“Winnie the Pooh‚ Winnie the Pooh‚ Chubby‚ little cubby all stuffed with fluff” (the commonly known theme song from the television series). Winnie the Pooh was written by Alan Alexander Milne in 1926 about a boy and the adventures he goes on with friends that happened to be stuffed animals. Pooh‚ Christopher Robin and their friends taught many morals during the stories that tons of people quickly loved; one of them including the quote by Pooh saying‚ “Weeds are flowers‚ too‚ once you get to know
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place. I am regularly blown away by the sheer competence displayed – the breadth of vocabulary‚ the grasp of idiom‚ the appreciation of (let’s face it‚ difficult) British humour – but‚ and it’s a big but‚ I can’t help wonder WHY such a strange‚ hybrid language should have become so popular. Is it the spelling? Definitely not! Is it the simple‚ easy-to-learn grammar? Again‚ I think not. Is it the way we leap lightly from one register (e.g. informal) to another (e.g. very formal) and back again? Non‚ je
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Why Customer Retention Is So Important Good customer retention is vital to any organization because a slight reduction (5%) in the customer defection rate has a disproportionately positive effect on profitability (depending on the cost of acquisition‚ ranging between 25 and 80 %!). Companies with high retention also grow faster. However‚ customers can only be retained if they are loyal and motivated to resist competition. When customers are merely satisfied with the service they receive they may
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Douglas Tilden was an exceptional sculpture‚ with having several statuettes in many parks and museums across the nation. What made Tilden so unique was that he was deaf and mute after a severe case of Scarlet Fever in his early years of life. Tilden also taught many students who were also deaf‚ how to sculpt and inspired many in his classes. Douglas Tilden was born on May 1st‚ 1860 in Chico‚ California. His parents are named William Peregrine Tilden and Catherine Maria Hecox Tilden‚ his father was
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If Scientific Management is as outdated and inhuman as many organizational theorists believe‚ why is it so prevalent in contemporary organizations? Raymond Leung 1 Introduction Scientific management was first developed by an American‚ Frederick Winslow Taylor in the1880s ~1910s and has evolved a lot since then. It is a theory or school of thoughts about process improvement and management. It aims at maximizing efficiency‚ productivity‚ output with least cost and minimizing wastes. It was
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That is The Question Provider‚ leader‚ teacher‚ and protector. These are common roles that are known for a man who has a family‚ but when you are in a position of noble stature‚ these roles do not stay in your family‚ they extended into the lives of those that look upon you as a king. When the father dies‚ this role is normally passed on down to the eldest son in the family who then becomes the “man of the house”. What happens when the son does not protect‚ and follow through with what the father
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Education has an important place in the lives of children‚ families‚ and society. Among their many functions‚ schools are required to provide a safe learning environment for students. In more recent times‚ however schools are increasingly required to highlight the importance of safety measures and plan for responses to violence and threats of violence. It is difficult to assess the level of safety measures that may be required in potentially dangerous situations. There also needs to be protocol
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other people’s shoes to gain an understanding of their lives. "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view‚ until you climb in his skin and walk around in it". He teaches the children to respect the Radley family‚ as they have been unjustly judged by the citizens of Maycomb. Through Atticus’ defence of Tom Robinson‚ he teaches the children that all humans deserve to be treated fairly. As a result of Atticus’s example‚ the children learn that no one is better
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Gun violence has increasingly become the most important ethical issue in the continental United States. Guns are being abused or over used‚ more often than not for the use of protection. It is understandable that the 2nd Amendment allows every American to have the “right to bear arms.” However‚ people are using it to their advantage. Within the past five years‚ there have been many gun related crimes. The number of victims recorded are mainly children. Children and adolescents are being affected
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Islam spread so successfully because the Byzantine and Persian empires were weak and tired‚ so this made it easier for Muslims to conquer them. From Arabia‚ Islam spread northwards towards Persia and Baghdad in 640AD. In the east they overpowered Samarkand in 676AD and the Borders of India in 707AD. Towards the west Islam expanded into Morocco and Spain in 708AD. Simple but effective military tactics helped spread Islam because they were easy and not too complicated for the Muslims to carry
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