Essays on Promise

Many people associate slavery with the transatlantic slave trade of the past and believe that it is an institution that has been left in the past. This paper will look at how modern slavery differs from the transatlantic slave trade. The paper provides different arguments and examples from history of slavery and compares it to its current form. Moreover, the paper will include types of slavery that exist today. The role of United Nation to control the slavery in different countries will also be discussed. The paper will not only present the history of slavery but it will also ...

Aboriginal peoples and communities are among the first inhabitants of Canada and are thus considered as one of the founders of Canada. Aboriginal peoples already had legal systems and governance structures even before European settlers arrived in Canada. With the advent of European settlers, Aboriginal peoples were forced to either assimilate to the foreign systems and culture or ignore the immigrants and keep their culture. The latter, however, resulted in conflicts between the European settlers and the local Aboriginal communities. Such conflicts were settled through the signature treaties. However, the signing of the agreements did not guarantee that the ...

Essay 1.

The universal formula of the categorical imperative is an objective law which proceeds from a subjective maxim – action and will. That is, when a given ethical consideration presents itself, a person must ask whether the action of his will agrees with nature (Kant 38). By its definition, the categorical imperative is the basis of duty. By nature, Kant means that which is objective, and that which exists as a part of nature – abiding by the laws of nature (Kant 38). Kant continues by stating that in ethical considerations, or duty, one must act subjectively through one’s will to ...

MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING

Management Accounting Introduction Setting the annual budget has been one of the mandatory activities in organizations at both tactical and operational levels. The annual budget outlines the projected revenues and costs for the firm in the coming year or the finite time period. Such budget is set to clarify the organizational direction to pursue by identifying the target revenues and variable costs associated with the business operations. It served as a successful budgeting process for several years, but today’s highly dynamic and continuously changing business landscape has made this system obsolete. In the 21st century, the annual budgeting ...

Scenario: Jill Intends to sell his car and places a “for sale” sign on her car, which prompts Jack to call Jill for inquiry about the car. Jill provides Jack with information about the car (year of manufacturing 2003 and the mileage 20,000 miles) and the price which is $12000. The next day they meet and exchange the car but Jack later goes to his mechanic who reveals to him that the car had been driven for at least 50,000 miles. Jill had adjusted the miles intentionally for the purpose of selling the car.

Issue: Establishing whether there is a contract between Jill and Jack

Analysis: Offer: a ...

LEARNING ACTIVITY 1

(1.) The common law of contracts would be applicable in this case (Clarkson et al., 2012). First, for all of its history the common law of contracts has always applied to real estate transactions. This case, which involves the selling of a house, is a real estate transaction. The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) is a newer form of contract law that mainly focuses on the sales of goods or tangible property. It was established in response to increasing commercial actions (Blum, 2013). (2.) A court would likely find that no contract existed. The fundamental elements of any contract is ...

America was beginning to become a powerful and vital nation in the world in the twentieth century. Power was based on the assumption that Americans felt the abundant life, which was a promise to the world along with the concept and experience of freedom. However, freedom was not experienced by everyone at home in America. Black people felt oppressed and marginalized all the days of their life. In the 1920s, America was beginning to grab attention in the international scene. Europe was fading, while America was appearing as a dominant nation. However, this is not because of the popularity ...

Interviewer: Hello, Paul.

Paul: Hello. Interviewer: How are you today? Paul: Fine I don’t know. Interviewer: Okay, Paul, could you tell me about your stepbrother? Paul: James is 26, he is my stepfather’s son. Interviewer: Good. And how long have you been living together? Paul: Two years. Interviewer: Are you saying that you and your older brother have been living in one house for two years? Paul: Yes. Interviewer: Do you play and speak often to your brother? Paul: I don’t know We have dinners and weekends together with my mommy, my stepdad and James. Interviewer: And what do ...

Background

Successful modern business marketing lays emphasis on meeting the needs of the customers. This focus is a departure in the opposite direction from the traditional business whose major concern was selling its products or services. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is one way of meeting not only the direct customers’ desires but also the needs and expectations of all the stakeholders of a business (Ortenblad 2016). Unethical profiteering practices of large companies and customer awareness due to free flow of information have forced many companies to make CSR a key strategic focus in their conduct of business. Besides enabling a ...

