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Chrysler LLC - Case StudySynopsis On December 2, 2008, Chrysler LLC submitted its Plan for Short-Term and Long-Term Viability to Congress as part of its request for a $7 billion working capital loan from the U.S. government to support its short term restructuring and long term viability. On January 2, 2009, Chrysler received an initial $4 billion loan from the United States Department of the Treasury, the terms of which require the Company to submit a restructuring plan to achieve and sustain long-term viability, international competitiveness and energy efficiency. The restructuring plan presented demonstrates Chrysler's ability to meet those requirements through its continued focus on implementing cost reductions and modifications to its capital structure to improve its balance sheet, and on developing a fuel-efficient product portfolio that meets customer expectations and governmentally imposed environmental requirements. The availability of credit for automotive customers and dealers is the single most imp |
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The Two Sides of the Battle of Wounded KneeIn nearly every historical event, there are two or more points of view regarding the details of the incident. In the Battle of Wounded Knee, a fight between American soldiers and Sioux Indians ensued; each side of the battle firmly believing they were in the right. right. The two narratives, "Black Elk Speaks," written by Black Elk, and "The Indian Frontier," written by an Richard Utley, explain their interpretation of the events of the battle, and because of the vast differences in both stories, the reader is able to see the distinct point of view of both parties. Black Elk, the narrator of "Black Elk Speaks," presents a firsthand account of the events having personally been a part of the battle. When he received word of the first shooting, he mounted his horse and quickly began riding to the scene. He described what he witnessed as "cavalry men were riding along the gulch and shooting into it, where the women and children were"" (Black Elk p. 196). With their helpless people under attack, the Native Americans felt as if they were the victims, their |
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Civil Rights and the Power of PeaceEssay Assignment What are the historical causes of racial inequality in the United States? How has American democracy tried to achieve racial justice and equality? How has America changed from slavery to the Civil Rights Movement? Your essay should include: slave codes, Jim Crow laws, Non-violent civil disobedience, Reconstruction, 14, 15 amendment, Plessy vs. Ferguson, Brown vs. Board of Education, Loving vs. Virginia, Bakke vs. Board of Regents at UC Davis. Essay America has been tainted with racial inequality, discriminations, segregation and hatred throughout its history. Blacks had been mistreated from the beginning of British North America in 1619, when a Dutch ship brought 20 enslaved Africans to Jamestown, Virginia. (Rein) Since then, racial inequality has been an issue in American history shown by slavery; slave codes in which slave-owners had absolute power over their slaves, Jim Crow Laws, and numerous Supreme Court decisions such as the Plessy vs. Ferguson. Near the end o |
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Book Review for The Hound od BaskervillesFor my book report, I chose to read "The Hound of Baskervilles," by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In this novel, Sherlock Holmes and his trusty assistant Watson work together to solve a mystery of concerning two murdered women. While looking for clues all they could find was sign of a gigantic hound, but they could not prove that theory because no one in that area had a hound big enough to do what was displayed. So all they could do was start to think in a different realm of thought to get things to make since. I choose the book for the reason of that for my honors English class it was a requirement to read it because we had an essay about another mystery story to compare it to. The author of The Hound of Baskervilles was the famous Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle who has also wrote a large amount of other Sherlock Holmes stories. This book took place in Baskervilles, which I'm guessing is over in London due to how the people talk and act. And was circa 1889 was when it was published which makes |
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Solutions to HomelessnessIntroduction - Background to the Issue Homelessness is an issue that prevails across most developed countries. In Canada, rates of homelessness are on the rise, and it is not limited to one specific group of people (Currie, Greaves, Golden, & Latimer, 1999, p. 17). Homelessness has many faces: male and female, young and old, lifelong citizens of Canada and immigrants and refugees. There is a clear connection between homelessness and poor health. To understand the health of a population, one needs not only to take into consideration biological or genetic predispositions that make up the group. It is important to consider the many facets of life experience " social experience, economic/income experience " these too have a great impact on the health outcomes of groups and individuals. Of all determinants of health, it is said that income and resulting socio-economic status has had the greatest impact. The evidence is clear when looking at mortality and illness rates by income |
