Expect the Unexpected What thoughts come to mind when you think of “The Lottery?” Positive thoughts including money‚ a new home‚ excitement‚ and happiness are all associated with the lottery in most cases. However‚ this is not the case in Shirley Jackson’s short story‚ “The Lottery”. Here‚ the characters in the story are not gambling for money‚ instead they are gambling for their life. A shock that surprises the reader as she unveils this horrifying tradition in the village on this beautiful
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What would you do with a million dollars?The amount of money that will pass through your hands over a working lifetime is incredible. For example‚ if you work 40 years and earn only an average of $25‚000 per year‚ you will have made $1 million even without salary increases due to inflation. The average family in America earns nearly $50‚000 per year. You are likely to earn over $2 million dollars in yourlifetime! What will you do with your millions? Many older people have spent it all. Is that what
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SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM 2010 Vol 1 Main Subjects Effective from the academic session 2008-2009 of Class IX and for the Board Examination (Class X) to be held in 2010 CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION Shiksha Kendra‚ 2-Community Centre‚ Preet Vihar‚ Vikas Marg‚ DELHI-110 092 © CBSE‚ Delhi - 110092 Feb. 2008 Copies : 10‚000 Price : Rs. Note : The Board reserves the right to amend Syllabi and Courses as and when it deems necessary. The Schools are required to strictly follow the Syllabi and text
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2013 Financial Statements come in four basic types; income statement‚ retained earnings‚ the statement of cash flow and the balance sheet. These statements are used both internally and externally to calculate the profitability and liabilities of a company. The financial statements of a company are the window for managers‚ investors‚ and creditors into the stability of a company. The details of a financial statement differ from the type of the statement and are used by different entities
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If you won the lottery‚ what would you do with the winning? What are you reasons for spending the money that way? I’m very good at thinking about what I would do if I ever won the lottery. The first things I would do are screaming and shouting with joy and confusion and thanking God a million time. Ones I am finished thanking God. I would organize my life. I would buy my five bedrooms and two –and-half bathroom house. That is my dream house. I would pay off my debt. It would feel good
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Julian S. BSCS-CS I-1 What Would You Do No.4 You are the CFO of a sporting goods manufacturer and distributor. Your firm has annual sales exceeding $500 million‚ with roughly 25 percent of your sales coming from online purchases. Today your firm’s Web site was not operational for about an hour. The IT group informed you that the site was the target of a distributed denial-of-service attack. You are shocked by an anonymous call later in the day in which a man tells you that your site will be attacked
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the world economy‚ according to McKinsey. That’s roughly the current size of India’s economy. But most people‚ who will access the Internet in India by 2015‚ will do so on mobile devices such as cellular phones or tablet computers: “three out of four users from India will be mobile-only users‚” says the report. An increase in Internet users could create 22 million jobs by 2015 from about six million now‚ the report added. Sector Profile: e-Commerce Industry The e-commerce is one of the
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For me this productivity will be achieved only through a series of well defined goals. For organizational purposes‚ I have correlated the goals I expect to fulfill into seven primary categories which are: education and career‚ health‚ spirituality‚ family‚ productivity‚ adventure‚ and material things. Although these goals will server their purpose as a type of road map of which path I should follow‚ true happiness is found in the spontaneity along the way. I personally believe a well developed education
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Customer Behaviour – Preference and Patterns in the snack industry 1. Select a topic Customer Behaviour – Preference and Patterns in the snack industry We will approach this topic in the light of snack industry‚ especially in the context of Indian Wafer industry. We chose this topic as at the root of any marketing strategy it is the customer and his preferences. Without an understanding of the customers buying patterns it‚ a company would spend huge amounts of time and money behind the wrong
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What You Can Expect From Me as an NCO As a Non-commissioned Officer you can expect me to be a professional leader dedicated to taking care of soldiers‚ the mission‚ and the army way of life. You can expect me to use Army Regulations‚ Technical Manuals‚ and direct orders from my superiors as my guidance on what actions to take in each situation faced whether tactical or technical. I will not be afraid to make sound and timely decisions in the absence of my leadership’s orders. When left in charge
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