company‚ currently owned by the founder’s grandson Kjeld Kirk Christiansen‚ continues to invest large sums around the world to understand changes in children’s tastes and to explore new product developments based around its mission ‘to inspire children to explore and challenge their own creative potential’. The name ‘LEGO’ is an abbreviation of two Danish words “leg godt”‚ meaning “play well”. The company was founded by Ole Kirk Christiansen in 1932. It is now the world’s sixth largest
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Humans are being chained up‚ beaten down and interrogated day after day without mercy. Torture is a great issue globally today. Ill treatment is no longer effective to receive correct information in this day and age. People are losing their basic rights very often as a result to torture. Humans are treated like animals‚ when there are more sophisticated ways of getting information. Torture also causes a lot more problems than it fixes. Torture should not be justified because it is ineffective‚ inhumane
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multiple generations of people was founded during the Great Depression in 1932 by Ole Kirk Kristiansen‚ a Danish carpenter. Kristiansen started making toys out of wood and had 12 employees under him. The word LEGO combines two Danish words leg and godt‚ which mean “play well” and in Latin‚ fittingly means “to put together”. It’s ironic that LEGO was given that name because it was only later that Ole’s son Godtfred Kirk Christiansen strategically noticed an opportunity of creating the “LEGO system of
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Marc Boubelik Engl 102 MWF 3:00pm Yuan Ding 26 March 2012 Abuse of Prescription Drugs in the U.S. "Prescription drugs are the number-one drug problem that we face today‚" says David Rotenberg‚ executive director of the adolescent treatment center at the nonprofit Caron Foundation. "They are more widely prescribed‚ more widely available‚ and more widely abused by adolescents than they have ever been before."(DiConsiglio‚ 1) Abuse of prescription drugs is one of the fastest growing problems for young
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Most people‚ in this world‚ have a passion deep down inside of them that lead them to achieve what they put their heart and mind to. Fulfilling that passion is the most satisfying feeling. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz is a well-known extraordinary figure from the colonial period. She is a great example of persevering to get through many obstacles in her life. Sor Juana developed a desire for education at a very young age and was highly noticeable in all of her literature. In the seventeenth century
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definitions of the word professionalism. According to Epstein and Hundert (as cited in Kirk‚ 2007) “Professional competence is the habitual and judicious use of communication‚ knowledge‚ technical skills‚ clinical reasoning‚ emotions‚ values‚ and reflection in daily practice for the benefit of the individual and community being served‚”. Practising professional competence as defined by Epstein and Hundert (as cited in Kirk‚ 2007) demands an inherent knowledge of both my strengths and weaknesses: being self-aware
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http://entrepreneurs.about.com/cs/businessplan/a/uc073103.htm Kim‚ W.‚ & Mauborgne‚ R. (2002‚ June). Charting Your Company ’s Future. (cover story). Harvard Business Review‚ 80(6)‚ 76-82. Retrieved November 29‚ 2008‚ from Business Source Complete database. Kirk‚ K. (n.d.). Customer Service In Today’s Business Environment [Online exclusive]. CSM. Retrieved November 30‚ 2008‚ from http://www.customerservicemanager.com/customer-service-in-todays-business-environment.htm
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Bibliography: 1)Kirk‚ David L. Biology Today: Third Edition‚ Random House Publishers‚ 1980 Biology Today is a comprehensive source of information that contains facts‚ statistics and opinions from over 200 different sources as well as many different Universities and
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HIS 148-71 Essay Discuss the national dispute over slavery in the 1850’s and how it set the stage for the Civil War. Many wondered how slavery was still so prominent after the revolutionary war ended. Most believed that it would slowly fade away in our country and fix itself. The southerners had other ideas for the future and expansion of America. While the northern states wanted to rid the country of slavery they couldn’t convince the southern states to throw away all the money they were
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Home Schooling vs. Public Education Precious Curtis Communication 155 Wanda Evans 2/12/12 Home Schooling vs. Public Education Are you disappointed with the public school system? Have you ever questioned if home schooling your children was a better alternative? If so‚ I may have the answer you are looking for. In a statistic performed
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