might have had one of the most difficult jobs in the retail business. He made it harder still by running a large chain of bookstores as though it were a tech startup. Burning through about a billion dollars‚ the company built its own e-reading devices‚ which were well-received‚ and then its own tablet computers‚ which weren’t. Barnes & Noble sold so few tablets over the holidays last year that it actually lost money during the one time retailers can count on profits. “We are not going to continue
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Submission 2014 Of Mice and Men: Themes and ideas Explore the ways communities are shown in the text you have studied. Characterisation and voice Explore the ways one or two minor characters are presented in the text you have studied. Explore the ways a major theme of the text you have studied is presented and developed. Explore the ways emotions are shown in the text you have studied. Creative Pieces (any two from different columns): Moving Images Writing based on moving images. A newspaper invites young
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Be Careful‚ Misunderstanding by Different Cultures Have you ever visited another country and made many misunderstandings that you did not realize? Every country has its particular culture‚ and people can identify those cultures by different races‚ genders and nationalities. In addition‚ different races of people have their particular cultural backgrounds‚ and every different culture has its interesting parts. People benefit from learning other cultures; by doing that‚ they can improve their nations
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An idea about happiness by Artem Polischuk “Most people are as happy‚ as they make up their minds to be” Abraham Lincoln There is hardly a person in the world who could really define such a complicated feeling as happiness. First of all a man must realize and know what it means. It often happens that a great amount of people only pretend to know something about happiness. It also happens that people realize how happy they are but they don’t speak about it. I can’t claim that I know what happiness
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that we are not conscious. We must be careful of the hidden clause in contract in order to protect the benefit of us. At the first glance‚ you may feel eased since there are a lot of tedious clauses in contract to protect you if the service does not get delivered in time with good quality as promised‚ if another pay does not pay you on time. You may feel that the contracts are wordy and unreadable so you don’t have to study it cautiously. I am even thinking why all the person like to make the contracts
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find the results you were looking for. Right or may not be right‚ it wouldn’t buy you so much time unlike in books. And the way our era works today‚ computer are one of the most needed technology in our society. The same goes with cell phone. Everyone knows the importance of having a cell phone. Communication. For example: Some of us‚ one member of our family work overseas or not‚ in far away town or place and our number one means communications are cell phones. Just one dial and viola‚ were now connected
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Examine the key ideas of utilitarianism Utilitarianism is a relativist‚ consequentialist and teleological system of ethics based on the idea of ‘utility’. This means usefulness and utilitarian suggest that everyone should be the most useful thing. The theory was devised by Jeremy Bentham who said “an action is right if it produces the greatest good for the greatest number”. He believed human beings are motivated by pleasure and pain. Bentham lived in an era of great social and scientific change
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Be Careful What You Sign There are many cases decided by courts across the country addressing the enforceability of evergreen clauses pertaining to different business transactions. In most cases‚ particularly in the context of commercial business-to-business contracts‚ courts strictly construe these provisions where the contract language is clear and unambiguous. If the contract language is not followed and notice is not given within the required time to terminate‚ the contract extends for another
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From Idea to Essay notes Chapter 1 “The Writing Process” Pgs. 3-12 Expository writing * Type of writing that explains‚ discusses‚ describes‚ analyzes‚ and argues the bulk of everyday tasks that you’ll most likely be called upon to do in your career. * Includes every kind of workaday job‚ ranging from memos and descriptions to evaluations summaries and formal proposals. * Mostly pragmatic and unglamorous. The AIM of good writing * CLARITY * Ways to achieve clarity: repeated writing
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Renaissance An Analysis of the Three Key Ideas from the Renaissance The Renaissance was a time of chivalry. Of Knights and kings. Most importantly‚ the Renaissance or “the Rebirth” was one of the most turbulent‚ dramatically changing times in the history of the world. In 1600‚ ideas were being challenged left and right‚ children were rebelling‚ and Shakespeare was at his literary climax. The old was becoming the new. Some could say it was an epic comeback of old ideas. It is best summarized by Dr
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