...You've likely heard the saying that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. This scientific theory mirrors human behavior where individuals often mask their true feelings and insecurities. Joyce Oates’ story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” is about a self-centered girl, named Connie, who only cares about her appearance and how others see her. She spends her time hanging out with friends and boys and hopes to gain their acceptance. One day, an unexpected man from an earlier night shows up at her home and she grows terrified after recognizing him. She then agrees to leave with him to avoid his demanding threats. Oates story suggests that it can be dangerous when we try to seek our self-worth through the approval...
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...Joyce Carol Oates’s short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” alludes to the mythical tale of Hades and Persephone throughout the story. The two stories express the relationship of life and death. The love and desire are emotions that are connected with life and death. The dark and wickedness invades the mind and thoughts of a person, and he or she cannot control that desire. The lust and desire for another person leads to drastic measures. Death is a natural way of life. Everyone experiences death and the baggage of emotions that comes with the loss. Hades is the god of the underworld, which is where all mortals spend all of eternity; so Hades is a symbol of death. In the story of Hades and Persephone, Hades is dark,...
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...The E-Myth Revisited – Michael E. Gerber Book Summary Summary Introduction This document summarizes The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber. The intent is to distill the major concepts from the book in note form for efficient perusal. Because only the main points of the book have been summarized here, reading the book in its entirety is highly recommended to get the full impact of the message Gerber conveys, as well as the dialogue in the book with one of his clients, Sarah, which provides additional insight on the concepts presented in the book. The ideas and text presented here are copyrighted works by Michael E. Gerber. Some of the text has been summarized for clarity and brevity. The E-Myth Revisited People who are exceptionally good in business aren’t so because of what they know but because of their insatiable need to know more. Businesses fail when their owners spend their time and energy defending what they think they know. A business doesn’t miss the mark by failing to achieve greatness in some lofty, principled way, but in the stuff that goes on in the multitude of seemingly insignificant, unimportant, and boring things that make up every business (and life as well). The greatest business people have a genuine fascination for the truly astonishing impact little things done exactly right can have on the world. The book is about four profound ideas that can mean the difference between the success and failure of a small business: 1. There is a myth...
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...Table of Contents I Executive Summary Page # II Company Profile Page # III Marketing Overview Page # IV Financial Overview Page # V Organization Page # VI Operations Page # VII Strategic Plan Page # VIII Conclusion Page # IX Appendix Page # I. Executive Summary Purpose of this Business Plan Is this a guide for reference? Is it to be used for obtaining financing, a tool for measuring progress, to be used as an information piece for clients? Discuss your rationale. Reason for the Business Why does this business exist? Summary of Key Elements (highlights) for the Business Plan When will the business be profitable? Who are key clients or suppliers? Are there special events? Milestones to be seen?. Identification of Needs (if any) Is a loan or other financing yet to be obtained? Equipment procured, a location to be settled, other assistance. Note: The Executive Summary should not be longer than 1 page. II. Company Profile Mission Statement Clearly stateswhat you stand for and usually includes a comment on your business ethics. Business Description What do you do? How do you do it? Who do you sell to? What makes you different? Where does the business operate? What are the goals? Management Profile Summary of your experiences as relates to the business. Often written from your resume(s). Industry Overview A brief summary from your market research stating...
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...Print Shop Executive Summary Your Print Shop executive summary ought to be written at the end (although must appear at the top of your plan) after you have done all the ground work in preparation of your business plan - it is after all intended to be an outline of your business. This is the page that should grab the interest of the reader and make them realize what your Print Shop business is concerning. Commonly it ought to present the person who reads it 3 years highlights of your business or longer if you produce a more long term business plan - i.e. when the financier(s) are apt to start seeing some yield on their investment. The Print Shop executive summary ought to declare the key protagonists who are available to assist run the business and generate the returns for the investors and if any extra management will be needed in the process. Print Shop Objectives As the executive summary commonly includes the breakdown of the first 3 years - your objectives should as well be set out for your first three years of operation - this may perhaps be a small number or might be a great deal more thorough - it is completely down to you, however having unrealistic goals to attain for your Print Shop business in an unrealistic timeframe will put possible investors off rather than them being impressed at your towering objectives. Print Shop Mission Various people see objectives and mission as the same thing but they aren't - objectives are there for you to meet your mission. The final...
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...After reviewing the Web site, provide a brief summary for each source. Below your summary, list two interesting facts you learned from each site. Try the techniques you located in your Internet search. Provide a brief description of what happened in your experience. Be sure to answer the two questions below the matrix also. |Web Address (URL): |http://www.meditation-tips.org/ |http://www.stress-relief-choices.com/meditation-techniques.html | | |Meditation has helped many people to live a calm, balanced, and peaceful |Meditation calms the mind and helps to put things into perspective. If you have lost | | |way of life. With meditation, the beauty of it is, anyone can practice |clarity, then this practice will help to gain clarity back. If you feel stress, then sitting| | |it. You do not have to learn deep Sutra’s, scriptures. Or ancient books |silently, watching the breathing helps to balance this out. If you are working in a | | |to learn to get started. The benefits of meditation are: mental clarity, |corporate environment, the days where you meditate will go so much more smoothly and be | |Summary of resource: |self esteem, sense of calmness, true happiness, balance of emotions, open|relatively stress free. On days that you may not meditate the days may be more challenging...
