...When it comes to Flint, Michigan a town that has been in crisis for many years. Once Flint Michigan was a prominent car manufacturing town, but the car manufacturing companies close-up shop and took the car manufacturing factories overseas to save money. When it comes to the water crisis yet again the small town of Flint, Michigan near Detroit was absolutely decimated with health issues and poisoning due to lead and other chemicals found in the water due to local government trying to save money. To know what the initial problem was we needed to know what the government was trying to do. Local government came up with a plan of hiring a individual/emergency manager that can make decisions on local Flint issues without the need of approval of local government. The basic concept an idea that was used was to take Flint, Michigan off the Detroit water system and eventually create a pipeline from Lake Huron to create a cheaper water supply, but until the pipeline was built they would take water from the flint River. Which is properly investigated the idea the government would’ve found these issues in advance but since a non-government agency that they created decided to go with the plan anyways without proper results for studies this incident may not have happened....
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...In “How Tap Water Became Toxic in Flint, Michigan”, by Sara Ganim and Linh Tran, they wrote about the problem that faces Flint. They tried to save money by switching their water supply from lake Huron to the Flint. However, what contributes to this conflict is that they are 70 miles away from the largest group of fresh boobies. Eventually leading them to look for a closer water source. The problem with this switch was that that river passed through a town known for its filth. This became a problem because soon after the switch people noticed the difference in the taste and look of the water. They tested the water and found out that the water contained high levels of iron and some lead. Later they started to say that they were drinking poison. The water containing high levels of iron eventually affected several children. The children had an increasing levels of lead to double or even triple in their blood.The high levels of lead can cause this children to have long term consequences such as drop in IQ, affected mood behavior, and more....
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...Flint, the slaveholder wife, while Mr. Flint tries to pursue Linda. Jacobs identifies herself as being “the object of her jealousy, and, consequently, of her hatred; and I knew I could not expect kindness or confidence from under the circumstances I which I was placed. I could not blame her. Slaveholders’ wives feel as other women would under similar circumstances” (42). This is an example of how Jacobs feels empathy for Mrs. Flint even though she is being rude to her. Jacobs is able to put herself into Mrs. Flint’s shoes and feels empathy because they are both women who have experienced similar situations. This tells the reader that Jacobs has experienced something similar to what Mrs. Flint is going through. Jennifer Larson comments on this situation in her article “Converting Passive Womanhood to Active Sisterhood,” “The narrative paints the slave mistress’s submissiveness, the refusal to intervene on behalf of the slave girl, as sisterhood lost” (743). Mrs. Flint is acting as the submissive wife. She never stands up to her husband for his actions; instead she takes her anger out on Linda. Mrs. Flint can help both her marriage and Linda by stopping her husband from trying to engage with Linda sexually, but due to the lack of power women had at the time, she doesn’t bother. This in the end...
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...Year 10 English – Perspective and Bias My target audience for this Documentary review is people that are 15+ this is because teenagers and Adults are the once that are interested in this kind of things. Bowling for columbine was made in 2002 and this was an American documentary that was made by Michel Moore. In this documentary Michel is trying to convince all citizens in America that having guns is dangerous and they shouldn’t be allowed and other acts of violent with guns. At first, it seems his answer will be obvious: readily available guns. But what appears to be a simplistic anti-gun polemic broadens in scope, to tar the media, racism, greed and US foreign policy. Michael Moore clearly and convincingly expresses his rage at the way...
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...In the novel, “The Watsons Go to Birmingham” by Christopher Paul Curtis, the protagonist Byron Watson changes from being a person who bullies other kids simply for fun, to someone who comforts his little brother, whom he used to bully, when the latter is having an emotional crisis. The theme of the novel is that no matter how much you think that you are different than someone else, you can still help them. This is supported by the quote from Maya Angelou which says, “I refuse to allow any man-made differences to separate me from any other human beings.” This shows how differences are manmade and can be overcome to create a better world for us all. Maya Angelou’s words mean to me that no matter how much you think that you have alienated...
