...Clothes By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni In some cultures arranged marriages are very normal. Family members play a big part in bringing the couple together. Conversely, not every bride or groom is pleased with the decision. Even though it can be tough, it’s tradition that stays in certain families. In the short story ‘’Clothes’’ we see an Indian girl going off to America, to marry a man she has never met. Will she ever be happy? ‘’Clothes’’ is about Sumita, who is an Indian girl. She is about to get married to a complete stranger her father set her up with. ‘’Besides, wasn’t it every woman’s destiny, as Mother was always telling me, to leave the known for the unknown? She had done it, and her mother before her’’ (p. 1, 24-26). She is scared to leave her old life and family behind, but then she reminds herself that it’s tradition. Will her life eventually turn into a great adventure or a life long tragedy? The narrator in this story is, as said before, an Indian girl named Sumita. We see Sumita going through a big transformation. She goes from being a shy daughter, to a happy married woman, to being miserable and alone. In the beginning Sumita is very scared and doesn’t know what to do. She decides to be positive instead. Sumita and her husband, Somesh are starting to really like each other. She turns into a happy married woman living in America. Somesh really cares about Sumita and makes her feel special. ‘’I model each one for him, walking back and forth, clasping...
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...Clothes Account of Sumita’s development The short story “Clothes” is written by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and is about a young Indian woman called Sumita. In the beginning of the text she is an innocent, nervous and open-minded girl. She is very modest and obedient to her parents’ wishes. She has accepted to marry a man, depending on his accept at the bridal viewing, only to please her beloved mother and father. She has to get a purification bath in the women’s lake so she can be completely clean, pure and innocent. She is changing and becoming a wife. Somesh, her future husband, works at 7-Eleven and is very understanding, kind and patient with her. When Sumita is on the aeroplane heading to America, she thinks about a sari. She is comparing it to the lake, which symbols a new beginning. She is in her mind getting ready for a new beginning, a new life in America. Gradually Sumita’s way of dressing herself changes and her inner self does as well. She is becoming more independent. When she wears typical American clothes like jeans and t- shirts, instead of dressing herself in the Indian traditional sari, she gets a boost of confidence: “I’m wearing a pair of jeans now, marvelling at the curves of my hips and thighs (...)”1 In America, she thinks about getting an education. Somesh supports her in her decision to become a schoolteacher. She has high hopes for herself and believes in herself – things she has never had much of before, when she was in India. She has...
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...CLOTHES by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ABOUT THE AUTHOR Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni was born in Kolkata, India in 1956. She remained in India for twenty years receiving her B.A. from the University of Calcutta before moving to the United States in 1976 to receive her Master's degree in English at Wright State University in Ohio. She then received her Ph.D. in 1985 from the University of California, Berkeley. While pursuing her education, Divakaruni held many odd jobs to maintain a stable living. These included babysitting, selling merchandise in an Indian boutique, slicing bread in a bakery, washing instruments in a science lab, working the dining hall in International House at Berkeley. She also taught several classes at Diablo Valley College and Foothill College. Since her writing career began, her work has been published in over fifty magazines, and her writing has been included in over fifty anthologies. By popular demand, her novels have been translated into twenty nine different languages. Two of her books, The Mistress of Spices and Sister of My Heart, have been made into movies. Currently, Divakaruni resides in Houston, Texas with her husband, two sons, and family dog. She teaches in the creative writing program at the University of Houston while also serving on two advisory boards that help South Asian women who find themselves in abusive situations. ...
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...III. Technical Aspects A. Product Concept Bubble Up Laundry is a shop where operated by a coin operated washing machines that allows the customers for self service. The washing machines are simple to use so people will not have any hard time in operating it. People don’t frightened if it will be their first time trying to operate the machines as the laundry shop always provide friendly attendants who will happily help them. They can also use their favorite detergent powder and softener to minimize expenses nor buy inside the shop. The service is available most especially to those consumers who are in rush then they may return and pick it up nor just wait until it was done as the laundry shop also provides faster service. Bubble Up Laundry shops provides washing machine operated by coins is not just an ordinary. Trusting the best quality of LG Company will help the Bubble Up Laundry Shop to decrease expenses regarding on its maintenance just to fix those units. Service is available if you are in a rush. Simply drop off to our attendant and let us do it for you. The laundry shop also aims to use the utilities that come from its natural power (such as solar panel and generators). If there will be any emergency occur, these alternative power may also help to avoid any disturbance to customers. The customers need coins in order to manage the coin-operated washing machines (It cost 5 to 10 peso coins). Then they can sort their laundry according to its color and kind of cloth...
