Geneen drove the growth of ITT during its heyday in the 1960s and '70s, he had a blunt management philosophy: "In business, words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality." In 2001, when Jim Kilts arrived at Gillette as the first outsider to run the Boston-based company in over 70 years, he found a business with great brands that were losing market share. The company's acquisitions of Duracell and Braun were not delivering, sales and earnings
Scotland has a very interesting and rich culture. Its long history has contributed much to the traditions that still stand today. Whether it be its literature, music, art, food, clothing, or sports, Scotland has a lot to offer. a Scotland has contributed many novelists and poets to the world of literature. Such poets include Sydney Goodsir Smith, Norman McCaig, Iain Crichton Smith, Edwin Morgan, George Mackay Brown and Robert Garioch (Fraser 185). Poet Sorley Maclean (1911-1996), also known as Somhairle
Cowboys in Kilts: The Failure of the Scenic in Rob Roy & Braveheart There was recently a cartoon in the New Yorker magazine.The cartoon shows a group of kilt-clad Highlands charging up a hill, claymore swords drawn and waving, as one of them says to another, "You know, if we didn't wear this damn skirtsmaybe we wouldn't have to defend our manhood every five minutes." My analysis begins, as it will end, where most cowboy movies begin and end, with the landscape.Western heroes are essentially
invented and were done so in order to promote a sense of Scottish unity. In “The Invention of Tradition: The Highland Tradition of Scotland, Trevor-Roper argues that the culture of the Highlands was an imitation of Irish culture. He reveals that the kilt is not a historical form of Scottish dress and that Scottish national identity/highland culture is far more recent than what it is believed. Consequently, Trevor-Roper makes these claims to show that the ‘distinct’ Highland culture is actually a retrospective
we look at them. From the start of the Clan Wars, to the fight that Bonnie Prince Charlie brought.Scottish history has affected how Scots act like and different among others. Scots have reputation for being blood thirsty, cheap, bagpipe playing and kilt wearing people. Many patterns of behavior can be traced back to a root cause in history. Common Scottish behaviors were shaped by major events in Scottish history. Bonnie Prince Charlie who is also known as “The Young Pretender”, was the cause of the
Von Monogyna´s Great Horned Owl Katsina Doll (Mongwa) is the master carver´s representation of the Katsina spirit Mongwa. Monogyna crafted the Katsina in 1980 out of cottonwood root. Cottonwood root is the traditional material for Katsina dolls because it was once abundant in the Hopi´s homeland, modern day Arizona. Katsina dolls are religious icons that were traditionally created to teach children, especially young girls about the Katsina Spirits (Hopi Cultural Preservation Office). The Mongwa Katsina
jewelry as well. The oldest pieces of garment were worn by the men of the civilization, they wore kilts. The kilts were a rectangular piece of linen that was wrapped around their hips, but they were short enough that the men 's knees were uncovered. The kilt was standard for all men, it did not matter if they were normal peasants to the richest of royalty. Even though even man wore kilts, the kilts varied in quality and style depending on your wealth. The wealthier they were the softer the linen
come to California and other parts of the United States? The major factors that caused Chinese men to leave their villages was because of a great flood that destroyed their villages in China and also at the time there was a civil war was going on that kilt 30 million people in there home land. These were the two main factors that drove young men leave head to the seaports to leave China. The men knew they had an obligation to their villages and families to provide and leaving China to go to America provided
plantation. Each of these women made inhuman decisions and murdered their children. The woman in “Beloved” did not want the plantations masters’ to come take her children. She decided to try an attempt which was to kill her children, but only one was kilt and the other children stayed alive. She struggled to keep her children, but she decided to it the wrong and inhuman way. For the woman in the poem, she decided to kill her child because the child was a reminder of her master. After traveling for the
Wynter Villa MUSC 301-502 Annotated Bibliography MacCallum, Miranda, and Dwayne P. Sheehan. "Kids in Kilts: Using Highland Dance to Develop Fundamental Movement Skills." Physical & Health Education Journal 79, no. 3 (2013): 39-40. SPORTDiscus with Full Text, EBSCOhost. (Accession No. 96434818) This article discusses the use of Scottish highland dance to develop the movement skills and the overall physical literacy of the youth. Topics covered in this article include the history of Scottish Highland
