...everything, is most of the time not a place but a stage that we have to go through. Many people question the ability to return to this stage, and whether or not we can actually go back to the start. However, often in life there are many circumstances that make it difficult to go back to this square one. A number of factors, such as natural passage of time and progression of events, makes going back to the starting point impossible and unreachable. From my perspective, I believe that going back to the beginning is unattainable in educational fields, emotional experiences, and death matters. The journey of education is long and time-consuming. You learn throughout your entire life, and waking up one day with a washed brain is never an option. A human mind is like a sponge;...
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...This analytical essay will provide an analysis and interpretation of american writer Eowyn Ivey’s short story “As the Time Draws Near” (2012). The readers are introduced to the main character, Piper, who grew up in Alaska but later moved away. The short story follows her at a time when she has returned to Alaska in order to spread her dead father’s ashes under a particular spruce tree. She has a lot of thoughts about death and she is almost obsessed with it. Death is the focal point and theme in this short story. It raises questions such as what happens when we die? And what is death really? The story tells about our short time on earth and how fear of death can stand in the way of living life fully with all the experiences the current moment offers. This essay will focus mainly on setting and the father’s outlook on life. Furthermore this essay will also include an analysis of the symbolism in the short story. At the beginning the description of the nature in Alaska is a vivid portrayal followed by a number of incidents where people have been killed in or by this nature. Piper’s father is one of these people, he “falls out of the sky.” (p. 1, l. 10) Her father with the name Red lived his life like it was an adventure. The description of the landscape appears in the same way - like a never-ending adventure. The tundra is a big and open landscape. The mountains, the glaciers and the snow continues into infinity. The same infinity that Piper’s father wanted to experience. The...
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...The Open Skies, An Unfair Advantage The Open Skies agreements between the United States and other countries is intended to expand international flights by eliminating governmental interference in commercial airline decisions. The goal is to free the air carrier from government control so they may provide more affordable, convenient and efficient air service to consumers. The end result is to promote increase travel, generate new economic revenue for United States (U.S.) cities and provide better economic growth for air carriers. But, with virtually unlimited access to the U.S. market through more than 100 Open Skies agreements the U.S. has signed with other countries. Foreign air carriers have unfair advantage in the open market over U.S. air carriers. Therefore, limiting those types of flights to a fifty percent increase of their current market share into the U.S. will help level the playing field and protect U.S. interests. The Joint Committee delegation will argue that unlimited flights flown into the U.S. is beneficial to all parties. It is their contention that unlimited access is essential to all partners’ markets and their profitability (U.S.-EU). The goal, in this open market, is to make it possible for all air carriers to offer the traveling public competitive pricing and services. The Joint Committee has taken the necessary steps by working with each member’s government to insure that no one air carrier has an unfair advantage. Many believe they have the right to fly...
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...As the Time Draws Near This analytical essay will provide an analysis and interpretation of american writer Eowyn Ivey’s short story “As the Time Draws Near” (2012). The readers are introduced to the main character, Piper, who grew up in Alaska but later moved away. The short story follows her at a time when she has returned to Alaska in order to spread her dead father’s ashes under a particular spruce tree. She has a lot of thoughts about death and she is almost obsessed with it. Death is the focal point and theme in this short story. It raises questions such as what happens when we die? And what is death really? The story tells about our short time on earth and how fear of death can stand in the way of living life fully with all the experiences the current moment offers. This essay will focus mainly on setting and the father’s outlook on life. Furthermore this essay will also include an analysis of the symbolism in the short story. At the beginning the description of the nature in Alaska is a vivid portrayal followed by a number of incidents where people have been killed in or by this nature. Piper’s father is one of these people, he “falls out of the sky.” (p. 1, l. 10) Her father with the name Red lived his life like it was an adventure. The description of the landscape appears in the same way - like a never-ending adventure. The tundra is a big and open landscape. The mountains, the glaciers and the snow continues into infinity. The same infinity that Piper’s father...
