...The Underlying Courage in “A Wrinkle in Time” Typically in novels there are many supporting themes to create the storyline in the novel; in “A Wrinkle in Time” by Madeline L’Engle a major theme in the novel is courage. It shows in almost every chapter, through Margaret (Meg) Murry and Charles Wallace Murry. The quest the kids go through in the novel corresponds to Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s journey also the type of courage found within the Christian framework. Courage is having the strength to resist and endure fear, danger, and difficulty; it is the main thing that can keep the children together on the journey. In the very beginning, of the novel, Meg is the first to display courage. She does so by defending her little brother, Charles Wallace’s name, because “…one of the boys had said something about her “dumb baby brother” at this she’d thrown her books…and tackled him with every ounce of strength she had” (L’Engle 4). Even though all the characters portray some type of courage, Meg shows the most throughout the novel. Meg’s personality, in the beginning, was a little off, as she was still trying to find out who she was and how her quirks are her strengths and how it makes her who she is. Her parents, before her father left, have been trying to prepare her for the greater things she has to overcome in the future by giving her IQ tests and teaching her complicated mathematics which caused disruptive problems in her class. Even though she thought she was dumb, which is not...
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...What were the risks posed by Georgia and what mechanisms did AES use to mitigate these risks? The financial losses of the electricity sector of Georgia totaled between a quarter of a billion and $400 million. The government believed that a private investor could help mitigate the risks and losses for Georgia. One profound problem that needed attention was the delayed maintenance and repairs that the government lacked the capital to undertake. This, in effect, allowed for only 42% available capacity. Another problem was the egregiously low collection rates, which ranged from 20 to 40 percent because most of the population stole electricity using illegal lines. A third problem Georgia had was the rampant corruption in the energy sector. The rate of theft of domestic funds was very high, which as a result left less money for the industry to utilize. One last risk posed by Georgia was their shortage of fuel and the unwillingness of neighboring countries to supply them with it. AES- Telasi decided to implement a two pronged strategy to negate the risks posed by Georgia. The first component was to invest in plant, equipment, and technology to bring the company up to the standard. The single largest expenditure item was imported fuel which was necessary to generate electricity. The new investments helped AES not only to meet financial commitments but it helped generate revenue, improve electricity supply and most importantly helped create goodwill. The employees loved Scholey and...
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...the devastating ten year journey, in which a certain people were forced to endure, at the expense of a separate people’s greed. This was greed that knew no limits, and would stop at nothing to prosper, even if it meant the annihilation of a complete race of people. This was the experience of the Native American tribe, the Cherokee. In the 1830s, the Indian Removal Act was passed, giving President Andrew Jackson the freedom to force the Cherokee to be exiled beyond the state of Mississippi. During that time the Cherokee nation was violently forced from their homes and made to leave behind the only life they had ever known. Stricken by harsh weather, sickness, and surrounded by death and sadness, the Cherokee people made the long march from Georgia to Oklahoma. The Cherokee Indians should not have been forced to leave their land, given the consideration that it was in complete violation of their political, constitutional, and natural rights. A significant way the Cherokee people were violated was politically. In the “Memorial of The Cherokee Nation,” the Cherokees wrote, “We wish to remain on the land of our fathers. We have a perfect and original right to remain without interruption or molestation. The treaties with us, and laws of the United States made in pursuance of treaties, guarantee our residence and our privileges, and secure us against intruders. Our only request is, that these treaties may be fulfilled, and these laws executed…” Time and time again America had made promises...
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...Biography of Andrew Jackson Young Jr. Who was Andrew Young Jr.? Most people immediately associate him with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jesse Jackson and the Civil Rights Movement. I chose to write about Andrew Young because of his strong feelings about the rights of black Americans. He felt that everyone, black or white, should have equal rights. Andrew fought along the side of Martin Luther King, Jr. and continued the work after King's death. The Civil Rights Movement required many dedicated and determined souls. Andrew Young, like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a man of peace who believed in using love vice hate to settle disagreements. He accomplished many wonderful things to help Martin Luther King's Dream live on. Andrew Jackson Young Jr. was born March 12, 1932, in New Orleans, Louisiana, during the depths of the Great Depression and Jim Crow segregation. His grandfather had been a successful businessman who had operated a drugstore, a pool hall, and a saloon. His father, Andrew Young Sr. was a dentist and his mother Daisy Fuller Young was a school teacher. The Young’s were among the elite of the city’s black population, which was largely poor and uneducated. Dr. Young Sr. could have afforded to live in a well-to-do white neighborhood, but no one would sell to him.(African American pg 104) .His parents were always very supportive of Andrew and his brother Walter. His parents always taught them the importance of religion and education and to treat others with respect...
