...Linen N Things Linens ’n Things Center, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Linens ’n Things, Inc. The Company and Linens ’n Things, Inc. are wholly owned subsidiaries of Linens Holding co. The Company is a specialty retailer of home textiles, housewares and home accessories in North America operating 589 stores in 47 United States and seven Canadian provinces as of December 29, 2007. The Company is a destination retailer, offering one of the selections of brand-name, as well as private label home furnishings merchandise in the industry. The Company’s average store size of approximately 33,000 gross square feet enables it to offer a more comprehensive product and brand selection than department stores and other retailers that sell home furnishings. The Company’s primary target guest is female between the ages of 25 and 55 who is fashion and brand conscious, has better income and focuses on the home as a reflection of her individuality. On the surface, LNT and BBBY companies were pursuing a similar business-level strategy of cost leadership, but key strategic decisions led them down quite different evolutionary paths. Both companies focused on providing consumers with high-quality houseware goods in a no-frills, value-priced environment, but LNT's decision to build centralized warehouses - seemingly consistent with a cost leadership strategy - ended up bringing it into direct competition with Target and Walmart. In contrast, BBBY allowed for greater decentralization in decision...
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...& Linens-n-Things Kara Burke Keller Graduate School of Management Managing Organizational Change: Circuit City & Linens-n-Things Diagnostic tools are applied to organizations to assist in managing change. Diagnostic tools guide how we think about situations (Palmer, 2008), as well as if and how we should go about change within that situation, and also the implications of those changes. The use of diagnostic tools depends on the role of the manager (i.e. director, coach, navigator, etc.). The Congruence Model is one of the diagnostic tools that will be spoken about extensively in this paper in regards to the two companies being assessed, Circuit City and Linens-n-Things. The Congruence Model assumes that a company is most effective when its elements are compatible and work together in a fluid manner. The elements that comprise the model are tasks (the specific duties carried out, people (the skills, knowledge and individuals who comprise the organization, formal organizational arrangement (structures, processes, and policies,), and culture (the unstated beliefs and values of the organization). The model is best explained as an input of strategy and an output of performance (Mind Tools Ltd., 2012) ensuring that the four elements work together within that process. I chose to use the congruence model to analyze both Circuit City and Linens-n-Things because this model‘s best fit is for companies going through a transitional period. Both Linen-n-Things and Circuit...
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...Three barriers and three factors to overcome and to consider when entering the retail apparel market. Anthony Nibblins Introduction to Business 100 Professor Paige Baltzan Week 3 Assignment Abstract There are many Barriers and Factors to overcome and consider when entering the retail apparel industry. This report will address three barriers and why they are barriers and three factors that the upstart business person should be aware of to have a successful enterprise. This report will also give three examples of popular retailers who have understood their market and have been successful as well as three examples of retailers that who have misjudged their market and have failed. When a new entrant decides to enter the retail apparel industry they are likely to experience several barriers. A barrier is defines as “anything that restrains or obstructs progress” (www.dictionary.references.com). One barrier that a new entrant could likely encounter is gathering “Capital” (Funds needed to create and operate a business enterprise). The process for gathering capital can prove to be difficult unless one is already independently wealthy, according the National Federation of Independent Business, personal resources, not loans, are the most important sources of money. There are other avenues for gathering capital such as applying for loans through banks, grants through government agencies, to even borrowing money from friends and family. When it comes to starting...
