Stalwart

As Luke Brand, the Sourcing Strategist at Gourmet Avec Aimer (GAA) Inc. looked at his wristwatch, he realized it was 3:00 PM, and he had been looking at the attrition report for the quarter for quite a long-time. 13% attrition was a cause for concern especially for a company known as the employer of choice in the Restaurant industry. As Luke looked at the numbers, his scheduler reminded him that his next meeting was with the strategic sourcing team. The Sourcing Dilemma Sourcing was done in a…

Born on March 5th, 1133, Henry II was the eldest son of Geoffrey IV, Count of Anjou, and Matilda, daughter of Henry I. During his lifetime he ruled thrice as Count, twice as Duke, and once as King. He first became active in politics at age fourteen, while his mother was striving to seize the English throne. By eighteen he inherited his father’s estate. A bit later, he married Eleanor of Aquitaine. Together they had eight children: William, Young Henry, Richard, Matilda, Geoffrey, Eleanor, Joan,…

A goulash of sweet summer smells pivots through the sleek, cozy environment, and the joyous feeling of a great Georgia summer day starts spreading. While I was listening to the radio, a song came up. While looking, it felt as the trees tumbled and danced beside the highway, dancing peacefully as I turned up the volume louder. The song was very exciting, and the spirit of joy within myself increased tremendously. The song was called “Good Feeling” by Flo Rida. The highlight of the night was this…

World War 1. He ‘intruded’ upon all major issues of the conflict, including recruitment, propaganda, and the composition of the cabinet itself. A Lord Northcliffe historian called Richard Bourne said Harmsworth was ‘a political and national figure…a stalwart of the war effort and maker and breaker of governments’. Because of his newspapers’ prediction into the war, Northcliffe’s politics standing at the outbreak was very high. For most of the decade he displayed personal opposition towards…

employees, customer experiences or safety programs. Consistently, earning the highest customer satisfaction rating from J.D. Power for eight consecutive years, ranking among the top twenty safest airlines and earning the FAA’s Diamond Award for stalwart commitment to maintenance and training programs makes Alaska Airlines not only a desirable carrier to travel with but also an enviable place to work (Alaska airlines awards and recognition.). Already a strong market leader, having just unveiled…

Shereen Haji Ms. Drinan Honors English 9-1 26 April 2016 Unjustifiable Revenge The French Revolution captures the tension between the harsh lives of the peasants and the idealized, carefree aristocracy during the late eighteenth century. A Tale of Two Cities, written by Charles Dickens, is a Victorian novel that deeply focuses on events in two cities, Paris and London, proceeding and throughout the French Revolution. The full concept of the French Revolution is driven by revenge in which the…

Through the collection of fragments from “Great Expectations”, Matilda develops an overwhelming curiosity for white culture despite being taught a skewed perspective by her mother. Matilda’s identity is a social construct shaped by the interactions with the locals of Bougainville and the white world taught by Mr. Watts— a cultural hybridity (Nakatsuma, 2010). Although “Great Expectations” provides an escape from Matilda’s dreadful reality through the incorporation of fictional characters such as…

The Green Mile is a 1999 American fantasy crime movie, directed by Frank Darabont and adapted from the 1996 Stephen King novel. The film, in great detail, encapsulates the idealistic life of a death-row prison warden in the 1932- during the Great Depression, and the encountering’s that are faced daily. The film is told in a flashback format of the protagonist, Paul Edgecombe, played by famous actor Tom Hanks, and his daunting experiences with the deadly inmates of a Louisiana death row…

The movie Metropolis incorporates aspects of various political and social values in order to correctly convey its multiple underlying messages. The Authoritarian themes in this film are robust with the workers and higher class society operating their economy in parallel with that of a Fascist governmental system. The worker class who help the machines function are clearly designed to be viewed as short-sighted and easy suaded. Whether their leader be an seemingly normal pretty girl or a firm…

Although “Don’t Mess With Texas” is the slogan for an anti-littering campaign launched by the Texas Department of Transportation, the implications of that phrase reach far beyond roadside cleanliness. Texans are stalwart defenders of their history and culture, perhaps rivaling their patriotism for the United States. As author John Steinbeck put it, “I have said that Texas is a state of mind, but I think it is more than that. It is a mystique closely approximating a religion.” Based on…