...Hunter Miller Bus Stop Critique 4/2/14 The name of the play was Bus Stop, and the playwright is William Inge. The play was presented at Dyersburg State Community College theatre in Dyersburg, TN. Mrs. Meliah Lewis directed the play. The play was presented on March 27th through the 29th. I saw the play on the 29th. The play starts in a diner called Grace’s Diner. Set in the 1950s a terrible blizzard comes through the town. The bus stop right outside of the diner has a bus stop. When the final bus of the night stops in, the sheriff is notified that the highway patrol has closed the road out of town towards the bus’ destination, Montana. The very diversified group of passengers on the bus are then forced to spend the night in the diner until morning. The driver of the bus and owner of the diner are interested in each other and end up going to the owners’ apartment above the diner. The professor on the bus ends up trying to sweet talk the waitress at the diner. The waitress unknowingly agrees to meet up with professor later in the week, and ends up finding out the professor isn’t a professor at all. There are two cowboys on the bus from a ranch in Montana. One of the cowboys has pretty much kidnapped at singer from a club and is in love with her and telling her they are getting married against her will. The sheriff of the town stays around the diner to make sure that the singer is well protected and respected by the cowboy. The cowboy doesn’t listen to well and ends up...
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...Stop and Frisk: For each aspect of the argument, locate some specific evidence that supports the point and cite it. Try to get at least two pieces for each box. Those who favor Stop and Frisk believe… | Those who oppose Stop and Frisk believe… | It is effective at stopping crime:“The number of homicides – the most accurately measured crime – in New York fell from a peak of 2,605 in 1990 to 925 in 2001, Giuliani’s last year in office, to just 414 in 2012.” - “Stop-and-Frisk Protects Minorities”“Frequent stop-and-frisks combined with mandatory three-year sentences for illegal possession of a gun that bad guys in New York don’t take them out on the street much.” - “Stop-and-Frisk Protects Minorities” | It is inefficient:“Only about 6 percent of stops result in an arrest for any reason.” – “Jim Crow Policing” | It benefits minorities:“The NYPD targets its manpower to the areas that suffer the highest crime levels.” - “Stop-and-Frisk Is Not Racial Profiling” | It harms minorities:“For young people in my neighborhood, getting stopped and frisked is a rite of passage…And we all feel the same way — degraded, harassed, violated and criminalized because we’re black or Latino.” – Nicholas Peart on “Why Is the N.Y.P.D. after Me?” | It deters criminals: “Frequent stop-and-frisks combined with mandatory three-year sentences for illegal possession of a gun that bad guys in New York don’t take them out on the street much.” - “Stop-and-Frisk Protects Minorities” | Potential for abuse...
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... During our family vacation the ladies always plan a special day of the week to go shopping. Of course, a vacation isn’t a vacation unless we do some shopping and site seeing. We love going to flea markets and malls looking for some great gifts for our family and ourselves. While the women are enjoying an evening out shopping the men are home grilling and watching the kids have fun in the pool. To wrap up a long day of shopping, we treat ourselves to a very nice dinner. Last but not least, THEME PARKS!!! Our family begins the day with an early rise to begin our adventure to as many theme parks we can handle for a day. My personal favorite is Disney World. I love the fairytale atmosphere where everyone can be a kid again. Next stop is Islands of Adventure/Universal Studios where the fun really begins. Water rides, 3D rollercoaster and live shows truly makes the vacation...
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...the wrong steps to fix it. I think the actual, real problem may have something to do with my attitude in general, and the way I prioritize things. People always tell me what my priorities SHOULD be, and I understand why they say it, but I don’t feel the same way about those things, even though I know I should. I’m passionate about a lot of unconventional things, and it’s a problem. I should find new things to take more interest in, instead of putting my time into things that will likely never benefit me in the future. I’ve never addressed my problem this way, and defining my problem in this way may help me put it to an end. My grades in high school tanked because of this, and I was put on probation at my job because of this. Hopefully I can stop myself from making my life a lot more difficult than it has to...