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...Halloween season is the best reason to give after Christmas (Waters, 2012). In the media, zombie popularity has surged. With The Walking Dead being the most top rated show in the country, there seems to be zombies everywhere. The zombie fad is displayed in books, movies, games, music, and even in the streets-zombie walks. Lately, nonprofit organizations have started using this popular trend to host their fundraising events appealing to different crowds. Especially during autumn and Halloween season, a zombie event is appropriate. A great example of how an organization has tied the zombie theme into their organization is the slogan, “Feed the Hungry”. America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia located in Savannah is a volunteer-driven nonprofit food bank. They serve twenty one counties in Georgia with the mission of feeding hungry people and supporting communities. On November 10, their organization will hold their 5th Zombie Walk on River Street. Donors will dress up themselves, their children, and pets for FREE with a donation of canned goods. There is free makeup, entertainment, games, and vendors ("Savannah zombie walk ," 2011). This is great idea to me because it is a wonderful family/friend idea to do together and gives back a fun opportunity to donors. Another appropriate time for a blood drive is Halloween. No explanation for blood or gore needed. Another idea that has been created is kids ditching the candy and collecting cans alone (Waters, 2012). Halloween is a time...
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...Taketa Thomas State Research Paper Pol/215 Donald Kelly University Of Phoenix July 8, 2010 State Research Paper In the following paper the writer will provide a brief description of two interest groups in Georgia: the fraternal order of the police and the girls and boys club, identify the different sources of funding for the state of Georgia, and also provide information on the effects the girls and boys club and the fraternal order of the police has on the local and state government. To sum up the paper the writer will discuss the importance of the relationships between the local and state governments and also summarize the election process in Georgia. Two interest groups that operate in the state of Georgia are the boys and girls club and the fraternal order of the police. The girls and boys club is an organization founded to give girls and boys across the world a place to go during the school year and during the summer and eliminate the problem of latchkey kids. The girls and boys club provides the kids with snacks and meals during the summer and also organizes activities and gives the kids a chance to experience different life lessons. According to GEORGIA STATE LODGE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE (2010), “The Fraternal Order of Police is one of the largest organizations of sworn law enforcement officers, with more than 325,000 members in more than 2,100 lodges. The Fraternal Order of Police is comprised of over 325,000 regularly...
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...purchase receipt and/or statement from repair person. a plumber’s receipt report A/an ; Please approve the maximum credit to adjust my account. Name: Mailing Address: Service Address: Phone Street Street City City State State Zip Zip Work: Home: OFFICE USE ONLY: Cycle Customer Service Personnel Date City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management 55 Trinity Avenue, S.W Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Phone # 404-658-6500 Fax 404-602-4402 CITY OF ATLANTA BUREAU OF DRINKING WATER Water & Sewer Appeals Request Date: Name: Service Address: Mailing Address: City: Home Phone: Billing Date(s) of Disputed Bill NATURE OF APPEAL State: Business Phone: Zip Account No.: Note: All current charges and any past due amount that is not in dispute must be paid in order to avoid interruption of water service. Please return this form within five (5) days of receipt to: Bureau of Drinking Water Attn: Water & Sewer Appeals Request Customer Service Division 651-14th Street N.W Atlanta, Georgia 30318 City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management 55 Trinity Avenue SW Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Phone # 404-658-6500 Fax 404-602-4402 CITY OF ATLANTA BUREAU OF DRINKING WATER Plumber’s Statement 1. Name (Mr/Mrs./Ms.): 2. Address (Business): 3. Telephone number # (Business): 4. Date of Repairs: 5. Type of Repairs: 6. Specific Location of Repairs: 7. Purchase Receipt(s): (Hardware- Parts Used): OFFICE USED ONLY: Date Time Employee Name City of Atlanta...
