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- 8591: Organizational Concepts -High
- ... on. It is the belief of Kurt Blieken as well as those of us whom work at GP that this unique corporate structure can not only be retained but thrive as the organization scales to new heights. In order to understand the goals and challenges facing GP it is useful to utilize Weisbords Six-Box Model to analyse the organizational structure. GP was formed with two purposes in mind. The ... not embrace it fully will not be allowed to stay. ? GP was designed from the ground up to meet the needs of our customers. We continuosly change and improve ourselves and our systems to meet new needs. ? Every job in the company is critically important. We hire good people, then give the tools and the training to be outstanding. We are always striving for perfect execution of everything we do. ? It ... If many mistakes occur it is the system which needs to be corrected. Following this policy can be difficult but it leads to a wonderful lack of finger pointing and back covering. GP culture encourages new ideas and risk taking. Policies are initiated with the participation and input of the people doing the work. Everyone has to buy in to these policies. Once policy is set, violation of that policy ...
- 8592: Northanger Abbey: Reader's Response to Heroine
- ... about in her description of Catherine in the title above come from Catherine's extreme innocence. Jane Austen's heroine arrives in Bath as a young debutante and, entirely inexperienced in the ways of the world, is immediately impressed by the more sophisticated Isabella. After their first meeting this is clear as she watches her leave; "(she) admired the graceful spirit of her walk, the fashionable air of her figure and ... a result of General Tilney's obsession with time-keeping, we are as relieved as Catherine, as well as delighting in her unfettered enthusiasm as she considers herself 'one of the happiest creatures in the world'. This enthusiasm is another of Catherine's endearing traits. Often, when presented with an enjoyable or pleasing situation, Catherine does not react with the controlled sense of decorum that we might expect from any other ... novel. Her response is entirely natural and, in its clear honesty, very likeable. For example, when Miss Tilney suggests they take a country walk together, Catherine replies; "I shall like it... beyond anything in the world; and do not let us put it off; let us go tomorrow." There is a childish enthusiasm to almost everything she enjoys and, as a result, as here, her language often seems gushing and ...
- 8593: Langston Hughes
- ... the Senegal, Nigeria, the Cameroons, Belgium Congo, Angola, and Guinea in Africa, and later to Italy and France, Russia and Spain. One of his favorite pastimes whether abroad or in Washington, D.C. or Harlem, New York was sitting in the clubs listening to blues, jazz and writing poetry. Through these experiences a new rhythm emerged in his writing, and a series of poems such as "The Weary Blues" were penned. He returned to Harlem, in 1924, the period known as the Harlem Renaissance. During this period, his work ... Selected Poems (1959); The Best of Simple (1961). He edited several anthologies in an attempt to popularize black authors and their works. Some of these are: An African Treasury (1960); Poems from Black Africa (1963); New Negro Poets: USA (1964) and The Best Short Stories by Negro Writers (1967). Langston Hughes died of cancer on May 22, 1967. His residence at 20 East 127th Street in Harlem, New York has ...
- 8594: Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson
- ... which may be seen in Wirt pa 87. The consulting members proposed to me to move them, but I urged that it should be done by Mr. Carr, my friend & brother in law, then a new member to whom I wished an opportunity should be given of making known to the house his great worth & talents. It was so agreed; he moved them, they were agreed to nem. con. and a ... general fasting & prayer would be most likely to call up & alarm their attention. No example of such a solemnity had existed since the days of our distresses in the war of 55. since which a new generation had grown up. With the help therefore of Rushworth, whom we rummaged over for the revolutionary precedents & forms of the Puritans of that day, preserved by him, we cooked up a resolution, somewhat modernizing ... find myself near Govr W. Livingston, and proposed to him to draw the paper. He excused himself and proposed that I should draw it. On my pressing him with urgency, "we are as yet but new acquaintances, sir, said he, why are you so earnest for my doing it?" "Because, said I, I have been informed that you drew the Address to the people of Gr. Britain, a production certainly ...