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...life. Its mess up that’s teens go thru this in life. All they need is mentor, somebody that will talk to them about the bad stuff in life. . First, pregnancy is really bad in teenage life. A lot of them have babies in their teenage life. Most teenage mothers are single and receive no support from the father. They might end up having another baby and not thinking and make another mistake. Most of them don’t finish high school cause of all the work they have to do with the baby and it be stressing them out all the time. Then sometimes people don’t get help from the family and they get really mad. They should have had second thoughts before they did it. If they just wait until they get out of school and get a good job they will be ok having a child. Second, then you got drugs and alcohol. This is also bad for teens and have of them don’t know what they putting their self into when they do drugs and alcohol. Then when teenagers start smoking cigarettes then they will go to a store and buy some without showing proof of age. All stores should always ask for a id when somebody buy stuff like that because you don’t know who you selling them things to. Sometimes teenagers will have someone that’s older go in the store and have someone buy them some cigarettes. They see people on TV and music videos doing drugs and alcohol thinking it’s ok to do that type of stuff. Thirdly, a lot of teens are in gangs. They are out there killing people for no reason at all. Then they get locked...
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...[quote name='HeLLa kiLzOr' date='01 February 2010 - 11:22 AM' timestamp='1265044922' post='373768'] I'll give a quick guide on IRC safety and stuff. Modes /mode #fatality +/-(modes) Important ones: +m = non-voiced members cannot talk +i = must be invited to join channel (/invite name #fatality) +f or +j = stop join spam and stuff +s or +p = does not show up on /WHOIS (I turned these off for #fatality) +b = ban (halfops can edit this) +e = exception (halfops can edit this) +n = no outside messages (I turned this off for #fatality) Important nick/user/host stuff To find someones nick/user/host you do /WHOIS Hella My usual one is HeLLa!~Hella@470:0:0:1 The first part "HeLLa" is my nickname that I am using at that time. The next part "~Hella" is the username that I signed onto IRC with. And the last part "470:0:0:1..." is my hostname or in other words where I am connecting from. You can use * as a wildcard for any amount of characters or you can use ? as a wildcard for one character. In other words, If I wanted to ban anyone who had Riggy in his/her nickname I would do: /mode #fatality +b *riggy*!*@* Or if I wanted to ban anyone with a foe tag I would do this: /mode #fatality +b [foe]*!*@* Another cool thing is channel bans which can be done by typing this: /mode #fatality +b ~c:#foe Now for akick. The akick feature is like the access feature in the sense that it is done though chanserv. The useful commands are /cs akick #fatality list (which...
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...accept the psychological continuity theory), wherein a personal identity in terms of its psychological continuity could branch into two (or more) successors, each of which is continuous of the previous personal identity before branching and is hence identical to each other, thereby we would seem to have two (or more) persons (or agents) having one and the same identity, thus violating the rule of numerical sameness upon which we build our previous accounts of personal identity. Instead of simply adding the clause such as “this psychological continuity does not take a branching form” as a way to tackle this duplication problem, Parfit has otherwise suggested his reductionism view. This account entails two major arguments, as that 1) the thing as we call “personal identity” is indeterminate and consequently we should see how 2) (the issue of) personal identity might not be as important as it seems to be. These two arguments would be in order discussed to explain his argument for reductionism. First, to say that the personal identity is indeterminate is to say that personal identity is not numerical identity, implying that every bit of changes of the either person’s material constitution (in terms of the spatiotemporal continuity) or of his psychological states (in terms of the psychological continuity) does change the person into a different one; this is the strongest case where we seem to never be the same person the next second (every time you breathe you become different!)...
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...Do you kids smoke it was a hot day, mid summer and i was skating. i decided to head over to bird school. i skated there for awhile i had fun and was practicing my half cabs (180’s on a skateboard). Adam decided to call me asking me if i was doing anything and i said i was just bored and skating . We talked and decided to meet up at beans n cream. my dad drove me there and i ended up getting there early. Adam had to longboard from his house and ended up getting there a lot later. To pass time i just sat down and played on my phone listened to music and talked to random customers. Like most coffee shops beans n cream smelled like well.. coffee and i personally enjoy that smell it kind of soothes me. After sitting for a while i grabbed one of...
