Essays on York

Millions of elderly people in the New York have extensive health care needs and expenses, but many have limited incomes or savings to assist them cover the cost of care. Virtually all elderly New York residents have Medicare, the federal health insurance program for disabled and elderly Americans, to assist pay medical bills (Stokes, 2004). However, limits in the scope of benefits, coupled with financial obligations and problems for coverage, can lead to a serious financial burden (Zahra, 2004). Elderly persons with low incomes are particularly vulnerable to these problems because they are more likely to have health problems Continue reading...

The Battle is also referred to as the Battle of Brooklyn Heights or simply the Battle of Brooklyn. The battle was the earliest and the largest battle in the American Revolutionary War after the declaration of independence of the United States. The United States army was under the command of General George Washington, and they were defeated in the battle. The size of the army that Washington had in one way or the other had some impact on the defeat over the Long Island battle. This thesis talks about how the size of General Washington’s army leads to Continue reading...

New York and London cities have various major similarities and differences as well. Looking at the similarities versus the differences, both would be said to be equal in number. New York and London cities can be broadly compared and contrasted with regard to various aspects available in the two different cities.

One of the major similarities between the two cities is that they are both the overall capital cities of their respective countries, that is, the United States and the United Kingdom consecutively. They are both the major economic hubs of their respective countries. Most of the gross domestic Continue reading...

Introduction

Medicaid, a program that is endowed with providing insured health care services to the poor, the old and the disabled in the United States can be debated as one of the most successful health care systems in the USA. The program is purely funded by the federal and central governments and is mainly aimed at providing medical funds to people with inadequate funds. Medicare programs in all the states are managed and controlled by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) which is responsible for overseeing that quality, accountability, funding and service provision is Continue reading...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt served as America’s 32^nd President. He came into power during The Great Depression and is one of the leaders who made a great impact in American economy and politics. His famous for championing for the New Deal; that was geared towards lifting America out of it then economic crisis. Both his critics and supporters would agree that he was one of America’s most influential presidents. Below is a short biographical account of Roosevelt’s life, political career and contributions to the American economy.

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The aim of this report is to enhance understanding of the managers at the P &G through an intelligence analysis of the main competitors, and the comparison between the company and its main competitor. Unilever International Corporation has been investigated in detail as the main rival to the company. Its current market analysis has been elaborated in detail, while its current strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threat are explained in detail in the SWOT analysis section. Opinions on the industry and the marketing strategies have been sought from various sources, in order to allow managers to understand what Continue reading...

ABSTRACT

Customer satisfaction is a major concern to any business that intends to increase its sales. This research will be based on the need to understand what customers expect from business in an effort to improve success of a business. The research is planned to use a qualitative approach to collect data on the research topic. As can be noted in previous researches, customers’ satisfaction is an important contributor to the success of a business and hence it cannot be ignored. This research proposal gives the significance of collecting accurate information on consumer satisfaction; this is because previous findings Continue reading...

Executive summary

The aim of this report is to enhance understanding of the managers at the P &G through an intelligence analysis of the main competitors, and the comparison between the company and its main competitor. Unilever International Corporation has been investigated in detail as the main rival to the company. Its current market analysis has been elaborated in detail, while its current strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threat are explained in detail in the SWOT analysis section. Opinions on the industry and the marketing strategies have been sought from various sources, in order to allow managers to understand what Continue reading...

The real estate industry faced severe challenges in 2008 with the financial crisis in America. Many people lost their homes being unable to pay the mortgage payments. Businesses incurred losses as the prices of houses plummeted down. However in 2010 and 2011 the real estate market has been picking up in the region though at a slow pace (Taylor, 8). The states of New York and New Jersey have been lagging behind in the real estate recovery. Slow growth has been predicted for 2011 for Northern and Central Jersey (Benziga, 11). Due to job cuts and the reorganization of financial firms, there has been a lower demand for commercial real estate. These states are lagging behind the other states in terms of economic recovery. Overall the economy has been showing positive signs and the real estate market is bound to improve.

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In What Ways Can a Classical Realist Be Critical of Waltz’s Neorealism?

The international political playing field has long been rife with commentary and criticism: the sheer nature of every country being independent of others in their politics but are still wholly dependent on others for their security (war and economy are but two factors reliant on other nations). Classical realism and Waltz’s Neorealism are two such theories which comment on international relations and attempt to explain the behaviour of individual states within the global perspective. Both relate directly to the Realism Continue reading...

