...«The Wedge-tailed eagle», G.Dutton. Analysis by A. Romanov The text under interpretation belongs to the pen of the prominent Australian author and historian - Geoffrey Dutton. During his career, Dutton wrote over 200 books, including poetry, fiction, biographies, critical essays etc. The episode under analysis is taken out from a short story «The wedge-tailed eagle» which contains a very deep social and psychological message and the subject of which is unfortunately drawn from life. In the story which begins so peacefully and signifies no threaten the author exposes the evils of the whole society and in two pilots reveals all cruelty that can only exist in our world. Geoffrey Dutton brings to the light one day from the life of these pilots and depicts the event that makes the reader cry – the killing of one of the most gorgeous and powerful bird - wedge-tailed eagle. The main idea of the story is to demonstrate people`s shallowness, cruelty and a constant desire to satisfy their wishes no matter how high the price for it is. If a person like one of these two pilots wants something nothing would be able to stop him, even if the desire is unmoral and sinful and even if it ends with death of creatures that can`t protect itself against our savageness and violence. The tone of the text is different at the beginning of the extract and at the end of it. Firstly we are completely plunged in the elevated atmosphere, where in small details the depiction of sky and nature is magnificent...
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...Why can't a dish break a hammer? Why oh why oh why?! 'Cause a hammer's a hard head. Goodbye goodbye goodbye. Why, oh why, oh why oh, why? Why, oh why, oh why? Because because because because Goodbye goodbye goodbye Why can't a bird eat an elephant? Why, oh why, oh why? 'Cause an elephant's got a pretty hard skin. Goodby goodbye goodbye. Why can't a mouse eat a streetcar? Why, oh why, oh why? 'Cause a mouse's stomach could never get big enough to hold a streetcar. Goodbye goodbye goodbye. Why does a horn make music? Why, oh why, oh why? Because the horn-blower blows it. Goodbye goodbye goodbye Why does a cow drink water? Tell me why n why? Because the cow gets thirsty just like you or me or anybody else. Goodye goodbye goodbye. Why don't you answer my questions? Why, oh why, oh why? 'Cause I don't know the answers. Goodby goodbye goodbye. What make the landlord take money? Why, oh why, oh why? I don't know that one myself. Goodbye goodbye goodbye. Why's there no pennies for ice cream Why, oh why, oh why? You put all the pennies in the telephone. Goodbye goodbye goodbye. Why can't a rabbit chase an eagle? Tell me why, oh why? 'Cause the last rabbit that took out and chased after an eagle didn't come out so good and that's why rabbits don't chase after eagles that's all I know about rabbits and eagles? Because because because. Why ain't my grandpa my grandma? Why, oh why, oh why? Same reason your dad's not your mommy...
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...except by his family, his friends, and his neighbors, and he pretty much just kept to himself. He states a lot throughout the book that he’d much rather be at home. But as the book takes its pace, Bilbo starts to change. He learns humility, kindness, and bravery. He learns to respect the dwarves, along with the countless other people he meets on the journey. He tries to help everyone to the best of his ability. I think it’s because he likes to see people happy; I think it reminds him of his...
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...Stiffler Phyllis Hardy MKTG 1010 Targeting The College Age Apparel Market When it comes to vying for the hearts, minds and money of America’s teens and twenty-somethings, there are a few strategies that can be used that are tried and true. As we look at the two retailers, Abercrombie & Fitch and American Eagle, it’s clear that they go after the same target market while maintaining a much different approach from each other. When a customer walks towards an Abercrombie and Fitch store (or their teen marketed brand, Hollister) they are immediately overwhelmed with the environment of the store. Abercrombie stores are dark, with huge pictures of perfect men and women and they emit the smell of their signature cologne, Fierce, from what seems to be hundreds of feet away. There are no windows in the shop and there’s usually loud house music playing. As they walk into the store, they are greeted by a gorgeous employee, who guides you into the dimly lit room and points you in the direction that you need to go. This illustrates one of the first paramount differences between the Abercrombie & Fitch branding and the American Eagle branding. As one approaches an American Eagle, the store is brightly lit and all of the windows are uncovered. The employees are nice and upfront, but average looking and welcoming. Also, in the stores, there is a wider variety of teen to young age groups shopping inside them. When it comes to store layout and theme, Abercrombie & Fitch is trying to...
