...Born on September 4th, 1908, Richard Wright was born in Roxie, Mississippi (outside of Natchez) on a plantation where his illiterate father was a sharecropper. Wright was raised by his relatives at by the age of 17, he was ready to get out into the world. He headed into Memphis, Tennessee (his relatives lived right outside the city) where he worked odd jobs and educated himself. He read array of novels as he grew up and his education helped him realize the unjust ways of segregation. In 1927, Wright moved to Chicago after the peak of the Harlem Renaissance (a pivotal time for African Americans to express themselves through music, writings, and art). In Chicago, he worked as a postal worker, but was laid off with the depression. Wright then joined the Federal Writers Project, a state sponsored guild for authors, in which Wright composed his first novel, Uncle Tom’s Children. During this time, Wright joined the Communist party, which was often carried out into his writings. By 1939, Wright had moved to New York City and kept ties with the party for only a few more years. He married in 1941, and had left the communist party by 1944. During World War II, Wright lectured around New York. With the end of the War, Wright moved to France in 1947 where he continued to write his novels, which often contained themes of racism, poverty, and political matters. His books were often partly based on his life and what he had observed in his lifetime. Wright was the first African American author...
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...the novel to his life can show where his brilliance comes from. Who is Ralph Ellison and where did he come from? He was born in Oklahoma City where he was raised by his mother and father, Alfred Ellison and Ida Millsap. (“Ralph (Waldo) Ellison” 1) His father, Alfred Ellison, passed away when he was thirty-nine leaving the Ida, Ellison, and Herbert, Ellison’s brother, alone to fend for themselves. This brought an immense change on Ellison’s life as this left the family with little money and resources to survive. At 19 years of age Ellison moved away from his home in Oklahoma and enrolled in the Tuskegee Institute, an institute founded by Booker T. Washington, where he studied music for three years. Due to the lack of financial resources, Ellison was never able to graduate from Tuskegee Institute and left after his third year. Hoping to find work and return to school, Ellison moved to New York in 1936 where he continued to live for most of his life. ("An Interview."1-3) In New York, Ellison met author Richard Wright, who became a great influence on Ralph’s life. Ellison began getting immersed in his writings and was encouraged to write a review for New Challenge, a publication that Richard Wright edited. (“Ralph (Waldo) Ellison” 1) Ellison’s review was entitled “Creative and Cultural Lag” and was published in New...
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...Management 110: Assessment 2 1. Case study I choose Malaysia Airline System (MAS) because the whole world is focusing on Malaysia recently and especially Malaysia Airline due to the miserable crash of MH370. According to international newspapers and articles, I have found that MAS has plenty of debts and it occurred because of wrong management. Some presses refer to MAS is able to be bankrupted by the tremendous compensation of MH370. Therefore, I choose MAS in order to revive and overcome from poor management. 2. Contemporary management issue in relation to this article Issue: Poor management leads Malaysia Airline to billions of debt, MAS needs government rescue. Background and context of the company: Malaysia Airline System (MAS) is the home base of Malaysia and it was established in 1947. Nowadays, Malaysia Airlines secures a variety of routes such as Europe, North America and Asia continent. These days, Malaysia Airline has recorded the minus of Operating Cash Flow (OCF) over the past three years. Free Cash Flow (FCF) which minuses capital expenditure from OCF was negative for six years. (Tengku Bahar,2014) The financial issue presses the airline and about 19,000 employees. Key issues for the company: Before being the crash of MH370, MAS already faced their financial pressures, which is approximately 4.2 billion ringgit loss. The disappearance of MAS MH370 boosts the financial loss and it can be a critical damage for MAS. Furthermore, the main issue for MAS is its...
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...A complaint may be dismissed on motion if clearly without any merit; and this want of merit may consist in an absence of law to support a claim of the sort made, or a fact sufficient to make a good claim, or in the disclosure of some fact which will necessarily defeat the claim, but a complaint should not be dismissed for insufficiency unless it appears to a certainty that plaintiff is entitled to no relief under any state of facts which could be proved in support of the claim. Despite the liberal nature of the concept of notice pleading, however, a complaint must nonetheless state enough to give the substantive elements of at least some legally recognized claim or it is subject to dismissal under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1A-1, N.C. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6). A claim for relief must still satisfy the requirements of the substantive laws which gave rise to the pleadings, and no amount of liberalization should seduce the pleader into failing to state enough to give the substantive elements of his claim. While an incorrect choice of theory should not result in dismissal of the claim, the allegations must suffice to state a claim under some legal theory. Morrow v. Kings Dep't Stores, Inc., 57 N.C. App. 13 (N.C. Ct. App. 1982). Our Supreme Court has stated: "'A [complaint] may be dismissed on motion if clearly without any merit; and this want of merit may consist in an absence of law to support a claim of the sort made, or a fact sufficient to make a good claim, or in the...
