...A Raisin in the Sun Latika Vick, Sharlyn Harvey, Suzette Alarcon, & Candace White BSHS/422 November 26, 2011 Tim Nolan A Raisin in the Sun A Raisin in the Sun is a play written by Lorraine Hansberry based on a colored family between WWII and the 1960’s. The family matriarch is Lena Younger, mother to Walter Lee Younger and Beneatha Younger. They reside in a Chicago Southside apartment along with Walter’s wife Ruth and son Travis. Living in a two-bedroom apartment which they share a bathroom with their neighbor is one of many obstacles the Younger family encounters. Their home is reaching capacity and they learn Ruth is pregnant. This one of many reasons the Younger family desires to move into a home in Clybourne Park. This writing will address some of the challenges the Younger family endured as a poor colored family living in Chicago and ways to address their problems. Walter Lee is the main character who battles with alcoholism, depression, discrimination, and the loss of his father. This writing will also concentrate on the Younger’s culture, beliefs, values, and religion. Cultural Issues and Problems Culture is a set of shared values, goals, practices, behaviors, and beliefs shared by a particular social, ethnic, or age groups. Lena Younger has raised her family to believe and have faith in GOD, love, and provide for family, value education, and work hard. Although she valued these things she still tried to instill values in her children. In...
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...Burbank, California in 1923 by two brothers Walt and Roy O. Disney. The companies success can be attributed to the ability exceed customer’s expectation and deliver magical moments to the audience. The main core value of the company can be identified in the cast members, who are considered the main bridge to deliver the company’s core values. As well to support cast members the company equipped the park with new technologies, the process not only reduce waiting time but also increase customer’s satisfaction. However the company initially face some globalization issues due to the lack of communication between corporate and regional offices. Walt Disney today in order to avoid culture clash has enabled local office globally distributes to compare and contrast the local customs and demands. The company in order to financial grow and reaming the leader in this...
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...1. Introduction The expulsion of the Indians is a shady chapter of American history. During the first half of the seventeenth-century, the Puritans, a group of English Protestants, came to America to build communities based on religious ideals. In the New World, they encountered the Indians, whose culture, belief, and language is unknown to them and who make them feel insecure. The whites lay claim to 'their' new discovered country that was predestined for them by God. Catharine Maria Sedgwick's Hope Leslie (1827), set in seventeenth-century New England, deals with love, friendship, loyalty, and trust, which is challenging when two different worlds collide. The author works in many different ways to keep the novel exciting. The narrator is tangible in the text and he is partly addressing the reader directly. Furthermore, the author often stops telling her story at the most exciting point, and brings the plot up again later. The most significant technique of her narration however, is Sedgwick's use of the figurative language. In this research paper, I intend to decrypt and interpret the different aspects of the metaphorical language and omens in Hope Leslie. 2. The Metaphorical Language and Omens in Hope Leslie 2.1 The Puritans as God's Exemplary Instruments in Connection with Texts from Contemporary Witnesses Catharine Maria Sedgwick uses a very strong language to describe the Puritans, who see themselves as the "chosen servants...
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...VIDEO on FT.com Lionel Barber, Martin Wolf and Vanessa Friedman interview leading figures at the FT luxury summit in Monte Carlo FT.com/luxury-video SPECIAL REPORT | Monday June 15 2009 www.ft.com/business-luxury-2009 Slimming all the rage as belts tighten Haig Simonian investigates the problems faced by luxury goods conglomerates in the current market F or years, equity analysts urged Johann Rupert to spin off tobacco and turn Richemont, the company he chairs and controls, into a “pure play” luxury goods group. In 2008, the independently-minded Mr Rupert finally took heed and returned Richemont’s stake in British American Tobacco to shareholders, leaving his group focused on Cartier jewellery, Montblanc pens and much else. Today, some of the same pundits are regretting the loss of those high and stable BAT dividends, as the world’s luxury goods industry struggles with its biggest challenges in decades. Demand has tumbled virtually across the globe with no clear sign of recovery. Manufacturers from LVMH Möet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world’s biggest luxury goods group, to Italy’s Bulgari, find themselves saddled with stubbornly high costs, leaving little room for manoeuvre. Even beauty has proved vulnerable, contrary to the common claim, as figures for L’Oréal and others show. On top of the market problems, the sector faces tough secular change. Globalisation has put a premium on size – but sheer mass risks diluting the exclusivity that is luxury groups’ key...
