..."Summary: Going Home is about an elderly man, who sits on a bus going from New York to Florida with a group of young people. They find him strange, and one of them decides to talk to him to investigate deeper. They find out that he has been in prison for four years, and is now heading back home to see if his wife has found someone else, or want him back. While in prison, the elder man had written to her, telling her that he was going to stay for a long time, and if she couldn’t stand that, she was free to forget him and find someone else. As he found out that he was going to be released, he wrote to her again, telling her that if she had found someone else, that was fine, but if she wanted him back, she could hang a handkerchief on a tree in the city entrance. As they approach the city, they see that there is hanging many handkerchiefs on the tree, and the young people start cheering loudly. * Try not to use too many details from the text – keep it simple. * Complete the story * Remember the most important part of the story – the punch-line * “It results in…” * “It all ends in…” * “All in all it ends with…” Character descriptions: Vingo is described as a worn out person, with threadbare clothes. It is told that he is an ex-marine, who has spent the past four years in jail. He is described as a shy person, with dust in his face, which makes him look older than he probably is. This makes the girls wonder who he might be, as well as his story. The...
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...Didion’s essay, “On Going Home” Didion describes her experiences and thoughts on what defines her meaning of home. Didion uses many asyndetons and polysyndetons to emphasize her emotions and poses several rhetorical questions. Throughout the essay, Didion poses an important point that, perhaps her generation is the last to truly know the meaning behind the word “home”. The contributing factors to such conclusion derived from her personal experiences with her direct family (mother, father, and brother), her husband, and even her own daughter. Didion first sets her definition of home by clarifying that to her, home means “not where [her] husband and [she] and the baby live, but the place where [her] family is.” (Didion1) Her diction reflects the way she thinks about her home, with words such as “troublesome” that give off a negative connotation. Although she defines this place as her home, she expresses how she changes personalities and formalities in front of her parents and brother, which her husband is unfamiliar with. This transformation represents her familiarity with her family, whom she grew up with, or her childhood. However, since she is not in her childhood anymore, this familiarity is somewhat uncomfortable to her and her husband, whom Didion is more accustomed with. She, therefore, calls her “home” a “burden” (Didion2) where her source of tension and drama come from. Didion’s relationship with her husband reflects what she left behind at “home”. When Didion visits...
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...The Most Expensive Home The door thuds as you close it behind you on your way out to go to school, work, or wherever you are headed. You don’t have a second thought about what you’re leaving behind: your home. But have you ever thought about the significance of that word, “home”? In Joan Didion’s essay, “On Going Home”, Didion describes her experiences and thoughts on what defines her meaning of home. Didion uses many asyndetons and polysyndetons to emphasize her emotions and poses several rhetorical questions. Throughout the essay, it can be concluded that perhaps the generation that truly knows the meaning behind the word “home” is gradually disappearing. The contributing factors to such interpretation derived from Didion’s personal experiences with her direct family, her husband, and even her own daughter. Didion first sets her definition of home by clarifying that to her, home means “not where [her] husband and [she] and the baby live, but the place where [her] family is”. Her diction reflects the way she thinks about her home, with words such as “troublesome” that give off a negative connotation. Although she defines this place as her home, she expresses how she changes personalities and formalities in front of her parents and brother, which her husband is unfamiliar with. This transformation represents her familiarity with her family, whom she grew up with, or her childhood, and a vague description of what makes up her home. However, since she is not in her childhood...
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...Erin Goff Managerial Economics BUS 640 Should you Buy or Rent a House? Instructor Bolden 06/04/2012 Abstract One of the biggest decisions people will make is if they should buy or rent a home. There are many advantages and disadvantages in each decision. Explicit costs are easily seen by consumers. Implicit costs and opportunity costs are not always recognized and often looked over when making decisions. I wanted to see the costs in terms of both of these. I am focusing on the costs of each in order to get the total economic cost in the end. The economic cost is able to give me a value for both renting and buying over 30 years. My analysis has led me to the conclusion that buying over the long term is going to be the best choice. When you decide that is it time to move to a new home, is it better to rent or purchase? I will talk about this topic in detail in the following paper. I am currently facing this decision myself, along with many other Americans every day. I am currently renting, with the current economy and low interest rates I am looking at buying a home. I wanted to look at the costs of renting verses buying so that I can see the factors and costs involved in the decision making. Whether to buy or rent is a question that most people face in their life. This is a big decision for many people and involves many factors. It relies on where people are in life and where they want to be, however it also does have economic impacts as well. Being that it is one of the...
