...and bakery business planIvori Johnson 03/03/2014 | business plan | Marlee’s cuisine and bakery business planIvori Johnson 03/03/2014 | I. Executive Summary Introduction Marlee’s Cuisine and Bakery (MCB) is a family owned upscale restaurant and bakery located in the heart of Short Pump Towne Center in Glen Allen, Virginia. MCB is offers a menu with a large variety of meals to satisfy every customer’s cravings. The company plans to build a strong market position within the Short Pump area by offering products at a competitive price to meet the demand of middle-to higher income residents. Short Pump Town Center is a two-level retail center composed of many upscale stores, such as, Abercrombie and Fitch, Aldo, Apple, Nordstrom’s, and Swarovski. Short Pump Town Center is well known for the exquisite dining options available to local residents and tourists. These restaurants include Cheesecake Factory, Bakers Crust, Maggiano’s Little Italy, and Firebirds. The Short Pump area is in need of a warm and friendly place with exceptional food. A place where customers feel confident that the food they receive will taste amazing each and every time. Marlee’s Cuisine and Bakery will be a two story 300 seat fine dining restaurant and bakery with a 125 seat lounge. The bakery will feature a lounge with comfy couches and antiques love seats facing an extending wall to wall fireplace. The restaurant will feature a cozy dining room with a soft lit bar. The restaurant bar will be located...
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...people of the town. She seems to be one of the last people that is left in the town from the older generation. In William Faulkners’ story “A Rose for Emily”, the nonlinear narrative indicates that time will aid in the development of the story as well as the characters. However, a close look at the manipulation of time, suggests that Miss Emily, herself will come to represent time and change in her community over the decades. The tension between the new generation and Miss Emily indicates her inability the grasp the realism of time. William Faulkner uses progressive time shifts to compare the past and present and their influence upon on another. Miss Emily made an agreement with Colonel Sartoris to not pay taxes because her father had loaned the town money. When the next generation came into office, “this arrangement created some little dissatisfaction” (Faulkner). Miss Emily failed to respond to the tax notice that was sent to her by the new aldermen and mayor. She believed that the new generation should honor the non-official agreement set forth by her and Colonel Sartoris and “perhaps one [of the new aldermen] can gain access to the city records and satisfy [themselves]” (Faulkner). After a non-successful visit to Miss Emily house to collect her taxes, she puts the gentlemen out of her house because she still believes she “has no taxes in Jefferson” (Faulkner). Miss Emily struggles to conform to the ways of the new generation. Through the progression of the story we continue...
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...Gothic Elements Used in A Rose for Emily Southern Gothic became popular in the 19th century by famous short story writers such as Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Ambrose Bierce. Unlike traditional gothic writing, Southern Gothic is unique to the American South and goes in depth about unpleasant Southern Characteristics. It focuses on details such as death, violence and grotesque aspects. These are all used to “explore social issues and reveal the cultural character of the American South (Wikipedia).” Authors use Southern Gothic writing to show the brokenness of a character by giving them qualities such as isolation, freakishness and people that are “not right in the head (Oprah).” Authors analyze their character and want you to make your own decision about who they are by using characteristics that make them seem insane, though to the character, they are normal. Mortality is usually a possibility to most characters. Although authors point out a certain type of innocence, desperation usually overpowers any type of innocence given to a character. The sense of place in Southern Gothic is usually related to a dusty home with a front porch wrapped around, a screen door swinging on creaky hinges and your someone sitting in a rocking chair swatting at flies. The town would be small with a general store that is barely hanging on and the town drunk works there. The sense of place is a strong characteristic in Southern Gothic writing. It sets the feel for the writing...
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...James C Vincent II Mr. Purkiss English Comp II 27 February 12 Understanding What Symbolizes “A Rose for Emily” “A Rose for Emily” is a short story written by William Faulkner. Faulkner wrote this story back after the Civil War. Faulkner uses Emily Grierson as a timeless symbol that refuses to change with the world. Emily is a representation of a dying tradition. The Southern states were also going through a change because of all the reconstructing of communities. She lived after the Civil war. Emily’s family was always the ones who thought they were better. With her isolating herself from the outside world she was left behind in the constant change of the community. “A Rose for Emily” in a whole symbolized how the old South was in the early 1900s. Many objects in this story symbolize time, which has changed. Emily represented time and tradition. There are three things that symbolize time and tradition in Emily’s life, her house, social life and her environment. Emily’s house is a key part in understanding how she symbolizes tradition. Emily’s family was the closes thing to aristocracy in the whole town. Her house was a reflection of her. It was hideous to the New South. Even though communities changed around her, Emily’s house was a monument of a decaying South. Her house represents symbols of time also. Her house stayed the same for years until she died. The communities advanced and Emily’s house aged just like she did. Her house was even bad to look at. An example...
