...One Smooth Stone By Elaine White Stevens-Henager College December 21, 2013 One Smooth Stone One Smooth Stone is a business-theater company that businesses contract with to help deliver a particular message for items such as a new product launch, a business-wide initiative, or a special sales event. Everyone in the company works together to meet client needs, which are often changing with regards to time, competition, and other factors. The company does not "pretend to have a prepackaged solution," but instead works with each client individually to determine the perfect idea and then deliver on it. One Smooth Stone hosts a diverse clientele whose needs vary widely. One Smooth Stone does contract out to other companies or freelance contractors for particular needs. The company is highly selective about who they contract with, because while those workers may not be under the same roof as One Smooth Stone, in the clients' eyes they still represent the company. Mark Ledogar attributes the success of One Smooth Stone to the great relationships the company has with its clients and the great structure within the organization itself. OSS organizational structure is flat and very decentralized which allows decisions to be made quickly. They have no departments so they can work around the clock. The level of departmentalization is minimal and frequently changes due to the number and type of clients the company has at one given time. They also provide their clients with a wide variety...
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...October 6, 2012 CRW150 - Introduction to Creative Writing - Class # 27071 Doris Patton Midterm Part 1: Creative Story The Stone Tower 1 “Can you get a clear shot Draz?” asked Tankus. “If he takes a step forward I can,” answered Draz. Daylight was disappearing in the forest as dusk began to set, but there was still enough light for the two friends to observe the movements of the tracker who had been silently tailing them for a good part of the day. “What kind of tracker is he?” said Tankus. “He looks like some kind of rat or something.” The tracker was hunched over now, trying to pick up their scent which he had lost several yards back in the brush. Skin like beaten old leather stretched over his long thin bones giving him a scare-crow like appearance, but it was the long, pointed nose set between black, beady eyes that made him look like a rat. He edged forward suddenly picking up their scent again. "Fwoooosh!" Draz’s laser arrow found its mark in the tracker’s temple. “Okay that’s cool,” said Tankus, “we know he’s been with us for several miles, so where do you suppose the rest of his entourage is? Where are the meat and the brains that sent out this dog?” “I don’t know,” said Draz, “I just hope we have enough fire power to keep them back. I don’t know how much more time Kalem needs to break into that old place.” Tankus raked his blonde goatee with his long nimble fingers, trying to add things up in his mind quickly. He was the planner of the group and...
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...1 Samuel 007:012 Samuel then took a stone and placed it between Mizpah and Jeshanah and named it Ebenezer (meaning, "the Stone of Help"), for he said, "The Lord has certainly helped us!" 1 Samuel 7:12 The church has many markers to show God''s goodness Have you ever received an award? Was the award a special plaque or a trophy? Perhaps it was a certificate or some other token of recognition. The purpose of an award is to recognize and to praise persons or groups that have made noteworthy accomplishments and contributions. They generally contain the name of the honoree, a description of the deed accomplished, a date, and the name of the presenters. Recognition of some accomplishments may get bigger than a mere plaque or certificate. Statues, busts and memorials are erected around the world to note the lifetime contributions of those who distinguished themselves in the course of time or to note the site of an historic event. Whether a small certificate or a towering obelisk, awards have a way of recognizing and marking important moments in time. Tributes usually follow a significant accomplishment. Often those receiving the tribute feel undeserving and are puzzled at the praise they receive from others. We know how to recognize people for their accomplishments, but how do we recognize God when he has helped us? That was the question that puzzled David in Psalm 116:12 when he asked "What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?" David concluded that...
