...Robert Latimer Editorial The horrible, yet tragic story of Robert Latimer and his 12 year old daughter, Tracy Latimer, had brought upon much controversy when trying to make an ethical decision on whether or not the father should be punished. To briefly summarize the story, it is about a father who could not bear to watch his daughter suffer from cerebral palsy causing him to murder her and put her out of her misery. Tracy was a 40-pound quadriplegic, a 12-year-old who functioned at the level of a three-month-old. He decieded to place his daughter into his car and run a hose from an exhaust pipe into the car, and watch her slowly die. This court case raised many questions as to how a man could kill his own daughter, and would the court realize that the killing was purely out of compassion. Tracy had been operated on multiple times and at the time of her murder was due for more surgery. Her father could not watch her live like this. Martin O’Malley begins by asking society the following questions: “Should courts abide by the letter or the spirit of the law? Would a decision favourable to Latimer legalize euthanasia, mercy killing? Would it put the disabled in danger? Would it mean the end of mandatory minimum sentences for convicted persons?”. These questions make you think about the outcome of the case and how this particular case may change the way people view euthanasia. He then goes on to say that people with disabilities are viewed as second class, when he says, “by...
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...Robert Latimer Robert Latimer was born March 13, 1953, and was a Canadian canola and wheat farmer near Wilkie, Saskatchewan, where he lived with his wife Laura, and their four kids. On October 24, 1993 Latimer was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of his daughter Tracy Latimer. Latimer was released on day parole in March 2008 and was granted full parole. Robert Latimer was not a quiet man in his youth. He went to lots of parties and, smoked lots of marijuana. He got into trouble a few times with the law over these things. Then he married Laura, settled down and took over his father's farm. Tracy was their first child (later they had three more) and Robert and Laura suffered for twelve years to make some sort of life for her. Tracy Latimer was born November 23, 1980. Tracy was born with cerebral palsy. (The medical definition for cerebral palsy is damage to the center that controls the brain, but in Tracy’s case it was the lack of oxygen to the brain during birth.) For Tracy this later lead to severe mental and physical disabilities including seizures that were only to be controlled with medication. She could not walk, talk, or feed herself. It was said that Tracy was in constant pain. She could not take any pain medications other than Tylenol due to stomach bleeding, constipation, and aspiration pneumonia. On October 24, 1993 Laura Latimer found Tracy dead. She had died under the care of her father while the rest of the family was at church. At first Robert...
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...will never have to go through such a tough choice. If you kill them, you have to live with that on your conscious for the rest of your life. But, if you let them live, you have to watch them suffer and struggle every day just to live to the next day. “Cerebral palsy is a group of disorders that can involve brain and nervous system functions such as movement, learning, hearing, seeing, and thinking.” (A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia). Tracy Latimer was only 12 years old when she suffered from Cerebral Palsy. She couldn’t move, hear, see, or anything. She was basically a human vegetable. Her father, Robert, was supposed to take her to get an operation done. Instead, he locked her in the car and let it run, which eventually led her to die from carbon monoxide poisoning. He was convicted of second degree murder and was given a 10 year sentence. Did Robert Latimer do the right thing? Should he be looked at as a danger to society and a murderer? Or should people look at him as somebody that saved his daughters life? Yes, Robert Latimer is unquestionably a murderer. He took away the life of an innocent 12 year old girl who did not do anything wrong in her life. She was not a threat to anybody. All she did was take up air. She couldn’t move, see, hear, or do anything. Why kill her if she isn’t harming anybody? You can’t just take people’s lives away because you feel like they should die. First of all, he didn’t even have his daughters consent. If his daughter had told...
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...Wegman Food Markets. Wegman Food Market become famous and widely respected in the industry not only because of their success in sales volume but also because of their success in training their workers. This is due to the fact that many observers believe that the big reasons why the company stands out is because the training of the employees. Satisfaction was clearly shown in the customer face whenever they step out from the Wegman Food Market as they are happy buying and serve well by the workers. Wegman Food Market is a regional supermarket chain headquartered in Rochester, New York which is one of the top 75 United Stated supermarkets. The company was privately held and is a family-owned company started in 1916 by the Wegman Family. Robert Wegman is the chairman until his death in April 2006. Currently, Robert’s son Danny Wegman is holding the position as CEO of the company and Collen Wegman, Danny’s daughter is the president of the company. For this year, Wegmans Food Market are listed in third place in the Fortune “100 best company to work for”. Although it falls to the third places ranked behind Google Inc. and Genetech Inc. in 2007, but it holds...