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...Slavery Makes No Sense The ones who suffer had a different way to see life; they appreciate every single moment of happiness. For slaves, there was almost no time for happiness. A writer that describes all that he/she had to go through during his/hers life time, explains every single detail because they remember what they felt at that moment, how it felt, the smell, the light, the thoughts, everything. Slaves suffered too much, until they said “enough”. As black slaves, Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs have a lot of common because of the symbolism they used, the theme of how they describe slavery, and the literacy scene in how they did something everyone thought was impossible. For both, Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs, the symbolism of the word “slave” had a deeper meaning than just a word. In “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: an American Slave” is written, “The fatal poison of irresponsible power was already in her hands, and soon commenced its infernal work. That cheerful eye, under the influence of slavery, soon became red with rage; that voice, made all of sweet accord, change to one of harsh and horrid discord; and that angelic face gave place to that of a demon” (Douglass). In this quote, Douglass is describing how the person who bought him for slave changed from being a good person to becoming a demon. The power that corrupts this person which in the story is Mrs. Auld makes her become a bad person by wanting to have control over the slave...
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...classic in the eyes of audiences today. Revolving around the adventures of the young Jim Hawkins, it’s the only text of the tree novels which does not feature a pirate in the protagonist role. However, Jim still possesses this characteristic boyish bravery of his counterparts, which literarily critic Bradley Deane acknowledges in his work Imperial Boyhood noting that Jim in addition to many other of “Stevenson’s children are less concerned with moral corollaries than with elaborating rules of their own, rules that might be spontaneously generated around even the most trivial pretext.” This defining characteristic of Jim is drawn into focus almost immediately in Treasure Island, as Jim makes a quick witted decision to remove the feared Captain Flints treasure map from a dead man’s chest, in the haste of being threaten by the remnants of a fearsome pirate crew. His actions contrast sharply with that of his morally governed, rational mother, who refuses to take any more than her fair share owed to her by Billy Bones, as the Jim tells us she was stubbornly “not consenting to take a fraction more than...
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...the author expresses herself to be. The use of the analogy was to help exemplify the idea of being the minority throughout the majority. Although there are millions of other sunflowers scattered across the field, this lone flower was her, and in correlation it is everyone else also, where people often see themselves as one in the whole. Before survival there was growth. As Hogan describes how “the summer this sunflower grew into a plant of incredible beauty, turning its face daily toward the sun in the most subtle of ways…as if flint had sparked an elemental fire there, in community with rain, mineral, mountain air, and sand” as a representation of birth. Hogan uses summer as the beginning, where everything is great. Where people are caregivers, everything strikes beauty, nothing is wrong and eventually the “summer changed from green to yellow” (Hogan). The yellowing is chronological device that refers to aging. Often the young are associated with ignorance and vice versa with age. Everything is handed down onto a silver plate but as the age increases, loneliness becomes inevitable. This association of age with wisdom is apparent when Hogan describes “there were other lives I missed, lives too small or hidden to see” where Hogan develops her own selfishness. She does realize that lives are gone and thrown away but she proceeds to live normally, this enlightenment is played through the flower’s neighboring bugs. “On this day the faded dry petals of the sunflower were swept across...
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...For the past 4 years, the residents of Flint, Michigan have been forced to bath and drink water poisoned with enough lead to be considered toxic waste. Chester, a town in southeast Pennsylvania, home to over 30,000 residents is also home to some of the country’s largest waste collection facilities. High violence and cancer rates have plagued Niger Delta, Nigeria since its oil-rich region was discovered by oil companies. Despite all these cases being in different areas of the United States and the world, they all have one attribute in common. All these communities are of low socio-economic status that who’s residents are predominantly people of color. The link between extreme pollution, toxic waste, lack of proper utilities such as clean water, and exclusion in the decision-making in regard to the use of natural resources and race make up environmental racism. When researching a subject such as this, the primary points to analyze are the origins of the environmental racism, both domestic and international examples, and the intent behind the corporations that poison these specific communities. These points are of particular relevance because they provide context. Next, it shows that environmental racism is a global phenomenon. Lastly, and most importantly, exploring intent will give context to whether the use of the word racism is valid....