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...CURRENT DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS 1 Current Diagnosis and Treatment of Atherosclerosis Basher I. Emtebakh Wright State University Laboratory Research 2, Spring 2013 CURRENT DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS 2 Abstract Atherosclerosis is a complex inflammatory process that affects the arterial wall. People of different ages are susceptible to developing the disease. It is considered the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in the world. Epithelial injury caused by different risk factors is the initial process of the disease. Nitric oxide liberation, lipid retention, and inflammatory cell proliferation are of significance in the disease pathogenesis. The goal of this review is to better understand the disease process and the role of the atherogenic biomarkers that develop in the affected site during the disease progression. Determining the risk of atherogenic plaque development vulnerability is the main obstacle that faces scientists, followed by making proper diagnosis and choosing treatment. Different imaging techniques, especially the non invasive ones, provide highly useful images to characterize the plaque development. These techniques also contributed to cure many patients at risk of plaque rupture. Prevention and treatment of the disease depend mainly on the proper education of patients and people at risk of developing the disease, and that is done by changing their life style to minimize the risk factors that increase their...
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...devolution and the human rights act. Indeed, they made provision for reform in 4 key areas, modernisation, and greater protection of rights, democratisation and decentralisation. However, it can be argued that their reform has been limited, and much more can be done for constitutional reform. Firstly, it is clear that the modernisation aspects of the reform have been severely limited. Indeed, this can be illustrated by the reform of the House of Lords. Over the past 10 years, only part 1 of the reform process has taken place. This has included the removal of over 600 hereditary peers to only 92. However, no reform for a partially or fully elected second chamber has taken place. Until this happens it is argued that the Lords is not democratically legitimate as all policy making institutions must have legitimacy. By merely appointing the members of the Lords means that whilst they may have expertise, they are not representing the public which means they are not socially accountable. Also, the Wright report, which includes provisions towards electing members of select committee chairs by secret ballot, and to end the Winterton rule on public bill committees is still stuck within the legislative process. Therefore, there is much that can be done towards constitutional reform. However, the modernisation process has done much in recent years. This can be illustrated by the separation of powers by creating the Supreme Court. The removal of the 12 law lords to become Supreme Court justices...
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...Racism has been a trait common in the human race for thousands of years to this day. Many have suffered because of it and many still do. From African Americans, Caucasians, Hispanics, Asians, Jews, and Homosexuals, racism has not just been directed upon on a certain group of individuals but to many shades of humanity. Some more infamous cases of racism have been committed against the Jewish people. In 1941 the nation of Germany lead by Adolf Hitler committed one of the most horrid acts of racism known to man. Adolf Hitler’s hatred towards the Jews was so great that as he took over more and more European countries he developed a plan known as the “Final Solution” in order to eliminate the Jewish race. His plan ultimately created what historians today call the Holocaust. During Hitler’s reign he first started the racism against the Jews by requiring them to wear the Star of David in order to identify who was a Jew and who was not. This act of labeling was bad enough but it would only grow worse. After humiliating and branding the Jews, Hitler then funneled the Jews living on his land into cramped ghetto quarters barred from the rest of the public. There they perished from disease and poverty with no hope in sight and as time progressed so did the vile ideas of Adolf Hitler. Not only did he put the Jews into ghettos, he also forced millions of them into death camps where they were forced to work until they could no more. In these camps the ones who were too weak to participate...
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...devolution and the human rights act. Indeed, they made provision for reform in 4 key areas, modernisation, and greater protection of rights, democratisation and decentralisation. However, it can be argued that their reform has been limited, and much more can be done for constitutional reform. Firstly, it is clear that the modernisation aspects of the reform have been severely limited. Indeed, this can be illustrated by the reform of the House of Lords. Over the past 10 years, only part 1 of the reform process has taken place. This has included the removal of over 600 hereditary peers to only 92. However, no reform for a partially or fully elected second chamber has taken place. Until this happens it is argued that the Lords is not democratically legitimate as all policy making institutions must have legitimacy. By merely appointing the members of the Lords means that whilst they may have expertise, they are not socially accountable. These include the likes of Alan Sugar and Sebastian Coe. Also, the Wright report, which includes provisions towards electing members of select committee chairs by secret ballot, and to end the Winterton rule on public bill committees is still stuck within the legislative process. Therefore, there is much that can be done towards constitutional reform. However, the modernisation process has done much in recent years. This can be illustrated by the separation of powers by creating the Supreme Court. The removal of the 12 law lords to become Supreme Court...