of the kingdom in her. The embrace in which she is holding Menkaure shows her love and she is also walking forward because of their unity. The way that they are walking forward together shows the unity of the kingdom. Menkaure is wearing the royal kilt and headdress that all kings wore if they were the ones reigning at the time. The Queen is wearing a garment that covers her whole body but shows the natural curves of her body at the same time. In the statue of Metropolitan Kouros we are focusing
''Rowdy'' Roddy Piper, the kilt wearing trash-talker who headlined the first WrestleMania and later found movie stardom, died Friday. He was 61. The WWE confirmed the death. The wrestling organization provided no additional details. Piper, born Roderick Toombs in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, is the second WWE Hall of Famer to die this summer, following the June death of Dusty Rhodes. Piper's death also comes days after Hulk Hogan, his biggest rival for decades, was fired by the WWE. Hogan had used
The film “Braveheart” is a period film which follows courageous William Wallace in his struggle against the oppressive English King, Edward I. However this film is filled with a plethora of inaccuracies, ranging from costumes to relationships. While William Wallace did in fact lead a rebellion against the English in 1296. He was victorious at the battle of Sterling Bridge. And he was indeed executed after his capture. However that’s about the only thing that Mel Gibson got right when producing this
however, reveal sunken relief inscriptions around the base of the statue of what appear to be hieroglyphics. Again like the Lamassu, Tuthankhamun wears a headdress as well as a beard. He also wears a collar, kilt, and holds a dagger with representational meaning within the waistband of his kilt. The dagger he wears has the head of a falcon, symbolic for the god Horus, protector of kings. Tuthankhamun’s headdress and double crown point to his royal status and the beard shows his wisdom and ability to
her limbs show how static her form is. We could tell from this that as she kneels down while offering she is not making any movement at all. Other lines are represented in the portrait such as the unique designs on her headdress, fake beard, and her kilt. These lines are used merely to show design and even depth such as the beard and how rough the beard
Death is most commonly portrayed as the end of life, or for the sake of depth, a permanent termination of all vital functions. This appears to be a fairly simple concept and, whether or not they understand it, people eventually accept it because it is inevitable. Humans find it difficult to define death; especially when it is so closely associated with life as well. Some define death as the moment when life concludes, while others define it as when the condition that follows life begins. In William
Christian Fizur 12/04/2015 Writing Comp I Professor Beaman High School Uniforms Schools today are having a debate on whether school uniforms should become mandatory or have the students have their own free will to wear what they like as long it doesn't mess with the schools regulations and rules. Some of the many issues that occur due to not having a proper dress code are bullying, cost of uniforms/more affordable then branded clothes and how uniforms could change the student's education.
How Owen Vividly Expresses The Pity Of War In Disabled The first line of the poem starts by saying: He sat in a wheeled chair, waiting for dark, Owen uses the idea of a man who is disabled as a way of making people sympathize with him because he was not as able as most people. The way in which he was situated in the dark makes the sentence ambiguous, showing it could literally stand for the condition of the light or that the man is alone and helpless. The writer then further made the
and for the women, their leggings would go to the knee and tied above. The reason that their leggings were shorter was because they had long skirts that would cover and protect, their knees and higher. For special occasions, the men would wear kilts. Kilts looked like skirts and w... ... middle of paper ... ...used were the rattles. The rattles were made out of a variety of different objects. There were different ways to make these rattles. Sometimes they would be made from turtle shells, which
The film Braveheart directed and starred by Mel Gibson is based on the First War of Scottish Independence against England and is led by the Scottish warrior, William Wallace. This film depicts the life and the influence William Wallace had in 13th-century Scotland. Mel Gibson dramatizes the story so that the American audience will feel excitement and satisfaction with the film. Through the film’s inaccuracies’, Braveheart reveals the American view of masculinity, a desire for action and excitement