History of the United States: to which is prefixed a brief historical … Published by Noah Webster is a book that begins by giving the creation account as well as men’s dispersion on their attempt in building Babel; gives a description of the ancestors , Japheth’s descendants as they were seen before the era of christianity. Saxon ancestors were briefly discussed since they conquered Britain hence improved their art life which eventually led to their reformation. The peopling of America and the aboriginals character was also put into account in this book. Puritan’s origin and cause of migrating to America was also given a brief description in this book by Webster. History patterns of settlement and the U.S Constitution has been written with brevity. Continue reading...

Introduction

The intelligence received indicates that an international terrorist group known for its hatred of capitalism and western culture is targeting a high profile location in a major United States city. This attack will be a start to a violent campaign against the United States. Though the particular time of attack is unknown, it is anticipated within the next thirty days. Continue reading...

Abstract
Leadership is very important in military in order to win battles. Leadership is the ability to influence people by providing purpose in a course of action, direction and motivation and at the same time operating to achieve the intended mission in order to improve the society.
In military, leadership is a decisive element to achieve battle field success. A good military leader should assist an army in overcoming adversary since leadership is the driving force behind the structural factors that a nation can provide to its military commanders that necessitates the winning battles. A good army leader prepares Continue reading...

Culture and Literature

Any work of art that is written is called literature. Literature works comes in two categories namely fictional and non fictional. On the other hand, culture is the way of living of a certain group of people. The relationships between these two are many. For instance, through literature, culture of different communities is expressed. The life that many individuals experience is a portion of culture and it largely inspires literature. Culture is not only recorded by literature but it is also influenced by it. The literature from the south of America is used to Continue reading...

In this paper this paper will examine very closely four stories by Flannery O’Connor and justify the use of the phrase ‘the pain of the past’ in the title. O’Connor’s life and background will be briefly examined, as will the historical context in which she wrote her stories. I will also examine other common features that are characteristic of her stories. The use of symbolism in her stories will be considered. Continue reading...

Abstract

It goes without say that the fight against terrorism has been taken a notch higher by the US forces. Major works are being done towards the upholding of a strong and reputable tactical response to terrorism by the various agencies and most notably by the New York Police Department. Through the richness of information that the various websites (particularly the agencies’ websites) offer, one is left with more answers than questions and amazement on the beauty of their structure and organization. The fact that these agencies have continually worked in synchrony with each other Continue reading...

Slavery was an important part of American history as it kept the economy of the country in balance. But eventually slavery led to the Civil War between the Northand South. Slavery was not the only reason of the beginning of the war; there were also the social, political, and economical aspects. Slavery began in 1607 and continued until 1865 in America. Many “black” families were destroyed because people were separated from their families and sold. Slaves even didn’t know where and when they came from. As I have already mentioned, slavery was the reason of the development of Continue reading...

Adams Charles. The Battle Of Long Island The American Historical Review, Print

In this paper, Adams showcases just how lucky the American troops were to escape during the Battle of Long Island, especially considering the smaller size of the army. According to Adams, sheer chance allowed them to prevent the British victory at Long Island from being “irretrievable and final.”

Field, Thomas W.. The battle of Long Island - with connected preceding events, and the subsequent American retreat. Brooklyn [N.Y.: Long Island Historical Society, 1869. Print.

In this period-centric book, we learn more about the more immediate views of the soldiers who fought under Continue reading...

Introduction

The history of art has been compared with that of literature. In comparable respects, both have continuity, change and no progressive improvement. Since they are both works of creativity, their histories are characterized by works that seem to go beyond circumstantial limitations with a timeless appeal. The history of art has evolved since the extant of humans. Today art involve so many disciplines in colleges and universities. (Kristine and Howard 1996 4, 41) Continue reading...

Dear friend

This is to inform you that I am headed to the New York colony next month. From a choice of many colonies in America, I have chosen the New York colony due to a number of reasons. I will elaborate these reasons shortly. Continue reading...

Introduction

William M. Inge was a renowned American novelist and playwright. The reputation of his Literature works has been acknowledged in the whole of America. Most of the protagonists of his works are encumbered with frustrating sexual relations. In the 1950s he produced a series of memorable productions which included, The Picnic, The Bus Stop and Come Back Little Sheba. The trio is characterized with strained relationships which are a real projection of the contemporary society. This write up therefore seeks to address the relationships between the couples in this plays and I will look into how in the 1950's how other plays got written. Also how relationships were in the 1950's to show the uncharted territory he crossed in his plays.

