... offered to its customers. In January, Krause's announced it would deploy a comprehensive technology platform that is based upon visualization tools developed for GoodHome.com, which was an Internet-based home-decorating destination. The visualization technology enables customers to click on a piece of furniture, search the Web site for a fabric choice, and instantly view an image of the upholstered item ... Kozmo. Kozmo currently serves nine major metropolitan areas with its one-hour delivery of on-line retail purchases. In New York City, the retailer's distribution facilities double as ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... Cather's "Paul's Case" and James Baldwin's "Sonny's Blues." The title character in Cather's short story voyages from his drab life and home in Pittsburgh to the marvelous New York City, where he fully expresses his shopaholism. Under his father's roof on Cordelia Street, Paul is dramatically oppressed; ... he dreads coming home at night for fear of his father. Paul, in one instance, rather than face his father's accusations, stealthily entered the cold, dank basement ... (227). Paul holds all of this with little regard; he seeks tangible goods, rich wares - one of the first items he pur...

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... much of my life is taken granted. I wasn't injured that badly, but I couldn't think of what would have happened if I really was injured. Where would it leave me? When I returned home, I expected everything to be the same. Everything looked the same, and it seemed the same. My life wasn't the same. I was a thirty-five year old addicted to ... shopping. Sure, I had a decent job, but I wasn't married. I had a family, but I was in New York City. My family was deep down south. My accident showed me what I was missing in life. ... . Maybe that was an insane idea. I could only think about wha...

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• Grade Level: High School

... excuses Cesar." So then I went to the weight room and had a quick workout. I left the gym at around 10:00am and got on my mommas car. When we got home I ran into my room and I packed my stuff in a hurry. Then I went take a shower and got dressed, then my mom drove me to school. I got to school and my teacher ... eat breakfast and went to go look at more places. In the afternoon we went to Time Square and we shopped. There was a lot of people. When we got done shopping and left to the hotel. We changed and went to the pool. Then I got out and went to my room and slept. I woke up and look...

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• Grade Level: High School

A person bored and fed up with his dreary life of school, home, and monotonous jobs, Paul allowed his environments to dictate his feelings and behavior. The settings in "Paul's Case" reveal aspects of Paul's character and events in his life. The author, ... New York, Paul lived the good life, the life to which he felt he was born. While in New York, Paul indulged in high-class life. He drank wine, went shopping and listened to the orchestra. However, Paul squandered his stolen money. He wore the finest clothes, ate the finest food, and lived in the finest room. Eventually, Paul spent all ......

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• Grade Level: High School

... are passed down. Albany is also the New York State Capital. Long Island has many towns and some attractions on long Island are the Beaches, Lighthouses on the east end, Shopping outlets and farms. Buffalo is the state's second largest city and is also where the dish Buffalo wings was invented. The highest temperature in New York was one hundred fifteen ... and I am going to have so much fun I can't wait! My favorite basketball team is the Lakers, but it's always fun watching them at Madison Square Garden, which is the home of the Knicks and Rangers. My summers are always fun because I g...

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• Grade Level: High School