Story Mapping “Hachi: A Dog’s Tale” Introduction: In the modern day‚ a class full of young students are giving oral presentations about personal heroes. A boy named Ronnie stands up and begins to tell of ’Hachiko’‚ his grandfather’s dog. Years before‚ an Akita puppy is sent from Japan to the United States‚ but his cage falls off the baggage cart at an American train station‚ where he is found by college professor Parker Wilson. Parker is instantly captivated by the dog. When Carl‚
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Assignment 1 Hospitality and Tourism organizations do not operate in a vacuum and as such‚ must continually assess the factors which impact upon the business operations from the internal and external environment. Identify and explain the various Micro and Macro Environmental influences which exist‚ with examples relevant to the Hospitality and Industry and suggest what tools a Hospitality and Tourism organization might use to assess its marketing environment. La Mon Hotel & Country Club has
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The Five Pillars of Islam could be seen as the structure or framework to the Muslim life. Islam consists of five key obligations‚ or “pillars of faith‚” that each Muslim follower must accomplish by the end of his or her life. The five pillars are the following: reciting the act of faith‚ pray five times daily in Makkah’s direction‚ giving “zakat” (help to the poor or needy)‚ fast (abstain from food) during Ramadan‚ and every Muslim must at least make one pilgrimage to Makkah during their lifetime
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into independently administered regions. Hyksos sources are archaeological rather than written and are incomplete. Excavations at Tell el- Dab’a in the north-eastern Delta by Manfred Bietak (archaeologist)‚ have identified this site as an ancient Avaris‚ the capital of a foreign people known as the Hyksos. Who were the Hyksos? The name comes from the Greek version of the Egyptian hekau khasu‚ an epithet meaning ‘rulers of foreign countries’. The Egyptians reserved this name for Asiatic rulers to
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or sants. Ramananda‚ Ravidas‚ Srimanta Sankardeva‚ Chaitanya Mahaprabhu‚ Vallabhacharya‚Surdas‚ Meera Bai‚ Kabir‚ Tulsidas‚ Namdev‚ Dnyaneshwar‚ Tukaram and other mystics spearheaded the Bhakti movement in the North while Annamacharya‚ Bhadrachala Ramadas‚ Tyagaraja among others propagated Bhakti in the South. They taught that people could cast aside the heavy burdens of ritual and caste‚ and the subtle complexities of philosophy‚ and simply express their overwhelming love for God. This
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"Sandler’s Mr. Deeds: Mis-Deeds" With a prestigious resume’ of successful blockbuster comedies‚ Adam Sandler certainly fails with Mr. Deeds‚ his most recent attempt to duplicate his past successes. The quick-wit‚ unexpected‚ laugh-out-loud jokes are a forte’ of Sandler’s which go back to his days of being a young comedian on NBC’s Saturday Night Live. Sandler’s comedy is the only thing that will keep you in your seat for an hour and a half. Fortunately for this movie‚ Sandler’s large adolescent
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Marriott Case Marriott Corporation‚ an American firm‚ has 3 major lines of business: lodging‚ contract service and restaurants. Its growth objective is to remain a premier growth company. The four components of its financial strategy are consistent with this growth objective for the reasons: Manage rather than own hotel assets: Marriott sold its hotel assets to limited partners to reduce assets and thus‚ it can increase ROA and thereby increase potential profitability. Invest in projects
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restaurant division = 13.84% WACC for Marriott’s contract division = 23.07% Market Value Leverage D/V Beta βs Tax Rate τ Unlevered Beta = βs / (1 + (1 – τ) D/E) Hilton 14.00 0.76 44.00 0.70 Holiday 79.00 1.35 44.00 0.43 La Quinta 69.00 0.89 44.00 0.40 Ramada 65.00 1.36 44.00 0.67 Total Average Unlevered Beta 0.55 βu = 0.55 Cost of Equity Using the target debt ratio of 74%: βTs = βu (1 + (1 - τ) D/E) βTs = .55 (1 + (1 - .44)(.74/.26)) βTs = 1.427 Using CAPM: rE = rf + βTs (rm – rf) = 8.95% +
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Project Task-List Christina Noll CMGT/410 July 19‚ 2015 Instructor: Desiree Le Blanc MEMORANDUM To: All Members of Management and Trainers From: TCN Toys Human Resources Date: July 19‚ 2015 Subject: Two Day Offsite Training Session TCN Toys Human Resources department is proud to announce its first Two Day Offsite Training Session for the Hot Wheels Project. This training session will last anywhere from six to eight hours each day. All location managers will be required to attend. For
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He was the first king of the 18th Dynasty and probably ruled from 1539-1514 BC. Ahmose attacked Avaris and subsequently the Palestinian fortress of Sharuhen to end the Hyksos’ reign over Egypt. Ahmose then turned to Nubia and Egypt’s land grew south to the Second Cataract. After this Ahmose returned his attentions to Palestine and may have led campaigns
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