Submit a 750 words individual CAT (~ 250 words for each part) on the discussion forum (4 points). Then‚ tick collect to collate all the postings‚ and return back to make a 250 words comment for your class participation grade (0.5 points). For the comment‚ identify one or two views that made you think differently‚ and/or one or two views you disagree with and explain why? (1) Do you agree with Yip’s assumption that in industries experiencing strong globalization drivers‚ MNEs should deploy strategy
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Eddie Costello Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut The book begins with a writer researching for his book . John‚ the author and narrator of this story‚ wants to create a factual book about “The day the world ended”. It was about the day that the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and what important American people were doing on that day. He talks with Newt‚ son of Dr. Felix Hoenikker‚ the creator of the atomic bomb. John soon learns of ice-nine (a tiny bit of it could freeze all the water in
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A Qualitative Life in the Face of a Quantative Society: Sheelagh Morris’s “Letter to a Cat” Sheelagh Morris’s short story‚ “Letter to a Cat‚” is a dramatization of the conflict between two sets of life-values: the qualitative and the quantative. Norma is someone who has qualitative values‚ that is‚ someone who values such things as literature and art. We term such a person as one with qualitative values‚ because‚ even while such things as literature and art may be considered “valuable‚” they
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After watching the film‚ Shackleton’s Antarctic Adventure‚ it felt as if I just watched a film based on a fiction novel. To watch the continuous efforts of one man putting everything he had into keeping his men safe‚ healthy‚ and alive was almost implausible. Earnest Shackleton’s accomplishments‚ especially during the time he did it‚ will stand the test of time. It was his tremendous leadership skills which aided him with the success of not only reaching safety‚ but keeping 27 men content enough
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NSC DBE/November 2010 SECTION A QUESTION 1: MATCHING ITEMS Choose a term/concept from COLUMN B that matches a description in COLUMN A. Write only the letter (A – R) next to the question number (1.1 – 1.10) in the ANSWER BOOK‚ for example 1.11 S. COLUMN A 1.1 A device that adds more ports to a computer for devices such as a mouse‚ printer‚ keyboard and flash disk The component responsible for the processing of all data and instructions on a computer A way of sending messages and attachments
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Tikal National Park The Tropical Rain Forest in Tikal National Park in Guatemala is alive with interesting plant life‚ animals‚ and beautiful views. The Guatemalans are adept at using the gifts the Rain Forest offers in their daily lives. Tikal National Rain Forest is found in Guatemala‚ South America. It rains for part of the day during most of the year. Rainfall averages about one hundred eight inches but can reach up to four hundred inches. The tropical climate produces hot‚ humid weather
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today; thus‚ we cannot live without it. We try to ease our problems by blindingly accepting society’s norms and trends. Because we cannot formulate our own ideals and ways of life‚ we live in a false sense of justice and peace. In Tony Hoagland’s “Hard Rain‚” the speaker witnesses these faults in our behavior at a shopping mall; however‚ he‚ similarly‚ is not able to escape that reality. The larger meaning of this poem‚ that we have no sense of individualism and morality‚ is specified by the author’s
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attributed to cats‚ like for instance cats are curious‚ mysterious‚ aloof and even sinister. One characteristic behavior that has become a cliché is the “fraidy cat” or “scaredy-cat” label for cats that are unusually skittish or easily startled. Typically cats are quite independent and tend to avoid noisy chaotic situations. However when a cat is overly defensive and unsociable and tends to run and hide at the slightest provocation there may be a cause for concern.Why do cats become fraidy cats? Actually
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Ernest Hemingway illustrates in his book‚ Farewell to Arms‚ the character of Frederick Henry; an ambulance driver‚ who is put to the ultimate test during the madness and atrocity of WWI. His experiences at the front pose a challenge only a Hemingway hero can affront successfully. As the epitome of a code hero‚ Frederick is a man of action‚self-discipline‚ and one who maintains grace under pressure but lacks certain characteristics a person should possess. Throughout the book‚ Hemingway expresses
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Pauley Ernest Rutherford was a New Zealand physicist and chemist who earned the title “Father of Nuclear Physics” after his discoveries of radioactive half-lives‚ differentiated between alpha and beta radiation‚ and proved that radioactivity involved the transmutation of one chemical element to another. He is also the recipient of the 1908 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements‚ and the chemistry of radioactive substances". Ernest Rutherford
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