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...Stonehenge One of Britain’s greatest national icons is the Stonehenge; it is a group of large stone aligned in a circle placed in the middle of large land. To this day it is still a mystery of how this creation was made and what the original purpose was. Unfortunately according to Lacy Norri, over time many of the original stones have broken, fallen or were used for home construction and road repair. This creation is extremely impressive; it had to have required commitment and much time spent on manual labor. There are many speculations for the reasons behind this creation; some believe it was for religion or even as a hobby to spend their time. I do agree with these assumptions but I also believe that it was used as a symbol to communicate with other spectators. Norri states that the Stonehenge was a large earthwork which is a bank and ditch arrangement called a henge. Some theorists have come up with the idea that the ditch was dug with antlers of deer’s and wood. During this time there were not many tools available so I feel that whoever created the Stonehenge relied on nature. I agree with the ideas of the theorist that they must have used antlers, wood, or their bare hands to accomplish this. Since the hole of the ditch was deep they must have had to beat the dirt or use water to soften it so that digging it would be easier. During 2000 BC the first stone circle was assembled by small blue stone that was then left there without being finished. Theorists believe these bluestones came...
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...Phillip Mulligan Professor Lothman Introduction to Psychology 23.April.2013 Europe I have been to Europe twice in my life. The first time in 2006, I went with my immediate family. We flew to Germany, then drove to France, Austria, Switzerland, and even saw some of the Torino Olympics in Italy. It was an amazing trip, really opened up my eyes. The second time around was just this past year, in 2012. I flew into Germany again with my Father and a good family friend/neighbor. We met up with my sister who was studying there, then drove All around Germany and to Austria again. Both trips were absolutely amazing and shouldn’t be easily forgotten. Hopefully, they just scratched the surface of my European life The first trip was amazing. The journey started in I want to say 2004, in a very respectful and cultural Swiss restaurant called The Alp Horn, located in Canada. This was the restaurant that my family went to each year for three or four nights in a row. It was a short 20 minute drive from our hotel that we stayed at which is at the base of Blue Mountain. Blue Mountain is 4 seasons resort, popular for it’s skiing, located about 90 minutes from Toronto. We had always made yearly trips to this place to indulge in one of my fathers greatest pleasures, interacting with nature in the means of winter snow skiing. As we sat in our booth reminiscing on the fun we had just had for the past three days our parents told us something. They said they had a secret and were...
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...Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. Distributed by Random House, Inc., New York. Originally published, in different form, by Paolini International, LLC in 2002. Copyright © 2002 by Christopher Paolini. KNOPF, BORZOI BOOKS, and the colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc. www.randomhouse.com/teens LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Paolini, Christopher. Eragon / Christopher Paolini. p. cm. — (Inheritance ; bk. 1) SUMMARY: In Alagaësia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters. eISBN 0-375-89036-X [1. Fantasy. 2. Dragons—Fiction.] I. Title. PZ7.P19535Er 2003 [Fic]—dc21 2003047481 SAPHIRA’S EYE (From the original Front Cover done by the author) This book is dedicated to my mom, for showing me the magic in the world; to my dad, for revealing the man behind the curtain. And also to my sister, Angela, for helping when I’m blue. TABLE OF CONTENTS .........................................................................................................................5 SAPHIRA’S EYE............................................................................................5 (From the original...
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...Afghanistan’s Marble Industry Critical Success Factors 2012 Online MBA Study Report By: Mohammad Aman Nawabi Navid Miakhel Mohammad Aziz Taher Elyas Ghiasi Contents Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................... 3 Literature review .............................................................................................................................................. 4 Methodology .................................................................................................................................................... 4 Marble in Afghanistan ...................................................................................................................................... 4 Production Process ........................................................................................................................................... 8 Marble & Onyx Production Process .............................................................................................................. 8 Cutting to Pieces ....................................................................................................................................... 8 Shape Cutting............................................................................................................................................ 8 Grinding and Rubbing .....................................
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...E d g a r A l l a n P o e p The Cask of Amontillado foRTunaTo had huRT me a thousand times and I had suffered quietly. But then I learned that he had laughed at my proud name, Montresor, the name of an old and honored family. I promised myself that I would make him pay for this — that I would have revenge. You must not suppose, however, that I spoke of this to anyone. I would make him pay, yes; but I would act only with the greatest care. I must not suffer as a result of taking my revenge. A wrong is not made right in that manner. And also the wrong would not be made right unless Fortunato knew that he was paying and knew who was forcing him to pay. I gave Fortunato no cause to doubt me. I continued to smile in his face, and he did not understand that I was now smiling at the thought of what I planned for him, at the thought of my revenge. Fortunato was a strong man, a man to be feared. But he had one great weakness: he liked to drink good wine, and indeed he drank much of it. So he knew a lot about fine wines, and proudly believed that he was a trained judge of them. I, too, knew old wines well, and 68 E d g a r A l l a n P o e : S t o r y t e l l e r I bought the best I could find. And wine, I thought, wine would give me my revenge! It was almost dark, one evening in the spring, when I met Fortunato in the street, alone. He spoke to me more warmly than was usual, for already he had drunk more wine than was good for him. I acted pleased to see...