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Part One
Wall Mart Company is faced with a sex discrimination lawsuit which is based on statistical analysis which indicated that the company which is rated as the largest employer in the United States discriminates against women employees.
This discrimination as argued by attorneys is explicitly reflected in the payment of salaries and giving of promotions to the employees. It is argued that female workers in the company are paid less and given fewer promotions compared to their male counterpart, despite the fact that they are both exposed to the same work load in the conduction of their jobs.
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Business Continuity Plan to be Implemented

Dear All,

XYZ Co. has always taken pride in its employees who strive to attain the highest levels of excellence everyday in every part of their job. Today, we are faced with a challenging situation that will test our courage, dedication and integrity. Last night, a major fire broke out at the office premises of our New York headquarters. The cause of the fire has not been confirmed by the fire department as yet and we will be keeping you updated as Continue reading...

Setting is a vital part of any story; it helps establish context for the character’s actions, showcases the period in which the story is set, and allows a mood to be set. What’s more, a setting can reveal the passions or the conflicts the characters possess, becoming symbols themselves for the characters. The protagonists of many important literary works are inexorably tied to their surroundings, and the following three works are no exception. In this paper, the settings of Shakespeare’s Othello¸ Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, and Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby will all be examined Continue reading...

Dread

In the first part of Richard Wright’s The Outsider we are introduced to the central character of the novel, Cross Damon, an African American. Damon works is a postal worker in Chicago and his life is fill of problems. He does not eat enough and he drinks too much, because he claims he has terrible problems sleeping. He is separated from his wife, Gladys, with whom he has fathered four children. He has a girlfriend called Dotty and he is also under pressure, because of the way he lives and has treated Gladys from his Continue reading...

According to the definitions of many states within the United States, a District Attorney is an appointed or elected member of the government who is charged with the responsibility of representing the overall government in the prosecution of various criminal offenses occurred. From personal knowledge, I do know that the District Attorney is the one of the highest officeholder the given areas’ legal department. Therefore, the District Attorney is the overall supervisor of the staff of assistant. Further, I do know that the DA is can appoint an assistance to work at his will. Sometimes, the resultant DA is Continue reading...

Innovation refers to the overall ability in application of creative solutions in given problems. This process acts as an effective application in the management of change in a given organization. The various unique approaches in adaptation of the philosophy and nuances in relation to change facilitate in a great way change management. Initially, after the change has been successfully effected, there is a tendency of resistance to the overall change. This is because many individuals have fear for the unknown. The fact that change and all that accompanies it is an inevitable phenomenon is an issue many individuals especially Continue reading...

Research into the Characters, Story, and Music of Guys and Dolls

The musical Guys and Dolls first premiered on Broadway in 1950; it ran for more than 1,200 performances (Liukkonen). The characters and much of the story of the musical were originally created by Damon Runyon in his work “The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown.” Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling adapted the characters and story from Runyon’s writings into musical form (Liukkonen).

This play’s characteristic nature that makes it very different from other plays is that it generates its characters’ traits Continue reading...

How World War One changed United States Society

Early 1900s was a time of great changes in the United States. At the time, United States was considered the world leader because the country was changing rapidly. This was the progressive era when United States became highly industrialized. People from all over the world moved to the country because of the better opportunities available there. United States implemented the isolation policy prior to world war one. The country did not want to be involved in any war at the time. However, circumstances forced the country to get to Continue reading...

The companies that we considered are: Apple Inc, Hewlett Packard, Nokia, and Wal-Mart. Before settling on these five, we had examined dozens but we settled on them after going through them carefully.

Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart is an American multinational corporation that runs discount and warehouse stores. It is the largest public corporation by revenue in the world (Soderquist 26). It is also the largest grocery retailer in US and runs Sam’s club retail warehouse in North America. It operates under 55 different names in the 15 countries it operates. It is listed in Dow Jones industrial average. Continue reading...

Introduction

Business performance is one of the most significant components for the economic prosperity of any country. With this in mind, it is the obligation of any country’s federal government to ensure that the business strategies employed are beneficial in every way possible. Competitive Intelligence is a strategy that is common in the business market. However, its effectiveness in any business setting is dependent on a variety of factors including management.

Unlike Japan which is historically was but later shifted from being a communal system of government, Russia has maintained such traditions (Furet 2000). Japan is currently a Continue reading...

Introduction

West Park Services is a ranching organization that has about 30,000 animals and about 500 employees. The employees are in different categories and they enjoy different privileges depending on their level of employment in the organization. The employees’ categories range from farm attendants, Support staff, Administrators, Managers and the Chief Executive officer. For a very long period of time, operations in the firm have been manual. This has led to low level of production as the firm cannot compete effectively with other competitors who have their operations computerized.

