...Cody Mosloski Mrs. Ginder Honors English 12/10/17 OMAM Essay In the book OMAM people always find themselves in a dark hole, not knowing what they’re going to do for the rest of their life because it can be hard just to already know. The importance of knowing yourself can be very hard to do when you don't even know what's going to happen in your lifetime. It's hard to just go with the flow of things when your life just goes on. In the book Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie are frequently always losing their job and trying to get a new one to be able to survive. People are still trying to find out who they really are no matter what age. Finding yourself can be one of the hardest things to do in life. Knowing who you are and what you are...
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...Mahindra Persaud May 5, 2014 Expository Writing UA1: Writing the Essay Brian Schwartz Finding Yourself With an expansive memory and imagination, the mind grows and constructs images, snapshots, of the everyday life and stores them in the mind for later access. Sitting on the number one train in uptown New York, Colson Whitehead looks out of the subway window as the train rises out from the tunnel as it head towards the next stop. It is the early ages of the city, when “everything is filthy.” This is where he started creating his own private New York (City Limits). “Never listen to what people tell you about old New York,” he says since you were not there to see it for yourself you cannot include it in part of your own New York (City Limits). This is why the Met Life building will always be the Pan Am building to him. He does not call it that “out of affection” but because “that’s what it is” to him (City Limits). To anyone seeing the Pan Am building for the first time will call it the Met Life building because “That’s what it is” to them (City Limits). “The city knows you better than any living person because it has seen you when you are alone” (City Limits). It knows the kind of person you are who you will become. The way you live your day-to-day life, permanently brazened onto your record by the “neon footprint” that is left by “every step” that you make (Broadway). Each person in the city “track [themselves] through city and years” as they walk their familiar paths...
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...ACADEMIC PHRASEBANK (http://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/index.htm) ABSTRACT Motivation ... Problem Statement An experimental investigation was conducted to explore … The effect of …… is numerically investigated for Reynolds number range of … This article provides numerically study of the ….. In this study, ….. was analyzed. This article presents an exhaustive review of these studies and suggests a direction for future developments. Approach … is investigated by a numerical study. Results The results reveal that … Based on the results, …. The calculation in this work suggest that …. The results also show that … The results of the numerical simulation indicate that the …. It was found that … Conclussion …, and areas for future research are recommended. Implications of the results and future research directions are also presented. The results presented here may facilitate improvements in the … INTRODUCTION Establishing the importance of the topic: The topic of natural convection in enclosures is one of the most active areas in heat transfer research today ... One of the most significant current discussions in nanotechnology is .... The knowledge of the X in Y is important for an understanding of ... The X has been investigated by many researchers using ... In the recent decades, X has been one of the major interesting research subjects due to ... In the past two decades, X spaces have been studied extensively. Recent developments...
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...Jackson, Pramod Sudhakar, Angela Lintz WMBA 6030: Global Strategy November 14, 2013 Executive Summary Home Depot tried and failed to enter China. In hindsight, the errors Home Depot made seem obvious and many. In the analyses below, we examine Home Depot from an Industrial, Resource, and Institutional perspective. Based on our extrapolation of the findings, we ask whether Home Depot can enter the Indian market, and describe our strategy for how Home Depot might successfully expand globally into India. We believe that Home Depot can gain great value from entering India following our strategy. Introduction and Background Home Depot was founded in 1978 by Arthur Blank and Bernie Marcus. They originally started with two stores in the Atlanta area with about 60,000 square feet each. These stores dwarfed the competition in not only size but also in product offering and availability. They started off offering over 25,000 different SKU’s to customers in everything from power tools to simple easy to use items such as tape and glue (Home Depot). The goal was, as a company, to target and create a market for the “Do it Yourself” or “DIY” market. Until the arrival of Home Depot there was such a market but only local mom and pop shops competed. Home Depot provided a place where they could provide a one-stop shop for DIY and could also provide the “know-how” necessary to complete these home projects. Home Depot associates undergo rigorous training and education in their perspective...