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Black Elk Speaks by John Neihardt"Black Elk Speaks" is the biography of a holy man of the Oglala Sioux tribe. Author John Neihardt interviewed Black Elk in an effort to learn about American Indian religion and spirituality to incorporate into his poetry. Through many long discussions spanning over two years, Black Elk told Neihardt the story of the Oglala Sioux and the many hardships his people faced in the early nineteenth century. With Black Elk's son Ben translating and his own daughter Enid taking notes in short hand, Neihardt wrote of Black Elk's recounting of the Battle of Little Bighorn, the Wounded Knee Massacre and the emergence of the Ghost Dance. Throughout his entire life Black Elk attempted to apply his spiritual role as a holy man to saving his nation from the encroachment and subsequent oppression of the Wasichus, or white people, on the land his people had occupied for centuries. Despite his attempts, Black Elk interpreted his life as a holy man as "the story of a mighty vision given to a man too weak |
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Expository Writing - Sample ExamOur writing purpose - The goal of expository writing is to explain or inform our audience about a specific topic. For the audience, the topic is often vague or abstract on the surface. Our job as writers is to move the audience from vague to specific. Successful expository writing takes a broad topic that the audience may have a general knowledge of and fills in the gaps with specific examples and analysis. Our purpose is to show the audience the topic "to inform the audience." We are not writing to persuade yet. The assignment - select one of the following options: 1. Define a specific genre or type of music, movies, literature, clothing style, internet culture, car, etc. For example, how does one define "horror movies "? 2. In your experience, what causes people to fall in love? What are the complications of feeling in love? Are there positive and negative causes? What are |
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Film Music Scores - Past to PresentThe scoring of a film has always been a cornerstone to the success of the film, no matter how primitive or extravagant the music may be. The history of the film score indicates the work and industry growth and how much that growth has changed the movie going experience. Some of the great classics from the dawn of music in film still stand in our minds today for the innate thought and tremendous talents of musician, going from a simple four part vaudevillian band to a full fledged orchestra with a conductor. Prime examples of major works and how they affect the audience is just one way of showing the depth of music in film. Although we are living in a time of "been there, done that"," it is important to see where we came from and see the development of our most lucrative industry and beloved past time: The movies. The history of motion pictures began in the late 1880's, with the invention of the first movie camera. These "moving pictures" were initially exhibited as a type of carniva |
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Personal Story - The Beginning of the EndWith my head held high, and a heavy heart, I came to the hard realization that I would be raising my unborn child alone. I knew there were hard times ahead but, it was time for a change in my life. It was the right thing to do because I couldn't live my life in these conditions anymore. I was content that the worst had already passed, and had hope that the best was still to come. It all started when I was seventeen. I met a man named Melvin, he was 6'1'' and 190 bs. Today, he is the father of my daughter. I was young and bored and didn't have my priorities straight. At the time I was not focused on going to college as I should have been. Hanging out with Melvin was something to do. Since he was older than me he had a car and an apartment, and I felt in the beginning he was fun. He was four years older than me and I was still in high school. I now realize he was taking advantage of the fact that I was young and nave. He became jealous and physically abusive, and after two long |
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Environmental ToxicologyOne of the most important concepts in toxicology is the dose or the overall amount of a toxicant an organism is exposed. Any chemical can be toxic if the dose is appropriately high enough since the dose makes the chemical toxic. Therefore it is important to consider not only whether a substance is toxic, but also the amount of the substance that is necessary to cause harm. There are many factors that affect an organisms' response to a toxic chemical. These include the dose, uptake into the organisms' body, distribution within the body, biotransformation, and elimination, (Hodgson, 2010). The primary routes of exposure for toxicants are through dermal (skin), respiratory (inhalation), gastrointestinal tract (ingestion), and injection. Biotransformation, storage, and elimination are influenced by the path in which a toxin takes through the body as well as the time involved in the process, (Hodgson, 2010). Toxins that are absorbed through the gastrointestinal tract are transported to the |
