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How to Pronounce Arthur has long been a beloved staple of childhood television, capturing the hearts of viewers young and old. For over two decades, this animated series has followed the daily adventures of Arthur Read, an 8-year-old aardvark, and his friends in the charming fictional city of Elwood. Based on Marc Brown’s popular book series, the show is much more than just a children’s program; it’s a cultural phenomenon that has skillfully blended humor, education, and heartfelt storytelling. Elwood City, the world of Arthur, is a vibrant, welcoming place where diverse characters of different animal species live side by side in harmony. Arthur, with his round glasses and signature red sweater, navigates the ups and downs of being a third-grader, from schoolyard dramas and sibling squabbles to the joys and challenges of friendship. The town is as much a character in the show as Arthur himself, providing a backdrop that’s both relatable and filled with opportunities for adventure and learning. What truly makes Arthur special is its rich and varied cast of characters, each with their own distinct personalities that have grown and evolved over the years. Arthur’s best friend, Buster Baxter, is a lovable, imaginative rabbit who often adds a light-hearted, humorous touch to the show. Arthur’s younger sister, D.W., with her precociousness and occasional bratty behavior, embodies the classic younger sibling trope but does so in a way that is utterly endearing. The supporting characters, like the strict yet kind-hearted Mr. Ratburn, add depth to the show, making the world of Arthur feel fully realized and lived-in. What sets Arthur apart from many other children’s shows is its willingness to tackle tough, real-life topics with grace and sensitivity. The show doesn’t shy away from discussing issues like illness, disability, or the challenges of growing up. It addresses these subjects in a way that is accessible to children, offering them not just entertainment but also valuable life lessons. Episodes dealing with complex emotions or difficult situations are handled with care, ensuring that young viewers can understand and learn from the experiences of the characters. Inclusivity has always been at the heart of Arthur, making it a trailblazer in children’s programming. The show has consistently introduced characters from a variety of backgrounds, religions, and cultures, reflecting the diversity of the world around us. Whether it’s through the introduction of Francine’s Jewish heritage or the inclusion of characters with disabilities, Arthur has been a model for representation, helping children see themselves and others in a positive light. One of the most memorable aspects of Arthur is its ability to balance educational content with humor and charm. The show’s writers have a knack for creating stories that are both informative and entertaining, teaching valuable lessons without feeling preachy or dull. This balance is what has allowed Arthur to remain relevant and engaging for so many years, appealing to both children and adults alike. As Arthur continued through its many seasons, it never lost sight of its original mission: to provide quality programming that both entertains and educates. Even as the characters faced new challenges and grew in complexity, the show retained its core values of friendship, understanding, and the importance of community. This consistency has endeared Arthur to generations of viewers, making it a timeless piece of children’s television. In an era where many shows come and go, Arthur has stood the test of time, proving that good storytelling and meaningful content can create a lasting legacy. Its impact on children’s programming is undeniable, and its ability to adapt to the changing times while remaining true to its roots is a testament to its creators’ dedication and vision. As Arthur finally came to a close after more than 25 years, it left behind a legacy that will be remembered fondly by those who grew up watching it. The show’s gentle humor, relatable characters, and commitment to important life lessons have ensured that Arthur will continue to be a beloved part of childhoods for many years to come

