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Stalin: Dat Boi In the 1945 classic, Animal Farm, George Orwell uses a simple fable-style tale to exhibit how the shadow of tyranny that progressively engulfs an English farm relates to the timeline of the Russian Revolution and the Stalin Era. With the collective effort of the animals to successfully rebel against their oppressive farmer, they soon adopt the maxim: “All animals are equal” and aim to live in a classless society from that point on (Orwell 4). Although this is the animals’ initial…

Samika Sharma Kanika Dang English 3rd November,2015 PAM AYRES AND HER JOVIAL POEMS Pam Ayres, an English poet, comedian, songwriter and presenter of radio and television programmes, was born on 14th March, 1947 at Stanford in Vale, Berkshire and currently in Oxfordshire. After leaving Faringdon Secondary School at the age of 15, she joined the Civil Service as a clerical assistant and worked at the Army (RAOC) Central Ordnance Depot in Bicester. She soon left and signed up for the Women's Royal…

10-k Assignment The difference between a calendar year and a fiscal year is that a fiscal year is determined by a company's business cycle, whereas a calendar year is January through December. Starbucks, choose a 52- week fiscal year because it enables them to provide financial reports over periods lengths. Likewise, GMCR operates on a 52 week fiscal year in order to show sales and progress over lengths of time. It is stated on their SEC file including the balance sheet that they have a 52…

Introduction The most important aim of International Business is to build and sustain competitiveness for economic value creation in both local and overseas market (Besanko,2007). International business theory on the other hand has a variety of models that can recognise the environmental analysis of specific countries. An excellently well known framework is the Porter’s Diamond, which was found by Michael Porter in 1990. Porter’s Diamond Model Porter’s theory of national competitive advantage is…

The Dow Chemical Company is one of the leading chemical company in the world. To adapt the new market environment and to bring the company to new heights, the Dow Chemical Company launched the “Dow of tomorrow” strategy in 2006. The strategy includes two parts – First part is pursuing an asset-light approach to its low-margin, but cash-rich, commodity businesses, this part was achieved by a joint venture with Petrochemical Industries Company; the second part is building high-growth and…

J.M.W. Turner By Peter Milnes J.M.W. Turner was an English landscape painter. He had a very interesting artistic life from his budding childhood to his unfortunate death. He created beautiful works of art now exhibited in many places of the world. I picked him because I have had many experiences with his art, and I love his style of painting, especially how he made light realistic. Examples of this can be seen when light shines on water or when the moon is present. This and the amount of…

Overview Walmart is Multinational Corporation operating in a chain of hypermarkets, grocery stores and discount department stores in 28 countries world-wide. It is the largest company in the world in terms of revenue – approximately US$480 billion according to the Fortune Global 500 list in 2016 – as well as the largest private employer in the world. Walmart is leading in terms of sustainability, philanthropy and employment opportunity globally. Vision Statement- The company traces its success…

Children always like to be the knight that will slay the dragon. They will imagine traveling to the mythical dragon’s lair and slaughter the dragon to be the most beloved and famous knight in all the land. The things they do not realize are that dragons never existed and knights did a lot more than save the fair maiden in the land. Knights would go on military expeditions, discuss politics, and bring order to the land. It took a lot to be a famous knight in the tough times of the middle ages.…

Native American culture had always intrigued me, even more so when I discovered my grandma was involved in it. My family doesn’t see my grandma often; she lives about four hours south, and it’s usually a one time a year occurrence. Last year my family and I went to visit her. When we got to her house, she was huddled around a group of her great grandchildren in the living room and was telling a story. She was a great storyteller, for she was a part of a time when stories were passed down…

1 - Google Creates Alphabet – But Why? When people look back at August 10th 2015, they may choose to look at it as the day that the world of new media changed. Google, who already stood as one of the biggest companies on the planet, decide to shake the global foundations of business when they announced the arrival of Alphabet. While the name has perplexed many, the move itself may prove to be a stroke of genius. What Alphabet represents is the creation of an umbrella company that the Google…