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...matter what you think should happen nature will continue doing things in its own way. In the chapters“Cooling the Lava” and “Los Angeles against the Mountains” the situations and catastrophes that have caused harm to these places demonstrate that Mother Nature has its own way of life and people cannot simply stop what is happening. With McPhee telling his readers that people who try to change or stop nature need to realize that this attempt is futile, because humans cannot control nature. They cannot stop the volcanoes from erupting lava or can we stop the boulders from falling down the mountain. In the book/monograph/treatise, in the chapter “Cooling the Lava” Thorbjorn, who is a native from Iceland has this idea that he will stop the lava from flooding by cooling. With his logic of cooling the lava, the water would reduce the heat in order to create a wall of cooled lava that would dam the flow. “The lava should be cooled not so much by the edge as by the acre, and that called not only for more pumps but also for the development of material and personnel up on top of the advancing flow”(McPhee 98). With this being said, it should be obvious that humans cannot be the ones to stop Mother Nature. The destruction the lava has made is a big mess we face. It is destroying the homes of many people, but that is only affecting the people who live there. It is hard having people who want to fix it when their is a lack of money and also a lack of people who care because their is no harm to...
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...positions being a small business. So the problem he faces is what the turnover creates. Gunter cannot expect to provide outstanding service as he seems to be constantly in training mode. The great employees that he wants to have on staff end up leaving for more opportunity. Case Questions Change Images used by each Gunter’s change image was that of a coach. The image or reputation of Green Mountain became that of being an excellent place to obtain training to advance one’s career. Gunter mentors those that provide outstanding service and helps them to become even better. The hospitality literature’s change image was that of the navigator. It described the turnover as a chronic problem and that something needed to be done to stop the turnover or the resort would fail. The consultant’s change image was that of the interpreter. He helped Gunter to see the turnover issue as a possible positive instead of a negative. Now the resort attracts and helps develop further highly motivated people which is a win win for both Gunter...
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...with the children. We also gave out toys as prizes and as gifts. I personally, enjoyed playing with the children. Activity #3: BOWLING For the 2nd time in my whole life, I got to play bowling. Although the bowling ball was too heavy for me, I still managed to strike once. Playing with my friends made it even more fun. Activity #4: DANCE PRESENTATION Through this activity, I was able to become closer with my group-mates. I got a chance to know them and bond with them. I didn’t hesitate to contribute any steps I know. Our dance may be simple but the bond I had with my group made it even more fun. Activity #5: WALL CLIMBING I may be afraid of heights but I conquered my fears. I managed to finish 2 phases of the wall. And I didn’t stop in trying the other walls. I had fun and it was very memorable for me since it is my first time to try wall climbing. Activity #6: CHOREOGRAPH SINGING It was nerve wrecking at first since I don’t sing that much. But our group tried our best to entertain our classmates with our Katy Perry mash-up. Activity #7: FOOD MAKING Our group made a clubhouse sandwich. The preparation was a bit chaotic due to slicing the breads, distributing the ham, the cabbage and the other recipes. We are very happy to know that our classmates liked our sandwich. We made sure that it is not just healthy but fills up our classmates...
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...Models of retail competition This chapter examines the effects of competition on a retailer’s performance. As noted in Chapter 1, retailing in the United States was once a growth industry that was able to increase profits solely on the basis of an increasing population base. Today’s slower population growth rates have turned retailing into a business where successful regional and national retailers can grow only by taking sales away from competitors. However, retail competition at the local level is more complex. Depending upon the economic base of the regional economy, it is possible for an area’s population and disposable income to grow even while the country’s is slowing. For example, Phoenix and Las Vegas are like many Sunbelt communities where a vibrant local economy, combined with attractiveness to retirees and second-home owners, results in a growing sales potential for many retailers. A retailer could grow in such a venue without having to take sales away from competitor. Just the opposite would occur in areas such as Mansfield and Youngstown, Ohio, which are experiencing a counting economic slump. A retailer must always be on the offensive by studying the changing competitive environment, especially its local competition, and differentiating itself from that competition. Only by creating a differential advantage that is extremely difficult to copy in terms of time and money can retailer hope for continued success. Prime examples of such differentiation are category...
