Obsidian is a naturally occurring dark, volcanic glass with a smooth glossy appearance. It is formed when felsic lava, which is extruded from a volcano cools rapidly, with minimal crystal growth. Obsidian has a high silica content and a low water content (typically lower than 1%), as by the time the magma reaches the surface, the majority of the water contained within it has evaporated as steam. When exposed to groundwater, obsidian becomes increasingly hydrated, finally forming perlite. Obsidian
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team charter can play a major role for the success of a team as it brings much needed direction and clarity to a team. Team charters can be key elements to help teams save time, avoid unnecessary diversion or conflict, reduce ambiguity, and aid productivity. It was my suggestion to our team that the team meet in person to complete the team charter instead of doing it over e-mails or phones. The purpose behind this idea was that everybody could use an opportunity to learn about each other on the team
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Critical Thinking in the Air Force Critical thinking in the Air Force is an important aspect of every job that is offered in the military. Critical thinkers in the Air Force want to assess the purpose of their thinking and their actions. For instance, a critical thinker might ask, is my purpose in line with my goals, values, desires, and needs. Critical thinking can be used no matter what job you have or what situation life throws at you. Only hands full of people realize the powerful role
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connect ideas, but also can introduce a certain shift, contrast or opposition, emphasis or agreement, purpose, result or conclusion, etc. in the line of argument. The transition words and phrases have been assigned only once to somewhat artificial categories, although some words belong to more than one category. There is some overlapping with preposition and postposition, but for the purpose of clarity and completeness of this concise guide, I did not differentiate. Agreement / Addition / Similarity
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perspective plan. It has proven operationally to be most efficient. It defines the goals and targets with greater clarity and provides a definite basis of action. 3. SHORT TERM PLAN needs to be adopted only as an inevitable alternative to medium-term planning and on an emergency basis. The introduction of "rolling plan´ has eliminated the need for short term plan. 4. SINGLE-PURPOSE PLAN- is an administrative operation, which is usually adopted when particular objectives like implementing a reform measure
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effective in different business situations. First, Goleman describes “climate” as a combination of how employees and employers feel in the working environment. Flexibility, responsibility, standards set, clarity of rewards, mission and vision of the company, and commitment to a common purpose are drivers of climate. Positive climate is related to positive performance and vice versa. In addition, leadership styles affect the climate of the organization and consequently financial results. Every
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things in common. We are all dessert lover. When the idea came up, everyone agreed and very excited. During the forming stage, we discussed about our purpose, set and assigned tasks, and established timelines. We don’t have to start forming personal relationships since we are very close. We have known each other for more than 8 years. Then, the need of clarity about our activities and goals as well as guidance how we will work led us to the second stage as “storming”. We have set up a meeting daily to
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part depicting anger. The parallelism makes the two alternate extremes more grounded, for it underscores the contrasts between them: relinquishing his fury and it finishing, rather than smothering his out anger and it developing. This is the main purpose of human shortcoming that Blake passes on. In "A Poison Tree," William Blake clarifies a truth of human instinct. This poem shows how anger can be dispersed by goodwill or supported to wind up a destructive toxic substance. It is fitting that poems
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CHAPTER 1 The Problem and a Review of Related Literature INTRODUCTION: Every day you come in contact with many machines. There’s the clock radio that wakes you up, and the car, bus, or bike you take to school. You use calculators, computers, stereos, and phones throughout the day. Finally, you come home and use the microwave, stove, refrigerator, and electric can opener as you help with dinner. Our lives are a lot easier today, thanks to the mechanical engineers who imagined and built these
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Case Study: Slavery in the Chocolate Industry- Close to half of the world's cocoa is made from highly prized top-quality cocoa beans that are grown in the farms in the Ivory Coast and Ghana, a small nation on the Western side of Africa. The farmers of these poor nations are notorious, however for sometimes relying on slaves to harvest their beans. The slave are boys between 12 and 16 , sometimes as young as 9-- who are kidnapped from villages in surrounding nations and sold to cocoa farmers
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