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...Soaring Eagle Skate Company Mona Alfarra EM501 course 01/20/2016 Abstract Stan Eagle was a well-known skater and board skating was his carrier for several years. After the interest in the sport waned, Eagle launched with his friend their own business (designing, building and selling skateboards). Eagle and his partner, William, Had a very successful business selling skateboards, but time changes and they have to gain and sustain advantages over their competitors out there in the market. Eagle and his friend considered new ideas for expansion and so they invested in a clothing line, selling shirts and shorts carried Eagle’s name on them. Eagle invested millions of dollars in this channel, but this business channel didn’t make much in returns and they lost lots of money. They sold off this part of the business to a clothing company and cut losses. As time passed, William came up with a new idea and pressed Eagle to try it. Eagle was troubled and was not sure what decision he should make.¹ Introduction Eagle’s previous experience with the clothing line was bad enough that he is troubled and has not decided yet which decision to make. His previous experience let him think deeper before taking any new decisions. Here, Eagle is facing a nonprogrammed decision again! This will hold him back for a while to think more about his Partner’s new idea. With regard to uncertainty and risk, neither Eagle nor William have any experience in selling equipment for two new types of skating...
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...Strict Liability Strict Liability The question this week deals with product liability, on the ground of strict liability. Bob was shopping at Carl’s Hardware store. One of Carl’s employee’s named Dan was using a nail gun and it fired without warning. A nail struck Bob in the leg. After checking the nail gun Carl discovers the manufacture, Eagle Tools, Inc., improperly assembled the tool. Bob files a suit against Eagle Tools, Inc, for product liability, on the ground of strict liability. The elements for action based on strict liability will be covered, who the court will like rule in favor of, and why in the following paragraphs. The doctrine for product liability applies to the seller of goods. This includes manufacturers, processors, assemblers, packagers, bottlers, wholesalers, distributers, and retailers. Just because an individual is injured by a product does not mean they will have a cause of action against the manufacture. There are six requirements of strict product liability that must be met. First, the product must be in a defective condition when the defendant sold it. Second, the defendant normally must be engaged in the business of selling that product. Third, the product must be unreasonably dangerous to the user or consumer because of its defective state. Fourth, the plaintiff must incur physical harm to self or property by use or consumption of the product. Fifth, the defective condition must be the proximate cause of the harm....
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...customer’s needs, likes, and dislikes extremely well. Developing the customer relationship makes it easier to match that customer with the goods or services that are being offered. Micromarketing works because the customers receives a sense of being important to the marketer and sees the efforts to connect as being on a more personal level rather than a general one. It is the narrowest approach of target marketing and can be an effective technique for a small business trying to establish their brand. Nordstrom is an example of micromarketing. While not a small business, the sales staffs are 100% commission and essentially operate as their own “small” business within the larger company. While living in San Francisco I shopped frequently at one specific store. During one of my first visits the sales person, Angel Perry, offered to be my personal sales assistant or personal shopper. She would contact me when a preferred brand or type of shirt, tie or shoes would arrive in the store or give me a call when it would be going on sale. Angel would mail me a letter at least four times a year notifying me of special events and send handwritten thank-you notes. The effect was to develop a strong, personal relationship with me that was very specific to my particular likes, interests and buying habits. I am sure that Angel had numerous clients, maybe hundreds, that she handled the same way but customized what Nordstrom offered to each individual’s preferences. Giant Eagle uses a form of micromarketing...