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...- The machine society compared to today’s society - The machine society compared to today’s society The Machine Stops The science fiction short story (novella) The Machine Stops is written by E.M Forster in 1909. The story is about a lady, Vashti, and her son Kuno. They live in a future world ruled by a machine. In this world, all the people live in their own cells with a lot of buttons, a desk and one book. Every day, they do the same things over and over again: “She made the room dark and slept; she awoke and made the room light; she ate and exchanged ideas with her friends, and listened to music and attended lectures; she made the room dark and slept”. This one book is so to speak their ‘bible’. This is a book about the machine and its functions and rules. The people in this society live after certain principles organized by the machine, such as: “[…] bringing people to things, instead of bringing things to people”. In the story, Forster pictures Vashti as very supportive to, and excited about, the machine. In contrast, her son Kuno is described as very sceptical and rebellious. Because the society rules and norms made by the machine are such big issues in the story, I would also like to focus on this. This society is not only described in the story, it is also the topic of a continuous discussion between Vashti and Kuno. As mentioned, Vashti fits very well into the clear rules and ascetic living of this dystopian society. In this world, human interactions are...
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...Stop The Bullying Every day, on every playground and hallway in our American schools, children, youths, and teens are harassed, tormented, made fun, physically and mentally abused and embarrassed by bullies. Is your child one of these bullies or a victim of bullying? This bully behavior is not only happening in the United States but all over the world. Many children and youths observe miserably as other school children get bullied at school. Bullies usually pick on personalities and individuals who are weaker than themselves, so they can build themselves to feel better about themselves. Sadly to say, many individuals have witnessed bullying or been a bully themselves. As parents, school administrators and citizens of a community we need to unite and stand up to bullies and give our children the tools, knowledge and skills to reach out for help from their peers, teachers and parents. In many school systems across the nation, plans to protect students from the growing occurrence of bullying are being developed. Bullying within our school systems has become a nationwide growth and development of strategies and proposals between parents, teachers, school administrators and government to assist our school systems to promote antibullying programs, therefore giving the kids who are being bullied an outlet to reach out for help. The current antibully programs in the school systems are not effective because they are based on self-reporting systems and those have been shown...
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...Fit Stop”, for your review. Using point form, write a brief description of the organization, its employees, and its challenges. What is the organization's domain? (10 points needed) Organization: * The Fit Stop is a new franchise opening in four months. * The Fit Stop will sell all types of training, fitness conditioning and exercise equipment to the general public * The Fit Stop plans to specialize beyond equipment to provide customers with personalized advice geared to customer’s specific training/conditioning needs * It will be starting out with stores in major cities in Ontario and in four western provinces – with plans of expanding to Quebec and the Atlantic provinces * Stores will be located in shopping malls, operating 7 days a week: 9am – 9pm weekdays, Saturdays: 9am – 6pm, and Sundays noon – 6pm. Employees: Employees will range from highly educated (degrees) to high school educated * total employees per store will be 11 to 15 fulltime employees * each store will employ physiotherapist and a person with a Bachelor’s Degree in Kinesiology. * each store will have a Manager with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree * each store will employ sales staff with a minimum high school diploma (8 to 12 per store) Challenges The Fit Stop knows that even though their competitors will sell their equipment at a lower price, none will have the range of equipment that they do and none will provide the personalized service like “The Fit Stop” will...