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...May 10, 1962 was a beautiful spring day in Flint, Michigan. The Apple Blossom trees were blooming, and you could see a cloud of yellow pollen infiltrating the automobiles, homes and everything else in sight. Yes indeed, spring had arrived, not quite, but the presence and aroma were in the air. It was a season the people of Michigan had looked passionately forward to seeing. It was a time to heal, a time to console, a time to forget and a time to move forward after a tragic and blistering winter. Michigan, infamously known for its cold and below freezing temperatures would claim its third coldest winter on record. On Tuesday, January 16, 1962, what began as a weak system moving into the region earlier during the day, amassed into a devastating blizzard. By late afternoon, snow accumulations were already at 15-18 inches over the southern region of the state. As if that wasn’t enough, the headline on the special weather statement that was issued by the National Weather Service Tuesday evening read as follows: “Another Winter Storm Threatens Lower Michigan” and thus, a second winter storm watch were officially posted. The phasing of two distinct jet streams aloft proved to be the key as to the subsequent strength and massive extent of the brutal storm. A travel advisory was issued to stay off roads if possible and to stay indoors. Early Wednesday morning, the storm had changed from snow to sleet and freezing rains. With temperatures dropping below freezing, this would prove to...
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...Statement……..………………………………………………………………………4 Organizational Capacity Planning …………………………………………………………………..3 Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Process ……………………………………………………4 Project Selection…...…………………………………………………………………….……………..6 Program Management Plan ……………………….………………………………………………….7 Conflict Management …………………………….…………………………………………….…….8 Change Management ...………………………………………………………………………….……9 Resource Utilization …………………………………………………………………………….……10 Conclusion ……………………………………………………………………………………………..11 Works Cited …………………………………………………………………………………………….12 Introduction GMC (General Motors Corporation) was founded at the turn of the century in the year 1908 by William Billy Durant. Mr. Durant was a manufacturer of horse-drawn vehicles in Flint Michigan before he began his venture in automobile production. In the beginning GMC was comprised of only the Buick Motor Company, but in the matter of a few years GMC would acquire Oldsmobile, Cadillac, and Pontiac. In those early years GMC’s philosophy was based around the strategy of “a car for every purse and purpose” (GM, 2012). GM dedicated itself to building quality products for every budget. During the 1920’s GMC experienced high volume growth, were they expanded to the point where more than a dozen new plants were opened outside of the United States. During this time GMC’s Cadillac would change the way people viewed automobiles. The design of this automobile brought GM into the forefront of automobile design quality innovations...
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...“Balboa” a short story by Sabina Murray AS YOU READ Pay special attention to descriptions of Balboa's relations with the Indians and the Spaniards. Write down any questions you generate during reading. Vasco Núñez de Balboa ascends the mountain alone. His one thousand Indians and two hundred Spaniards wait at the foot of the mountain, as if they are the Israelites and Balboa alone is off to speak with God. Balboa knows that from this peak he will be able to see the western water, what he has already decided to name the South Sea. He takes a musket with him. The Spaniards have been warned that if they follow, he will use it, because discovery is a tricky matter and he wants no competition. The day is September 25, 1513. Balboa ascends slowly. His musket is heavy and he would have gladly left it down below, but he doesn’t trust his countrymen any more than he trusts the sullen Indians. So he bears the weight. But the musket is nothing. He is dragging the mantle[1] of civilization up the pristine slopes, over the mud, over the leaves that cast as much shade as a parasol[2] but with none of the charm. Balboa is that divining line[3] between the modern and the primitive. As he moves, the shadow of Spain moves with him. Balboa steps cautiously into a muddy stream and watches with fascination as his boot sinks and sinks. He will have to find another way. Upstream he sees an outcropping of rock. Maybe he can cross there. He tells himself that there is no hurry, but years...
