Part I-Metaphors Several years ago‚ I took a cruise trip with a close friend to the Bahamas. It was very fascinating and a wonderful experience. During the day‚ the ocean/sea was as blue as the sky on a nice day. As I looked down into the ocean I saw my reflection as if I were looking upon a mirror. I find that when looking upon the ocean and watching the waves interact with one another‚ it’s a reminder of how the human body functions on a daily basis. The ocean is constantly moving and changing
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Scholars Sports Carnival 2011 Report On 5th of March 2011‚ a sports day event was held at Taylor’s University College Lakeside Campus. This special event was organized by the High Flyers Club of Taylor’s University College and is meant especially for the students of Taylor’s whose education are being sponsored by scholarship programs. Some of the students are scholars from Petronas‚ Bank Negara‚ MARA and Yayasan Tenaga Nasional. In addition to that‚ this one day sports event was joined by the representatives
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Caselet # 2 Case for Critical Analysis Empress Luxury Lines If Antonio Melendez decides to apply the utilitarian approach to decision making‚ the entire organization will benefit out of it but will only remain to its wrongdoings. They will get their insurance claim and continue with its company operations. On the other hand‚ there is no guarantee that the insurance company will not discover the fraud. What if it was discovered? It would result to a failure that he would never imagine. Should
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HISTORY 212-2 Primary Source Analysis #2 Significant Lines for Discussion Chapter 16: America’s Gilded Age‚ 1870-1890 Thorstein Veblen‚ Excerpts from The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899) * “By a further refinement‚ wealth acquired passively by transmission from ancestors or other antecedents presently becomes even more honorific than wealth acquired by the possessor’s own effort.” Luther Standing Bear‚ excerpt from My People the Sioux (1928) * “These people cared nothing for
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After reading many novels throughout my life I would place‚ The Shadow Lines‚ by Amitav Ghosh‚ in my top 10 list. The novel is based on the narrator who was English educated but Indian born. The narrator illustrates and shares his views of foreign countries which he has never been to with other characters in the novel. Even though the narrator is English educated his values‚ ethics‚ and culture is more Indian than an American. Many of us now notice that when a person migrates from one country
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Cunard Line‚ Ltd. Entered in the cruise and steamship business in 1840 and currently offers cruising on seven ships with 5 in the luxury category and 2 in the premium category. Each cruise has its own distinctive image and positioning. As far as its customers are concerned 95% of the customers are from America and Europe. The total cruise industry consisted of approx. 4 million boardings per year. Of this luxury segment comprised 8% that is 320 thousand. Cunard estimates that it has a 50 % market
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of the most influential thinkers in world history formed contrasting ideas on the concept of the soul. On one hand‚ Plato’s idea of the soul was created based on his theory of forms‚ as illustrated through a conceptual apparatus called “The Divided Line”. In this diagram‚ concepts of the absolute‚ such as the essence of absolute good‚ come from forms and ideas‚ which are eventually processed into the physical world as images in our minds. These images can then once again be manipulated into forms
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The movie I chose was “Walk the Line”. The biography chronicles the early lives of Johnny and June Carter Cash and the struggles they dealt with in their personal lives and careers. Johnny (or J.R. as he was originally named) was one of Ray and Carrie Cash’s seven children and grew up on a poor cotton farm in rural Arkansas. As the movie begins‚ it introduces the viewer to Johnny’s mother‚ who taught him to sing gospel songs‚ his father‚ who was a heavy drinker and verbally abusive at times to
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like to stay on a cruise ship for seven days. It amazes me that over a thousand people can board a ship to be brought to other countries. I got to have the experience of going on a cruise for vacation‚ not once‚ but three times. After experiencing cruises it is now my favor place to be. For me‚ it is the mixture of relaxing by the pool and excitement of events that makes it significant. On the morning we leave for vacation‚ I get out of bed‚ excited to embark on my seven day cruise to Cozumel‚ Grand
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Leased Lines Below what speed are there different leased line standards in different parts of the world? In the text “Business data networks and telecommunications” the author points out that leased lines vary worldwide from 56 kbps to several gigabits per second‚ depending on the technology used. The lowest speeds of these leased lines are 56 or 64 kbps in the United States‚ and 64 kbps in Europe. These speeds are comparable to modem speeds and are rarely installed. The typical wiring for these
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