Fourth Way

‘Crusade’ is a non-medieval Franco-Spanish hybrid that has been considered synonymous to the pursuit of a good cause. The Crusades were a series of on and off religious wars fought between the years from 1096 to 1487 under the authority of various Popes. The Crusades were basically fought for the recovery of the Holy Land. They were ordered by Pope Urban II in 1095, and within months the first Europeans had arrived in the Middle East to rid the Holy Land of Muslims. One story particularly…

Leaf Day There are those teachers who just “get” you. There are more who don’t, but it’s the ones who do that can make all the difference (or so I used to think). My child-hating first-grade teacher Ms. Gordon didn’t “get” me. So when I forget all about Leaf Day it’s dreadful. And trying to finish the assignment by skipping class only increases my negligence. However, When Ms. Gordon shows a little leniency and decides not to fail me it has a lasting impact on me and significantly changes my…

Its span reaches from Polaris in Ursa Minor to Perseus, Auriga and the Lynx within the Milky Way. It is a pretty faint constellation that has three stars with no known planets. The major stars in the Camelopardalis constellation are, Beta Camelopardalis, which is the brightest star and is binary with a yellow G-type supergiant. CS Camelopardalis…

I have been born 3 times. The first time was 13.8 billion years ago, when the universe began to exist. The second time was on November 24, 1997, when my mother brought her second child into the world. The third time I was born, and the time most relevant to this discussion, was on a sweaty afternoon in Sophomore year when a girl asked me for bus money, and I decided it was time I learned to accept the first two. So here I am, made up of atoms that are 13.8 billion years old, a body almost 19…

grade. My father on the other hand was the only child to go far in school, having finished all of high school with grades equivalent to straight “A.” Unfortunately my dad had lost his mom at thirteen and my grandfather’s damn machismo pride got in the way of my father’s education. He was given a scholarship to continue school. With this scholarship my father was really excited to continue his education but when he got home to tell my grandfather he simply responded “No you have to start working…

Sleepless nights spent ruminating and regurgitating past events all the while ruing their aftermath often drained Surina the next morning; nonetheless, on the first full day in space, she awoke restored. Certainly, her restful sleep was not entirely due to the profound physical exhaustion from the lift off to space. Rather, after her consciousness roamed amongst the stars, she gained a fresh perspective that allowed her to rest from the burden of her sorrows for the first time in many years.…

INTRODUCTION: Toyota Talent Developing Your People the Toyota Way by Jeffrey K. Liker and David Meier was written after two prior published books regarding Toyota Company’s management- The Toyota Way and The Toyota Way Fieldbook. The authors decided to come up with this third installment of the Toyota series book because of the intention of explaining in details the 4P model of excellence (philosophy, people, problem solving and process) that was introduced in the previous books. Though this…

We did not look at our divorce as a means to gain financially, but rather as a way to separate ourselves from each other and go our own way. I believe the stress of my daughter’s health, my excessive workload to cover the bills, and the fighting over where we should cut back financially all took its toll on both of us. These life events and economic decisions…

In a 2003 article entitled Competitive Advantage the Toyota way, Toyota is highly touted for its ability to create a competitive advantage with limited capital resource and the appropriate usage of human and capital resources (Fane, Vaghefi, Van Deusen & Wood, 2003). This information from 2003 is relevant because it was the predecessor for the recalls that created such turmoil in the organization. Our text identifies the five steps strategic control process for organization’s top managers as…

The immigrant experiences in America are observed in most of the short stories published in collections by various authors. Some of them include Amy Tan with her short story, Two Kinds, which was released in 1989 and is extracted from her novel, The Joy Luck Club. Also, in her other short story entitled Mother Tongue, she focuses on the salient differences between Amy Tan and her mother, based on language. Other writers such as Jhumpa Lahiri examine the experience of immigrants in America. She…