Every action you take comes with consequences and every consequence affects your life in one way or another. In the spiritual novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel‚ a young boy named Pi Patel is stranded on a lifeboat and is faced with serious decisions that affect him and his future. Following a shipwreck‚ Pi is left alone with nothing but a royal bengal tiger‚ Richard Parker‚ and his God. At the climax of the story he encounters a paradise island which has everything he needs‚ but he makes a choice to
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“If you’re a clock-watcher‚ this is the wrong job for you‚ according to Chelsea athletic director‚ Wayne Welton (Kalahar‚ 2011). Athletic directors (AD’s)‚ who work countless number of hours daily‚ challenge this forward thinking or idea. Most taking on numerous roles day in and day out‚ only to find themselves with task incomplete of request unfulfilled. The role of the athletic director‚ specifically at the high school level‚ has changed due to an increased workload‚ leading to burnout‚ while
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The film industry relies on directors and producers to complete a film project. Directors are often the creative force behind the film while the producer are the business force. There are many similarities and differences between directors and producers. The similarities and differences entitle training‚ work environment‚ and tasks. Producers and directors have extensive training. Producers usually have a background in management. They tend to work for organizations. They start to work for theater
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of a non-executive director as ‘custodian of the governance process.’ A non-executive director (NED) sits on the board of company just as a normal executive director would do so‚ however a non-executive director does not form part of the executive management team of the company. Essentially they are not an employee of the company or affiliated in any way other than their role as an independent NED. The distinction between a non-executive director and an executive director is illustrated in Equitable
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Bertrand Russell a British philosopher is a critic of direct realism‚ who presents arguments against perception based on common sense. In his first chapter "Appearance and Reality" he begins to analyze the table in front of him that looks the same from a naked eye but can have several different perceptions depending on the person‚ light‚ angle‚ or more. He raises the argument that in reality‚ only one colour appears‚ but the angles and lights present a different colour‚ which then contradicts our
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Board of Directors Apple’s Board of Directors (BOD) is composed of seven members. Out of the seven directors‚ six of them are males; Steve Jobs age 54‚ William Campbell age 69‚ Arthur Levinson Ph.D. age 60‚ Ronald Sugar age 61‚ Millard Drexler age 65‚ and former vice president Albert Gore Jr. age 62 and one is a female Andrea Jung age 51. The average age for the board is 60 years old. The members of the board bring into Apple a vast experience from retailing‚ governmental‚ engineering and technological
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1. Topic: Effective Board of Directors 2. Six Steps to Building an Effective Board By:Bruce R. Evans 3. Summary: The author Bruce R. Evans is a managing partner in Summit Partners’ Boston office. He has also been a member of more than 25 boards‚ which include 10 public company boards. He claims that when a Board is working effectively it is a big part of the company’s success. However‚ an ineffective board can be distracting and cause liabilities for the company. Through his experiences
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characteristics on the tiger while at the same thinks of himself in animal terms. At one point‚ after killing fish and other ocean creatures to survive‚ Pi remarks on this anthropomorphic reversal in one of the more important quotes in ‘Life of Pi” by Yann Martel‚ “It became an unmistakable indication to me of how low I had sunk the day I noticed—with a pinching of the heart—that I ate like an animal. That this noisy-frantic-unchewing wolfing-down of mine was exactly the way Richard Parker ate” (Pi 225)
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The Board of Directors at Staples is comprised of eleven members. “The eleven nominees include two directors who joined the Board within the last two years‚ four nominees that joined the Board within the last seven years and five nominees that have served on our Board at least 15 years” (Staples‚ Annual Report‚ 16). The eleven members are listed below. Next his or her name is how long they have been on the board. Under each name is a short biography of the member along with valuable contributions
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The Power of Faith What power does Faith have? People who believe in a religion see faith as a powerful tool that can be used to solve life problems. In the novel Life of Pi‚ by Yann Martel‚ the protagonist Piscine M. Patel‚ or Pi‚ is a member of multiple belief systems. He has a strong faith in God‚ which helps him in the most troubling of times. Pi sees faith as very important and is possibly a key reason he was able to survive his ordeal. The importance of faith to Pi is clearly shown in the
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