...What does this contract reveal to you about the nature of sharecropping? Was this system a good one for both the sharecropper and the landowner? Explain. I believe what the contract reveals about the nature of sharecropping is that it was set up to set the “freed” African American for failure and to put them in such debit that they basically became slaves to the landowner once again. The landowner has left a lot of responsibility to the sharecropper obviously I think a good example of this in this contract is that the landowner has agreed to provide the team but the sharecropper has to feed the team Saturday nights, and every other day morning night a day and if he fails to provide the meal he will then owe the landowner 5 cents, which was a lot of money at the time especially for a poor sharecropper. He also has to pay for his half of the manure which the landowner designates as enough of the crops. This system is so beneficial to the landowner but only allows the sharecropper enough to thrive to live. I don’t believe this system was good for both the sharecropper and the landowner. I believe as earlier stated it was one sided to the landowner. The sharecropper had a lot of responsibility while all the landowner did was provided the land and horses for the sharecropper and then reaped all the benefit finically. He got a low cost of labor and once the debit piled up from the landowners harsh expectations basically free labor out of this. This landowner even went as far...
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...deprivation occurs when we do not get enough sleep or when the quality of the sleep is poor. People who are deprived of sleep perform as badly as or even worse than people who have adequate sleep. Since sleep is a time for the body to regenerate vital organs and functions, especially neurons. In fact, scientific has announced that neurons have been studying for 30 years. Therefore we need to know what are the effects and causes of sleep deprivation. People often do not have any idea what is disturbing their sleep and they often wake up in the night without realizing why. Environmental noise disturbance, room temperature and a poor mattress are some of the most insidious causes of sleep deprivation. The discomfort leads to partial awakening and restless sleep. At night, some people like to drink caffeinated drinks to keep them awake. Thus, I usually use caffeine to keep me alert, complete my work and study during examination and in the hope of achieving the best in class. Sometime I drink coffee for the extra boost in the morning, to help me get through the day without getting drowsiness. There is a close relationship between depression and sleep deprivation. A lack of sleep saps our energy, makes you irritable and sucks all the joy from our lives. However it will increase risk of mistakes or accidents in our working lives. Sometime we could even lose our jobs because of it. Sleep deprivation not only makes us tiredness,...
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...up ... ... ... CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Hope the night out drinking goes smoothly, and hope that no one is late for the ride home. MILITARY FRIENDS: Know some wild shit will happen, and set up rally points and an E & E route. CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Bail you out of jail and tell you what you did was wrong. MILITARY FRIENDS: Will be sitting next to you saying, Damn...we fucked up...but hey, that shit was fun as fuck!" CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Cry with you. MILITARY FRIENDS: laugh at you and tell you to put some vagasil on your pussy. CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Borrow your stuff for a few days then give it back. MILITARY FRIENDS: Steal each other's stuff so often nobody remembers who bought it in the first place. CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Are happy that someone picked up a one night stand and leave them alone. MILITARY FRIENDS: Kick in the door with a video camera in hope to have some blackmail on their ass CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Will listen to your relationship problems and hope it works out for you. MILITARY FRIENDS: Will listen to you over a long hard road march, and will help you straighten it out better than Dr. Phil. CIVILIAN FRIENDS: know a few things about you. MILITARY FRIENDS: Could write a book with direct quotes from you. CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Might try to hit on your girl behind your back. MILITARY FRIENDS: Have spooned with you in the field more than your girl has, and would never even think about doing that. CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Will leave you behind if that's what the crowd is doing. MILITARY FRIENDS: Will...
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...During his time as President, Obama has continuously made promises to help homeless veterans, specifically promising to eliminate homelessness among them by 2015. The Department of Veteran Affairs has reported that the number of homeless veterans has gone down by 33 percent since 2010, but there are still issues present. Lifezette issued a report that gives the public an in-depth view of what it is like for the veterans who are still living on the street and struggling to make ends meet. The report includes a video of homeless veterans who are living on the streets only one mile from the White House. Author of the report, Jon Conradi, wrote that nearly 840,000 men and women who were members of the armed forces spent at least one night on...
