...AJMAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACULTY OF REQUIRMENTS 2nd Semester: 2013-2014 Course Title: English Communication Skills Course Lecturer: Siddig Abdel Monim Ismail Assignment Title: Examples of ambiguous sentences with explanations Name: - Rawan.Ibrahim I.D:- 201212107 Section #:-5 Serial #:- 41 Definition of ambiguous and ambiguity. * Ambiguous: 1. open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations: “An ambiguous answer”. 2. difficult to comprehend, distinguish, or classify: “A rock of ambiguous character”. 3. lacking clearness or definiteness; obscure; indistinct: “An ambiguous shape”. * Ambiguity: 1. Doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention: to speak with ambiguity. 2. The condition of admitting more than one meaning. 3. An ambiguous word, expression, etc.: a contract free of ambiguities. Examples of Ambiguous Sentences with Explanations from Different Dictionary Princeton's WordNet 1. Equivocal, ambiguous (adj): open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead. "An equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates"; "the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness"; "popularity is an equivocal crown"; "an equivocal response to an embarrassing question" 2. Ambiguous (adj): having more than one possible meaning. "Ambiguous words";...
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...1) The foundation of the Gillette is in 1901 as providing to customers shaving care products that is safety razor and blade. Also, it had more than half of the entire razor and blades market globally. Until the 1962 Gillette was monopoly in the market, when English firm Wilkinson Sword introduced its stainless-steel blade. Gillette offers to customers “consumer high quality shaving products that would satisfy basic grooming needs at a fair price”. With this power Gillette should not be victim its own success. In fact, Gillette’s performance increased all time such as despite of the World Wars periods, it continued to make profit in the market. However, with the Gillette’s wide range of products they do not have the manpower to fully focus on a specific product at the time of entrance in the market. Duracell realized that their products are being copied and sold at lower retail value. In terms of the come to an end can be validity for Gillette, but research and development department gives chance to them. 2) There is an obvious competition between Gillette and Schick. When the Gillette introduced a product such as Mach3 which has three blades, Schick entre to the market and it introduced as Quattro that has four blades. This battle can provide benefit for example; Gillette’s new and innovative products, which are needed because of the competition, can bring competitive advantage over other competitors. 3) For the future strategies of Gillette, they need to continue the...
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...Discussion Questions: “The Birthmark” English 1301 1. "The Birthmark" is such a rich story that when we begin to explore its deeper meanings we find ironies, ambiguities, paradoxes, and rich symbols, all of which invite a reader's individual interpretation. What irony, ambiguity, symbol, and paradox do you find most interesting in "The Birthmark"? 2. In much of his fiction, Hawthorne treats pride as an "evil." Is there an evil type of pride evident in "The Birthmark"? 3. In what ways is "The Birthmark" for all its promise of an "impressive moral" actually morally ambiguous? Why might some readers find it difficult to view Alymer, for instance, as purely and unambiguously "evil"? 4. Hawthorne didn't feel himself confined to an aesthetic that privileges "verisimilitude," like many 20th century authors (notable exceptions being Kafka, Borges, and Marquez). He felt comfortable allowing his fiction to include "the spirit and mechanism of the fairyland" (his words). What "fantastic" or "magical" elements appear in "The Birthmark"? 5. Consider Hawthorne's presentation of Georgiana in "The Birthmark." What attitudes about women seem to inform his portrait of her? 6. Given that certain themes tend to recur in Hawthorne's fiction, among them the limits of self-reliance and the evils of manipulation, can you analyze how these themes are expressed in "The Birthmark"? Student Questions: • Why did Aylmer marry Georgiana if he hated the birthmark so much? Why...
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...the story or 2. Would leave out parts of the story. Mr. and Mrs. Grinder received lots of money after Meriwether Lewis died. This evidence suggests she was changing and adding very odd things to the story to cover up for someone or cover up for herself. The document “Theories and Interpretations” brought new information to light. This document examined several theories experts believe; both suicide and murder. The theory that seemed most likely to me, was the theory that he was assassinated. Historians who believe this theory suggest Thomas Jefferson may have hired an assassin to murder Meriwether Lewis. Lewis had knowledge of secrets that would damage the reputation of General James Wilkinson and Thomas Jefferson if they were revealed to the public. Thomas Jefferson had also replaced Wilkinson with Meriwether when he returned to St. Louis as Governor of Upper Louisiana Territory. The only way to get rid of these secrets was to kill Lewis. Major Neelly and Captain Russell were a part of the conspiracy. Locals also knew Meriwether Lewis was taking the Natchez Trace to Washington DC. You’re probably wondering “Then why wouldn’t Meriwether Lewis call for help when they were going to kill him?”. This is because the Grinder’s were a part of this conspiracy and were paid for their cooperation and silence. Mrs. Grinder drastically changed her story, every time she told it to a new person. Major Neelly had supposedly been looking for Lewis’s lost horse, but what if he had been following...