Details of the Documentary

Sustainability is one of the major issues in ecology and environmental science. Theoretically, any development initiative should be sustainable, which means that it accomplishes its intended purpose without causing problems in the future. One of such development initiatives was the creation of the suburban landscape that was conceptualized from the 1950s to 1960s. The documentary film “Suburban America: Problems & Promise” provides a general history of the development of the suburban landscape in the Unites States (US). This documentary film was intended as an educational tool for students 12 years and above.

Purpose of the Documentary

The film basically shows that the suburban landscape ...

Overview

Amazon.com came into existence in 1995 as an online retailer of books taking advantage of the exponential growth of the Internet (Govindarajan and Warren 2016). The meteoric rise of the Internet as a major business tool and a platform for many daily activities drove the company to start selling and later publishing e-books itself. The development of the Kindle e-reader and its debut in 2007 made the company the leading seller of e-books. Today, it has widened its product offerings beyond books and it is the largest online retailer of consumer electronics, household goods, the Internet and media. In ...

Abstract

Entrepreneurship refers to the willingness or the ability of an individual to start and manage a Business Venture. The risks associated with the new Business Venture are taken into account and the individual develops the plan to manage those risks and implement the plans in order to make profit. Such an individual can be referred to as an Entrepreneur. A new business venture depends heavily on innovation, inspiration, motivation and human and non-human resource planning and the risks associated with these factors. An individual faces two options after graduation, whether to start a business venture or join an organization ...

I. Environment Scan: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats Currently, Google is an Internet company which has gone well beyond search business (Edelman & Eisenmann, 2011). Against a stated philosophy of "It is best to do one thing really, really well," Google has diversified core business, i.e. search and paid listings, into a broad range of product and service offerings cutting across numerous industries and business activities. Notably, Google has diversified from search business into communication applications, productivity applications and computing operating systems (Edelman & Eisenmann). This expansion mandates an environment scan of Google's to be not only limited to search business but ...

CHAPTER II

This chapter will seek to conduct an absolute inquiry into what makes up security interest laws in the United States. In order to lay the foundation for comparisons in subsequent chapters, the three main elements of the study of the Saudi system will be reviewed here in the context of U.S laws with an emphasis on California state law. The features of the California legal system will include the assessment of foreclosure rules and patterns in California. This will include a detailed fact-based evaluation of CCP580 (b), CCP580 (d) and CCP726 (a). The different components will enable the study ...

<<Student Name>> <<Professor Name>> <<Course Title>> <<Date>> Branding Strategy: The Company plans to invest and efficiently manage its branding strategy to achieve its growth objectives. The core of the company’s success lies in implementing a relevant and coherent branding strategy. Defining each and every element of the branding strategy will enable management, customers and employees to understand what the brand vision is and what the company aims to achieve. This is really important if the company has to fight and grow in a competitive market place. ...

It is difficult to make someone believe in something unprecedented, but the church was able to do it. It is difficult to keep the influx of non-believers, but the church was always doing so until the freedom of speech and thought, of course. Many simply believe, without even thinking about religion as such. Religion is a kind of reunion of the broken relationship with God, or lifestyle based on a belief in the supernatural power. Religious ideas, rules, basics are described in the sacred books, which allegedly have been dictated by God. Of course, no one can currently prove ...

Literature Review

In education communication is essential. The school, the teachers, and the parents must communicate with one another to educate their students. When there is a lack of communication the students suffer. The modes of communication are evolving every day, because of the advances made in technology. School systems needs to transition into using some of these modern forms of communications to better reach the diverse population of parents present within a school. Connecting with parents using multiple methods could increase parent involvement as well as student achievement. Different styles of communication could be used for different reasons. It must ...

Issue: What are the rights of the parties in this case and what will be the eventual outcome if the bank decides to bring up before the court the corporation and the guarantor? The guarantee given by the director is a personal guarantee, or as it is known as director’s guarantee, which is common practice by giving loans to companies. A personal guarantee is a promise that an individual gives to ensure the fulfillment of third party’s obligations or a promise that if the third party does not fulfill its obligations, the individual will do that instead. ...