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... What most people think is the two stores are supposed to be marked towards the same market, but really they are not design to please the same kind of customers, the Home Depot is concentrated more to provide hardware for contractors and professionals, with this in mind is easy to say the majority of males are constructors or contractors specialists and prefer shop at Home Depot their hardware. The company is positioning itself to benefits from the industry of sales products to do-it-yourself (DIY) customers. On the other side Lowe’s competes extremely well against Home depot head to head. I would say they had been more concern in the store layout and design, the stores are brighter and more user friendly than Home Depot and this normally attracts more female shoppers, who are making an increasing percentage of home improvement decisions. Lowe’s positioning itself to benefits from a industry segment of do-it-for-me (DIFM) customers, this segment is growing much more than the do-it-yourself (DIY), for this reason Lowe’s is offering more services including installations, repair and home improvements. 2 – Explain the differences in men’s and women’s attitudes about product selection and pricing at Lowe’s and Home Depot. 3 – Discuss whether Lowe’s should have distinct merchandising strategies for men and women shoppers. 4 – Explain the criteria that Lowe’s should...
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...Home Depot popular concept of “do it yourself” for clients seeking to build, repair and improve their homes. Home Depot stores were equipped with a wide range of home improvement products and knowledgeable staff are ready to help customers choose the right products, tools and materials, and even explain how to use them. To some extent, Home Depot store managers “do it yourself” as well. For the first 20 years, Home Depot has been known for its entrepreneurial spirit and launched, and unofficially. Store managers who wanted to be an expert in home improvement, made their goods-planning decisions and have considerable autonomy in running their shops. Purchase was decentralized. As it grew in size, many companies believe that a more disciplined approach to operations will be important for future growth. In 2000, the company has hired Bob Nardelli, a former executive GE, to bring change. As chairman and CEO Nardelli centralized sales and purchases and brought technological discipline to store operations, simplification and standardization of processes and product implementation Six Sigma quality methodology. Nardelli changes led to higher profitability. However, the stock Home Depot has remained almost unchanged during his term in office, and some aspects of customer service significantly affected. These results raise an important issue not only for Home Depot, but also for other companies in which employees perform as routine associated with the production of non-standard measures...
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...Home Depot Business Environment The Home Depot is the world’s largest do-it-yourself home improvement retailer that was founded over thirty years ago in Atlanta Georgia by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank (The Home Depot, 2011). Through the lifespan, The Home Depot expanded from a two store operation into the fourth largest grossing retail store as reported by the Fortune 500 listings (CNN Money, 2012). Strategies like price matching, environmentally friendly supplies, introducing Home Depot brands and services, and offering clinics to patrons assisted in Home Depot dominating the do-it-yourself home improvement market. Throughout the lifecycle of Home Depot there have been numerous changes; markets, consumers, direction, and leadership to name a few. Home Depot made adjustments along the way and endured the constant waves of change and in the process developed the orange blooded culture enjoyed by employee and customer. Things change and the Home Depot understand this simple value, but constant is the orange apron and everything it stands for. To date the Home Depot remains a sound corporation even through the recession and unfavorable markets and is in a prime position to generate stronger ROA, ROIC, and ROE measures relative to their closest competitor Lowe’s (Sozzi, 11/2). The pages that follow will analyze The Home Depot and examine what differences it has from the closest competitors. Taking a brief look into the culture behind the store, how Home Depot...
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...Your Home is a Good Place, Inc. 1. Does YHGP have a viable market? Are there enough customers as envisioned by Norwalk to support his vision? Examine the tabulated US Census data and prepare supporting documentation for your answer. * Uniqueness of industry may help Norwalk gain success. * There are 33,353/319,290 households that have an income of 100k or more. Norwalk wants to obtain five customers a month that clear 100k a year to pay 10k or more on projects; that only requires 60 households for Norwalk’s idea of success. 2. Are there customer groups that Norwalk is omitting from his target group? If so, why should Norwalk consider expanding his market base? * Anyone under yearly income of 100k, age, demographics. * Create more business and marketing to himself and contractors involved 3. Norwalk has chosen to approach female customers as the decision makers. Is this limiting his abilities to expand his business? * Discussion SITUATION (OVERVIEW): Bill Norwalk is an entrepreneur in his 50’s that has a background in marketing and wants to launch a new industry that satisfies homeowner customer needs. BACKGROUND (OVERVIEW OF CASE): Norwalk’s construction experience taught him that traditional home improvement was an iffy proposition for both contactors and home owners. YHGP was attended by homeowners, contractors, and other service providers in the “one stop” environment that emphasized convenience as a marketing strategy. Norwalk knew...
