Sentimental Objects (part two)

Sentimental Objects (part two) This is part 2 of a four part series spread across our four years at the tvte (for the first part, go here). Throughout the school year, we like to collect things that we are too attached to to throw away. We put these things in a ceramic, mushroom-shaped container (which we affectionately refer to as our memory mushroom), and when it overflows (which it inevitably does), we pile the stuff next to it. At the end of the year, we like to go through all of the stuff we collected, and reflect on the memories associated with each item, which is what you see below! 1) The program for Yaoi on Fire, the fire spinning club’s summer and fall semester encore performance. It was based on one of our favorite animes, Yuri on Ice! And our really awesome friend was in it, performing with a sword that they machined! 2) Sticky notes with beautifully wholesome messages we got from our lovely freshman (that we counseled in Freshman Arts Program) during the last dinner of the week in Unos! Can’t wait to be counselors again in a couple months! 3) The program for Avenue Q, a play that multiple friends were in! 4) The program for Cabaret Night! Only Danny got to see this, but it was an awesome show put on by the Musical Theater Guild where people performed awesome solos! 5) The program for Go Back for Murder, another play that multiple freinds were in! We saw it with our friend Nia during IAP, as described in this blog! 6) The program for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat This is another MTG show we saw! Our favorite song was Those Canaan Days  ! 7) Hedgehog and dear ink drawing our friend (and founder of Borderline) Julia R. ‘18 made us after the Borderline fall semester showcase! 8) Trinkets from our first time going on the annual Art Scholars  trip! It was an awesome day, where we got to see 2 Avant-garde shows (Flight and Sleep No More), explore NYC, and eat a fancy dinner with art friendos! Displayed are: The masks we had to wear during Sleep No More (which is by far the craziessssstttttt show we’ve ever experienced!) a hole punched playing card that was part of the Sleep No More *experience* The program and tickets to Flight 3 postcards we got for free from the Mckittrick Hotel, which is where both of the shows were heldand!!!! fun fact: the Mckittrick Hotel is where Ghost Quartet* was performed *Ghost Quartet is a song cycle that we LOVE that was written by Dave Malloy** **Dave Malloy is a person we LOVE because he also wrote Natasha, Pierre, and The Great Comet of 1812 (Comet, for short)*** ***Comet is a musical we, shockingly, LOVE and is the first and only musical we ever saw live on Broadway 9) The program of The Addams Family! This was the show Next Act put on this year during CPW, and it was amazzinngg! We became obsessed with the soundtrack after seeing it! Our favorite character was Morticia, who our friend Victoria L. ‘18 played PERFECTLY. Victoria also made spoopy eye contact with us and fellow FAP counselor Joanna G. 20 throughout the show! We also became very obsessed with the voice of the original actress who played Morticia, specifically at this moment. 10) The program of Ignite, the very first ever dance showcase we attended at MIT! Our friend Katherine C. ‘19 was in it!! 11) Chroma’s second edition, which we were both staff on! 12) Program for Playsentations, the final presentation for 2.00b (Toy Design)! We both took 2.00b last year, so we decided to support some freshmen friendos taking it this year! 13) Hacking Arts name tags that we got for representing Borderline! 14) Our birthday cards from our wing! Its a 3E tradition to set out a card the day before every persons birthday for everyone to sign. Then at midnight, we sing that person Happy Birthday, and whack them (more or less gently) with pillows n times, where n = their age + 1 (the 1 is for good luck!) 15) Invitations to an art show put on by our friend, Jessie W. ‘19! It displayed a series of metallic leaf paintings she made throughout this semester! Very beautiful and inspirational! After gawking at the incredible paintings, we bumped into our friend Elissa H. 21 and started talking about Steven Universe because it was the day after two episodes came out that SHOOK the whole fandom …. those who keep up with Steven Universe KNOW! 16) Program for the MassArt Senior Animation show! It was