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...Clare Whitehead. Write about the ways in which three of the Victorian novels you have read make use of villains and / or villainesses in their plots. The villains and villainesses in the following novels demonstrate the class struggle in society that existed in the Victorian era and that still exists today. The upper class who are described by Marx as ‘the bourgeois’ which (cited in Hamilton) he goes on to describe as; ‘the class of modern capitalists, owners of the means of social production and employers of wage labour’ (1991 p.57) have the power in society. The working class or what Marx refers to as ‘the proletariat’ which (cited in Hamilton) he goes on to describe as; ‘the class of modern wage labourers who having no means of production of their own, are reduced to selling labour power in order to live’ (1991 p.57) are controlled by this power which often leaves them vulnerable to the rich. Furthermore, the villains and villainesses appear to be used in order to demonstrate the ‘inequalities of the rich and the poor’ (Eagleton 1996 p.200). The wealth of the ‘bourgeois’ gives them access to many privileges and opportunities that the poor can never have access to. In the first novel Jane Eyre (Bronte 1847) Mrs Reed highlights the selfish nature of the wealthy. She speaks of Jane as ‘such a burden to be left on my hands’ (1992 p.203) because she has no wealth of her own. Mrs Reed sees her as one of ‘social inferiority’ (Nunokawa cited in David 2001 p.145) who is of...
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...The Problem with the Safety of Roundup Ready Soybeans Aurelia Bright Abstract: Farmers have been looking for a labour and time effective solution to weeds that grow and compete with their crops since they began farming. In 1970 when Monsanto introduced Roundup, a systemic herbicide, farmers rejoiced. Because Roundup is effective against annual and perennial weeds it was time efficient as it enabled farmers to treat a field once rather than twice as was previously necessary. The next landmark innovation came in the form of herbicide resistant crops, specifically, Roundup Ready crops. These were crops that genetically engineered to be resistant to Roundup which allowed farmers to spray fields with herbicide. They no longer had to discern between what a weed was and what was a crop, they could spray everything indiscriminately. This simple weed management system went on to revolutionise the entire farming industry. Introduction: Charles Darwin first set out the theory of evolution in the 19th century. He proposed that plants and animals were in competition for the same resources and that only the fittest and strongest survive and pass on their genes to the next generation. Farmers have been giving their crops a helping hand in that fight since 10,000 B.C. by weeding, using salt to deter pests and keeping seeds from high yielding crops to sow the following year (Kingsbury, 2009). Over time, as farmers came to understand more about breeding techniques, they began to choose...
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...Nov 3, 2010 Jack Nelson's Problem An article for Human Resources Management course, Gary Dessler 12/e, page: 52 1st Question: What do you think is causing some of the problems in the bank’s home office and branches? - There is not any communication between branch supervisors, home offices, and other branches. The supervisor employ their own employee without any communication with the main branch. The major problem is high employee turnover, actually there can be many reason for turnover, however in the text this is a result of when an employee would be hired, they would be resign another employee. In additionally, Ruth Johnson has been working in a home office for two months, howeever she does not know what the machine called she used and what it did. That means, there is not any HR to asist her about that machine. 2nd Question: Do you think setting up an HR unit in the main office would help? - Setting up an HR unit in the main office would help the managers. Through the HR unit the bank can employ the educated bankers and reduce turnover ratios. I mean, because of HR unit will work for supervisors’ and line managers’ needs, the employee which apply the job probably educated by HR unit about the which machine or computer software does he/ she have to. As a result of HR unit, turnovers decrase and efficiency increases in the bank. 3rd Question: What specific functions should an HR unit carry out? What HR functions would then be carried out by supervisors...
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