...All are drowned. Meanwhile, John Thornton, who is recuperating from frostbitten feet, nurses Buck back to health and wins from Buck a deep devotion and loyalty. Yet, even though Buck is tamed to a certain extent by the kindness of his new master, at times while he sits with John Thornton in the depths of the forest, Buck hears mysterious calls from the wild — calls which awaken long-sleeping instincts within him. As John Thornton returns to civilization with Buck, a drunken miner attacks John Thornton and threatens to do him harm. Buck immediately reacts and kills the man. Later on, John Thornton is lost in some fast river rapids, and once again Buck saves his master's life by swimming to him with a tow line. On another occasion, Thornton makes a brag that Buck can pull a sled with a thousand pounds loaded atop it. Because of his great love for John Thornton, Buck finally succeeds in moving the heavy sled one hundred...
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...order to achieve what he perceived to be the ultimate freedom for his soul. It is an admirable goal for most people. He had enough courage to be able to leave his comfortable life and venture into the harsh unforgiving world. He was dedicated to his rejection of what he saw as the evils in society, including the accumulation of wealth. He was prone to extravagant gestures and actions full of symbolism. One such occasion was when his money was “promptly reduced to ash and smoke” by his own hand (Krakauer 29). He lived by the morals he believed in, forsaking any attempt to dissuade him. In his code of morals, anything that detracted from his freedom and commune with nature was an enemy. He even rejected sex in favor of being “seduced by the wild”(66). He managed to separate himself from a society he saw as corrupt and destructive to creative thought. It is clear that Chris had an unwavering dedication to finding his independence through his vagabond experiences. However, others see Chris as selfish and foolish in equal measures. It’s hard not to sympathize with the grieving family he left behind. It seems cruel to leave his family without any closure, to let them wonder “’Where is he? Is he warm? Is he hurt? Is he lonely? Is he okay?’”(125). He felt his childhood illusions melt when he learned of his father’s betrayal. While he is understandable upset, the lengths he went to to distance himself from his family are extreme. His refusal to contact them throughout his journey also...
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... Every day, as soon as I step outside, a cat comes rubbing itself on my legs and it gets pretty annoying after a while. The cat doesn’t have an owner, she’s a stray cat or to put it simply, the neighborhood cat. I don’t like the cat and I think it should go away, but it seems like I’m the only one who feels that way. My brother and a little girl that lives across the street play around with it, feed it and like the cat being around the neighborhood. When they feed and play around with the cat, the cat gets more attached and stays around. That’s where the problem comes in. I want the cat to go away but they feed it and make it stay around. So to analyze the problem deeper and get in more detail I have chosen the root cause analysis method. Root Cause Analysis Defining the problem • What do I see happening?...
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...台声 ・ 新视角 2005 ・ 8 学术前沿 A View o n t he Theme Analysis of The □ of t he Wild call Wang Xiangling ( Sias U niversit y Xinzheng ・Henan 451150) Abstract This paper analyzes t he t heme of The Call of t he Wild f ro m human’s living , working and feeling per spectives , which reveals t he relatio nship between animal world and human societ y. The animal world is act ually a reflectio n of human societ y ; t hey are similar to each ot her ; what exist s in t he fo rmer act ually al so exist s in t he lat ter. Key words animal humanit y reflectio n 中图分类号 :J 90 文献标识码 :A 文章编号 :1002 - 9788 ( 2005) 08 - 173 - 02 The Call of t he Wild , is o ne of J ack London mo st pop2 ’s ular novels. It apparently is a dog’s story. In t he deep part , Lo ndo n makes a reflection of t he real human life t hrough Buck life. He t reat s animals like human beings and human ’s beings like animals , recognizing no essential difference be2 tween man and animal. J ack London uncanny understanding ’s of animal and human nat ures give t his novel a st riking vitality and power. After reading it , people co uld not help pondering over his own life and t hinking about what is t he real meaning of human nat ure t hat always reso unds in t he inner heart like t he call f rom t he wild appealing Buck to ret urn to it s arms. Buck story in fact is a human’s life story. Some interesting ’s comparisons will show how amazingly similar t hese...
