Abstract
This paper discusses some of the challenges that Ron Dennis has had to face in his position as leader of McLaren Group and as one of the most successful Formula-One leaders ever. The author describes the problems arising betwen two of McLaren's drivers, and the lawsuit against McLaren that resulted in a fine of $100 million. Dennis' successes as a leader are also noted. The paper concludes with a few recommendations for Dennis to improve his leadership skills and restore the reputation of his company.

From the Paper
"McLaren had been doing fairly well for few years in 2000s but in 2006, the company found itself in a rough spot with no win at all and this was the first time this had happened since 1996. The company had earlier signed a deal with Vodafone and signed Fernando Alonso but if the company failed to live up to its reputation, the deals could cost it heavily. This being the main concern, McLaren decided to come up with a new car design and gave up their current one completely. This gave birth to the idea of 2007 MP4-22 car and with the new car came better fate. The year 2007 was a smashing success but within the company, there were problems. Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton did not get along and that alone raises questions about Dennis' leadership."

Tags:Ferrari, driver-related, champion, racing, management, employee, evidence

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This paper looks at a number of things that reading Dennis Raphael's book, "Poverty and Policy in Canada", have brought to this writer's attention. Specifically, the ensuing few pages highlight the writer's own new-found awareness of the pervasiveness of poverty in Canada and what factors - political and economic - appear to be perpetuating it. Additionally, the paper looks at some actions ordinary Canadians can take to reduce poverty in this country. The paper concludes that poverty has grim implications for those suffering from it - and also for those who stand idly by and allow it to persist.

From the Paper
"Over the past several years, the issue of poverty has gradually muscled its way to the forefront of Canadian public discourse - most likely because the working wages of literally millions of Canadians can no longer keep pace with the dramatic rise in the cost of living. More than that, as our population ages, and as it is the elderly (among other groups) who are especially vulnerable to poverty, the problem of poverty and the strain it places upon our social welfare net will become more and more pressing as the years march by. With all this in mind, the following paper will look at a number of things that reading Dennis Raphael's book, "Poverty and...""

Tags:poverty, canada, policy

Abstract
This paper discusses Dennis Raphael's book, "Poverty and Policy in Canada." It specifically focuses on the writer's new-found awareness of the pervasiveness of poverty in Canada and what factors - political and economic - appear to be perpetuating it. Finally, the paper looks at some actions ordinary Canadians can take to reduce poverty in their country.

From the Paper
"With the political and business communities not helpful in the war on poverty, it is clear that the general public will have to take matters into its own hands by loudly supporting organizations and interest groups committed to social welfare reform. At the same time, people need to contact corporations and politicians and pressure them to do more to alleviate poverty in this land. Of course, simply complaining about poverty is the wrong approach - and, in any case, a truncated one. Instead, the avenue Canadians should pursue is to take from the aforementioned parties something they want: in the case of businesses, that would be consumers; in the case of politicians, that would be votes. Thus, concerned citizens should boycott selected organizations that will not assist workers and which enthusiastically embrace outsourcing. At the same time, people should use the ballot box to throw out governments that are unresponsive to the poverty issue. This approach, which is really a two-pronged approach, is the best one for the significant reason that interest groups rarely move off of a position unless pressure compels them to do so."

Tags:impoverishment, welfare, society

Abstract
The paper relates that Dennis Vannatta's short story, "Beloved Juggler," may be read as a loving tribute to a father. The paper describes how the story celebrates the love between a father and son, focusing on the feelings of the son, and also deals with the pain of a son coming to grips with the death of his beloved parent - the "beloved juggler" of the title. All in all, the paper shows how the story has a warm, loving tone that draws the reader in.

From the Paper
"Dennis Vannatta's short story, "Beloved Juggler," may be read as a loving tribute to a father. The story celebrates the love between a father and son, focusing on the feelings of the son. As well as celebrating love, this story also deals with the pain of a son coming to grips with the death of his beloved parent - the "beloved juggler" of the title. All in all, the story has a warm, loving tone that draws the reader in. This story achieves much of its power through its relative simplicity. Instead of attempting to detail every aspect of the relationship between father and son, Vannatta settles for focusing on just one key symbol -..."

Tags:dennis, vannatta, juggler

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This paper compares Frederick Denny's Islam and the Muslim Community and John Alden Williams' edited The Word of Islam . Denny provides an interpretation of Islam, while Williams presents translated Islamic literature to allow the religion to speak for itself.