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The Scientific Revolution and the EnlightenmentThe Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment Period ignited a great expansion of revolutionary concepts as some of history's greatest thinkers emerged. Europe was possessed by a growing desire to venture through the untouched corners of the mind and reinvent the orthodox beliefs that prevailed across the globe unchallenged for years. During the Scientific Revolution, people dared to believe in theories that were not necessarily handed to them by leading organizations. These innovative views of the world inspired the dawn of an intellectual movement in the eighteenth century known as the Enlightenment. Together, the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment led to an ideal compilation of modernized beliefs that stormed across the world capturing the attention of many and eternally evolving the world's perception of human existence. As the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment illuminated the world with a constant craving to uncover the unexplained curiosities that lurk beyond w |
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The Moon in It's Flight by Gilbert SorrentinoSometimes society does not allow people to express their feelings and wants; this situation is clearly shown in Gilbert Sorrentino's literary work "The Moon in Its Flight ". Gilbert Sorrentino (April 27, 1929 " May 18, 2006) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet, literary critic and editor. His short literary work "The Moon in Its Flight,"" may be defined as a self-reflexive fictional work, in which two parallel stories are narrated through the use of peculiar techniques and devices: one story tells the summer romance between Rebecca and a young boy, who are immersed in a particular socio-historical context, and the other refers to the act of writing a story. In order to understand this work of fiction, it is of paramount importance to be aware of the meaning of metafiction. "Meta"" is a prefix used in English, and other Greek-owing languages, to indicate a concept which is an abstraction from another concept. It also means "beyond " or "adjacent"." "Fiction is the |
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Victimless CrimesAlthough I have no quarrel with illegal offenses, there are some "crimes" which are victimless, and make me wonder if they should be considered worthy of prosecution. Most of these offenses are within the Public Order Crimes category and are considered victimless because no harm is done to others and all parties willingly consent. Crimes such as gambling, drug possession, and certain public order offenses do no harm to others and yet are commonly enforced and prosecuted. Gambling is defined as, to risk loss in a game or bet, and can be anything from a coin toss deciding who will pay for lunch to high stakes poker in Las Vegas, NV(merriam-webster.com). This is truly a victimless crime because the decision to wager ones own possessions or income is solely up to the individual. Throughout the history of the United States gambling has gone through waves |
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Advertising - Appeal and IntegrityIn the article "Advertising's Fifteen Basic Appeals,"" Jib Fowles introduces his fifteen emotional appeals: need for sex, attention, affiliation, feeling safe, nurture, guidance, aggression, dominance, autonomy, escape, achievement, prominence, aesthetics, curiosity, and even physiological needs. With these appeals he has one crucial point, when he states that "by giving form to people's deep lying desires, and picturing states of being that individuals privately yearn for, advertisers have the best chance of arresting attention and affecting communication. And that is the immediate goal of advertising: to tug at our psychological shirt sleeves and slow us down long enough for a word or two about whatever is being sold"" (137). Time magazine is a great choice because everyone can relate to many diverse articles and the material is fairly neutral. Time magazine touched on three of Fowles' appeals, such as the desire that some feel to nurture, feeling safe, autonomy and what role they pl |
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Climate Change and Global Warming1. Introduction Global warming and climate change refer to an increase in average global temperatures. Natural events and human activities are believed to be contributing to an increase in average global temperatures. This is caused primarily by increases in "greenhouse " gases such as Carbon Dioxide (CO2). A warming planet thus leads to a change in climate which can affect weather in various ways, as discussed further below. 2. What Are Global Warming And Climate Change? 2.1 What Is Climate Change? Climate change is one of the biggest issues facing the world today. Climate change refers to a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods. 2.2 What Is Global Warming? Global warming is the increased heat trapped in the earth's atmosphere resulting from excess greenhouse gases such as Carbon Dioxide (CO2). T |