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...Senses in “A Rose for Emily” “A Rose for Emily” is one of a several short stories written by the novelist, William Faulkner, who is well known after winning the Nobel Prize in literature. The protagonist in “A Rose for Emily” is an eccentric spinster, Emily Grierson, who locks herself in a house after her father’s death. With time passing, she meets a foreman of the construction company, Homer Barron, to whom she finally opens up. However, threatened to leave her for another man, Emily Grierson buys arsenic, which the townspeople believe she will use to commit suicide. Nevertheless, Emily uses the arsenic to kill Homer Barron and then keeps his dead body in one of her locked rooms until she dies at the age of seventy-four. William Faulkner presents the story with an illustration of various senses. A visual image is one of the author’s senses in the story that helps readers to imagine a picture in their minds. The senses of touch and hearing are also extremely supportive in “A Rose for Emily” to understand and imagine the sequence of the story. William Faulkner, the author of “A Rose for Emily,” presents the story with a sense of sight so that it is easier for readers to visualize a picture in their minds. One of his images is the big house that Emily Grierson lived in. William Faulkner explains: It was a big, squarish frame house that had once been white, decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies...
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...3/29/14 Miss Emily “The past is never dead, it’s not even past.” In his story “A Rose for Emily,” William Faulkner personifies this quote. William Faulkner is one of the most influential writers in southern literature, if not U.S. history. He spent most of his time in his home state of Mississippi in the northern counties of Lafayette, Holly Springs, and Marshall County which play a major role in his literature. Almost every book or short story he writes is set in Yoknapatawpha County, which some believe is based on his home county of Lafayette, which is where he spent most of his life. Because of this most of his books have a southern aspect of them and represent to some extent southern culture and hospitality. One of his stories with the most success is “A Rose For Emily.” "A Rose for Emily" is a gothic tale set in the American south. To first understand William Faulkner and his stories, one must understand what the term “Gothic” means. Gothic isn't just a term used in literature but in architecture, and even in art. Generally something is labeled “Gothic” when it is something that inspires dread in you, or a lesser sense or being. In its literal sense in literature it means a story that uses themes like gloom, the grotesque, and the supernatural. It is also usually based in a dark or dreary scene. In the story “A Rose for Emily” it encompasses all three of these themes and settings. First lets look at the setting in how it relates to the...
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...Soft music played as the sweet Carolina air rustled through the wide magnolia tree. The setting sun cast a warm orange glow across Misty’s smiling cheeks, guests from all over town had gathered to her extravagantly decorated backyard to bid her farewell. Small tables dressed in royal red cloth centered mason jars filled with blue violets topped with small candles. White Christmas lights were strung across the perimeter adding an almost mystical spirit to the evening. As the guests mingled and the waiters maneuvered the expertly manicured lawn, Misty stared up at the only home she ever knew. Her family home’s exterior, cut from dark stone with swatches of beige and brown stood at a staggering three stories, towering high over her head. This was the last day she could truly call it hers, tomorrow she was headed to Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Her mother made her way towards her in her usual long, graceful strides, even at 43 Imogen Bellaford still maintained her youthful beauty. Though she was almost identical to her daughter in appearance, adorning long strawberry blond hair, keen blue-gray eyes and a fair face dotted with doe-like freckles; Misty’s mother always seemed to be spritzed with an air of elegance about her, a feature her daughter never failed to envy. Her mother cradled Misty’s head to her shoulder enveloping her into a deep hug. “My sweet girl”, she whispered, her voice filling with tears. “You’re going so far away”. Misty was apart of a faithful...
