...It's here. Finally. Kiehl's, the venerable - and extraordinarily popular - Old World apothecary with New World style has arrived with its first free-standing store in Canada, unique, word-of-mouth marketing strategy in tow. The chain's 152-year-old flagship store in New York City is known for having waiting lines of customers. They're drawn by the New York-based retailer's signature look combining a line of approximately 150 custom-manufactured, Kiehl's-branded products, utilitarian packaging, elegant store design and its reputation for great customer service. While the environment at a Kiehl's store is consciously non-solicitous, knowledgeable help is always immediately at hand. "It's a logical step for us," says Kristin Armstrong, VP/GM, Kiehl's Since 1851, of the move to Canada. She adds that the only reason the chain didn't come up sooner was it hadn't yet completed its consumer research. That research indicated Canadians already knew some basic facts about Kiehl's, such as its origins in New York and its reliance on natural ingredients. "When we asked, 'What would you like to see in the future?' almost every single group said that they would love to see a Kiehl's free-standing store. It reassured us that that was the right thing to do." The Canadian store opened in Toronto on June 20. Launching with a splash, Kiehl's sampled at the June 22 MuchMusic Video Awards pre-party where it handed out 500 gift bags. An official launch event on July 16 will feature the presentation...
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...Names Ever since I was a little boy, I always remembered wondering how and why things were named what they are; also why/ how the words were formed. On long road trips/ vacations I would look at street signs and store names in foreign places and wonder why things were named as they were. A group of people I thought who put a lot of meaning into what they named things were the Native American Indians. All of the places, people, even animals they named were very symbolic, and had an important meaning. I feel as if in today’s world we don’t put as much thought into the things we name. Even when parents name their kids, some just slap a name on their forehead (not literally.) They don’t think about how they want their child to be raised, or they want them to become as an adult. My good friend was given a made up name when he was born because his father was drunk. To me that’s just cruel. For one thing, it would be rather hard for him to complete an essay like this, but also knowing your name which is a big part of you, has no real meaning. My name, Owen, was passed down 3 generations before me. I asked my father “why has our name been passed down this long? Why did you name me it?” he told me that his great grandfather was born into slavery and explained to me how he was not given a name until he was released and shipped to Jamaica. There, he was adopted at a young age into a family. The family said my great grandfather was a fighter; taking a lot of abuse and seeing a lot...
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...earth of the San Joaquin Valley Delta farmland surrounding Stockton, California. Benjamin Holt attempted to fix the problem by increasing the size and width of the wheels up to 7.5 feet (2.3 m) tall and 6 feet (1.8 m) wide, producing a tractor 46 feet (14 m) wide. But this also made the tractors increasingly complex, expensive and difficult to maintain. Another solution considered was to lay a temporary plank road ahead of the steam tractor, but this was time-consuming, expensive, and interfered with earthmoving. Holt thought of wrapping the planks around the wheels. He replaced the wheels on a 40 horsepower (30 kW) Holt steamer, No. 77, with a set of wooden tracks bolted to chains. On Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 1904, he successfully tested the updated machine plowing the soggy delta land of Roberts Island.[10] Company photographer Charles Clements was reported to have observed that the tractor crawled like a caterpillar,[2] and Holt seized on the metaphor. "Caterpillar it is. That's the name for it!"[10] Some sources, though, attribute this name to British soldiers in July 1907.[11] Two years later Holt sold his first steam-powered tractor crawlers for US$5,500, about US$128,000 today. Each side featured a track frame measured 30 inches (760 mm) high by 42 inches (1,100 mm) wide and were 9 feet (2.7 m) long. The tracks were 3 inches (76 mm) by 4 inches (100 mm) redwood slats.[10] Holt received the first patent for a practical continuous track for use with a tractor on December...
