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of a specifically American mythology‚ a mythology that celebrated America’s unique attributes and values. Read “Rip Van Winkle” by Washington Irving http://k12.kitaboo.com/eBookWs/ebook/english/eng06/Launch.html# Audiobook: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb7QUmj3pTM A Quick Summary of the Story http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6v5xW27sC0 Reading Strategy for Rip Van Winkle For this story‚ we are going to annotate using STOP & JOT. So how does this work? SIMPLE! 1. Log into your
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operations‚ decision making and other activities that requires unconscious cognition. That’s why I will recommend this book to any business man. In the case of the Van Rider’s victory story‚ we can learn a fundamental lesson that can be used even during a war. “The first thing I told our staff is that we would be in command and out of control”‚ Van Riper said when he was in the millennium challenge. He actually meant the soldiers will follow the guide and intent coming from the top‚ but will fight based
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Custom Snowboards‚ Inc. Expansion into Europe The management of Custom Snowboards‚ Inc. is considering an expansion into Europe. The percentage of the total sales from Europe has grown and the growth is expected to continue. The company could pursue this expansion from a variety of different options. Business Risk Assessment: The CEO is concerned about the risks of expansion into Europe. In particular‚ he wonders about what affects an European expansion will have on the internal operations of the
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The characters in Rip Van Winkle and Young Goodman Brown written respectively by Washington Irving and Nathaniel Hawthorne leave their individual communities and return with radically different perspectives (of their current lives) that change their attitudes and way of life in the remaining of their lives. Both stories are set in early American villages‚ Young Goodman Brown takes place in the 1700’s New England puritan settlement while Rip Van Winkle takes place over 100 years later in an English
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Ludwig van Beethoven The Deaf Maestro Essential Question: Who was Beethoven‚ and what was his effect on European? Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music‚ he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers. His best known compositions include 9 symphonies‚ 5 concertos for piano‚ 32 piano sonatas‚ and 16 string quartets. He also composed other chamber music‚ choral works
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Rip Van Winkle Essay The story‚ “Rip Van Winkle”‚ written by Washington Irving‚ has many different elements of a mythology. The story takes place in the Catskill Mountains where the protagonist of the story‚ named Rip‚ wanders off in hopes of fleeing from his nagging wife. He then encounters very peculiar men who offer him a drink and he soon finds himself waking up in the same spot twenty years later. All of these aspects (set in the past‚ mysterious characters‚ and strange environments)
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Rip Van Winkle and Romanticism Rip Van Winkle is the main character of the story‚ described as a "simple and good natured man . . . . a kind neighbor‚ and an obedient‚ henpecked husband. (pg 39)" Rip was a favorite amongst the townsfolk because he helped everyone with their activities‚ but had‚ "an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor. (39)" He refused to work on his own house and property because everything would fall apart no matter what he did. He felt like all his wife did
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* Customs Union Theory ------------------------------------------------- (18th century) A customs union is a grouping of countries with a common external tariff‚ but with free trade‚ free movement of labor and capital among themselves. Customs union theory examines the impact on trade in general following the removal of barriers (such as quotas and tariffs) between the countries and their establishment against other countries. --- Advantages of Custom Unions : Consumers get a wider choice of
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can send sunshine and they can send clouds." There are many strange stories about the Catskill Mountains. This is one of those stories. It tells about a farmer named Rip Van Winkle. Rip lived in a small village at the bottom of the mountains. The village had been built by the Dutch settlers‚ long before Rip was born. Rip Van Winkle lived in the village with his wife and two children—a boy who was also named Rip‚ and a girl named Judith. The farmer was popular with the men and women of the village—they
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