Resurrection

Resurrection is a concept that details the return of the dead to life. The most intriguing episode in the New Testament is the death, burial, and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Resurrection is a dominant theme found in the New Testament. For one, it raised extensive opinions emanating from diverse opinions from the different events and areas of the Bible. The argument calls for a natural form of immortality to the soul and the lack of immortality of the body. The spirit lives forever in magnification of the lord's power and magnificence in His actions, favor, and love for ...

Did Jim and Laura Buy a New Car

Business

Did Jim and Laura Buy a New Car The case recalls Jim and Laura as the complainants against Stan who is a car salesman claiming that the couple had entered into an agreement to purchase the 4-door blue Sedan by depositing $100. The facts of the case show that Jim and Laura visited the car dealership where Stan is an attending salesman who accommodated the former. Jim and Laura was interested about the blue 4-door sedan, and decided to give Stan $100 for the purpose of holding the unit for a ...

It is important to first examine the question on the value or importance of a college degree from a financial standpoint. Student debt continues to rise as tuition rates have increased to over 400 percent between the years 1982-2007 (London 361). Without adequate financial support or planning, for many individuals college may lead to overwhelming debt that will not be justified by the jobs that they will obtain. Too often students are graduating college only to find themselves employed in positions that did not require a college degree, yet the student loan payments remain a burden that cannot be ...

History and 4Ps

Founded in 1931 by Ferdinand Porsche as a design and engineering services provides for the automobile industry, Porsche Automobile Holdings SE (Porsche) is one of the largest and most successful global automobile manufacturer, famed for its innovative and stylish designs as well as leading automotive technology/engineering. The company launched Porsche 356, a branded sport car in 1948, after the success of VW Beetle, which it had designed in 1934. With access to Volkswagenwerk’s distribution and organizational infrastructure, Porsche quickly established itself in both Germany and Austria, before finally moving its production activities to its own facilities in Stuttgart. ...

The end of the Second World War ushered Japan into a completely different era. A new constitution was instituted that made Japan a parliamentary democracy. The constitution recognizes the emperor as a ceremonial leader. Actual activities of the legislative and executive arm of government is to be split between a bicameral parliamentary system (the National Diet) and the Prime Minister who heads a cabinet elected by the National Diet and approved by the Emperor. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) led Japan for many decades before they were defeated by a landslide victory by the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) ...

An agreement enforceable by law is a contract. It is the voluntary arrangement between the two or more parties and is enforceable by law. It is essential for the formation of a contract that both parties must have the mutual assent. An oral contract also called the verbal contract because this contract is made by using the words of the mouth, however, in the written contract all the terms and conditions of the contract are available in written form and if a person signs in the written contract, then he will be bound by the terms of the contract ...

Stem cell research and therapy are not new and continue to be a controversial topic. The benefits of stem cells, and what most scientists agree are the potential benefits of stem cells, in curing disease and regenerating tissue are seemingly limitless. In the past bone marrow transplants were the primary method used to obtain stem cells for research into cures for contemporary diseases such as cancer, heart disease, Parkinson’s, Alzheimers, multiple sclerosis, and diabetes as well as spinal cord injuries. However, Embryonic Stem Cell Research (ESCR) is much more controversial. There has been a recent shift to use ...

Re: A letter of appeal for the consent of the Southern New Hampshire University

Kindly consider this correspondence as an appeal for the Scholastic Standing Committee’s decision to issue me an academic suspension. I would like to kindly request for the Committee to allow me to enroll in any program at the Southern New Hampshire University again so that I could continue my course schedule for fall 2016. Despite having a GPA of 1.574, I was not successful in passing two of my academic subjects – Psychology and ENG099i. After contemplating on the possible causes of this failure, I have come to realize that there are two main reasons for failing the two ...