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...1. Richard and Suzanne Williams owned Sycamore City Cheese Co. Sycamore City sold its products to three major customers that used the cheese as a “filler” to blend into their cheeses. In 1982, Mark Case, a certified public accountant, became Sycamore City’s accountant and the Williams’ personal accountant. The Williams had known Case since he was seven years old, and even before he became their accountant, he knew the details of Sycamore City’s business. Case’s duties went beyond typical accounting work, and when the Williams were absent, he was put in charge of operations. In 1992, Case was made a vice president of the company, and a year later he was placed in charge of day to day operations. He also continued to serve as Sycamore City’s accountant. The relationship between Case and the Williams deteriorated, and in 1995, he resigned as Sycamore City’s employee and as its accountant. Less than two years later, Case opened Brent Foods, Inc., to make the same products as Sycamore City by the same process and to sell the products to the same customers. Case located Brent close to Sycamore City’s suppliers. Sycamore City filed a suit in a Connecticut state court against Case and Brent, alleging, among other things, misappropriation of trade secrets. Sycamore City argued that it was entitled to punitive damages because Case’s conduct was “willful and malicious.” Case responded in part that he did not act willfully and maliciously because he did not know that Sycamore...
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...and Scapens (2000) which is mainly based in Old Institutional Economics (OIE). In this paper institutions are defined as “The shared taken-for-granted assumptions which identify categories of human actors and their appropriate activities and relationships”. (Siti-Nabiha, A. and Scapens, R. (2005), Stability and change: an institutional study of management accounting change, Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Vol 18, No. 1, pg 46) Burns and Scapens argue that, when a particular management accounting practice is decided on, that over time this practice becomes accepted as “the way things are done”. The behaviour is disassociated from the original reason for the choice of this practice and comes to be applied in a rule-like manner and as a routine activity. The original reasons for adopting this practice are almost forgotten and the practice becomes an unwitting underpinning of the organisations behaviour. This is what they refer to as the behaviour becoming institutionalised. An accounting routine can be institutionalised in either a ceremonial or instrumental manner. Ceremonial Institutionalised accounting routines are defined as “organisational rituals,...
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...Eagle Tours Case Case Description Eagle Tours is a travel services marketing and development company. It organizes domestic and international trips and cruises for businesses and consumers. It competes by providing very knowledgeable and enthusiastic sales people, excellent tour guides and tour coordinators service at a competitive, but not the cheapest price. The Mall Stores and Marketing Eagle has 5 travel stores in large Malls in metro areas of the U.S. The mall stores are places where people can come to get brochures about vacation products and where they can buy vacation products. One of the challenges that Eagle had was that it was unable to attract young people to come in the mall stores and to buy products. How can it create a gathering place for people who love talking about their “trips”. Susan, the marketing manager believes that: “Eagle needs to create a real buzz for our trips. To do this we have to improve our marketing activities and reach more people in their 30s and 20s. It would be great if we could transform our mall stores into an engaging environment for learning from and interacting with customers. Also, it has also been impossible for us to keep our sales people busy during the day. They have little to do during the day, but during the evening customers have to wait 30-45 minutes to ask our sales consultant questions. We are losing customers because they leave before we can talk to them. We offer free coffee and TV programing to customers,...
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...Eagle Tours Case Case Description Eagle Tours is a travel services marketing and development company. It organizes domestic and international trips and cruises for businesses and consumers. It competes by providing very knowledgeable and enthusiastic sales people, excellent tour guides and tour coordinators service at a competitive, but not the cheapest price. The Mall Stores and Marketing Eagle has 5 travel stores in large Malls in metro areas of the U.S. The mall stores are places where people can come to get brochures about vacation products and where they can buy vacation products. One of the challenges that Eagle had was that it was unable to attract young people to come in the mall stores and to buy products. How can it create a gathering place for people who love talking about their “trips”. Susan, the marketing manager believes that: “Eagle needs to create a real buzz for our trips. To do this we have to improve our marketing activities and reach more people in their 30s and 20s. It would be great if we could transform our mall stores into an engaging environment for learning from and interacting with customers. Also, it has also been impossible for us to keep our sales people busy during the day. They have little to do during the day, but during the evening customers have to wait 30-45 minutes to ask our sales consultant questions. We are losing customers because they leave before we can talk to them. We offer free coffee and TV programing to customers...
