hi how are you?Each of the four important geographical locations in the novel—West Egg‚ East Egg‚ the valley of ashes‚ and New York City—corresponds to a particular theme or type of character encountered in the story. West Egg is like Gatsby‚ full of garish extravagance‚ symbolizing the emergence of the new rich alongside the established aristocracy of the 1920s. East Egg is like the Buchanans‚ wealthy‚ possessing high social status‚ and powerful‚ symbolizing the old upper class that continued to
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The Jeffersonian´s were very successful in achieving their goals in 1801-1809 due to political and economic reasons. The first goal that the Jeffersonians achieved was the Election of 1800. Jefferson won by a majority of 73 electoral votes to 65. The Empire State fell into the Jeffersonian basket‚ largely because Aaron Burr‚ turned New York to Jefferson by the narrowest of margins. The Virginian polled the bulk of Jefferson’s strength in the South and West‚ particularly where universal white
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Assumptions. We build pro-forma statement mostly based on the assumptions given in the case. Other assumptions are following. At first‚ we assume that the tax rate is an average of tax rates for the past three years which is 20.1%. We use this tax rate to calculate the provision for income taxes for following years. Next assumption is that we take Mr. Dadge’s approximation for the initial rate as the interest rate‚ 11%. Since Mr. Clarkson finished payment to Mr. Holtz in 1995‚ we assume that only
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How Productive Are You? Find out how you can get more done. © iStockphoto/pryzmat When we want to get more done‚ many of us simply work longer hours‚ move deadlines around‚ and multi-task. Although these strategies can provide some short-term relief‚ they aren’t sustainable in the long term. Pretty soon‚ this approach becomes a way of life‚ leading to high levels of stress and eventually‚ poor productivity. Productivity is a measure of how much you accomplish – not how busy you are.
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coercion‚ threats‚ punishment‚ and any other means necessary to achieve teamwork. Dr. Clayton Christiansen describes how it molds children as well as in a corporation. In my parents’ house‚ this was their choice when my siblings and I were out of line. It would usually start with a series of threats. When threats were not taken seriously‚ it would be followed by immediate punishment. Dr. Christiansen in his HBR article‚ “How Will You Measure Your Life?” explains that these tools shaped a culture with some
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(1) There were many compounding factors that caused SureCut Shears to be unable to pay its bank loan by March 31‚ 1996. When looking at the pro forma income statement as compared to the actual income statement we see the following inconsistencies‚ which are contributing to SureCut’s financial problems: Anticipated Actual Dollar Loss Contributed Sales 25‚800 22‚987 2‚813 COGS (% to Sls) 70.5% 73.8% 768 Gross Profit (% to Sls) 29.5% 26.2% SG&A Expenses (% to Sls) 9.4% 10.6% 269 Total
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How would you apply OD principles in order to ensure the continued operation of your business? How would yHow would you apply OD principles in order to ensure the continued operation of your business? ou apply OD principles in order to ensure the continued operation of your business? You are the owner of a 100 employee retail dry goods store. You are located in a town where the major employer is an automotive support industry who has just announced that they are relocating their facility to
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Operating Statement To create the pro forma operating statement we used ratios of COGS/Sales and Operating Expense/Sales for years 2004‚ 2005‚ and 2006. We then took the average of these ratios and multiplied them by sales for 2007 to come up with 2007 COGS and Operating Expenses. To calculate interest expense we included the outstanding loan Jones has with Verden and the new line of credit he would be taking out with Southern Bank and Trust. We calculated Verden’s interest expense by multiplying
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Analyzing Pro Forma Statements FIN/571 February 09‚ 2015 Analyzing Pro Forma Statements Introduction The Home Depot is the world’s largest home improvement retailer. The tagline for The Home Depot is “More savings more doing that’s the power of The Home Depot.” The catchy and recognizable tagline can be heard on nearly every TV and radio station in the United States. The Home Depot realizes that in order to maintain its title as the world’s largest home improvement retailer the company will need
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HOW MOTIVATED ARE YOU TO LEARN Being motivated to do what is required to attain the goal set by you is a challenge. All students face these challenges. Motivation refers to those factors that energize behavior. They are the driving and pulling forces resulting in persistent behavior directed towards specific goals. The motivational level keeps varying and so does the efforts. Keeping your motivational level and enthusiasm high and fairly consistent is essential for anything you do. Check if your
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