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Macy’s is the miracle of United States’ retail industry and the largest chain of department stores in the world. However, it is not a mere store - it truly is the embodiment of priceless experience and traditions of American nation. Macy’s Inc. is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio and New York, New York. As of January 30, 2010, the company operates a total of 800 shops in the U.S (Macy’s Inc., n.d.).

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Policies, Procedures, Rules and Regulations.

The aviation industry in its quest and commitment for providing safe and reliable commercial air transport is constantly coming up with policies, procedures rules and regulations to be followed by all industry players so as to be able to achieve this. The industry prides itself with being one of the safest modes of transport but is also prone to accidents and thus the need for rules and policies that not only applies to workers and air transport providers but to passengers also as the safety of a passenger is paramount. Air transport providers across the board are more or less in agreement over their commitment to passenger safety by striving to achieve the uppermost levels of safety and performance through a systematic and strategic administration of safety issues. Policies and procedures are fundamental components of any organization in achieving its goals and often provide frameworks for implementation of these policies by the concerned parties within the industry. Continue reading...

Introduction

Security management is a wide subject of management associated to assets control, human resources, as well as physical securities safety operations. It comprises the marking of a company’s data assets and the documentation, growth, and execution of regulations, steps, standards, and outlines. In network control, it refers to the set of operations, which protects systems and telecommunications links from illegal access by individuals, organizations, acts, or effects and they entail a number of sub functions like developing, controlling, and deleting security services and approaches. This also involves allocating security-significant data, presenting essential incidents, managing the allocation of main items and authorizing users’ access, privileges, and rights. A virus scanner is a form of antivirus program with the ability of searching a system to detect virus signatures. These detected virus signatures normally attach themselves to executable applications and programs like e-mail clients. Consequently, a virus scanner has the ability of either searching all the executable programs during the period when the system has been booted or scanning a file. File scanning is important in the sense that viruses can also change the data or the information in the file (Burns, 2007).

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There has been an ineffective penal system for punishing criminals. The government should aim at getting tough on criminal activities to ensure that the society becomes safe and comfortable in a criminal free environment. However, there has been conflicting influences in the penal system that has proved to be inefficient in protecting people from crime. Law makers have tried to raise issues to solve the problems within the penal system but with less success because the criminals have always been given less punishments. For a penal system to be effective, it should focus on reasonable principles and should serve Continue reading...

What challenges, if any, did colonialism and the cold war pose to the United Nations at its inception in 1945? Use specific examples to illustrate your answer.
The world has gone through two serious world wars. The negative effects of first and second world, wars are still eminent. Most of the countries that actively took part in the second world wars lost their economic superiority due to repeated bomb attacks. The Allied victory against the axis brought the eagerly awaited peace. The allied forces convened several meetings that came up with the United Nations organisation. The frictions between the Continue reading...

Alice Walker’s short story ‘Everyday Use’ is about Dee seeing her heritage and the legacy of her ancestors as something that has already passed and gone, so that there is a danger of her true heritage being abandoned and lost. However, Mama’s understanding demonstrates that she and Maggie are are still linked through the way they live in rural poverty in the South to their ancestors (by the everyday use of items like the quilts).

Dee’s name change is symptomatic of the person she has become. As Christian (14) writes:

Dee/Wangero in ‘Everyday Use’ is embarrassed by her folk. She has been to the north, wears an Afro, and knows the correct political rhetoric of the 1960s, but she has little regard for her relatives who have helped create that heritage.

She wants the quilts to frame, to hang on the wall as proof of her roots, but this is ironic as she is actually embarrassed by the way that Mama and Maggie live. The very fact that she has not visited them for so long shows this, and the way she takes photos of Mama and Maggie in front of their very humble house as ‘proof’ of the authenticity of her roots is similarly patronizing. Dee wants these things for decoration, to declare the poverty of her black background, but they are things that Mama and Maggie still use every day. The same is true of the quilts which Dee demands at the very end of the story: they represent the shared efforts of previous members of the family as Mama makes clear to the reader:

In both of them were scraps of dresses that Grandma Dee had worn fifty and more years ago. Bits and pieces of Grandpa Jarrell’s Paisley shirts. And one teeny faced blue piece, about the size of a penny matchbox, that was from Great Grandpa Ezra’s uniform that he wore in the Civil War. (Walker 53)

As with the churn top and the dasher, Dee wants these things for display, not everyday use – she wants to show off the poverty of her roots to friends like her who have become successful. Ironically Dee seems to think that Mama and Maggie do not understand their past. She says:

These are all pieces of dresses Grandma used to wear. She did all this stitching by hand. Imagine! (Walker 53)

But, as Noe and Jaynes put it, “Mama doesn’t have to imagine; she knows.” (161). They still live a lifestyle that is almost identical to that of Grandma. Dee/Wangero still does not understand at the end of the story, saying as she leaves:

You just don’t understand... Your heritage... You ought to try to make something of yourself, too, Maggie. It’s really a new day for us. But from the way you and Mama live you’d never know it. (Walker 55)

But it was not a new day for African-Americans caught in the poverty trap that the South was at that time.

