Essay about The Blue Sky Project

Imagine living in a world where the weak are cast aside and you yourself are crippled, but your life is spared by love. Then your mother dies unexpectedly and there is no longer anyone protecting you. What will happen to you now? This is what Kira faced in the novel Gathering Blue written by Lois Lowry. Kira was born with a deformed leg and faces physical challenges because of it. At the beginning of the book, Kira’s mother dies from an unexpected illness and Kira is attacked by a group of women led by Vandara. Vandara claims that Kira should be taken to the field and left for the beasts, which the reader finds out later are not real. The Council of Guardian’s then spares Kira’s life and appoints her official threader of the Singer’s robe. She later meets Thomas, the Carver, and Jo, the

First, The Spoils System shows that Jackson acted like a king. Spoils system- practice of dismissing government job holders affiliated with a defeated party and replace them with supporters of the winning party (Day 2-5 warm up slides). He replaced members with ones he liked. The members that got kicked out probably don't like Jackson. Basically, he replaced them with ones that wont say no to him. The definition to spoils system is the opposite of how Jackson interpreted it.

Have you ever thought about what it would be like not to be free? What would it be like not to be able to make choices? What would it be like not to be able to do what you want? It's scary to think about not being free, but even in the world today some people don't even have basic human freedoms. Lois Lowry shows us in her books The Giver and Gathering Blue what it would be like not to have freedom and how important it is that we have it.

The” Blue Zone” is places in the world where people living longer and healthier without disability and medications. The” Blue Zone” having not only people reach centenarians but super-centenarians. What is the secrets of this longevity? Dan Buettner makes the research with his team National Geographic, and National Institute on Aging to find the people living in those places call Blue Zone, and asks them question about their lifestyle to live longer and healthier. Dan Buettner and his team find five places in the world. Those places call Blue Zone are the Italian Island of Sardinia; Okinawa, Japan; Loma Linda, California; Costa Rica’s Isolated Nicoya Peninsula; and Ikaria, an Isolated Greek Island. The people living in Blue Zone live a lifestyle witch is plants based diet, move naturally, know your purpose, religion (have faith), 80% rule, drink wine five, belong to the right tribe, down shift, loved ones first, stay social. Can we find these people in Blue Zone and having their same lifestyle in our community here in Fredericksburg? Let choose three lifestyles in Blue Zone and compare to our community here in Fredericksburg: Plants based diet, move naturally, Love one first.

This passage causes you as a reader to reflect on Gatsby’s misfortunes. It begins, “He had come a long way in to his blue lawn…” Nick is reflecting on how far Gatsby has come and how he has been determined to reach his dreams. In reference to the blue lawn, I think this refers to Gatsby’s quest for the American Dream. The blue lawn is referring to Gatsby’s lawn at his home. He has become wealthy and has a huge mansion with a nice lawn and garden but he still is not happy. He throws lavish parties and lives the life of the wealthy. His acquirement of wealth is a part of the American Dream. He has the house with a picket fence and manicured lawn but doesn’t have love. He does not have the complete American Dream because he does not have

Martin Van Buren specifically advised Jackson not to appoint Swartwout because he had criminal tendencies and would be dealing with large amounts of money. Jackson ignored Van Buren and would be humiliated for his selfish decision. Jackson made many poor decisions in his own self-interest that were undemocratic and put a blemish on his presidency.

As a result Dr Brownlow decided he needed to develop his senior staff by sending them on a training course, he chose Brenda Frame and Judith Smythe for this training. Richard believed the problems lie not with his style of management but by the lack of leadership and management by Brenda Frame and Judith Smythe. Brenda and Judith implemented there ideas but Richard and Fred Windows were negative about it saying that it was just a fad as they had been on these courses and knew more about management and leadership and gained nothing from the courses. Brenda who normally would issue instruction as a manager does, turned herself into a leader my taking on board other ideas from her colleagues and creating working parties to make the working of her department run more efficiently and smoothly. She included Richards’s project staff into her working groups but he was unhappy about this even after Brenda protested and Richard adamantly refused to yield on this matter. Also at the start of the year Richard decided to off load several tasks to his three projects team leaders Ian Campbell, Carole Devlin and Joanne Cassidy. Richard only believed that Carole had the necessary experience and commitment to take on the extra work load issued and he did not consult his other staff nor did he explain the job role that it entailed.

In Andrew Jackson’s letter to congress, dated December 8, 1829 he says, “...offices are created solely for the benefit of the people,...”(doc 6). Later, Jackson appointed a man that his Secretary of State, Van Buren, had advised against. But ADD INTRO HERE “...Jackson refused to listen. He liked Swartwout because he had been an early supporter…”(doc 7). Jackson is saying he wants the government officials to be for the people. However, when his time comes, Jackson appoints a criminal because he was one of Jackson’s supporters. Actions speak louder than words. Jackson tells us that he is for the “Common Man” and wants the government to exist for the people but when push comes to shove, he appoints the people that will help

It is clear from the documents that Andrew Jackson acted like a king. One reason that Andrew Jackson acted like a king was because he was a slaveholder. Document 7 stated that Andrew Jackson owned about 150 slaves. Owning 150 slaves supports that Jackson acted like a king because if he was a hero of the common man, he would do his own work and not force other people to. Document 7 also claims that when Andrew Jackson became president, his slaveholding numbers shot up.

Jackson plans to make the county better and he will bring more power to the United States. “The management of the public revenue - that searching operations in all governments-is among the most delicate and important truths in ours…”. Jackson saying this shows how he knows the public cares and he will be in order of all of it and he can command it good. Jackson is known well for commanding and or leading and this brings me to my next

1. Terra Nova is currently at a turning point in the company’s timeline.  Until recently, the company has been successful and growing and a leader in its industry. The financial downturns the company is currently experiencing are due to the complacency that started in top management and, in order to fix this situation, there must be multiple changes made. There is a large social disconnect between the younger and more senior members of the firm. Although Terra Nova has a hierarchical structure based on skill and demonstrated results, in recent years the senior partners received more support from the company leaders and benefits while the junior professionals feel undervalued and unappreciated. Because of

Response from Julia: I told John that, as there were forced redundancies and that he was closest to retirement, that he would be least financially affected of his workgroup. Further, after taking account of tax breaks and superannuation law, the actual monetary impact for him would be very minor, whereas his colleagues are all substantially younger and would be more affected. His work performance was no better or worse than that of his colleagues. For these reasons he was selected for forced redundancy.

he was resourceful (thanks to his experience from the bottom of the company to the top

Jet Blue has an opportunity to remain cutting edge in the airline industry by continuing to be low-cost and expanding carrier. A great market for Jet Blue to expand to would be towards the Caribbean's. As well as possibly lobbying Washington to lift travel sanctions in Cuba, which at one point was a major vacation getaway for Americans. This opportunity fits into Jet Blues current business model of short distance flights at a lower cost than the competition.

Hinrich had no intention of laying workers off to meet bottom line numbers. Although this was partially driven by the difficulty in laying workers off imposed by the union, he also felt that it would cause a decrease in moral and even further hurt the plants productivity. Instead of utilizing denominator management Hinrich chose to use numerator management and meet budget goals by improving processes, decreasing production costs and improving efficiency. This is a much harder approach for managers to take when trying to increase revenues and meet budgetary goals, but it was what Hinrich felt needed to happen.