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...Alexita Professor Jamie ENC 1102 August 4, 2013 Alice Walker Section 1 Biography According to Michael Mayer, Alice Walker, one of the best-known and most highly respected writers in the United States, was born in Eatonton, Georgia. She was the eighth and last child of Willie Lee and Minnie Lou Grant Walker. Her parents were sharecroppers, and money was not always available as needed. At the tender age of eight, Walker lost sight of one eye when one of her older brothers shot her with a BB gun by accident. This left her in somewhat a depression, and she secluded herself from the other children. Walker felt like she was no longer a little girl because of the traumatic experience she had undergone, and she was filled with shame because she thought she was unpleasant to look at. During this seclusion from other kids of her age, Walker began to write poems. Hence, her career as a writer began. Walker found the love of her life in 1967, a white activist civil rights lawyer named Mel Leventhal, and they married him in 1967. A year later she gave birth to their daughter, Rebecca. It was not until she began teaching that her writing career really took off. She began teaching at Jackson State, then Tougaloo, and finally at Wellesley College. Walker was involved in the Civil Rights Movement and spoke for the women’s movement, the anti-apartheid movement, for the anti-nuclear movement, and against female genital mutilation. She also started her own publishing company:...
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...What were the differences between Presidents Jefferson and Jackson in their perceptions of Native people? Jefferson followed more the principal of assimilation of Native Americans. He saw Native American tribes as sovereign nations that should be recognized by the U.S. His ideal was to assimilate Native Americans into an agriculture based economy wherein they could participate in his agrarian vision of the United States. His idea for obtaining Indian lands was to buy them or to gain them by the process of letting the Indians get indebted to the United States to the degree that they would be forced into giving up land resources to cover that debt. If this plan failed Jefferson was more than willing to use forced removal and extermination as a means for obtaining the land America needed for its growth. In this respect he can be considered the true “Father of Indian Removal” as policy for the United States in dealing with Native Americans (Rockwell, 2010). Jackson was a fierce opponent to treating Native American tribes as sovereign foreign nations; he did not believe that the U.S. should treaty with them. Jackson also held the reputation of being an ‘Indian Hater’; especially in the eyes of Native Americans who gave him the nickname “Indian Killer” or as the Cherokee called him, “Sharp Knife”. This nickname came about during Jackson’s military career during battles with Creek, Cherokee and Seminole tribes. His battle tactics were extremely brutal. Jackson even went so far as...
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...Question #3: In what respects did the use of fiber evidence in the Wayne Williams trial differ significantly from its use in previous cases? Numerous criminal trials over the years have used fiber evidence. In 1936, the wife of a NBC executive was murdered and the killer caught partly due to fibers from twine used to bind her during the murder. Ted Bundy was convicted of the murder of a 12-year old girl partly due to fibers found in his van. The trial of Wayne Williams, also based on fiber evidence, differed from other cases in several significant ways. From July 1979 to May 1981, thirty black children and young men were reported missing or found dead in the area of Atlanta, Georgia. The Georgia State Crime Lab found yellow-green nylon fibers and violet acetate fibers on the bodies and clothing of victims. The fibers from the different victims were generally similar to each other, linking them to a single source and tying them to one killer. The Wayne Williams case was the first time fiber evidence played a significant role in a case involving a large number of murder victims. An Atlanta newspaper wrote an article about several different fibers being located on the bodies. After the article, bodies located in the Atlanta area rivers were nude or clothed only in underwear. The release of the information caused a change in the way the suspect disposed of bodies, in an apparent effort to eliminate fiber evidence. Media attention appeared to result in a change in pattern of...
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...National Integration and Tolerance in Georgia Introduction About this report This report draws on the results of a sociological survey, desk research, media monitoring and focus group meetings conducted in Georgia in 2006. It provides a review of the legislative framework governing the protection of persons belonging to national minorities in Georgia. It also analyses public perceptions that affect the life of these persons in Georgia as a whole and more specifically in areas where persons belonging to national minorities live in large numbers. The report was prepared in the framework of the National Integration and Tolerance in Georgia Program (NITG) by the research group of the implementing agency – the United Nations Association of Georgia (UNAG), Institute of Social Researchers (ISR) and BCG Research sociological agencies and was supported through consultation and training by the Freedom House. Purpose and Context of the Report NITG program is supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The overall goal of the program is to elaborate a National Integration Strategy and Action Plan (NISAP) on national minorities through participatory approach, to ensure legitimacy, sustainability and sense of ownership towards the document among key stakeholders. Through this process, Georgia will test innovative policies and contribute to the development of best practices as a part of a legally compliant strategy document. The project also aims to build...