Mama’s view on heritage only becomes clear towards the end of the story, and it is shown by her refusal to let Dee have the quilts.

Mama gives her legacy of quilts to Maggie, the uglier, scarred, less flamboyant, less confident, more traditional, less-educated sister rather than to her elder sister, Dee. (Noe and Jaynes 162)

As far as Mama is concerned heritage has to be genuine and real, and she finds Dee’s name change slightly comical, because by seeking to re-connect with her African roots, Dee is ignoring her roots in slavery and poverty – from which things of beauty like the quilts did come. But the title of the story shows that Mama thinks the quilts are for ‘everyday use’ and that Maggie (partly because she knows how to quilt herself) truly understands. Mama does not put it like this but she realizes, as Lauret (114) writes, “Like the quilt, which is made from scraps of the past to provide warmth and decoration on the bed, not the museum wall, all art should be used, not framed.” It is when Mama looks at Maggie that she realizes that Maggie is part of the tradition of quilting:

It was Grandma Dee and Big Dee who taught her how to quilt herself. She stood there with her scarred hands hidden in the folds of her skirt. She looked at her sister with something like fear but she wasn’t mad at her. This was Maggie’s portion. This was the way she knew God to work. (Walker 54)

Mama understands that Maggie has a sense of heritage that Dee will never have and cannot understand, and so it is Maggie who must keep the quilts.

This story encourages us to see heritage as a link to an ancestry that you are still in touch with in your everyday life. As Skipp (122) puts it, “The visit of the superficially Africanized daughter to her mother and sister living in isolated rural poverty contrasts the attitude of the sisters toward two bedroom quilts: African heritage as display vs. heritage for everyday use.” Walker suggests through mama’s narration that heritage should be real and for ‘everyday use.’ Dee’s visit home after so many years shows that, despite her name change, her hair style and her affluence, she has lost touch with her real roots:

“The reunion does not accomplish reunification but merely underlines the distance.” (Koppleman xxvi) Maggie and Mama know exactly what their roots are because they live a life that is deeply connected with the previous generations of the family. Heritage is a provocative subject when we consider this story. Is heritage something that can be lost – as Dee appears to have lost hers? Or is it something that will forever be a part of that person – just as Maggie will always be the shy, scarred woman who knows how to quilt like her grandmother did?

Works Cited

Christian, Barbara. Alice Walker. 1994. New York: Rutgers University Press. Print.
Koppleman, Susan. Between Mothers and Daughters. 1985. New York: The Feminist Press. Print.
Lauret, Maria. Alice Walker. 2000. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Print.
Noe, Marcia & Jaynes, Michael. ‘Teaching Alice Walker’s ‘Everyday Use’ Employing Race, Class and Gender.’ Pages 155 – 168 in Bloom, Harold. Alice Walker: a Modern Critical View. 2007. New York: Infobase Publishing. Print.
Skipp, Francis E. American Literature. 1992. New York: Barron’s Educational Series. Print.
Walker, Alice. The Complete Stories. 1994. London: The Women’s Press. Print.

Marcia Lorry, a young civil liberties attorney in the year 1973, challenged the operations of the foster care systems in New York by filing a very controversial law suit against the system. The case later became known as the Wilder case. The young attorney based the law suit on the argument that the foster care was not protecting the children under its care as it was supposed to because the system used a categorization procedure based on convenience and not on the needs of the children. The plaintiff of this controversial case was a thirteen year girl Continue reading...

In his book, Fascism, Richard Griffiths discusses how this word is an over-used term in its modern sense, specifically discussing how it relates to the ideas of: “authoritarianism, to ‘control freakery’” and how it can also “imply violence, extremism or racism; or the term can be applied to the political Right in general.” Griffiths adds that these and a “wide range of other attributes, however, made up ‘fascism’.” (Griffiths 1) Following World War One, the rise of fascism intensified in Germany, specifically, due to their nationalistic pride. When Hitler rose to be chairman of the Nazi party in 1921, Continue reading...