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...Squidward: All right, all right, gimme a marshmallow. [Squidward begins toasting his marshmallow lightly. Patrick, sitting across from him, sets his on fire and tries to blow on it to cool it down, but the marshmallow flies off and hits Squidward in the face. Patrick gets another marshmallow and repeats the same thing twice. After two marshmallows to the face, Squidward ducks, but the third marshmallow has a boomerang effect and hits Squidward in the back of the head] Squidward: Okay. Besides spitting molten food stuffs at me, what else do you do for fun? SpongeBob: Well, after a long day of camping, it's nice to unwind with a nice, relaxing campfire song. I call this one "The Campfire Song Song". ♪Let's gather 'round the campfire, and sing our campfire song. Our C-A-M-P-F-I-R-E S-O-N-G song. And if you don't think that we can sing it faster, then you're wrong. But it'll help if you just sing along...♪...
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...the disadvantages? Ans: There are so many advantages as well as disadvantages in virtual organizations. Some of them are as follows: Advantages: • The main advantage is that you don't have to be multimillionaire company to be virtual. This implies that every willing entrepreneur can start its own business without high financial barriers to entry, since there is choice of outsourcing. • The second thing comes is flexibility, because it is the main need for any organization. This means thatchanges in environment do not bother Virtual Organizations, because it is easy to them to switch. It gives the opportunity for switching suppliers and human resources in accordance with the stated objectives. • There are faster reaction times to new products emerging in global and local markets • There is more free money as a Virtual is not paying enormous amount of money for building fabrics or other stuff; so it has more money to invest in its core value, which is very much needed for it. • Reduction of expenses involved by the necessity of using working spaces – rent, maintenance, insurance n etc. • More efficient usage of office space, in the case when some employees work according to the traditional systems, while others prefer a telecommunicating system. • Reduction of consumable materials and also avoiding utilities expenses. • There is also reduction in salary expenses, as most of the employees are paid for their tasks not for their which they spent on work. And also there is possibility...
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...With this money you could buy stuff. Some things you could buy would be glass bowls or clothes. You could buy lots of other things too. If you had a lot of money inform of coins, you would be able to buy things at market or by crops and more. Some other things that rich people did was rent out some of their property to poorer farmers. Rich people also ran business. Most not all citizens had roman coins to buy stuff from the market. They had a good system to use when handling money. I would give them a A-. I gave them this because sometimes it was not always fair. The Romans did a great job providing the common good. As you know, I have been graded them on the way. There was a big range of different grades. Overallç, the Romans get a C-. They did provide common good in five section but, only a few of them were...
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...MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--Thanksgiving is a time for family, football and good food. Those traditions are no different for the West Virginia football team. "It's a family thing for me," linebacker David Long said. "I'm a big family person myself. I haven't got to do Thanksgiving since I have been here but it's a nice time to be around the family, catch up on some stuff and definitely eat good." Mountaineer fans are very familiar with one family in particular, the Whites. Thanksgiving at the White house was sure to be a good time. "It was a big dinner, about 20 plus people there and tons of food," Ka'Raun said. One of their favorite things to do was to play games together. "We played this game, Taboo, its called," Ka'Raun explained. "That's a big...
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...and look out for new ones. Learn from your mistakes. 3. Accept What Is Done Is Done, keep moving on with your life. 4. Accept Yourself. YO U D O N ’ T H A V E T O IMPRO VE OR CHANGE OR STRIVE F OR PERFEC TION. QUITE THE OPPOSITE. JUST A CCEP T. 5. Know What Counts and What Doesn’t. THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN THIS LIFE THAT ARE IMPORTANT AND A WHOLE LO T O F T H I N G S T H AT AREN’ T. 6. dedicate your life to something. IT’S A Y ARDSTICK TO M E A S U R E (A) HO W I’M DOING, (B) WHAT I’M DOING, AND (C) WHERE I’M GOING. To be happy for family and God. 7. Be Flexible in Your Thinking. TRY T O SEE LIFE NO T AS THE ENEMY, BUT AS A FRIEND LY SPARRING PA R T N E R . be adventurous. Don’t be in a rut. 8. Take an Interest in the Outside World. TA K I N G A N I N T E R E S T I N THE OUTSIDE W ORLD IS ABOUT DEVEL OPING Y OU, RATHER THAN F OR THE WO R L D ’ S B E N E F I T. makes you an interesting person. Keeps u young. 9. Be on the Side of the Angels, Not the Beasts. WE GET T ORN BETWEEN WHAT WE W ANT AND WHAT IS GOOD F O R OT H E R S . 10. Only Dead Fish Swim with the Stream. AND THAT’S WHAT LIFE IS, WHAT IT IS MEANT T O BE: A SERIES OF STRUGGLES AND L ULLS. 11. Be the Last to Raise Your Voice. SHOUT HERE, ARGUMENT WEAK. Calm people are trusted and relied on. 12. Be Your Own Adviser. YO U K N O W. AND I KNO W Y OU KNO W. I KNO W BEC AUSE WE ALL KNO W. 13. No Fear, No Surprise, No Hesitation, No Doubt. Fear – face it. Surprise – wake up and...