Abstract

The Fourth Amendment Act was set in place in the US constitution to ensure and assure privacy for the citizens. The Act and its application have been subject to scrutiny as to whether it is a broken promise or not. Terrorist activities have interfered with security globally and in the US particularly since the 9/11 attacks that claimed the lives of many Americans not to mention other victims. War on terrorism has been beefed up globally for the purpose of combating the crime. However, the said war on terror has been used as an excuse for the intrusion to ...

Mobilizing electoral participation in contemporary

U.S. society Policy has long since become an integral part of еру modern life. Moreover, a lot of representatives of contemporary society, accustomed to the democratic values, as a rule, consider that the interest in politics, political developments and government decisions is their civic duty. And a modern democratic government goes to meet the citizens, not concealing from them its decisions and policy directions (but not all, of course). Elections for the modern person, namely, participation in it is considered to be an important component of social life, because elections are associated with equal rights and, of course, democracy itself. ...

A. Select a leader who you feel has exhibited exemplary ethical conduct and do the following:

1. Discuss at least two ethical traits that the leader demonstrated. A good example of an individual that exhibited ethical leadership is Sallie Krawcheck. Krawcheck is the current CEO and Co-Founder of Ellevest, and Chair of the Ellevate Network. Her previous employment include head of Bank of America’s investment banking division, CEO of Merrill Lynch’s wealth management division, and CEO of the Wall Street research company Sanford C. Bernstein & Co.. In an industry wherein fraud and dishonesty are rampant, Sallie Krawcheck’s ethical leadership was exemplary. As observed by Fortune Magazine columnists, the quest for an honest ...

Reading this article, I learned a lot about communication and what advantages an individual or the organization as a whole can enjoy when communication is conducted in a rightful way. Commitment conversation according to Kofman, are structured around promises and offers. The speaker and/or the listener during the commitment conversation must take some commitment to ensure that the promise or the offer is achieved. The information from this article was very relevant for my future leadership career. Kofman talks about the importance of promises. In our everyday conversations, we always make promises. I have made promises on many occasions. ...

Abstract

Exploring new territories for business outside known boundaries has become a preferred growth Strategy for business firms intending expansion of business operations. However, transferring business operations to new countries is not an easy proposition as it involves investigation of several factors affecting global business and establishing growth objectives in qualitative and quantitative terms. Business goals and environmental factors act as decisive elements in finalizing the country as well as formulation of strategy for expansion. The expansion goals of PPQ parts have been quantified within a period of 4 years and have been a basis for developing the strategic plans ...

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Introduction

Community policing aims at working in close coordination with the local community, involving citizens in all the aspects of law design and implementation. The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, established in 1994 as part of the U.S. Department of Justice especially supports such strategies. As against conventional reactive strategies, this is a step towards a proactive strategy consisting of community partnerships, organizational transformation and solving problems before they assume larger dimensions. As Maximino points out, the need for new approaches to police community relationships is evidenced by the violent shooting incidents in the US ...

<Tutor> <Department> Simon hired the boy band No Direction to appear on the last episode of the show “You’re hired” with an agreement of £250,000 paid to each band members. The objective is to ensure the highest possible viewership and publicity, which in return will give the show a worldwide advertising revenue. Apparently, one of the members Payn is not very happy and as a goodwill gesture, he was offered a whole week of vacation with his fiance at Maldives. Unfortunately, Payn delivered a poor performance, which resulted to negative feedbacks from the press. Consequently, ...

Rental Agreement and Subject Matter

I entered into a rental agreement, in which subject matter was individual apartment comprising of a bath, 2 rooms, and a kitchen.

The Parties in Contract

The parties in the contract were a renter, who is a legal person or the owner of the residential space. I was the tenant as I have received a residential permit from the renter.

Specific Contractual Details

The contractual details comprised of the name of renter who agrees to rent out the apartment of the tenant, whose name was also mentioned The amount of rent was mentioned in the contract, and the fine imposed in case of late payment of ...

I had an experience with Panay. Panay was able to close a deal without running into any problems, but we need to do a dealer trade for him. His customer kept asking when the car would be delivered. I told the customer, I did not want to promise the delivery time because I want to set the right expectation for my customer. I had an experience with a salesperson last week; he told me he would finish all of the 24 hour follow-ups by the end of the day. Before he left I asked him if he had ever ...