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... etc. and then have the ability to relate to it as an individual. In the short stories 'Sweat' and 'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been' the characters are from different walks of life, they both encounter conflict of: individual versus self, individual versus individual and individual versus society; many literary devices create theses stories that include the author's point of view, the conflicts that arise throughout and the resolution that takes place in the endpoint of view, the conflicts that arise throughout and the resolution that takes place in the end. The theme to any piece of literature is the basis for the whole story, in 'Sweat' and 'Where are Going, Where Have You Been' the story is centered primarily on one individual and what they each go through to survive an abusive/violent situation. The theme involves the survival of an individual through: external and external factors, that include the influence of society and the issue of class; sexuality of a women and men and the men's masculinity; suffering and the struggles that deal with violence, both physical and mental; family and religion. The primary character in 'Sweat,' Delia Jones is a black women, living in New York City, in a section called Harlem, during the era of the 1920's; this area would have been considered economically depressed and predominantly black. In 'Where Have You Been, Where Are You Going,' Connie could be any typical, Caucasian teenager that you would find during...
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...blessing or a curse? 2.1 Summary 2.2 Moral value 2.3 Reference 2.4 Date of publish 2. Driving to work is tough 3.5 Summary 3.6 Moral value 3.7 Reference 3.8 Date of Publish 3. A living nightmare: customer who show up early & late 4.9 Summary 4.10 Moral value 4.11 Reference 4.12 Date of publish 4. Work routines that drains you 5.13 Summary 5.14 Moral value 5.15 Reference 5.16 Date of publish 5. Dealing with under qualified co-worker 6.17 Summary 6.18 Moral value 6.19 Reference 6.20 Date of publish 6. Employee Theft 7.21 Summary 7.22 Moral value 7.23 Reference 7.24 Date of publish 7. No one appreciates your hard work 8.25 Summary 8.26 Moral value 8.27 Reference 8.28 Date of publish 8. Is someone stealing your idea at work? 9.29 Summary 9.30 Moral value 9.31 Reference 9.32 Date of publish 9. What’s the deal with after hour meeting? 10.33 Summary 10.34 Moral value 10.35 Reference 10.36 Date of publish 10. Why are your co-worker so annoying? 11.37 Summary 11.38 Moral value 11.39 Reference 11.40 Date of publish 1. Seniority: A Blessing or a Curse? Seniority is the magical title that everyone in every job wishes to have at some point. Why? Simply to...
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...A brief summary of marketing and how it works Marketing and the 7Ps: A brief summary of marketing and how it work “ Marketing is the management process responsible for identifying, anticipating and satisfying customer requirements profitably.” 2 Marketing and the 7Ps – © CIM 2015 Marketing and the 7Ps: A brief summary of marketing and how it work 01 is marketing? What Every product we buy, every store we visit, every media message we receive and every choice we make in our consumer society has been shaped by the forces of marketing. CIM (The Chartered Institute of Marketing) offers the following definition for marketing: “ The management process responsible for identifying, anticipating and satisfying customer requirements profitably.” Sometimes people assume marketing is just about advertising or selling, but this is not the whole story. It is a key management discipline that ensures producers of goods and services can interpret consumer desires and match, or exceed them. The marketing process is central to the business performance of companies, both large and small, because it addresses the most important aspects of the market. It is about understanding the competitive marketplace and ensuring you can tap into key trends, reaching consumers with the right product at the right price, place and time. Clever marketing has led to many recent business success stories - from pharmaceuticals to airlines, sports brands to food and drink, business-to-business companies to...
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...A brief summary of marketing and how it works Marketing and the 7Ps: A brief summary of marketing and how it work “ Marketing is the management process responsible for identifying, anticipating and satisfying customer requirements profitably.” 2 Marketing and the 7Ps – © CIM 2015 Marketing and the 7Ps: A brief summary of marketing and how it work 01 is marketing? What Every product we buy, every store we visit, every media message we receive and every choice we make in our consumer society has been shaped by the forces of marketing. CIM (The Chartered Institute of Marketing) offers the following definition for marketing: “ The management process responsible for identifying, anticipating and satisfying customer requirements profitably.” Sometimes people assume marketing is just about advertising or selling, but this is not the whole story. It is a key management discipline that ensures producers of goods and services can interpret consumer desires and match, or exceed them. The marketing process is central to the business performance of companies, both large and small, because it addresses the most important aspects of the market. It is about understanding the competitive marketplace and ensuring you can tap into key trends, reaching consumers with the right product at the right price, place and time. Clever marketing has led to many recent business success stories - from pharmaceuticals to airlines, sports brands to food and...