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...BUSN 319 Marketing Plan for DeVry Restaurant Shop “DEVRY FOODS” Proposed by: Submitted to: TABLE OF CONTENTS COMPANY DESCRIPTION 1 Figure l –Devry Foods________________________________________________________________2 STRATEGY FOCUS & PLAN 2 Mission 2 Goals 3 Core Competency & Competitive Advantage 3 SITUATION ANALYSIS 4 Figure ll SWOT Analysis 4 Industry Analysis 5 Figure lll. Market Analysis 6 Competitor Analysis 6 Company Analysis 6 Customer Analysis 7 MARKET PRODUCT FOCUS 7 Marketing & Product focus 7 Marketin & Product Objectives 7 Target Markets 7 Points of Difference 8 Positioning 8 MARKETING PROGRAM _____________________________________________9 Product & Price Strategy___________________________________________________9 Break-Even Analysis______________________________________________________9 Figure lV – Calculating a Break-Even Point ____________________________________10 Figure V – Break-Even Point for Study Central__________________________________10 Promotion & Place__________________________________________________________________11,12 FINANCIAL DATA & PROJECTION____________________________________________________ _____12 Figure V1– 1 year _________________________________________________________13 Figure V11 – 5 yr__________________________________________________________14 One year Projection______________________________________________________12,13 Organizational Structure___________...
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...Kimsaline 10/9/12 2:01 AM Case Study Movie Exhibition Industry Strategic Analysis of Movie Exhibition Industry By: Kim Saline February 24, 2010 Objective: To provide an analysis and make recommendations to increase revenue in the movie exhibition industry. Overview: Ticket sales for movie theaters are at their lowest point since 1996. With the core demographic group expected to grow slower than the US population and with technological advances growing at speeds faster than the industry can keep up, ticket sales will continue to decline if the current business strategy continues to be followed. Concession sales and ticket sales are the two biggest sources of revenue for a movie theater. Both continue to increase in cost to the consumers and may have reached a price point that is starting to drive consumers away from going to see a movie. With the advancements in home entertainment systems consumers are investing thousands of dollars into their own home viewing systems. They have several options to stream video content into the comfort of their own homes. Theaters have implemented digital content and 3D but it’s not enough to keep up with the competition of technology. My analysis will give you information on the threat of competition from substitutes and the change in buyer behavior and demographics. I will use the five-forces model of competition and a SWOT analysis along with other sources of analysis. The information and recommendations that follow will provide you with the...
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...patients. Define: Find out where the problem came from, Present state/ desired state: Duncker diagram, Statement–restatement, K.T. problem analysis (is/is not ) Generate: Blockbusting: Free association, Vertical thinking, Lateral thinking Decide: Priority analysis, KT analysis: Situation (timing, trend, impact) Decision (musts/wants) Potential problem Implementation: State the problem, generate analogies, Solve analogies, Transfer analogies Gantt chart Deployment chart Budge Evaluate: Evaluation check list, ethical consideration, safety consideration Defining the problems: present state/ desired state. Career objectives for the future lead me to redefine my current vocation. I am an over the road truck driver with limited career choices. My job requires me to be away from home at least 4 to 6 weeks at a time. This is hard on my family and me. My pay is not that good and no retirement benefits. Health benefits are from Medicare/Medicaid as I am receiving some social security benefits. My current age is 60 years old and gives me some doubt as to my ability to compete in the job market. I would like to go back to school but have no saving to pay for schooling. I would like to have a better job with better pay, more time at home, a better health care package with dental care and a retirement plan that I can live off of. Going back to school is something that I would like to do, to receive a degree. This will get me into a position of have a marketable trait to get a...
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................................................................ 9 c) Goals............................................................................................................................... 9 1) Non-financial Goals ..........................................................................................9 2) Financial Goals ................................................................................................ 10 d) Core Competency and Sustainable Competitive Advantage........................................ 10 6) SITUATION ANALYSES ...................................................................................................... 11 a) SWOT Analysis.............................................................................................................11 b) Industry Analysis ......................................................................................................... 12 c)...
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...Analysis of Two Short Stories Laura Cutler Ashford University Introduction to Literature ENG125 Instructor Rivera March 2, 2015 Analysis of Two Short Stories A literary analysis is important to assist a reader in knowing how or why an author writes a particular piece of literature, whether it is a poem, short story, novel , play, informational piece, etc. and then have the ability to relate to it as an individual. In the short stories 'Sweat' and 'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been' the characters are from different walks of life, they both encounter conflict of: individual versus self, individual versus individual and individual versus society; many literary devices create theses stories that include the author's point of view, the conflicts that arise throughout and the resolution that takes place in the endpoint of view, the conflicts that arise throughout and the resolution that takes place in the end. The theme to any piece of literature is the basis for the whole story, in 'Sweat' and 'Where are Going, Where Have You Been' the story is centered primarily on one individual and what they each go through to survive an abusive/violent situation. The theme involves the survival of an individual through: external and external factors, that include the influence of society and the issue of class; sexuality of a women and men and the men's masculinity; suffering and the struggles that deal with violence, both physical and mental; family and religion....
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...Strategic Plan; Home Depot Strategic planning is an organizational management activity that is used to set priorities, focus energy and resources, strengthen operations, and ensure that employees and other participants are working toward common goals. It is a disciplined effort that produces essential decisions and actions that shapes and guides what an organization is, who it serves, what it does, and why it does it. Strategic planning focuses on the future of the company. Strategic planning is building a plan that provides guidance in fulfilling a mission with maximum efficiency and impact for a company. Basically it is the Who, What, When, Where, How and How Much aspect to planning. “A company collectively tries to agree on where it is going (its vision) and how it’s going to get there (its strategy)” (Abraham, 2012). Strategic planning is a very important part of having a successful organization. Without it, the employees will not know what to do or why they are doing it and over time the company will not succeed. In order for the plan to be effective and useful, it should articulate specific goals and describe the action steps and resources needed to accomplish them. In other words, Strategic Planning is a regimented effort to analyze certain things like: the objectives of the organization, why it’s doing that and what is it going to do in the changing environment or future. I have selected Home Depot to analyze and prepare a strategic plan to grow the organization...