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...How Wal-Mart Used Payoffs to Get Its Way in Mexico By DAVID BARSTOW and ALEJANDRA XANIC von BERTRAB Wal-Mart de Mexico was an aggressive and creative corrupter, offering large payoffs to get what the law otherwise prohibited, an examination by The New York Times found. December 18, 2012BUSINESSNEWS Wal-Mart Hushed Up a Vast Mexican Bribery Case By DAVID BARSTOW Confronted with evidence of widespread corruption in Mexico, top Wal-Mart executives focused more on damage control than on rooting out wrongdoing, an examination by The New York Times found. April 22, 2012BUSINESSNEWS ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form Company Information Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Walmart) operates retail stores in various formats around globally. Everyday low prices (EDLP) is the Company's pricing philosophy under, which it price items at a low price everyday. The Company's operates in three business segments: the Walmart U.S. segment, the Walmart International segment, and the Sam's Club segment. During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2012 (fiscal 2012), its Walmart U.S. segment accounted for approximately 60% of its net sales and operates retail stores in various formats in all 50 states in the United States and Puerto Rico, as well as Walmart's online retail operations, walmart.com. Its Walmart International segment consists of retail operations in 26 countries. Its Sam's Club segment consists of membership warehouse clubs operated in 47 states in...
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...Internal and External Factors Brooke Ellington October 13, 2013 University of Phoenix XMGT/230 Sam Walton opened the first Wal-Mart store in Arkansas on July 2, 1962, (Carson, 1999-2013). The vision of Sam Walton for his store Wal-Mart was to provide lower prices and to reflect on the values of the community and the customer. Consumers remember Wal-Mart for its motto "customer satisfaction" and “guaranteed lower prices." Wal-Mart offers employee training for everyone in the store from the greeters to the managers to ensure excellent customer skills and to instill Sam Walton's philosophy in the consumers mind. Wal-Mart's growth leads to the company becoming incorporated in 1969 that has led to stores opening in the nation and globally. Celebrating 50 years of helping communities and customers, Wal-Mart has more than 10,000 stores in at least 27 countries (History Timeline, 2012). Sam Walton has proven successful management using the four functions of management to grow his business. The four functions include planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Wal-Mart's success in various levels of management has led to multidivisional structures. Wal-Mart has 13 divisions of strategic management that offers traditional functional areas and geographic areas in the retail operation. The purpose of this paper is to explain how internal and external factors affect the four functions of management in the Wal-Mart Corporation. For any organization to survive, irrespective of...
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...“The future becomes the present, the present the past, and the past turns into everlasting regret if you don’t plan for it” I can finally say I read the Glass Menagerie. And I loved it! Back in High School I never really thought it was great but it was everything. In the play The Glass Menagerie, many characteristics were shown in different people. There were primarily four main characters in the play: Amanda, Laura, Tom, and Jim. Each character had there own original issue in the story, which makes the play so entirely complex. What makes the play interesting is putting those characters together and creating inside moral and conflict. As a result, everybody still appears to be an “outcast in his or her own world” In every Tennessee William play he always uses symbolism in order to develop characters and to display the recurring themes of the play. These various symbols appear throughout the entire piece, and they are usually disguised as objects or imagery. The title The Glass Menagerie was named because of Laura’s glass animal collection. She had many different animals that symbolized your everyday people that she can not be a part of. One of the animals was a unicorn which was a “symbol of Laura” by representing the idea of being different. Laura was described to have a shy personality and would never attempt to make a change on her appearance to people. One of the main appearances she was embarrassed about was her crippled leg. Since she is already shy, this adds on...