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...the boys don’t know what ransoming is, but adopt it as a practice. Also, the boys mix up looking like good Christians with actually being good Christians, just as it becomes clear many adults also do. Ch. 3) Huck realizes Miss Watson’s conception of prayer doesn’t account for the actual effects of prayer. The Widow Douglas clarifies that one receives not material but spiritual gifts. The practical Huck doesn’t value such gifts very highly, but he concludes he’d take the Widow’s. Ch. 3) That Huck knows how women and men float speaks to his familiarity with the destructiveness of nature and horrors of death, shocking given his young age. Ch. 3) Tom loves to pretend, and he is very childlike in this way. Play is its own reward for him. In contrast, Huck is interested in material profit, which is an interest shared by the adults. Unlike Tom, Huck’s childhood has ended prematurely, maybe because of the difficulties of his life. Ch. 3) Given that they are so powerful, Huck thinks, genies are foolish for serving others slavishly when they could serve themselves. This reveals one of Huck’s commitments to freedom: if one is able to liberate oneself, one should do so. Ch. 4) It is telling that Huck finds reading and writing valuable, both social subjects concerned with communication in the real world, but not arithmetic, a rigidly abstract subject. That said, Huck is adaptable enough that he soon comes to like what he hated at first. Ch. 4) Miss Watson is always telling Huck about her...
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...A Preface of Quotations Whoever desires for his writings or himself, what none can reasonably condemn,the favor of mankind, must add grace to strength, and make his thoughts agreeable as well as useful. Many complain of neglect who never tried to attract regard. It cannot be expected that the patrons of science or virtue should be solicitous to discover excellencies which they who possess them shade and disguise. Few have abilities so much needed by the rest of the world as to be caressed on their own terms; and he that will not condescend to recommend himself by external embellishments must submit to the fate of just sentiments meanly expressed, and be ridiculed and forgotten before he is understood. --Samuel Johnson Men must be taught as if you taught them not; And things unknown propos'd as things forgot. --Alexander Pope Style in painting is the same as in writing, a power over materials, whether words or colors, by which conceptions or sentiments are conveyed. --Sir Joshua Reynolds Whereas, if after some preparatory grounds of speech by their certain forms got into memory, they were led to the praxis thereof in some chosen short book lessoned thoroughly to them, they might then forthwith proceed to learn the substance of good things, and arts in due order, which would bring the whole language quickly into their power. --John Milton Introduction Good writing depends upon more than making a collection of statements worthy of belief, because writing is intended to...
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...Target Market 18-21 Positioning…………… 22-34 Competitive Analysis 35-42 SWOT Analysis 43-48 Recommendations 49-61 Conclusion………….. 62-64 Appendices Appendix A Online Survey Results 66-75 Appendix B Mystery Shopping Results 76-99 Appendix C Manager Interview 100-105 Appendix D Focus Group Description and Results 106-113 Appendix E Timeline 114 Appendix F Works Cited 115 Executive Summary Executive Summary Executive Summary Executive Summary After being in the retail business since college, Harley Hooper’s passion for retail, especially specialty men’s clothing, grew. This passion led to him opening his first store, Harley’s, in Tyler, Texas, thirty years ago. In 2009, Mr. Hooper decided to expand his store by opening a second store in College Station, Texas, which is the focus of our project. Even though the store will only be celebrating its second anniversary this May, they already have a large customer following that is continuing to grow. Our audit will be providing assessments of Harley’s current marketing strategies to show them not only what they are doing well, but how they can make further improvements to the company. In order to do this, we will first define both the stores current and aspirational target markets and analyze their position in the minds of the two markets. This will be followed by an evaluation of competitors to the men’s specialty store. This was done through a focus group of...