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...Into the Wild Argumentative Essay Into the Wild is a 1996 non-fiction book written by Jon Krakauer. It is an expansion of Krakauer's 9,000-word article on Christopher McCandless titled "Death of an Innocent", which appeared in the January 1993 issue of Outside. Christopher Johnson McCandless was an intelligent, idealistic young man who believed that life was best lived alone, in nature. He spent two years testing his theory throughout the western United States before he entered the wilds of Alaska unprepared and starved to death. Chris had a very bright, hopeful future and why he left it all behind confuses most people. After analyzing Chris's personality traits, it helps things make sense. This makes many people ask the question, what was Christopher McCandless's temperament type? The theory of temperament type was introduced in the 1920s by Carl G. Jung. The essence of the theory is that much seemingly random variation in the behavior is actually quite orderly and consistent, being due to basic differences in the ways individuals prefer to use their perception and judgment. Based on evidence from the story, Chris McCandless was most likely an INTP (introverted, intuitive, thinking, and perceiving) temperament type. This means he was focused internally, where he dealt with things rationally and logically. Some people would diagree wiht this position and would argue that Chris McCandless leaned towards the preference of sensing and feeling. There is some evidence provided...
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...wiL1084x_fm_i-xxiv_1.indd Page i 1/10/11 7:53:00 PM user-f499 /Users/user-f499/Desktop/Temp Work/Don't Delete Job/MHBR231:Wild:203 Managerial Accounting John J. Wild University of Wisconsin at Madison Ken W. Shaw University of Missouri at Columbia 3 rd edition wiL1084x_fm_i-xxiv_1.indd Page ii 1/10/11 9:14:31 PM user-f499 /Users/user-f499/Desktop/Temp Work/Don't Delete Job/MHBR231:Wild:203 To my students and family, especially Kimberly, Jonathan, Stephanie, and Trevor. To my wife Linda and children, Erin, Emily, and Jacob. MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING Published by McGraw-Hill/Irwin, a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, 10020. Copyright 2012, 2010, 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, in any network or other electronic storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning. Some ancillaries, including electronic and print components, may not be available to customers outside the United States. This book is printed on acid-free paper. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 DOW/DOW 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ISBN 978-0-07-811084-9 MHID 0-07-811084-X Vice president and editor-in-chief: Brent Gordon Editorial director: Stewart Mattson Publisher: Tim...
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...Submission: 01-21-12 Title of Assignment: Week 3 Case Analysis CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORSHIP: I certify that I am the author of this paper and any assistance that I received in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in the paper. I have also cited any sources from which I used data, ideas, or words, either quoted directly or paraphrased. I also certify that this paper was prepared by me specifically for this course. Student Signature: Marcelo Gonzalez Instructor(s Grade on Assignment: Instructor(s Comments: Exotic Adventures Inc.: The Amazon River Voyage Case Synopsis Exotic Adventures Inc (EAI), is a company that offers expedition style voyages to the Amazon River among other destinations. Based on the recommendation of some experts, the company has decided to launch a new low water season route, that even though it has good demand because of its wild life proximity, it has a lot of risk because the water level may not permit that the vessels can go through. A month before starting the first trip, the company starts receiving news from Brazil that the water is too low and that it will be impossible to make the voyage. At the same time the company is hearing from Peru that everything is OK. State the Assignment Question Should the company cancel the trip because of the low water alerts from Brazil or should they continue with the plan and take the risk? Case Analysis Normally, EAI voyages offered expedition trips...
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...determined that, based on considerations of human safety and risk to livestock, it is undesirable to have a breeding population of mountain lions in Missouri. Therefore, the Department of Conservation will not encourage the species to reestablish itself in the state. Despite rumors, the Department has never stocked mountain lions and will not do so in the future. Although mountain lions, sometimes called cougars, pumas, panthers or catamounts, were common in Missouri and elsewhere in the Midwest prior to European settlement, they were eradicated during the 19th century. As the countryside was settled and developed, the large predators were shot. People also killed almost all of the deer, the mountain lions’ primary food source. The last native wild mountain lion in Missouri was killed in 1927. They were extirpated from Iowa by 1867, Nebraska by 1890, Kansas by 1904 and from Wisconsin by 1908. Though populations of mountain lions survived in remote mountainous terrain in western states, no verifiable evidence exists to suggest that they...
