Summary of Oedipus the King The first half of the play‚ “Oedipus the King” is mainly about the King of Thebes and his quest to save his land from a plague that has caused serious damage. Oedipus became king due to his earlier triumph of saving Thebes from the curse of the Sphinx. His people now rely on him to once again save the land from its misery. Oedipus‚ as he walks out of his palace‚ is approached by a group of local priests who are surrounded by the suffering citizens of Thebes. A priest
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Chapter 17 Financial Forecasting and Planning 17-1. We are to estimate the total financing needed (total assets) and net funding requirements (discretionary financing needed) for the next year (2011) for Zapatera Enterprises. We’ll start with total assets. We’re told that the firm’s 2011 sales will be $15M‚ and that the proportion of sales represented by operating expenses‚ current assets‚ net fixed assets‚ and current liabilities will be the same as for 2010. Thus‚ we can create Zapatera’s pro
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and standard costs to determine the reasons why budgeted results were not met. Despite the advantages highlighted above‚ there are several limitations that may result in the use of variance analysis for performance evaluation. I. The Barnes Scuba Diving business as a whole The analysis of the results might be imprecise due to overlooking other vital tools that may be beneficial to the business. This may lead to inaccurate decisions and in turn may result in the fall of the business since the results
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get what we need from the other person(s). In order to do this we need to have information to begin with‚ the person’s name of whom you are trying to contact‚ pen and paper‚ questions and the information needed if they ask you a question in return. 2) Explain the reason for knowing the audience to whom the communication is being presented. We need to know who the audience is so that we can change how we speak to suite them: if it is a business associate we would change are manner to being professional;
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The environment and the global economy are intrinsically linked. The environment provides natural resources that promote economic growth which in turn has caused the destruction of vital eco systems (Miller‚ 2010 pp 6). If we continue to live as we are‚ consuming‚ polluting and clearing precious land at an ever accelerating rate (Ede‚ 2008 pp 20)‚ we are in fact destroying our very own vital life support system (Miller‚ 2010 pp 5). The need for change towards sustainable development means to live
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3.1 Describe ways of verbally presenting information and ideas clearly 3.2 Explain ways of making contributions to discussion that help to move them forward 3.3 Describe methods of active listening 3.4 Explain the purpose of summarising verbal communications 4.1 Describe ways of getting feedback on communications 4.2 Explain the purpose of using feedback to develop communication skills Describe ways of verbally presenting information and ideas clearly to present any information or ideas I need clearly
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In the short story‚ “The Zero Meter Diving Team”‚ Jim Shepard illustrates someone coping with death and distress by looking at the past and changing perspective for the future. As Boris reminisces about the nuclear explosion‚ he reveals his view of his brothers and the catastrophic event. Boris then concludes about the explosion and what it means to him‚ to society‚ and in science. Overall‚ Boris’ view of the event gives light to its outcome‚ displaying the effects of this kind of disaster and what
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“Survival can be summed up in three words-Never Give Up-That’s the heart of it really”‚ Bear Grylls The day was Thursday‚ October 20th‚ 2016. Jeff and his friends‚ Timmy and Bob were going to go on a Boat ride In the Pacific Ocean. The boat they were in was a cabin cruiser‚ with a small cabin below deck. A minute later they were packing their few belongings they brought with below deck along with the inflatable raft and a survival pack. “Let’s go‚” shouted Timmy Timmy started the engine and they
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the beholder. Someone’s trash may very well be someone else’s greatest treasure. As Lars Eighner begins his proclamation on his profession the constant competition between internal wealth versus external wealth is evident in his account of dumpster diving. The internal wealth constituted of happiness and self-sufficiency is constantly battling the all craved external wealth of money. Eighner is also deeply dealing with balancing fine ethics while firmly griping on to a form of survival that becomes
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Introduction: Currently many organizations are depending upon the computing environment to manage the process within the work place and become stabilized across different market group. Although most of them are not aware how far the computing environment is impacting the outer area but still to fulfill the requirements it is very much essential for them to go for it. Keeping these things in mind‚ we have come up with a new project called “Green Computing Research Project” that mainly aims to improve
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