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...never been presented in whole or in part for any other degree in this University or elsewhere. …..…………………………… Wisdom Kwashie Afornorpe (Student) ……. ………………..…… Mr. Frank Agyire-Tettey (Supervisor) DEDICATION I dedicate this study to Mr. Abraham Boateng of ABE Ventures, Accra and Mr. Emmanuel Atubra of Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) for the support they gave me to pursue the course. May God bless you. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This dissertation is the fruit of many people’s labour. As a...
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...SYNOPSIS The Story of Tom Brennan by J.C. Burke starts with a fatal car accident – a young driver who’s had too much to drink goes too fast and in an instant two of his friends are dead and his cousin is left with permanent spinal injuries. But the book isn’t about the car crash; it isn’t even about the driver. This is a book about seventeen-year-old Tom Brennan, and how his life changes when his older brother, Daniel, kills two people and paralyses another. While their cousin Fin lies in hospital, unable to move, Daniel goes to jail and the Brennans are forced to move towns – they’ve become the victims of a small town’s prejudice against the family of the boy they saw as ‘an accident waiting to happen’. The residents of Mumbilli are so hostile following the tragedy that they are open in their desire that Daniel receive a severe sentence. ‘They’re saying that Daniel’s going down and that he deserves everything he gets’ (p. 108). The family must move from Mumbilli because they are no longer welcome in the town – Daniel’s actions have affected all their lives. Because they fear the reaction of the township, they leave quietly at 4.30 am. J.C. Burke uses their escape as a prologue, which lures the reader immediately into the story as a sense of mystery develops. Starting again in a new town and at a new school, how can Tom even begin to rebuild his life when his mother won’t get out of bed, his father is struggling to hold the family together, his sister is threatening to spill...
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...Resources for Teaching Prepared by Lynette Ledoux Copyright © 2007 by Bedford/St. Martin’s All rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. 2 1 f e 0 9 d c 8 7 b a For information, write: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 75 Arlington Street, Boston, MA 02116 (617-399-4000) ISBN-10: 0–312–44705–1 ISBN-13: 978–0–312–44705–2 Instructors who have adopted Rereading America, Seventh Edition, as a textbook for a course are authorized to duplicate portions of this manual for their students. Preface This isn’t really a teacher’s manual, not, at least, in the sense of a catechism of questions and correct answers and interpretations. Because the questions provided after each selection in Rereading America are meant to stimulate dialogue and debate — to generate rather than terminate discourse — they rarely lend themselves to a single appropriate response. So, while we’ll try to clarify what we had in mind when framing a few of the knottier questions, we won’t be offering you a list of “right” answers. Instead, regard this manual as your personal support group. Since the publication of the first edition, we’ve had the chance to learn from the experiences of hundreds of instructors nationwide, and we’d like to use this manual as a forum where we can share some of their concerns, suggestions, experiments, and hints. We’ll begin with a roundtable on issues you’ll probably want to address before you meet your class. In the first section of this manual, we’ll discuss approaches to...
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...Theorizing identity in language and sexuality research M A R Y B U C H O L T Z Department of Linguistics 3607 South Hall University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3100 bucholtz@linguistics.ucsb.edu K I R A H A L L Department of Linguistics Campus Box 295 University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, CO 80309-0295 kira.hall@colorado.edu A B S T R A C T The field of language and sexuality has gained importance within socioculturally oriented linguistic scholarship. Much current work in this area emphasizes identity as one key aspect of sexuality. However, recent critiques of identity-based research advocate instead a desire-centered view of sexuality. Such an approach artificially restricts the scope of the field by overlooking the close relationship between identity and desire. This connection emerges clearly in queer linguistics, an approach to language and sexuality that incorporates insights from feminist, queer, and sociolinguistic theories to analyze sexuality as a broad sociocultural phenomenon. These intellectual approaches have shown that research on identity, sexual or otherwise, is most productive when the concept is understood as the outcome of intersubjectively negotiated practices and ideologies. To this end, an analytic framework for the semiotic study of social intersubjectivity is presented. (Sexuality, feminism, identity, desire, queer linguistics.)* I N T R O D U C T I O N Within the past decade the field of language...