- 8595: In The Lake Of The Woods
- ... spurts of violence highlight the chaos that lies beneath the surface of his life. The image of the mirrors demonstrate this aspects of John's life; the mirrors represent both his attempt to control his world as well as a sanctuary from the reality of his helplessness. The source of John's Wade's complexity can be traced to his childhood. As a child John tries desperately to win his father ... war itself was a mystery, secrets were everywhere. (p72-73) John's need to control reality results in his complete retreat from it. He develops an external imagery and history, a mask shown to the world that bears no relation to inner truth. He 'moved with determination across the surface of his life'.(p76) hence, by relying on secrecy, Wade loses touch with himself. His overbearing control of the external results in a deep inner chaos and loss of identity. Wade felt an estrangement from the actuality of the world, its basic nowness , and in the end, all he could conjure up was an image of illusion itself, pure reflection, a head full of mirrors. (p280) The mirrors that John constructs in his head ...
- 8596: Prophet Muhammad
- ... with money and power including an Offer to make him King if he were to abandon his message. Muhammad (s) would say no without thinking about it. For this is only something small that are world things given by man. For Muhammad (s) knew that the true gift would be given to him by Allah (swt) at the end. When this did not work, they tried to convince his uncle Abu ... he invoked special blessings on the martyrs of Uhud, and then addressed the Muslims: There is a slave among the slaves of Allah (The One God) to whom God has offered the choice between this world and that which is with Him, and the slave has chosen that which is with God. Upon hearing this Abu Bakr r.a. wept as he understood that the Prophet was talking about himself and ... Muhammad (s) best friend, companion, and father-in-law, Abu Bakr r.a. The death of the Prophet Muhammad (s) was just the beginning of Islam. Now, Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world today and is the second biggest religion in the world. Muhammad (s) was a man and a messenger of Allah (The One God). He is the last of the prophets sent by Allah to ...
- 8597: Overview and Analysis of the Crusades
- ... or reinforcements from strengthening their status. Once the original generation of crusaders died, their children were not as determined. They forgot about the Muslims that had escaped, and because of that, the Muslims had a new leader and were regaining power. Under their leader, Imad ad-Din, the Muslims regrouped and planned their attack against the colonies. After the passing of Imad ad-Din, a new radical leader emerged-Zangi. Zangi led his troops to a victory against the crusaders and their colonies by capturing the state of Edessa. The Muslims destroyed the Christians churches, buildings, and killed the crusaders. Back ... along with the old crusaders. Slowly but surely, the states the crusaders had set up were systematically being destroyed. The failure of the second crusade brought on the third crusade. The Muslims had named a new leader, Nur ad-Din, who regrouped the Muslims and motivated them to take back what believed was theirs. Their leader died a few years later, and was succeeded by their military leader, Saladin. In ...
- 8598: Taoism
- ... this concept to its beliefs. Ignorance of these beliefs is a sign of weakness in the mind. To truly understand ones own religion, one must also understand those concepts of the other religions of the world. Hopefully this will be an enlightenment on the reincarnation concepts as they apply to Taoism and Buddhism. The goal in Taoism is to achieve tao, to find the way. Tao is the ultimate reality, a presence that existed before the universe was formed and which continues to guide the world and everything in it. Tao is sometimes identified as the Mother, or the source of all things. That source is not a god or a supreme being as with Christians, for Taoism is not monotheistic ... the belief that the soul never dies, a person's soul is eternal. It is possible to see death in contrast to life; both are unreal and changing. One's soul does not leave the world into the unknown, for it can never go away. Therefore there is no fear to come with death. In the writings of The Tao Te Ching, tao is described as having existed before heaven ...
- 8599: Civil War
- Civil War Civil war was the greatest war in American history. It was waged in 10,000 places-from Valverde, New Mexico, and Fernandina on the Florida coast. More than three million Americans fought in it and more than 600,00 men died in it. It was not only the immensity of the fight but the new weapons, the new standards of generalship, and the strategies of destruction which made the Civil War an event present ever since in the American consciousness. Here are some of the crucial events of the war: the firing ...
- 8600: The Double Life In The Importa
- ... identities. Algernon is serious about Bunburying as the Bunburyist is serious about not being serious. The trifle is that to be serious about everything is to be serious about nothing. The Bunburyist lives in a world of irresponsibility in which there is always the danger of causing a moral anarchy. In Wilde s opinion Victorians who want to retain the respect of the conventional society lead double life- one respectable and one frivolous. He creates a world in which the laws of the society have no power and the double life can be revealed. Bunburyism is a way of life which offers relief from the restrictive social norms. Wilde s characters live in a world in which order is constantly vanishing and they scorn stability and simplicity. "The truth", as Algy says, "is rarely pure and never simple."(13) Algy and Jack fulfil their wishes by the means of ...
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