Next UK is the second largest UK retailer by sales value with 536 UK stores and an average of 278‚000 transactions per day. Like other market leaders‚ Next also took steps towards sustainability without facing any significant challenges in the way. Changes like reduced packaging‚ less waste to landfills‚ improved vehicle and store efficiency have proven effective as their direct carbon footprint has reduced by 3% from 2010 to 2011. However‚ they have not been able to achieve same success with their
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The Painted Door Breaking of Bonds “No man is an island‚ entire of itself”. This quote from John Donne‚ states that no person could live there life without communication from people around them. They must live in an environment where they can communicate freely with someone even if it would be just one person; but what would happen to someone who does not receive or give proper communication? In the story‚ The Painted Door a wife named Ann lives in
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“The Painted Door” The natural landscape and the winter storm in “The Painted Door” serve as a metaphor for Ann’s sense of isolation. Sinclair Ross‚ the author of the short story‚ intelligently uses imagery to add atmosphere to the story and enhance the readers understanding of the emotions and mood of the protagonist‚ Ann. The isolation of the farmland is made abundantly clear as we learn the closest neighbouring farm is “five miles away‚” and even then it would seem longer as the roads are “impassable
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The Door in the Wall H. G. Wells The Door in the Wall is a story about Lionel Wallace‚ the narrator’s friend who was shearching for a door he found in his childhood. The door that had led him into enchanted garden of wonderful things and people. The narrator himself says that he doesn’t know whether Lionel himself was the possesor of an inestimable privilege or the victim of a fantastic dream. Even in the end‚ Redmond is not very much convinced in the reality of his story. One
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Closed Doors Right after Ann and her family get into the Secret Annex the people who where hiding then brought some more of there stuff over. Ann was handed a box that had all her pictures of movie stars and a dairy as a gift. After she had thanked her father‚ she ran to the door of the Secret Annex concealed on the other side by a book case. When she was almost to the door her father grabbed her by the arm and said‚ "Ann no matter what you must never go through that door" When she asked why
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The Door was established in 1972 by a group of specialists in the field of medicine‚ psychiatry‚ law‚ social work‚ and education. The main reason for the foundation of The Door was the marked increased in homeless young adults in the early 1970s. The organization was created to provide basic needs‚ such as shelter‚ food‚ and physical healthcare to young adults who didn’t have the economic or systematic resources to afford said services. The founders believed that youth in the city was the key to
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When both involved do not fully commit to the happiness of each other‚ a mismatched marriage may lead to discontent for all. Sinclair Ross’s short story‚ “The Painted Door”‚ deals with the growing dissatisfaction of a farmer’s wife‚ Ann‚ who feels alone as her husband struggles with the harsh conditions of the environment. Ann seeks comfort and companionship from Steven‚ the attractive friend of her husband‚ John. The responsibility for John’s death‚ a shocking result of Ann’s infidelity‚ lays
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First English Essay on “The Painted Door” “Big stubborn fool – he goes his own way anyway. It doesn’t matter what becomes of me. In a storm like this he’ll never get home. He won’t even try.” This passage is an excerpt taken from Sinclair Ross’ “The Painted Door.” In context‚ this quote exemplifies the protagonist‚ Ann’s‚ inner struggle to put proper faith in her husband‚ John‚ whose absence during a devastating storm leaves her brooding‚ ultimately leading her down the forsaken path of adultery
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of discrimination and segregation of wealthy condominium owners and lower class unit renters. One main point that fuels this discrimination is the issue of having a separate entrance for both parties. In most high rise luxury condos‚ there are door men and security awaiting an owners arrival. In this case the lower income inhabitants‚ are met by what has been dubbed a ʻpoor doorʼ. This entrance is for all the people that do not make any more than $50‚000 a year. ! The ideological perspective
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NEXT PLC Next plc core and ancillary business activities Next plc is a United Kingdom based retailer offering products in clothing‚ footwear‚ accessories and home products. The Company distributes through three channels: Next Retail‚ a chain of more than 500 stores in the United Kingdom and Eire; Next Directory‚ a home shopping catalogue and Website with around three million customers and international Websites serving approximately 50 countries‚ and Next International‚ with approximately 200 stores
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