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...Final Blue Sky Management and Leadership Question 1 In the past, Blue Sky leadership led from an autocratic leadership style. An autocratic leadership is similar to a dictatorship where only one person has the authority over the followers or workers. The autocratic leader decisions are to be taken as the final authority and should never be questioned. This leader plans out all of the companies agenda and demands that subordinates work according to their rules. The former CEO but still remained the Board Chairman, Max Blue, believed that meeting was not necessary therefore planning was considered a wasted of time. None of his employees seem to question his authority. This leadership style led to very passive employees at Blue Sky because they were unable to make decision caused them to lack passion about their jobs. Although the past CEO leadership style was autocratic, there were several different leadership styles among the various departments. The structure of the organization was divided in to the CEO, VP of the division, director of marketing, CFO, and the regional directors, who were consider upper management level. With the regional directors being younger and being with the Blue Sky for relatively a short period of time, they were more aggressive wanting to expand different product lines and clientele. However, the younger regional directors were presented with many challenges from the older managers that were mainly in vice presidents roles. These managers wanted...
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...of Sky Sports 1, Sky Sports 2 or Setanta Sports 1 as well as HD versions of these channels or TV packages that contain these channels” and (b) “supply of television bundles containing Core Premium Movie channels”1. Part of Ofcom‟s analysis in support of these conclusions has involved consideration of changes over time in: (a) (b) (c) 3. charges for Sky‟s pay TV services; the quality of services provided by Sky to consumers; and the number of Sky subscribers. 2. In its inquiry Ofcom has put forward a view that Sky has continually raised charges for its pay TV services over time, reducing the value for money received by consumers, while at the same time increasing the number of its subscribers. Ofcom then infers from this assessment that Sky does not face effective competition at the retail level. Sky considers that the facts of the matter wholly contradict this assessment by Ofcom, and the inference that is drawn from it. Sky has already provided Ofcom with significant evidence collected by PwC, which shows that in relation to pay TV services UK consumers are well served compared to their European peers. Similarly, in its Response to Ofcom‟s Third Consultation Document, Sky demonstrated that Ofcom‟s proposition that examination of Sky‟s profitability shows that retail prices for pay TV services are excessive is without foundation.2 4. 1 Paragraph 4.410 of Ofcom‟s Third Consultation Document. Ofcom considers Sky Movies Action & Thriller, Sky Movies Comedy, Sky Movies...
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...Blue Sky Software Company Organizational Development Analysis November 28, 2012 Prepared for: Jim Willis CEO Webster University Management 6000 Professor: Dr. James Ewing Introduction Change is a growing concern for many industries and, in particular, software developers are feeling the fullest brunt of this tidal force. Global competition, economic uncertainty and high levels of risk aversion have created a tidal wave of change for American corporations. Organizations must embrace renewal strategies for specific reasons, such as improving, communication, efficiency, or decision making, rarely can an initiative successfully be deployed without strategic planning in the current hyper turbulent business world. It is with renewed vigor that Blue Sky Software must assess the organizations future operations with these new realities in mind. To prosper in the new globalized business world the Blue Sky Software organization must require a transformation from its executive team, its board of directors and its staff. The current change initiatives that must be undertaken are complex structural organizational changes. This goal demands a new set of leadership skills, empowered employees and clear decision making processes, allowing a highly adaptive orientation for the organization. The following report outlines such a path for Blue Sky Software. Adaptive Orientation Blue Sky Software...