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...Related Stories A Nigerian internet fraudster known as the ‘king of dating’ for his sophisticated tactics of online manipulation has given an eye-opening confession at a Lagos-based church. Samuel Johnson, an Edo State indigene, explained that his journey into advanced internet scamming began in The University of Port Harcourt after he joined the ‘Black-Axe’ cult. “I followed them into a very thick forest during the night of initiation,” the young man narrated. He was just 19 years old at the time. “We reached a place where there was a candle and a coffin encircled by 50 young men. They tortured us with canes until we started bleeding. They then cut my tongue on a razor blade and gave me something to drink.” The quiet, intelligent student changed drastically from that day onward. “It was like I had two people living inside me,” he recalled. “I became very aggressive. I had this strength to want to steal and started stealing from people. I also started smoking and drinking excessively. Anytime I drank, it’s like I became stronger.” A cult friend into online fraud, soon egged him into joining. However, for Samuel, there was a strange, spiritual element to his deceptive tricks, widely known in Ghana as 'sakawa'. “There was a spirit inside me that kept teaching me. I was not just any fraudster; I learned it from meditating on it. It was inbuilt. Even if I walked into a room and money was kept there, I would know where to find it.” Starting by procuring foreign sim-cards...
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...My Life, “46 and Still Growing” Sharon Rene Butler PSY202 JoAnne Saladino August 5, 2013 I. What was your family like? A. Living in Chesapeake Va. B. My sister and I. C. My parents’ divorce II. Who were the important people in your life? A. My Grandmother B. My Mother. C. My Children III. What jobs have you had in your life time? A. My first job ever “seven eleven” B. Nurse Assistant. C. Hair Stylist D. Childcare profession. IV. What are your greatest achievements so far? A. My Children B. My career. V. What are your personal, professional and academic goals? A. To obtain my degree B. To Own My own Childcare Business C. To maintain my grade point average. References Witt, G.A. & Mossler, R.A. (2010) Adult Development and Life Assessment. San Diego, Ca.: Bridegepoint Education. I have always been my own person, mapping out my life since middle school days. My dreams throughout childhood, was to become a successful business woman, a loving mother and a loving wife. Let’s not forget about the house with the white picket fence and the dog. Life has a way of turning things around if you aren’t prepared. I became the loving mother. As for the loving wife, well I tried let’s just say it isn’t for everyone. Now here I am at 46 starting over and ready to grow. Just like billions of others human beings, you are an ever –changing product of your story...
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...while having the closest thing that he can have to a family. One reason Victor should create a female companion for the monster is so the monster will be happier and not have to suffer alone. When he is expressing his desire for a companion to Victor, the monster says “If any being felt emotions of benevolence towards me, I should return them an hundred and an hundredfold;” (Shelley 105). This reveals that the monster will be kind to his companion and he be happier, because he will have someone who he can care for, that will also care about him. From Victor’s perspective, any good father would want their child to be happy, and because Victor sees himself as the monster’s father, when he is reflecting on what the monster has said, he thinks to himself “did not I as his maker, owe him all the portion of happiness that it was in my power to bestow?” (Shelley 105). Victor has not been a good father thus far, but he now has a chance to redeem himself and give the monster its only request. Helping the monster that is responsible for two deaths of people Victor was close to may be difficult for Victor, but he needs to swallow his pride and take the only action that he can to help a creature who is completely alone in the world. Another reason Victor should create the monster is so that the monster will no longer harm people. The monster is already responsible for at least two deaths and has shown that he is quite capable of causing more destruction. For the monster, a female companion...