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...I choose to do my research paper on General Electric. General Electric is a very successful conglomerate company. I looked at how General Electric manages to be so successful in this area. In this class I have learned that to be a successful company there is another area of concern that is structure of management and how it affects the company. When looking at General Electric Company and why this company is successful conglomerate company. I had to find out what a conglomerate really details. In Order to be a successful conglomerate Company the company must spread resources into this many unrelated businesses gives great stability even in the event of a complete collapse of one of the market, but it also makes many of the decisions the upper management must make incredibly complex. According to The Financial Times, General Electric (GE) is today the “World’s Most Respected Company” (“Facts”). Most of this admiration is due to the variety of operating segments that the company provides. For example, GE businesses are classified into ten categories: Commercial Finance, Consumer Finance, Consumer and Industrial, Energy, Equipment Services, Healthcare, Infrastructure, Insurance, NBC, and Transportation (“Company”). The conglomerate design is put into use when an entity has holdings in many unrelated businesses. This form is also known has the H-form because it is basically a holding company that comes about from unrelated diversification. This holding company form of organization...
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...List of Illustration CHAPTER 1 Fig 1.1 frank Lloyd wright on the middle , retrieved on 03/08/2013 http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dUUknQ3NZBM/UaoiDwNBRwI/AAAAAAAAApg/wgAlqLtEj9U/s400/Marvin+Koner+Frank+Lloyd+Wright+1958-1.jpg Fig 1.2 Imperial hotel japan , retrieved on 03/08/2013 http://www.historybyzim.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Imperial-Hotel.png Fig 1.3 waterfall house by Frank , retrieved on 03/08/2013 http://www.wright-house.com/frank-lloyd-wright/fallingwater-pictures/F1SW-fallingwater-in-fall.html Fig 1.4 Island House by Frank , retrieved on 03/08/2013 http://www.privateislandsmag.com/2010/10/frank-lloyd-wrights-island-design-inquire-for-price/ CHAPTER 2 Fig 2.1. Front view of the complex, retrieved on 03/08/2013 http://bunniesgarden.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/img_7655.jpg Fig 2.2. Overall view of the complex, retrieved on 03/08/2013 http://www.darwinmartinhouse.org/ Fig 2.3. Back view of the complex, retrieved on 03/08/2013 http://www.darwinmartinhouse.org/ Fig 2.4. Martin house, dining room, retrieved on 03/08/2013 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Darwin_D._Martin_House_Dining_Room.jpg Fig 2.5. Martin house, living room, retrieved on 03/08/2013 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Darwin_D._Martin_House_Living_Room_N.jpg Fig 2.6. Martin house, library, retrieved on 06/08/2013 http://buffaloah.com/a/jewett/125/marint/source/25.html Fig 2.7. Martin house, dining room furniture, retrieved on 06/08/2013 http://buffaloah.com/a/jewett/125/12dr/12dr...
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...Members iii 1. Final Project Summary i 1.1. Content Summary i 1.2. Lessons Learned ii 1.3. Learning Outcomes Summary ii 1.3.1 Communications iii 1.3.2 Critical Thinking v 1.3.3 Network Design v 1.3.4 Management Information Systems v 1.3.5 Systems Administration and Scripting vi 1.3.6 Security vi 1.3.7 Employability vi 2. Future directions vii 3. Annotated Bibliography viii 4. Appendix A: Vision and Scope viii 5. Appendix B: Status Report 1 15 6. Appendix D: Presentation Slides 27 7. Appendix E: Other Deliverables/Artifacts 27 Revision History |Name |Date |Reason For Changes |Version | |Kenneth Wright |07/01/2010 |Initial Draft |1.0 | |Kenneth Wright, et al |07/15/2010 |With contributions and edits from all team members, we |1.5 | | | |refined the document | | |Kenneth Wright, et al |07/23/2010 |Style, editing, additional information from all team |1.6 | | | |members | | |Kenneth Wright, et al...
