CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Discussion Questions 1. What is the bullwhip effect and how does it relate to lack of coordination in a supply chain? The bullwhip effect refers to the fluctuation in orders along the length of the supply chain as orders move from retailers to wholesalers to manufacturers to suppliers. The bullwhip effect relates directly to the lack of coordination (demand information flows) within the supply chain. Each supply chain member has a different idea of what
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We take for granted the little luxuries in life. Items such as showers‚ socks‚ toothbrushes seem normal for us to have. What we do not realize is that in 2012 there were nearly 633‚782 homeless people in the United States who would have really appreciated those hot showers or that clean toothbrush. Many people are not as fortunate as we are‚ and we should thank God for that. "He who gives to the poor will lack nothing‚ but he who closes his eyes to them receives many curses." Proverbs 28:27. God
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Throughout the Bible as/in Literature there are many characters who undergo some sort of suffering. A character that specifically sticks out is Eve‚ the mother of all living things. While Eve is one of the first people to live on the earth‚ she is also the first to experience great suffering that she will remember‚ and pay the price for the rest of her life. Eve’s suffering is significant in the following three ways: experiencing great labor in childbearing‚ desiring her husband‚ and being permanently
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answers to each of the questions by the Monday of Week 5. Then‚ throughout Week 5‚ reply to the thoughts of others‚ and engage in discussion or dialogue about them with your classmates. You have until the Monday of Week 6 to complete (not begin) your dialog and discussion. Your discussion grade will be determined partly by the quantity of your involvement in the discussion but mostly by the QUALITY of your contributions to your group’s learning‚ through both your initial posting and your responses and
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Clothing and how girls/women are to dress is definitely not a grey area in the Bible. In I Timothy 2:9 and10 we are told what to adorn ourselves with. “I also want women to dress modestly‚ with decency and propriety‚ not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes but with good works‚ appropriate for women who profess to worship God.” What a beautiful sight it is to see a lady with great modesty! Not just on the inside but also in what she wears! I have a few such special women of God
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References: Towns‚ E. H. (1996). Illustrated Bible Survey. Nashville: B&H Publishing Group.
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communicate effectively with others. Why is it important to communicate effectively with others? How will effective communication help students in their academic career? Give examples. Why do you think GCU emphasizes quality discussion posts and proper etiquette in the Discussion Forums? It is always important to communicate effectively. We need to know how to communicate effectively so we can get our point across and understand what others are trying to say to us. Being that we are part of an
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behavior of the characters became better. In turn‚ this understanding shed light on the significance of the sexual and violent scenes in Kafka on the Shore‚ and now I see these scenes through a more intricate and meaningful lens. During the discussion of differences in Japanese traditional culture and western culture‚ it was mentioned that our society is very technological based‚ logic and reason based. People are always in a rush‚ and never take time to stop and smell the roses. It became obvious
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In literature‚ writers take different approaches in their narration in order to accurately convey their message. The Poisonwood Bible‚ by Barbara Kingsolver‚ is a novel about the Prices‚ a religious family who moves from Georgia to Kilanga--a fictional village in the Belgian Congo. Their story‚ which parallels the western emergence into the post-colonial era‚ is told through multiple narrators: Nathan Price--the father and only male family member‚ Orleanna—Nathan Price’s wife‚ and their four daughters--Rachel
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bacillus that causes tuberculosis. The reason Leprosy is also known as Hansen’s disease‚ is because it was first identified in 1874 by a Norwegian physician named Gerhard Henrik Armeur Hansen. Leprosy appears in both the Old and New Testaments. In the bible Leprosy was not the disease that is recognized now‚ but as various physical conditions that were nothing like the disease. A punishment from God was what these conditions were considered to be. The victim was said to be in a state of defilement.
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