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...Case Analysis 1 Case Analysis MT311: Business Law I Scott Strauss October 5, 2010 Case Analysis 2 Case Analysis Thomas Baker and others bought new homes from Osborne Development Corp. and they sued for multiple defects in the houses that were purchased. When the homes were sold, it was paid for in a new home warranty program administered by Home Buyers Warranty (HBW). The company enrolled the homes with HBW and it paid a fee and filled out a form that consented to a binding arbitration provision. The new homeowners would be bound by the arbitration agreement. They cannot sue the builder. Consumers who complain about defective products can be forced into binding arbitration and barred from suing the manufacturer. Arbitration is supposed to provide consumers with an immediate and an inexpensive place to go but it could be costly. Going through arbitration, homeowner gives up the right to a cost free judge and jury. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the contract, or breach thereof, shall be settled by arbitration and judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. Arbitration is taking the place of lawsuits therefore protecting many businesses from court fights. When there is a broad arbitration clause, such as one covering any type of dispute arising out of an agreement, a court should follow the presumption of arbitration and resolve doubts in favor of arbitration. References (2007-2008)...
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...Paper The research proposal is going to be on a strategic plan research for The Home Depot. The research will review where is the company headed with the organization’s future and what resources are needed to accomplish these plans. The strategy will provide step-by step directions for management goals and communicate with stakeholders the ongoing procedures. Researchers will benchmark the process to be able to measure the progress of the organization. The paper will illustrate the overview of Home Depot’s mission, vision, and value statements. These factors will give the strategic plan validation and what sources will be used to conduct an external and internal analysis. The analysis will allow The Home Depot to reach it’s set goal of being the biggest home improvement store in the world. * Mission, Vision, and Values Validation Home Depot’s mission, vision, and values are the focus in making the organization become the biggest home improvement retailer in the world. The plan decided will work for the organization’s mission and strategy necessary to achieved the productive goal. The achievement will be a success with an action plan developed by management. Home Depot’s mission is to be the number one home improvement retailer and offer customers the best products for fixing their home at the best prices in the market. The solution is set on products, quality, inventory, and the fairness of low prices. * Vision and Values The Home Depot’s vision and values guide...
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...Case Analysis, Week 2 Scott Tsai Global Issues in Business 3/16/2013 Professor Brandon Hamilton Devry University Abstract The following is based on my responses regarding case analysis on Chapter 2 Case Analysis of the text book. Case Analysis: Chapter 5, Question 6 (a, b, and c), pages 194 and 176. 1. Summary a. In this section, you should summarize the case in one paragraph. The idea of achieving cost-saving among Corporate America is taking shape in the form of job outsourcing from blue collar to white collar – It used to be that jobs going overseas are based from the manufacturing sector, but now the CEO’s are taking the type of outsourcing to the next level in the service and high-tech sector, meaning software and various design engineers can be outsourced overseas and cut their overhead expenditure by 15%. This has been costing the host country’s availability of skilled jobs in the years to come. 2. Questions a. Number each question. Each specific question under the numbered Case Discussion Questions should be a paragraph in length because many Case Discussion Questions contain more than one question. Be sure to restate each question before answering it. b. Apply the concepts from the appropriate chapters in your answers. Chapter 6: a. Who benefits from the outsourcing of skilled white-collar jobs to developing nations? Who are the losers? At the expense of American white-collar jobs, the ones who stand to benefit from outsourcing are...
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...S.W.O.T.T In any successful business you will find a SWOT analysis. According to our reading “SWOT analysis is a simple but powerful tool for sizing up a company’s strengths and weaknesses, its market opportunities, and the external threats to its future well-being” (Thompson, Peteraf, Gamble, & Strickland, 2012, p. 23). At Safeway, SWOT is an important factor to the success of our new division/service. In this paper, we will go over what SWOTT is and go over Safeway’s SWOTT, discuss how we adapt to change, the supply chain, issues opportunities, a hypothesis, and research questions. SWOTT First, we have SWOTT. SWOTT is an acronym that stands for S- Strengths W- Weaknesses O- Opportunities T- Threats T- Trends For Safeway, a few of our strengths are being first in the market, already established, mergers/acquisitions. Safeway has found that by being the first in the market we have no competitors and can dictate the price of the service. Having an already established business is a strength to us because customers already know what we have to offer. The last strength can also be a threat which is, mergers/acquisitions. The reason we at Safeway find that mergers/acquisitions a strength because we are would be growing without having to open new storefronts and also gain more customers. At Safeway, some of the weaknesses that Safeway has found is regulations, going global, and Economic Changes. Regulations is a weakness for our business because it is always changing,...
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