How to Pronounce Howdy, I thank you; Mr. Sanjeev and senior members of this family and I deliver my profound reverence to people who introduced me with this wonderful family. These are great moments for speaking and shearing my recent experience as an actual proof of my faith and practice. Because of this, Inner transformation rewired my monkey mind to say goodbye to lovely habit of cigarette smoking. Imoking even after serious Road Accident in 2003. I got brain hemorrhage that put me on sleep in deep coma on ventilator for 28 days. It was miracle in my life how I was saved! I am thankful to God! I came out and I found that my mind and my body were in bad shape. I joined meditation camp. Thank God! hereafter, I spent several months on doing meditation and treatment by naturopathy did not work out for quitting that lovely habit. During last few years, I came in contact with followers of Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin. I learnt Daimoku and chanted for few days. Lemme tell you that was great experience, indeed, but I stopped doing in between and went along with usual flow of life. I was into a comfort zone where I never pushed myself too hard. Then, within these last 5 years even more, my life crumbled. Financial & Health problems and my contact with successful world where I worked hard for life time was fading away. My valuable contacts were slipping from the chambers in my long-preserved treasures. My life took a strange turn. Doctors, warned me of smoking and asked me to go Cold Turkey, But, Smoking, my second half was walking along everywhere. In beginning of 2019, I again started practicing Nichiren Buddhism with faith and dedication. I started doing Daimoku of faith. Good fortune began rolling in me gradually moving in me by me. Its rhythm and vibrations began correcting me from inside by rewiring my monkey mind. Book, making the Impossible Possible was a game changer for breaking my comfort zone and my dependence on smoking. My realization took positive turn as New Human Revolution ignited within me. The question was repeated million times: Am I willing to change? Am I willing to struggle patiently towards goal? I got all my answers while studying Buddhism. Since, stand-alone spirit is moving eternally during these lockdown days. One day, I won, Yes, I won in May 2020! Surprisingly, cravings never overpowered me after saying good bye to smoking. Today I am determined to fight for kosen rufu and more active in Gakkai activities. -- Anupam Sharma ˈhaʊdi, aɪ θæŋk ju, ˈmɪstər. Sanjeev ænd ˈsinjər ˈmɛmbərz ʌv ðɪs ˈdɪstrɪkt ænd ˈɔlsoʊ ˈspɛʃəl ˈrɛvərəns tu ˈpipəl hu ˌɪntrəˈdust mi. ðiz ɑr greɪt ˈmoʊmənts fɔr ˈspikɪŋ ænd ˈʃɪrɪŋ maɪ ˈrisənt ɪkˈspɪriəns æz ən ˈækʧuəl pruf ʌv maɪ feɪθ ænd ˈpræktəs. bɪˈkɔz ʌv ðɪs, ˈɪnər ˌtrænsfərˈmeɪʃən riˈwaɪərd maɪ ˈmʌŋki maɪnd tu seɪ gʊd ˈbaɪɪn tu ˈlʌvli ˈhæbət ʌv ˌsiɡəˈret ˈsmoʊkɪŋ. aɪ kænt ˌrɛkəˈlɛkt ɪgˈzæktli wɛn aɪ ˈstɑrtəd ˈsmoʊkɪŋ. ɔl, aɪ kæn rɪˈmɛmbər ðæt aɪ ˈstɑrtəd ˈsoʊʃəli ɪn ðə ˈkʌmpəni ʌv fju frɛndz ɪn maɪ rɑk bænd ˈdʊrɪŋ ˈkɑlɪʤ deɪz. ɪt dɪˈvɛləpt ɪn tu ˈhæbət ɔr pɑrt ʌv ˈdeɪli laɪf. ˈnɪkəˌtin ˈfluəd was riˈspɑnsəbəl fɔr 90% ˈsoʊʃəl, ˈpɜrsɪnɪl ænd ˈbɪznəs ˈfeɪljər. aɪ traɪd ˈkwɪtɪŋ ɪt baɪ ˈsɛlfˈkɑnfədəns ænd baɪ ˈdɪfərənt minz, bʌt aɪ feɪld tu du soʊ. rɪˈmeɪnd ɛnˈsleɪvd fɔr jɪrz ænd jɪrz tɪl pæst fju mʌnθs. aɪ nu ˌsɪgəˈrɛt ɪz ə ˈpɔɪzən bʌt aɪ wʌz ˈhɛlpləs. ɪts ˈbjutəfəl tu rɪˈmɛmbər ðoʊz ˈsmoʊki ænd ˈæsəd rɑk deɪz naʊ. wɛl, lɑt ˈmɛni θɪŋz ˈhæpənd ˈdʊrɪŋ ðoʊz jɪrz ʌv tɛsts ænd ˈtraɪəlz. aɪ kʊd nɑt liv ˈsmoʊkɪŋ ˈivɪn ˈæftər ˈsɪriəs roʊd ˈæksədənt ɪn 2003. aɪ gɑt breɪn ˈhɛmərɪʤ ðæt pʊt mi ɑn slip ɪn dip ˈkoʊmə ɑn ˈvɛntəˌleɪtər fɔr 28 deɪz. ɪt wʌz ˈmɪrəkəl ɪn maɪ laɪf haʊ aɪ wʌz seɪvd! θæŋk gɑd! ðɛˈræftər, aɪ spɛnt ˈsɛvrəl mʌnθs ɑn ˈduɪŋ ˌmɛdəˈteɪʃən ænd ˈtritmənt baɪ naturopathy dɪd nɑt wɜrk aʊt fɔr ˈkwɪtɪŋ ðæt ˈlʌvli ˈhæbət. ˈdʊrɪŋ læst fju jɪrz, aɪ keɪm ɪn ˈkɑnˌtækt wɪð ˈfɑloʊərz ʌv ˈbudɪzəm ʌv Nichiren Daishonin. aɪ lɜrnt Daimoku ænd ˈʧæntɪd fɔr fju deɪz. ˈlɛmə tɛl ju ðæt wʌz greɪt ɪkˈspɪriəns, ɪnˈdid, bʌt aɪ stɑpt ˈduɪŋ ɪn bɪˈtwin ænd wɛnt əˈlɔŋ wɪð ˈjuʒəwəl floʊ ʌv laɪf. aɪ wʌz ˈɪntu ə ˈkʌmfərt zoʊn wɛr aɪ ˈnɛvər pʊʃ t ˌmaɪˈsɛlf tu hɑrd. ðɛn, wɪˈðɪn ðiz læst 5 jɪrz ˈivɪn mɔr, maɪ laɪf ˈkrʌmbəld. fəˈnænʃəl & hɛlθ ˈprɑbləmz ænd maɪ ˈkɑnˌtækt wɪð səkˈsɛsfəl wɜrld wɛr aɪ wɜrkt hɑrd fɔr laɪf taɪm wʌz ˈfeɪdɪŋ əˈweɪ. maɪ ˈvæljəbəl ˈkɑnˌtækts wɜr ˈslɪpɪŋ frʌm ðə ˈʧeɪmbərz ɪn maɪ lɔŋ-prəˈzɜrvd ˈtrɛʒərz maɪ laɪf tʊk ə streɪnʤ tɜrn. ˈdɑktərz, wɔrnd mi ʌv ˈsmoʊkɪŋ ænd æskt mi tu goʊ koʊld ˈtɜrki, bʌt, ˈsmoʊkɪŋ, maɪ ˈsɛkənd hæf wʌz ˈwɔkɪŋ əˈlɔŋ ˈɛvriˌwɛr. ɪn bɪˈgɪnɪŋ ʌv 2019, aɪ əˈgɛn ˈstɑrtəd ˈpræktəsɪŋ Nichiren ˈbudɪzəm wɪð feɪθ ænd ˌdɛdəˈkeɪʃən. aɪ ˈstɑrtəd ˈduɪŋ Daimoku ʌv feɪθ. gʊd ˈfɔrʧən bɪˈgæn ˈroʊlɪŋ ɪn mi ˈgræʤuəli ˈmuvɪŋ ɪn mi baɪ mi. ɪts ˈrɪðəm ænd vaɪˈbreɪʃənz bɪˈgæn kəˈrɛktɪŋ mi frʌm ɪnˈsaɪd. Hope you rememberˈmeɪkɪŋ ði ɪmˈpɑsəbəl ˈpɑsəbəl wʌz ə geɪm ˈʧeɪnʤər fɔr ˈbreɪkɪŋ maɪ ˈkʌmfərt zoʊn ænd maɪ dɪˈpɛndəns ɑn ˈsmoʊkɪŋ. maɪ ˈriləˈzeɪʃən tʊk ˈpɑzətɪv tɜrn æz nu ˈhjumən ˌrɛvəˈluʃən ɪgˈnaɪtɪd wɪˈðɪn mi. ðə