an incredible show with some extremely well made animated short films! It definitely did not contribute to the major and career dilemma that we have been having this entire semester…. ha ha . nope not at all… blog about this to come 17) Rune’s 38th edition! Both of our art is in it! 18) Bottle caps of the first ginger we ever tried! Our friend Charlotte M. 20 invited us to J entry to try *real* ginger beer after we tried the ginger beer she and our friend  Caroline B. 21 made, which apparently was not *real* because it wasnt gingery enough and too yeasty. (we thought both were excellent tbh, but also saw their point after trying the real deal) 19) Cute note + paper towel wrapping from a present that our friend Joana gave us! It was hanging on our door knob after a stressful day! Much Appreciated 3 20) Chroma’s first edition, which we were both staff on! 21) Presents from our fantabulous friend from high school, Ale! @Ale, if you are reading this, cant wait to see you this summer! 22) Cursed Sticky Notes 23) The cover that fell off one of Allans notebooks 24) Tickets from various times we went to the MFA (Museum of Fine Arts) this year! 25)  Photo Booth pics from Ring Delivery! 26) Various Brass Rat related things: The paper around Allan’s Ring Box for his demo ring (all ringcomm members get a temporary class ring early to wear as a demo in the months before Ring Delivery) A Ring Comm name tag worn during Ring Premiere (?) Danny’s blue lottery ticket he got at Ring Premiere (did not win any of the lotteries as described here) 27) Random knitted thing 28)  A CD proving that the earth, like a CD, is actually flat and hollow… the theory was contrived and confirmed true by J entrya course 12 lives there so its very legit they gave a presentation about it at Activities Halfway during CPW too, alongside MIT Confessions, MIT Memes, and MassTech 29)  Presents from our friend Karen C. ‘20 33 30)  Knitted things for an experimental animation assignment Allan did for Animation 1 at MassArt 32) A sticky note Danny used to plan his final project for Animation 1 33) A sticky note that says MTA, used as a prop to recreate the intro of this video in a snapchat 34)  One World  braceletsAfter going to all the tent parties to sample the food (the chocolate pretzels and bread with pesto were real good), we decided to leave the parties (because dancing + way too loud music + dim lights = not our scene) and instead hung out with Elissa! She made us tea in a bowl (because her kettle was not big enough), and then we all worked on art stuff for our final projects, listened to Elissas angsty playlist (which was really quality), and talked about academic dilemmas and career struggles. 35)  WAITTRESSSSSSSS do we need to say more? 36) MORE WAITRESS 37) Borderlines various flyers throughout this year 38)  First clue for the impossible Ring Comm 2020 Puzzle Hunt solved by Zach O. ‘20 39) Corgi/sense8 themed present we made for Karens birthday (p.s. super hyped for the Sense8 finale!) our Memory Mushroom is empty now, because we transfered all of the sophmore things to our  buzz bag does this mean were juniors now? :O Post Tagged #2.00b Toy Design #Arts Scholars #Brass Rat #cross-registration #Fire Spinning #MTG (Musical Theatre Guild) #Ring Delivery #The Borderline at MIT

The Success of the New Deal in Solving the Problems Caused...

The Success of the New Deal in Solving the Problems Caused by the Great Depression Introduction- In the late 1920’s and early 1930’s the whole of America was in a deep depression and was in desperate need of help. When Franklin D Roosevelt was elected president of USA he came up with the plan of â€Å"the new deal† this was a planned guideline to regenerate money and the high standards of living the Americans once had not so long ago. He introduced 5 major organisations to restructure the American way of life they were now facing; these were the F.E.R.A, C.C.C, A.A.A, T.V.A and the N.R.A. In this essay I am going to study if â€Å"the new deal† was successful up to 1941. During the Great Depression, when†¦show more content†¦He asked Congress to create â€Å"a corporation clothed with the power of government but possessed of the flexibility and initiative of a private enterprise.† On May 18, 1933, Congress passed the TVA act. 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Analyzing The Categories Of Food Oriented Retailers Using...