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...Test #2 Practice Test #2: Answer Key Exam number 2 will take place on Monday, April 8th, 2013. This, the second of two practice exams, will be the subject of class on Wednesday. It will not be graded, but will serve only as practice material accurately representing the content and format of the exam. 1.) Walter used to work as a high school teacher for $40,000 per year but quit in order to start his own painting business. To invest in his painting business, he withdrew $20,000 from his savings, which paid 3 percent interest, and borrowed $30,000 from his uncle, whom he pays 3 percent interest per year. Last year Walter paid $25,000 for supplies and had revenue of $60,000. Walter asked Tyler the accountant and Greg the economist to calculate his painting business’s costs. |a. |Tyler says his costs are $25,900, and Greg says his costs are $66,500. | |b. |Tyler says his costs are $25,000, and Greg says his costs are $65,000. | |c. |Tyler says his costs are $66,500, and Greg says his costs are $66,500. | |d. |Tyler says his costs are $75,000, and Greg says his costs are $41,500. | 2.) Suppose that a firm has only one variable input, labor, and firm output is zero when labor is zero. When the firm hires 6 workers it produces 90 units of output. Fixed cost of production are $6...
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...Test #2 Practice Test #2: Answer Key Exam number 2 will take place on Monday, April 8th, 2013. This, the second of two practice exams, will be the subject of class on Wednesday. It will not be graded, but will serve only as practice material accurately representing the content and format of the exam. 1.) Walter used to work as a high school teacher for $40,000 per year but quit in order to start his own painting business. To invest in his painting business, he withdrew $20,000 from his savings, which paid 3 percent interest, and borrowed $30,000 from his uncle, whom he pays 3 percent interest per year. Last year Walter paid $25,000 for supplies and had revenue of $60,000. Walter asked Tyler the accountant and Greg the economist to calculate his painting business’s costs. |a. |Tyler says his costs are $25,900, and Greg says his costs are $66,500. | |b. |Tyler says his costs are $25,000, and Greg says his costs are $65,000. | |c. |Tyler says his costs are $66,500, and Greg says his costs are $66,500. | |d. |Tyler says his costs are $75,000, and Greg says his costs are $41,500. | 2.) Suppose that a firm has only one variable input, labor, and firm output is zero when labor is zero. When the firm hires 6 workers it produces 90 units of output. Fixed cost of production are $6...
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...Some current events of his time were the “McCarthy Witch Hunts, the Cold War, the Korean War, the rapid rise of television as a determinant in the culture industry, the spread of advertisement, the abuse of technology within the military-industrial complex, the frustration and violence of the younger generation, and the degradation of the masses” (Zipes 1). Even though Bradbury grew up in a small town, he could see all of the issues that were affecting American civilization every day. Since he also lived in Los Angeles for most of his adult life, he could watch large amounts of people who lived there and see how the majority of America’s population actually did not care about the current events. This connects to the novel as well because the majority of the population in the book did not care about the huge war that was occurring and what the candidates running for office actually believed...
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...to the earliest civilizations because of the fear of fire and the damage that it can cause. Many great infrastructures have fallen to the devastation of fire and have taken large groups of dedicated members to control those fires. Over the past century, the fire service has become more than just fire suppression, now these dedicated individuals are trained to rescue people, control hazardous materials, perform fire prevention duties, and attend to the injured. Many people think that the fire service is a fairly modern idea due to the industrial revolution. Some researchers have said that firefighting was first started and organized in ancient Egypt. There is evidence of firefighting machinery was used in Ancient Egypt, including a water pump that was developed by Ctesibius of Alexandria in the third century BC which was later improved upon in a design by Hero of Alexandria in the first century BC. One of the first well documented fire brigade or suppression team was the ones of the Roman Empire. The Roman emperor Augustus is credited with instituting a corps of fire-fighting "watchmen" in 24 BC. Regulations for checking and preventing fires were developed. The first Roman fire brigade of which we have any substantial history was created by Marcus Licinius Crassus. Marcus Licinius Crassus was born into a wealthy Roman family around the year 115 BC, and acquired an enormous fortune through "fire and rapine." One of his most lucrative schemes took advantage of the fact that Rome...