ˈkwɛsʧən wʌz rɪˈpitɪd ˈmɪljən taɪmz: æm aɪ ˈwɪlɪŋ tu ʧeɪnʤ? æm aɪ ˈwɪlɪŋ tu ˈstrʌgəl ˈpeɪʃəntli təˈwɔrdz goʊl? aɪ gɑt ɔl maɪ ˈænsərz waɪl ˈstʌdiɪŋ ˈbudɪzəm. sɪns, stænd əˈloʊn ˈspɪrət ɪz ˈmuvɪŋ ɪˈtɜrnəli ˈdʊrɪŋ ðiz ˈlɑkˌdaʊn deɪz. wʌn deɪ, aɪ wʌn, jɛs, aɪ wʌn ɪn meɪ 2020! sərˈpraɪzɪŋli, ˈkreɪvɪŋz ˈnɛvər ˌoʊvərˈpaʊərd mi ˈæftər ˈseɪɪŋ gʊd baɪ tu ˈsmoʊkɪŋ. təˈdeɪ aɪ æm dɪˈtɜrmənd tu faɪt fɔr kosen rufu ænd mɔr ˈæktɪv ɪn Soka Gakkai International ækˈtɪvətiz. Thank you again for your time listening me -- Anupam ˈʃɑrmə | ˈhaʊdi | θæŋk ju fə ˈɡɪvɪŋ miː fjuː ˈməʊmənts tu spiːk ənd ˈʃeər maɪ ˈriːsnt ɪkˈspɪərɪəns əz ən ˈæktʃuəl pruːf əv maɪ ˈfeɪθ ənd ˈpræktɪs | ˈɪnə ˌtrænsfəˈmeɪʃn̩ ˌriːˈwaɪəd maɪ ˈmaɪnd tu kwɪt ˌbæd ˈhæbɪt əv ˌsɪgəˈret ˈsməʊkɪŋ | ˈaɪ kɑːnt ˈrɪəli | ˌrekəˈlekt wen ˈaɪ ˈstɑːtɪd ˈsməʊkɪŋ | ɔːl | ˈaɪ kən rɪˈmembə ðæt ˈaɪ ˈstɑːtɪd ˈsəʊʃəli ɪn ðə ˈkʌmpəni əv fjuː frendz ɪn maɪ ˈrɒk bænd ˈdjʊərɪŋ ˈkɒlɪdʒ ˈdeɪz | ˈɪt dɪˈveləpt ɪn tu ˈhæbɪt ɔː pɑ:t əv ˈdeɪli laɪf | ðɪs ˈnɪkətiːn ˈfluːɪd z rɪˈspɒnsəbl̩ fə ˌmeni ˈsəʊʃl̩ | ˈpɜːsənl̩ ənd ˈbɪznəs ˈfeɪljə | aʊt əv wɪtʃ helθ wəz ðə ˈmeɪdʒə kənˈsɜːn tu kaʊnt fɔː | ˈaɪ ˈtraɪd ˈkwɪtɪŋ ˈɪt ˈbaɪ self ˈkɒnfɪdəns ənd ˈbaɪ ˈdɪfrənt miːnz | bət ˈaɪ feɪld tu du: ˈsəʊ | rɪˈmeɪnd ɪnˈsleɪvd fə ˈjiəz ənd ˈjiəz tɪl pɑːst fjuː mʌnθs | ˈaɪ njuː ˌsɪgəˈret s ə ˌpoɪzn ənd ˈaɪ wəz ˈhelpləs | ˈvɜːbəli əˈbjuːzɪŋ maɪˈself ˈmɪlɪən ˈtaɪmz ɪz ˈbjuːtəfl̩ tu rɪˈmembə naʊ | wel | lɒt ˌmeni ˈθɪŋz ˈhæpənd ˈdjʊərɪŋ ðəʊz ˈjiəz əv tests ənd ˈtraɪəlz | ˈaɪ kəd nɒt ˈli:v ˈsməʊkɪŋ ˌi:vn ˈɑːftə ˈsɪərɪəs rəʊd ˈæksɪdənt ɪn ˌtu: ˈθaʊzn̩d θriː | ˈaɪ ˈɡɒt ˈbreɪn ˈhemərɪdʒ ðæt ˈpʊt miː ˈɒn sliːp ɪn ˈdi:p ˈkəʊmə fə ˈtwenti naɪn ˈdeɪz | ðæt ˈmeɪd miː tu bi ˈɒn ˈventɪleɪtə fə ˈtwenti eɪt ˈdeɪz | ˈaɪ wəz seɪvd | ˈsevrəl mʌnθs ˈɒn ˈduːɪŋ ˈsaɪlənt ˌmedɪˈteɪʃn̩ ənd ˈtriːtmənt ˈbaɪ naturopathy dɪd nɒt ˈwɜ:k aʊt fə ˈkwɪtɪŋ ðæt ˈlʌvli ˈhæbɪt | ˈdjʊərɪŋ lɑːst fjuː ˈjiəz ˈaɪ ˈkeɪm ɪn ˈkɒntækt wɪð ˈfɒləʊəz əv ˈbʊdɪzəm əv nichiren daishonin | ˈaɪ lɜːnt daimoku ənd ˈtʃɑːntɪd fə fjuː ˈdeɪz | ˈlemə tel ju ðæt wəz ˌgreɪt ɪkˈspɪərɪəns | ɪnˈdiːd | bət ˈaɪ stɒpt ˈduːɪŋ ɪn bɪˈtwiːn ənd ˈwent əˈlɒŋ wɪð ˈjuːʒʊəl fləʊ əv laɪf | cirgette ˈsməʊkɪŋ wəz ˈwɔːkɪŋ wɪð miː laɪk ən ˌsekənd hɑːf | ˈaɪ wəz ˈɪntə ə ˈkʌmfət zəʊn weər ˈaɪ ˈnevə pʊʃt maɪˈself tuː hɑːd | ðen | wɪðˈɪn ðiːz lɑːst faɪv ˈjiəz ˌi:vn mɔː | maɪ ˈlaɪf ˈkrʌmbl̩d | faɪˈnænʃl̩ ənd helθ ˈprɒbləmz ənd maɪ ˈkɒntækt wɪð səkˈsesfəl ˈwɜ:ld weər ˈaɪ ˈwɜːkt hɑ:d fə ˈlaɪf ˈtaɪm wəz ˈfeɪdɪŋ əˈweɪ | maɪ ˈvæljʊəbl̩ ˈkɒntækts wə ˈslɪpɪŋ frəm ðə ˈtʃeɪmbəz ɪn maɪ long-preserved ˈtreʒəz | maɪ ˈlaɪf ˈtʊk ə streɪndʒ tɜːn | ˈdɒktəz | wɔːnd miː əv ˈsməʊkɪŋ ənd ˈɑːskt miː tu ˈɡəʊ kəʊld ˈtɜːki | bʌt | ˈsməʊkɪŋ | maɪ ˌsekənd hɑːf wəz ˈwɔːkɪŋ əˈlɒŋ ˈevrɪweə | ɪn bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ əv ˌtu: ˈθaʊzn̩d ˌnaɪnˈtiːn | ˈaɪ əˈɡen ˈstɑːtɪd ˈprækˌtɪsɪŋ nichiren ˈbʊdɪzəm wɪð ˈfeɪθ ənd ˌdedɪˈkeɪʃn̩ | ˈaɪ ˈstɑːtɪd ˈduːɪŋ daimoku əv feɪθ | gʊd ˈfɔːtʃuːn bɪˈɡæn rəʊlɪŋ ɪn miː ˈɡrædʒʊəli ˈmuːvɪŋ ɪn miː ˈbaɪ miː | ɪts ˈrɪðəm ənd vaɪˈbreɪʃn̩z bɪˈɡæn kəˈrektɪŋ miː frəm ɪnˈsaɪd ˈbaɪ ˌriːˈwaɪərɪŋ maɪ ˈmʌŋki maɪnd | bʊk | ˈmeɪkɪŋ ði ɪmˈpɒsəbl̩ ˈpɒsəbl̩ wəz ə ˈgeɪm ˈtʃeɪndʒə fə ˈbreɪkɪŋ maɪ ˈkʌmfət zəʊn ənd maɪ dɪˈpendəns ˈɒn ˈsməʊkɪŋ | maɪ ˌrɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃn̩ ˈtʊk ˈpɒzətɪv ˈtɜ:n əz ˈnju: ˈhjuːmən ˌrevəˈluːʃn̩ ɪɡˈnaɪtɪd wɪðˈɪn miː | ðə ˈkwestʃən wəz rɪˈpiːtɪd ˈmɪlɪən ˈtaɪmz | əm ˈaɪ ˈwɪlɪŋ tu tʃeɪndʒ | əm ˈaɪ ˈwɪlɪŋ tu ˈstrʌɡl̩ ˈpeɪʃntli təˈwɔːdz ɡəʊl | ˈaɪ ˈɡɒt ɔ:l maɪ ˈɑːnsəz waɪl ˈstʌdɪɪŋ ˈbʊdɪzəm | sɪns | stand-alone ˈspɪrɪt s ˈmuːvɪŋ ɪˈtɜːnəli ˈdjʊərɪŋ ðiːz ˈlɑːkˌdaʊn ˈdeɪz | wʌn ˈdeɪ | ˈaɪ wʌn | jes | ˈaɪ wɒn ɪn meɪ ˌtu: ˈθaʊzn̩d ˈtwenti | səˈpraɪzɪŋli | ˈkreɪvɪŋz ˈnevər ˌəʊvəˈpaʊəd miː ˈɑːftə ˈseɪɪŋ gʊd ˈbaɪ tu ˈsməʊkɪŋ | təˈdeɪ ˈaɪ əm dɪˈtɜːmɪn tuː | Howdy, Thank yawl fahwar givin' may few moments tuh spake an share mah recent experience as an actual proof uh mah faith an practice. Inner transformation rewired mah mind tuh kewyut bayud habit uh cigarette smokin'. Ah can’t rilly, recollect wheyun Ah started smokin'. All, Ah can remember thet Ah started socially in thuh company uh few friends in mah rock band durin' college days. It developed in tuh habit or part uh daily lahf. Thus nicotine fluid iz responsible fahwar many social, personal an business failure, out uh which health wuz thuh major concern tuh count fahwar. Ah tried kewyuttin' it by self-confidence an by difernt means, but Ah failed tuh do so. remained enslaved fahwar years an years till past few months. Ah knew Cigarette izza poison an Ah wuz helpless. Verbawly abusin' mahsef million tahms iz butiful tuh remember now. Wayul, Lot many thangs