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...To: Karen Fratis From: Tanveer Ahmed Date: September 6, 2014 Subject: Investment Plan Mr. Fratis, I happened to meet Mr.Tearson, the CEO of CustomClothes Corporation at a homecoming event in Temple University. The company is making a revolutionary step in transforming the way the world buys clothes. The primary agenda of the company focuses on veridical measurement technology through many channels. They have come up with their unique scientific, nimble and user-friendly measuring kits. They have the access to the Body Scan Technology for mass measurement as well. The exclusive sizing solutions to abate the probabilities of returning clothes and electronically transmitting those patterns to produce one-of-a-kind cloth is quite noteworthy. Apart from the versatile technology and process they have a real business impact on the apparel market. The business has eclectic segmentations of the customers. Having distinct offers and substantially different lucre through different channels. They cover the marketing with Retailer, Fashion Designers, Networkers, Uniform Providers and direct sellers through two of their own in house brands. They came up with new technology of sizing and had noticeable amount of value propositions for their customers. They are trying to maintain key partnerships with designers, retailers, and networkers as well to deal a better business. They are trying to revolutionize the apparel market and proving the branding strategy as the only “The Ingredient”...
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...Clothes essay The short story “Clothes” by Chita Banerjee Divakaruni is about a girl from India, and her cultural transition from India to America, which is symbolized through her clothes. The story is about doing something unexpected? and not knowing what the future is going to bring. The main character is Sumita; she is a well-behaved young woman. She only does what is expected of her, for example she agrees to marry Somesh even though she doesn’t know him and she lets Somesh touch her the very first time the night they spend together even though she doesn’t want to. She never questions her parent’s decisions; she is just greatful for the opportunities she has been given. She will leave her friends, family and former life behind, and travel to a new country, and from that can we see she is a very considerate person. You sense right from the start, that she is girl who loves her family and friends. She values her family’s honor, for example she is against the arranged marriage, but she won’t disrespect her father and the effort he had put into finding her a suitable match. We also see a big consideration from her side, when her friend was turned down three times. Sumita doesn’t rebel against her family, she just goes along with the decisions. The author utilizes color symbolism to express the emotional changes Sumita is going through. The clothes represent both cultures; at first she uses the colors through her Sari’s to keep her connected to her Indian Beliefs. You...
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...Clothes Clothes is a short-story, about Sumita, a young Indian woman, who is arranged to get married with a young Indian-American man from America. Sumita who is the main character is a well behaved young Indian woman, who does what she is told to. Sumita’s father chose that Sumita should get married with a man who comes from a very fine Indian family by the name Somesh Sen. Sumita and Somesh get married, and shortly after he has to get back to his store, 7-eleven in America, which he is an owner of, in company with a friend. He wants Sumita to travel with him to America and live with him there. Sumita says yes to live with Somesh in America, and she became very nervous to know, how her new life will turn out to be. It turns out to be great. Somesh is very patient with her, and protect her. But one evening, when Somesh is at the store, a burglar enters his 7-eleven store, claims all the money, and shoots Somesh several times. Somesh died and left Sumita all by herself in big America. Somesh wanted Sumita to be a school teacher, but now, she has to move with her in-laws back to India, and serve tea for them, the rest of her life. She decides, she won't be that woman. She won't walk around in her widow sari, in her in-laws house the rest of her life. She has tasted the free life, and she wants the whole cake. Point of view: In the story there’s a reliable first person narrator. The point of view is from the main character herself, it’s her thoughts and feelings that you can...
