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Write 5 pages thesis on the topic summary of a good man is hard to find by flannery oconner. The family consists of Bailey, his wife and three kids including an infant, and also his mother who is simply referred to as “the grandmother”. Initially, the grandmother shows reluctance to join in the trip on the apparent pretext of a murderer named Misfit on the loose. However, the next day the entire family embarks on the journey by car. the grandmother even secretly takes her cat. On the way, they stop to eat at a restaurant, where the grandmother gets engaged in a conversation with the owner. They talk about how good men are hard to find as she says “people are certainly not nice like they used to be.” (O’Connor, 7) Back on the road, the grandmother talks about a plantation nearby. The kids compel the reluctant Bailey to steer the car towards it. But, after a while, the grandmother remembers the plantation is actually in Tennessee. Shocked by her own error, she jerks and her cat which was stowed in a basket jumped onto Bailey’s shoulder. This suddenness was followed by an accident, although no one was killed. As the family waits for help, a car arrives driven by Misfit and his two allies. As the grandmother attempts to engage Misfit in a conversation by telling him he is a good man and ought to lead a good life, the Misfit orders his cronies to take first Bailey and his son, and then his wife and the remaining kids into the woods where they all are killed. The grandmother, now in a state of panic continues to give her sermon on Jesus, and this prompts the Misfit to share some of his own opinions about Jesus. Detecting a moment of vulnerability, the grandmother reaches out to touch him and calls him her son. instantly the Misfit recoils and shoots her three times in the chest. The story ends with the Misfit telling his allies “She would’ve been a good woman if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life”. (O’Connor, 23) About the author, O’Connor’s upbringing and her religious heritage had a major impact on her writings. Her parents were devout Roman Catholics whose Irish ancestors immigrated to the US in the nineteenth century. Soon, they adopted the cultural life of Georgia. O’Connor grew up to develop strong Catholic faith, which was well reflected in her story A Good Man Is Hard To Find. Although she was a member of the Catholic patriarchal community, her own family was dominantly matriarchal. Her mother exerted a great influence on her. Nevertheless, her father who was a real estate agent and died when she was only 15, also had a major impact on her since he had always supported her literary talent (Eder, 1). Influence of O’Connor’s religious lifestyle The story is a deep reflection of O’Connor’s Catholic faith, and the subject matter leans on caricature and satire. In this fiction, the author attempts to evoke in the minds of the readers a deep thought about religion, and the influence has been quite destructive for sensitive readers.&nbsp.

 

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1.   In February 2015, broadband and fixed line carrier BT (British Telecom) re-entered the UK mobile market by buying EE.  BT will be able to sell bundles of service combining mobile, fixed line, broadband, and television. It will challenge Vodafone, which sells only mobile services.  (Source: “BT in £10bn move to reclaim dominant position”, Telegraph, February 12, 2015.).

(a) How would BT’s purchase of EE affect the concentration of the UK mobile services market? 

(b) Suppose that the competing mobile carriers set capacity by the Cournot model. If BT’s purchase does not affect the marginal cost of the carrier that it buys, how would BT’s entry affect the equilibrium capacities?

(c) Using a suitable figure, explain how BT’s entry would affect the residual demand for Vodafone and how Vodafone should adjust its prices.

2.    In 2010, of a total of 67,000 rooms on the Las Vegas Strip, Caesars Entertainment managed 22,880, while MGM Resorts managed over 12,000. However, owing to the Great Recession and new hotel openings, between 2008 and 2010, MGM’s hotel occupancy decreased from 92% to 89%, while its average daily room rate fell from $148 to $108. Meanwhile, CityCenter, managed by MGM Resorts, and the Cosmopolitan opened with 4,000 and 3,000 rooms respectively, and the 1,720-room Sahara closed.  (Sources: Caesars Entertainment Corp., Annual Report 2010; MGM Resorts, Annual Report 2010; “Sahara’s closure on May 16 will mark `the end of an era’,” Las Vegas Sun, March 11, 2011.)

(a) Using a suitable figure, explain how the opening of CityCenter and the Cosmopolitan affects the residual demand for an existing hotel and how it should adjust prices.

(b) If MGM Resorts had not reduced its room rates, what would have been the effect on occupancy?

(c) Use the Cournot model to explain MGM Resorts’ opening a new hotel and Sahara’s closing.

3.   Pluto Limited is financed with $2 billion of debt at an interest rate of 10% and $8 billion of equity.  If management works as usual, Pluto would earn revenues of $10 billion and incur operating expenses of $9.5 billion, and so, operating income would be $0.5 billion. If management works hard to cut costs, operating expenses would be $9.0 billion.

(a) Construct a game in extensive form with the following nodes. At the first node, a private-equity fund chooses between a leveraged buyout of Pluto and the status quo. At the subsequent node, management chooses between working as usual and cutting costs.

(b) Suppose that the leveraged buyout recapitalizes Pluto to $8 billion of debt at an interest rate of 10% and $2 billion of equity. Calculate Pluto’s profit if management: (i) works as usual, and (ii) cuts costs.

(c) Explain how the leveraged buyout serves as a strategic move to cut costs.

 

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Let’s talk about P/E ratios! Every public company has a P/E ratio. It is the current market value per share of the company divided by the expected future earnings of that company. Many investors use this ratio as a method of determining the relative value of a stock because it tells that investor how much you are paying for each $ of future earnings. For example, Coca-Cola with a P/E ratio of 20 tells you that you are paying $ 20 a share for every $1 of future earnings; conversely Amazon with a P/E ratio of 115 tells you that you are paying $ 115 a share for every $1 of future earnings. A P/E ratio can be low or high and it is your job to determine why. 1) a P/E can be low because investors are losing confidence in the company and they are selling shares even though the earnings stay the same 2) or a P/E can be low because earnings are growing quickly and the current market price hasn’t picked up on this earnings growth yet. 3) or a P/E can be high because investors become excited about a company (such as Tesla) and investors will buy the shares now in the hopes that the earnings will eventually increase 4) or a P/E can be high because earnings are actually falling and investors haven’t picked up on this yet – investors are holding out in the hopes that earnings will recover. Additionally, a P/E ratio should be analyzed in relation to the company’s industry, competition, product line , its debt and its position in the economy. Thus, I would like you to report on the P/E ration for your two companies. How has the P/E ratio changed (up or down) and why? What is driving the trend in the movement of your P/E ratio? How does the P/E from your two companies compare to other companies in the same industry. There is no one answer here – it is your analysis from what you see in the company. Can you provide a summary of at least 20 sentences and I hope you enjoy this exercise.

 

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As illustrated beside there is a glass beaker inside a thermally insulated box. In addition, the system contains an impeller driven by the pull of an external weight and designed to dissipate mechanical energy. Before closing the box you pour 1 L of water at 20 ◦C and then add 100 g of ice at -8 ◦C in the beaker.

• A) Once the box is sealed, what happens inside the beaker? If you wait a few hours, what is the composition inside the beaker? Is there only water, only ice or still a mix of ice and water? If your answer includes the presence of ice then calculate how much ice remains. In any case, calculate the temperature of whatever is contained in the beaker.

 

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