happened durin' them years uh tests an trials. Ah could not leave smokin' evun after serious Road Accident) in 2003. Ah got brain hemorrhage thet put may on sleep in deep coma fahwar 29 days. thet made may tuh bay on ventilator fahwar 28 days. Ah wuz saved! Several months on doin' silent meditation an treatment by naturopathy didunt work out fahwar kewyuttin' thet luvly habit. Durin' last few years Ah came in contact with fallerers uh Buddhism uh Nichiren Daishonin. Ah learnt Daimoku an chanted fahwar few days. Lemme tell yawl thet wuz great experience, indeed, but Ah stopped doin' in between an went along with usual flow uh lahf. Cirgette smokin' wuz walkin' with may lahk an sekunt half. Ah wuz into uh comfort zone whayer Ah nevur pushed mahsef too hayud. Then, within these last 5 years evun more, mah lahf crumbled. Financial & Health problems an mah contact with successful warld whayer Ah worked hayud fahwar lahf tahm wuz fadin' awf. Mah valuable contacts wuz slippin' frum thuh chambers in mah long-preserved treasures. Mah lahf took uh strange turn. Doctors, warned may uh smokin' an asked may tuh go Code Turkey, But, Smokin', mah sekunt half wuz walkin' along everywhere. In beginnin' uh 2019, Ah again started practicin' Nichiren Buddhism with faith an dedication. Ah started doin' Daimoku uh faith. Good fortune began rollin' in may gradually movin' in may by may. Its rhythm an vibrations began correctin' may frum n-sod by rewirin' mah monkey mind. Book, makin' thuh Impossible Possible wuz uh game changer fahwar breakin' mah comfort zone an mah dependence on smokin'. Mah reeyulization took positive turn as New Hawh?man Revolution ignited within may. Thuh question wuz repeated million tahms: Am Ah willin' tuh change? Am Ah willin' tuh struggle patiently towards goal? Ah got all mah answers while studyin' Buddhism. Since, stand-alone spirit iz movin' eternally durin' these lockdown days. Wun day, Ah won, Yayus, Ah won in Maey 20520! Surprisingly, cravings nevur overpowered may after sayin' good bye tuh smokin'. Tuhday Ahm determine tuh fite fahwar kosen rufu an more active in Gakkai activities. -- Anupam Sharma Entrepreneurial flair, High energy levels, Team management, Planning, Report Writing , Customer focused https://www.ukessays.com/essays/management/approaches-and-methods-of-training-management-essay.php

How to Pronounce Howdy, I thank you; Mr. Sanjeev and senior members of this family and I deliver my profound reverence to people who introduced me with this wonderful family. These are great moments for speaking and shearing my recent experience as an actual proof of my faith and practice. Because of this, Inner transformation rewired my monkey mind to say goodbye to lovely habit of cigarette smoking. I can’t recollect exactly when I started smoking. All, I can remember that I started socially in the company of few friends in my rock band during college days. It developed in to habit or part of daily life. This nicotine fluid is responsible for 90% social, personal and business failure. I tried quitting it by self-confidence and by different means, but I failed to do so. remained enslaved for years and years till past few months. I knew Cigarette is a poison but I was helpless. It’s beautiful to remember those smokey and acid rock days now. Well, Lot many things happened during those years of tests and trials. I could not leave smoking even after serious Road Accident in 2003. I got brain hemorrhage that put me on sleep in deep coma on ventilator for 28 days. It was miracle in my life how I was saved! I am thankful to God! I came out and I found that my mind and my body were in bad shape. I joined meditation camp. Thank God! hereafter, I spent several months on doing meditation and treatment by naturopathy did not work out for quitting that lovely habit. During last few years, I came in contact with followers of Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin. I learnt Daimoku and chanted for few days. Lemme tell you that was great experience, indeed, but I stopped doing in between and went along with usual flow of life. I was into a comfort zone where I never pushed myself too hard. Then, within these last 5 years even more, my life crumbled. Financial & Health problems and my contact with successful world where I worked hard for life time was fading away. My valuable contacts were slipping from the chambers in my long-preserved treasures. My life took a strange turn. Doctors, warned me of smoking and asked me to go Cold Turkey, But, Smoking, my second half was walking along everywhere. In beginning of 2019, I again started practicing Nichiren Buddhism with faith