PLATINUM BOX CASE STUDY Statement of Issues The main problem in this Platinum case is the decision whether or not to single source to Jabaking with the expansion of printing equipment. Because Conrad of Jabaking was instrumental to helping Platinum find their feet and establish its ground in the printing industry in 1992 does not necessarily mean Platinum press has to be indebted to Jabaking thirteen years after. Even though Conrad has always hinted Jim Hicza since 1992 that he expects that
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Throughout the passage‚ the author‚ Dana Gioia‚ guides the reader’s opinion to resemble his own through the use of persuasive literary tactics. Emotionally charged language‚ referencing credible sources and presenting factual evidence all assist Gioia to persuade the reader to believe the decline of reading in America negatively impacts today’s youth. Gioia uses language that provokes the reader’s emotions to help him form a cogent argument. To relay that Gioia believes America’s youth needs to
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In the short story ‘Birthday Box’ by Jane Yolen the theme is life can be tough. Two reasons why my theme is life can be tough are that she had to live in the hospital and she had to live with her dad. My theme life is tough is because when her mom got sick‚ she had to live in the hospital. For instance‚ Katie had lived in the hospital so long that she knew every nurse. For example‚ V. Louise‚ Patty ‚ Tracey-Lynn‚ Lily‚ Mary Margaret‚ and many more. Also‚ another example is that even though she was
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When viewing Green Day’s American Idiot—the lyrics and the Georgia College production— I got a better understanding of the struggles society faces. Stage Manager Mary Helen Higgs said that Georgia College’s production of Green Day’s American Idiot‚ a rock opera‚ is metaphorically presented as a “battlefield of rage and love.” It illustrates a great example of teen angst and their punk personality. To what extent‚ if at all‚ can society’s behavior be justified as a fight to find identity and individualism
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In Dana Gioia’s “The Angel with the Broken Wing the thoughts of an angel statue that is lamenting about its distance from God and its brokenness. The language use introduces a truth about distance from God and brokenness: it is only in the presence of God that brokenness is able to be acknowledged. The language is an evocation of longing for a time where nothing was broken and anything could call out to God and be heard. The angel contrasts its current location in the “air-conditioned tomb” with
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representation. In the popular single American Idiot‚ from the 2004 album American Idiot‚ Billie Joe Armstrong‚ along with accompanying members of his band‚ use fast-paced and violent sounding music to emphasize the thought-provoking lyrics which opinionates that the citizens of America are passively accepting a singular point of view projected by the media and refusing to take part in improving their homeland. Armstrong
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Steven Spielberg has a reputation of creating great movies‚ he has this standing because he has made numerous remarkable movies throughout his career but the movie that kick started his box office career was “JAWS”. “JAWS” was his first movie that broke box office records and gave him the reputation he has today. The movie “JAWS” starts with two young adults that go skinny-dipping at a beach in Amity‚ an island close to New York City. One of them is killed in the water and the head of police; Martin
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In the essay “The Box Man”‚ Ascher contemplates isolation and solitude‚ and the significance it holds for different people. She describes the experience of three solitary people: a homeless man‚ and two ladies. The homeless man is the most alone of them all‚ by every meaning of the word; he has isolated himself from society‚ and by doing so‚ society has isolated itself from him. But despite all this‚ he would choose no alternative. The homeless man is certainly alone‚ but he is happy. The two ladies
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LATERAL THINKING "I DID it without thinking." When we come to reflect‚ this remark would apply to most of the actions we perform in our ordinary daily routine. Many of our actions are instinctive or automatic responses to certain situations: thus we blink if a threatening fist suddenly approaches close to the face and we step out of the way of some obstacle in our path. Many again are matters of habit—having discovered the way to act‚ either for ourselves
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I chose to do the Canada In A Box exhibit because it stood out to me compared to the other exhibits. This exhibit is about cigar containers that provide insight to Canadian history from 1883 to 1935. I did not know what a cigar container was or why it would have any significance to be put up for display in an exhibit before the online tour. I was intrigued to learn about why they were so popular and how information could be found by the images found on the containers‚ whatever objects that still
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