Essays on Ian

How to overcome racism if our own justice system is racial? We know that our nation has struggled a lot of unjust racial cases. For example, in the period of pre-civil war, the southern part of the United States was covered with slavery. The life of Black-African American groups was horrible as they were slaves and were treated as slaves also. They were a property that white people could buy and sell, had no rights, and were not protected by the legislature. In 1865, Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery, and the modern days are known for the public fight with ...

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Event management applies the use of the skills of project management to create and develop both small and large scale events that include a great deal of planning and logistics such as ceremonies, conferences, weddings, formal and informal parties among others. The field involves identifying the target audience, coming up with concepts that are related to the event and relating the technical aspects of the event beforehand. Event management is merged to serve as the marketing tool for the event being organized. In this case, event organizers devise the best methods they can employ to reach the target audience ...

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An organization is regarded as an entity that is made up of people with a collective objective and is connected to the external environment. Hence, a business organization is a group of people collaborating to achieve a commercial objective (Handy, 2005). Toyota Motor Corporation is a Japan based auto manufacturing company with its headquarters in Toyota, Aichi. The company was ranked as the 13th largest in the world in terms of their revenue. It was the largest automotive manufacturer in 2010 ahead of the Volkswagen group and the general motors in terms of their production. The Toyota motor company ...

IT Technology Implementation

IT Technology Implementation Verizon is a leading provider of telecommunication services including wireless services and equipment and wire line services tapping the mass market, global enterprise, and global wholesales (Verizon, 2016). The company’s wireless services include retail connections and retail postpaid connections. Such include Verizon LTE, 4G LTE, fiber broadband services, FiOS, internet, and cable, and video telematics. Verizon also offers technology such as cloud and security products and interactive products such as video, music, and commerce (Verizon, 2016). The company exhibited a growing revenue and net income in the last five years in all of its business ...

Management: Managing Diversity and Equal Opportunities

Part 1 There has been the rise in the number of the financial crisis as well as poor corporate governance problems that have prompted the question as to whether having a corporate world run by women would yield fruitful results. Amid the multiple opinions on the topic of the glass ceiling, some people still contest the advantages of workplace diversity and equality. There has been the long pressing issue of the equality of the treatment of women in a similar manner/ equal to men, in the labor market (Gregory‐Smith, Ian, Main, & O'Reilly 109). According to Adams and Funk ( ...

Justice is something which underlies our own society – without it, indeed, some people posit that there can be no such thing as society. While many people state that justice is the same thing as the law, with Plato being the most visible proponent of this theory, others, such as Socrates, hold the two to be very different things. As we shall see below, while Socrates and Plato disagree on whether or not justice and law are the same, they both agree when it comes to addressing the role that justice takes in internal adherence to the values of the ...

This paper will look at how the people from Eastern Europe are portrayed in Western Media. The focus of this paper will be on the stereotyping of Russian women as being beautiful, the Roma as thieves and the people of the Balkans as violent. The popular opinion of Russia women is that they are beautiful and mysterious. They believe that they walk around on the ice in high heels, do not sweat even in fur coats and avoid public transportation. The goal of the article The Most Beautiful Russian Girls is to ascertain the kind of lives that these ...

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Leadership in the business plays a critical role in offering the direction to the organization, motivation to the workers, and in fostering internal relationship and smooth production (Adrian, 2011). The management plays the dual roles of structural and systematic directives as well as leadership roles along the socio-cultural perspectives. The roles and effective responsibilities of the directorship in the organization is critical in improving the business response and crisis management. Crisis may arise in the firm because of various reasons that can be centered in the internal enterprise operations or from the external factors associated with the industry operations ( ...