and dedication. I started doing Daimoku of faith. Good fortune began rolling in me gradually moving in me by me. Its rhythm and vibrations began correcting me from inside by rewiring my monkey mind. Book, making the Impossible Possible was a game changer for breaking my comfort zone and my dependence on smoking. My realization took positive turn as New Human Revolution ignited within me. The question was repeated million times: Am I willing to change? Am I willing to struggle patiently towards goal? I got all my answers while studying Buddhism. Since, stand-alone spirit is moving eternally during these lockdown days. One day, I won, Yes, I won in May 2020! Surprisingly, cravings never overpowered me after saying good bye to smoking. Today I am determined to fight for kosen rufu and more active in Gakkai activities. -- Anupam Sharma ˈhaʊdi, aɪ θæŋk ju, ˈmɪstər. Sanjeev ænd ˈsinjər ˈmɛmbərz ʌv ðɪs ˈdɪstrɪkt ænd ˈɔlsoʊ ˈspɛʃəl ˈrɛvərəns tu ˈpipəl hu ˌɪntrəˈdust mi. ðiz ɑr greɪt ˈmoʊmənts fɔr ˈspikɪŋ ænd ˈʃɪrɪŋ maɪ ˈrisənt ɪkˈspɪriəns æz ən ˈækʧuəl pruf ʌv maɪ feɪθ ænd ˈpræktəs. bɪˈkɔz ʌv ðɪs, ˈɪnər ˌtrænsfərˈmeɪʃən riˈwaɪərd maɪ ˈmʌŋki maɪnd tu seɪ gʊd ˈbaɪɪn tu ˈlʌvli ˈhæbət ʌv ˌsiɡəˈret ˈsmoʊkɪŋ. aɪ kænt ˌrɛkəˈlɛkt ɪgˈzæktli wɛn aɪ ˈstɑrtəd ˈsmoʊkɪŋ. ɔl, aɪ kæn rɪˈmɛmbər ðæt aɪ ˈstɑrtəd ˈsoʊʃəli ɪn ðə ˈkʌmpəni ʌv fju frɛndz ɪn maɪ rɑk bænd ˈdʊrɪŋ ˈkɑlɪʤ deɪz. ɪt dɪˈvɛləpt ɪn tu ˈhæbət ɔr pɑrt ʌv ˈdeɪli laɪf. ˈnɪkəˌtin ˈfluəd was riˈspɑnsəbəl fɔr 90% ˈsoʊʃəl, ˈpɜrsɪnɪl ænd ˈbɪznəs ˈfeɪljər. aɪ traɪd ˈkwɪtɪŋ ɪt baɪ ˈsɛlfˈkɑnfədəns ænd baɪ ˈdɪfərənt minz, bʌt aɪ feɪld tu du soʊ. rɪˈmeɪnd ɛnˈsleɪvd fɔr jɪrz ænd jɪrz tɪl pæst fju mʌnθs. aɪ nu ˌsɪgəˈrɛt ɪz ə ˈpɔɪzən bʌt aɪ wʌz ˈhɛlpləs. ɪts ˈbjutəfəl tu rɪˈmɛmbər ðoʊz ˈsmoʊki ænd ˈæsəd rɑk deɪz naʊ. wɛl, lɑt ˈmɛni θɪŋz ˈhæpənd ˈdʊrɪŋ ðoʊz jɪrz ʌv tɛsts ænd ˈtraɪəlz. aɪ kʊd nɑt liv ˈsmoʊkɪŋ ˈivɪn ˈæftər ˈsɪriəs roʊd ˈæksədənt ɪn 2003. aɪ gɑt breɪn ˈhɛmərɪʤ ðæt pʊt mi ɑn slip ɪn dip ˈkoʊmə ɑn ˈvɛntəˌleɪtər fɔr 28 deɪz. ɪt wʌz ˈmɪrəkəl ɪn maɪ laɪf haʊ aɪ wʌz seɪvd! θæŋk gɑd! ðɛˈræftər, aɪ spɛnt ˈsɛvrəl mʌnθs ɑn ˈduɪŋ ˌmɛdəˈteɪʃən ænd ˈtritmənt baɪ naturopathy dɪd nɑt wɜrk aʊt fɔr ˈkwɪtɪŋ ðæt ˈlʌvli ˈhæbət. ˈdʊrɪŋ læst fju jɪrz, aɪ keɪm ɪn ˈkɑnˌtækt wɪð ˈfɑloʊərz ʌv ˈbudɪzəm ʌv Nichiren Daishonin. aɪ lɜrnt Daimoku ænd ˈʧæntɪd fɔr fju deɪz. ˈlɛmə tɛl ju ðæt wʌz greɪt ɪkˈspɪriəns, ɪnˈdid, bʌt aɪ stɑpt ˈduɪŋ ɪn bɪˈtwin ænd wɛnt əˈlɔŋ wɪð ˈjuʒəwəl floʊ ʌv laɪf. aɪ wʌz ˈɪntu ə ˈkʌmfərt zoʊn wɛr aɪ ˈnɛvər pʊʃ t ˌmaɪˈsɛlf tu hɑrd. ðɛn, wɪˈðɪn ðiz læst 5 jɪrz ˈivɪn mɔr, maɪ laɪf ˈkrʌmbəld. fəˈnænʃəl & hɛlθ ˈprɑbləmz ænd maɪ ˈkɑnˌtækt wɪð səkˈsɛsfəl wɜrld wɛr aɪ wɜrkt hɑrd fɔr laɪf taɪm wʌz ˈfeɪdɪŋ əˈweɪ. maɪ ˈvæljəbəl ˈkɑnˌtækts wɜr ˈslɪpɪŋ frʌm ðə ˈʧeɪmbərz ɪn maɪ lɔŋ-prəˈzɜrvd ˈtrɛʒərz maɪ laɪf tʊk ə streɪnʤ tɜrn. ˈdɑktərz, wɔrnd mi ʌv ˈsmoʊkɪŋ ænd æskt mi tu goʊ koʊld ˈtɜrki, bʌt, ˈsmoʊkɪŋ, maɪ ˈsɛkənd hæf wʌz ˈwɔkɪŋ əˈlɔŋ ˈɛvriˌwɛr. ɪn bɪˈgɪnɪŋ ʌv 2019, aɪ əˈgɛn ˈstɑrtəd ˈpræktəsɪŋ Nichiren ˈbudɪzəm wɪð feɪθ ænd ˌdɛdəˈkeɪʃən. aɪ ˈstɑrtəd ˈduɪŋ Daimoku ʌv feɪθ. gʊd ˈfɔrʧən bɪˈgæn ˈroʊlɪŋ ɪn mi ˈgræʤuəli ˈmuvɪŋ ɪn mi baɪ mi. ɪts ˈrɪðəm ænd vaɪˈbreɪʃənz bɪˈgæn kəˈrɛktɪŋ mi frʌm ɪnˈsaɪd. Hope you rememberˈmeɪkɪŋ ði ɪmˈpɑsəbəl ˈpɑsəbəl wʌz ə geɪm ˈʧeɪnʤər fɔr ˈbreɪkɪŋ maɪ ˈkʌmfərt zoʊn ænd maɪ dɪˈpɛndəns ɑn ˈsmoʊkɪŋ. maɪ ˈriləˈzeɪʃən tʊk ˈpɑzətɪv tɜrn æz nu ˈhjumən ˌrɛvəˈluʃən ɪgˈnaɪtɪd wɪˈðɪn mi. ðə ˈkwɛsʧən wʌz rɪˈpitɪd ˈmɪljən taɪmz: æm aɪ ˈwɪlɪŋ tu ʧeɪnʤ? æm aɪ ˈwɪlɪŋ tu ˈstrʌgəl ˈpeɪʃəntli təˈwɔrdz goʊl? aɪ gɑt ɔl maɪ ˈænsərz waɪl ˈstʌdiɪŋ ˈbudɪzəm. sɪns, stænd əˈloʊn ˈspɪrət ɪz ˈmuvɪŋ ɪˈtɜrnəli ˈdʊrɪŋ ðiz ˈlɑkˌdaʊn deɪz. wʌn deɪ, aɪ wʌn, jɛs, aɪ wʌn ɪn meɪ 2020! sərˈpraɪzɪŋli, ˈkreɪvɪŋz ˈnɛvər ˌoʊvərˈpaʊərd mi ˈæftər ˈseɪɪŋ gʊd baɪ tu ˈsmoʊkɪŋ. təˈdeɪ aɪ æm dɪˈtɜrmənd tu faɪt fɔr kosen rufu ænd mɔr ˈæktɪv ɪn Soka Gakkai International ækˈtɪvətiz. Thank you again for your time listening me -- Anupam ˈʃɑrmə | ˈhaʊdi | θæŋk ju fə ˈɡɪvɪŋ miː fjuː ˈməʊmənts tu spiːk ənd ˈʃeər maɪ ˈriːsnt ɪkˈspɪərɪəns əz ən ˈæktʃuəl pruːf əv maɪ ˈfeɪθ ənd ˈpræktɪs | ˈɪnə ˌtrænsfəˈmeɪʃn̩ ˌriːˈwaɪəd maɪ ˈmaɪnd tu kwɪt ˌbæd ˈhæbɪt əv ˌsɪgəˈret ˈsməʊkɪŋ | ˈaɪ kɑːnt ˈrɪəli | ˌrekəˈlekt wen ˈaɪ ˈstɑːtɪd ˈsməʊkɪŋ | ɔːl | ˈaɪ kən rɪˈmembə ðæt ˈaɪ ˈstɑːtɪd ˈsəʊʃəli ɪn ðə ˈkʌmpəni əv fjuː frendz ɪn maɪ ˈrɒk bænd ˈdjʊərɪŋ ˈkɒlɪdʒ ˈdeɪz | ˈɪt dɪˈveləpt ɪn tu ˈhæbɪt ɔː pɑ:t əv ˈdeɪli laɪf | ðɪs ˈnɪkətiːn ˈfluːɪd z rɪˈspɒnsəbl̩ fə ˌmeni ˈsəʊʃl̩ | ˈpɜːsənl̩ ənd ˈbɪznəs ˈfeɪljə | aʊt əv wɪtʃ helθ wəz ðə ˈmeɪdʒə kənˈsɜːn tu kaʊnt fɔː | ˈaɪ ˈtraɪd ˈkwɪtɪŋ ˈɪt ˈbaɪ self ˈkɒnfɪdəns ənd ˈbaɪ ˈdɪfrənt miːnz | bət ˈaɪ feɪld tu du: ˈsəʊ | rɪˈmeɪnd ɪnˈsleɪvd fə ˈjiəz ənd ˈjiəz tɪl pɑːst