondents in the focus groups, the anticipated lifetime of their current vacuum pumps is around five years. Though, wholesale managers stipulate that most repair firms do not keep track of their vacuum pump purchases and overestimate pump lifetime. Managers also claimed that they tracked customer firm purchases via their electronic point-of-sale systems...
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...Case: Commercializing the Kunst 1600 Dry Piston Vacuum Pump Case Analysis Note Key Notes/Findings Kunst 1600 Overview 1. Germany based Atler GmbH acquired the Kunst in order to penetrate new market segments within Dry Piston Vacuum Pump U.S market. Kunst would be selling it as a derivative product in untapped applications segments e.g. AC & Refrigerator reapir. 2. Evan Stone was appointed to head up a team charged with finding new segment & then commercializing Kunst 1600. 3. Kunst is a fractions horsepower, injection modeled aluminum pump with pumping speed of 1.6 CFM, pump weight – 16.5 pounds. Because of reconfigured compressor it can run longer and cooler than conventional pumps at lower pressure & due to injection modeling it has fewer working parts than traditional one’s 4. Most importantly Kunst 1600 is oil free and planned to sell it to wholesalers at $400 with suggested resale of $500. 5. Kunst 1600 lifetime was about 6 years. Market Insight 1. Kunst has high brand regard in Scientific, Engineering & Healthcare sectors with 60% market share in those sectors. 2. Home & Light commercial refrigerator repair – (1-1.6 CFM), For residential AC’s – (3-4 CFM) 3. Annual demand for these segments a. Home refrigerator repair – 60,000 units. b. Light commercial repair – 40,000 units. c. Residential AC – 125,000 units. 4. Competitors in 1-6 CFM bracket: Air Master, Pump Wizard, Toledo & Valve...
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...Steven Miller April 9, 2013 Professor Thiele Intro to Fiction Sexuality in The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray alludes to homosexuality throughout the entirety of the novel. While homosexual relations between the characters are not directly discussed, the context and conversations between the characters points to homosexual relations between all of the male characters. Oscar Wilde, himself, was part of the Decadents movement at the end of the Victorian period. Decadents are known for undermining the mainstream Victorian ideals. There has been a significant change in society’s morals since the publication of the novel in 1891. A person reading The Picture of Dorian Gray in today’s culture may see nothing wrong about the context of the novel or the relationships between the characters within it but, at the time of publication, it was seen by society as an immoral book and even used in the trial against Oscar Wilde that resulted in two years imprisonment and hard labor. I will argue that using the characters of Dorian Gray, Lord Henry Wotton, and Basil Hallward, Oscar Wilde supports the common Decadents belief that open sexuality in mainstream Victorian culture would make for a better, happier society. From the very beginning of the novel, homosexual relations are apparent through the conversation about Dorian Gray between Basil Hallward and Lord Henry. As Lord Henry questions Basil about the mysterious person in his painting, Basil’s odd obsession...
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...University of Southern California School of Social Work SOWK 645- [Semester, Year] Reflective Journal [Student Name] [Date] Professor: Ken Howard, LCSW Address: [123 Main Street Anytown, ST 0000] Introduction Throughout my two and a half semesters in grad school I have heard many times over the importance of being in tune with my own feelings, emotions, bodily responses, values, belief systems, boundaries, and cultural norms. Hepworth, Rooney, Rooney, and Strom-Gottfried (2013), state that it is important for social workers to be aware of their own value systems, so that they can be cognizant of how their beliefs may affect clients with differing values. In addition, it is equally important to be aware of issues arising from countertransference. Without being fully aware of ourselves, countertransference becomes hard to recognize. By understanding our own thoughts, feelings, and values, these issues can be recognized and resolved (Hepworth et al., 2013). As such, this reflective journal is an exercise in self-awareness, recognizing countertransference, and application of clinical practice. I will begin this journal with a summary of the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde in order to fully expound on the themes of mental illness existent in the novel. From there, I will present my assessment of the mental illness and describe the clinical approach that I would take to address these issues. A discussion on issues of countertransference that...
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...disregard of other people’s feelings and his ignorant nature to put his needs first. Dorian’s interaction with Sibyl Vane supports this as Sibyl purposely refuses to act her role in Romeo and Juliet well to show “infinite joy” toward Dorian. He, however, finds this to be extremely humiliating despite claiming moments before that he was in love with her. This is a prime example of how Dorian puts his self before the one he supposedly loves. Sibyl claims that by finally committing herself to Dorian, she has no desire to pretend to be anybody else and so therefore she cannot perform her role. She claims that Dorian has “freed my soul from prison” and cannot “mimic” another person’s persona. Instead of seeing this as a gesture of love, Dorian feels betrayed and states that Sibyl is nothing without her art. He believes that he will now suffer because of this which portrays the characters selfish and egotistical nature for Sibyl is actually the one who is left without a career and without love. However, one could argue that at times Dorian’s love for Sibyl is genuine and he does truly believes that he has found the “greatest romance” of his life. Dorian’s love for Sibyl Vane can be shown through his want and desire for her to achieve the best that she can. The quote “She will make the world as mad as she has made me” suggests that Dorian is committed towards Sybil Vane and has confidence in her talent. It infers that Dorian believes Sybil’s talent...