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...keeps the world turning. Regardless on where one stands in relationship to their fellow man, we all have been charged with civic and moral obligations to those in our inner most circles of friends and family, as well as to our employers. After living approximately a quarter of my life, I believe that I have discovered these duties and moral obligations. They can be found in my religion as a Christian as well as in the Boy Scout law. In attempts to find linearity between different ethical view points and my beliefs, Jane English’s theories about families, and Kant’s virtue ethics can be compared to my moral guidelines. Through the years, some friends choose to come and go as they please, where as others will stay by your side no matter what. Your family will stay with you for life; you did not ask for it, and perhaps they did not ask for you. No matter who you have by your side, it is to these people who you should have the most obligations to. To begin, looking to religion under the Ten Commandments, we see the first commandment instructing a moral obligation to our family: “Honor thy mother and thy father.” This first commandment allows for a number of different circumstances where it may be applicable. When referring to mothers and fathers, sometimes the real mother and father may not always be around due to deaths, adoptions, remarriages, etc. Therefore under this commandment the mother and father role may be extended to any primary care giver. This obligation of...
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...immigrant and she did not have a credit history. Thus, no bank would be willing to lend her money. Also, she learned about micro lending from a friend in Colombia. 2. What factors made Sandra’s company a business that did not qualify for mainstream financing (specifically discuss the C’s of credit)? Banks need to know what we own, what we owe and what our business finances are. There are five C’s of credit and they are collateral, character, capacity, capital and conditions. Collateral includes property or assets that is pledged against the loan that the lender can take and sell of the loan is not repaid. Character is the ability to borrow money and she did not have a credit history. Capacity means that the business cash flow must be sufficient to cover the monthly loan payments. The money she earned from working and selling her work went to daily costs. 3. When, if ever would you advise Sandra to approach mainstream lenders? She should approach mainstream lenders when she has a business plan set up and when she starts earning profit. 4. What challenges and setbacks have Sandra overcome? She has overcome a lot of challenges and setbacks. This includes her business in Colombia. Her business went bankrupt because of the economy downturn. She needs to work seven days a week and many late nights to create her clothes. She did not have enough money to continue designing her own clothes. She tried to get a bank loan but she did not have a credit history. She overcome...
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...Smudge The Magical Flying Kitty By: Rye Stahle-Smith Once upon a time there was a magical flying kitty named Smudge. The one thing weird about him was that he could talk. He probably could talk because he ate Goldfish © , Cheeze-Its © and most importantly… Rubber Bands! One day Smudge’s worst two enemies appeared, The Trunchbull and The Mangler! “I know how to take care of you guys!” Smudge whispered to himself. “The Trunchbull is no match for Matilda! Go get her Matilda!” Smudge yelled. “The Mangler is no match for Ella Enchanted! Go get him Ella!” Smudge yelled, even louder then the first time. Ella and Matilda are characters from other books. Matilda has black hair and Ella has blond hair. They both are women and they hate Trunchbull and Mangler. *punch* *punch* *smash* *crash* *bang* *slam* “Good job taking care of them Ella and Matilda.” Smudge said, with a smile. Smudge was so grateful to have some friends like Ella and Matilda....
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...Chris Gardner (will smith), his wife Linda Gardner, and his son Christopher Gardner (jaden smith). in the movie the family struggles to pay taxes, owe people money back, and selling a scanner. Chris was trying his best way to help keep his family good, but his wife Linda wasn’t too happy about being late on the taxes & that she had to work two shifts to keep the house. Chris was really struggling to help his family so he had took an internship, but the only problem was that they didn’t pay cash but he still took the internship anyway. When he had told Linda about it she didn’t show any type of support for him, she seemed kind a upset. After a while Linda had told Chris that she was leaving and was taking their son Chris with her. The next day, Chris had went to the son’s daycare center and told Linda that she’s not taking his son. Chris had got into the internship and was trying to sell his scanners at the same time it seemed very hard but he had got it done. Chris went to go pick up his son Christopher and went home but found out he had to move out cause he hadn’t paid rent. Him and his son had nowhere to stay so one night they had to sleep in a public bathroom, Chris was trying his best to take care of him and his son. After working so hard at the internship Chris had found out that he got the job and final succeeded for what he had been doing for his life and his son Christopher...
