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    luck or opportunity

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    Unit 1 Getting Started CHAPTER 1 Exploring the Writing Process CHAPTER 2 2 98576_01_ch01_p001-007.indd 2 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Prewriting to Generate Ideas 12/15/09 3:23:42 PM CHAPTER 1 Exploring the Writing Process A: The Writing Process B: Subject‚ Audience‚ and Purpose D TEACHING TIP You might engage students in a discussion about the kinds of writing they already have done for college or work‚ as well as the kinds

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    kodak opportunity

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    Opportunities * Acquisitions * Asset leverage * Financial markets (raise money through debt‚ etc) * Emerging markets and expansion abroad * Innovation * Online * Product and services expansion * Takeovers Threats * Competition * Cheaper technology * Economic slowdown * External changes (government‚ politics‚ taxes‚ etc) * Exchange rate fluctuations * Lower cost competitors or imports * Maturing categories‚ products‚ or services * Price wars * Product substitution -------------------------------

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    The Trickster in Myth

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    The Trickster in Myth Trickster myths‚ a significant part of most cultures if not all‚ have permeated the legends and folklore of peoples since the early days of civilized man. The ancient Greeks had Hermes‚ the Chinese the Monkey King‚ and the Native American Indians the coyote. These diverse tricksters found within cultures often have many commonalities with each other‚ and then‚ often they do not. But this illustrates the very nature of the trickster; ever changing‚ shifting‚ shaping‚ disguising

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    Creating the myth

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    Sindhuja Muppa November 21‚ 2013 Writing Workshop Mythology “Myths are common stories at the root of our universal existence” (Seger). In the essay written by Scott Russell Sanders‚ "The Men We Carry in Our Minds" discusses Sander’s perspective on men in comparison to the impression that women carry in their minds. The essay‚ “Creating the Myth” by Linda Seger shows on how stories are based on our own life experiences. Sander’s argument about how the impressions of men or women are based on

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    Myths and the Youth

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    To further elaborate on this point‚ take for instance our creation myths. We have at least three different creation myths—The Visayan Creation Myth‚ The Story of Bathala‚ and Malakas at Maganda. These stories established a whole Pantheon of gods like Bathala‚ Maguayan‚ Kaptan‚ Kabunian‚ Diyan Masalanta‚ Galang Kaluluwa‚ etc. These stories may come with different names for the gods because each tribe has a story to tell‚ although the premise of the stories don’t change. Due to the Christian and Islamic

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    Classical Myth

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    CLA204 Lecture 1 Notes What is myth? - mûthos (ancient Greek) – “story”‚ “plot” of a narrative - myth – “a traditional story of collective (social) importance” – character‚ plot‚ temporal and special setting - mûthos (story) + logos (account) = “study of myth”‚ mythology - set in distant past or time so long ago when humans did not exist - mythical place – ie. garden paradise‚ world of the dead‚ etc. Circulation of Myth: oral (Orpheus‚ Homer‚ Hesiod) literary (Ovid‚ Euripides) artistic

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    Job Opportunities

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    allocation‚ invoicing‚ and payment collection. * Ensures attainment of Monthly Sales Quota. 2. Dealer Account Management * Review and analyze assigned dealers’ overall performance in sales and recommend support programs necessary to promote individual dealer sales growth. PROMODISERS-MERCHANDISERS National Capital Reg  Responsibilities: * Assist customers of our products * Promote and offer our products * Arrange and replenish our stocks * Ensure that our products are well

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    Coconut Myths

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    The coconut plant is found vastly across the tropic area and in time‚ it has proven its title as the “Tree of Life”. It is known for its great versatility as seen in the many domestic‚ commercial‚ and industrial uses of its different parts. The coconut palm is grown throughout the tropics for decoration‚ as well as for its many culinary and non-culinary uses. Its versatility is even noted in its naming. In Sanskrit it is kalpa vriksha which means "the tree which provides all the necessities of life"

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    Opportunity Cost

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    resources is one of the more basic concepts of economics. Scarcity needs trade-offs‚ and trade-offs result in an opportunity cost. While the cost of a good or service often is thought of in monetary terms‚ the opportunity cost of a decision is based on what must be given up as a result of the decision. Any decision that involves a choice between two or more options has an opportunity cost. Opportunity cost‚ scarcity and trade-off are important in our daily life because it affects us every day in different

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    Opportunity Cost

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    Apa sih opportunity cost? Untuk yang pernah belajar ekonomi pasti kenal baik dengan istilah ini‚ tapi buat yang lain‚ opportunity cost is : "...the cost of something in terms of an opportunity foregone (and the benefits that could be received from that opportunity)‚ or the most valuable foregone alternative." (Dictionary.LaborLawTalk.com) Kalau diterjemahkan adalah suatu biaya dari hilangnya suatu kesempatan dalam menggunakan sumber daya tertentu. Kalau kita melihat waktu sebagai sumber daya

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