![]() ![]() Employees are considered to think outside of the box and be weird. He believes in playing with those you work with and there is a department for “fun” within the company. So much so, that it takes an average of 68 days to hire a new employee as the elaborate process includes multiple interviews to access a corporate fit. To Tony, liking who you work with is vitally important to a company’s success. He sees works as not something you go to as a separate part of life but as a form of self expression to be done in the midst of and with others who share the same values. Zappos founder and CEO, Tony Hsieh, is a master of creating community. I have a been a lifetime connoisseur of learning from these bold men and women and implementing much of what I’ve learned into my own life. They use their skills and talents for the benefit of humanity. Conscious entrepreneurs are visionaries with ideas, however, they see themselves as shapers of a culture, not solely profiteers. As visionaries, they carry within them the commitment to bring their unique idea from concept into form. I have a long love affair with entrepreneurs. ![]()
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![]() But the head of homicide soon realizes there’s more in that room than meets the eye. As the bricks are removed, Gamache, Beauvoir and the villagers discover a world of curiosities. When the room is found, the villagers decide to open it up.
![]() And Sam Vimes would be the first to agree with us. ![]() But reviewing a series about “good” cops is a difficult prospect in the ACAB era.Īll cops are bastards, even Sam Vimes. I’ve read these books at least 4 or 5 times since I first discovered them. ![]() Guards! Guards! is one of my favourite books of all time, and it is followed closely by the remainder of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch series. As a dragon terrorizes the city, a fresh-faced recruit tries to breath new life into the cynical Night Watch. But the winds of change are making their presence felt. In a city where the thieves and assassins form their own guilds and enjoy high social status, the ragtag team of policemen have one job when it comes to crime – run as fast as you can, and in the other direction. Synopsis: The Ankh-Morpork Night Watch, led by exhausted alcoholic Captain Sam Vimes, is a joke. “Are we quite finished? Any more knowlessmen happened to drop in on their way somewhere else?” Supreme Grand Master, Unique and Supreme Lodge of the Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night Cover Art for Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett ![]() ![]() ![]() The Emperor begged Rabbi Loew to deactivate the golem, which he agreed to do on the condition that the Emperor stopped persecuting the Jews. The golem spread fear by attacking and killing all those who sought to do harm to the Jews. Rabbi Juddah Loew ben Bezalel, the chief rabbi of Prague, created and brought to life a golem, in order to protect his people. The legend states that in the 16th century CE, the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II had decided to expel or kill Prague's Jews. The most famous golem story is that of the Golem of Prague. To deactivate it, the rabbi would erase the letter aleph, leaving met, the Hebrew word for "death".ĭepiction of Rabbi Loew and the Golem of Prague. ![]() Other versions say that the rabbi would write the Hebrew word emet, meaning "truth", on the golem's forehead to activate it. Some versions say that the rabbi would need to write a series of letters of the Aleph-bet on a piece of parchment and put it in the golem's mouth. Legends vary on the precise way in which a rabbi would bring a golem to life, although Hebrew incantations would usually be involved. The idea of creating and bringing to life a clay man is probably taken from Genesis, in which G-d forms Adam from clay and breathes life into him. ![]() The Hebrew word golem appears only once in the Tanakh, in Psalm 139:16, where it is used to mean "unshaped form" or "embryo". ![]() 2 Activating a golem, according to legend. ![]() ![]() "This is classic Walters: a good yarn, plenty of action, lively dialogue and quirky details drawn from research." -"Quill & Quire" His award-winning novels are smooth, clean reads that put ordinary kids in extraordinary situations. "Eric Walters is a classic storyteller. This dramatic second book in an electrifying duology will have readers at the edges of their seats as they discover that survival above is as difficult as survival below." Billy and his companions have been taking refuge in outer space to avert this catastrophe. But what will it take to survive?".Īn asteroid has hit the Earth: the end of the world is just beginning. ![]() "An asteroid has hit the Earth: the end of the world is just beginning. ![]() |