fjuː mʌnθs | ˈaɪ njuː ˌsɪgəˈret s ə ˌpoɪzn ənd ˈaɪ wəz ˈhelpləs | ˈvɜːbəli əˈbjuːzɪŋ maɪˈself ˈmɪlɪən ˈtaɪmz ɪz ˈbjuːtəfl̩ tu rɪˈmembə naʊ | wel | lɒt ˌmeni ˈθɪŋz ˈhæpənd ˈdjʊərɪŋ ðəʊz ˈjiəz əv tests ənd ˈtraɪəlz | ˈaɪ kəd nɒt ˈli:v ˈsməʊkɪŋ ˌi:vn ˈɑːftə ˈsɪərɪəs rəʊd ˈæksɪdənt ɪn ˌtu: ˈθaʊzn̩d θriː | ˈaɪ ˈɡɒt ˈbreɪn ˈhemərɪdʒ ðæt ˈpʊt miː ˈɒn sliːp ɪn ˈdi:p ˈkəʊmə fə ˈtwenti naɪn ˈdeɪz | ðæt ˈmeɪd miː tu bi ˈɒn ˈventɪleɪtə fə ˈtwenti eɪt ˈdeɪz | ˈaɪ wəz seɪvd | ˈsevrəl mʌnθs ˈɒn ˈduːɪŋ ˈsaɪlənt ˌmedɪˈteɪʃn̩ ənd ˈtriːtmənt ˈbaɪ naturopathy dɪd nɒt ˈwɜ:k aʊt fə ˈkwɪtɪŋ ðæt ˈlʌvli ˈhæbɪt | ˈdjʊərɪŋ lɑːst fjuː ˈjiəz ˈaɪ ˈkeɪm ɪn ˈkɒntækt wɪð ˈfɒləʊəz əv ˈbʊdɪzəm əv nichiren daishonin | ˈaɪ lɜːnt daimoku ənd ˈtʃɑːntɪd fə fjuː ˈdeɪz | ˈlemə tel ju ðæt wəz ˌgreɪt ɪkˈspɪərɪəns | ɪnˈdiːd | bət ˈaɪ stɒpt ˈduːɪŋ ɪn bɪˈtwiːn ənd ˈwent əˈlɒŋ wɪð ˈjuːʒʊəl fləʊ əv laɪf | cirgette ˈsməʊkɪŋ wəz ˈwɔːkɪŋ wɪð miː laɪk ən ˌsekənd hɑːf | ˈaɪ wəz ˈɪntə ə ˈkʌmfət zəʊn weər ˈaɪ ˈnevə pʊʃt maɪˈself tuː hɑːd | ðen | wɪðˈɪn ðiːz lɑːst faɪv ˈjiəz ˌi:vn mɔː | maɪ ˈlaɪf ˈkrʌmbl̩d | faɪˈnænʃl̩ ənd helθ ˈprɒbləmz ənd maɪ ˈkɒntækt wɪð səkˈsesfəl ˈwɜ:ld weər ˈaɪ ˈwɜːkt hɑ:d fə ˈlaɪf ˈtaɪm wəz ˈfeɪdɪŋ əˈweɪ | maɪ ˈvæljʊəbl̩ ˈkɒntækts wə ˈslɪpɪŋ frəm ðə ˈtʃeɪmbəz ɪn maɪ long-preserved ˈtreʒəz | maɪ ˈlaɪf ˈtʊk ə streɪndʒ tɜːn | ˈdɒktəz | wɔːnd miː əv ˈsməʊkɪŋ ənd ˈɑːskt miː tu ˈɡəʊ kəʊld ˈtɜːki | bʌt | ˈsməʊkɪŋ | maɪ ˌsekənd hɑːf wəz ˈwɔːkɪŋ əˈlɒŋ ˈevrɪweə | ɪn bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ əv ˌtu: ˈθaʊzn̩d ˌnaɪnˈtiːn | ˈaɪ əˈɡen ˈstɑːtɪd ˈprækˌtɪsɪŋ nichiren ˈbʊdɪzəm wɪð ˈfeɪθ ənd ˌdedɪˈkeɪʃn̩ | ˈaɪ ˈstɑːtɪd ˈduːɪŋ daimoku əv feɪθ | gʊd ˈfɔːtʃuːn bɪˈɡæn rəʊlɪŋ ɪn miː ˈɡrædʒʊəli ˈmuːvɪŋ ɪn miː ˈbaɪ miː | ɪts ˈrɪðəm ənd vaɪˈbreɪʃn̩z bɪˈɡæn kəˈrektɪŋ miː frəm ɪnˈsaɪd ˈbaɪ ˌriːˈwaɪərɪŋ maɪ ˈmʌŋki maɪnd | bʊk | ˈmeɪkɪŋ ði ɪmˈpɒsəbl̩ ˈpɒsəbl̩ wəz ə ˈgeɪm ˈtʃeɪndʒə fə ˈbreɪkɪŋ maɪ ˈkʌmfət zəʊn ənd maɪ dɪˈpendəns ˈɒn ˈsməʊkɪŋ | maɪ ˌrɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃn̩ ˈtʊk ˈpɒzətɪv ˈtɜ:n əz ˈnju: ˈhjuːmən ˌrevəˈluːʃn̩ ɪɡˈnaɪtɪd wɪðˈɪn miː | ðə ˈkwestʃən wəz rɪˈpiːtɪd ˈmɪlɪən ˈtaɪmz | əm ˈaɪ ˈwɪlɪŋ tu tʃeɪndʒ | əm ˈaɪ ˈwɪlɪŋ tu ˈstrʌɡl̩ ˈpeɪʃntli təˈwɔːdz ɡəʊl | ˈaɪ ˈɡɒt ɔ:l maɪ ˈɑːnsəz waɪl ˈstʌdɪɪŋ ˈbʊdɪzəm | sɪns | stand-alone ˈspɪrɪt s ˈmuːvɪŋ ɪˈtɜːnəli ˈdjʊərɪŋ ðiːz ˈlɑːkˌdaʊn ˈdeɪz | wʌn ˈdeɪ | ˈaɪ wʌn | jes | ˈaɪ wɒn ɪn meɪ ˌtu: ˈθaʊzn̩d ˈtwenti | səˈpraɪzɪŋli | ˈkreɪvɪŋz ˈnevər ˌəʊvəˈpaʊəd miː ˈɑːftə ˈseɪɪŋ gʊd ˈbaɪ tu ˈsməʊkɪŋ | təˈdeɪ ˈaɪ əm dɪˈtɜːmɪn tuː | Howdy, Thank yawl fahwar givin' may few moments tuh spake an share mah recent experience as an actual proof uh mah faith an practice. Inner transformation rewired mah mind tuh kewyut bayud habit uh cigarette smokin'. Ah can’t rilly, recollect wheyun Ah started smokin'. All, Ah can remember thet Ah started socially in thuh company uh few friends in mah rock band durin' college days. It developed in tuh habit or part uh daily lahf. Thus nicotine fluid iz responsible fahwar many social, personal an business failure, out uh which health wuz thuh major concern tuh count fahwar. Ah tried kewyuttin' it by self-confidence an by difernt means, but Ah failed tuh do so. remained enslaved fahwar years an years till past few months. Ah knew Cigarette izza poison an Ah wuz helpless. Verbawly abusin' mahsef million tahms iz butiful tuh remember now. Wayul, Lot many thangs happened durin' them years uh tests an trials. Ah could not leave smokin' evun after serious Road Accident) in 2003. Ah got brain hemorrhage thet put may on sleep in deep coma fahwar 29 days. thet made may tuh bay on ventilator fahwar 28 days. Ah wuz saved! Several months on doin' silent meditation an treatment by naturopathy didunt work out fahwar kewyuttin' thet luvly habit. Durin' last few years Ah came in contact with fallerers uh Buddhism uh Nichiren Daishonin. Ah learnt Daimoku an chanted fahwar few days. Lemme tell yawl thet wuz great experience, indeed, but Ah stopped doin' in between an went along with usual flow uh lahf. Cirgette smokin' wuz walkin' with may lahk an sekunt half. Ah wuz into uh comfort zone whayer Ah nevur pushed mahsef too hayud. Then, within these last 5 years evun more, mah lahf crumbled. Financial & Health problems an mah contact with successful warld whayer Ah worked hayud fahwar lahf tahm wuz fadin' awf. Mah valuable contacts wuz slippin' frum thuh chambers in mah long-preserved treasures. Mah lahf took uh strange turn. Doctors, warned may uh smokin' an asked may tuh go Code Turkey, But, Smokin', mah sekunt half wuz walkin' along everywhere. In beginnin' uh 2019, Ah again started practicin' Nichiren Buddhism with faith an