Introduction Food-retailing constitutes of various categories when classified using the width and depth assortment classification system. This classification system focuses on the product lines of the food-store. The conventional supermarkets have been facing challenges because of the constant growth of combination stores and the superstore stores. This presents a need for the conventional market to devise ways which will enable them to face this competition. Additionally, it is imperative for a supermarket retailer to estimate the level of market saturation of a particular location before moving into that area. Various ways of evaluating this level exist. This paper will, therefore, analyze the categories of some food-oriented retailers using the width and depth assortment classification system. 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Hero and Ceremony Free Essays

The Monomyth The monomyth is a recurring, underlying theme that many writers follow not only intentionally but unintentionally as well; it follows the hero throughout the novel and explains the success of many mainstream novels. The monomyth is in its entirety he hero’s journey, beginning with the departure, then the initiation and ending with the return. In the novel of ceremony there is no real sense of time there are many flashback’s but there still is a monomyth and it also fills many of the categories to be one. We will write a custom essay sample on Hero and Ceremony or any similar topic only for you Order Now Our hero in ceremony is Tayo even though he is not the average hero with great strength or intelligence but a hero who has an inner battle with himself and stress; he falls into the category of a romantic hero. The refusal in the monomyth has 6 step’s and ceremony manages to cover 5 of them , the first being the refusal and in ceremony it is not as a genuine refusal but a morale one that he wishes to continue to be accepted and not belittled by just being native American by the white people, during the war he was accepted and considered a hero by white people but when his uniform was off and he was returned home he was thought less of just because of his ethnicity so the real refusal here is his refusal to return to blatant racism even if it is not direct. A hero must also have a rescue from without that lets the audience see that even heroes are mortal and require help or rescue at one point to appeal to pathos or emotion. Tayo’s issue or battle with post-traumatic stress that causes him to drink to try to escape the sadness and memories of all his friends and loved ones death in the war, he is from without and also has a personal identity crisis that troubles him throughout the novel. The crossing of the threshold in the novel is not marked by a arduous task or magnanimous event but subtle and gentle , after meeting the â€Å"the woman† in the mountains who help’s Tayo with catching Josiah’s cattle or â€Å"the cattle of his dreams throughout his and her meeting by the last meeting Tayo feel’s much better about himself and his heritage, Tayo officially crosses the threshold after freeing the cattle of Josiah from a white man’s ranch but shows him the bill of sale and the cattle are wrangled to the woman’s house, so Tayo gets Robert and they head to the woman’s cabin and when they arrive the cattle are corralled in old Indian fashion and the house is abandoned and a few months after that Grandma claim’s he’s cured but Tayo’s true cure come when he puts an end to the ceremony, which is when Emo comes chasing him and torture Harley, a little before this. Tayo runs into a uranium mine and notices f rom the patterns on in the mine that it is the final stage of his ceremony. Master of two world’s is when the hero realizes that there is nothing separating the new world from old world and is has a better understand and in ceremony this step is very clear when Tayo is finally cured and even a bit before that he is at peace with his old memories and sense of loss and his major self-realization that renders knowledge is after having relations with the woman in the mountain’s he knows that the land and people you love are never truly lost because they had existed in the first place. The hero’s final step is the Freedom to Live, Tayo with his new found knowledge of himself and the land is finally able to live at peace with himself and calm his inner demons to no longer cause nightmares and be able to live his life as a regular Indian now accepted by the tribe. How to cite Hero and Ceremony, Essay examples

Case Analysis Hawkesbury Cabinets Pty Ltd

Question: Discuss about the Case Analysis for Hawkesbury Cabinets Pty Ltd. Answer: Introduction The Case describes a situation where high industry demand of a particular product lead to problematic operational and supply chain issues for a manufacturing company. Hawkesbury Cabinets is a manufacturing company that provides kitchen solutions. Currently the industry has demand for two types of kitchen solutions; custom made solutions and standard solutions. Fung Chen, who founded Hawkesbury Cabinets had foreseen this demand and thus started the manufacturing company with an objective to reap the profits of the high industry growth. The focus of their strategy was to make quick profit that was possible through custom made cabinets as the profit margins were high in that segment. But since the industry demand for standard cabinets was high too, they manufactured standard solutions also (Gilmour, 2013). Since the company had only a single manufacturing facility and a sole strategy to make quick