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...generation. Before social media and other instant forms of communication existed, people did not need to worry about speaking a different language or the way it was spoken. Dialects and accents had little meaning because of the barriers that surrounded each community prohibited the inhabitants of much interaction with people from other societies. Today however, people can speak with each other regardless of location, which emphasizes the importance of the power of language. The negative consequences that come from this is that those who do not master a language perfectly or differ from perfect speech are discriminated against in the general community. A phenomenon, which writer Gloria Anzaldúa, who wrote the article “How to Tame a Wild Tongue,” calls “Linguistic Terrorism.” According to her, linguistic terrorism negates not only the speaker, but also the experiences and culture behind that person (Anzaldúa). Thesis: Although language can be used as a tool of power, the use of faulty and imprecise language negates the speaker and causes negative consequences. Body 1, Tan: An accent is an example of imprecise English, which causes people to make negative or positive assumptions about the speaker based on the information that accent reveals. Example: In Amy Tan´s essay “Mother Tongue,” she provides an example drawn from experiences her mother had in America as an immigrant with English as her second language. Quote: “I had plenty of empirical evidence to support me: the...
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...The Chupacabras may be forced into attacking the livestock because it’s easier than just running down a rabbit or a deer. The goats are its favorite prey. Chupacabras have also been blamed for attacks on cats, rabbits, dogs, chickens, and other livestock animals. Their canine teeth leave puncture wounds that reassemble vampire bite marks. These attacks have been known as a myth. The myth continues to gain more and more momentum. Radford says to the people “The thing about myths is that people want to believe in things, I suppose that in a perverse way, there’s something comforting in that there’s this vampire monster that does not attack humans.” The goat sucker will always be reported whether it exist or not because the public has come to call any strange unknown animal a “Chupacabra” Said Madelyn...
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...GLOBAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT Table of contents 1. Question 1 Page 3 1.1 Introduction Page 3 1.2 Current State Page 3 1.3 Global Village Page 5 2. Question 2 Page 6 Conclusion Page 7 Sources consulted Page 8 QUESTION 1: Information technologies on which Professor Levitt based his scenario developed at a much faster rate than what he imagined at that time. What is the current state of globalization and do you think Professor Levitt’s scenario will continue until we live in a “global village”? 1.1 Introduction As technology and communication capabilities increase, it may be safe to assume that the world is becoming more connected, with many countries becoming integrated to the world economy. This basic idea is called globalization and with it comes many benefits such as new opportunities in emerging markets and increased access to international trade. To many people, globalization is making the world flat meaning businesses can collaborate and operate across borders without regard to geography or distance in today’s modern technological, transportation and political landscape. Many businesses are beginning to realize the opportunities abroad made possible by an increasingly connected world. 1.2 Current State The current state of globalization can be judged from a dual sided perspective. Different parties and individuals have different views/stances on the good and...
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...4/16/2015 4/16/2015 Westminster International College Cardiff Metropolitan International University Lecturer: Dr. Sayed Kadir Prepared by: Asadullah Escandari Student ID #: 0192VMNVMN1014 (MBA) Date of Submission: April 16, 2015 MBA-II Semester Assignment (Strategic Management) Westminster International College Cardiff Metropolitan International University Lecturer: Dr. Sayed Kadir Prepared by: Asadullah Escandari Student ID #: 0192VMNVMN1014 (MBA) Date of Submission: April 16, 2015 MBA-II Semester Assignment (Strategic Management) Strategic Analysis of Maxis An Extensive study of Maxis strategies Strategic Analysis of Maxis An Extensive study of Maxis strategies Contents Table of Figures 2 Executive Summary 2 1. Introduction – About Maxis 3 2. Task 1- 3 2.1. Company Profile 3 2.2. Strategic Alliance of Maxis 4 2.2.1. Select Partners of Maxis 4 2.2.2. Allies of maxis 4 2.3. Select Partners 5 2.3.1. System Integrators 5 2.3.2. Application Solution Providers 5 2.3.3. Content Providers 5 Allies of Maxis 5 Consulting Partners 5 Technological Partners 5 Hardware Partners 6 2.4. Maxis’ Authorized Distributors 6 2.5. Strategic Partners of Maxis 7 2.6. Alliances of Maxis: 8 2.7. Internationalization Model in Maxis 9 3. Task 2: 11 3.1. MISSION 11 3.2. VISION 11 3.3. VALUES 11 3.3.1. SIMPLE 11 3.3.2. TRUST 12 3.3.3. CREATIVE 12 3.3.4. BRAVE 12 ...