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The paper focuses on the project management problems that faced Rony’s project. The project was commissioned by The Custom Ronworking Company. The president of the company, Emelia Carpenters, contracted W.Easly Associates to conduct a post-project appraisal of Rony’s project. The project involved expansion of the company’s production facilities. The expansion included expanding the manufacturing and production residence. The plans were occasioned by a mini boom experienced in the commercial construction field in NSW, Rony’s hometown. A decision was reached to go ahead with the expansion and Spencer Moneyworth, the vice president; Finance and Administrator were ...

American hip-hop music has achieved its global popularity over decades. It gives young people a lot of acoustic and visual pleasure as a music genre, but it also shows public issues, like poverty, race, human equality, etc. Young people are often attracted to this kind of music because those lyrics reflect their own living situations and mental states. Because of its provocative nature, the influence of American hip-hop music can be a double-edged sword: On the one hand, it can encourage people to participate in social movements; On the other hand, it can be used as a propaganda that ...

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When I first sat down to write about this topic, I started the research. I found stories that show scientist who want to grow embryos past the current 14-day limit, in a lab. I also found a story about the Death with Dignity act. Both are on opposite ends of the life cycle and both are ethical issues. Both topics have lessons to learn through listening to the stories of others. The embryo issue is something that parents of children with disabilities could benefit from, because the research could help them understand how their child was born with ...

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Campbell states that there are twelve stages of the heroes journey they are; The ordinary world - something occurs in the heroes life that causes stress. The approach - the hero and allies prepare for the challenge. The call to adventure - something occurs within the heart of the hero that starts them on their journey to leadership. The ordeal - the hero confronts, death, fears, anxieties, where something is learned (Campbell). Refusal of the call - the hero now aware of his / her call, feels anxiety about it, unprepared, unworthy etc. The reward - the hero fights ...

The novel “Unbillable Hours: A True Story” by Ian Graham is a story about how a struggling fourth-year associate discovered that lawyering is not all about the money and prestige and found the deeper meaning of his profession when he took the case of a wrongly convicted indigent client and helped him win his freedom. Graham recounts how he started his career as a young lawyer after he landed a job at the prestigious law firm of Latham and Watkins located in L.A., where he was offered a substantial income. Initially, he knew that he was in the right ...

The study of various aspects of the history of contacts between the East and the West in the political, economic and cultural fields contributes to both the development of science and the improvement of mutual understanding and beneficial cooperation between the two civilizations. Implicitly such issues carry immense political relevance. Nowadays, when the questions of self-determination of nations with looming prospects of gaining sovereignty by a large section of public entities, when political leaders often refuse to compromise, it seems timely to apply the lessons of the past. In other words, it is very important to identify what price ...

Novels by McEawn and Hosseini explore the themes of crime, guilt and attempts to atone. The main protagonists of these novels committed their crimes in the childhood and only lately in their adult lives understood the heinous nature of their actions and tried to fix the past and regain inner peace. In this essay, I will try to compare and contrast the key personages, their victims, their actions, a sense of guilt, and a pursuit of forgiveness.

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Briony of Atonement and Amir of The Kite Runner are children in transition to adult life (13 and 12 years old respectively). ...

There can be no debate about the fact that the stories of Sherlock Holmes are among the most popular as well as critically acclaimed literary works in the history of English literature. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the eminent literary artist who created the character of Sherlock Holmes has left an immortal mark in the minds of the avid readers from all the corners of the world with his unparalleled characterization, mystery and narrative that exude the author’s literary quintessence in engaging the readers to the texts in the best possible manner. Although the texts were penned by Doyle ...

There can be no debate about the fact that the stories of Sherlock Holmes are among the most popular as well as critically acclaimed literary works in the history of English literature. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the eminent literary artist who created the character of Sherlock Holmes has left an immortal mark in the minds of the avid readers from all the corners of the world with his unparalleled characterization, mystery and narrative that exude the author’s literary quintessence in engaging the readers to the texts in the best possible manner. Although the texts were penned by Doyle ...

Critically Discuss Whether Life Insurance Should Be Perceived as a Luxury or Need In The Context of the Evolving Dependency Dynamic of the Modern Family.

