There are many key competitive priorities that are the driving sales force behind Timbuk2 custom messenger bags‚ but they all fall under one simple word: quality. The company takes pride that their bags are “more than a brand‚ more than a bag” (Jacobs & Chase‚ 2010). They are dependable-many customers has had their bags for decades. They are considered to be indestructible. They are also uniquely custom to each customer‚ customers develops a strong‚ emotional attachment between themselves and
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writings of Lao Tzu‚ specifically the classic Chinese text the Tao Te Ching‚ where Lao Tzu’s thought is seen. Taoism originated and was set into a religious system in ancient China around the 4th or 3rd century BCE and focuses on “The Tao”. The Tao roughly translates to “the way” and is the idea that everything was perfect before prejudice existed and that humans should try to get back to this thought. The Pu is a main concept in the Tao Te Ching and roughly translates to “the uncarved block”‚ it is
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Identification Items: Mercantilism: Economic practice common in Europe from the 16th to the 18th century. British and other imperial power’s policy to regulate the economy of their colonies. The policy prohibited the colonies to trade with other nations‚ monopolizing markets and banning the export of gold and silver. Mercantilism demanded that a nation must export more than it imports. Mercantilism was a cause of many wars and also the expansion of colonization. William Penn: English real
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Immortality‚ Death‚ and Wine. Tao Qian is a well known Chinese poet‚ who was not known very well when he was alive. Though we do not know much about his entire life‚ we do know that Tao Qian decided to leave his job in the city to return to the country to be with his family and farm (Tao Qian 1001). Tao returns back to nature‚ to the country side where he is happy‚ instead of working with man where he was not happy. While reading Tao Qian’s‚ “Substance‚ Shadow‚ and Spirit” I observe that‚ Qian and
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Sifting through Sources: What Really Caused the Pueblo Revolt of 1680? “Every piece of written history starts when somebody becomes curious and asks questions.”[1] In Weber’s compilation he gathers several of these curious peoples works and binds their writings together to form a sort of continued discussion. Arguing from different sources and coming from different backgrounds‚ they indubitably arrive at different conclusions. From Garner to Gutiérrez and from Chávez to Knaut‚ they all are part
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Who? What? When? Where? Why did your religion start? Taoism was started by a chinese Philosopher named LaoTze‚ also known as the supreme master. It was started somewhere in between the 6th century BCE. The word Tao means way‚ Its difficult to figure out what this is supposed to mean. The Tao is the Principle of what created the universe‚ and everything living is connected to it in a certain way. The way Taoism started when one day Lao Tze quit his job and began to come to a mountain pass‚ at the top
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5 years and nearly an entire continent separated King Philip’s war from the great pueblo revolt. Compare and contrast the causes and consequences of these 2 conflicts. The Great Pueblo revolt of 1680 all started with the droughts of 1660 when the Southwest had severe drought that brought famine and disease. During this‚ hungry Apaches who couldn’t find food on plains attacked the pueblos. This angered the people on the pueblos‚ but there new leader Pope’‚ a mysterious medicine doctor‚ tried
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The two main texts in Daoism are the Tao-te Ching and the Chuang-tzu. The Tao-te Ching (or Dao De Jing) is the most significant text and is the heart of religious and philosophical Taoism. This text is credited to Lao Tzu‚ more commonly known as Master Lao. It was written in 5th century BCE and is 5‚000 Chinese characters long. The Tao-te Chings’s 81 brief sections are brilliantly constructed. They are poetic‚ practical‚ and mystical. The Tao-te Ching serves as a set of guidelines to live by.
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Lao-tzu Believed in Tao Te Ching: The way things are The Tao is the way‚ law‚ principle. Essence‚ balance of nature 1. The Tao escapes precise definition 2. Tao is intangible‚ it’s energy 3. Tao is powerful‚ humans are weak 4. Radical Naturalism Tao is a force of nature not a force of spirit * Art over science art is wiser‚ deeper * Intuition over logic * Nature over society. Social Pessimism (Escapism) Every society is corrupted bureaucracy society restricts
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to be author of the Tao-te Ching‚ and Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527)‚ author of The Prince There are few ways in which they are similar‚ but have very opposite views and ideas of government. Lao-tzu’s view is government should not have optimal power over the people He feels as though the less people know they are being governed‚ the happier they will be. For example‚ in the Tao-te Ching Lao-tzu states‚ “If you want to be a great leader‚/ you must learn to follow the Tao./ Stop trying to control
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