profits, the manufacturing facility was bound to find itself under supply demand pressure soon. On top of that, there were a third segment of cabinets solutions was catching up in the industry known as the builders kitchen. This case analysis covers the aspects as to what Hawkesbury Cabinets need to consider while making this decision. Case Analysis Whenever a manufacturing company starts in a high demand industry, it faces a huge dilemma in terms of what approach to choose (Meredith, 2015). Whether to follow a quick profit through high margins approach or a sustainable growth with normal or low profit margins. The latter seems to be sustainable but the risk of a competitor getting into the industry and taking the market share is high. Hawkesbury Cabinets took the former approach where they tried to make profits through manufacturing of higher profit margins segment i.e. the custom cabinets solutions. They also manufactured the standard cabinets solutions but raw material, manufacturing, lead-time priorities were given to custom solutions. This resulted in a higher lead-time for standard cabinets. Since the demand was ever growing, soon the facility found itself under deadlock where lead time for both the segments increased since the operations and supply chain were not optimized and were just prioritized (Aghazadeh, Hafeznezami ,Najjar Huq, 2011). The manufacturing facility had a very simple design with flexible machines that could produce both custom cabinets and standard cabinets. Also the facility layout of the Mulgrave manufacturing facility was designed in such a way that all the frequently used machines such as saws, cutting tables, routers etc. were kept separate from lesser-used machines such as lathes. Human resources were also capable of building both the product types. The problem lied in the tasks scheduling. Instead of scheduling tasks based on the nature of work, the scheduling was done on the basis of priority. Custom made cabinets always got a higher priority than the standard cabinets. Thus, all the tasks were done for the custom made cabinets and then they were done for standard cabinets. This eventually led to an increased lead time for the standard solutions and also a higher WIP inventory and unnecessarily held on the resources. Since the manufacturing facility was already under pressure due to increase i n raw material WIP, costs and eventually leading to lower margins, the addition of this third product line could prove dangerous for the companys financials and operations if a proper strategy was not undertaken (Sabharwal,Syal Hastak, 2009). Hence, Fung and Chen did not understand the fact that in order to accommodate in ever increasing industry demand and to include additional product line, the manufacturing facility needs a lot of changes (Williams, 2011). At this point if Fung and Chen start the additional product line, the company would run into bigger problems such as increased lead time, lack of resources in terms of space, craftsman etc. Thus before adding the third product line, the manufacturing facility needs a lot of changes and optimization efforts. Following are some of the factors that Fung and Chen need to consider Financial Investment Adding a 3rd product line will definitely require additional investment in terms of expanding the facility with more machines, craftsman and raw materials. This investment would reduce the profit margins but will be beneficial in the long run (Pagell Shevchenko, 2014). Also the breakeven point would arrive a lot later than before. But this approach will be beneficial to sustain and grow in the industry Skilled Craftsmen In order to be a successful manufacturing company producing multiple product lines, the craftsmen must be highly skilled and experienced. Also, human resource management will have to be considered as when the company grows, human resources issues such as employee satisfaction, organizational behavior comes into picture (Nachiappan Anantharaman, 2006). Thus, skilled craftsman and a proper human resource management systems would be required Facility layout and process scheduling The tasks scheduling and facility layout needs a complete transformations and it should not be priority based. It should be tasks based irrespective of the profit margins (Seuring, 2013). Also since the demand is likely to increase in future, maintaining the quality along with producing quantity would be crucial Raw material procurement Since the scheduling should be based on the tasks, the raw material procurement is also a major point of concern (Vokurka Davis, 2004). Since the priority is not longer on higher profit margin product lines, a proper proportion of all the three product line orders must be there in order to maintain profitability and also maintain the share in the industry Conclusion All the above changes are required to in order to be sustainable in the industry that is ever growing and is likely to see huge competition in the coming future. Thus, a strategy change is required and the approach from quick profit making to a sustainable manufacturing facility is required (Beamon, 1999). This is not an easy approach because the profit margins for the company will reduce drastically and it will be difficult to maintain the same organizational strength and courage with a reduction in profit margins. But Fung and Chen should be focused more on the future of this industry rather than the present. For both to be successful in this strategy, it will be highly helpful if they could separate the manufacturing facility with custom cabinets being