Upward Bound

When analyzing the data collected from the SWOT analysis, Siemon must use a system thinking approach to determine how all internal and external factors collectively affect their organization and planning efforts. “System thinking is a way of conceiving and projecting the outcome of a system comprised of many elements” (Mroz, Unit 4, 2015). System thinking also allows Siemon to see a big picture view of all the factors contributing to the Business Strategy Planning effort. Opportunities/Growing…

His breast rose in a long neglected breath andhe raised his eyes upwards. He looked into the empty greenish blue sky and down again to the earth which formed a flat, round carpet, deep down in infinity, and at the sun which was rolling westwards like a glowing ball. Last of all he looked at the head of the pilot who sat…

California 's water comes a married of places such as aquifers, groundwater, reservoirs, dams and irrigation systems where 80% of that water goes towards agriculture and 20% to urban/residential use. 6. The current water crisis in California are bound together with more than a 165…

Futile Fantasies, Fatalistic Failure The Great Gatsby, the 1925 masterpiece by F. Scott Fitzgerald, chronicles Jay Gatsby’s pursuit of his American Dream: wealth, status, and love. Yet despite Gatsby’s accumulation of wealth, he falls short of his dream, dies, and never integrates into East Egg society or marries Daisy. While narrator Nick Carraway views Gatsby’s life as inspirational, the reader views Gatsby’s life as cautionary; the novel’s ending reconciles this contrast to emphasize…

Reading can be the portal for new and enlightening experiences. Due to an abundance of material at our fingertips, how do we make a wise choice? Does grouping by age make the library a more user friendly place? An age group stands to be defined as a number of people that happen to be the same age. The notion of an age group assists librarians around the world by lending them a hand in identifying books or movies that are appropriate for a certain age group. Common Sense Media is a website…

Intro In my world, everyone is born with a timer already implanted on their wrists. No one knows how or why we’re born with it: all we know is that it counts down to the moment you meet your soulmate. It took ages for people to reach this conclusion and still, it has been at the peak of human curiosity for as long as I could remember. The Timer has inspired a generous amount of literature (including many famous ones) and even more conspiracy theories than the universal question of life itself.…

After the Revolutionary War, the United States took great lengths to establish itself. The Founders of the country argued for a strong central government, presidents took charge of their constituents’ affairs, and patriotism had a strong presence. However, the United States’ would have difficulty maintaining its relationships with other world powers because the country itself was frail, possessed a series of discourses domestically and internationally, and especially had complex relationships…

can get daunting to pick one product from the array of choices available. Yet, few vaporizers have managed to strike an optimal balance of performance, portability, affordability and ease of use. Add to this the fact that these contraptions cost upwards of $100 and can have a significant impact on your vaping experience regardless of the quality of the botanicals used, and it becomes apparent why a bit of homework is needed when making…

The room itself was grand and ancient, with walls of rough hewn stone, polished granite floors, and a ceiling as high as ten men. There were eight long tables, the shortest on a raised dais along the far wall, and seven more set orthogonal to the first and extending to the entry. Sheaves of wheat and sprays of spring blooms adorned the walls, and cornucopias spilled fruits, nuts and candies onto each table. There were dancers, at least a dozen of them, draped loosely in silks of gold and rich…

prostitute, and a slave are clear. She claims that “all women are prostitutes of one kind or another” (page 99) and simply have different prices. The women who are little more than slaves are not, in fact, the prostitutes, but the wives, for they are bound irrevocably to men. A wife must cater to the whims of her husband and may not demand anything in return, lest she provoke him. In this society even a man devoted to god would beat his wife. “The precepts of religion permitted such punishment.…