...Carol Baines – A Remarkable Turnaround Pankaj Mital California Southern University MGT 87525 January 12, 2014 Dr. Brett Gordon Carol Baines – A Remarkable Turnaround Introduction After sudden death of main business owner, the husband of Carol Baines, as well as Carol with a minimum knowledge about his business, decided to continue despite of major competition in the area with chain office supply stores. Carol’s difficulties were not over by the death of the husband as major health concern; a breast cancer also hit her within about a year. This time she had to face even more hardship with uncertainty of her life and long lasting Chemotherapy. Carol kept her focus on business and mainly the people who were working in the business. Every business and successful person faces some difficulties throughout their career and they must continue to be persistent. As Graves (2013, pg.1) states “From day one a human being must learn to be persistent to walk, ride a bike, read, do algebra and run a successful business and people usually don’t succeed the first time at any of these.” In this case Carol continued to be persistent and ensured that she did not allow her hardship to impact her business or her employees. Analysis In the life of a small business there are always some ups and downs, but when it comes to a situation when the person managing a family business suddenly passes away, most businesses close their...
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...classroom at that time because I knew him since he was my classmate before when I was third year. I come and go out in the classroom together with him every day. There was a time that I took courage to look back and found out if there was a vacant chair because I am not comfortable anymore of those murmurs I heard from my classmates, that I am his girlfriend and he was my boyfriend which is not true. There was a group of girls at the back who approached me, so, I took my bag with me and sat beside them. Hervin did not wonder anymore because first and foremost he knew my reason. Then one day, we need to group ourselves for our MAPEH to perform an advertisement. I did not group myself with my seatmates, who are Beah, Joan, Carol, Rhona, Naide, and Jeannette. Instead, I go with Hervin’s group. My seatmates grouped got the first place even though they performance is like a big error but it is quite entertaining. A week after the performance, Beah and the other members of the group adapted me as part of the Syntax Error—hala uyy!! (group of our friendship) because they noticed that I am also a big error and we are all a big error which is funny. So, that’s how it started. The house of Beah was our favorite place to hang out if we don’t have a class or our teacher would dismiss us early. We would play, eat, sleep, and take a bath time there. We call her mama as if she was...
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...you call Jerry?”and later on “You tell Jerry to meet” although “will you call Jerry?” is a question it’s clear John only expects one answer and the second quotation is John telling Grace what to do as if he’s getting frustrated with Grace. Building on this if you put the phone call in context to where John is we again get this view of John that suggests he is a boss figure to these women, a superior socially and at work. This stems from the fact that during the phone call Carol is seated across the desk from John clearly waiting to discuss something with John perhaps to do with her work or his. Judging from the desk prop in the play we can deduce that this scene is taking place in an office of some sort yet John seems perfectly happy to have a long and clearly personal conversation in front of Carol without considering how rude and inappropriate it may seem to Carol and the audience. The audience here will feel Carols discomfort as Johns balancing of work and personal life shows a clear lack of respect for Carol. However despite all this Mamet does also characterise john as someone who is capable of showing a bit of affection and understanding in the opening speech. During the phone call with Grace he reassures her, “All right? I’m sure it’s going to be...” This contrasts with John’s callous nature in...
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...Bridie explains how it came to be consumed. At Christmas 1943, to the amazement of the women, a group of male Australian POW’s managed to get to the barbed-wire fence. Then they sang a Christmas carol and were serenaded in turn by the female prisoners. After this even which so surprised the Japanese, that they did nothing about it, Sheila and Bridie decided to have a ‘proper Christmas dinner’, which meant finishing the caramel. A soldier who had winked at Bridie remained in her thoughts and when the war ended they married. Importance of Scene 7 Scene 7 serves to reinforce for the audience the wartime bonds of friendship between the two women, a reoccurring theme within the play, and their shared caramel provides a powerful image in our minds of the deprivation they endured, but also of the tenacity, hope and friendship they clung to. Distinctively Visual Elements of the Scene • Caramel is symbolic because it symbolizes hope and survival of the girls. This shows that the caramel is the only luxury that they have in the camp. • The male choir is symbolic of strength and self-determination because it shows how determined the men were, that they could see the women by going to the camp and not being at there work duty. • Music in this scene is the male choir singing Christmas carols. • Description of skinny Australian men who came to the camp to visit the girls, gives a distinctively visual image of the male prisoners. The Effect of the Distinctively Visual Elements...