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The purpose of this paper is to examine the primary purpose of life insurance as a financial product and to analyze what are the advantages and disadvantages of having life insurance. Some recent statistics were used to create a framework of why and how many people purchase this product and what are the determinants which influence their decisions. When discussing whether life insurance is a necessity or a luxury, the price is the important ...

For many people who value art, Florence is a capital of Italian Renaissance and a world centre of history and culture. In this city were born and lived many writers, architects and artists: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Dante, Boccaccio, Giotto The list can be very long. There are many historical places and museums that are worth visiting. Therefore, Florence is a touristic city and many globetrotters come here all over the year. The vibrant spirit of the city prevails each corner of the center. This is one of the reasons why I chose to visit Florence and share photos ...

1. Introduction Global warming consequences have been mainly focused on the impacts they have and will in the future have on the global human population. The less focus is on the impact on the animal and plant species that are even more vulnerable, since they cannot adapt to quick changes as humans can. They are not the main culprit for the climate changes and yet they will suffer the most. One of the animal species that is being threatened by the global climate change are also polar bears that inhabit the polar region. They are playing an important role ...

The song “Society’s Child” was composed by Janis Ian and recorded in the year 1965. Janis was living in a community full of black Americans. She started composing the song when she was 13 years and finished it when she was 14. She composed the song following the decision by a white couple to prevent their daughter from dating a black man. The main theme of the song is the issue of interracial romance. It is about a girl who witnesses the humiliation her boyfriend receives from her mother. The girl’s mother does not call the man ...

I. Introduction A. Opening Remarks: For centuries, countries have been working on having easy access to foreign markets for a variety of reasons. B. Thesis Statement: Although the NAFTA presented positive changes to the economies of all signatories, the labor market suffered in some areas of the United States and Mexico due to the changing labor demand in the market and the lack of opportunities for the rural folk. II. Background of the NAFTA A. History: Economic integration has long been an issue discussed by North American governments since the 1900s. B. Aims: Under the NAFTA, each signatory will ...

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Summary of Saskia Sassen’s “Women’s Burden: Counter-geographies of Globalization and the Feminization of Survival” and its Relationship to Current Events Saskia Sassen’s article discusses the “variety of alternative global circuits” for “making a living, earning a profit and securing government revenue” (523). The writer notes that these “incorporate increasing numbers of women” (Sassen 523). Sassen pointed out the most significant of these “global circuits” are the “illegal trafficking in women for prostitution” and “regular work,” “organized export of women as brides, nurses and domestic servants,” and the “remittances” of a growing “female ...

The activist event organized by the CUNY graduate center took place on March 21st, 2016. The objective of the event was to attract attention to the problem of HIV/AIDS among the LGBTQ community. The participants of the event and speakers in particular tried to initiate a shift in the existing stigma of HIV/AIDS for the purpose of showing the wider public the wrongfulness of their stereotypic perception of the problem. The moderator of the event was Sarah Schulman. She has been engaged in covering AIDS since early 1980s. Currently, she is taking an active part in conducting several projects: ...

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The understanding of the historical evolution of the country is the key for the interpretation of the culture of the particular nation. At the same time, the history of the country contains the explanation of the causes and consequences of the particular events. These stages and events should serve the role of the example for the future conduct of population and leadership of the state. In this regard, the evolution path of Zimbabwe as the past colony of the British Empire represents the interesting development story. In 2015 the country celebrated twenty-five years of the independence. This South-African country ...

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Clean water for domestic use is essential for a health population. Therefore, all people should have access to clean drinking water. Drought is a common phenomenon in arid regions and this makes water shortage a significant problem. The effects of water shortages are experienced in the arid Southwestern parts of the United States, this just being one among the many arid areas of the world. The paper seeks to address and compare the various small and large scale methods possible for water provision in this arid region of the United States. Among the large scale possible methods of providing water for this ...