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- 5831: James Cook
- ... second attempt to find the unknown southern continent. During this voyage Cook sailed farther south than any European had ever gone. Cook faced many dangers in the cold Antarctic waters. Jagged mountains and ice as high as 18 meters often blocked the way of the ships. High winds that pushed the icebergs towards the ships increased the danger. Cook circled Antarctica but the ice kept him from sighting land. In 1773 and 1774 Cook became the first European to visit a number ...
- 5832: Freud And Caligula
- ... get extremely excited and angry. Caligula was tall, spindly, pale and prematurely bald. He was so sensitive about his lack of hair that it was a capital crime for anyone to look down from a high place as Caligula passed by. Sometimes he ordered those with a fine head of hair to be shaved. He made up for lack of hair on his head by an abundance of body-hair. About ... smashed against a wall. One of the conspirators was Cornelius Sabinus, whose wife had been debauched and publicly humiliated by Caligula. Another conspirator was Cassius Chaerea, who hated Caligula, because he had remorselessly imitated his high, effeminate voice. Suetonius wrote that Caligula's reign of terror had been so severe that the Romans refused to believe that he was actually dead It was obvious that Caligula had many, many problems. With ...
- 5833: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- ... was left with him and his four other siblings. At the age of 18 he graduated from Harvard University and was a teacher for three years in Boston. Then in 1825 he entered Harvard Divinity School and preached for three years. At the age of 29 he resigned for ministry, partly because of the death of his wife after only 17 months of marriage. In 1835 he married Lydia Jackson and ... higher reality that exists beyond the powers of human comprehension. Plato explained that the idea of absolute goodness transcends human description. Neoplantonism was a collective designation for the philosophical and religious doctrines of a heterogeneous school of speculative thinkers who sought to develop and synthesize the metaphysical ideas of Plato" (Encarta). Ralph Waldo Emerson found motivation to write in anything he did, whether it was visiting England, the Transcendental Movement or ...
- 5834: Baby Think It Over
- Baby Think It Over Throughout the course of the year, I have seen many of my classmates walking around school holding their babies carrying different expressions on their faces. Those expressions were fatigue, annoyance, and only happiness after the burden was cut from their wrists. For me the initial idea of carrying around this artificial ... hunting with my kid. While in different stores I received many disapproving glares from numerous adults. I felt uncomftable, and I explained myself over and over again to passing adults that it was simply a school project. It was not long before I quit and went home and found the rest of the prices on the Internet. This project has me a small insight into the responsibilities of being a parent ...
- 5835: Sergei Grinkov And Ekaterina Gordeeva
- ... to the top. The much more mature Sergei enjoyed choreographing (the study of dance moves). He also appreciated weight-training and gymnastics. But Skating still proved to be his greatest interest. However, because of his high height at age 15, it was very difficult for him to perform high maneuvers, and twists. So in 1982 Sergei's coach and mother decided to pair him with Ekaterina Gordeeva, who at the time was 10 years of age. Ekaterina was born on March 20, 1972 to ...
- 5836: Case Study For Human Resources
- ... Discharge · Job Performance Evaluations · Seniority · Communication Skills · Education · Strategic Planning · Company Mission The following criteria shall be used to uphold the stategic plan and goals of the company in evaluating employees: Education: Due to the high technical nature of the aerospace industry, Walker feels strongly about employees possessing an advanced degree in the field as well as continuing their education and improving their skills through seminars, programs and college courses. Seniority ... seniority Cons: No formal education Special Considerations: Married with three children, aging, feels his supervisors grade him down because of his lack of education Donald Boyer Pros: Well educated, mixed job performance ratings average to high, five years experience with WSI Cons: None Special Considerations: Married with no children, well liked by co-workers, wife is a M.D. Mel Shuster Pros: Educated, working on higher degree in evenings, above average ...
- 5837: William Wordsworth Biography
- ... and then, over the Christmas holidays of 1783-1784, John Wordsworth followed. (Dome critics have attributed Wordsworth's early maternal loss and his subsequent use of nature as a "surrogate mother.") Wordsworth attended Hawkshead Grammar School, known for excellent instruction in mathematics and classics. Rather than live at school, he boarded with Ann Tyson-the revered "old dame" of The Prelude. She gave him considerable freedom to discover the power of the natural world and to begin to define himself in relation to that ...
- 5838: The Canterbury Tales: The Monk
- ... life. He was fat, and obviously enjoyed good food as well as fine clothes. He wore a fur cloak adorned with fancy decorations, and other expensive apparel. It was required that a man go to school to become a monk, and the Monk had attended school to become part of the religious order. However, he was more interested in hunting than studying. He was good to his horses, and had greyhounds as well. His friends were hunters also. The Monk even ...
- 5839: Why Do All Modern Cars Look Alike?
- ... consumption and cost to manufacture and maintain. There are only so many ways to technically achieve these goals. Cars tend to get more rounded edges in order to be more aerodynamic. The trunk lid is high in order to offer greater cargo space without imposing on the passengers. The design of the trunk lid is also approaching the 'optimal' shape for easy loading and access. Windows are large and pillars are ... view. The lights, both back and front, are homing in on the design for maximum visibility. The wheel base is decided on basis of good turning ability both in the case of parking and at high speeds. Everyone is simply trying to design 'the perfect car' so it is natural that they are all headed in the same scientific direction. Considering the facts that all car manufacturers seem to have the ...
- 5840: Contracts
- ... be reaffirmed by analyzing union contacts and job descriptions in an industry like the steel industry. Employees who have routine jobs or jobs that have little in the way of decision making are often provided high monetary incentives based on productivity and quality. These ideas do not discount the work of Herzberg and Maslow, but instead show that as needs progress up the hierarchy ladder, focus must be made on what ... the connection or linkage between ones effort to engage in an activity and the likelihood that the activity will be accomplished (Schwab, 1978). Crystallized, the expectancy theory of motivation states that employee motivation is high when a task is attractive in itself, and when the outcomes of the completed task are attractive to the employee. Because of the complexities of the internal nature of the expectancy theory, it is a ...
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