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...Joaquin Valley Delta farmland surrounding Stockton, California. Benjamin Holt attempted to fix the problem by increasing the size and width of the wheels up to 7.5 feet (2.3 m) tall and 6 feet (1.8 m) wide, producing a tractor 46 feet (14 m) wide. But this also made the tractors increasingly complex, expensive and difficult to maintain. Caterpillar was founded in 1925 when two California based tractor companies merged. The name “Caterpillar” Company photographer Charles Clements was reported to have observed that the tractor crawled like a Caterpillar, and Holt seized on the metaphor. "Caterpillar it is. That's the name for it!" Some sources, though, attribute this name to British soldiers in July 1907. Two years later Holt sold his first steam-powered tractor crawlers for US$5,500, about US$128,000 today. Each side featured a track frame measured 30 inches (760 mm) high by 42 inches (1,100 mm) wide and was 9 feet (2.7 m) long. The tracks were 3 inches (76 mm) by 4 inches (100 mm) redwood slats. Holt received the first patent for a practical continuous track for use with a tractor on December 7, 1907 for his improved "Traction Engine" ("improvement in vehicles and especially of the traction engine class; and included endless traveling platform supports upon which the engine is carried"). Holt's track-type tractors played a support role in World War I. Even before the U.S. formally entered WWI, Holt had shipped 1,200 tractors to England, France and Russia for agricultural...
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...ENDANGERED SPECIES: THE LORAX The Introduction The Lorax is a story about a man who abused the environment and about what he learned. The story begins in the most run-down part of a dull, gray town. A small boy asks the Once-ler to share the secret of the Lorax and how he was taken away. Thus, the story is told as a "flashback" as the Once-ler talks about the Lorax and past events. The Characters: The Once-ler, a businessman The Lorax, a leader of the plants and animals The Once-ler’s Story: The Beginning The Once-ler moved across the land in his wagon. He came upon a new land with an important natural resource. (A natural resource is a plant, animal or mineral that can be used by people.) 1. What was this natural resource the Once-ler found? Setting Up Shop The Once-ler used the land's natural resource to start a business which made and sold a product. The Lorax appeared at this point and asked the Once-ler some angry questions. 2. What was the product? 3. How was it used by buyers? 4. What did the Lorax want to know of the Once-ler? 5. How did the Once-ler answer? Using Technology Businessmen like the Once-ler sometimes try to make more money by increasing the number of products they can sel1. Often new machines and other systems are invented to do this. . Other people use machines to make work faster, easier, and more accurate. For example, students, engineers, and others use calculators. Robots are sometimes used to...
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...The Once-ler is a main character in The Lorax, written by the popular children's author Dr. Seuss. The story of The Lorax is very much relating to environmental changes and warns against the dangers of corporations which abuse characteristic assets to fulfill their own greed . In the story, the Once-ler comes to a bountiful healthy environment with abundant wildlife and the (fictional) Truffula Trees. He chops down the Truffula Trees and uses their colorful, fluffy tops to make the does-it-all item called a thneed. In the Beginning, the Once-ler is successful in offering his thneeds, however this prompts him chopping down the majority of the Truffula Trees, denying a significant number of animals of their nourishment and shelter. All of the...
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...PAYNE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Sex, Virginity and Marriage in the First Century AN ASSIGNMENT SUBMITTED TO DR. ROGER STEVEN EVANS, PH.D. IN PARTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR HS: 110 CHRISTIAN HISTORY IN CONTEXT I BY Benjamin M. Lightner November 30, 2011 Who Speaks for these? Luke 13:10-17 New International Version (NIV) 10 On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, 11 and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. 12 When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.” 13 Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God. 14 Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue leader said to the people, “There are six days for work. So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.” 15 The Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Doesn’t each of you on the Sabbath untie your ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water? 16 Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?” 17 When he said this, all his opponents were humiliated, but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things he was doing. Introduction As we look at this text today, I would like to bring to your attention the Dr. Seuss book titled...
