In his essay “The World is Flat”‚ Thomas L. Friedman reckons with the belief of flattening world he realizes in the journey to India. Friedman notes that Columbus’s sea exploration shortened the distance for Spanish monarchy to grow its wealth and power out of the "source of [India’s] untold riches" (633)‚ and discovered "the world was indeed round" (664). Columbus found the hardware source of India’s riches which is the free slavery labor and natural resources‚ and yet Friedman found the software
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Case 9-1 : David L. Miller: Portrait of a Whit-collar criminal. Summary: David Millar get rich dividend from crime. He has confessed to embezzling funds from six different employers over 20 year period. Miller returned to Wheeling and start work for Wheeling Bronze‚ in 1971. President of Wheeling Bronze discovered that several returned checks are missing. After an extensive search‚ worker undiscovered a number of canceled checks with forged signatures. He was given the choice of paying back the
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The piece I have decided to critique is called‚ Fume Fume. The choreography was focused around traditional dance‚ and was choreographed by Neil Dunn and Julie L. Pentz. From my perspective‚ I believe they incorporated a lot of African inspired dances and mixed a few Latin inspired moves as well. In which‚ I believed this connected with Zumba and Latin dancing the most. The sole intent of the dance was for entertainment and also to connect individuals with a different culture. It was very fun to
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The person who embodies all the aspects of a great mentor‚ look no further my nomination is my mentor Nina L. Lanza. She is not an ordinary mentor‚ but an extraordinary one. My mentor designed a project specifically for me‚ showed me I was a priority‚ and gave me an opportunities to help shape my future in my image. Too many students are brought to LANL with the only goal that the students should make their mentors’ life and work easier. They are given predesigned generic projects‚ or simple tasks
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HR ASSIGNMENT Table of Contents Developing Yourself as an Effective HR/L&D Practitioner Activity A The HR Professional Map It is the map that directs the HR Professionals at each level (generalist or specialist) to figure out what they need to do so as to deliver correct output at whichever stage of the career they are working at. The map is a threshold set for the individuals exhibiting HR excellence. It describes the knowledge and activities as well as the behaviours that are
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articles illustrate that man has an economic & political relationship with the land‚ that shows how valuable it was and how imperative it was to their ad. The land was seen as a necessary gain for America and its people to grow economically‚ In John L. O’Sullivan’s work entitled‚ “Manifest Destiny” of 1839 we read how many Americans’ viewed the land and why expanding for more land meant so much to them. During this time period land meant a lot of things. It was symbolic to power‚ the more land a country
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In the article‚ Dr. David L. Allen sought to contribute a peace-brokering perspective to the Calvinism debate within the SBC. Dr. Allen stated different practical ways in which the Convention can better discuss the differences between the two camps namely‚ the Traditionalists and the Calvinists. In dealing with conflicts‚ starting with areas of agreement is crucial in maintaining healthy discourse. Dr. Allen‚ achieved this by pointing out the doctrines that both Traditionalists and Calvinists have
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Harlon L. Dalton in his essay "Horatio Alger" criticizes a concept of the "American dream" - the idea that presents America as the country where the opportunity for a success is possible for all hard working‚ talented and determined people regardless of race‚ gender and their social status. Dalton implies that not only this idea is not true but is doing a harm to society because that equality is cover only wishful thinking and can not be true unless massive changes in society economic structure and
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The Wonderful Wizard of Populism The “The Wizard of Oz” is a beloved children’s story written by L. Frank Baum in 1900 and many historians have tried to come up with arguments that compare the mystical story with the movement of populism. All of these theories have some background but none of them are able to draw any real parallels between the story and populism that are not completely speculative. These historians have done nothing that could bring any evidence or tie any parts of the plot
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In 1967‚ Robert L. Scott started a seminal debate within the rhetoric community with his essay‚ “On Viewing Rhetoric as Epistemic.” His argument – rhetoric is epistemic - has been analyzed and/or criticized by many scholars. Scott himself followed up in 1976 with an article titled‚ “On Viewing Rhetoric as Epistemic: Ten Years Later” in order to address some of these concerns‚ and add to his original thoughts. Despite this follow-up‚ authors still continue criticize and defend his work. This essay
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