when he forcibly stopped his men from eating the lotus plant to avoid major problems. When Odysseus and the group finally arrived at the land of Lotus-eaters‚ he sent a few of his men to check the place and what food the people are willing to offer for them to eat. Because of his actions‚ he made a huge mistake. The natives provided lotus plants for the men to eat‚ and it made them very addicted. According to the book‚ “any crewmen who ate the lotus‚ the honey-sweet fruit‚ lost all desire to send
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further strengthen their level of expertise was to grant the employment of Jamie Mambro and Jay Williams who were previously employed by another firm called Leonard Monahan Saabye which had provided services to one of Microsoft’s main competitors Lotus Corporation. After Neil Hill sending Rob Lebow two letters and many phone calls‚ he finally sent a flier which included round-trip airline
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foods are intended to respect or celebrate either the gods or divine persons in past history. Among the Chinese traditional foods‚ there are three traditional Chinese foods that using leaves for the packaging which are include Zongzi‚ Nian Goa and Lotus Rice. Further explanation will be brief as below: a) Zongzi Most of Chinese were enjoy the Zongzi during Duan Wu or Dragon Boat festival. This festival is to celebrate the honour Qu Yuan (340-278 BC.)‚ the pioneer poet of ancient China. The
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Lotus and IBM Knowledge Management Strategy An Overview September 2000 A Lotus Development Corporation White Paper Copyright 2000 Lotus Development Corporation. All rights reserved. Not for reproduction or other use without express written consent of Lotus Development Corporation Table of Contents The Dynamics of Knowledge Management People‚ Places & Things The Raven Development Project Implementation Scenario Conclusion White Paper Description This overview describes the Lotus
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The Bubble Economy of Japan The Economy of Japan had experience a tremendous growth since the end of the Korean war. The growth of GNP in 1967 and 1968 was above 10 % (double digit growth period) which exceed countries such as Britain‚ France and Germany. The economy experienced a boost is due to many reasons‚ such as: enlargement of industrial facilities‚ massive adaptation of western technology and education‚ lower the military expense to 1% of GNP‚ relation with power nation‚ human resources
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"In fact‚ the birth of female child was considered to be both a time of sadness and a time of an evil omen."(Lotus 54) A woman is still considered to be a weaker gender in today ’s society and the inequality between male and female perpetuates. In fact‚ this situation is quite prevalent in Pearl S.Buck ’s The Good Earth‚ whereby women continue to be suppressed by the more superior and masculine group which are men. Restrained by the traditional Chinese society ’s belief‚ woman is expected to be an
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Food Retail-Price Comparison In Thailand David J. Schaffner‚ Blaire Bokal‚ Scott Fink‚ Kimberly Rawls‚ and Jeremy Schweiger Rapid growth of the Thai economy in the 1990s led to dramatic changes in food retailing. The traditional food-distribution system—hundreds of thousands of fresh markets that sell fruits‚ vegetables‚ meat‚ and fish‚ along with small mom-and-pop food stores that distribute dry goods—is giving way to modern supermarkets‚ hypermarkets‚ and convenience stores‚ all being developed
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The Good Earth: Women in My Own Perspective This novel is one of the well written classics that I had read. This is a novel of Pearl S. Buck‚ it was published in 1931. She was awarded with Pulitzer Prize for the Novel. One of the elements of this complex tale is the power and force of Women. Even though the main character is a male‚ the story would not go on without the driving force of women involved in the story. A stirring and melancholic tale of a Chinese farmer‚ struggling with life’s
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INTERNET‚ AND WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY Virtual Collaboration for Lotus Sametime CASE 1 VIDEO CASE SUMMARY Lotus Sametime is an IBM virtual collaboration environment that is used by firms as a part of their enterprise systems. The objective of these systems is to increase collaboration among remote or mobile work teams while not increasing travel costs and meeting costs. Using video‚ audio‚ and interactive software‚ Lotus Sametime allows groups of people to meet electronically even though
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many examples‚ such as when he encounters the lotus-eaters. Some of his men‚ hungry as they are‚ accept the lotus-eaters’ offering of some of their lotus to eat. Soon they forget all about their efforts to get home as a result of eating the lotus. So‚ knowing the lotus must be flushed out of their system‚ "[Odysseus] bring[s] them back to the ship by main force...and stow[s] them under the benches’" (Homer 102) so they cannot get any more of the lotus to eat. Then‚ he "order[s] the rest [of the
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