...This is England The movie “This is England” is centered around a 12-year old boy named Shaun. Shaun is living with his mom in a small town in England. Shaun’s dad died in the Falklands War back in 1982, a war in which many people blamed former prime minister, Margaret Thatcher for. In school, Shaun is taunted for his clothes and his dead father. This upsets Shaun, who one day on his way home comes across a group of younger skinheads hanging out. Shaun and the group of skinheads start chatting, and Shaun tells the group about the problem school. The leader of the skinheads’ group, Woody, feels sympathy for Shaun and invites him into their group. Soon Shaun starts to wear the same things as the group of skinheads and becomes a part of their subculture. Shaun also gets romantically involved with one of the members of the group, named Smell. Everything is good until one day Combo shows up. He appears to be the group’s old “leader”, who just got out of jail. Immediately the mood in the group changes and everyone gets uncomfortable in Combo’s company. Combo expresses a lot of racist views and is a hardcore nationalist and he tries to force his views upon the other members of the group. This leads to the group of skinheads splitting up because not everybody is a part of the group for the same reason as Combo. Shaun stays on Combo’s side for his political views, which Shaun feels like he can relate to because of his father’s involvement in the Falklands War. Woody doesn’t join Combo’s...
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...Case 16 New England Seafood Company Prepared for: New England Seafood Company’s Senior Management Prepared by: New England Seafood Company’s Senior Management Adam Jeff Conner Bryan February 6, 2014 Executive Summary New England Seafood Company executives face a potential two-stage plan to move into the freshwater catfish market because of the banned oyster harvesting along much of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, and increased competition from foreign producers. These factors have resulted in significantly lower yields for New England Seafood. In order to stay in business, New England Seafood Company needs to look at harvesting and processing something other than seafood. New England Seafood Company looks to potentially harvest and process catfish. They are looking to enter the catfish market in a two-stage plan. They must choose to begin a preliminary stage to test the catfish market. After testing the catfish market in the preliminary stage, New England Seafood Company can then enter into a final stage (stage-two) of development. In order for New England Seafood Company to make the best possible decision, they must address the following issues: Determine an accurate representation of the risk of the two-stage project with the appropriate cost of capital, determine New England Seafood Company’s future net cash flows, and determine the efficient utilization of land across company processing divisions. We have determined that an appropriate...
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...administration of Dudley. The economic as well as psychological prosperity among the citizens of a country can be only availed by their satisfaction over the services of the government (James, 2009). Therefore, this report will analyze the significant health issues in Dudley in comparison to the national level. The core indicators of health issues among the citizens of Dudley on the basis of appropriate classifications will be analyzed in this report. The vast number of indicators will then be used to identify the appropriate strategy for the administrators of Dudley in order to maintain a trend of balanced health facilities and avoid further issues related to the health of citizens. Health Indicators Health facilities In order to analyze the performance of the health facilities, it is appropriate to analyze the health indicators of Dudley. The analysis of the performance in terms of health indicators such as life expectancy, deprivation level, etc. of Dudley depicts a scenario that most of the facilities are unable to manage the health issues of the citizens in an efficient manner on the basis of their services. The first and the foremost necessitates of the population of Dudley is the efficient treatment and medication of the heart diseases. As depicted in the data graphical analysis of the data in the appendix, the...
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...commonly known as the “Mailbox Rule” is a principle of contract law. This rule is different from the others, though, as it forms an exception to the general principles of the communication of acceptance. It originated in the English case of Adams v. Lindsell, in the year 1818. The postal rule in England states that a contractual offer, when sent by post, is considered accepted when it is sent-as opposed to when it is received by the receiving party. In India, though, the specifications of this rule are different. This rule has recently been at the heart of a lot of controversy, as it is believed that its applicability in today’s scenario is questionable and that the rule is archaic in nature. Writing this paper is of importance is because it is essential to understand whether such an exception is still applicable in a scenario wherein the technological advancements complicate our communication systems much more than the law-makers of those times would have deemed possible. Furthermore, this paper is written in the light of a comparative analysis between the contract laws of England and India. England, like India, is a common law country. Since India borrowed a large part of its systems from Britain, the foundations of legal functions in both the nations are very similar, making it is interesting to analyze how and why certain differences came up. In this essay, we first understand the basics of the rule in England, as opposed to what the rule is in India. Next, we analyze the rule...
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...here→) Who were they? (Type here→) Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher, and was very involved in his politics. Where were they from? (Type here→) He was from London, England When did they live? (Type here→) He was born April 5th, 1588 and died on December 4th, 1679. Thesis statement: Tie in the name of your historical figure plus the SPEC words (social, political, economic, & cultural). (Type here→) Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher that affected England politically, socially, economically, and culturally. Topic sentence (social) (Type here→) He had moral ideas that were based off of natural authority that rules us. Claim #1 (Type here→) Citizens do not have the...