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...Summary of The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman LENGTH: 4976 words HEADLINE: It's a Flat World, After All BYLINE: By Thomas L. Friedman. Thomas L. Friedman is the author of ''The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century,'' to be published this week by Farrar, Straus & Giroux and from which this article is adapted. His column appears on the Op-Ed page of The Times, and his television documentary ''Does Europe Hate Us?'' will be shown on the Discovery Channel on April 7 at 8 p.m. BODY: In 1492 Christopher Columbus set sail for India, going west. He had the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. He never did find India, but he called the people he met ''Indians'' and came home and reported to his king and queen: ''The world is round.'' I set off for India 512 years later. I knew just which direction I was going. I went east. I had Lufthansa business class, and I came home and reported only to my wife and only in a whisper: ''The world is flat.'' And therein lies a tale of technology and geoeconomics that is fundamentally reshaping our lives -- much, much more quickly than many people realize. It all happened while we were sleeping, or rather while we were focused on 9/11, the dot-com bust and Enron -- which even prompted some to wonder whether globalization was over. Actually, just the opposite was true, which is why it's time to wake up and prepare ourselves for this flat world, because others already are, and there is no time to waste. I wish I could say I saw...
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...Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”. For Bob Dylan” presents a compelling narrative exploring the nuances of teenage rebellion, vulnerability, and the predatory behavior exhibited or displayed by specific individuals. The main character, Connie, is portrayed as a typical teenager, yearning for independence and lost in her daydreams. However, her innocence stands clearly opposed by the menacing presence of Arnold Friend, who symbolizes the veiled dangers of the world beyond. By highlighting the contradictions in Connie’s thoughts, her longing for freedom, and her unease regarding the unknown, Oates underscores the vulnerability of youth and the predatory nature of those who prey upon it. The story’s setting is pivotal...
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...Using a scaffold for extended writing to compare texts A scaffold is a framework or structure from which you can build something. If you prepare a scaffold before you write, you have a solid base to begin further planning of your response. This scaffold shows the stages and organisation of a typical comparison response. Each box represents a paragraph. What new insights about a sense of belonging are shown in The China Coin and one other text? How has the composer conveyed these new insights to the responder? Put some ideas in each box to help you plan. The notes on the right are not complete. They provide some examples for you to see how to present your argument. The words in bold are linking words. |Introduction |A sense of belonging can emerge from relationships with people and places. When | |Mention aspect(s) of belonging |people experience a strong cultural connection to a place, their sense of | |Make a statement about how this aspect is |belonging is strengthened. This can change over time. The novel The China Coin | |represented in the set text and one other |and poem ‘We are going’ both have strong cultural images and personal statements.| | |These are revealed through the composers’ use of flashback, narrative voice and | | |descriptive language. ...
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...Using the SQ3R Study Method A. Kent Van Cleave, Jr., Ph.D. Why use a study method? Perhaps you have noticed recently that everyone, especially in the news media, is talking about something called the information revolution. This term refers to some profound changes that have affected most aspects of our lives and that have been caused by computers. In the workplace, information technology has caused many work organizations to completely restructure themselves. Electronic data interchange has helped companies closely link themselves with their customers and their suppliers. Computers have made mass production obsolete by giving manufacturers the ability to customize the product exactly the way the individual customer wants it. (Look for the big auto manufacturers to have Websites soon where you choose nearly every feature on your car, apply for a loan to buy it, and then specify where it will be delivered, all without having to go to the showroom.) Computers have also automated many jobs, including those of many middle managers. The result of this has been fewer levels of management in large organizations and higher productivity in the production facility. For most products, the cost of the goods on store shelves has dropped dramatically over the last ten years. But this explosion of information technology has its challenges in the workplace, too. Because of it the pace of change has increased. Work organizations find that they must continually adapt as technology progresses...
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...Communication Styles Worksheet You spent the past few days exploring the resources available to students at University of Phoenix, and you want to share what you learned with a friend who is interested in enrolling. Write a 150- to 200-word e-mail to your friend summarizing the resources available to students. Hey Dina, So as you know I have been in school online and I am really enjoying it. I really want to encourage you to do it as well. It is so easy and completely fools proof! Oh my gosh seriously you need to try it too. Right from my home page I can access the library where I can get research done or check my papers for potential plagiarism or errors. I can access different tutorials and labs ranging from ways to avoid plagiarism to java programming. I can even get assistance in math. There is a media library as well as so many other resources like a normal library. I don’t have to worry about getting in the car and going to the school to fight for a computer in their library. It is all just right here. The best part is I can do this online at home. Or when I am at work on break I can get on it from my phone. Easy stuff! Anyhow just let me know what you think. I would love to hear you are also going back to school as well. You asked your facilitator to review your e-mail draft. She liked what you wrote and asked you to write a summary to post in the class forum for the other students to read. Write a 150- to 200-word summary for your class of the resources...
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