one word describes every cell of Gwendolyn Brooks ’s being. It was always poetry—from her Chicago childhood to her 1950 Pulitzer Prize to her awakening social consciousness to her Illinois Poet Laureate status and through all the other honors and awards. It was always poetry—and few writers besides Brooks can speak volumes with so few words. Gwendolyn Brooks‚ Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry‚ 1950 Born into a large and close-knit extended family‚ including memorable aunts and uncles whom Brooks
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Book talk Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools by Jonathan Kozol The Author The first surprising impulse‚ Jonathan Kozol is a White. The point to be made is that given the content‚ his identity is surprising; but it is also a good thing‚ because he is concerned with the larger picture‚ which is USA. Kozol is an American Educationalist born in Boston‚ and him being an insider‚ for me an outsider‚ makes the matter believable. He is a great writer‚ well known for several works such
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effort. For example‚ it can be said for athletes that play a sport. Coach’s always preach practice and more practice for one to improve and better their skill. However‚ I would like to recommend Malcolm Gladwell’s book‚ Outliers‚ as one of the five finalist for the National Book Award because it gives tremendous insight and removes a sometimes negative connotation to the word “Outlier”.Stating that qualities is not all a person needs to become successful. And qualities that make a good athlete include
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Craig Stage Book Award Study Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction Who Gives the Award: There is a committee of three who collaborate to award one recipient each year the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction. Background of the Award: The Author‚ Scott O’Dell‚ established this award‚ along with Zena Suthlerland‚ to encourage more authors to write historical fiction. Mr. O’Dell wants to encourage young readers to develop a greater understanding of society and cultures through reading
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National Artist Award Controversy The National Artist Award is one of the prestigious awards given to people who are considered as national artists for their contribution in the different field of arts. It is the highest state of recognition given to Filipino artists. Just recently‚ this year’s awarding was full of controversies and issues that left the people questioning if the awardees deserved the recognition given. Among the seven awardees of this year’s National Artist are;
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Malcolm Baldrige Award: Mercy Health System The Malcolm Baldrige Award is a guide to achieve excellence in businesses. It is based on a system approach that draws a set of performance objectives for companies‚ allowing them to reach advanced and outstanding performance to better serve their numerous stakeholders on one hand‚ to enhance the general organizational effectiveness and efficiency on the other‚ as well as encourage and increase both the individual and organizational learning with the
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Baldrige National Quality Program I took a moment to look at the website and I found that they have listed some great principles to great leadership. Great characteristics to managing and organization are to be customer focused‚ work force focused‚ operations focused‚ and more importantly to achieve and see results. The award recipient company I chose to write about is Sharp Healthcare‚ this company won the award in 2007. Between 2001 and 2006‚ Sharp HealthCare’s net revenue had increased
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The Indian honour system is broadly classified in five types - Leadership‚ Literature‚ Civilian‚ Patriotic‚ and Particular.Civilian awards Bharat RatnaThe Bharat Ratna [1] — ‘Bharat Ratna’‚ the highest civilian Award of the country‚ was instituted in the year 1954. Any person without distinction of race‚ occupation‚ position or sex is eligible for these awards. It is awarded in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order in any field of human endeavour. The recommendations
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Tribute speech Ladies and Gentlemen‚ Has anyone ever thought about being on stage at the MTV or Red Carpet Awards giving an award next to a famous person you would die to see laughing and making jokes? I HAVE‚ and I believe I would probably pass out cold. But honestly for me‚ standing here right now is a little bit better than that. It gives me great pride to be here today‚ awarding what must be the finest‚ most wonderful exponents of cheerleading in this country. They say fortune favors
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Book review for “The New Gold Standard – the Ritz Carlton Hotel Company” By Joseph A. Michelli By Jie Zhang Cal Poly Pomona Winter 2013‚ GBA 671 Professor Ed von Leffern Book review for “The New Gold Standard – the Ritz Carlton Hotel Company” Introduction Ernest Hemingway once wrote “When I dream of afterlife in heaven‚ the action always takes place in the Paris Ritz.” The Ritz-Carlton becomes synonymous with perfection and luxury worldwide through its painstakingly attention
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