CEO‚ United Hospital Services 2009 ASHES Annual Conference September 20-24‚ 2009 Reno‚ NV Topics to Cover • • • • • • • • • • Different Types of Healthcare Laundries Management Structure of Laundries Keep OPL vs. Outsource Computation Pound vs. Piece Pricing Causes of Linen Losses Products and Services Offered Linen Service Contract Language Linen Service Installation Evaluation of Linen Service Summary and Questions 2009 ASHES Annual Conference September 20-24‚ 2009
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“The valley of ashes is bounded on one side by a small foul river‚ and when the drawbridge is up to let barges through‚ the passengers waiting trains can stare at the dismal scene for as long as half an hour. There is always a halt there of at least a minute and it was because of this that I first met Tom Buchanan’s mistress.” While people are waiting for the train‚ between West Egg and New York they are surrounded in a place where Fitzgerald names the “valley of ashes.” The opening chapter of
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Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Many of the symbols portrayed in the novel provide great significance in the development of and the fate of its characters. Three major attributes to symbolism this novel unveils is the green light‚ the valley of ashes‚ and the eyes of Doctor T.J Eckleburg. The symbol of the green light plays an important part in the life of Jay Gatsby. The green light is situated at the end of Daisy Buchanan’s dock‚ and is just visible from Gatsby’s home‚ which happens to be
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Write about some of the ways in which Fitzgerald tells the story in chapter2 of The Great Gatsby? Chapter 2 is the chapter in which Tom takes Nick to meet his lover Myrtle; they meet in the Valley of Ashes which is home to Myrtle and George. The Chapter then changes scene to New York where Nick attends a party; during this party Tom breaks Myrtle’s nose by punching her. The Chapter is used to portray the true colours of Tom Buchanan and to emphasis the mystery surrounding Gatsby. The
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The Valley of Ashes: “ This is the valley of ashes – a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke‚ and finally‚ with a transcendent effort‚ of ash-grey men‚ who dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air.” (26) The valley of ashes is located between West Egg and New York‚ the characters need to pass through here to get to New York‚ when they pass through here the characters
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image in this part of the chapter unique. He starts by describing the valley of ashes‚ a “fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens…” Here‚ one knows the valley of ashes must be extremely disgusting. However‚ the author decides to make use of the hyperbole and say that this valley is “fantastic farm”. Why does he do that? Because he is trying to tell us that the amount of ashes present in here is unimaginable and it can be compared to a “fantastic farm” where
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Valley of Ashes “This is a valley of ashes — a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and‚ finally‚ with a transcendent effort‚ of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air.” (23) The image Fitzgerald creates in this passage is not a very pleasant one‚ depicting the impoverished in a filth ridden valley‚ masked by the overpowering presence of the ashes. The entire
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time”. Explain how this statement relates to ‘Angela’s Ashes’. ▪ What do you think are the main themes in the text? ▪ What character did you like best? Why? ▪ What character did you like least? Why? ▪ What do you know about the way Angela’s Ashes has been written (the style)? ▪ Why is setting important in Angela’s Ashes? ▪ What does this book tell us about hope and survival? ▪ What shocked you in ‘Angela’s Ashes’? Be specific; try to think of one part of the story
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placing ashes on the foreheads of adherents as a sign of mourning and repentance to God. The ashes used are typically gathered after the palms from the previous year’s Palm Sunday are burned.[4] This practice is common in much of Christendom‚ being celebrated by Catholics‚ Anglicans‚ Lutherans‚ Methodists‚ ‚ and some Baptist denominations.[5][6] The liturgical imposition of ashes on Ash Wednesday is a sacramental‚ not a sacrament‚ and in the Catholic understanding of the term the ashes themselves
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2009 Symbolism in The Great Gatsby “This is a Valley of Ashes--- a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat.” (26) Three symbols that are shown in The Great Gatsby that are reflected more than any others are Dr. Eckleburg’s eyes‚ The Valley of Ashes‚ and Time. Dr. Eckleburg’s eyes represent the higher power that oversees the upper class society as the root of ethical and moral corruption (Bates). Driving through the Valley of Ashes‚ the narrator noted: “The eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg are
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