August 2026: There will Come Soft Rains “There will Come Soft Rains” is a short science fiction story written in 1950 by Ray Bradbury. The entire story focuses on the setting of a mechanical house winding down its days. The house is a representation of humanity and technology. While technology seems to have replaced humans in the beginning of the story‚ by the end‚ Bradbury shows that without humans‚ technology is doomed. In the beginning‚ technology has reduced humans to be an unnecessary aspect
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The past‚ present‚ and future of pesticide use and bans TABLE OF CONTENTS PESTICIDE BANS .................................................................................................................................2 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................2 THE STOCKHOLM CONVENTION........................................................
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Case Study #1 – Hazel BSC 405: Business Operations Professor Jim Beam August 5‚ 2012 | | | | | | By: Joe Mama | | | | Hazel Hazel worked for a fortune 500 company for the past 15 years. The company itself has been slow during the down economy of the last few years‚ but recently things were beginning to turn around. Customer orders were on their way up and quality and productivity have dramatically improved as well. Things
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POEMS A Different History by Sujata Bhatt Great Pan is not dead; he simply emigrated to India. Here the gods roam freely‚ disguised as snakes or monkeys; every tree is sacred and it is a sin to be rude to a book. It is a sin to shove a book aside with your foot‚ a sin to slam books down hard on the table a sin to toss one carelessly across a room. You must learn how to turn the pages gently without disturbing Sarasvati‚ without
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Locke’s Doctrine of Substance Calvin Roberts Mower February 29th‚ 2013 Abstract: First‚ I explore John Locke’s conception of substance. After‚ I argue that Locke’s theory of substance is necessary for his theory of identity‚ and therefore philosophically vital for Locke’s ethical and political theories. I consider objections to Locke‚ but ultimately defend Locke’s theory of substance and its primacy in Locke’s overall philosophy through a different interpretive
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Four Focus Strategies It’s not usually realistic for a firm to try to appeal to all actual or potential buyers in a market‚ because customers are too numerous‚ too widely scattered‚ and too varied in their needs‚ purchasing behavior‚ and consumption patterns. Firms themselves vary widely in their abilities to serve different types of customers. So rather than attempting to compete in an entire market‚ each company needs to focus its efforts on those customers it can serve best. In marketing terms
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Caterpillar Inc.--Early 1990s The assessment of opportunities and threats is the foundation upon which planners develop strategies. The Caterpillar case illustrates some of the problems associated with the identification of opportunities and threats‚ especially in a situation where previous successes are notable. Attempting to pattern long-term growth on the basis of previously valid assumptions is one of the classic dilemmas facing the strategic planner whether in consumer or organizational markets
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Tomorrow‚ When the War Began Written by John Marson‚ Directed by Stuart Beattie Released 2 September 2010 (Australia & New Zealand) Synopsis: Tomorrow‚ When the War Began is about the journey of eight high school friends in a remote country town whose lives are suddenly and violently upended by a war that no-one saw coming. Cut off from their families and their friends‚ these eight extraordinary teenagers must somehow learn to escape‚ survive and fight back. The film begins with a video
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The Other Side of Data Mining Maral Aghazi – 500287851 November 10th‚2012 ITM 200 Professor Roger De Peiza "As we and our students write messages‚ post on walls‚ send tweets‚ upload photos‚ share videos‚ and “like” various items online‚ we’re leaving identity trails composed of millions of bits of disparate data that corporations‚ in the name of targeted advertising and personalization‚ are using to track our every move” (McKee‚ 2011). Data mining has become extremely prevalent in today’s society
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Kotler P. et al‚ (2008)‚ Principles of Marketing‚ 5th European edition‚ Harlow‚ Pearson Education Ltd. Company Case 19 Zara – the fast and furious giant of fashion One global retailer is expanding at a dizzying pace. It is on track for what appears to be world domination of its industry. Having built its own state-of-the-art distribution network‚ the company is leaving the competition in the dust in terms of sales and profits‚ not to mention speed of inventory management and turnover. Wal-Mart
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