INTRODUCTORY MATTERS PAPER: MINOR PROPHETS

INTRODUCTORY MATTERS PAPER: MINOR PROPHETS The book of Hosea was written by prophet Hosea whose prophecy dates back in days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah Kings of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel (Hosea 1:1). His service extends from about 770 to 725 B.C. Hosea ends his active participation in his service few years before Assyria captures the northern kingdom in 722 B.C. the recipients in these books are the Israelites. The objectives of the book were to bring Israel and Judah to repentance in God, to reveal the unfaithfulness ...

Why is being authentic in consulting important?

The importance of authenticity in consultancy cannot be over-emphasized. From the sheer perspective of a consultant’s own integrity, clients value honesty and dependability and therefore are highly likely to offer return business to a consultant they know is being truthful and fair. As Block (2000) puts it, authentic behavior is the willingness to be who you are, which is one of the most powerful tools in the consultant’s repertoire that helps to establish ongoing and meaningful relationships with his or her client. For example, trying to be too ‘clever’ or over-confident will undermine or mask your authenticity. ...

Business Law

Business Law The contract that will be discussed for analysis in terms of business law is a rental or tenancy agreement initiated in Singapore by a friend who relocated with his family last November 2015. The legal definition of a real estate lease is referred to as a legal and binding contract amid the landlord and the tenant and for the contract to be binding the signing parties needs to be of legal age and competent to enter into an agreement (Kimmons, 2016). The issue that pertains to every contract law is with regards to how the contract is ...

Legal Aspect of Responsible Leadership

The law of contract involves the legal policies that govern the agreement between two or more parties involved in a transaction of delivery of service or provision of goods, which is enforceable by law. Different contracts have varying terms and conditions depending on the sector involved and the intention of the contracting parties. The law of contract within the business sector is very clear because it is guided by the concept of essential elements of a valid contract. Any transaction that qualifies to be a legal contract between the parties should be enforceable by law and any violation of ...

A supernatural power is an extraordinary ability that exists within the universe, which causes mysterious actions that cannot be explained in any way including science. Most ancient societies give stories that are associated with the supernatural powers. In these communities, some people had the powers and in turn used them to help the community to fight against the enemies. At other times, they used their powers to their advantage, for instance, to be favored in a paranormal position. The supernatural powers have been used to justify many actions such as warring within communities. In the Josephus, Antiquities of the ...

Introduction

A book written around A.D. 95, according to theological historians, the book Revelations of John is written by the same Apostle John who knew Jesus when He was a man on the earth, serving as one of His disciples and working fervently in His ministry. Understanding that the various apostles such as, Stephen and Paul, Bartholomew and Silas, were martyrs for the sake of the Church of Jesus Christ and the eminency of His ascendency, John lived to become an old man. John declared and proclaimed that he loved Jesus more than any of his brothers of the discipleship. ...

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Abstract

The worldview of a person is their view and understanding of their entire existence, including the world they live in. Religious beliefs reflectcolor a person’s worldview very strongly. In a comparative look, Christianity and Sikhism have some commonality as monotheistic approaches to the world, in the necessity for moral and ethical behavior that is good, in seeking truth, and in serving an all-knowing God Wwho imparts some of that knowledge to mankind. However, there are noticeable differences in beliefs about death and afterlife, human definition, and the meaning of human history. These beliefs structure their worldviews ...

There were a number of cases brought before the Supreme Court of the United States in relation to racial discrimination. In Brown vs. Board of Education, the Supreme Court in the United States declared that it was unconstitutional to continue practicing state laws which separated public schools for Black and White students. The decision ruled that such state laws were a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. On the contrary, Plessy vs. Ferguson the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the state laws that supported racial segregation, especially in public facilities. These laws became practical ...

Introduction

This paper aims at developing an employee communication plan for Consolidated Electricals based on its case study. Employee communications plan objective The aim of Consolidated Electricals (CE) is to deliver an employee communication plan that offers explicit, illuminating and engaging bidirectional communications. Additionally, the communication framework is intended to improve the communication between the employees and D. Emmett Shane the company’s CEO. Also, Mishra (2014) insists that internal communication helps to create transparency between the employees and management.