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...Macroenviromental analysis. The gold is sold to various gold bullion dealers at market prices whereas copper is sold to copper product manufacturers and copper traders in Europe, North America, South America and Asia (BarrickResponsibilty, 2013). Barrick’s Macroenviroment According to Kotler et al. (2011) a company and all of the other actors operate in a larger macroenviroment of forces that shape opportunities and pose threats to a company such as Barrick. Jobber and Ellis-Chadwick (2013) further imply that it is these actors and forces that affect the mining company’s capability to operate effectively in providing products and services to its customers. Its external environment is characterized by elements that do not have an immediate impact on its performance albeit their impact being felt over the long term. There are those that can influence the company marketing activities without management being able to control them hence the need to continuously monitor them or risk going out of business (Wilson, 2006). The framework that best discusses these elements is the PESTLE Analysis as it provides the strategic planning and environmental analysis that can be useful for Barrick to improve performance and ensure its long term existence as a going concern (Sanderson and Luffman, 2007). Note that though the acronym PESTLE can infer to the order the analysis is conducted, it is important for Barrick to identify which variables are most important for an opportunity and threat analysis. ...
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...The Role of the Bank of England in Financial Market Regulation The Bank of England plays a vital role in financial market regulation. It achieves financial market stability by undertaking the following roles: Deciding the interest rates In order to maintain financial stability, keeping the interest rate at minimum variation is vital. The Bank undertakes monetary analysis in order to achieve financial stability. It also buys and sales securities in the money markets to control interest rates and thus the rates of inflation. Managing of the foreign reserves In order to ensure settlement of international debts, the bank of England actively manages the foreign exchange reserves of the UK. High international debts can negatively impact on the financial market of England. Implementation of domestic monetary policy The bank of England actively regulates the supply of money in the financial market through the use of financial policies to ensure optimum money circulation in the economy. This is achieved by the Monetary Policy Committee that meets every month to assess the economic condition and take appropriate action. (Capie,1994). Issue of coins and notes The bank of England is responsible for issuing new coins and notes to the economy. The Bank monitors the economic condition to assess if it’s prudent to issue the notes and coins. Regulating the UK banking system The Bank of England in partnership with Financial Service Authority and the UK Treasury plays a role in regulation...
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...Sports England Case Study Q-1) Using the full spectrum of segmentation variables, describe howSports England has segmented the sports market? Answer- In order to understand the British people’s attitudes and motivations aboutsports, Sport England has built 19 sporting segments all around the United Kingdom totarget its customers in the sports market.In the segmentation process Sport England worked closely with Experian BusinessStrategies consulting group. Sport England along with the help of the Experian Groupanalysed data of the English people aged 18 and older. They collected and collatedinformation about specific sports involvement; desire to do sports and the obstaclesthey faced in doing sports. The analysis further included the collection of data onmedia consumption and communication channels, social capital, health indicators,and involvement in wider cultural activities.Sport England completed this survey with the collaboration of Action People Survey.This was one of the largest ever sports survey conducted and carried out in Europe bythe company. The survey provided Sport England with the levels of participation of people in different groups in the community specifically.The company had designed the questionnaire to find out and analyze the broad rangeof demographic information, such as people’s genders, social classes, ethnicity,household structures, ages and disabilities.Their survey also included how involved people in each segment were in otherrecreational activities...
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...both ways: the Hong Kong and England experience Katherine Forestier & Michael Crossley To cite this article: Katherine Forestier & Michael Crossley (2015) International education policy transfer – borrowing both ways: the Hong Kong and England experience, Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 45:5, 664-685, DOI: 10.1080/03057925.2014.928508 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2014.928508 Published online: 27 Jun 2014. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 364 View related articles View Crossmark data Citing articles: 3 View citing articles Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=ccom20 Download by: [The University of Manchester Library] Date: 01 December 2015, At: 11:00 Compare, 2015 Vol. 45, No. 5, 664–685, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2014.928508 International education policy transfer – borrowing both ways: the Hong Kong and England experience Downloaded by [The University of Manchester Library] at 11:00 01 December 2015 Katherine Forestier* and Michael Crossley Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK This paper analyses how the impact of international student achievement studies and the recent economic crisis in Europe are influencing the development of educational policy transfer and borrowing, from East to West. This is contrasted with education reform...
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...Accounting Education 11 (4), 365–375 (2002) Derrick’s Ice-Cream Company: applying the BCG matrix in customer pro tability analysis M A LC O LM SM I T H * Division of Business and Enterprise, University of South Australia and Leicester Business School, De Montfort University, UK Received: August 2001 Revised: October 2001; June 2002 Accepted: July 2002 Abstract This case highlights the differences in the pro tability possible when different customers are in receipt of substantially the same product. It provides the opportunity to develop a customer portfolio, along the lines of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) portfolio matrix, as part of a customer pro tability analysis. Keywords: customer pro tability, BCG matrix, delivery policy, portfolio pro le, purchasing pattern, inventory holding The case Derrick’s Ice-Cream Company is located in modern premises and manufactures and distributes 30 different ice-cream product lines from its suburban base in the UK. The products are distributed by Derrick’s own eet of refrigerated trucks to six major wholesale distributors. Annual sales are currently around the £10m level, distributed among the wholesalers as indicated in Table 1. Derrick’s control about 35% of its metropolitan market, but this shrinks to less than 10% in outlying areas where there are many small competitors. Derrick’s will usually hold up to four weeks of stock in their central cold stores to meet the distribution requirements of their six major customers...