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...ENDANGERED SPECIES: THE LORAX The Introduction The Lorax is a story about a man who abused the environment and about what he learned. The story begins in the most run-down part of a dull, gray town. A small boy asks the Once-ler to share the secret of the Lorax and how he was taken away. Thus, the story is told as a “flashback” as the Once-ler talks about the Lorax and past events. The Characters: A. The Once-ler, a businessman B. The Lorax, a leader of the plants and animals The Once-ler’s Story: The Beginning The Once-ler moved across the land to his wagon. He came upon a new land with an important natural resource. (A natural resource is a plant, animal or mineral that can be used by people.) What was this natural resource the Once-ler found? truffula trees Setting up Shop The Once-ler used the land’s natural resource to start a business which made and sold a product. The Lorax appeared at this point and asked the Once-ler some angry questions. What was the product? thneed How was it used by buyers? The Thneed is used as a shirt, a sock, a glove, a hat, carpets, pillows, sheets, curtains, and covers for bicycle seats. What did the Lorax want to know of the Once-ler? Why he is cutting the tree down (Stewardship, speaking for the trees). How did the Once-ler answer? He only cutted down one tree, everybody needed a thneed. He thinks that if he didn’t exploit he environment someone else would Using Technology Businessmen like the...
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...Although it is seen as a “children’s book,” nothing more that literature for the undeveloped mind, The Lorax is a piece of work that is perfect for this discussion. Through the amusing (and sometimes downright silly) diction of Dr. Seuss, the tale of the little boy listening to the Once Ler not only gives an environmentalist message but, it also gives insight into the bullying issue. Within the story, in a similar way to how fracking companies work, the Once Ler continues to abuse the resources around him (which are the truffula trees) despite what it does to the residents of the forest. Why does he do this? This question leads to the theme of greed. Like the Once Ler, many corporate CEOs have been blinded by greed and ambition, resulting...
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...The Lorax and “Easter’s End” are both examples of how societal decisions and structures can destroy the environment. In The Lorax, Dr. Seuss creates a world in which the decisions made by an entrepreneur sends the environment past the point of reparability, meanwhile in “Easter’s End”, a scientist examines the possible cause of Easter Island's decline in population due to lack of food and resources caused by the over-farming of the land. The Lorax and “Easter’s End”, while both dealing with the destruction of the environment, differ in three major ways: the method of destroying the environment, the ways in which the destruction could have been avoided, and the motivation behind causing the destruction. The Lorax mainly focuses on industrialization's effects on the environment. In the book the “Once-ler” travels across the land until he came across the resource called the Truffula Trees. The “Once-ler” admires their beauty and their smell, but nevertheless takes advantage of this resource by cutting down all of the trees, releasing smog into the air, and spilling polluted water back into the lakes. Each of these actions takes its toll on the environment until; consequently, all of the organisms have left the area. The “Once-ler” learns his lesson too late and the land serves as a reminder to those who pass through it that one should not let personal greed destroy the environment around them. Conversely, in the article “Easter’s End”, the Polynesian people of Easter Island...
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...JEZZIE KAYE P. RUIZ III-TAE ANIMATED FILM MOVIE: DR.SEUSS’ THE LORAX ACTORS * the Lorax, a grumpy yet charming orange creature with a large moustache. * the Once-ler, a man who recounts how his discovery of the Truffula Forest as a young man led to its depletion. * Ted Wiggins, an idealistic 12-year-old boy. * Audrey, an older girl and Ted's love interest * Aloysius O'Hare, the mayor of Thneedville and head of the "O'Hare Air" company that supplies fresh air to Thneedville residents. * Grammy Norma, Ted's grandmother * Mrs. Wiggins, Ted's mother * the Once-ler's mother. * Uncle Ubb, the Once-ler's uncle. * Aunt Grizelda, the Once-ler's aunt. * Brett and Chet, the Once-ler's brothers. SUMMARY Ted Wiggins is an idealistic 12-year-old boy, who lives in "Thneedville," a walled city in which everything is artificial and made of plastic, metal, or synthetics. Ted has a crush on local environmentalist Audrey and decides to find a real tree in order to impress her. His energetic Grammy Norma secretly tells Ted the legend of the Once-ler, who will tell anyone about trees if brought fifteen cents, a nail, and a shell of a great-great-great grandfather snail. When Ted leaves Thneedville in search of the Once-ler, he discovers that the outside world is a contaminated, empty wasteland. The Once-ler agrees to tell Ted about the trees if he will listen to the story over the course of multiple visits. Ted agrees despite a confrontation...
