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- 3801: Financial Report of Loewen Group Inc.
- ... completed, local management is encouraged to remain and offers long term contracts to its key employees, rarely dismissing the other employees. L.G.I. provides many services to its acquired companies including offering training to new employees on its management information systems and covering costs for any renovations which are needed on the acquired locations. Each funeral home and cemetery is operated as a distinct profit centre, with monthly and annual ... the lawsuits would create uncertainty and speculation amongst the company's shareholders. S.C.I. Take-over Attempt On September 17, 1996 Service Corporation International (S.C.I.), the largest Funeral Service Company in the world, placed a $ 2.5. billion take-over bid for Loewen Group Inc. The bid's share value is equivalent to US $ 43 each. Houston based S.C.I.'s bid was considered to be fair by many analysts like Todd Richter of Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. (New York) and Ivar Leipens of Moss, Lawson & Co. (Toronto). Another analyst, Dean Martin of TD securities Inc. (Toronto), stated that the bid was too low and that the a bid of US $ 50 would ...
- 3802: Analysis Of The Kingdom Of Mat
- ... catalysts that cause the cults to form. A whole series of evangelic congregations appeared in the early decades of the nineteenth century in order to serve the poor, the emotionally needy, those barred from the new prosperousness, hopefulness, forbearance, personal freedom and sensible thought of the business classes. Combining good narrative skills,excellent characterization, and historic detail, Johnson and Wilentz recreate the engaging tale of a hypocritical prophet and his erroneous followers in New York during the eighteen twenties and thirties. The main motif that dominated Matthias s and Elijah Pierson s actions involves the beliefs that were instilled in them when they were young,about the natural order ... s church had an egalitarian dissolution of power and wealth , patriarchal roles were reinforced by men leading their families into church and all the authority figures being male. They were taught that God governed the world through fixed relationships of dominance and subordination. It is because of Matthew s refusal to give up his position as male leader and provider for his family, even when they were destitute, that led ...
- 3803: Harriet Tubman
- ... Tubman and her passengers were received and examined by William Still, the courageous black leader of the Underground Railroad. He considered Tubman to be a great leader of her time and one of the most brave women ever to live. According to Still, she was a woman who did not know fear and no human being could ever be compared to her. She was without equal. (Cited from Ebony, December 1984, p.58) From Philadelphia, the group traveled to New York City, Troy, Syracuse, and Rochester, New York. They walked most of the way, but boats, wagons, and eventually railroads were also used. This part of the journey was not as dangerous as the first few hundred miles, but it was ...
- 3804: The Rise of Violent Crime In Canada
- ... in our society. Cultural statistics show that it is probably not a genetic or biological factor that causes individuals to commit violent crimes. It is shown that the rates of violent crime differ around the world. Bigger countries than Canada having lower robbery and rape rates than our country. If these acts were based upon biological factors than bigger countries would have higher rates since there would be more people within ... decades. The stock crash of 1929 was far greater than that of 1988 but it proves that poor economic times result in higher rates of crime. With individuals being more desperate and angry at the world and society they live in. Perhaps even feeling let down by the society they work to build and create. Why should they respect a society that is not doing what it is supposed to do ... and atmosphere they are kept in is one filled with violence and mistrust, and all that comes from violence is more violence. Criminality is enforced in these institutions as each individual has to follow a new set of customs and laws that exists as a sub-culture of Canadian culture. The prisoners hate the outside society for forcing them to be locked up away from the mainstream of the society ...
- 3805: Italian Renaissance Vs.
- Renaissance is a French word meaning “rebirth.” It came from those who thought of the Middle Ages as a dark time from which the human spirit had to be awakened. The Renaissance marked a new era in thought and feeling, by which Europe and its institutions were to be transformed in the long run. The revelations that occurred in Italy influenced other countries for at least 200 years. Outside of Italy the Renaissance was more a blend of the old and the new with religion being the most important factor. The Italian and northern Renaissance’s, although both being advancements in style and beliefs, had many faces and events that were different. Humanism is defined as a literary ... commune directly with god. Erasmus of Rotterdam wrote a very popular literary work entitled The Handbook of a Christian Knight. In this he explained how a man might take part in the affairs of the world while remaining a devout Christian. The Erasmian virtues are tolerance, restraint, peacefulness, scholarly understanding, and to research before you follow someone in their beliefs. This is what led to Martin Luther’s beliefs and ...