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..."The Home Depot NYSE: HD, headquartered in Vinings, Georgia, is a home improvement retailer that aims for both the do-it-yourself consumer and the professional in home improvement and construction. It is the second largest retailer in the United States, behind Wal-Mart; and the third largest retailer in the world, behind Wal-Mart and French company Carrefour. The Home Depot operates about 1,900 stores across North America. The company operates stores in the United States (including the 50 states, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands), Canada, and Mexico. The Home Depot also operates EXPO Design Center stores in select U.S. markets, providing high-end home design products and services. Its 2004 sales totaled US $73.1 billion. It was ranked #13 on FORTUNE magazine's FORTUNE 500 The Home Depot also owns a chain of higher-end home decorating and appliance stores. The Home Depot employs over 325,000 people." The company was founded in 1978 in Atlanta, Georgia by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank, and grew rapidly, with sales topping $1 billion annually by 1986. From the moment of its foundation, HD has continued to grow constantly by targeting strong markets with many new homeowners and young people such as New Orleans. Home Depot managed to grow fast by quickly adapting to change and continued to be successful by holding fast to the culture and values of the organization. The constant renewal and the work to sustain culture that produces good products, employees, and customers...
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...The American drama film entitled Finding Forrester is directed by an award winning director Gus Van Sant and is written by Mike Rich. It was released in theaters on December 2000 and it garnered mostly positive feedbacks. The two stars of the film was Sean Connery, who played as William Forrester, and Rob Brown, who played as Jamal Wallace. Sean Connery was also the film’s producer. The film was about William Forrester, a reclusive writer, who wrote “The Great Twentieth Century Novel”. This earned him a Pulitzer prize but after gaining fame he shut his world to the public and settle in an apartment in South Bronx, New York. He was befriended by Jamal Wallace, a talented basketball player and an intelligent sixteen year old teenager. Jamal hides his intelligence in writing from his friends because he fears that they might make fun of him and put him out of place. One night, Jamal sneak into the apartment of William. Out of fear he accidentally left his bag in the apartment. Jamal talked to the delivery man of the apartment and showed his knowledge discussing the history of BMW. The delivery man left and his bag was dropped down from the apartment. He finds that the man read his journals and made notes in them. He asked the man to help him in his works, but he was told to write 5000 words on why he should stay out of his home, which Jamal completes and submit to the man. That’s when he started going to the man’s apartment. A...
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...FINDING FORRESTER TEACHERS’ NOTES Finding Forrester is a film about the inspirational relationship between a street-wise black teenager and a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist. This study guide is for pupils of GCSE and A level English and Media Studies. The areas of study include starting points for creative writing, writing a critique, what makes great writing, representation and mise en scène. SYNOPSIS He was a vibrant personality who wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning classic novel four decades ago. And that is the last word heard of William Forrester (Sean Connery). That is until Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown), a brash sixteen-year-old with writing aspirations of his own, cracks the veneer of Forrester’s sheltered existence and re-ignites the dreams of this literary legend in the winter of his life. Known as the neighbourhood recluse, silver-haired Forrester is a man whose mystery and eccentricity border on the mythical. When he discovers that Jamal - a talented African-American scholar-athlete who is recruited by an elite Manhattan school for his brilliance on and off the basketball court - has sneaked into his apartment and left his backpack full of writings behind, they both get something unexpected in return. Forced to look past skin colour and suppositions, Jamal encounters not only his first fan, but a mentor who will challenge and change him forever, and Forrester has his first reason in years to emerge from his self-imposed solitude. Visit www.columbiatrlstar.co.uk/forrester...