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...The Promise of the New South: Life after Reconstruction, written by Edward Ayers does not deal predominantly with one overall thesis. Instead Ayers writes in a narrative tone and depicts the story of how the south began to grow after the Civil War through Reconstruction. He uses a very optimistic tone when discussing the growth and movement of the south, never really taking a side when it comes to topics such as segregation or the movement towards a more industrialized nation. He uses personal stories and quotes from people of the time period to show the hard times and events that people had to endure during the end of the 19th century going into the 20th. Ayers touches on subjects such as the rise in industrialization, segregation and the political turmoil that in turn shape the new south. Ayers focuses on the time period from about 1877 to 1910. He begins by talking about the railroads and how they are the driving force behind the growing south. Along with rough working conditions they brought glamour and new technology to fuel the south. Stores and towns began to sprout up and the south began to become more mechanized and farms were beginning to be abandoned. After the war, railroads gave blacks an opportunity to leave plantations and find work all over the southwest. Political turmoil and corruption also affected the south early on. Segregation set in and the Democratic Party had a hold on the south. Black men were persuaded with money or violence in many cases to make...
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...A. One key geographic factor that contributed to the development of Mesopotamian society was the climate. Since, the region had very little rain, about 10 inches a year, there were numerous hot/dry periods and productive farming was a major problem. In contrast, the rising rivers caused flooding which destroyed crops, livestock, and dwellings. While the environment was vexing it was very consistent therefore, over time this allowed the animals, people, and the plant life to adjust. One of the noted accomplishment of this adaptation, was the development of the irrigation system (Soomo, 2013). The implementation of such a system to utilize water more effectively and aid in the control of flooding, helped to decrease the need for farmers thereby allowing the people to cultivate and pursue other occupations. In summation, the climate though challenging was the reality of the Mesopotamian society and this geographic factor empowered their determination to acclimate thus, assisting in the development of a thriving and surviving community. B. The Chariot can be noted as an example of both hierarchical and expansion diffusion between early human societies. The use of the Chariot in warfare was first noted in 1700BC by the Hyksos though it is written that it originated Mesopotamia or in Indo-Iranian (An introduction to the history and culture of Pharaonic Egypt, 2000). The Hyksos invaded the Egyptians using the chariots and horses and were able to overthrow their military forces...
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...Bejeweled Inc is a well known jewelry store which has locations in Florida, Georgia, and New York. Bejeweled Inc in addition to their stores also provides the jewelry to a few local jewelry stores in the New York area. Brian Leach Owner of Bejeweled Inc opened his first store in February 1995. The first store to open was the store located in Atlanta Georgia, within two years he opened another in Savannah Georgia and another in Brunswick six months later. In In June 2000 Brian opened up two stores in Miami and in March 2008 opened a store in Manhattan New York. Brian is very interested in opening up an E-Commerce where consumers can order online from the store directly. Known for their exquisite fine jewelry and precious gems Bejeweled Inc is increasingly becoming very popular and trying to communicate between shops with all the orders coming in is becoming harder and harder and Bejeweled Inc really needs a better IT solution in order to keep up with the demand. Statement of Need Now that Bejeweled Inc has “taken off” and Brian would like to expand their business and upgrade the current network. The objective is to be able to expand their services by attaining better operations by getting the offices in sync with each other rather than them being just another store with the same name. . In conjunction with expanding their operations section Bejeweled Inc envisions increasing profitability via E- Commerce. E-Commerce will allow people to carry out business without barriers of...
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...their land by force. When Andrew Jackson became the President he put forth the Indian Removal Act (1831) in order to gain the support of the people rather than provide the best aid to the Native Americans. The act removed Native Americans from any territory within the US to the designated Indian Territory, west of the Mississippi. The other choice was to assimilate into American/European customs. Many tribes had done this in order to stay on their lands but the Indian Removal Act also targeted them. Although they were being removed, one nation, the Cherokee, took to the courts to refute such actions. The government policy, which removed Native Americans from their homeland without any other actions, did not help them in court. In Cherokee v Georgia...
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