...The new faces of homelessness is the working poor. In “Nickeled and Dimed”, Ehrenreich highlighted the difficulty of obtaining food and shelter with when the only sources of income is a low wage job. Ehrenreich notes that the poor cannot compete with the rich. Because while food is somewhat inflation-proof, the cost of housing has sky-rocketed but wages have not increased based on demand. This population is also introduced in to us in Gibson’s 2017 New York Magazine's article, where eight individual and families affected by homelessness shares their story. Gibson's article spotlight several families where people that were employed could not afford to meet their basic necessities. Gibson provided a narrative about Abena Walker a 36 year old...
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...At the beginning of the book, Nickeled and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich describes her expensive lunch with a popular editor, she then mentions the reality of her position as a white middle class female with a doctorate degree working an office job. Consequently, she mentions the opposing economic challenges faced by thousands of Americans with unskilled professions. Later on, she explains the effects of refusing social services, such as Medicaid and food stamps, to women working unskilled jobs for unlivable wages. As she mentioned, a waitressing and housekeeping were often paid $7-$8 an hour. A person had to work at least 50 hours per week to be able to afford rent, groceries, daycare, hygiene supplies, and transportation. The reality during 2001 was that jobs were most likely not to offer full time jobs to not provide health care. Therefore, a person working an unskilled job would...
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...I recently read Working In The Shadows by Gabriel Thompson, and it opened my eyes to the hidden underbelly of businesses, both large and small, as well as show me how people are really treated. Working In The Shadows reminded me of Nickeled And Dimed with the difference being that Barbara Ehrenreich (Author of Nickeled And Dimed) took less physically demanding jobs. Working In The Shadows reminded me that the conditions in these factories and fields have not changed much since 2008. I learned that in the lettuce fields of Yuma, Arizona, the majority of the people who are trying to live the “American Dream” aren’t from this country. Many of the jobs that undercover writer Gabriel Thompson did are the ones that are taken for granted and become...
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...Cash’s Evolution to Digital Currency Tony Giuliani Business Finance 350 September 25, 2013 The other day I needed to fill up my car with gas, but when I got to the gas station by my house the pumps had a sign on them saying “Cash Only” due to an internet outage. This did not bother me as I had cash on hand but as I pumped my gas several vehicles pulled up, saw the signs, and left for another station. I even heard one person muttering about how inconvenient it was for them that the store could only take cash as they got back into their car. Now normally I pay for gas at the pump with a credit card even though I usually have cash on me, mainly because I do not have to deal with pre-paying and guessing how much gas I need, and I prefer to pump my gas and go about my day with a minimum of human interaction. This is a phenomena getting more and more common throughout a world where currency and coinage are quickly becoming items that people no longer carry as their primary instrument of payment and businesses would rather not accept. We all want a quantifiable measurement for what our wealth is but don’t really care if it is in actually hard currency or just expressed in the zeros and ones in the digital world. Call the money a Dollar, Euro, Pound, Deutschmark or any other name you want as long as we know, on paper, we have an amount of them is all we care about. Why have currency and checks become less and less important as a form of payment when they were once responsible...
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...TABLE OF CONTENTS EAST MEETS WEST. These twin revolvers are a tribute to a defining moment and place in this nation’s history: the official completion of the Transcontinental Railroad on May 10, 1869, in Promontory Summit, Utah. These firearms attempt to honor the perseverance and talents of all who worked to complete this engineering marvel. The success of this railroad opened a new chapter in our nation’s history, and through its completion, the development of the West was realized and America was forever changed. It’s a fitting tribute, artistically rendered upon an another impressive innovation – the Colt Single Action Army® Revolver. Assigned to these two Colt Single Action Army Revolvers are the special Serial numbers East 1, which is for Engine 119, and West 1, which is for Engine 60, named JUPITER. Features include: Caliber .45 Colt, 7 ½ inch Barrels, Black Powder Screwless Frames, Beveled Cylinders with elongated Flutes. Special attention was given to the genuine Ivory grips. These revolvers shipped from the factory in the white on December 19, 2011 to Colt Master Engraver Leonard Francolini. 1991 SERIES GOVERNMENT MODEL®............................... 4 XSE SERIES GOVERNMENT MODEL®................................ 6 RAIL GUN® GOVERNMENT MODEL®................................. 8 SERIES 70™.................................................................... 10 GOLD CUP®......................................................................
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...9-803-096 REV: MAY 9, 2005 MYRA HART MICHAEL J. ROBERTS JULIA D. STEVENS Zipcar: Refining the Business Model It was October 14, 2000, and Robin Chase was leaving yet another meeting with potential providers of capital for her fledgling venture, Zipcar. Chase was CEO and cofounder of the company, which she and Antje Danielson had started some 10 months before. The idea behind Zipcar—a sophisticated form of car sharing—was simple, yet potentially revolutionary. Chase and Danielson had conducted some initial research during late 1999, and by the end of that year, the two had developed a business plan. They had incorporated in January 2000 and raised their first $50,000 from one angel investor. By June of 2000, the two entrepreneurs had leased 12 cars and were ready to open for business in Boston. By October, the fledgling company had 19 vehicles, nearly 250 members, and the founders had raised—and spent—an additional $325,000 to fund the early stages of operations. Yet, even with this demonstration of viability, Chase and Danielson had not succeeded in raising the equity capital they needed to really grow Zipcar. Beginning in early 2000, Chase had made a series of presentations to potential investors in which she sought $1 million in capital to prove the business model in Boston and, eventually, to set the stage for expanding the business to other U.S. cities. Potential investors seemed intrigued and enthusiastic about the Zipcar idea. While Chase hoped to close on this first...