dedication. Ah started doin' Daimoku uh faith. Good fortune began rollin' in may gradually movin' in may by may. Its rhythm an vibrations began correctin' may frum n-sod by rewirin' mah monkey mind. Book, makin' thuh Impossible Possible wuz uh game changer fahwar breakin' mah comfort zone an mah dependence on smokin'. Mah reeyulization took positive turn as New Hawh?man Revolution ignited within may. Thuh question wuz repeated million tahms: Am Ah willin' tuh change? Am Ah willin' tuh struggle patiently towards goal? Ah got all mah answers while studyin' Buddhism. Since, stand-alone spirit iz movin' eternally durin' these lockdown days. Wun day, Ah won, Yayus, Ah won in Maey 20520! Surprisingly, cravings nevur overpowered may after sayin' good bye tuh smokin'. Tuhday Ahm determine tuh fite fahwar kosen rufu an more active in Gakkai activities. -- Anupam Sharma Entrepreneurial flair, High energy levels, Team management, Planning, Report Writing , Customer focused https://www.ukessays.com/essays/management/approaches-and-methods-of-training-management-essay.php

How to Pronounce First, I love learning about different industries and commodities, how they developed over time, often over millennia, shaping world markets and modern political economies (e.g. cotton, gold, salt, cod, petroleum). “The Fish” provides a fascinating introduction to the world of bananas, a fruit that every American today knows and most of whom love on their breakfast cereal or as a mid-day, nutritious snack. Only, as I learned, bananas aren’t actually a fruit and little more than a century ago they were far from common, but rather quite exotic, a true luxury, displayed at the 1876 Centennial Exposition to crowds of gawking onlookers as if it came from another planet. Indeed, according to the author, a banana in 1900 was as unusual to the average American as an African cucumber is today. There’s a lot about the very familiar banana that I never knew. For instance, Cohen explains that the banana tree is actually the world’s largest herb, and thus its offspring, the banana, are technically berries. Even more fascinating, bananas grow from rhizomes, not seeds. In other words, cut appendages continue to grow, replicating the original. As Cohen describes it: “When you look at a banana, you’re looking at every banana, an infinite regression. There are no mutts, only the first fruit of a particular species and billions of copies. Every banana is a clone, in other words, a replica of an ur-banana that weighed on its stalk the first morning of man.” Believe it or not, the story of the banana gets even crazier. If you’ve ever wondered why old black-and-white films joked about slipping on a banana peel even though the banana peel that you’ve long known doesn’t feel particularly slippery, that’s because we have completely different bananas today. In the early nineteenth century, Americans were introduced to the “Big Mike,” a variety of banana that went extinct in 1965. It was bigger, tastier and more robust than the bananas we have today, according to Cohen, and their peels were far more slippery. The bananas we eat today are known as “Cavendish,” their primary benefit being immunity to the Panama disease that wiped out the Big Mike. Again, because bananas are all exact genetic copies, they are highly susceptible to rapid eradication from disease. Second, I’m a sucker for a great rags-to-riches story. The tale of Samuel Zemurray delivers that in spades. He arrived in America in 1891, a penniless Jew from what today is Moldova, and settled in the Deep South. (It may surprise many Americans but the South was far more hospitable to Jews for most our history. For instance, Jefferson Davis had two Jews in his Cabinet; Lincoln had none.) While still in his teens Zemurray recognized a business opportunity where other only saw trash: the ripe bananas that Boston Fruit discarded along the rail line in Mobile, Alabama before shipping off to Chicago and other northern metropolitan destinations. Zemurray was a natural entrepreneur; he had no particular affinity for bananas, it was just the opportunity at hand. “If he had settled in Chicago,” Cohen writes, “it would have been beef; if Pittsburgh, steel; if L.A., movies.” Zemurray quickly turned one man’s trash into cash, renting a boxcar to carry the castoff bananas along the slow rail route through the South, selling his cargo to local merchants at each Podunk rail stop until either his inventory ran out or spoiled. From such humble beginnings did a great international trading company eventually take root, Cuyamel Fruit, named after the river separating Honduras and Guatemala, the