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...Graham Greene “I Spy” The text under stylistic analysis “I Spy” is written by Graham Greene in the style of fiction. It deals with author’s feelings and emotions about relations at school, relations in the family. The main theme of the story is how main character of the story Charlie Stowe was able to steal some of his father’s stock - a packet with cigarettes from his father’s shop, with the purpose to prove his classmates that he is not a little boy. The idea of the story is that real parents should pay enough attention to their children, to bring them up properly in order that there wasn’t conflict’s in their family. So in the beginning of the story we have an exposition, where we get to know about the main character Charlie Stowe; the time of the seen is night. Charlie Stowe waited in his bedroom until he heard his mother snore. Then we got to know that it was the time of war, as ’searchlight passed across the sky,… seeking enemy airship’. Then Charlie draught the thought the cracks in the window frame. We have a detached construction in the second paragraph from the world ‘But the thought of the tobacconist’s shop…’ where author pays our attention to the fact that Charlie wanted to smth with it. then we see that he was 12 years old and that boys at “County school” nocked at him because he had never smoked a cigarette. The author uses periphrases concerning to cigarettes “The packet were piled twelve deep below”. The cigarettes were called Gold Flake and Players...
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...PIE IN THE SKY V/S HOBNOB | How Pie in the Sky can increase its market share? | | Dated: 13th December 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents LETTER OF TRANSMITAL 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5 INTRODUCTION: 6 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES 7 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS: 7 METHODOLOGY 8 SAMPLING 8 SAMPLING DESIGN 8 Sample Frame 8 Sampling Method 8 Sample Size 9 RESEARCH DESIGN 9 DATA ANALYSIS 12 APPENDIX 1 QUESTIONNAIRE 14 APPENDIX 2 FACTS & FIGURES 18 RECOMMENDATIONS Error! Bookmark not defined. CONCLUSION Error! Bookmark not defined.3 BIBLIOGRAPHY 344 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report is based on the research and in depth analysis of the consumer preference of Karachi between two bakeries “Pie in the Sky” and “Hobnob” and focuses on key areas on the fact that Pie in the Sky, being a new entrant will be able to form a strong brand image like Hobnob. We have focused on primary research which was done through questionnaires distributed to different universities of Karachi, as well as interviews with some young males and females. As you have got the idea that our research is based on comparing two brands, “Pie in the Sky” and “Hobnob”. Pie in the Sky has achieved fame respect and appreciation in a small span of time. Their aim is to make delicious, hygienic sweets and achieve a status in this market, keeping in mind the competitors. They have...
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...Audit Group Project 1a. The transition between predecessor auditor and successor auditor is governed by AU Section 315. It details a list of responsibilities on each side prior to the acceptance of the audit. The predecessor auditor is considered the one who reported on the most recent audited financial statements or was engaged to perform this audit but did not complete it. The successor is an auditor who is considering accepting an engagement to audit financial statements. (AU 315.02) The successor auditor is required to communicate with the predecessor auditor prior to accepting an audit engagement, though they can make a proposal prior to communications and inform the client that acceptance is conditional on evaluating this communication. (AU 315.03) If there is more than one auditor bidding for the engagement, the predecessor auditor is not required to communicate until the engagement has been accepted subject to review of the communications. (AU 315.05) Responsibility for initiating communication rests on the successor auditor. (AU 315.06) The successor auditor requests permission from the client to communicate with the predecessor auditor. This is required as the predecessor auditor cannot discuss confidential information from the engagement without consent of the client. If the client does not give this information or does not allow full disclosure the successor auditor needs to inquire as to the reason and consider this when deciding to accept an engagement...
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...particulars, while Platonic realism suggests that universals can exist as entities separate of their particulars. However, with regards to the problem of universals, this distinction is negligible because both forms of realism use the same essential logic to attempt to prove the existence of universals. Realism hinges upon the idea that in order for certain phrases and ideas to be true, universals must be considered distinct entities. For example, consider the statement “the sky is blue.” There is a known entity, the sky, that, in all senses of the word, can be accurately described as being blue. This much is indisputably true. But why, of all the possible colors that could be have been used to describe the sky, was “blue” chosen? By itself, the word blue is inherently meaningless, nothing more than a random jumble of letters. Yet, the word is allowed to have meaning because somewhere along the line it was assigned to a property that appears in the physical world. The same property that is exemplified by the sky, a...