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...Coin Operated Self-Serve Laundromat Ronnell Ohlson Bus/211 March 24, 2015 Michael Charter Coin Operated Self-Serve Laundromat The three components that comprise a coin operated self-serve laundromat business are business commerce, business occupation, and business organization. The business commerce of a coin operated self-serve laundromat would be the people in the neighborhood and surrounding areas who use coins to pay for the washing and drying of their own laundry, at a place that provides washer and dryer machines that are maintained and the cost of utilities are the responsibility of the company owner. The value of this is having a place to do laundry without the responsibility of owning it and paying the cost of utilities and maintaining the equipment themselves. The business occupation of a coin operated self-serve laundromat are washers, dryers, and machines that hold a variety of products people use to wash with. There are utilities along with rental costs of the property where the equipment and products are kept for people to go and use. The business organization of a coin operated laundromat is to have a certified repairman who specializes in repairing and maintaining coin operated machines. If an owner is also a certified repairman of coin operated machinery this will help him with the costs of hiring someone. In conclusion, businesses as commerce, occupation and organization have evolved to allow land,...
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...“Agnes” Production Technology Project Value Chain Management - VIA University Århus Esben Skovsgaard Simonsen - 208153 Jonas Søgaard Petersen - 208125 Dovile Putnaite - 208134 Sara Poulsen - 208132 Anders Byriel-Thygesen - 208026 Table of contents Introduction ..............................................................................................................................................................3 Production Structure Tree ........................................................................................................................................4 BOM ..........................................................................................................................................................................5 Part Description ........................................................................................................................................................6 Head piece ............................................................................................................................................................6 Middle piece .........................................................................................................................................................7 Bottom piece ........................................................................................................................................................8 Drawings ....................................................
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...Dov Charney is the CEO and founder of American Apparel. He is responsible for opening the company’s first retail store in 2003. There are about 280 stores in about 20 countries. Charney owns 57% of the company and is responsible for the double-digit loss American Apparel experienced this year (Wall Street Journal). Dov Charney has loss representation from Deloitte & Touche LLC. from flawed financial statements and lost 1,500 factory workers who were illegal immigrants (The Gazette). Dov Charney has designed an organizational culture that may not be appealing to its shareholders. He argues that American Apparel is a “freewheeling creative environment; it’s not inappropriate to use foul language” (Dateline). This may be described to some as a ‘hostile work environment.’ Although the law in California states that it is permissible to use inappropriate language in a creative work environment, American Apparel employees have reported to be offended. Charney says he uses the “language of the street” at work and “it can get pretty salty” (BusinessWeek). Other company policies include drinks on the job for those who are working late and promoting a “highly sexual atmosphere”. He promotes dating within the organization and actively participates in relationships with his subordinates. He claims they have been consensual. Employees have noticed bonuses and incentives for those who have been in a relationship with him (Dateline). These actions can cause employees to feel as...
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...Just sitting at the Laundry Mat Kenneth Lewis Trident University International Introduction Ever wash clothes with your spouse as the kids are running around the house making noise and in the way most of the time? A lot of people we do everyday things like this, but they do it from the privacy of their home. Imagine you had to go to the laundry mat and do the same thing you do at home. At a simple laundry mat you would expect to see people washing, folding and drying their clothes, but if you look closer at the fabrics of everyday life you will see a completely different picture through stained glass of the laundry mat window. You have to look beyond the children that make this little room into a play yard. Peering into the glass you see the average American family carve out there existence in this thing we call life. If you close your eyes and open them again you can see a husband and wife working as a team on what seems to be ordinary repetitive family chores only they are now performing them in front of the world with a smile. As the flickering light beckoned beyond the hazy glass to dirty sidewalk below, there laughter could be heard breaking through the door that separated the outside from the inside. Above the humming dryers and the clanking washing machine that is unbalanced as it turned another cycle, there laughter filled the air. Above the outside door you can see the flies drawn to the lights that reaches outside and calls them in masses...