- 3806: Chicken Pox With Works Cited
- ... can become active again later in the persons life, doctors believe that this reactivation would start the cycle all over again. If everyone in the first cycle got the germ then became immune a whole new generation would be born by the time the virus “reawakened” to become infectious in the new generation. This causes the suspicion of chickenpox being one of the oldest diseases. (7) Chickenpox can infect everyone and anyone throughout the world (7). More than three million Americans mostly children between the ages of two and eight are affected every year (3). The virus is known for being mild, but if an adult or a child ...
- 3807: U.S Auto Industry's Market Share and Fluctuations
- ... the main reasons include quality, price, and foreign competition. The Ford Motor Company, General Motors Company, and the Chrysler Corporation, a.k.a. "The Big Three", are the three largest manufacturers of automobiles in the world. " The Big Three" hold nearly 75% of the market and produce over 8 million automobiles per year. The largest competitors of " The Big Three" are Japanese auto producers that include Toyota, Nissan, and Honda. These three foreign manufacturers hold 20% of the market and produce about 2.7 million automobiles per year. General Motors Company, the world's largest automobile producer, originally was composed of four major vehicle manufacturers- Buick, Cadillac, Oldsmobile, and Oakland which became Pontiac. Presently, General Motors is made up of Buick, Cadillac, Oldsmobile, Chevrolet, Pontiac, and Saturn. During ... still in the process of being developed, such as affordable solar powered vehicles and ultralight plastic body parts. The Ford Motor Company, founded in 1903 by Henry Ford, was the largest car manufacturer in the world until 1929 when GM passed it. Ford is currently the second largest producer of automobiles in the world producing over 5 million cars per year and holding 25% of the market. In the late ...
- 3808: Vegitarianism - A Hidden Persp
- Vegetarianism- A Hidden Perspective Americans eat more meat per person in the world, and the world is suffering because of this. The truth is that many global problems, like hunger, or rainforest destruction can easily be solved if Americans cut down their meat consumption. If you eat meat, you have something ... in the form of cancer or other illnesses. For some reason, Meat eaters have five times the risk of cancer compared to Vegetarians. American meat eaters have the highest risk of cancer infection in the world. Countries that eat a less meat-centered diet have a much lower cancer risk than the U.S. Animals that are raised for slaughter are kept in extremely unhealthy surroundings. Pigs, for example, are ...
- 3809: Acid Rain 5
- ... generators in three Canadian provinces. There are also some interesting questions and answers and facts are included also. This information was organized from various websites. It also contains information from a newspaper article about a new monitoring site for acid rain in Irish Cove located in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. ACID RAIN The atmosphere, unpolluted, is the means of life on earth. It is a thin layer of gases which surrounds ... growth and in some cases, human health. Sulphur is one of the chemical elements that make up the earth. It can come from volcanic eruptions, sea spray, and tiny sea creatures called plankton. In the world as a whole almost 50 percent of sulphur dioxide in the air comes from natural sources of sulphur, like the ones previously mentioned. ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE CAUSED BY ACID RAIN The Built Environment Acid rain corrodes ... their goal by being 24 percent under the limit of 2,300 kilotonnes, which was down slightly from 1995. Newfoundland is now taking steps to reduce their emissions. Quebec was 30 percent below their limit, New Brunswick 40 percent, and Ontario 25 percent. Manitoba had a slight increase but still managed to settle at 20 percent below the limit. In 1996, smelter's accounted for 52 percent of sulphur dioxide ...
- 3810: Abstract Expressionism
- Abstract Expressionism Order and chaos finally have meaning together. The movement of abstract painting emerged in New York during the nineteen-forty’s. It is also called action painting and the New York school. “The New York school was significant in American paintings because it declared independence from European styles and it influenced the development of art throughout”. (1) Jackson Pollack was one of the pioneers of abstract expressionism and ...
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