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...* Personality and Foreign Policy: The Case of Stalin Raymond Birt Political Psychology, Vol. 14, No. 4 (Dec., 1993), pp. 607-625 Page Scan Article PDF Article Summary Journal * 2. The Killing of the Father: The Background of Freud's Group Psychology Jaap van Ginneken Political Psychology, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Sep., 1984), pp. 391-414 Page Scan Article PDF Article Summary Journal * 3. The Secret Lives of Liberals and Conservatives: Personality Profiles, Interaction Styles, and the Things They Leave Behind Dana R. Carney, John T. Jost, Samuel D. Gosling, Jeff Potter Political Psychology, Vol. 29, No. 6 (Dec., 2008), pp. 807-840 Page Scan Article PDF Article Summary Journal * 4. A Kohutian Analysis of President Bush's Personality and Style in the Persian Gulf Crisis Robert H. Swansbrough Political Psychology, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Jun., 1994), pp. 227-276 Page Scan Article PDF Article Summary Journal * 5. Personality and Development in Childhood: A Person-Centered Approach Daniel Hart, Robert Atkins, Suzanne Fegley, Richard W. Robins, Jessica L. Tracy Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, Vol. 68, No. 1, Personality and Development in Childhood: A Person-Centered Approach (2003), pp. i-iii+v+vii+1-122 Page Scan Article PDF Article Summary Journal * 6. Flight into Security: A New Approach and Measure of the Authoritarian Personality Detlef Oesterreich Political Psychology, Vol. 26, No. 2, Special Issue:...
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...Gun Control Essay 1 Gun Control Essay 06/14/2015 The right to bear arms is guaranteed in the constitution by the Second Amendment. Many politicians are looking to amend the constitution any way they can to ban handguns or at least Gun Control Essay 2 restrict sales. The argument between pro and anti gun control has been debated for years, both with valid points. Many studies and factual data shows that strict gun control only removes guns from law-abiding citizens, but does not actually help reduce crime. Studies have shown that gun control cannot stop people from committing the crime because if a handgun ban were issued, there is evidence that citizens would not comply with the law, strict gun control does not reduce homicide rates, and studies have found that high crime rates have stimulated purchasing of guns rather than high gun ownership stimulating crime. While the Founding Fathers of this country were developing the system of government, as set forth in the Constitution, many feared that a standing army controlled by a strong central government would leave them helpless. The Federal Constitution contained no provisions to prohibit a standing army or allow states to create their own militias. The Constitution was signed by thirty-nine men from the twelve states represented at the Constitutional Convention on September 17 1787; three delegates refused to sign because of the absence of a bill of rights. Two years later, the First Congress agreed on...
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...Mrs. Acres Homemade Pies Business 508 Professor Jack McCaffery Summer 2010 Rosie Wright BUS508 Assignment #1 1. Choose your company or service for your business proposal. It is not to be a franchise (McDonald’s). I would like to complete my business proposal on the company I work for; the name of the company is “Campus Crest Communities”. Campus Crest builds student housing across the United States. Their corporate office is located in South Park, they have 29 properties. 2. Analyze the situations below, complete the actions, and prepare a 3-4 page report with your conclusions: o Given the business situation of Mrs. Acres Homemade Pies (p. 30) and using the economic concepts of supply and demand, explain 1. Discuss what you think will happen to the supply, demand, and price of the product in the short-term; 2. Discuss what you think will happen to supply, demand, and price of the product in the long-term. 3. Explain why you think supply, demand, or equilibrium price will be different, if at all, in the short-term and the long-term. Mrs. Acres Homemade Pies Discuss what you think will happen to the supply, demand and price of the product in the short-term Mrs. Acre’s homemade pies are very successfully within her local supermarkets and a few family restaurants. Although the company’s success is driven by the quality of the product and the incentives provided for her employees. It’s very important that we pay attention...
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...The American Red Cross (ARC) 1 The American Red Cross (ARC) Charlene Craig Strayer University HRM 522 Dr. Jack Huddleston October 25, 2013 The American Red Cross (ARC) 2 This assignment will cover the ARC and the impact that the events of 9-11 and Hurricanes Katrina and Rita had on ARC’s benefits of business ethics; the role that ARC’s stakeholders played in these scenarios; ways in which ARC’s corporate governance failed to provide formalized responsibility to their stakeholders; and steps that ARC could follow to improve their stakeholder perspective. Organizations have a responsibility to behave ethically and meet the economic, legal, ethical and philanthropic duties that stakeholders expect them to. Those responsibilities are included in, and are part of an organization’s commitment to being a corporate citizen. Not only does the organization have to prioritize stakeholders, please and cater to the interest of stakeholders, the corporation must also protect its own reputation, image and branding. Identifying and working through ethical issues that are meaningful to stakeholders should be at the top of an organization's to do list as these issues will impact shareholder value and organizational performance and branding. (Ferrell, 2012),(Ireland, 2011). ARC’s mission is to “provide relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies” (Ferrell, 2012, p. 327). The ARC was guilty of straying from its vision and mission...
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