So Much Water So Close to Home By Raymond Carver Raymond Carver 1939-1988 Raymond Carver (United States) is one of the world’s most respected writers of short fiction. The motto for his fiction might be: “I’ve seen some things.” “So Much Water” was adapted to a screen play by Australian Andrew Bovill and then directed in an Australian film by Ray Lawrence (“Jindabyne”). The Story Four buddies – Stuart‚ the husband of the narrator Claire; Gordon Johnson; Mel Dorn; and Vern Williams – encounter
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The Shifting Values Of Youth… From the early seventies through 1986–87‚ private materialism as a life goal increased greatly in importance among youth‚ goals relating to family life increased somewhat‚ public interest concerns diminished modestly‚ and the goal of personal self-fulfillment declined sharply. Accompanying this shift in values was a change in young people’s college majors and career plans toward those leading to higher paying jobs and a marked increase in the attractiveness of working
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on in the morning or afternoon. Shifting the time of school starting will not improve the students learning abilities because most parents not be able to take their children to school due to their work and will make extracurricular activities harder to practice in the afternoon because they may need light. Many parents’ jobs doesn’t start until seven o’clock to eight o’clock in the morning which would be inconvenient for the students’ ride to get to school. “Shifting school start times to a later
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customer’s insights and brand expectations‚ Phillips has been efficient in becoming the company leader in technology where holistic approach has been adapted to raise productivity in the market industry. Provided by the fact that the company has been the global leader as it was recognized as the expert in product development and innovation‚ it continue to drive the market to be more inspire in contributing to the increasing sophistication of the market. Phillips has been the pioneer in many facets of the
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This is a project report on Philips and its entry in the Indian market. This report gives a brief introduction about the history of Philips and how it entered the Indian industry. It also includes the key inventions of Philips for which it is known worldwide. Philips started a campaign named ‘Let’s make things better’ in 1995 which wasn’t a success till the extent Philips expected it to be. This campaign basically focused on providing quality products in order to achieve a tag
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MADE IN CHINA: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING? Comment By: Samirul Ariff B Othman China’s economic growth has been breathtaking. The Chinese economy grew by an average of 9.6 percent per year between 1990 and 2010‚ according to the International Monetary Fund. During the recent global financial panic‚ some feared that the Chinese growth engine would come to a grinding halt. However despite Chinese exports faltering in 2008‚ the nation did survive the bumpy ride without experiencing political instability
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is unification so integral and important in the development of the earliest dynasty in China? Unification is important and integral in the development of the earliest dynasty because it could gain control over the rest of China and also to recover from the Mandate of Heaven. Also‚ they saw this as a reason for their empires to be more stable which means there are fewer wars to happen. They could also see this as a chance of becoming a prosperous nation when it comes to the economic side of the unification
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Philips vs. Matsushita Case Greg Tensa 1. How did Philips become the leading consumer electronics company in the world post war era? What distinctive competencies did they build? What incompetancies did they build? Prior to World War II‚ Philips had created a culture of embracing technical innovation. On the production side‚ Philips was a leader in industrial research‚ and scrapped old plants in favor of new machines or factories whenever advances were made. On the product side‚ strong
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as well. It can cause financial burdens‚ family problems and psychological issues. This paper will explore the concept of chronic illness‚ as shown in one of my patient’s narratives. The concept will be analyzed through the viewpoint of Paterson’s Shifting Perspectives Model‚ and relevant nursing interventions will be discussed‚ such as patient education‚ and supportive care programs provided by advanced practice nurses. Chronicity Defined Chronic illness refers to long duration health problems that
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Husbandry Production and Global Climate Change Lou yujie Zhaoli Faculty of Animal Science and Technology‚ Jilin Agricultural University‚ Changchun‚ Jilin‚ 130118‚ China Abstract: The influence of methane and ammonia which come from animal production on global climate changes was discussed in this paper. Meanwhile‚ the author analyzed the effect of this change on agriculture and animal industry‚ and also analyzed its control measures in this article.. Key words: animal industry production‚ global climate
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