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...buying merchandise I went to my local grocery store around the corner from me called Giant Eagle. Giant Eagle is a privately held corporation in Ohio, P.A, West Virginia and Maryland. Giant Eagle is the 49th largest retailer in the United States. Giant Eagle grocery store also has gas stations at some of their locations called GetGo. Giant Eagle in my neighborhood is very well known and a lot of people shop at Giant Eagle because they have great meats in their meat department their store is clean and organized, they have great deals on things like cereal, waffles, pop and juice. Giant Eagle also has a rewards card were if you spend 50-100$ then you will save .10 cents in fuel perks to redeem at their gas station to get .10 cents per gallon it’s a great deal especially with high gas prices these days. The two aisles I choose to observe was the cereal aisle and the juice/ drinks aisle in order to see how consumer behaviors tend to varies from different products. In addition I thought consumers might behave differently to the time of day it is as well so I went into Giant Eagle two separate days and different times. I went in the middle of the week on a Wednesday at 1:00 in the afternoon it was steady around this time tons of women and kids, and then when I got off work Friday at 6:00 in the afternoon tons of family’s and aisles were very congested and they were also finishing up some construction that was taking place to lay down new floors by the bakery. I have...
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...: Eagle Industry Case 1. Why are office products frequently chosen as a lead commodity in strategic sourcing efforts? In an effort to reduce the overall costs associated with the purchases of the outside goods and services, though the office supplies were not the largest part, it’s chosen for variety of reasons: a. With office supplies, there is no difficulties in comparison and substitution as there is very little or no differentiation among the suppliers and products. b. Also, with initial understanding obtained from the data, quick hit opportunities are present for savings. 2. What observations can you develop about Eagle's SKU usage, prices they pay and contracts they currently use? a. About the SKU usage, the there were broad range of products as well as individual items purchased per category. b. The prices Eagle paid with large difference in the prices for the identical items by the same supplier. Also, there was a greater variance across the vendors for the prices on some items as 50% or more. c. The spending was made through three suppliers-two are contract and one catalog supplier. The prices for the identical items by same supplier varied. The variance was even greater across the vendors. Though the catalog supplier used promotional pricing, price comparison shoed that the non-discounted items were prices premium as compared to contract suppliers. 3. Discuss potential implementation barriers. Though the office supplies category...
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...a way to test our limits and have the best thrill. WE put Daniels Gatorade in a mud wasp nest and he retrieved it with his shirt over his head “for protection”. He got stung, so he chucked the Gatorade bottle and nailed Jeremy right in the nose. Or when Jeremy and I made a rope swing over a 7 foot rocky ravine. Or when I was spar pole climbing at philmont. I remember hiking red creek with Christian and panning for gold. Where ever wed go, we would find the best tree to climb, the best cliff to jump off of or the highest mountian. It has been a wild ride with These guys next to me, and many others, some sitting in the audience have been through it with me since day one. I wish every single one of them could share this moment with me right now. Everyone of them deserves it. Not only did my fellow scouts and friends make this possible, there were many committed leaders and adults the helped make this bridge possible to cross. May I please welcome to the front, Michael Otradovec my scout master, Andy Anderson, my philmont guide, John Roekner my venture crew leader, Steve Bracco and assistand scout master, that has always been there for me, Greg Kidd my den leader and My Project Beneficiary Mark Paulat. Unfortunately I cant present some of the most...
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...As a Mexican-American, it’s hard to know to wich world I should identity myself; I really feel Mexican when I eat spicy foods all days or when I dance banda in the party's, but that feeling goes away when I speak English in school or even in my house. As a Mexican, I feel myself a true, native, Mexican born American. So I am Mexican-American. Althought sometimes I feel confused as to wich world I belong to, for me there’s no question I’m first Mexican; I’m the result of my parents American dream, I use to live in Mexico and I know how to work and talk like all the Mexican people do, but when I speak english I reveal my obvious American nationality. Sometimes I feel really sad and angry when someone refers to me as an allien or...
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