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...Robert Browning Robert Browning was born on May 7, 1812, in Camberwell, England. His mother was an accomplished pianist and a devout evangelical Christian. His father, who worked as a bank clerk, was also an artist, scholar, antiquarian, and collector of books and pictures. His rare book collection of more than 6,000 volumes included works in Greek, Hebrew, Latin, French, Italian, and Spanish. Much of Browning's education came from his well-read father. It is believed that he was already proficient at reading and writing by the age of five. A bright and anxious student, Browning learned Latin, Greek, and French by the time he was fourteen. From fourteen to sixteen he was educated at home, attended to by various tutors in music, drawing, dancing, and horsemanship. At the age of twelve he wrote a volume of Byronic verse entitled Incondita, which his parents attempted, unsuccessfully, to have published. In 1825, a cousin gave Browning a collection of Shelley's poetry; Browning was so taken with the book that he asked for the rest of Shelley's works for his thirteenth birthday, and declared himself a vegetarian and an atheist in emulation of the poet. Despite this early passion, he apparently wrote no poems between the ages of thirteen and twenty. In 1828, Browning enrolled at the University of London, but he soon left, anxious to read and learn at his own pace. The random nature of his education later surfaced in his writing, leading to criticism of his poems' obscurities. In 1833...
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...Together We Stand Letter Outline Heydi Maldonado – Paz Edgar Serrano HUM/114 August 04, 2011 Randy Stinnett Outline: Together we stand letter I. Introduction: Several children and adults in our community have been developing extensive and similar illnesses. This is not clearly a case of genetics; this is a problem that started since the development planning and execution of our community The purpose of this letter is to let the people know what is happening in our community and create conscious to step up and unite in a fight for justice. “An informed citizen is the only true repository of the American will.” Thomas Jefferson (Official Website of Erin Brockovich, 2010). II Body Paragraph #1 A. Due to the unsafe chemical disposal the town’s water has been contaminated with chromium 6. * Health effects to the public: cancer, cramps, or paralysis and may also damage the respiration tract. * Upon termination chromium acid is formed, which decomposes the organs. * Wastewater is being flushed into our water every day. III Body Paragraph #2 B. Company’s unsafe chemical-disposal. * The company has been practicing unsafe disposal for twenty plus years. * Keeping it a secret from the community. * How could this have happened? IV Body Paragraph # 3 C. Action that needs to be taken. * Minimize the amount of...
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...Name Lawrence Surname Mukuku Course Governance in Zimbabwe 1. The negotiations for transition in Zimbabwe were essentially about preserving white interests in Zimbabwe. Discuss in relation with the (i) The Home-Smith Settlement Proposals, (ii)Détente, (ii) The Anglo-American Initiative, (iii)The Geneva Conference and (iv) The Malta Conference During the struggle of Zimbabwe, when the war between the nationalist and the Smith regime was intensifying efforts were made by various countries such as Britain, South Africa, United States of America, Zambia, Botswana and Malawi to find or to implement peaceful ways by which Southern Rhodesia would achieve its independence other than violence. These strategies included the Home Smith proposals, Détente, The Anglo-American Initiative, The Geneva Conference and The Malta Conference. However these failed to achieve independence in Southern Rhodesia as they entrenched the interests of the whites, and failed to gain favour in the eyes of the nationalist. This essay will look at how each of these talks entrenched the interest of the white settlers. Home- Smith settlement proposals 1971-4 The period from 1971-1974 was a period marked by the Anglo- Rhodesian settlement proposals. For the first time during this period Africans became the masters of their own fate. The period also marked the emergence of African National Council by Muzorewa and Zvobgo and the intensification of the armed struggle. (Ngunyoni...