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...Tebow Time It has only been seven weeks since the start of Tebow Time, which is the time since Tim Tebow took over as full time starter for the Denver Broncos. In those eight weeks of Tebow Time, he has led the previously 1-4 Denver Broncos from the cellar of the AFC West to the top of the conference with an 8-5 record. Nothing about Tebow’s time in the NFL has been expected and most can hardly explain what it is he is doing and has done to turn the Denver Broncos season around. There is only one thing that one can conclude from Tebow’s short playing career in the NFL, and that is that he is a winner. It is all he has ever done, through college and even now in the pros. Tim Tebow is not suppose to be where he is at now. He was drafted too high, and he was never supposed to lead an NFL team to a winning record in only his second season. The experts said that he couldn’t even be an NFL quarterback. They said he was the third best quarterback on Denver’s roster at the beginning of the season. Tim Tebow doesn’t care what the experts say, and is proving them wrong every week he starts under center for the Denver Broncos. A sub-par quarterback winning games is not the only reason Tebow has been getting all of the hype. Tebow is a devout Christian and takes every opportunity to share his Christian values. Some are offended by this, and others think that it just adds to the legend in the making that is Timothy Richard Tebow. Tebow is not a loser, he just doesn’t do it. In college...
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...09-16-10 Wal-Mart KGA: Strategic Action Plan Wal-Mart “Always low prices”, is the first thing you think of when you think about one of the most successful companies around the world, Wal-Mart. For years they stand as a well know company due to their everyday low prices and variety of products. Their mission statement is “Saving people money so that they can live better”. They have chosen their mission statement wisely yet there is a lot of controversy when it comes to this International Company. Wal-Mart was started in Rogers, Arkansas during the early 1960’s by Sam Walton. (Ghillyer, 2010). Walton traveled all around the country researching what consumers wanted in a retail store. When Sam Walton fist opened Wal-Mart he “built it under the foundation of honesty, respect, fairness and integrity” (Ghillyer, 2010). Wal-Mart’s sales have made them a billion dollar revenue in the previous years. Walton tried to create a culture that shared the same beliefs as he did. Out of his beliefs he chose the three strongest that well suited his store: Respect for individuals, service to customers, and striving for excellence. Wal-Mart’s success promotes many benefits. Stockholders, customers, employees and communities benefit from the company’s success. In 1972, after 15 stores, Wal-Mart suffered with a lot of competition. Wal-Mart stock was offered for the first time in the New York Stock exchange. Being a public company helped Wal-Mart expand rapidly. It grew from...
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...“The Wal-mart effect” Written by: William S. Kowinski Business journalist Charles Fishman begins his book with a disarming story of how Wal-Mart produced an environmental benefit when the company decided that paperboard boxes around cans of deodorant were unnecessary. So they disappeared -- not only from Wal-Mart but from everywhere -- thereby saving many trees. But the reason Wal-Mart did this, and the reason everyone else followed, he argues, are also the key factors in a new kind and extent of destruction. These factors cause the various manifestations of the Wal-Mart effect, which is the subject of Fishman's book. The first factor is the company's single operating principle, administered absolutely, without exception: always low prices. It is not only Wal-Mart's slogan but also its one commandment, its ultimate morality, trumping all other considerations. The second factor is Wal-Mart's unprecedented size. "For most of this decade, Wal-Mart has been both the largest company in the world, and the largest company in the history of the world," Fishman writes. It still would be in 2006 except that the doubling of oil prices places Exxon-Mobil in the top spot. But Wal-Mart is still America's largest private employer -- as well as the world's. And its stated goal is to be twice its current size by 2010. Ninety percent of Americans live within 15 miles of a Wal-Mart, and 93 percent of U.S. households shop at one at least once a year. Fishman concludes: "Wal-Mart reshapes...
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...WAL MART SWOT ANALYSIS Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. was started by Sam Walton in Newport, Arkansas in 1946 in an effort to “help people save money so they can live better” and was achieved by keeping sales prices lower than his competitors by reducing his profit margin. From this simple concept the company has grown to nearly 3000 stores in 14 countries and is the world’s largest company in terms of revenue bringing in a staggering average of $401 billion annually. In addition to the Wal-Mart supercenters you now have the Wal-Mart neighborhood markets as well as Sam’s clubs that have begun to pop up all over since 1984. The ability to offer value and service to customers has largely determined their competitive position within the retail industry. There are many programs that are in place to meet the high competitive pressures within the retail industry that are the cornerstone of the Wal-Mart philosophy and are as follows: * Every Day Low Prices (“EDLP”) – the pricing philosophy under which items are priced at a low price every day so that the customers trust that the prices will not change frequently within promotional activity. * Roll backs – the commitment to pass continually internal and external cost savings on to the customer by lowering prices on selected goods. * Store Within a Store – a program to provide accountability to assistant managers and department managers as to merchandise planning and overall department performance. * Store of the Community...
