Zachary Robert Luedders Summer Reading Summery (Gathering Blue) July 24‚ 2013 Plot: Kira is a girl with a twisted leg who lives in a more primitive society where people who cannot work‚ die. She has been kept alive by her mother‚ and when her mother dies‚ Kira is brought before the Council of Guardians. Kira’s life is spared when she proves she can weave very well‚ and she is assigned to the task of fixing up the robe worn by the singer whose only job is to sing the story of human civilization
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“red” oceans. Blue Oceans in contrast‚ denote all the industries not in existence today-the unknown market space untainted by competition. In blue oceans‚ demand is created rather than fought over. There is ample opportunity for growth that is both profitable and rapid. In blue oceans‚ competition is irrelevant because the rules of the game are waiting to be set. Blue Ocean is an analogy to describe the wider‚ deeper potential of market space that is not yet explored. Like the “blue” ocean‚ it is
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SYS702 PROBLEM SOLVING FORMALISMS FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LECTURE 1: UNDERSTANDING IT WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF SYSTEMS Systems Science Perspective IT and Problem Solving Socio-technical Systems SYS702 Jan-Apr2011 Prepare by Nor Laila Md Noor 2 LEARNING OUTCOMES • Upon completion of this topic‚ students will be able to: • Demonstrate a good understanding of the systems science perspective in contrast with the computer science perspective. • Demonstrate a good understanding
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Solutions for serious and popular crimes Almost everyone in American realizes that we have a crime problem. Being a criminal justice major‚ I will deal with crime my whole career. Cities have the highest crime rate‚ but small towns shouldn’t be overlooked. Crime is like an iceberg‚ with only the tip of it being what is reported. Some criminals that are reported just serve half of their sentence. Punishment for a serious crime in American needs to be swift and sure‚ especially for homicides and drug
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Dan Mulay 5/13/13 Science/Language Arts Research Report Blue Sea Slug The blue sea slug is the most unique creature in the sea. Just by taking one look at it‚ you can tell right off the bat that this beautiful work of nature is special. Known in the science community as the Glaucus Atlanticus‚ (WoRMS) the blue sea slug looks like a smaller version of a mythical creature. And with a majestic‚ fantasy monster-like appearance‚ this particular animal has a vast comportment of qualities that sets
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Analysis of Operation Blue Star and its effects on the Gandhi dynasty The period of time including and following Operation Blue star is considered a dark time in India and black spot in Indian history. It is a time Indian would rather forget‚ yet still to this day debate about. Was Indihar Gandhi correct in instating operation Blue Star‚ inflicting damage to the Golden temple‚ and being responsible for the killing of anywhere from 492 (official reports) to 1500 (estimates run as high as) civilians
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When watching the film‚ Blue Eyed‚ there were several disturbing ideas that were brought to my attention; not only because it was sad to see how the participants were treated‚ but because what was happening in the experiment that took place in the 1980s is still going on to this day. Jane Elliot‚ the “Blue Eyed” experiment inventor‚ proved that racism has not gone away and that the future in a way is not looking promising for prejudices to ever cease from existence. It made me really take a
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Blue Ocean Strategy While traditional approaches to corporate strategy‚ such as those presented by Porter‚ Oster‚ and Duggan emphasize victory through direct competition in existing markets‚ blue ocean strategy stresses the avoidance of conflict as key to long term commercial prosperity. By creating new demand rather than battling for existing market space‚ a firm can position itself for rapid growth‚ profitability‚ and dominant brand equity. While certain organizational traits ease the implementation
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The NCLEX test blue print will be a useful guide for me throughout nursing school. It provides me with the basic idea of how the test will be laid out and what kind of information will be included. Having read the first few pages‚ I find it very useful because it breaks down the nursing process and how to apply it to different areas in nursing. In addition‚ the nursing test blue print provides several scenarios‚ in which a patient is at risk for potential body alterations‚ whether it is psychosocial
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To Be Black and Blue James Baldwin’s short story “Sonny’s Blues”‚ is an honest‚ unflinching look at pre-civil rights era‚ American life in the predominately black neighborhood of Harlem. Baldwin’s short story speaks on issues of family conflict‚ drug addiction‚ class separation‚ and coping with life amidst the concentrated poverty of the public housing projects. These same problems occurred in most of the industrial cities of the north during the post-World War 2 era as many people were competing
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