History 333: Labor in America Winter 2013 Instructor: Dr. Michael B. Kassel Office: 285 UPav Phone: 766-6773 email: mkassel@umflint.edu Course Description The study of labor is obviously important to those of us who live in a town like Flint‚ Michigan‚ but‚ when we broaden the definition to include the overall history of working people we find how important the story of labor is to all Americans. While this course will certainly focus on organized labor‚ it will also look at
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“Oh‚ demiurge of our souls‚ who reigns in the heavens above‚ we honour and revere your sacred being. We turn to you and beg you to provide us with sustenance as we strive to abstain from quenching our thirst‚ with water‚ contaminated red. And in your mercy‚ forgive our most grievous sins. Help us refrain‚ as our desires continue to elude us. Guide us away from temptation and shield us from evil. With profound penitence‚ we seek your pardon for our gravest offences‚ imploring your divine mercy to
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Gordon “Bush” Stewart Gordon “Bush” Stewart was born July 6 1941 in the parish of Kingston he is a well known entrepreneur both here in Jamaica and internationally. Mr. Stewart is the owner or chairman of a wide array of companies some of which includes: • Sandals Resorts • Beaches Family Resorts • Appliance Traders Ltd • The Jamaica Observer Mr. Stewart began is working career at the age of seventeen as a Sales Agent for Trading company. He worked there until 1968 after saving up enough money
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Terry Pratchett once said‚ “God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising‚ which might be compared‚ from the perspective of any of the other players.” In the novels Frankenstein by Mary Shelly and The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells the characters Victor Frankenstein and Dr. Moreau are scientists who take their experiments too far. Both Victor and Moreau are very smart men who want to experiment with nature. Victor is smart and curious
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Albert Ellis was born in Pittsburg‚ Pennsylvania on September 27‚ 1913. He was the first-born child of two Jewish parents‚ and with his father being a businessman; he mostly relied on his mother. However‚ in his autobiography‚ Ellis described his mother as a self-absorbed woman with bipolar disorder. His siblings consisted of a two-year younger brother and a four-year younger sister. With both of his parents being emotionally distant from their children‚ Ellis stepped up and helped to care for them
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Jeffrey Luong ACCEPTING MEN AS THEY ARE – ALBERT ELLIS In Albert Ellis’s‚ The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Mating and Dating (1979)‚ he states it is a fact that most males are more interested in sex from love‚ that they love after being sexually satisfied rather than before going to bed‚ as females often do. He believes women should accept men as they are: sexually demanding‚ less devoted to the children‚ less warm and romantic. Ellis states it is the natural act of a man to be this way
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This book was written by Deborah Ellis in 2002. Deborah Ellis has been in Afghan refugee camps and heard many stories like Parvana’s. Its historical fiction. This book cover attracts the reader by the picture which shows that the book based on a country like Afghanistan by the look of the girl clothes and the background like the desert. Parvana’s journey is historical fiction and was published in 2002. The story set in Afghanistan where Taliban rules . Parvana is the main character in the novel‚
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jewish victims died in a concentration camp others were shot by nazis. Elli Friedman and her family are Jews and they also lived in the Holocaust. Elli Friedman was 11 years old when her and her family were sent to concentration camps. Elli was a smart and she was a bright little girl but everything was ruined for her. When Elli was in the concentration camp she had faith‚ hope‚ and she was strong for a 11 year old girl. Elli responsibility was to stick with her family until the war was over and
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“Marshall & Gordon: Designing an Effective Compensation System (A)” The case presents a scene where company is trying to breach a new market segment that requires completely different approach and skillset than that of the majority of the current employees. I believe that biggest problem in this case is need to change way how current managers sell and execute on business projects which is significantly different for PR activities that are currently major share of the business and executive positioning
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What kind of impression do you want to leave on the world? Would you rather be remembered for your property or your actions? For many‚ this is a difficult choice that they struggle to make. The late Chip Ellis‚ however‚ didn’t falter for a moment when deciding how he wanted to be remembered. He once proclaimed‚ “A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was‚ the sort of house I lived in‚ or the kind of car I drove...but that the world may be different because I was important
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