OREGON INVESTMENT GROUP April 30‚ 2010 Consumer Goods La-Z-Boy Incorporated BUY Stock Data Price (52 weeks) Symbol (Exchange) Beta Standard Error of Beta Shares Outstanding Average daily volume (3 month average) Current market cap Valuation (per share) DCF Analysis Comparables Analysis Target Price Current Price (as of 4/29/10) Summary Financials Revenue Net Income Operating Cash Flow Earnings/Diluted Share BUSINESS OVERVIEW La-Z-Boy Incorporated (LZB) is the most recognized name in the furniture
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Book Review: Kaffir Boy Kaffir Boy is an autobiographical work written by Mark Mathbane. It was the first South African autobiography to be written in English by a black native. Mathabne ’s aspiration for writing this book was to inform the world that apartheid had to end because it could not be reformed. Eventually‚ the book would achieve its goal of opening the eyes of many people worldwide about this subject matter. Kaffir Boy contains several main themes. The book accuses South Africa ’s
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character or individual changed to become (more/less) admirable. The god boy by Ian Cross is about 11 year old jimmy Sullivan. Jimmy and his family live in Raggelton new Zealand where he goes to a catholic school. Jimmy is not really who we think he is at the start as we read the book we see how jimmy really is. At start jimmy seems like a normal 11 year old boy but as we read on we see that this not the case. In the book the god boy jimmy is a character which becomes less admirable. Ian Cross uses
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“Will Your Job Be Exported?” Summary As a professor of economics at Princeton University‚ Alan S. Blinder has had many publicized writings‚ including several books and textbooks‚ as well as‚ various newspaper and magazine columns. In recent years‚ Blinder has become known for his writings on the topic of “offshoring” (441). In his article titled‚ “Will Your Job Be Exported?”‚ he discusses this topic of offshoring and how it could vastly affect the future of America. Blinder begins his argument
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Have you ever seen such a quiet child that “it usually took strangers a while to notice him even when they were in the same room with him?” In this non-fiction passage‚ the author exhibits the unfortunate life of a silent boy called Estha in 3rd person limited with a sympathetic and poignant tone. As for the purpose‚ the author engages the sympathy of the audience by presenting Estha’s difficulties with an informal register. Paragraph One narrates how Estha became quiet in childhood. “Quiet” and
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In the assigned article‚ “Professional Liars‚” Alan Ryan states that the most important ground for an individual’s right to be told the truth is autonomy. Ryan defines autonomy as‚ “the capacity to plan one’s own life‚ to form and act on a scheme of one’s own” (623). I do not agree with Ryan’s belief‚ because of the duty of individuals to protect the life and well-being of others. Ryan’s belief that autonomy is the most important ground for an individual’s right to be told the truth ignores other
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Although I had my real father around me‚ my grandfather was the one who was always there for me. No matter what happened in my life‚ he was always the one who looked beyond my faults. It seemed like no matter what I done‚ I was always a perfect little boy to him. My grandfather was great at many things. He was a faithful mosque member/worker‚ understanding‚ and humorous. My grandfather loved to go to mosque. When it came to mosque‚ he served in many auxiliaries. When he was down and sick‚ he was still
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The Blue Boy Summary: In Gary Stephen Ross’ excerpt‚ “The Blue Boy‚” he describes Vancouver through the eyes of the main character. The character recounts a story of his travels that he would take with his father and brother from Toronto to Vancouver. The character highlights the ongoing transformation of the city and describes how it has evolved over time. In the beginning of the excerpt‚ he describes what he saw Vancouver to be in the 60s: a small city with little to offer. Contrastingly
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rain forest. One of the Dr.’s even takes a tribal drug that helps with erectile dysfunction. The Dr.’s are taken hunting for crocodiles. They are successful in find and trapping one. They bring it back to the tribe and they watch the tribe boys chop it up. Then the crocodile is cooked. They love the crocodile and believe that if they could stay in the jungle‚ that they would soon be filled with crocodile meat.
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a high-resolution (HR) image from single or multiple low-resolution (LR) images‚ known as “super-resolution” has been a problem. High resolution means high pixel density‚ also referred to as high-definition (HD). An HR image brings out details that would be blocked out in an LR image. More pixels in the same area imply a higher sampling frequency thereby offering more details. Due to the tremendous progress in sensor and chip manufacturing techniques‚ we can now obtain high resolution images
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