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...6. Aside from personally helping customers, the roles of the physiotherapist and kinesiologist will be to train other employees in how each type of equipment can be used for various conditioning and rehabilitation purposes. Initially, sales staff will be given general training,but as time goes by, each salesperson will be expected to learn in depth about all the different pieces of equipment, to help customers diagnose their needs accurately, and to be able to explain proper usage of the equipment. Because of the high level of training requir€d, all employees will be full-time. The founder of the business is Susan Superfit, who has undergraduate degrees in kinesiology and commerce from the University of Saskatchewan. While at university, she participated in numerous sports (and suffered numerous injuries due to her all-out style of play). She came up with the idea for this business while laid up with one of her injuries. While there were businesses that sold fitness and conditioning equipment, she often found that the people selling them'had very limited knowledge about the equipment and often gave poor advice on what to buy and how to use it. She has secured funding from private investors and from Working Ventures, alarge Canadian labour-sponsored investment fund. In order to get volume discounts on the equipment she will be purchasing and to beat competitors into the market, she wants to start off quite large, with stores in major cities in Ontario...
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...can be arranged, each pattern represents one type of managerial strategy. Each managerial strategy then relies on a different reward and compensation strategy. The three different managerial strategies are as follows; * Classical- which assumes most employees are lazy and dislike work but can be convinced in order to satisfy their economic needs. * Human Relations- assumes employees dislike work but can be induced to work in order to satisfy their social needs. * High-involvement- assumes that work can be intrinsically motivating to employees if the organization is structured properly. Each of the three managerial strategies has different implications for how the reward and compensations should be designed. In the case of the Fit Stop, it is a close choice between human relations and high-involvement. However, I believe that a High-involvement managerial strategy would be the best choice to implement. This strategy makes a major effort to create jobs that are both interesting and challenging and provide employees with control over the planning and execution of work...
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...No Name Eng - 106 9/05/2014 Instructor How Can Bullying be Stopped in Schools? Trina Popely was a 16 year old girl from Compton, California. She was overweight and very shy. She went to Centennial Senior High School where no students called her by her real name. Instead she was called “fat girl” and “stinky” several times a day. She was also threatened through text and her name was slandered on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media. Trina went to elementary and middle school being taunted and ridiculed by these same people. One fall day after school, Trina went home and slit her wrist. Fortunately, her mom came home early from work to find her bleeding on the floor. Trina suffered the consequences of this, but there were no consequences for those that were taunting her. Bullying is a problem, there is a solution, and also justification. Problem: Trina experienced bullying on several different levels. To bully means to taunt, tease, or hurt a person verbally, physically, or psychologically in person, on the phone, through text, or even in cyber space. Bullying is a problem because it causes depression, insecurity, psychological problems and it follows children through their life into adulthood. Bullying causes a landslide of issues. For example, in Trina’s case, she became depressed. Depression led to problems with her family, poor grades, she had an eating disorder, and she eventually attempted suicide. You can see how something can start small and turn...
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... Make It Stop I know that I am awake! I just know I am. I felt myself sitting up in the bed, eyes wide open and my heart pounding harder than I have ever felt it before. But just as sure as I am that I am wake the images just keep coming, playing like a horror movie, only in slow motion. No matter what I try to do the movie kept playing. “Please stop, make it stop “I Remember crying. The horrific images continue to flash before me. I am reliving the entire attack. It was so real and vivid, almost as if I can not only see the assault but I can feel the punches as they are being rained down on my body. Why can I not wake up? I know what is coming next so why can’t make this stop? I was forced to watch everything that had been done to me. As if I was an outsider looking in, I watches as the attack started upstairs. I watched as what seemed to be 20 maybe 30 punches land on my head and body yet I know the worse was still yet to come. He continues to hit me over and over again. The scenes continue to play out before my eyes. We are downstairs now, hopefully now I won’t wake up the boys with my cries. The attack continues I can feel the blows all over my body. I try running away but I cannot escape him or the terrifying fear of what is coming next. The images continue until I feel his hand wrapped around my throat. I know it will all be over soon. I begin to pray just as I did that night “Lord please make it stop!” Just...
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