Employee communications plan goals and strategies

First, CE strategy will simplify the communication between the workers and Shane. Importantly, most of the employees except a few ...

Amazon is an international company; it serves more nations than most organizations in the world. The company has a unique business identity throughout history. Amazon sells books and other commodities. Almost everyone can identify the company by how its brand has been differentiated. In addition to being unique, Amazon also has a brand story. From this, the customers know that the organization will always care for them no matter how much it grows. This story has differentiated Amazon from all its competitors. Most people purchase commodities with emotions;Amazon has established a real emotional connection. At each point, Amazon ...

»WHILE THE ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS OF PUBLICLY LISTED COMPANIES RESEMBLE THOSE OF DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENTS, IN PRACTICE, THESE MECHANISMS ARE OFTEN LARGELY INEFFECTIVE.«

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The Concept of Accountability 4 Governance and its Relationship to Accountability 5 Publicly listed companies and accountability 6 Accountability with regards to various participants 9 The Challenges of Technology 11 Conclusion 12

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Introduction The governance and accountability of the corporate world has been a significant focus for many since the economy fell apart during the 2007 financial crisis. Prior to this event, there was a lot of public trust in corporate structures; however, after the financial crisis, ...

Introduction and thesis

Dexter is a young man with humble background who catches works hard through university, borrows money with his degree certificate as security and works on a laundry business that expands and makes him one of the richest young men in the region. He is given a pass to the golf club by one Mr. Hart, where he feels comfortable despite the fact that he does not belong to that class of society. He sneaks for some moments to a piano playing from the other end, and his solitude is distracted by a girl called Judy, of affluent means, who ...

Karl Marx is known for his presentation of the concept of Communism which has been an important part of political organization in Europe and around the world. Marx is known for writing the Communist Manifesto alongside Friedrich Engels which has been quoted extensively for an alternative form of governance based on socialism. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the biography and political thought of Karl Marx as a philosopher who influenced western thought in a significant way. This will lead to the critique of the Communist Manifesto and how it influenced modern political thought. This paper builds ...

Perhaps the predominant turn in philosophy since the end of the First World War has been a move toward an adoption of the absurd. Before that war, there was more of a universalist approach to the world, but the events between 1914 and 1918, accelerated by the events between 1929 and 1945, took those universalist elements and dropped them squarely on their heads. Before 1914, even war was kind of a civilized affair, with warring armies frequently taking off Christmas, or even the entire winter; the Christmas truce during the First World War would be the last of its ...

Employment Application and Background Check Critique:

Solarworld Solarworld is a German-based company that has taken root in America as one of the foremost providers of solar panels. For a little over the past decade they have existed as one of the swiftest rising companies in the industry and have pushed forward in leaps and bounds to become one of the most influential businesses within the field of photovoltaic’s. Their employment policies are sound for the most part though there have been periods during which they have experienced a high rate of turnover in personnel. Much of this can be attributed to the fact that ...

Introduction

Since the republics in the Soviet Union proclaimed independence in 1991, there have been significant changes concerning the ethno cultural, and demographic situation. The dissolution of the Soviet Union was the major reason behind the creation of the Russian Diaspora. More than twenty-five million Russian citizens found themselves in the midst of newly and freshly created states, which were often redesigned as their new political dwellings (Beissinger, 2008). After some time, the displaced Russians were compelled to either assume a fresh political identity, or to return to the Russian Federation, which was newly created. Assuming fresh political identity would ...

Issue

The legal issue in this case is whether the proposed tenant (Newark & Co Real Estate Inc.) and the landlord of 2615 east 17 Street Realty LLC has violated the provisions under the Statute of Frauds by submitting counterproposals to the offers that they received from each other. For the record, both of the two parties submitted their respective counteroffers to the opposing party and it is presumed that no agreement has been made following the submission of each counterproposals.

Rule

A good example of a case wherein one party has been sentenced as a result of violating the Statute of ...

