Sonic Youth Essays

  • Wild swans at coole

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    W.B Yeats’s poem ‘The Wild Swans at Coole' (1919) is a self reflective poem, one of the overarching themes of which is the the transience of time. This notion is explored through the persona's witnessing of a flock swans swimming on the lake, a sight he had witnessed 19 years previously during his first visitation. This sight evokes the realisation that the persona has aged and changed dramatically following his last visit to the lake, despite the apparently ageless and eternal nature of the swans

  • Sonic Case Study

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    Executive Summary Beginning with one restaurant, Sonic has become the largest drive-in chain in the United States. While they are smaller than their competitors, they are still leading in sales growth, customer loyalty and customer satisfaction. Sonic restaurants saturate the southern U.S. This gives them the opportunity to expand to other area. However, Sonic is reluctant due to the colder climates and their basis as a drive-in restaurant. Sonic should look at adding or combining capabilities to

  • Analysis of Sonic Corporation

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    Analysis of Sonic Corporation In 1953 Sonic Corporation was founded by Tony Smith in Shawnee, Oklahoma under a different name of the Top Hat. Tony Smith started the company as a drive-in restaurant featuring hot dogs, hamburgers, and french-fried onion rings. In the mid-50s Smith was asked by Charles Pappe for assistance in establishing a similar restaurant in a rural town also located in Oklahoma. This was the beginning of a partnership between the two men . CURRENT INFORMATION In

  • Sonic Targeting the Hispanic Community

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    Introduction For many companies, marketing to the Hispanic community has proven to be very challenging. Sonic drive-in is one of these companies that are currently exploring the ways to target this group. Problem Because there are so many different cultures within the Hispanic community, researchers have found it very difficult to target this group as a whole. Many companies don’t believe Latino’s to be a viable target and they don’t want to spend the time or money trying to research this

  • Sonic Drive-In Restaurant

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    make the greater burger, and to make bigger and better fries. Founded in 1953, Sonic has become the largest drive-in chain in the nation. Sonic was founded by Troy Smith, Jr. in Shawnee, Oklahoma. His dream was to own his own business. Sonic Drive-In keeps the 1950s alive through its chain of drive-in restaurants, each complete with speaker-based ordering systems and carhop servers - some on roller skates. Sonics top competitors are McDonald’s, Burger King, and Wendy’s. McDonald’s is the leading

  • Sonic Healthcare Limited: Case Study

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    Sonic Healthcare is one of Australia's largest life science corporations specialising in the creation and distribution of both diagnostic and laboratory medical equipment. The firm was initially listed as a public trading company on the Australian Securities Exchange in 1987, (Sonic Healthcare, 2014). Equipment is distributed to the following suppliers throughout Australia and incorporates both independent and regional healthcare providers, life science research institutions, medical practitioners

  • Hello, Daddy: A Narrative Fiction

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    "Where are we off to this time, Doctor?" Clara said, her eyes lighting up as soon as she saw the Time Lord rushing madly around the console of the TARDIS. It was such a familiar sight, his brown flop of hair bopping around as he piloted the time machine wearning a bowtie, but it never failed to put pure excitement into her heart. "Artang, Clara!" the Doctor said, giving a flourish as he pushed a lever over. "The wonderful planet of Artang. You're going to love it, I can just tell." "I'm sure I will

  • The Concorde And The Future Of Supersonic Flight

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    return to market, just as soon as science is able to make the planes quieter, more environmentally friendly, and more fuel-efficient. Overall, super sonic flight started in 1969 with the Concorde, and it didn’t stop there, thanks to this first supersonic commercial airliner, aviation can now continue to improve in the right direction—until super sonic flight is once again ready to return to the market.

  • Supersonic Flight

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    technology and tools. The fear of breaking the "sound barrier" was finally removed in 1947, when the Captain Yaeger flew the Bell X-1 at a speed slightly above Mach 1 for few seconds, producing the famous and long-awaited sonic boom (caused by an impulsive pressure change created by the sonic waves detaching from the aircraft), music for the scientists attending that historical moment, but current nightmare for the 21st Century supersonic vehicles' designers [8]. Since the first wind tunnel investigations

  • Super Sonic Essay

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    What do dinosaurs and super sonic passenger jets have in common? They are both extinct. When the realistic thought of supersonic passenger travel was first introduced in the 1950s, it seemed like a compelling breakthrough in the field of commercial aviation. During this era, American manufacturers created a competitive advantage at the end of the World War II, an advantage that has survived to the present day. For all practical purposes, US technology since 1945 has set the standards for international

  • Strategic Analysis Of Sonic Corp

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    Executive Summary Sonic is the largest drive-in chain in the United States. Under the slogan "America's Drive-In," a Sonic features fast service by roller-skating carhops and unique menu items that cannot be found at McDonald‘s, Burger King, or Wendy‘s. Sonic restaurants operate in 27 states so it is smaller than leading fast food chains however it is still a significant competitor. Founded by Troy Smith and Charlie Pappe in 1953, Sonic went from a single root beer stand to a popular franchise.