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...| Become A Critic | | | By Robin Ornellas | 11/6/2011 | | Criminal Minds, lets us see what a serial killer might feel, as they portray there victims through a profilers mind. There is a team of 5 FBI’s, that lives and breathes, every move of a serial killer, that is about to kill again on the streets. Every one of the profile team has an ability to understand, what the next move might be to their UN sub (serial killer). As they visit a crime scene together, they sort out in their profile minds, why the killer has picked their victims and why they like to kill all of the same kinds. As the profilers from the FBI talks out and brainstorms the evidence together, they make you feel as you was thinking and feeling what the serial killer was at the time of the murder. One scene, made you feel that it could have been a sexual predator, because of some kind of sexual abuse they might have went through as a child, from their mother or father. The brutality of the murderer on his woman victims would kill and cut their eyes out before he would sexually abuse them. The profilers combined their thoughts together and came up with all the victims were in the age range from 30-40 and all had burnet hair, like his mother. The computer whiz profiler punches in all the criminals, with a sexual charge and that might have been an orphan because of sexual abuse as a child. It narrowed it down to about 5 UN subs to choose from, in the city the murders happened in. The profilers...
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...MIDTERM – THE HOME DEPOT’S ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION Organization Communications Mgmt 305 Potomac College Abstract This paper will analyze the culture of The Home Depot and its communication practices. This will be accomplished by examining the dimensions of the organization’s structure. The Home Depot’s sociability, power distribution and job autonomy, degree of structure, achievement rewards, opportunities for growth, tolerance for risk and change, conflict tolerance, and emotional support will be used to determine if the organization has a Theory Y culture. Introduction Home Depot is considered to be one of the top ranking home improvement organizations. The mission statement of this organization was formulated around being “committed to maximizing long term shareholder value while supporting management in the business and operations of the company, observing the highest ethical standards and adhering to the laws of the jurisdictions within which the company operates” (Homer TLC INC, 2010). The Home Depot transformed the “home improvement industry” by providing a well round reputation for products, corporate governance and strong values within the community. The purpose of The Home Depot remains to build relationships, have social responsibility, and concrete ethics as an organization. Employees are respected, offered growth and reputable incentive plans. Public policy makers and Home Depot collaborates on ideas to assure prosperity in our society. Home...
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...------------------------------------------------- Project Failures From the Top Down: Can Marchionne Save Chrysler When Chrysler merged with Fiat on June 10, 2009, there was cause for hope and optimism. After an endless string of bad news, perhaps, the auto industry was not dead yet. On paper it looked like a good deal for everyone. Fiat would return to the US market and sell its popular 500 (Cinquecentro), Chrysler would acquire a line of cars that consumers might actually buy, and tens of thousands of workers would keep their jobs. But the real prize might just be Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat and now CEO of FiatChrysler. When he first became CEO of Fiat in 2004, Marchionne inherited a company on the brink of failure. It manufactured a lackluster product line and had suffered more than $12 billion in losses over the previous five years. To transform the company he embarked on several strategic and operational projects. He fired senior managers, upended a bloated bureaucracy, and brought a team of young aggressive managers on board. Then, he reviewed all projects and killed those that could not pass the market test. And he hired new designers, and demanded a portfolio of exciting projects that would bring customers back to dealer showrooms. In less than three years he succeeded in one of the most impressive turnarounds in automotive history. Now, as part of his plan to grow Fiat into a global competitor he has taken on Chrysler. But, can he perform his magic again? Can he save...
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...Examining Robert Frost’s Poem: Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening William R. Spicer, Jr. ENGL 102 Composition and Literature April 23, 2012 Examining Robert Frost’s Poem: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening has been my favorite poem since the fourth grade. Mrs. Brown, my English teacher, discussed the poem during the week before Christmas break. The entire school was buzzing with excitement at the upcoming holiday and when she introduced the poem, it seemed like everyone and everything slowed and we were transformed to a quite snow-covered forest. The question I chose to answer is about the symbolism in the setting of this poem. In our text a symbol is defined as a person place or thing in a narrative that suggests meaning beyond its literal sense. The simplistic setting represents the author’s need for peace, rejuvenation and a reminder of home, before he starts out again on his journey. Few places can be considered as comforting and peaceful and lovely as a familiar forest covered in snow. Since the writer was not afraid of being alone I believe he must be very familiar with the forest and probably grew up near it. The wood behind my house was a very special place for me. In the summertime it was a place to build forts and have adventures with my friends. On cool summer nights, it’s where my friends and I would pitch a tent and tell scary stories by flashlight. My family and I would go on hikes and discover a new place...