The 1992 presidential election resulted in Democrat Bill Clinton defeat sitting president, Republication George H.W. Bush. Clinton was former governor of Arkansas. The third party candidate, Ross Perot, garnered 19 percent of the vote, which ended up being the highest percentage of any such candidate in a presidential election in 80 years (Levy). Both candidates had fundamentally different points of view on the most vital issue of that time: the economy. Bush was saying that the economy was fine and that the government should not interfere and “let the free market thrive” (Rosenbaum par. 1). On the other hand, ...

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The recent history of the United States is filled with conflict against other nations, peace negotiations, and cooperation within the country in a constant struggle for growth. After almost 250 years since becoming an independent nation, this country is still young and establishing its culture. Not only does the United States have a political history of conflict, it struggles to keep children from poverty and seems to fail miserably.

Pacific Relations with Vietnam.

The Vietnam War was originally between North Vietnam with support from its allies who were communist and the South Vietnam who wanted to avoid communist and had the United ...

The basis of faith in the Lutheran tradition is sustained and spread through rituals and ceremonies of worshiping the word of God in the daily life and in church. There are vast manifestations of faith performed through various rituals, and one such ritual is the confirmation ceremony. The confirmation reaffirms individuals’ faith in God and in the Lutheran tradition, from an early age, usually during the adolescence period. The confirmation ritual in the Lutheran tradition gathers the youngsters who will go through the confirmation ceremony, along with regular parishioners, for witnessing their entrance into the community. The young Lutheran ...

The Dominican immigration narrative is one driven by diverse factors and for a foreign born, the history is an enticing one on how we arrived in the United States. Universal history dictates that the immigration happened in four distinguishable groups: the "Trujillo era" (1930 – 1960), the "post–Trujillo era" (1961 – 1981), the "flotilla" group (1982 – 1986), and the "post–flotilla" group (1983 – present) (Torres-Saillant and Hernández, 12). Many of the Dominicans have a history that supersedes the current reasons for immigration, and every family has a history. This history goes back to the days when working the farms ...

The Alabama hostage crisis started on January 29, 2013 and lasted for 6 days, ending on February 4, 2013. During the crisis, 65-year-old Jimmy Lee Dykes, a Vietnam veteran, boarded a school bus and demanded that two children, preferably boys aged 6-10 years old, went with him (Phillips, n.d.). In the note he passed to the driver, Charles Poland, Dykes insisted that children would not be hurt and that he needed “two hostages to force the powers that be to listen” (Phillips, n.d.). As a result, he kidnapped 5-year-old Ethan Gilman and took him to the 6x8-ft underground bunker ...

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Appendix A . 13 1.0 Starbucks at 20 Percent Net Revenue Growth 1.1 Net Revenue Growth of 20 Percent 1.1.1 Current State Statista (2016) ranked Starbucks as the 2015 top leading coffeehouse chain globally in terms of revenue with its revenue of $21.095 billion, followed far behind by Costa Coffee ($1.809 billion) and McCafe ($1.462 billion). It also has the largest store chain of 23,043 stores worldwide. As of fiscal year 2015, Starbucks had a total number of 23,043 stores globally, 12,235 (53%) of which are company-operated stores and 10,808 (47%) are ...

Natural or nutritional supplements are comprised of herbal concoctions, other elemental mixtures or essential vitamins and minerals. They are typically available in the form of a pill, chew, gum, tea, shake, meal bar, and powder, and are offered with the promise of some medical, physical, or mental benefit. Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent on natural or nutritional supplements in the United States. Some people swear by the supplements they take, and use their own health as proof of the supplement working. At the same time, there are also harsh critics of these supplements. These people state that ...

Smart watches

It is evident that smart watches have revolutionized the contemporary and highly technological world tremendously. However, the current use of smartphones only offer a glimpse of what smart watches can do in the future when its application is fully embraced. Consequentially, the application of smart watches is postulated to stretch beyond its current range of use that merely involves the retrieval of data from other devices and the collection of information from both external and internal sensors. Given, smart watches are invaluable wearable gadgets when it comes to the collection of personal information including blood pressure and heart rates. ...