In the epic the Odyssey by Homer (translated by Robert Fitzgerald) one of the most descriptive and best written passages in the entire epic is "The Slaying of the Suitors" (book 23 lines1-62). This is a good passage for many reasons‚ one of these is that it is a part of the story that has been built up and anticipated by all. Another is the vivid imagery used by Homer. There is one more reason‚ this being the tone of the passage. The tone of this passage is very important to it and adds
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Despite many criticisms‚ and a wealth of newer theories on the topic of managing people‚ Taylorism (i.e. Scientific Management) is alive and well in 21st century management practice. Initially instituted by Adam Smith‚ an economist‚ who first discovered increased outputs via the division of labour through the observation and application of breaking down tasks in the transformation processes of a pin factory‚ the concept of scientific management can be traced back to the 1800’s. However‚ the
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because skills are learnt not inherited‚ and our genetic makeup has minimal impact on learning new skills. Heredity will however‚ provide skill learning benefits in circumstances where genetic features are significant in the learning process for example; having a higher proportion of fast twitch fibers my enhance learning the skill of shot-put because of the strength and power benefits needed to perform this skill. Physical
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“I became A-7713. From then on‚ I had no other name.” (42) Elie Wiesel’s Night is about a young Jewish boy and his experiences through the Holocaust in the 1940’s. Any human being should never experience the hell-like terror that Elie had to go through. He is separated from his mother and his sister and is deported to Auschwitz‚ one of Hitler’s most depressing concentration camps. Wiesel uses night not only as the title but also as a symbol of time‚ a world without God‚ and man’s inhumanity to man
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1. Romanticism can be described as a cult of the autonomous isolated self. Explain how Goethe’s Sorrows of Young Werther exemplifies this mystique of inward personality. What role does childhood/childishness play in Werther’s love? What is it the love of? What ideal does it flee? What ideal does it embrace? Why does it logically end in suicide? Goethe’s character Werther is the inward personality because he lives not in the world of the real‚ but in his own mind. He has not entered the real sphere
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(TCO A) Cloud computing (Points : 10) is the same as e-commerce. reduces the size of IT organizations. increases business costs. requires special software‚ other than a browser‚ to be installed on each computer. 2. (TCO A) Maintaining the organization’s financial records is a central purpose of which main business function? (Points : 10) manufacturing and accounting finance and accounting sales and manufacturing
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The business model for Blockbuster and the one for Netflix have many variations. Blockbuster was solely a “brick-and-mortar” company having no online affiliations. It made its money mostly from continuously providing customers with new movie releases to rent. Building thousands of Blockbusters countrywide also helped lead to the company’s success‚ for by doing so‚ customers were provided with the convenience of location. Both Blockbusters late fee system‚ which guaranteed the timely return of rented
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“Beowulf- The Anglo-Saxon Hero” The Anglo-Saxon culture embraces virtues such as courage‚ strength‚ loyalty‚ cunning‚ and generosity. These virtues are exemplified by the epic hero Beowulf. Beowulf possesses each of these characteristics. Throughout the epic tale of Beowulf‚ the hero displays each of these virtues through his actions and adventures. The first of these characteristics is Beowulf’s strength. He is often referred to as “the strongest of the Geats”. Beowulf displays
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parents. Other factors tied in with stress are how people tend to deal with things‚ such as drinking or smoking. These are the worst ways to try relieving stress. The belief is that these are some of the most common ways to deal with stress. For example‚ one of my friends will go out to drink when he knows he is stressing over a paper he failed or a exam he didn’t pass. Most students do not know how to handle the stress they have so they use alcohol‚ tobacco‚ drugs or cheating as a stress reliever
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As recently mentioned‚ there will be a health focus to a workshop on climate change in Melbourne this weekend that is being put on by the Green Institute. One of the speakers is Senator Richard Di Natale‚ the Greens health spokesperson‚ who writes below that we need to focus more on the underlying causes of poor health. On related themes‚ don’t miss this New York Times article which profiles an organisation working on the social causes of poor healt. Health Leads trains about 1000 volunteers each
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