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Head Injuries in the National Football LeagueOn May 2, 2013, Junior Seau, a former National Football League (NFL) linebacker for the San Diego Chargers, lay dead on his bedroom floor after suffering a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The news of the 43-year-old's death would not only rock the nation, but stun those who knew him best. In the past, Seau had admitted to an ESPN analyst and former neighbor, Taylor Twellman, that he had dealt with long-term side effects associated with concussions such as headaches. Though never being listed on any injury report with a head ailment, Seau played in a time where "succumbing to an injury " was considered weak. Therefore, it is certainly possible that the 6'3 ", 250-pound linebacker may have suffered various types of head traumas including concussions. There is speculation that he may have had a condition called "chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a brain condition associated with repeated head trauma. " Junior's is not the only tragic case thought to have been linked to head trauma. Se |
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Important Relationships - More Than BloodLife is all about moments of impact and how they change our lives forever. My biological father walking out of my life was my moment of impact; unaware of it then, but that very moment altered everything about the life I'm living today. It gave me the opportunity and the privilege to build more than a blood tie to my grandfather, Lotomama Inosia Sappa. Without that one man walking out of my life I would have never looked to my grandfather as my hero and role model. He was the man that did not scurry away into the night like a frightened mouse, but rather stepped up to the plate and took on the role as my dad. Like any father to their child, he taught me everything I know from how to ride a bike to never giving up faith even when everything says it is impossible. Although our relationship was far from the typical grandfather-granddaughter one, it is the one relationship that is imprinted on my heart and influenced me to be the young adult I am today. My childhood was not the ideal one like some 60's television show. I did not grow up living with my mother or father. I did not grow up knowin |
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Society's MonstersAre people born with an inherent tendency for good or evil, or are these traits learned from our experiences and those things which influence our lives? The question of nature versus nurture has been a subject of controversy among experts for centuries, yet the debate still rages over which plays a larger role in shaping character and personality. Mary Shelley's literary masterpiece, "Frankenstein," is a fictional case study that clearly comes down on the side of nurture. Mary Shelley's depiction of the transformation of the creature's personality, as well as modern day examples, supports the idea that genetics do not play as prominent a role in shaping a person's character as do his or her exposure to mainstream media and interactions with other people in society. Genetics do not play a large role in shaping a person's character and personality. Nowhere is this argument more evident than in the innocence of a newborn baby. A newborn is brought into the world with no preset notions o |
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America and the Celebrity CultureAre Hollywood news (or gossip shows) such as "Entertainment Tonight," "Extra," "The Insider," and "Access Hollywood," among the TV programs you regularly watch? Have you ever felt almost giddy with anticipation while standing in line for tickets to the newest movie featuring your favorite actor or actress? Do you enjoy the parade of A-Listers walking down the red carpet prior to the Oscar, Emmy, and Tony award ceremonies? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you share with most Americans an appreciation for (if not a fascination with) celebrities. We love our stars! Who can blame us? They're talented, successful, famous, often beautiful/handsome, and on occasion, even inspirational. And the lives they lead are exciting, to say the least. When we focus on such individuals, it "makes a great getaway from the normal world known as everyday life" ( Abanes 10 ). It's true; celebrities are intriguing. Millions of people are curious about their lives, and in some cases are so |
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Mercury and Thiomersal: A Global Problem and SolutionMercury is a chemical element that is used in mining, thermometers and dental amalgams. Exposure to mercury can be harmful to the brain and nervous system because it can cause "irritability, shyness, tremors, changes in vision or hearing, and memory problems ".1 One of the main causes of mercury poisoning is from methylmercury in fish, which cannot leave the body because it is imbedded in tissue. The main solution to get rid of worldwide mercury emissions and mercury poisoning is to limit the use of mercury, for example, in dental practice and gold mining. However, thiomersal, a mercury compound, is used in vaccines. It is not harmful and is a necessity for many people. Mercury has many harmful effects on human population so use should be limited, however, the use of thiomersal in vaccines is necessary for children in developing countries. Mercury poisoning is a problem because water and fish get contaminated with mercury and are then consumed by humans, so if mercury use were limited |