  • Supersonic Dream: Problems of Supersonic Transport and the Concord

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    worked on a similar design to the Concorde, called TU-144. In 1968, the TU-144 had its first flight on 31 December, one year earlier than the Concorde. Meanwhile in the United Stat... ... middle of paper ... ...92.stm P., L. L. (2011). Ailment sonic boom cure: extreme makeover of the airplane. Discover, 32(8), 40. Smith, H. (2009, May 19). What is supersonic flight?. NASA. Retrieved April 19, 2014, from http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/what-is-supersonic-flight-58.html#.U1M0IFcnGSo

  • Oskar Kokoschka Research Paper

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    Oskar Kokoschka Kokoschka was born in P^chlarn, a Danube town, on March 1, 1886. He studied at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts from 1905 to 1908. As an early exponent of the avant-garde expressionist movement, he began to paint psychologically penetrating portraits of Viennese physicians, architects, and artists. Among these works are Hans Tietze and Erica Tietze-Conrat (1909, Museum of Modern Art, New York City), August Forel (1910, Mannheim Art Gallery, Germany), and Self-Portrait

  • Social Exclusion Essay

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    There are corresponding meanings to the concept of social exclusion as people have different views. It is often defined as people who exclude themselves from mainstream society through their own form of action and values in which they believe. However, as practitioners accumulate knowledge and experience they will begin to define social exclusion (Pierson, 2009, p.5). Social exclusion causes individuals to become disadvantaged; this is not just within the economy but through other extents such as

  • Assignment Questions On Safeguarding Children

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    Josh Wells Unit 3 1.1: Explain what is meant by “safeguarding children” Safeguarding children is protecting them from physical, emotional, sexual abuse and neglect. For an example physical abuse would could be hitting a child and emotional abuse could be calling a child names. It is everyone’s responsibility in the setting to make sure that children are kept safe at all times. This is to ensure that children grow up in a safe environment. Practitioners also have a duty of care to make sure that children

  • Pregnancy in Our Youth: What Gives?

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    in 2013, it is not uncommon to see a fourteen or fifteen year old who is expecting a child. We have television programs, such as, “Teen Mom” and “16 & Pregnant” show the wonders of babies having babies. So what has changed in the mindsets of our youth over the past few generations? Why are we seeing so many more girls becoming impregnated at, what seems, younger and younger ages? Common reasons we do find our young people becoming pregnant include, but are not limited to, family values, peer pressure

  • Dorm or Home?

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    Dorm or Home One of the first major decisions that a student preparing for college must address is if a dormitory is best for them or if it would be better for them to live at home. Dorm live has much less structure than living at home so students must quickly learn to develop their own guidelines that will allow them to be successful in a more camp like environment. Living at home can stifle the growth process that is a normal part of maturing into an adult. Parents and students need to

  • Use of Humor and Language Techniques in Monbiot's Article "Modest Proposal for Youth Scourge"

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    In the article “Modest Proposal for Youth Scourge”, we see George Monbiot expressing his opinion about young people. Monbiot is making fun of those in society who want to go to extreme methods to keep youth out of public places - by using emotive and figurative language, tone and humour. At the beginning of the article, particularly in the first paragraph, you believe that Monbiot is serious about the topic. But by the end of the second paragraph, you begin to suspect that Monbiot is using humour

  • The Purpose of the “Northbridge Curfew” & the Benefits and Criticism of It

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    north; the Mitchell Freeway to the west; and, William Street extending to Brisbane Street.” Source: Look At WA website (http://www.lookatwa.com.au/Zones/northbridgemap.html) 2.2. Who it applies to? The policy was aimed mainly to apply to the youths of Western Australia, specifically those who frequently loitered in the Perth/Northbridge area. The policy prohibits children 12 or under to be in the area after sunset, and children between the ages of 13 to 15 after 10pm – unless under the care

  • Anti Social Behaviour Orders : The Crime And Disorder Act

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    According to the ‘Crime and Disorder Act’ (1998) Anti-social behaviour orders are civil orders made against a person or persons who have engaged in Anti-social behaviour, which includes drunken or threatening behaviour, graffiti and vandalism or playing loud music at night. However, this classification is contested by prior (2009: 9) who claims, there is no ‘settled definition of what constitutes anti-social behaviour’. Yates (2009), claims that the orders are more concerned with the ‘prevention