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...In the 1840s, Ireland was plagued with a blight in their most important crop, the potato. This event was a major travesty as millions of Irish people emigrated or died of starvation. Since this event, many different viewpoints have arisen to explain the deaths, the blight, the overall effect, and many other specific occurrences that became a staple of the potato famine. In the article by Hubert Nusteling, “How Many Irish Potato Famine Deaths? Toward Coherence of the Evidence”, it takes a stance on the miscalculation of the deaths during the famine by using models, predictions, and records accounting the population (Nusteling). On the other hand, “ The Great Potato Famine and the Transformation of Irish Peasant Society” by Dean Braa, assess the change in peasant lineage population resulting from the potato famine, and how British Colonization had first caused the dependency on the potato (Braa). The two articles take varying approaches in quantifying the...
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...from our students concerns the distinctiveness of feminist approaches to methods, methodologies, and epistemologies. This key question is posed in different ways: Is there a specifically feminist method? Are there feminist methodologies and epistemologies, or simply feminist approaches to these? Given diversity and debates in feminist theory, how can there be a consensus on what constitutes “feminist” methodologies and epistemologies? Answers to these questions are far from straightforward given the continually evolving nature of feminist reflections on the methodological and epistemological dimensions and dilemmas of research. This chapter on feminist methodologies and epistemologies attempts to address these questions by tracing historical developments in this area, by considering what may be unique about feminist epistemologies and feminist methodologies, by reviewing some of sociology’s key contributions to this area of scholarship and by highlighting some key emergent trends. The chapter begins with a brief overview of the theoretical and historical development of feminist epistemologies, followed by a similar overview of feminist methodologies. The final section discusses how feminist 36 epistemologies and feminist methodologies have begun to merge into an area called feminist research and details some key pillars of contemporary and emergent work in this area. FEMINIST EPISTEMOLOGIES Twenty-five years ago, Lorraine Code, a Canadian feminist philosopher, posed what...
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...1985 an the Companies Act was brought up to define better the size of small business in order to make it more clear than before, the Bolton Committee. The new act defined the business by setting maximum criterions of annual turnover, annual balance sheet total and the number of employees. This act helped to define in a practical way than before, for the reason that the Bolton Committee used to have a large number of definitions such as under 200 employees for manufacturing firms to £50 000 turnover for retailing, and up to five vehicles or less for road transport. With so many different criterions it was unpractical to define what, so the Companies Act defined that there was two groups of small and medium firms. Small business would have a maximum annual turnover of £2.8 million with an annual balance sheet total of £1.4 million and a maximum of fifty employees. Medium business could have a maximum turnover of £11.2 with a annual balance sheet of £5.6 million and a maximum of 250 employees. In 1996 the European Commission coined the term ‘small and medium enterprise’ (SME) and defined them as organisations that employed fewer than 250 people, however it was reviewed and changed in 2005. This review made some...
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...Introduction: Warwick Castle is a medieval castle developed from an original built by William the Conqueror in 1068. Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire, England, situated on a bend of the River Avon. The original wooden motte-and-bailey castle was rebuilt in stone in the 12th century. During the Hundred Years War, the facade opposite the town was refortified, resulting in one of the most recognisable examples of 14th century military architecture. It was used as a stronghold until the early 17th century, when it was granted to Sir Fulke Greville by James I in 1604. Sir Fulke Greville converted it to a country house. It was owned by the Greville family, who became earls of Warwick in 1759, until 1978 when it was bought by the Tussauds Group. According to the case study, Warwick Castle has the paid admissions reaching 685,000 and is in the top 5 sites have the most in England. Although Warwick is a famous destination to visit, but it has many problems about management and those problems seriously affect to the tourist activities. Executive Summary: This report provides Business Description: 1. Business Overview * Location: Warwick Castle UK is noted as one of the finest medival castles in England and now consider as one of the sought after tourist destinations. Warwick is a great place to visit and experience. Warwick Castle is situated in the town of Warwick, on a sandstone bluff at a bend of the River Avon. The river, which runs below the castle on the...
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...Referring to the previous paragraph, Haigh persuasively argues that the Supremacy Bill which would provide freedom of theology as mentioned in previous paragraphs; was due to political rather than theological motives. Haigh clarifies the main purposes behind the Supremacy Bill, Chantries Act and the Treason Act 1533-1534. Haigh believes these Acts were devised due to political and economic reasons. This was economical because Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries this politically weakened the Catholic church as a political and fiscal institution, this ensured the transfer of property from the Church to the Crown, attached to monasteries were financial benefits. Nevertheless, hypothetically historians could interpret these acts as a way to...
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