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...everyday to prepare ourselves in commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. Also, in our church it is our attitude that in every after Misa de Gallo there is always painit to be serve to the people who attended the mass. I was impressed that the practice that we have was not diminished as time goes by, but it was developed. In myself, visiting my lolas, antes, uncles, cousins and my other relatives has been my attitude every time I got home. When I met my cousins we still played our childhood game, dakop-dakopan. I enjoyed very much. Going in the church, I am glad that the Catholic Youth Organization is still alive. Since I am a member of this group, I joined the caroling. We wore smile in our faces while singing Christmas carols in every house. The CYO also sponsored a Fun-Run competition and it was participated by the children, teenagers and adults. We had little prizes for the winners in the said competition. Praise God, it ended successfully. December 25 came – the most awaited day for us. Though my brother is...
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...What life was like in the early days of white settlement in Tazmania To explore this question I will contrast between the thoughts of both the aboriginals and europeans. I will also use the English Passengers characters Peevay and George Baines, Baines for the white European settler's perspective of the time and Peevay for the aboriginal's perspective. George Baines arrived in Tazmania and almost immediately begins commenting on the landscape, "wilder and less formed" "tangy scent" and a "strange land." This is the antithesis of what would be seen in England where he came from, an industrialised nation with railways, factories, extreme poverty, big cities, etc. The word "wilder" suggests that he sees the land as uncivilised and that as a citizen of a nation like England it is his duty to go about his business on the island and civilise it. This would have been what many europeans would have thought about somewhere like Tazmania and "less formed" implies that Baines sees the land as bare and untouched. Peevay, on the otherhand, recognises that the Europeans are thinking like this, thinking about taking over, "Ghosts came to our lands." The aboriginals have lived and wandered on the land of Tazmania for many years and have raised their families there for centuries so, as we can understand now, they saw Tazmania as their home and their land. Therefore, Peevay and other aboriginals believe that the europeans are here to take over by all means necessary. Peevay describes the land...
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...everyday to prepare ourselves in commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. Also, in our church it is our attitude that in every after Misa de Gallo there is always painit to be serve to the people who attended the mass. I was impressed that the practice that we have was not diminished as time goes by, but it was developed. In myself, visiting my lolas, antes, uncles, cousins and my other relatives has been my attitude every time I got home. When I met my cousins we still played our childhood game, dakop-dakopan. I enjoyed very much. Going in the church, I am glad that the Catholic Youth Organization is still alive. Since I am a member of this group, I joined the caroling. We wore smile in our faces while singing Christmas carols in every house. The CYO also sponsored a Fun-Run competition and it was participated by the children, teenagers and adults. We had little prizes for the winners in the said competition. Praise God, it ended successfully. December 25 came – the...
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...How does Dickens use language and Imagery to show that Scrooge's desire for wealth has affected his character and Behaviour and that of the people around him? 'A Christmas Carol' written in 1843. It was the first of five short Christmas books written and published by Charles Dickens. 'A Christmas Carol' was the most successful novel in the series. Soon after its publication, all of the copies were sold. Since its publication, the story has been sold in a variety of forms. 'A Christmas Carol' has been adapted for stage, radio, movies and television; however, the book remains the most popular telling of the tale. The book 'A Christmas Carol' is not simply a book about Christmas. Charles Dickens used the theme where people are sensitive to philanthropy- (loving your fellow man) and generosity so it had universal appeal. Charles Dickens wrote the novel because he wanted to publicise the plight that the poor suffered; the story bore extreme relevance in it's time and he embodied his philosophy that we should love our fellow man in his work. This is very poignant in a Christmas Carol as Scrooge adapts into a character who learns that he can still love his fellow man. This concept is summed up in the book when it says that 'if a man's spirit does not walk around the earth in life it is condemned to do so in death. 'Belle breaks their arrangement, one which was made when he was a poor man because 'Another idol has displaced me'. She thinks she is no longer as important to Scrooge as...
