E. L. Doctorow’s Ragtime was a very interesting historical fiction reading that showed the great wealth inequality that occurred between the rich and poor in New York City during the early 20th century. One interesting passage that I found shocking was how Jacob Riis made maps in the latter end of Chapter 3. I previously knew that Jacob Riis took pictures showing the horrific nature of tenements; a fact that is shown in the novel as well with Doctorow writing‚ “The tenements glowed like furnaces
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What defines honesty and integrity? Is there a connection between these two words‚ and what does that imply? Stephen L. Carter‚ a law professor and writer‚ questions the common definitions of these words and the their moral interpretations in his essay‚ “The Insufficiency of Honesty”. In the essay‚ he makes several about the key differences between what “honesty” and “integrity” actually mean‚ and I agree with Carter that too often integrity is mistaken for honesty. He mentions that‚ “…acting in
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In the summer in the year 2013‚ in Edinburgh Scotland‚ Julian Treasure spoke at a TED Talk titled “How to Speak so That People Want to Listen”. In his speech‚ he began with detailing what he called the “seven deadly sins of speaking”: gossip‚ judgment‚ negativity. complaining‚ excuses‚ embroidery‚ and dogmatism. After that‚ he preached about HAIL; his view for a good foundation for speaking. According to him‚ the traits that every speaker must possess in order for people to want to listen to them
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that took place back in 1963 at a predominantly black church in Birmingham Alabama inspired several African American poets to interpret their own views and sides of the on the event that took place. Well-known poets such as Langston Hughes and Raymond L. Patterson use different elements of poetry to reveal their own side of the horrific event that took place. Hughes uses imagery in his poem and describes a highly graphic crime on the incident that took place in Birmingham. Patterson’s diction uses a
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These health problems‚ of course‚ include problems in mental health just as much as physical. Multiple studies have shown that obesity can be both a result and a cause of a variety of mental disorders‚ especially in young women. Dr. Susan L. Mcelroy found in her article “Are Mood Disorders and Obesity Related? A Review for the Mental Health Professional” for The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry not only that children and adolescents with disorders such as Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Disorder
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The essay “The Untouchables” written by Tomas L. Friedman is an excerpt from his book The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century. Friedman is a New York Times investigative reporter and columnist who has won three Pulitzer Prizes during his career. Other works he has written include Hot‚ Flat‚ and Crowded and The Lexus and the Olive Tree. In this book Friedman argues that the world as we know it is becoming figuratively smaller as people are forced to collaborate and compete with
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pleas her husband. In this humorous essay she is expressing her and other women’s feelings about how there husbands treating them and the chores that there husbands make them perform. The second writing is a poem called "The faithful wife" by Barbara L. Greenberg. This poem As the matter of fact I would like to have a wife myself if that’s what a women’s duties are to be born to make her husband feel and enjoy life‚ however I am not a male and I disagree 100% with the things that a women should
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UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO Joseph L. Rotman School of Management RSM332 PROBLEM SET #1 1. Suppose you own a farm that‚ if run efficiently‚ can produce corn according to the following “transformation” formula: W1 = 400 I0 where I0 is the number of bushels of corn planted in date 0‚ and W1 is the number of bushels turned over to you in date 1‚ net after all payments to labor and other hired inputs. Your utility function of consumption at date 0 and consumption at date 1 is: U (C0 ‚ C1 ) = minimum(C0
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My name is Jacqueline L. Montgomery. I was born December 31‚ 1973 at 11:59 am with 1 second remaining until the New Year. I am the third oldest of five children> my mom had adopted my brother‚ older sister‚ became a part of the family when no one wanted to be bothered with her. I am a mother of five beautiful children. One day my mom’s friend stops by the house to check in on my mom. At this time Mrs. Rigsby was the director of Lutheran family Mission. My mom was very ill at the time. While
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They wanted to have a war with major. Dr. King led a march against Governor. George C. Wallace that included 1/3 whites. Later that night a priest was killed for marching with the blacks. 5months later J.L.B signed the voting rights act of 1965. Martin L. King led the American Civil Rights Movement for
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