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...9-803-096 REV: MAY 9, 2005 MYRA HART MICHAEL J. ROBERTS JULIA D. STEVENS Zipcar: Refining the Business Model It was October 14, 2000, and Robin Chase was leaving yet another meeting with potential providers of capital for her fledgling venture, Zipcar. Chase was CEO and cofounder of the company, which she and Antje Danielson had started some 10 months before. The idea behind Zipcar—a sophisticated form of car sharing—was simple, yet potentially revolutionary. Chase and Danielson had conducted some initial research during late 1999, and by the end of that year, the two had developed a business plan. They had incorporated in January 2000 and raised their first $50,000 from one angel investor. By June of 2000, the two entrepreneurs had leased 12 cars and were ready to open for business in Boston. By October, the fledgling company had 19 vehicles, nearly 250 members, and the founders had raised—and spent—an additional $325,000 to fund the early stages of operations. Yet, even with this demonstration of viability, Chase and Danielson had not succeeded in raising the equity capital they needed to really grow Zipcar. Beginning in early 2000, Chase had made a series of presentations to potential investors in which she sought $1 million in capital to prove the business model in Boston and, eventually, to set the stage for expanding the business to other U.S. cities. Potential investors seemed intrigued and enthusiastic about the Zipcar idea. While Chase hoped to close on this first...
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...9-803-096 REV: MAY 9, 2005 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Professor of Management Practice Myra Hart, Senior Lecturer Mich ael J. Roberts, and Research Associate Julia D. Stevens prepare d this case. This case draws upon portions of an earlier case, “Zipcar,” HB S No. 802-085 (Boston: Harvard Bu siness School Publishing, 2002), written by Professor Myra Hart and Research Associat e Wendy Carter. HBS cases are developed so lely as the basis for cl ass discussion. Cas es are not intended to serve as endorsements, sources of primary data , or illustrations of effective or ineffective management. Copyright © 2003 President and Fellows of Harvard College. To orde r copies or request permission to reproduce materials, call 1-800-545-7685, write Harvard Business School Publishing, Boston, MA 02163, or go to http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, us ed in a spreadsheet, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechani cal, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the permission of Harvard Business School. MYRA HART MICHAEL J. ROBERTS JULIA D. STEVENS Zipcar: Refining the Business Model It was October 14, 2000, and Robin Chase was leaving yet another meeting with potential providers of capital for her fledgling venture, Zipcar. Chase was CEO and cofounder of the company, which she and Antje...
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...Part One I Mother died today. Or, maybe, yesterday; I can't be sure. The telegram from the Home says: YOUR MOTHER PASSED AWAY. FUNERAL TOMORROW. DEEP SYMPATHY. Which leaves the matter doubtful; it could have been yesterday. The Home for Aged Persons is at Marengo, some fifty miles from Algiers. With the two o'clock bus I should get there well before nightfall. Then I can spend the night there, keeping the usual vigil beside the body, and be back here by tomorrow evening. I have fixed up with my employer for two days' leave; obviously, under the circumstances, he couldn't refuse. Still, I had an idea he looked annoyed, and I said, without thinking: “Sorry, sir, but it's not my fault, you know.” Afterwards it struck me I needn't have said that. I had no reason to excuse myself; it was up to him to express his sympathy and so forth. Probably he will do so the day after tomorrow, when he sees me in black. For the present, it's almost as if Mother weren't really dead. The funeral will bring it home to me, put an official seal on it, so to speak… I took the two-o'clock bus. It was a blazing hot afternoon. I'd lunched, as usual, at Céleste's restaurant. Everyone was most kind, and Céleste said to me, “There's no one like a mother.” When I left they came with me to the door. It was something of a rush, getting away, as at the last moment I had to call in at Emmanuel's place to borrow his black tie and mourning band. He lost his uncle a few months ago. I had to run to catch the bus....
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...Albert Camus THE STRANGER THE Stranger By ALBERT CAMUS Translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert VINTAGE BOOKS A Division of Random House NEW YORK 1 Albert Camus THE STRANGER VINTAGE BOOKS are published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. and Random House, Inc. Copyright 1942 by Librairie Gallimard as L’ÉTRANGER Copyright 1946 by ALFRED A. KNOPF, INC. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review to be printed in a magazine or newspaper. Manufactured in the United States of America. Distributed in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. 2 Albert Camus THE STRANGER Contents Contents ........................................................................................................................ 3 Part One ........................................................................................................................ 4 I.................................................................................................................................. 4 II .............................................................................................................................. 14 III ............................................................................................................................. 18 IV.............................................................
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