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...Wagonways and tramways Earliest traces The earliest evidence of a wagonway, a predecessor of the railway, found so far was the 6 to 8.5 km long Diolkos wagonway, which transported boats across the Isthmus of Corinth in Greece since around 600 BC.[1][2][3][4][5] Wheeled vehicles pulled by men and animals ran in grooves inlimestone, which provided the track element, preventing the wagons from leaving the intended route. The Diolkos was in use for over 650 years, until at least the 1st century AD.[5] The first horse-drawn wagonways also appeared in ancient Greece, with others to be found on Malta and various parts of the Roman Empire, using cut-stone tracks. Railways began reappearing in Europe after the Dark Ages. The earliest known record of a railway in Europe from this period is a stained-glass window in the Minster of Freiburg im Breisgau dating from around 1350.[6] In 1515, Cardinal Matthäus Lang wrote a description of the Reisszug, a funicular railway at the Hohensalzburg Castle in Austria. The line originally used wooden rails and a hemp haulage rope, and was operated by human or animal power, through a treadwheel. The line still exists, albeit in updated form, and is probably the oldest railway still to operate.[7][8] Early wagonways Minecart shown in De Re Metallica (1556). The guide pin fits in a groove between two wooden planks. Wagonways (or 'tramways') are thought to have developed in Germany in the 1550s to facilitate the transport of ore tubs to and...
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...longer know how to do simple things because some machine has been designed to do everything. Although there are some familiar things in this society, like neighborhoods, cars, and trees, there are also many fictional creations, like the Mechanical Hound, a robot designed to track and kill violators of the law once it has been programmed with their scent. Houses are so fireproofed that firemen start fires rather than put them out. Houses have built-in alarms that ring when someone has a book in his possession, alerting the firemen to go there and begin the burning. There are so many suicide attempts that traveling orderlies are always on hand to pump stomachs or stitch self-inflicted wounds. In the craziness of this futuristic world, it is comforting to find that beds still have to be made and breakfast still has to be eaten. In short, Bradbury has created a world alien enough to be exotic and threatening, but familiar enough to seem real. LIST OF CHARACTERS Major Characters Guy Montag A fireman in the 24th century who burns books and the homes of the people that own them. He begins to question his life when he meets an extraordinary and fresh young girl. His new sense of purpose propels him headlong into life-threatening danger. Mildred "Millie" Montag Montag's wife....
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...Oscar Wilde Birth and early life Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, short story writer and Freemason. One of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day, known for his barbed and clever wit, he suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned after being convicted in a famous trial for gross indecency. Birth and early life Wilde was born into a Protestant Anglo-Irish family, at 21 Westland Row, Dublin, to Sir William Wilde and his wife Jane Francesca Elgee. Jane was a successful writer and an Irish nationalist, known also as 'Speranza', while Sir William was Ireland's leading ear and eye surgeon, and wrote books on archaeology and folklore. He was a renowned philanthropist, and his dispensary for the care of the city's poor, in Lincoln Place at the rear of Trinity College, Dublin, was the forerunner of the Dublin Eye and Ear Hospital, now located at Adelaide Road. In June 1855, the family moved to 1 Merrion Square, in a fashionable residential area. Here, Lady Wilde held a regular Saturday afternoon salon with guests including Sheridan le Fanu, Samuel Lever, George Petrie, Isaac Butt and Samuel Ferguson. Oscar was educated at home up to the age of nine. He attended Portora Royal School in Enniskillen, Fermanagh from 1864 to 1871, spending the summer months with his family in rural Waterford, Wexford and at...
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...composer Igor Stravinsky; and a self-created image of the free-spirited "new woman" of the 1920s. Through her personal example and the fashion empire she established, Chanel launched and sustained the movement toward simplicity, practicality, and unfussy elegance in women's clothing. "A fashion that does not reach the streets is not a fashion," she said, and by the early years of the 1920s, Chanel fashion had reached streets throughout Europe and the United States. Early Life. Chanel both obscured and embroidered upon the facts of her early life; as one of her biographers declared, "She was herself a Chanel creation." Though she claimed to have been born in Auvergne in 1893, records show that she was actually born in the poorhouse of the town of Saumur ten years earlier. Her mother, a poorhouse employee, and her father, an itinerant tradesman, were not married until fifteen months after her birth. Her mother died when Chanel was six, and her father disappeared after placing his five children under the care of relatives. Chanel and her two sisters seem to have spent most of their adolescence as nonpaying residents of a religious, orphanage-like boarding school in Moulins, but by 1903, when she was twenty, Chanel had become the mistress...
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