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...in context of Business start-up.Grading criteria: P1.1, P1.2, P1.3; M1; D1.Related learning outcomes:LO1: Understand the organizational purposes of businesses. | Assignment Number:__1__of __3__for this Unit | Date assigned:November 1, 2013 | Date of review:November 8, 2013 | Date for final submission:November 15, 2013 | Learner declaration:I confirm that this assignment is my own work and any assistance received has been acknowledged and all sources have been stated.Signature: Date: November 15, 2013 | Scenario:In order to facilitate the interactive teaching technique due to accepting the basic findings of Interactive Business Situations Analysis conducted during the seminars and independent students’ study, the following two alternative scenario have been proposed for designing the required Assignment # 1 as follows:Scenario # 1:Primary terms of Business start-up to be organized as “Skull-Up” company are determined as Business partnership with full liabilities legal form. Business specialization of considering enterprise is Restaurant service providing. This company has planned to be concentrated domestically in short-term perspective and extend it business internationally in long-term perspective. Functional responsibilities of potential managers to be involved into the Business Management process have been determined during the IBSA # 2.Scenario # 2:Primary terms of Business...
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...Stylistic Analysis of a Novel A stylistic analysis should address questions like these: 1. What is the discourse type? 2. What is the topic? 3. Who is it talking to/for whom and why? 4. How do the stylistic choices relate to these three questions? Here is a sample text: |1 | | |2 |Alex La Guma, Time of the Butcherbird. (a) When the government trucks had gone, the dust they had left behind hung over the plain and smudged | |3 |the blistering afternoon sun so that it appeared as a daub of white-hot metal through the moving haze. (b) The dust hung in the sky for some | |4 |time before settling down on the white plain. (c) The plain was flat and featureless except for two roads bull-dozed from the ground, | |5 |bisecting each other to lie like scars of a branded cross on the pocked and powdered skin of the earth. (d) In the distance a new water tank | |6 |on metal stilts jutted like an iron glove clenched against the empty sky. (e) The dust settled slowly on the metal of the tank and on the | |7 |surface of the brackish water it contained, laboriously pumped up from below the sand; on the rough cubist mounds of folded and piled tents | |8 |dumped there by officialdom; on the sullen faces of the people who had been unloaded like the odds and ends of furniture...
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...Topic: Medium-stakes assignment Order code: 81586685 | | | | | | Pages: | 1, Double spaced | Sources: | 1 | Style: | APA | | Order type: | Coursework | Subject: | English | Academic level: | Not specified | | | Language: | English (U.S.) | | Order Description The English class that I am taking right now is a bit different with other college level English classes. Before you start working on my assignment, I want you to read the course description of my class. Course Description: Texting the World brings together literary and nonliterary texts and considers how the same theme plays through them via analysis, evaluation, and creation of said texts. This particular section of ENG 200 is devoted to the theme of The Sea. Artists and writers have long found inspiration from the sea. In this course, we’ll examine representations of the sea throughout history, with an emphasis on contemporary and classical literature, as well as art, poetry, scholarship, and film. Through reading, writing, and discussion, we’ll consider the ways the sea, and what it encompasses and represents, can allow artists and writers to explore the human condition and show us something about our own values, attitudes, and beliefs. Assignments are designed to help you use writing as a learning tool and to improve your written communication abilities. You will be asked to complete a variety of low-, medium-, and high-stakes assignments, including informal writing tasks...
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...in all directions. I have never experienced tear gas, my eyes hurt so badly and my lungs were burning. I held the plastic over my face for a moment, it helps, and a bitter taste fills my mouth. Umbrella revolution –class boycott initiated by the Hong Kong Federation of Students to object Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress decision regarding the political reform of Hong Kong Chief Executive election. At that night, police fired 87 tear gas rounds into the crowds of unarmed students, including me, in the heart of the international financial center. The tear gas seems to have been a warning. A patrol car attempted to enter...
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