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...Explore the ways in which Ibsen presents romantic relationships in the play “A Doll’s House,” and how this affects your understanding of the play. Compare the ways in which romantic relationships are presented by Wilde in the novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” and by Ibsen in the play “A Doll’s House,” in light of the opinion that “all Victorian romantic relationships were superficial.” There are strong arguments that suggest that all Victorian romantic relationships were superficial in numerous ways, as presented by Ibsen in the play “A Doll’s House,” and Wilde in the novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray.” In Ibsen’s play, all relationships are tainted by the theme of superficiality via the stereotypical roles of the sexes and appearances. In Wilde’s novel, superficiality is similarly portrayed through appearances and art, however more through physical aesthetics, rather than social appearances. A strong example of this idea is the marriage between Nora and Torvald in “A Doll’s House.” A major theme that runs throughout the play, is the idea of performance in marriage. Both Nora and Torvald put on a facade, to present themselves as an ideal husband/wife. One example is Torvald’s shallow role as a stereotypical male following the revelation of Nora’s secret; that she withdrew a loan from Krogstad in order to pay for a trip to heal Torvald’s illness. At the initial exposé he exclaims “you have ruined all my future,” establishing himself as the dominant man, as this expression is...
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...from our mistakes”. From the novel we can see that Dorian had made some mistakes, died of Sibyl, Killing Basil, he came to the point of on return. His first mistake was when he heard about Sybil died. He went to the theater...
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...Indeed, Dorian is fuelled by selfishness. One of the events that results from Dorian's insanity is the suicide of Sybil Vane; which happens after Dorian relentless derogates her for quitting acting. After he angrily rants about her worthlessness, Dorian adds, "Without your art you are nothing. I would have made you famous, splendid, magnificent. The world would have worshipped you, and you would have borne my name. What are you now?" (Wilde 81). Dorian is extremely self-centred, hence, when Sybil decides to quit acting, since he does not want her to, Dorian immediately determines that she is making the incorrect decision. However, not only does he assume she is wrong; the fact that she would dare go against his wishes baffles him. Dorian responds to her retirement hatefully and selfishly asserts his eternal righteousness, paying little respect to Sybil's say in the matter. His reckless hatred depresses Sybil, eventually resulting in her suicide. Moreover, another death that Dorian is at fault for is that of Basil Hallward, who Dorian kills for accidentally painting a cursed portrait of him. As Dorian leaves the room in which he kills Basil, the narrator says, "The friend who had painted the fatal portrait to which all his misery had been due had gone...
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...One of the most famous and most frequently quoted statements about the moral responsibility of artists can be found in Oscar Wilde ’s preface to his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. “There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book,” writes Wilde, “Books are well written or badly written. That is all.” His claim is that works of art are legitimate objects of aesthetic judgement, but not of moraljudgement. Wilde added this preface when the novel was reprinted a year after its initial publication in a literary magazine. The preface was Wilde’s considered response to various reviewers who had found his book to be immoral. The extent of this antagonism should not be exaggerated. Only a few reviewers had condemned the novel in these terms, and there was never any serious campaign for it to be banned. Wilde also replied separately, by letter, to each of the magazines and newspapers which had published these condemnatory reviews. These letters were collected together after his death and republished in a little volume entitled Art and Morality. (Today, they can be found more easily in the collected edition of Wilde’s correspondence.) It is worth our while to read and compare the various arguments he puts forward. He makes his first statement of the principle later enunciated in his preface in his letter to The St. James’s Gazette: “The sphere of art and the sphere of ethics are absolutely distinct and separate.” However in a second letter to the same magazine he makes the surprising...
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...From the Writer When I first read The Picture of Dorian Gray, what struck me most, and what inspired me to write my essay, was the irony that Dorian exhibited in his life. In pursuing aestheticism—a philosophy based in the simplistic beauty of things—the pursuer may, in the end and without notice, emerge uglier than ever before. Dorian, the once wide-eyed innocent, buckles and caves in to depravity while practicing an aesthetic lifestyle, despite the beauty that such a life idea claims. I began to wonder what Oscar Wilde intended to convey with his portrayal of the Aesthetic Movement incarnate and its often harsh consequences, especially given the well-documented involvement of Wilde in promoting aestheticism in his contemporary society. The juxtaposition of Wilde’s support for the Aesthetic Movement with Dorian’s corruption at the hands of it provided a great jumping-off point and a lingering question with which to begin an essay. What exactly is Wilde’s view of aestheticism when one bears in mind the story of Dorian Gray? In writing my essay, I realized Wilde’s outlook is not as straightforward as it may first appear. Throughout the writing process, a difficult task I faced was to encapsulate the aesthetic position when the philosophy often meant different things to different people. In researching the movement, I found that the moral philosophies of various proponents of aestheticism often varied and, thus, it became difficult to nail down the aesthetic tenets and apply them...
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