manufactured in one facility and the standard and the builders kitchen manufacturing in another facility. This would increase the investment substantially but will maintain the profitability in the custom cabinets and also help in gathering market share in the other two product lines. Since, there is enough demand in the market, the facility should not worry about the order and should soon find itself on the right path of sustainable growth. Based on the above discussion it can be said that the organization should have a plan to increase the scale of its operations. With the use of Information Technology in its Supply Chain, the organization can actually obtain a balance between the efficiency and responsiveness of its supply chain. In the end, the important thing is that the scalability of operations should not compromise the profitabilit y of the business. References Aghazadeh,S., Hafeznezami,S., Najjar,L., Huq, Z. (2011). The influence of work cells and facility layout on the manufacturing efficiency.Journal of Facilities Management, 9(3), 213 224. Beamon, B. (1999). Measuring supply chain performance.International Journal of Operations Production Management, 19(3), 275 292. Gilmour, P., 2013. Benchmarking supply chain operations.International Journal of Physical Distribution Logistics Management. H., Williams, T. (2011). Now, let's make it really complex (complicated) A systematic review of the complexities of projects.International Journal of Operations Production Management,31(9), 966-990. Nachiappan,R., Anantharaman, N. (2006). Evaluation of overall line effectiveness (OLE) in a continuous product line manufacturing system. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 17(7), 987 1008. Pagell, M. and Shevchenko, A., 2014. Why research in sustainable supply chain management should have no future.Journal of Supply Chain Management,50(1), pp.44-55. Simpson, D., Meredith, J., Boyer, K., Dilts, D., Ellram, L.M. and Leong, G.K., 2015. Professional, research, and publishing trends in operations and supply chain management.Journal of Supply Chain Management,51(3), pp.87-100. Sabharwal,A., Syal,M., Hastak, M. (2009). Impact of manufactured housing component assembly redesign on facility layout and production process.Construction Innovation, 9(1), 58 - 71. Seuring, S., 2013. 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The process of writing can be a tedious one for some, and a piece of cake for others. When the subject of a writing method is discussed one barely looks into the details of why, instead absent mindedly do them as if it were second nature. Today I'll be looking into my own flaws for once, and record a specific habit this particular indulgence has been a very hard one to not do, I'm talking about pacing. The reason for such research is to note and become aware of how it'll affect me, and for what purpose I do it. The hypothesis is that I'll be more efficient without it, and it will be nothing more than a nasty habit. I was first told of this habit by my mother who would catch me up and pacing as a child when handed a boring task, I still continue this habit as an adult and have adapted to different situations to control it. Methodology I needed a timer and a camera to do this experiment, also two essays in which I had to turn in this week (not counting this one). I was in my dorm typing on my laptop record the first, daydreaming and writing a sentence every 10 seconds or so, it was a Wednesday afternoon, and it seemed to be going smoothly ( I reserve my concentration for when I'm revising). It seemed very easy, and I was able to get done, although it was extremely slow, it felt like 4 hours . The second paper was a little harder to write, I didn't get out of my seat and eventually dealt with writers block, my work became more generic, given that I was just trying to get done, and thinking became a tedious task. As I've said before all I needed was a video camera a seat and desk, as well as a topic, in which I can easily provide for myself, the middle portion or the body of the essay was the most excruciating moment. I did both experiments one after the other and found the results to be diffe rent than what I had anticipated. Results As you can see, the results of each method look quite different from one another, and in no way are similar. I created a chart based on what I saw in the video, and timed how long I walked and what got done as a result. Time pacing Time finished 1)3:00 2)4:00 3)40 seconds 4)5:17 Total : 16:17 48:34(with pacing) 0 45 seconds(to go to the bathroom) 1:57:42 Like any other paper I seemed to be exhausted by the second one where as the first, I found my self refreshed every time I came back. I believe that I can beat this habit although I don't know if it can become useful in certain situations. On a side note, it seemed like I was wrong, day dreaming gets it done quicker, but it comes in a sloppy manner, and ALOT of rewriting is required. In conclusion it's safe to say I have a conflict when it comes to whether or not I should give up this habit once and for all. Although it's a nice way to deal with stress, the perspective of the situation also depends on whether or not it's needed. I really wish I could just dive into a paper, sit still and not move so much, pacing also seems to be triggered by music, and so is daydreaming meaning that the essay would've taken longer than necessary. Should I give up this habit or embrace it, and attempt to control it over the right situation? (E.g. creativity etc.).

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