heartland of banana growing. By 1925, Cuyamel Fruit Company, the creation of an upstart Jewish immigrant banana jobber, had emerged as a serious threat to United Fruit, the undisputed king of the industry, a company that was led by Boston’s best, the sons of Brahmins. The threat was not because of Cuyamel’s size. In most ways United Fruit still dominated its aggressive rival (i.e. United Fruit was harvesting 40 million bunches a year with 150,000 employees and working capital of $27m, compared to Cuyamel’s 8 million bunches, 10,000 employees and $3m in working capital). The threat was that Cuyamel was a better run business and more innovative, leading the way with selective pruning, drainage, silting, staking and overhead irrigation. “U.F. was a conglomerate, a collection of firms bought up and slapped together,” Cohen writes. Cuyamel, by contrast, was a well-oiled machine, vertically integrated and led from the front by Zemurray, the ultimate owner-manager-worker. Cuyamel’s success was certainly no accident. It was the product of hard work, an obsessed owner-operator who understood his business at a visceral level, a skill earned over decades of hard, unglamorous work. Zemurray adhered to his own, classically American immigrant code of conduct: “get up first, work harder, get your hands in the dirt and the blood in your eyes.” Cohen describes his commitment and ultimate advantage this way: “Zemurray worked in the fields beside his engineers, planters, and machete men. He was deep in the muck, sweat covered, swinging a blade. He helped map the plantations, plant the rhizomes, clear the weeds, lay the track…unlike most of his competitors, he understood every part of the business, from the executive suite where the stock was manipulated to the ripening room where the green fruit turned yellow…By the time he was forty, he had served in every position from fruit jobber to boss. He worked on the docks, on the ships and railroads, in the fields and warehouses. He had ridden the mules. He had managed the fruit and money, the mercenaries and government men. He understood the meaning of every change in the weather, the significance of every date on the calendar.” Indeed, dedicated immigrants like Sam Zemurray have made America great. There’s nothing wrong with doing grunt work. In fact, it’s essential. United Fruit bought out Cuyamel in the early days of the stock market crash of 1929, when the former had a market share of 54% to the latter’s 14%. United Fruit’s profit was some $45m and its stock price $108. By 1932, profit was down to $6m and the stock languished at $10.25. “The company was caught in a death spiral,” according to Cohen. By January 1933, Zemurray used his massive stake and proxy votes to take over the company, claiming “I realized that the greatest mistake the United Fruit management had made was to assume it could run its activities in many tropical countries from an office on the 10th floor of a Boston office building.” The immigrant with dirt under his nails and a rumbled jacket knew the business better than the Ivy Leaguers with manicures and pinstriped suits. Indeed, the fish (Cuyamel Fruit) was swallowing the whale (United Fruit). Zemurray would run the company until 1951, arguably the most successful years of its history. In 1950, the company cleared $66m in profit. By 1960, profits would fall to just $2m. United Fruit collapsed, eventually restructuring and reinventing itself as Chiquita Brands, based in Cincinnati. When Zemurray started in the industry at the turn of the century, bananas were curiosities, a sidebar trade, something for the rich. By the time he retired, bananas were part of the daily American fabric, the interests of the industry consistent with that of political leadership in Washington. Indeed, some of the most illustrious and powerful men in government had close connections to United Fruit during the Zemurray era: CIA director Allen Dulles (member of the board of directors), secretary of state John Foster Dulles (U.F. legal counsel at Sullivan & Cromwell), New Deal fixer Tom Corcoran (paid lobbyist), UN Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge (large shareholder), among others. By the 1950s, Cohen writes, “it was hard to tell where the government ended and the company began.” At its height, Cohen says, United Fruit was “as ubiquitous as Google and as feared as Halliburton.” For anyone interested in business history, American politics in Central America or the development of the global fruit industry, “The Fish that Ate the Whale” is a book to own and savor. Read less

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