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...Intel is known as the world’s largest chip manufacturer, based on revenues. The company mainly influenced the development of personal computers due to their invention of the world’s first microprocessor in 1971. Michael Moore, the cofounder of Intel, established Moore's Law which says that the number of transistors that can be placed inexpensively on an integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years. This builds the basis for the semiconductor industry of setting up their future development plan. Over the years, Intel fulfilled this rule and did not stop to improve its microprocessors all the time. Intel developed further over the years from just manufacturing microprocessors to providing platform solutions. One main customer of Intel is Hewlett-Packard, a major operating IT company in the world which produces computers as well as smartphones. Their buying centre consists of a team of 16 representatives from event marketing, procurement, and executive management. This team is considered as... Intel is known as the world’s largest chip manufacturer, based on revenues. The company mainly influenced the development of personal computers due to their invention of the world’s first microprocessor in 1971. Michael Moore, the cofounder of Intel, established Moore's Law which says that the number of transistors that can be placed inexpensively on an integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years. This builds the basis for the semiconductor industry of setting...
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...chose to write about is called “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” Written by Robert Frost. The poem is from the point of view of an old man who has been riding through the woods and stops. It is the middle of the night and he is watching the snow fall as we can plainly see from the lines “He will not see me standing here/to watch the woods fill up with snow” and “between the woods and frozen lake/ the darkest evening of the year.” To me it seems that the idea of this poem is stopping and enjoying little things in life, even things like a snowy wood in the middle of the night. Something so simple could be very beautiful if you take the time to notice it. The poem also seems to give the idea that we can enjoy little things in life but not forget our important obligations. This idea is expressed in the lines “But I have promises to keep/ and miles to go before I sleep/ miles to go before I sleep.” I can’t say I can personally relate to this poem. I do however agree with the idea of it. I think it’s very important to take breaks in life. If someone works to hard and takes everything too seriously they will miss out on little things in life. I enjoy nature and being outside so this poem relates to me in that way. I can easily see myself stopping just like the man in the poem to watch the silent woods for a moment. Things like those woods that can keep a person sane. In this poem Robert Frost uses a very effective rhyme scheme to keep a smooth rhythm. He uses a chain...
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...of imagery, tone, symbolism, and everyday understanding, among other things throughout their works. Without imagination however, I don’t believe it would be possible to truly get what each writer has intended their work to mean. You have to look close and pay attention to be able to visualize the symbolism in each of these literary pieces. In Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken”, and Jean Rhys’ short story “I Used to Live Here Once”, the consistent theme between the two would be; no matter who you are, you are the only one who chooses the road you take for your life’s journey. In other words, you choose your own destiny. And although they took different ways to say it, both Rhys and Frost use imagery, tone, and symbolism frequently to enhance the telling of their literary works. There are many people who travel a distance in life to find the path they should take or to remember the path they once took. In the poem “The Road Not Taken”, and the short story "I Used to Live Here Once", there are many similarities and differences. The authors’ use of describing a path helps them personify life’s journeys and self-reflection. Robert Frost uses imagery to describe two different journeys in life that could have been taken. “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth.” (Clugston, 2010) As Frost writes in this first paragraph, he expresses the...
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...Robert Frost, writing as the narrator in the poems “Birches” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” is comfortable in the countryside and portrays an enjoyment of nature on the surface. When these poems are examined more in depth the narrator becomes much more complex, showing that there is a deeper and darker undertone to the pleasant words and cadences of the poems. The narrator has experienced pain and sorrow during his life and finds that his suffering makes the contemplation of death both fascinating and tempting. Also, the narrator has considered the peacefulness of death but has decided to pursue life and the choices that one faces along the path of life. Initially the poems “Birches” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” show the narrator as a simple man of the countryside. “Birches” is set “too far from town to learn baseball” (25). This suggests a place far from town and set deep in the country. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” is set in a remote woods, far from any homes. Each location in the settings of the poems is remote and far from city life. This suggests that the narrator is accustomed to the countryside and its way of life and that he most likely enjoys this type of life. The narrator also has an appreciation of nature. This is immediately evident in the fact that each poem is centered on nature and uses the themes of nature to establish the narrator’s points. Each poem involves an interaction with nature, such as a ride in the woods...
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