After doing some research about the history of architecture in Portland‚ I found out that the city owes a significant part of its architecture to Pietro Belluschi‚ an Italian born architect that is also considered to be a key figure in “Modern Architecture”. Pietro Belluschi’s works are all over the Portland; the famous Commonwealth Building‚ Portland Art Museum‚ Zion Lutheran Church and many other building projects are all part of his legacy. Knowing that Belluschi was a leader in modern architecture
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The Constitution of the United States of America was officially ratified in 1788. Since the Constitution has been ratified there has been 44 Presidents. The first three Presidents of the United States are George Washington‚ John Adams‚ and Thomas Jefferson. All three of these men are quite significant political figures in our nations history. However‚ George Washington‚ without question‚ had the most significant impact on America and his influence is still felt today. George Washington set many precedents
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Brute force and pure strength do not win battles. Archimedes‚ a Greek genius proved that to be true by winning many battles despite not being the best strategist or having the best army; building and inventing war machines led him to his victory. Archimedes’ inventions have completely altered the way warfare was fought. Firstly‚ to defend the Romans off when Syracuse was fighting the Second Punic war‚ Archimedes invented war machines that were effective and required significantly lesser amount of
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It has been over 200 years since the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven‚ but his music is alive and excites millions of people‚ almost as if it was created by our contemporary. Anyone who is even slightly acquainted with Beethoven`s biography and musical legacy‚ cannot help but fall in love with pieces of music of this composer. Between high ideals praise in his musical works and his life‚ there was no single abruption. Beethoven’s life is an example of courage and persistent struggle against life’s obstacles
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Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni better known as Michelangelo was a world renowned painter‚ poet‚ sculptor‚ and architect. Michelangelo was born March 6‚ 1475‚ Caprese‚ Republic of Florence‚ Italy and died February 18‚ 1564‚ Rome. Michelangelo was still very young when his mother had become ill and died. When he became old enough he was put in to school‚ but Michelangelo’s father soon realized that he had no interest. So‚ at the age of 13 Michelangelo’s father took him as an apprentice
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all that he did. For his service in World War I for the Italian side‚ he was awarded the Italian Silver Medal of Bravery in 1918 (“Ernest Hemingway.” Biography.com). In 1954‚ he was awarded the Award of Merit from the American Academy of Arts and Letters on his return in march of this year. Following him receiving the Award of Merit‚ he was given another award‚ but this one was in July and Cuba gave Hemingway this award. The Award he was given from Cuba was the highest honor that they were able to
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Employees Behavior Topic #15 / Critical Thinking Ethical Dileema-Is Corporate Monitoring of Employee Behavior Outside of Work Going Too Far? I chose option #1. Organizations should stay out of out personal lives‚ when we are not at work. There are privacy laws that are in place to protect our privacy. This is a very touchy issue to confront‚ as-well-as a legal issue. Everyone is entitled to their privacy. There are thinner people and non-smokers that are not healthy and they will also cost
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managers can learn by walking around and having daily contact with line employees that they might not be able to learn from looking at data and reports? Managers reserve time to walk through departments regularly‚ form networks of acquaintances in the organization‚ and get away from their desks to talk to individual employees. The management uses this style at to learn more about the challenges and opportunities their employees were encountering. Through walking manager knows about the employee’s
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A REPORT ON STRESS LEVEL OF EMPLOYEES AT ASHOK LEYLAND INTRODUCTION Modern lifestyle is full of stress. You have not only to cope with challenges at work but also with stress that you take along with you to work. The problem is that in these difficult times when economy is bad‚ stress at home and workplace are on the rise. Due to changing technology‚ new demands‚ demographic changes‚ increased competition and increase in workload psychological problems related to occupational stress have
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what happen with employees at Devil;s Den. There are many problem happening at Devil’s Den‚ employees get free food during working period‚ customer steal food at the canteen‚ also employer steal money from shop counter and no one take action on it as well. Moreover biggest problem is no one actually care what happen at Devil’s Den‚ none of employees do not care of losing their job because the lack of rules‚ also responsibility to the business. Key problems Start of employees allow their friends
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