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...contest and turn it into chaos. While several characters are shown, some main characters are the Bumiller’s and Joe Bob Lipsey. All characters, including men, women, and children, are played by two actors who sufficiently play each role. As the play begins there are two announcers who announce the Christmas Yard contestants and where we meet several of the characters. We are informed that one of the characters Vera Carp, has won the contest 14 times in a row. Bertha Bumiller desperately tries to convince Charlene Bumiller to get into the Christmas spirit. We also learn that Stanley Bummiller, who brings home a pregnant cat and is Charlene’s twin, is attempting to end his probation from jail by helping with the production of A Christmas Carol. The actors do a stupendous job at keeping the audience entertained and keep us laughing. We then meet Vera Camp, the town snob, tries to help Bertha redecorate her Christmas tree. We learn that Bertha’s husband, Hanks, wallet is found in front of the Star Light Hotel, as it is assumed that he has been cheating on her but Bertha will not leave him. We meet Didi Snavely, who is believed to be a crazy woman who owns a weapon store. We learn that her husband is a dumb alcoholic and causes a lot of problems. Bertha and Didi stay positive throughout the whole scene even though both of their husbands are messed up. Didi then calls Lenard’s radio show and “ruins his Christmas” by announcing on air about his affair knowing his wife Reba could be...
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...“He became as good as a friend, as good as a master, and as good as a man, as the good old city knew…” Discuss Scrooge’s transformation in A Christmas Carol In Charles Dickens Novella a Christmas Carol, the protagonist Ebenezer Scrooge transforms himself from a self-centred cold old man to a person who realises the true meaning of life and Christmas. Scrooge came to a point in life where he was confronted by his dead friend/business partner Jacob Marley to change his ways in order to escape the fate of ending up like him. In the process of changing his ways he had learnt to value important things in life such as happiness, love, and family more than the way he valued himself and his wealth. However Scrooges agreement to change could also be based on the fact that he didn’t want to lose his wealth and pass on which is quiet selfish. Dickens chooses to transform Scrooge in order to highlight the importance of kindness and its effects. Initially dickens introduces scrooge into the Novella as a selfish, cold, miser who cared about nothing more than himself and money. As he is confronted by the ghost of Christmas past, present and future he begins to transform himself. The ghost of Christmas past had showed him the kind of employer Fezziwig was towards Scrooge and this contrasts to how Scrooge mistreated Bob Cratchit. Fezziwig was a happy lively old man who made everyone around him happy “the happiness he gives is as great as if it costs a fortune”. Upon seeing and remembering...
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...LEADER IN ACTION Carol Bartz, the Well-Known Former CEO of Yahoo Inc. Carol Ann Bartz is a high-tech executive well-known for the successes she has enjoyed, her optimism, and her frankness and colorful expressions. Shortly after being ap- pointed as the CEO of Yahoo Inc., she pulled off one of the biggest deals of her career. She relinquished control of the Yahoo search business in exchange for a decade of revenue-sharing with Microsoft. (The Bing engine powers Yahoo searches.) The deal was criticized by stockholders and business writers, but Bartz believed that over the long run the Microsoft deal will pay off for Yahoo because so much advertising has shifted to search engines. Bartz began her career in information technology with a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin. During her early career, she held sales posi- tions at 3M and Digital Equipment Corp. Her executive experience before Yahoo included positions as vice president of Worldwide Field Operations at Sun Micro- systems, and as chief executive at Autodesk. Bartz contends that Yahoo’s most important asset is its ability to reach over 600 million people in 30 coun- tries and place ads on their computer or smart-phone screens. She is heavily sales-oriented. An executive who has known Bartz for many years said, “She is good at figuring out what people will buy, why they buy it and what you can do to make them pay more.” One of the reasons that Bartz accepted the CEO po- sition at Yahoo is that after...