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...The contemporary methods of resource exploitation in the Lorax did not practice sustainable development. I say this because the item The Once-Ler had invented a machine that would have 1 million ways to use it. This machine was called a Thneed. He had made the machine for the people of ThneedVille. Once Thneeds started getting popular The Once-ler was living the dream but the animals around, not so much, habitats were being destroyed and also a lot of pollution was occurring. Also in the movie The Once-ler had broken his promise with the Lorax(guardian of the trees) that he would not cut down too many trees, but he ended up cutting all of them down. After that the Lorax and all the animals were forced to leave their natural habitats because...
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...The Lorax In the book The Lorax, their was a man named the . The Once-ler was full of greed and cut down all the truffula trees. He caused the lorax to come out. The Once-ler made a factory that polluted the earth.Years later a boy wanted to see a tree truffula tree, the Once-ler gave the boy the seed for the truffula tree and everything turned out how it was in the olden days.The Author who wrote this book is Dr. Suess. The Once-ler was full of reed, but in a long time, he did the right thing. In this literary essay, I will be telling you my claim that supports my theory. My first reason to why i think the Once-ler was full of greed was is that he made a factory for theends. The factory for theends made him glump the pond, and smogged the air. The lorax told him multiple times to not cut down the trees but he didn't listen. When he didn't listen, now the Brown-Bar-ba bears, Swamee- Swams, and the Humming Fish has left. The lorax let everyone leave because the Once-ler ruined the loraxs home. My second reason to why I think the Once-ler was full of greed was he ran out of money. He mad no more money because their were no more trees for thneeds. There were no more trees that fast because they used the Super-Axe-Hacker, which cuts a lot of trees at once. Since there were no more trees for thneeds, all of the Aunties, Uncles, and everyone have left. This caused the lorax to go back wherever he came from. My last reason to why I think the was full of greed was he...
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...Dani Ben-Reuven 1. What was this natural resource the Once-ler found? Truffula tree 2. What was the product? Thneed 3. How was it used by buyers? Shit, sock, hat, carpets, pillows, sheets, curtains, etc. Multi-purposed for endless things. 4. What did the Lorax want to know of the Once-ler? Why he is cutting the tree down (Stewardship, speaking for the trees). 5. How did Once-Ler answer? He only cutted down one tree, everybody needed a thneed. He thinks that if he didn’t exploit he environment someone else would 6. Name an example of technology that YOU can use at home. Television 7. Name an example of technology that YOU can use at school? Laptop 8. Name an example of technology that an adult might use at their work. Blackboard. 9. What technology did the Once-ler use to increase the production of thneeds? Increased workforce with more family. Uses a Super-axe-hacker to cut four trees at once. Created four roadways with machine. 10. How did the production of threads affect the key natural resource, truffula trees? Trees were all cut down beyond point of regrowth. 11. Name the animals. Humming-fish, Brown Bar-ba-loots, Swomee Swans 12. Explain why these animals needed truffula trees. Produce fruit eaten by Bar-ba-loots and provided shade. Swans perched themselves in the tree. 13. Waste Byproduct-1? Glump 14. Waste Byproducts? Smog from factory. 15. Were the waste byproducts that resulted from the making of thneeds harmful...
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...“Crash!” “Smack!” “Thump!” Imagine a world with no trees, nor plants or animals. Everyday the citizens of Thneedville would have to pay for fresh air. That’s how things were in the movie “The Lorax” after all the Truffula Trees had been cut down. This powerful messaged movie by Dr. Seuss explains about a selfish man who wants money, named the Once-ler and an interesting character who speaks for the trees, named the Lorax. In the movie, the Lorax tries to stop the Once-ler from making a bad decision that could ruin the lives of many people. This shows that the Lorax was determined, caring and depressed. One trait the Lorax has is determination. For example, the Lorax kept reminding the once-ler to leave and to not cut down trees. This is an...
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