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...Secondly Jamal’s relationship with Forrester also grew because they were each able to have a voice and were actually able to talk to each other. No one voice would overpower the other voice it was an equal friendship. Though they did still have some tough moments. As I said in my last paragraph Jamal lashed out on Forrester and it ended up helping their friendship and made the movie even more enjoyable. This movie had real emphasis on a new life and starting over. Jamal had to do that exact thing he had to start a new life at a new school. That is difficult for everyone especially when you’re new school is full of white kids and you’re an African American. It was also a new life for Forrester once he got involved with Jamal it really helped...
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... _______________________________________________________________ Report Information from ProQuest 06 March 2014 07:55 _______________________________________________________________ Archives & Bibliothèques de l'Université Libre de Bruxelles 06 March 2014 ProQuest Table des matières 1. Home Depot exits China............................................................................................................................... 1 06 March 2014 ii ProQuest Document 1 sur 1 Home Depot exits China Lien de document ProQuest Liens: Vlink Texte intégral: DIY giant Home Depot is to pull out of China as it plans to close its remaining big-box stores after failing to find the right store format and do-it-yourself culture in the country. The retailer is shuttering its last seven stores in the country, resulting in 850 job losses.The closures follow that of its final store in Beijing in January. Home Depot will keep two speciality shops in Tianjin selling paint and flooring and home decoration.Home Depot chief executive Frank Blake said: "Closing stores is always a difficult decision. We are thankful for the dedicated service of our store associates in China, and we wish them all the best during this transition."According to retail analysts, Home Depot did not find the right business format for one of the world's most difficult home improvement markets, said the Financial Times.Analyst at China Market Research group in Shanghai James Roy said: "Home...
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...* Taking care of people * Giving Back to our communities * Doing the right thing * Excellent Customer Service * Creating Shareholder Value * Building Strong Relationships * Entrepreneurial spirit * Respect of All People HOME DEPOT VALUES MISSION IS IMPROVING HOMES SWOT ANALYSIS Strengths * Improving home quality with reasonable prices * team leadership WEAKNESSES * In 2011, home depot lowered prices to keep it customers. * MSC money reported that in the 1st quarter in 2011 same store sales went down to 0.6% * New York times indicated that n 2011 4th quarter sales went up to 5.7% * MSC money reported that in the 1st quarter in 2011 same store sales went down to 0.6% * New York times indicated that in 2011 4th quarter same store sales went up to 5.7% Opportunities * In 2013 spring season they plan on hiring more people, more than 80,000 according to cnn money website. * With this added on plan, home depot expects to not only supply jobs but develop great workers who will hopefully increase profit for the spring THREATS * Their competitor lowes Business strategy * Pricing strategy to create values to the customer, do not repeat promotions from previous years GENERAL ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS * EconomicNature and direction of the economy in which a firm competes or may compete. * Economic recession- home improvement industry categorized as recession proof product * Housing market * Increased restrictions...
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...American Vinyl Products, AVP, is a small manufacturer of vinyl and plastic products, such as vinyl car products, plastic after-market products, and decals for the recreational market. AVP’s customers can be divided into three groups: do-it-yourselfers (DIY), professional users, and large corporate accounts, such as American Performance Car. American Performance Car has sent the president of AVP a letter that points out AVP’s lackluster customer service and has given them an ultimatum to provide an acceptable resolution or they will leave and find another supplier. I recommend AVP to upgrade their phone system. Currently, all three different customer types go through the same phone system even though their calls are usually vastly different from one another. The DIYs call in the most per day and lasts the longest, the large corporate accounts call in the least per day and lasts the shortest, while the professional users are in between. AVP should upgrade their phone system so that it splits into three lines in order to expedite the process. They should also hire more staff, divide them up, and train them appropriately to accommodate for this. The con to doing this is that it will cost a lot of money, but I believe the revenue saved and earned from this will overtake the costs in the long run. More staff also means that even during the two hour break for lunch there will be a sufficient number of representatives. Changes should be focused on improving the experience for...
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