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...Sam Walton wanted to build a company that both cared for people and would make some money. With his timely thinking he and his partners built a company that has not slowed down. While staying one step ahead of the ever-changing technology and methods of today’s fast paced business environment, Wal-Mart executives still rely on many of the traditional goals and philosophies that Sam embroiled on his company. The company has faced and is still facing a significant amount of controversy; however these have not contributed to any kind of downfall within the company. The future of Wal-Mart looks extremely profitable especially if they continue to increase its profits and rely on the beliefs that got them to the point they are at. In 1962, Sam Walton opened the first Wal-Mart store in Rogers, Arkansas. Wal-Mart was at one time included in Fortune’s list of the “10 most admired corporations.” The Wal-Mart Philosophy-Wal-Mart is successful not only because it makes sound strategic management decisions, but also for its innovative implementation of those strategic decisions. Many trace discount entrepreneur birth to1962, the first year of operation for Kmart, Target and Wal-Mart. But by that time, Sam Walton's tiny chain of variety stores in Arkansas and Kansas was already facing competition from regional discount chains. Sam traveled the country to study this radical, new retailing concept and was convinced it was the wave of the future. He and his wife, Helen, put up 95 percent of the...
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...|TRIDENT UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL | |WALMART | |FIN501 SLP 1 | In 1962, Sam Walton traveled the country studying everything he could about discount retailing. He became convinced American consumers wanted a new type of store. Trusting his vision, Sam and his wife Helen put up 95 percent of the money for the first Wal-Mart store in Rogers, Ark. In 1972, Wal-Mart stock was offered for the first time on the New York Stock Exchange. its initial public offering in 1970, the company has performed well, recording numerous splits and providing a return of more than 160,000 percent to its initial investors The company initially offered 3000,000 shares at $16.50 per share.[1] With this infusion of capital, the company grew to 276 stores in 11 states by the end of the decade. Today, there are 10,130 stores and Sam's club locations in 27 countries employing 2.2 million associates, serving more than 176 million customers a year! As of yesterday, Walmart sold at $59.01 a share.[2] Personally I'm a fan of Wal-Mart and its prices. Although we are military and have the Exchange that offers us quality items tax-free, the selection at Walmart still can't be beat...
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...COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is designed to enrich the students’ experiences in developing and utilizing appropriate technology to facilitate learning. It shall also provide exposure and hands-on opportunities in the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Field Study 3 can be anchored on the following Professional education subject: * Educational Technology 1 * Educational Technology 2 GENERAL OBJECTIVES 1. Select the teaching materials that best suit the needs of the learners 2. Apply the principles of developing instructional materials 3. Develop and utilize instructional materials appropriate to a chosen subject area Acknowledgement I just want to express my heartfelt gratitude to those who were so generous with their time and expertise: To our Almighty God for the knowledge, strength and wisdom. His guidance leads me to select the most desirable way to success. To my parents who provided me their financial support, love, moral values and advices. To Prof. Dominic Dizon,MAEd as my mentor for my Field Study 3. I really appreciate your utmost effort in facilitating and checking my errors. Thank you for molding us to be competent and knowledgeable about Technology in the Learning Environment. I am so grateful to have you as my mentor and I feel so blessed. To Ms. Shienna Mae Eramis for your cooperation and to your students who also gave their cooperation. I wish...
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...retailer in the world. Walmart remains a family-owned business, as the company is controlled by the Walton family, who own a 48 percent stake in Walmart. It is also one of the world's most valuable companies. The company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962, incorporated on October 31, 1969, and publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange in 1972. It is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas. Walmart is also the largest grocery retailer in the United States. In 2009, it generated 51 percent of its US$258 billion sales in the U.S. from grocery business. It also owns and operates the Sam's Club retail warehouses in North America. Walmart has 8,500 stores in 15 countries, under 55 different names. The company operates under the Walmart name in the United States, including the 50 states and Puerto Rico. It operates in Mexico as Walmex, in the United Kingdom as Asda, in Japan as Seiyu, and in India as Best Price. It has wholly owned operations in Argentina, Brazil, and Canada. Walmart's investments outside North America have had mixed results: its operations in the United Kingdom, South America, and China are highly successful, whereas ventures in Germany and South Korea were unsuccessful. Wal-Mart is one of the ultimate American success stories. Sam Walton can be described as the one of the famous examples of the “Golden Country”, the America where anything is possible and a small town business man...
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