John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) was a major scholar of the English language‚ specialising in Old and Middle English. Twice Professor of Anglo-Saxon (Old English) at the University of Oxford‚ he also wrote a number of stories‚ including most famously The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955). The name “Tolkien” (pron.: Tol-keen; equal stress on both syllables) is believed to be of German origin; Toll-kühn: foolishly brave‚ or stupidly clever - hence the pseudonym “Oxymore” which
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Laying Everything Down “Whereas the function of a friend‚ who is a second self‚ is to supply things we cannot procure for ourselves” –Aristotle. Throughout literature‚ a story would not be complete without the best friend. Beowulf has Wiglaf. King Arthur has Sir Lancelot. Tom Sawyer has Huck Finn. Sherlock has Watson. Batman has Robin. All of these lauded heroes would not have survived without their trusty companions. In Tolkien’s world of Middle Earth‚ best friends are as vital to the story as the
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The following is a summary of what Joyner told Officer Cordova. Joyner said she was working inside the store and heard a banging sound coming from the stock room. Joyner explained the stockroom is for employees only and customers are not allowed. Joyner said she walked into the stockroom and observed Lopez holding 3 vacuums in his hands. Joyner explained the vacuums were kept in their top shelves of their stock room to be kept away from customers. Joyner said she asked Lopez if she could help him
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CHANGES—AN ANALYSIS OF TUPAC Historians and cultural critics trace the post-modernist hip hop movement which pioneered sampling and graffiti art to the 1970′s‚ New York‚ a movement rooted in the black nationalism of the black panthers post civil rights movement (Price‚ 2006). Hip Hop has become a dominant global youth culture with music‚ art‚ fashion‚ films and Tupac an icon within this culture a “Black Elvis”. Hip Hop has many different sub genres such as conscious‚ gangsta‚ party rap and with
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Industrial design is an applied art whereby the aesthetics and usability of products may be improved for marketability and production. The role of an Industrial Designer is to create and execute design solutions towards problems of engineering‚ usability‚ marketing‚ brand development and sales. Definition of industrial design General Industrial Designers are a cross between a mechanical engineer and an artist. They study both function and form‚ and the connection between product and the user
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science to be actual science‚ it must benefit society and not an individual‚ this means that experiments and data are done and recorded correctly. The data should then be reported to other scientists accordingly: not like the scientists that Freeman Dyson discussed in his‚ “Science on the Rampage”‚ whom had become so obsessed with their beliefs that they began reporting them as
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Strategic analysis of Nokia Corp 1.0 Executive Summary The following is the strategic analysis of Nokia Corp.‚ which discusses the external and internal environment. The first part‚ external environment‚ presents the opportunities and threats along with the political‚ economic‚ sociocultural‚ and technological issues of the handset industry. It provides Porter’s five forces framework for the discussion of the attractiveness of the industry. The second part of the report analyzes the main strengths
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Structure-3 Institutional Client Services-3 Investment Management-4 Investment Banking-4 Investing and Lending-4 Revenue‚ Expense‚ and Net Income-5 Assets-6 Return on Assets and Equity-7 Position in the Industry-8 Stock Market Performance-9 VRIO Analysis-9 SWOT Analysis-10 Strengths-10 Weakness-10 Opportunities-11 Threats-11 Corporate Level Strategy-12 Business Level Strategy-12 Prognosis-12 Conclusion-13 Nic Wilson MGMT 498 John Pepper 1 November 2012 Company Analysis and
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What is Resource Based View in Strategic Management? Almost all business management courses have a module that includes study of strategic management. Our homework helps experts have expertise in the field of strategic management. There are different perspectives and approaches to field of strategic management. This blog post would discuss in detail what resource based view of strategic management is. This perspective stresses and based on the perspective that resources of the company whether
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Arnold‚ Matthew‚ Essays in Criticism‚ quoted in Literary Criticism: A Short History‚ W. K. Wimsatt & Cleant Brooks‚ New York: Knopf‚ 1957. Coleridge‚ S. T.‚ Biographia Literaria‚ Chap.XIV‚ J. Shawcross‚ O.U.P.‚ (1907); English Critical Texts‚ ed Dyson‚ A. E.; Butt‚ John‚ Augustans and Romantics‚ London: O.U.P.‚ 1940. Frye‚ Northrop‚ Anatomy of Criticism‚ New Jersey: Princeton University Press‚ 1957. Humphreys‚ A. R.‚ ‘Sir Richard Steele and Joseph Addison’‚ British Writers‚ Vol.-III‚ Ed. Ian Scott
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