being on the street. Gang war can broke out anywhere at any time. Eva Benitez came from a family with a strong gang heritage. When she was younger‚ she witnessed her uncle got shot in a drive-by. She then witnessed her dad got arrested in front of her for a crime supposedly did not engage in‚ by white cops. She involve in the gang life at the age of 11. She has to choose between stay in a detention center or go to school‚ Eva chose to enroll as a freshman at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The characters in Uncle Toms Cabin are‚ Uncle Tom‚ George Shelby‚ Emily‚ Mrs. Shelby‚ Aunt Chloe‚ Arthur Shelby‚ Eva‚ Eliza Harris‚ Harry Harris‚ Augustine St. Clare‚ Miss Ophelia‚ Senator and Mrs. Bird‚ the Quakers‚ Marie‚ Classy‚ Emmeline‚ Simon Legree‚ Tom Locker‚ Mr. Haley‚ and Topsy. The setting in this book is in the mid-19th century in Kentucky‚ New Orland and Canada. A late afternoon in February‚ two men sit together as they drink some wine in town
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issues of social class. Class is a large factor‚ indirectly‚ in the events of the play and Eva Smith’s death. Mrs. Birling‚ Priestley notes‚ is her husband’s social superior‚ just as Gerald will be Sheila’s social superior if they do get married. Priestley also subtly notes that Gerald’s mother‚ Lady Croft‚ disapproves of Gerald’s marrying Sheila for precisely this reason. Finally‚ everyone’s treatment of Eva might be put down (either in part or altogether) to the fact that she is a girl‚ as Mrs. Birling
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Explain. McNeils’ proposal was rejected because it did not meet the target return 15%‚ which was decided by Hubbard. However‚ the EVA is unfavorable under 15% return. Hubbard also states that a company like Enager should have a 12% return on EBIT. With this being said‚ McNeil’s proposal demonstrates a return of 13% (ROA = EBIT/Assets = $390‚000/$3‚000‚000)‚ and a favorable EVA will be provided under this return figure. If cost of capital can be had for under 13%‚ then McNeil’s proposal is a money maker
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Throughout a child’s life‚ especially a girl’s‚ they must face the decision to be their own person or give into peer pressure. In The Semplica-Girl Diaries by George Saunders‚ sisters‚ Eva and Lily face opposing opinions upon serious social issues. Told through the father’s diaries is a story of fitting in with society and how it affects the youth. After going to a party‚ Lily starts to yearn for things that her family can not afford. But with a stroke of luck Lily is able to get the things that
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Don’t give up Have you ever doubted yourself during a rough time? Have you ever felt like it’s not worth putting the effort into it? Anne Frank and Eva from the movie Freedom Writers both felt like this during some point of time. But in the end they powered through it. Both “The Diary of Anne Frank” and “Freedom Writers” teach readers that you should never give up just because life is messy. Anne Frank was a young Jewish girl who lived in hiding for a long time during the Holocaust. Anne felt as
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In the play “An Inspector Calls” by J.B. Priestly‚ Mr. Birling and Sheila Birling have contrasting attitudes to social issues. J.B Priestly uses this difference to highlight the diversity between generations and their reactions to the situations faced. He also shows the difference in the way they act upon hearing the news and how they change throughout the play. Arthur Birling is the father to Sheila Birling and so is presented as the older‚ “old-fashioned” generation whereas Shelia is the younger
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Background Quality Metal Service Center (QMSC) is a century old national distributor of metals with annual sales in 1991 of over $750 million. The company is in the middle of the value chain‚ purchasing metals in large lots from production mills and reselling the product to metal users in smaller lots on a short lead time basis. QMSC also sells inventory that has been altered through preproduction processing. To be competitive QMSC must have a shorter lead time and better customer service to cover
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Raiborn/Kinney Chapter 14 question 51: Colson Manufacturing (Balance Scorecard‚ EVA) A) Why would the use of EVA discourage a high growth strategy? Economic Value Added (EVA) => A measure of the extent to which income exceeds the dollar cost of capital. In essence‚ it is the value generated from funds invested in a business. It can be calculated as income minus (invested capital times the cost of capital percentage). This measure is an easy- to-understand method that recognises improvements
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The first being the loss of children exhibited by both Eliza and Mrs. Bird and the second being the character of Eva. Both scenes are tremendously sentimental and specifically appeal to the female reader. The point of the sentimental character or sentimental scene is to hook the reader and urge them to continue with the story‚ even if there is a different intended
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