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...Application to Date My Daughter Applicant’s Name: _______________________________ Contact information: _______________________________ Birth date: ___/___/___ S.S. #: xxx-xx-____ Driver’s license: Y N #_______________________ State/Country ____________ Please list a minimum of three (3) personal references: Name: ________________________ Contact information: ___________________ Name: ________________________ Contact information: ___________________ Name: ________________________ Contact information: ___________________ Please answer the following questions using proper grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure: 1. List your three (3) favorite board games and explain why they are your favorites. a. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ b. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ c. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Pick one (1): a. Explain why Sorry! is a terrible board game and suggest improvements. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ b. Write a short essay which explores the main characters of your favorite Disney movie; their motivations, struggles to overcome trials, and successful achievements. Include at least two...
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...From Sensation through Perception to Reflection: Twenty minutes passed six, Tuesday morning, December 04, 2012 – many un orchestrated noises coming to my ears - the sighs and low prayers of awakening aged fathers and mothers, the moving feet on slippers, the disturbing sounds of opening and closing windows and doors, ONs and OFFs of the light-switches, the sound of nagging deeply inspired by your style of writing, I badly desired to make this day ‘A Day to Remember’, giving you a bigger challenge of creating simplicity out of complexity. To be frank I did not hate your approach of telling us a number of coincidental stories and portraying perception with your personal experiences and encounters. So our today’s dialogue is to investigate if Sensation is truly the root for our conscious learning. And you should go-bring-bread for breakfast from the nearby shops, the usual drones of cars moving by the main street, the to do this, happily I will take the podium on the remotely ringing bells – which I wished stage and you take the audiences’ seat. they were not school bells, the clucking of hens, the bark of the distant dogs and Mr. W: A challenge! I am glad that you come up with this ‘challenge’, actually I prefer to call this all seemed to be an alarm to my ears. an opportunity, opportunity to better articulate My being deep asleep by that moment showed how much exhausted I was on municate and collaborate with the wider comthe previous day and my late sleep- munity of readers and...
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...Writing web service applications in Perl for HP Service Manager 9.X and BP4SM 9.X Dr Christopher Vance and Greg Baker August 2012 i Contents 1 Agenda 2 SOAP Introduction 2.1 What is SOAP/WSDL? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 SOAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 WSDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 How do I access the Service Manager SOAP service? 2.5 Exercise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 SOAP in Perl 3.1 What options are there for SOAP/WSDL client-side 3.2 Building a Perl client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3 SOAP::Lite — putting stuff in . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.4 SOAP::SOM — getting stuff back out . . . . . . . . . 3.5 SOAP::Data — calling parameters . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6 Exercise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 HP 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Service Manager Tickets Contacts and operators . . . . . . . . Interaction tickets and their lifecycle Incident tickets and their lifecycle . . Change tickets and their lifecycle . . Exercise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 4 10 16 26 28 29 30 33 34 41 48 50 51 52 55 62 64 67 68 69 71 76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in Perl? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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