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...Panasonic. The corporate structure of Panamy remains simple just like DutchLady structure. Panamy has a simple 47.45% owned associate which is Panasonic Malaysia Sdn Bhd (PMSB). Malaysia's Employees Provident Fund Board (EPF) also has a 6% stake in Panamy. Export sales contribute about 50% of Panamy's turnover. Destination countries are Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. As you can see very diversified globally. Locally, Panamy has about 20% to 25% of the market share. The competition in the electrical sector is very intense which you probably can observe easily when shopping. 2. Management Panasonic Manufacturing Malaysia Berhad (Panamy) had driven by Mr. Masahiko Yamaguchi as Managing Director. Panasonic’s mission is to contribute to the advance of world culture by working to improve society through the products we produce and sell. Going forward as well, based on Panasonic innovative electronics technology, the company will provide a wide variety of products, systems, and services, ranging from consumer electronics products to industrial devices, building products, and housing. 3. Marketing Marketing and sales team must constantly initiate different forms of sales promotions and incentives for its authorized dealers in order to capture market share and...
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...Global Human Resource Management Learning Objectives After studying this chapter, you should be able to: Describe the drivers behind globalization in the early 21st century. Discuss the role that culture plays in determining the effective use of human resource management practices in a global organization. Identify critical HRM issues faced by multinational and global organizations when they conduct business in the international marketplace. Internet/Web Resources General Sites www.expatexchange.com www.ilo.org www.odei.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ index.html www.mexicomaquila.com www.gmacglobalrelocation.com www.shrm.org globalgateway.monster.com Company Sites www.globaldynamics.com www.nortel.com www.bp.com www.dell.com www.ballygaming.com www.nestle.com www.unilever.com www.fiat.com www.volvo.com Career Challenge Chapter 4 Global Human Resource Management 97 Boswell Technologies is a computer software development firm located in Akron, Ohio. Michael Carl, vice president for human resources at Boswell Technologies, has just returned from San Benedetto, Italy. It seems that Boswell is soon going to become Boswell International. The company has just acquired a successful software firm located in San Benedetto. The purpose of the acquisition was to quickly allow Boswell to become a premier supplier of new and innovative computer software in Europe. On his first day back in Ohio, Michael has been called into the office of Boswell’s president, David Randolf, to give...
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...The Identification and Categorization of Auditors' Virtues Author(s): Theresa Libby and Linda Thorne Source: Business Ethics Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 3, Accounting Ethics (Jul., 2004), pp. 479-498 Published by: Philosophy Documentation Center Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3857741 . Accessed: 08/02/2015 09:11 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. . Philosophy Documentation Center is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Business Ethics Quarterly. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 176.24.148.150 on Sun, 8 Feb 2015 09:11:03 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions THEIDENTIFICATION CATEGORIZATION AND OF AUDITORS' VIRTUES Theresa LibbyandLinda Thorne paper, we develop a typology of auditors' virtues throughin-depth interviewswith nine exemplarsof the audit community.We comparethis typology with prescribed auditors'virtues as represented in the applicable Code of ProfessionalConduct.Our comparisonshows that the Cocleplaces a primary emphasis...
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...INTRODUCTION TO THE LAW OF CONTRACT DEFINITION A contract may be defined as a legally binding agreement or, in the words of Sir Frederick Pollock: “A promise or set of promises which the law will enforce”. The agreement will create rights and obligations that may be enforced in the courts. The normal method of enforcement is an action for damages for breach of contract, though in some cases the court may order performance by the party in default. CLASSIFICATION Contracts may be divided into two broad classes: 1. Contracts by deed A deed is a formal legal document signed, witnessed and delivered to effect a conveyance or transfer of property or to create a legal obligation or contract. 2. Simple contracts Contracts which are not deeds are known as simple contracts. They are informal contracts and may be made in any way – in writing, orally or they may be implied from conduct. Another way of classifying contracts is according to whether they are “bilateral” or “unilateral”. 1. Bilateral contracts A bilateral contract is one where a promise by one party is exchanged for a promise by the other. The exchange of promises is enough to render them both enforceable. Thus in a contract for the sale of goods, the buyer promises to pay the price and the seller promises to deliver the goods. 2. Unilateral contracts A unilateral contract is one where one party promises to do something in return for an act of the other party, as opposed to a promise, eg, where X promises...
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