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Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald DahlTHEMES Betrayal Patrick Maloney's unexplained decision to leave his pregnant wife. This violation of the marriage-vow is obviously not the only betrayal in the story, however. Mary's killing of her husband is perhaps the ultimate betrayal. Her elaborately planned alibi and convincing lies to the detectives also constitute betrayal. Love and Passion At the beginning of "Lamb to the Slaughter, Mary Maloney feels love and physical passion for her husband Patrick. She luxuriates in his presence, in the "warm male glow that came out of him to her, " and adores the way he sits, walks, and behaves. Patrick is presumably motivated to leave his wife by an overriding passion for something or someone else. Mary's mention of his failure to advance at work, and his own wish that she not make a "fuss " about their separation because "It wouldn't be very good for my job " indicate that it may be professional success that he desires. His treatment of his wife does not suggest that he loves her. |
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Drown by Junot DiazIt's not uncommon for a child with an absentee father to grow up in difficult circumstances. Issues such as poverty, drug and alcohol abuse, failure to complete high school or college, health related problems and emotional disorders, are all common "side effects" of being the child of an MIA dad. In Junot Diaz's powerful book, "Drown," deal with Yunior's father, either by his presence or by his absence. In this novel, Yunior's father, Ramon, came in and out of the family's life. With his father being an antagonistic character, Yunior tries to give a different perception of Ramon by telling us his story of the struggles he went through to gain citizenship in America. The emotional abuse Yunior was subjected to influenced him negatively from his minimal memories of his father. The absence and presence of his father helped shaped him into the man he grew up to be. The book "Drown," by Junot Diaz is a collection of short stories that conveys to the audience the struggles that Dominican R |
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Immigration, Industrialization and Urbanization in AmericaAssignment: Demonstrate your knowledge of the concept of "a search for order" by providing an example from each of the four chapters covered. American society has been characterized by a continuous strive to create a predictable and rational society governed by law and order. The highly dynamic history of the United States brings about many moments where society takes action, in a search for order, to cope with the undesired effects of factors that bring change. The main factors are three giant tidal waves that sweep through American society: immigration, industrialization and urbanization. Chapter 1. The Mormons had settled in hundreds of communities where they enjoyed their freedom of religious belief and practice thereof. But one of their practices, polygamy, would come under frequent attacks as it was far out of line from the general Christian family beliefs. In order to make the Mormon family values more rational to mainstream values, the Supreme Court made polygam |
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Descriptive Language Personal Short StoryAssignment: Think of a place that evokes strong feelings for you (either positive or negative). Using descriptive language, try to write about that place in a way that conveys those feelings, but don't ever come right out and say what the feelings are. Sitting around my parent's kitchen table is somewhat routine in our family. I am the oldest child of nine. Their home is so inviting and warm. Usually filled with laughter and delight; however, it brings about different emotions for me. When I think about my parent's home and about it filled with people it brings me to a dark place. I see things differently than they do. Maybe it is because my "life experiences " were not what the rest of the family had. For me the room is filled with people, and yet I feel alone. There is so much talking, and yet I have nothing to say. There |
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Disease and The American RevolutionWhat effect has disease had on the history of war, in particular the American Revolution? Traditionally, scholars have focused on the strategies of commanders with little concern paid to how illness impacted their decisions; Randolph G. Adams' work is a perfect example. More recent works have noted the power of disease and a few scholars, such as J.R. McNeill, have even argued that the consequences of illness were integral to the outcomes of historical events that helped shape the modern world. The battle of Yorktown is, arguably, an example of both the tremendous influence of disease and the vital role of military strategy. British commanders knew that General Washington's army and the French fleet were on the move; they were also acutely aware of the havoc malaria could reek on their armies in the lowlands, especially during autumn. Yet, Cornwallis was ordered to remain in "sickly" Yorktown while General Clinton lingered in New York. The British were consciously negligen |
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