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...left with one more annoying and unnecessary fee, of paying for laundry. In order to solve this ghastly problem the school should either include free use of all laundry facilities or have a fee set into the tuition and fees bill so we do not have to deal with the hassle of change or putting money on our Warhawk express account. The cost of attendance here at the University of Louisiana at Monroe is $19,546, and that is if you are a resident of Louisiana staying on campus. For students who are out of state or international staying on campus the cost of attendance is $31,646. After paying that substantial amount of money to attend school for just one year, this school expects us to administer a tad bit more money just to wash and dry our clothes. In my residential dormitory, Commons I, there are three washing machines and three dryers on my floor. The washing machine costs $1.25 a load and the dryer is the same. The washer has a set time of 26 minutes. The dryer’s set time is an hour. The first problem with these machines is the fact they cost to use. Unless you are a student who lives in the campus apartments, or you know someone who lives in the apartments, you...
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...Even if you work with stamped drawings, you'll eventually need to do commercial load calculations in the field or on a licensing exam. The NEC covers commercial calculations in Art. 220, but other articles also apply. For example, you must know the definitions in Art. 100, be familiar with what Art. 210 says about continuous loads, and understand the overcurrent protection requirements set forth in Art. 240. Two items associated with this type of calculation repeatedly need clarification: * Voltage The voltage to use for your calculations depends on the system design voltage. Thus when you calculate branch-circuit, feeder, and service loads, you must use a nominal system voltage of 120V, 120/240V, 208Y/120V, 240V, 347V, 480Y/277V, 480V, 600Y/347V, or 600V unless otherwise specified (220.2) (Fig. 1 below). * Rounding Refer to 200.2(B) to end the rounding mystery. When the ampere calculation exceeds a whole number by 0.5 or more, round up to the next whole number. If the extra is 0.49 or less, round down to the next whole number. For, example, round 29.5A up to 30A, but round 29.45A down to 29A. Specific loads. Art. 220 doesn't cover all specific loads. For example, you'll find motors in Art. 430 and air conditioners in Art. 440. To know if you should look in another Article, use the NEC index. <b>Fig. 1.</b> Don’t make the mistake of using actual field measurements of system voltage in your calculations. Unless specified otherwise, loads shall be computed...
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...Corvinus University of Budapest Marketing Department Clothes ‘R’ Us Point-of-Sale Initiative [pic] Duzsek Réka, oso9ef MSc Marketing Consumer Relationship Management Course leader: Agárdi Irma November 28, 2012 Clothes ‘R’ Us was a leading apparel store in the United States with more than four hundred national stores. They offered hip, but affordable clothing for men, women and children. Between 1990 and 1997 the company had great financial growth, but this revenue growth began to slow down in 1998. By 2000, Clothes ‘R’ Us had over-expanded and had the worst gross margins in the industry. In 2001 to reduce costs and regain its competitiveness they started to analyze the problems within the company. They closed unprofitable shops and opened new, profitable ones. To restructure the whole back-office process they wanted to introduce a new POS and credit system in every retail stores. 1. How does the POS Initiative fit into the strategy of Clothes 'R' Us? The strategy of Clothes ‘R’ Us was to increase the revenues and to stop the declines and the POS system was an important point of this strategy. The goal of the POS system was to free up the store manager’s time, to get him work in the store, instead of the back office. This reduces costs and helps the useful allocation of the human resources. The workflow study, mentioned in the case, showed that this could reduce the store manager’s...
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...A case study in condensation Evaluating and preventing attic condensation in a residential building by Sammy Condensation on the undersides of roof decks in attics can be a common problem for different residential roof systems. Condensation in attics can occur more frequently in the colder climates of the upper Midwest and Northeast and typically on roofs that have inadequate ventilation and insulation, as well as attic bypasses. When dryer vents, bathroom fans or furnace exhaust ducts vent directly into an attic space, the problem is intensified. |[pic] | |Photos courtesy of Wiss, Janey, Elstner | |Associations Inc., Minneapolis. | |Photo 1: Brown stains on the underside of a | |ceiling in one townhouse | Although building codes recommend and require adequate attic ventilation above roof insulation to remove heated air and water vapor that has entered an attic from the surrounding air or a structure's occupied portion, the codes are not strictly adhered to during the design or construction phases. In addition, attic bypasses and openings in dryer vents and furnace ducts must be sealed to minimize moisture infiltration into an attic. This would prevent troublesome condensation within the attic space and on the roof deck's underside. Unfortunately, joints in vents and furnace ducts sometimes are not installed in an airtight manner. The primary signs of severe condensation in an attic space...
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