Pablo Picasso and Francisco de Goya were both prolific artists of their times‚ offering works of great “visual travesty of the glories of warfare and bloody victory” (Selz‚ 84). Goya was a lifelong rebel. A libertarian opposed to all sorts of tyranny‚ the Spanish artist began as a semi-Rococo designer for tapestries. Then he became painter to Charles IV of Spain‚ whose court was known for corruption and repression. Goya’s observations of the inhumane royal court and the prejudices of the church
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Human Relations http://hum.sagepub.com The 1996 Mount Everest climbing disaster: The breakdown of learning in teams D. Christopher Kayes Human Relations 2004; 57; 1263 DOI: 10.1177/0018726704048355 The online version of this article can be found at: http://hum.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/57/10/1263 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: The Tavistock Institute Additional services and information for Human Relations can be found at: Email Alerts: http://hum.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts
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Bilingual Culture; The Role of a Second and a Foreign Language Children learn their native language “Nasa-yuwe” at home and it is spoken among members of their own community‚ but at the time of interacting outside their native communities‚ they must switch to Spanish. Likewise it happens when they have access to the external world like in the case of radio and the internet; what at times suggests that interaction in the outer language (Spanish) has more relevance than interaction in the
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Was Dunkirk ‘A Miracle’ or ‘A Disaster’? In this following essay I will be discussing the different views and military tactics used for evacuating both French and English soldiers from Dunkirk. I hope to show both positive and negative views using sources and other sorts of information such as‚ newspaper articles and speeches. By using these I can portray a comparison in which is fair for both opinions but also that each source is reliable so both sides of the argument will be compared reasonably
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(How to determine when a natural disaster is caused by humans?). The key terms that need to be defined are “natural causes”‚ “human causes”‚ “hazards” and “disasters”. A natural cause is a cause that is completely uninfluenced by humans and a human cause is a cause that has been influenced by human actions. A hazard is a threat with the potential to cause loss of life‚ injury‚ property damage‚ socio-economic disruption or environmental degradation and a disaster is a hazard that causes wide-scale
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AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM‚ PROVIDING FOR THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK AND INSTITUTIONALIZING THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN‚ APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: SECTION 1. Title. – This Act shall be known as the “Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of
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“Disaster management – a communal approach” A Paper for National Seminar On “Emerging Facts of Management: Issues and Challenges” At Shri Atmanand Jain Institute of Management & Technology Ambala City (Haryana) Author Atul Goyal Member‚ All India Management Association Lecturer‚ Department of Business Administration Jind Institute of Engineering & Technology Email: - atulg.22@gmail.com Key Words * Introduction * types of disasters * disaster management
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Disaster Recovery Planning in Banking Sector Introduction On September 11‚ 2001‚ the terrorist attack destroyed the World Trade Center in New York‚ which was the most highly concentrated financial area. This attack not only destroyed the twin towers‚ but also ruined the financial system. Banks located in the World Trade Center went through an unprecedented disaster. The company’s back-up facilities which were too close to the primary facilities were disrupted as the primary facilities. Single
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Title: | Cultural control has become the dominant mode of control in contemporary work organizations | Word Length: | Approx. 3600 | Control is to ensure that actions conform to the expected results by appropriate feedback systems and correcting any deviation in time to see that results are ensured within proper time and cost as per planned standards. Control is a relationship that develops and changes with time. Child (2005‚ pp.112) states that “The standard English definition of control is
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INTRODUCTION: The word ‘disaster’ is synonymous with ‘emergency’. A disaster is a natural or man-made (or technological) hazard resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction‚ loss of life‚ or drastic change to the environment. A disaster can be defined as any tragic event stemming from events such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ catastrophic accidents‚ fires‚ or explosions. It is a phenomenon that can cause damage to life and property and destroy the economic
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