Tags:BOOK REPORTS - BOOK REVIEWS, book review islam

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This paper analyzes the controversial film "The Good Woman of Bangkok", directed by Dennis O'Rourke. Most of the reviews of the film were negative, which the author explains is understandable given the controversial subject matter of the film. In the film, O'Rourke plays a "fictional" filmmaker who comes to Bangkok after his divorce, and then sets out to have sex -- and film it -- with one of the prostitutes who cater to the foreign market. The paper investigates the motivations and actions of the characters, and then considers the various reviews and public responses to this movie. The author also attempts to understand O'Rourke's intention in directing the film and to present his subject honestly.

From the Paper
"The first major problem with the presentation of the prostitute Aoi is the "reward" she is being offered for her appearance in the film. The filmmaker offers to buy her a rice farm. This might be seen as just another act of prostitution. Aoi gives the filmmaker what he wants in exchange for compensation. This, along with the documentary conventions of nights with a hand-held camera in bars and the attempted elicitation of the cool and ambiguous Aoi, contributes to an effect of what Cynthia Fuchs (2002) calls the film's "lumpy moralizing". Fuchs continues her harsh judment of the film by claiming that the filmmaker used his film and his stated purpose for the film simply as a screen for gratuitous sex."

Tags:Movie, Bangkok, Prostitution, Sex, Trade, Industry

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This paper examines the timetable of events leading up to the arrest of Dennis Rader, a serial killer who began his murder spree in the 1970s and was only arrested in 2004. The paper examines his methods of murder, the clues he left for the police, and the reasons why he was finally caught.

From the Paper
"On April 28, 1979 BTK waited inside a 63 year old woman's house. Luckily the woman didn't show up that night, otherwise she would have became a victim of BTK as well. BTK then wrote a letter to the woman telling her to be thankful that she didn't come home that night. He also sent one of her scarves to her. Years had passed with no killings or letters from BTK. Throughout the 80's no new leads came in, and investigators were working with profilers to learn more about BTK."

Tags:homicide, kansas, sadistic, torture, Wichita

Abstract
Language as a tradition and experience illustrates the holistic effect of language to individuals. In the field of social psychology, it is posited that language determines thought, and this hypothesis, called the theory of linguistic relativity, is proposed by Benjamin Whorf and Edward Sapir. The theory shows how language determines people's perceptions of their social realities as experienced and related to within their society. Chang-Rae Lee ("Mute in an English-Only World"), Dennis Baron ("Don't Make English Official-Ban it Instead"), and Amy Tan ("Mother Tongue") confront this issue in discourses on language as tradition and experience. This paper provides a comparative analysis of the authors' works and arguments about language and its function and meaning for the individual and society.

From the Paper
"Baron uses the academic approach in portraying English as a tradition, a functional system of codes that enables people to interact with each other in the society. Using this as his primary thesis, Baron argues that English should not be implemented as the country's national language, since "it's hardly even English anymore." The hybridization of English in America is the result of the assimilation of other languages of people with various nationalities who immigrate and live in America. Because of the emergence of hybrid, pseudo-American languages, it cannot be possible to determine the "purity" of English as a language anymore. Thus, implementing English per se defeats the purpose of language for society "that is, to let people interact and understand each other. However, Baron's argument does not conclude definitively, since as he confesses, "there is no obvious candidate" that would be fitting to become an alternative to English. Thus, Baron's arguments is halted and brought to a standstill, since his arguments against the language pertains only to its function as tradition, and not as an argument against English as a language experienced by its users."

Tags:Asian, Chinese, immigrants

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Two anthropologists present their ethnographic studies in their books, "Amazon Journey", by Dennis Werner, and "To the Mountain and Back", by Jody Glittenberg. The paper explains how the two show different interests, have different methods, and come to different conclusions about the subjects they study. The paper discusses how Werner describes the Amazonian Indians, while Glittenberg presents her study on the native tribes of Guatemala, especially the Ladino and the Cakchiquel Mayan Indian.

From the Paper
"Both ethnologists enter the society and observe, but Glittenberg makes herself more of a participant than does Werner, raising the question of how much her participation affected the subjects and so how much her own involvement in the culture changed what she was observing even as she observed it. Werner was also in the culture he observed, but he observed more than participated, observing to such an extent that he did not even want to hear stories directly from the source. Glittenberg is open about this, even asking certain questions at the outset about how much one can learn by observing. She says that fieldworkers give a general description of a culture, while what she wants to know is answers to questions about family formation."

Tags:myth, society, observation, FUNAI

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This paper is a review of the book by Patricia Jasen, "Wild Things: Nature, Culture, and Tourism in Ontario, 1790-1914". The book is a socio-historical account of Canadian history, considering relations of early Canadian settlements, tourism, with gender-race-class analysis. The book is ideal for students of Tourism or Canadian history. This essay also includes a short summary of an article by Fainstein, Susan and Judd, Dennis. "Global forces, Local Strategies, and Urban Tourism."