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...Literary Review of “Hedda Gabler” Karyn Bentley Galen College of Nursing Literary Review of “Hedda Gabler” Never, able to find true happiness, Hedda settled for what society deemed she should; a wife, the perfect host, and soon to be mother. The only true happiness Hedda enjoyed was causing unhappiness for others as she manipulated others into sharing their secrets. Not even Hedda was immune to her games as she desperately tried to amuse herself by creating chaos for others. Hedda’s fear of scandal ended in what she described as beautiful but others found insignificant. Major Themes The first major theme is one of individual versus the group or society, Hedda is constantly trying to manipulate to obtain some type of happiness. Ibsen takes great care to reveal Hedda’s manipulative behavior is the result of her desire to have some power over her life and she can only do that by trying to gain power over others in “the group”. Ibsen reveals to the reader, Hedda is nothing more than a victim to the pressures of society placed on women in Norway in 1890. Hedda marries a man who she does not love, simply because she was running out of time according to society’s clock. The reader is left unsure for quite a while if Hedda is pregnant or not but Hedda will have children not because she desires to be a mother but because she is supposed to. Self-Liberation versus Self Renunciation is another major theme Ibsen exhibits out of Hedda’s belief that the only or ultimate...
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...were too scared to go outside of their homes. Based on detailed cases analysis, the detective Richard, who was well known in Police Department, judged that these cases were more likely to be done by a certain person or a same group, because these series of cases were stupendously similar to each other. All the decedents were surgeons from many hospitals in this town. And all the surgeons were killed through some sharp tools like scalpels, and their corpses were abandoned in the wild field by the murderer. These incidents caused a impact on all the surgeons in this town, and they felt frightened. They did not know if these nightmares would fall upon their heads. The only one point that confused Richard was that all the crime scenes were left in a undisturbed wild field. He wondered if the surgeons who had been killed had appeared obediently followed the murderer to the wild field without a struggle. The more surprising thing was that policemen could not find any trace of wrestling in the crime scenes. Why surgeons did not try any possible way to resist with the murderer? Were they are bewitched by the murderer? Multitudinous questions plagued Richard. When it came to the surgeons, Richard did not have good feeling for them. One year ago, on a cold night, Richard’s wife Vivien suddenly felt great pain that from her stomach. At that time, Richard was chasing several criminals in the wild field. She had to come alone to the hospital when she was suffering. Nobody...
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...Professional Development Plan Kenneth Metcalfe LDR/531 April 5, 2016 Brian Polding Professional Development Plan Working in a learning team is challenging because of the different dynamics of the individuals assigned to the team. Each individual has different characteristics, strengths and weaknesses. As the team leader the application of the following professional development plan, based on the team member’s DISC behavioral assessment, will provide a means to identify the individual’s strengths, weaknesses, and outline a means the team leader can use to communicate with each behavioral style. The plan will also explain how an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the styles provides direction for improvement to achieve personal career goals. The individual’s assessments place the members into three of the four styles; Cautious Style, Steadiness Style, and Dominance Style. Since additional members may be added to the team or included in future learning teams, the professional development plan will also include the Interactive Style. Understanding the differences between the behavioral styles is instrumental for a team leader to know “how to engage others whose own DiSC styles may be quite different” (Sugerman, 2009, para.9). Team DISC Overview A company named Kudu Industries and Murray Janewski developed the DISC assessment to determine an individual’s strengths, weaknesses, as a means to identify how to communicate more effectively (Sugerman, 2009)....
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