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...A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. In this extract we are presented with Scrooge. From the beginning Scrooge is presented as a miser. In the extract we find out that he is an old, rude and ignorant man that doesn’t appreciate others around him. Dickens uses different language techniques to describe Scrooges appearance as clear as possible. In the opening paragraph Dickens uses imagery to create a vivid impression of Scrooge. He is described as ‘a tight-fisted hand at the grind-stone’, and this metaphor suggests that Scrooge works hard for his money but is very tight with his money. In the opening lines Dickens includes similes. ‘Hard and sharp as a flint.’ Flint is a hard stone that was used with iron to create sparks before people used matches. This makes me think that Scrooge would have very sharp features, a pointy nose and always has a scowl on his face. This then gives you an idea of what Scrooge looks like. The other simile in the opening line is ‘solitary as an oyster’, this shows that Scrooge is alone. He is a solitary person, who avoids other people. This quotation is also an example of foreshadowing. Overtime oysters open up and inside them are a pearl, Dickens has used this because throughout the book Scrooge will eventually begin to open up. Also in the first paragraph of the extract Charles Dickens uses alliteration. ‘Secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.’ The effect that the alliteration gives makes you focus on the words...
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...they are performing is benefiting their Sparrow. Community Service is not fundraising. NEVER perform your Community Service without the permission of your parents or guardians. It is highly recommended that an adult supervisor be there when you are completing your Community Service. If appropriate, we encourage Clubs to perform “Acts of Kindness” for their Sparrow Family, as part of their Community Service. Always check with the family or a Sparrow Clubs representative first, to make sure that this is a good fit. Here are some examples of what Legitimate and Non-Legitimate Community Service is: LEGITIMATE COMMUNITY SERVICE Perform “Acts of Kindness” for your Sparrow Family. Help other non-profit organizations. Sing Christmas carols to elderly people at a retirement home. Gather firewood for an elderly person who lives alone Pick up the garbage at a local park. Make ornaments for Christmas tree at retirement home Make crafts for hospital. Shovel snow or remove ice for widow, elderly person, or needy family. Read to a younger child. Art projects for retirement home. Make placemats for “Meals on Wheels.” Entertain / read at a nursing home. Wrap Christmas gifts at Fire Department....
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...“How the Grinch Stole Christmas” provides evidence of Maxist Critisism. This lens focuses on social class, power, wealth and materialism. At the beginning of the story, the Grinch is shown as very cruel, unlike everyone in his community. By the end of the story, the Grinch realized that even without all the presents, and food, Christmas was still successful. The Grinch has been living away from everyone, and has been isolated as stated, “But the Grinch, Who lived just north of Whoville.” This may be because of his lack of wealth, that he wasn’t able to live with everyone else. Not only this, but the Grinch mentioned that Christmas requires materialistic things, which he doesn’t have. He mentioned that everyone was hanging mistletoes, and...
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...¨If there is no struggle there is no progress.¨ (Frederick Douglass) Change is sometimes difficult at first but, the outcome is plainly beautiful. Take for instance Scrooge. He underwent a wondrous change. People can change if they really try or through a certain experience. The novella used was A Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens. Scrooge was a miserable, bitter old man. The author wrote, “Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.” (pg. 2) This shows that Scrooge was selfish, silent, and lonely because he never cared for anybody but himself. On the night of Christmas Eve, a couple ghosts visited Scrooge and showed him his past, present, and...
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