Commentary on "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been" 10/17/06 Joyce Carol Oates has achieved many things through her writing‚ and is recognized worldly for her short story "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" This story is centered on a young teenage girl as many of her stories are. Oates as a writer is fascinated with adolescence of young females. She chooses to write about the trials and tribulations of growing up in modern society. She pries on the dark aspects of youth often
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EVALUATING FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 1 Prepared by: Kha Pham CHAPTER OBJECTIVES The principles of interpretation of financial information‚ especially the importance of comparisons Why non-financial information is needed to supplement financial information How to calculate and interpret profitability ratios‚ especially ROCE and its components How to analyse a company’s borrowings in terms of gearing and interest cover 2 CHAPTER OBJECTIVES (CONT’D) How to calculate liquidity and
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Evaluating the Research Process Remote communities face several challenges concerning health care. For instance‚ communication with health care professionals‚ transportation‚ availability of doctors‚ and shortage of doctors. Literature review to identify and review new methods of improving access to health‚ quality of care‚ and improving the effectiveness of delivering health care services in remote Alaskan villages. MEDLINE‚ EMBASE‚ and CINAHL databases that index health research were used along
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Norms rather than the manager. Concertive control has been a frequently implemented theory in small teams lately and often leads to disagreement. Therefore groupthink should be implemented where decisions are made under pressure after critically evaluated issues. (Janis‚ 1982). In the case‚ concertive control is used by a team where they came up with a prescriptive norm where workers should report to work on time‚ if they failed to do so after being warned twice and if the workers did not try to do
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Is the author really dead? “The birth of the reader must be at the cost of the death of the Author.” – Roland Barthes Must the author be dead to make way for the birth of the reader? In his essay “The Death of the Author‚” Roland Barthes asserts that the author is dead because he/she is no longer a part of the deep structure in a particular text. To him‚ the author does not create meaning in the text: one cannot explain a text by knowing about the person who wrote
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knowledge each of us possesses is of three types. The first type is the general knowledge of tenets of Islamic belief in the oneness of Allah‚ in His angels‚ Books‚ messengers‚ the prophethood of Muhammad (Allah bless him and give him peace)‚ and so on. All of us may derive this knowledge directly from the Qur’an and hadith‚ as is also the case with a second type of knowledge‚ that of general Islamic ethical principles to do good‚ avoid evil‚ cooperate with others in good works‚ and so forth. Every Muslim
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is an author. Authors write novels‚ advertisements‚ scripts‚ and any other written piece. There are many skills needed to be an author‚ these skills are needed to be an author‚ these skills are needed to fulfill their responsibilities. Authors also need some training and education. There are plenty of jobs available‚ and the amount of money authors receive is decent. Being an author is not easy and takes a lot of work‚ but many authors say once they finish a task they feel proud. Authors need many
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Useful phrases for analysing texts In general: “bedient sich adäquater Mittel der LESERLEITUNG” = Vor-‚ Quer- und Rückverweise‚ e.g.: In the following‚ I’m going to … [= tell your readers what you are about to do] As I said before / in the beginning … (etc.) I will enlarge upon this later / in the next paragraph … (etc.) Concluding one can say / In brief / To put it in a nutshell / From all this follows that … (etc.) Make it easy for readers of your text to follow your argumentation! Task 1:
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Evaluating Advertising Campaigns It is through the process of review and evaluation that an organization has the opportunity to learn and develop. In turn‚ this enables management to refine its competitive position and to provide for higher levels of customer satisfaction. The use of marketing communications is a management activity‚ one that requires the use of rigorous research and testing procedures in addition to continual evaluation. This is necessary because planned communications involve
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The Importance of Following Orders Following orders is of the utmost importance in the military. Obedience is what enables the military to operate in an organized and effective manner which is clearly very important during challenging military situations. While an individual can question the notion of obedience in daily life‚ this luxury is often not available in the military where the grand goals and aims require smooth internal functioning and hierarchical coordination. Indeed‚ many of the standards
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