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...Many nurses prefer 12-hour shifts, but what is it doing to their bodies? Dall’Ora, Ball, Recio-Saucedo and Griffiths (2016) studied the association of nurses’ shift characteristics with sickness absence. It has been believed that the hours of nurses’ shifts can affect nurses’ wellbeing (Dall’Ora et al, 2016). Dall’Ora et al (2016) mentioned that previous studies have relied on self-reported data and that shift characteristics and how they impact nurses’ health and wellbeing have never been studied before now. This purpose of this study was to investigate the association of shift work characteristics in acute hospitals and nurses’ sickness absence (Dall’Ora et al, 2016). Dall’Ora et al (2016) used the sickness absence as an indicator of wellbeing....
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...Sullivan says “I have no misgraving about or lack of confidence in the cause in which am engaged, and my courage does not halt or faulter.” (Page 472) He has no regrets and he knows what he is fighting for and does not lack confidence. Major Ballou knows that the government must win this battle. He feels that American civilization depends on the triumph of the government and he feels that he owes them such a great debt. He feels that humans and the other soldiers owe the people that went before him and suffered through the blood of the Revolution. Sullivan Ballou is whole heartily willing to die, not only to help maintain the government, but also to pay the debt of those who came before. The passion he explains in his words allow readers to understand that he believed in President Abraham Lincolns...
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...*The Point of No Return *My Authobiography *My Story Submitted by: Darrel T. Condez 1BSA-1 Submitted to: Mrs. Lolita Racoma Prologue ...Slowly, she walked into her cold, dark house; she was still picking petals off the roses. As she walked up the stairs and into “their” bedroom, she left a trail of rose petals. When she was in her room, she went to the corner and just broke down. “That night wasn’t just any night; it was the night you walked out of my heart, reaching the point of no return... ...The Story... ~Hebe’s POV~ “Arron, where are you going? It is late already” Hebe asked as she was walking out of the shower and saw her husband putting on his jacket. “I need to go finish some things at work,” Arron answered “Can’t you. do it tomorrow?” asked Hebe and then she added, “I will go with you and help you since it will be a Saturday.”She smiled but her smile faded as fast as it had come. “No Hebe, I need to go and do it tonight, don’t wait for me, I will be back pretty late,” said Arron. Then he walked over and pecked Hebe on the cheeks. *Hebe thoughts*[What is wrong with him tonight? He never pecks me on the cheeks, he always kiss me on my forehead that would give me a sense of security and kind of saying he will always be here. I am going lose my husband soon, aren’t I? Body language says everything.] *Hebe thoughts* As soon as I got back to my senses, I noticed Arron had already left the room, I saw his phone and PDA lying on the table, I don’t think he...
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...On the Night You Were Born II Kings 17:6-14 and Luke 15:17-24 Rev. Dr. Zina Jacque August 29, 2010 Beloved of God, do you know, have you ever wondered what happened on the night you were born. My family story holds that somewhere around the end of August in 1956 Dr. E.L.C. Broomes told my Mother not to get her hopes too high. After all, this was her fifth pregnancy, and though she had finally moved beyond the 30 week mark, she still had many weeks to go and she should not get her hopes too high. There was no guarantee this baby would make it. But then, on the evening of October 30th, sometime after dinner, something within my mother moved, something within her said, it is time and all the world stood still for my parents, all of the world held its breath. I do not know what thoughts ran through my mother’s mind or my father’s heart in those hours before I was born; but I know once I had arrived, once they held me in their arms, they began to rejoice. Nancy Tillman, in her book On the Night You Were Born, gives voice to the rhythm of words that might have been spoken on night you and I were born:1 On the night you were born the moon smiled with wonder. The stars peeked in to see you, all safe and tucked under And the night wind whispered and called you by name And said with a sigh, life will never be the same So enchanted with you were the wind and the rain They too whispered the sound of your wonderful name. Your name sailed past houses, high on the breeze Over oceans and mountains...
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