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...You are presented with a 52-year-old female patient. She is experiencing acute discomfort from gall stone symptoms for the fourth time in 8 years. The condition has responded to nonsurgical treatment in the past, but each subsequent time is a slower and more painful recovery. She is underinsured, and the cost of a surgery would be beyond her means without some sort of write-off or assistance. However, her family makes too much to qualify for Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS). Examine this case, using each of the following principles in turn as a possible guide to your actions: 1. The principle of utility: Bring about the greatest good with the least harm. The principle of utility is determined by the rightness of the act on someone’s happiness. Therefore, after examining the case and using the principle of utility, I would make sure that the action I perform should in turn make the patient happy. Furthermore, if the female patient wanted me to perform surgery to fix her gall stone condition, I would try to come up with the best possible solution to get her the surgery she wants. The surgery would improve the well being of the patient and she will be more comfortable after the surgery is over knowing that she will no longer have to deal with her gall stones. 2. The principle of equality: Everything is distributed equally. `The principle of equality means that everyone gets treated equally, and no one person should be favored. Thus if I were dealing...
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...Colonel Herncastle, an unpleasant former soldier, brings the Moonstone back with him from India where he acquired it by theft and murder during the Siege of Seringapatam. Angry at his family, who shun him, he leaves it in his will as a birthday gift to his niece Rachel, thus exposing her to attack by the stone's hereditary guardians, who, legend says, will stop at nothing to retrieve it. Rachel wears the stone to her birthday party, but that night it disappears from her room. Suspicion falls on three Indian jugglers who have been near the house; on Rosanna Spearman, a maidservant who begins to act oddly and who then drowns herself in a local quicksand; and on Rachel herself, who also behaves suspiciously and is suddenly furious with Franklin Blake, with whom she has previously appeared to be enamoured, when he directs attempts to find it. Despite the efforts of Sergeant Cuff, a renowned detective, the house party ends with the mystery unsolved, and the protagonists disperse. During the ensuing year there are hints that the diamond was removed from the house and may be in a London bank vault, having been pledged as surety to a moneylender. The Indian jugglers are still nearby, watching and waiting. Rachel's grief and isolation increase, especially after her mother dies, and she first accepts and then rejects a marriage proposal from her cousin Godfrey Ablewhite, a philanthropist who was also present at the birthday dinner and whose father owns the bank near Rachel's old family...
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...For Marie Laure it is seen as a negative, and curse that has taken away her family. I is something to fear because of the damage it can cost just be laying in a person’s hand. She returns it to its home so that no one else can abuse what power other people think it might have. To Von Rumpel the stone means life or death. It is seen as a beacon of hope for his life. He searches for it with determination because he wants to hold its power in his hands and live forever not really thinking about what it might do to the ones he loves around him. For Werner it is just some rock that Marie Laure set down into the ocean. He has no idea of the curse or the life he could live if he were to just keep it in his pocket. He does not realized that it could get him back to Jutta safely but it also could have ended her life so maybe it was for the best that he did not know about what it could do. The Sea of Flames can be thought about in many different ways it just depends on whose perspective you’re looking at it...
