Part I: Laura Ingalls Wilder Biography Amy Sickels, Foreword by Kyle Zimmer Infobase Publishing 2008 126 pages Part II: Subject’s Early Life Laura Ingalls Wilder, who lived from February 7, 1867 until February 10, 1957, was born in Pepin, Wisconsin to the parents of Charles Phillip Ingalls and Caroline Quiner Ingalls. Laura was the second of five children in her family. As a little girl, Laura and her family moved around a lot. So Laura kept a journal with her and wrote what she saw, and
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Amazing Pioneer Family “She thought to herself, ‘This is now.’ She was glad that the cozy house, and Pa and Ma and the firelight and the music, were now. They could not be forgotten, she thought, because now is now. It can never be a long time ago.” These were the lovely words that ended Laura Ingalls Wilder’s first book called Little House in the Big Woods. She was born in a cherished log cabin on February 7, 1867, in Wisconsin. Hopefully, Laura’s pioneer family traveled throughout her childhood
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|A Comparative Study of Congreve’s THE WAY OF THE WORLD and Sheridan’s THE SCHOOL FOR | |SCANDAL | Submitted by: Name:Aishwarya Bhardwaj Roll no.:5869 Restoration Comedy is genre of drama ,better known as the Comedy of Manners, as
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invented. Honda, Nissan and most of the car now provides lane departure warning and blind spot monitoring. According to the web article by Chuck Tannert, Audi, Volvo, Mercedes is rated as A+ when it comes to the most comprehensive list of driving assistance. Some of the examples of the driving assistance software that car companies have introduced in recent years are: Blind spot monitoring, adaptive cruise control, pedestrians and cyclist warning, lane departure warning, emergency braking, parking assist
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Introduction Westlake Bowling Lanes is a small business in downtown Raleigh. It was founded by late Dane Sugar and is currently owned by Sugar’s Raleigh-based son, along with a pair of his close friends. During Sugar’s lifetime, he managed every aspect of the business, but after his death in October, 2008, the new board of directors failed in hiring a suitable business manager, until 2009, when they hired Shelby Givens (Sugar’s granddaughter). The company currently faces serious financial challenges
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4431 MAY 3, 2012 RICHARD G. HAMERMESH ALISA ZALOSH Westlake Lanes: How Can This Business Be Saved? Introduction Shelby Givens, general manager of Westlake Bowling Lanes, sat in her cramped office in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. It was March 10, 2010, two weeks before the scheduled meeting of Westlake’s board—Givens’s uncle and two close family friends. During her 9-month tenure as general manager, Givens, working 70-hour weeks, reined in costs and gradually grew revenues. As a result
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ANALYSIS OF WESTLAKE LANES As per the case we can get into the solution by analysing 5 alternatives which are given below. Alternatives Alternative 1 Sell business; liquidate all assets to pay liabilities and investors. The Pros for this alternative would be that the business would be able to pay debt owed to investors. Furthermore, when the business closes, Givens and the board can possibly spend their time and energy into another more profitable business model. Givens may even have
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WESTLAKE BOWLING LANES IS A BOWLING COMPANY TIME : MARCH 2009 PEOPLE INVOLVED SHELBY GIVENS (GM) SHELBY UNCLE (BOARD) SHELBY’S TWO MORE FAMILY MEMBERS (BOARD) DANE SUGAR(FOUNDER) Shelby’s mom’s dad. EMPLOYEES RALEIGH BASED SON AND FRIENDS SHIRLEY SMITH GARY SPALDING DANIEL SINCLAIR JENNY BULLOK POINTS SHELBY GIVENS WAS A GM FOR 9 MONTHS WORKS 70 HRS WEEK MARCH 2010 DANE SUGAR DIED IN 2008 FROM 2004 REVENUES FELL MORE THAN 40% MAJORLY CUZ OF EMPLOYEE INSURANCE, MAINTAINANCE
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Sugar Bowl Memo Shelby Givens faced many trials and tribulations throughout the transformation of her grandfather’s Westlake Lanes into Sugar Bowl. All three phases, from preparing for the transformation to operations, produced challenges that Givens would have to overcome. In Phase I, Givens prepared for the bowling alley’s renovation. Westlake Lanes was to close down current operations for approximately nine months. The design challenge of Sugar Bowl would be to create the environment for Givens’
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is a graduate from business school who returned to Raleigh, North Carolina with an ambition to transform Westlake Lanes into a successful business renamed to Sugar Bowl. Before the transformation Givens saw a downward spiral for Westlake Lanes barely earning any profits and the ability to sustain a healthy business was dwindling. Givens in March of 2010 was able to persuade the board of Westlake to allow her transform the bowling alley in hopes of changing the business into a success. After evaluating
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