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...and read my journal. This was the ‘Tonight Show’ with Liam, and Liam was loving it. I found the other chapter review readings very interesting and stimulating. It was like peeping through a keyhole into another room that would soon be open to me. After break we were asked to remove a shoe and place it in the middle of the room. This did cause me to feel somewhat disabled but this feeling was tempered by the fact that we were all in the same boat. When my shoe was picked up by someone, I was dreading the comments that were about to be delivered. I need not have worried. Thanks Mary! Next up Norah produced a box of stones and we all had to take a stone and reflect on someone or something that made us unhappy during the year that we wanted to banish from our world. I found this exercise very therapeutic. The physical exercise of throwing the stone away was a very powerful action for me and for my classmates as well by all appearances. We proceeded to light a candle afterwards for thanks to those who helped us through our bad times and acknowledged their friendship....
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...Harriet and Jim Stone. The Millers envied the Stones because they were living a bright and full life that the Millers wanted. The Stones always went out to dinner, went on trips, and entertained at their home; the Millers did none of these things. As you read the story, you will learn who the Millers by seeing how envious they are of the Stones, them going through their neighbors things, and their love for one another . Bill and Arlene Miller were your everyday, hard working couple. They were a happy couple, but now and then they felt alone as if the circle of life has passed them by. The Millers had these neighbors named the Stones that lived across the hall from them. The husband Jim worked as a salesman for a machine-parts firm, where he managed to combine business with pleasure trips. Harriet and Jim Stone was that couple that was very outgoing and easy to get along with, they would always entertain people at their house. On this particular occasion, the Stones were planning a two weeks trip to Cheyenne and then St. Louis to visit relatives. “ Have fun”, Bill said to Harriet. “We will”, said Harriet. “You kids have fun too” (Carver 117). The Millers were envious of the Stones because they were going on a two week vacation and the Millers felt has if they deserve to go on one. “ Well, I wish it was us,” Bill said…. “God knows, we could use a vacation,” Arlene said (Carver 117). They really wished that it was them going because every time the Stones go on vacation...
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... Ellen Munday 434 Langston Place Drive Fort Mill, SC 29708 emunday@comporium.net Re: Estimate –stone veneer repair options Date: 10 May, 2012 This letter is submitted as turnkey estimates/options for stone veneer repairs at your residence located in the Eppington South community at 434 Langston Place Drive in Fort Mill SC. In reference to our phone conversations, meeting, and physical inspection of the residence, our estimates/options are provided which include these assumptions and scopes of work: • Option #1 = reinstall stones that have fallen off of veneer (approx 12 stones): • Option #2 = remove/replace stone veneer in the 3’ wide x 14’ tall area directly below the gutter on the left side of the front porch (discolored due to water run-off and penetration). This option may be required due to structural damage to framing and insulation caused by improper diversion of roof water run-off and excessive penetration through the existing stone veneer. • Option #3 = Install grout properly between stones at all existing stone veneered areas (approx 1055 sq ft). • Option #4 = remove/replace entire existing stone veneer. Estimate includes: o Approx 1055 Sq Ft of stone veneer, 12 LF brick soldier, 18 LF brick window sill, brick arch above one window. o Properly installed “drystacked” or “grouted” stone veneer (homeowner choice) with any standard style and color from Centurion (or similar). o 15#...
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...Leslie Marmon Silko Where Mountain Lion Lay Down with Deer - I climb the black rock mountains stepping from day to day silently. I smell the wind for my ancestors pale blue leaves crushed wild mountain smell. Returning up the gray stone cliff where I descended a thousand years ago. Returning to faded black stone. where mountain lion lay down with deer. It is better to stay up here watching wind's reflection in tall yellow flowers. The old ones who remembered me are gone the old songs are all forgotten and the story of my birth How I danced in snow- frost moonlight distant stars to the end of the Earth, How I swam away in freezing mountain water narrow mossy canyon tumbling down out of the mountain out of the deep canyon stone down the memory spilling out into the world Adrienne Rich Living in Sin She had thought the studio would keep itself; no dust upon the furniture of love. Half heresy, to wish the taps less vocal, the panes relieved of grime. A plate of pears, a piano with a Persian shawl, a cat stalking the picturesque amusing mouse had risen at his urging. Not that at five each separate stair would writhe under the milkman's tramp; that morning light so coldly would delineate the scraps of last night's cheese and three sepulchral bottles; that on the kitchen shelf amoong the saucers a pair of beetle-eyes would fix her own-- ...
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