that a color means that you’re something that you’re not. For example‚ in the book John-John says “I don’t see no pretty‚ just a whole lotta black” (Flake 09). John-John thinks Maleeka is ugly because she’s black. He looks at her and because her skin color is so “black” he judges her about it. John-John only looks at her looks but he doesn’t really know the real Maleeka. “Why don’t other people see what I see?” (Flake 39) Maleeka sees herself as a beautiful person‚ but others don’t‚ because of her skin
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The book I chose for my book club is “The Skin I’m in”‚ written by Sharon G. Flake. After Sharon’s daughter was born it gave her the inspiration and dedication to write. Flake wrote short stories for her daughter‚ and read them at her daughter’s daycare. She then wanted to write children’s books with an African-American emphasis‚ this lead to her purpose of writing “The Skin I’m in”. The book was published in 1998 making this Sharon G. Flake debut novel. My reasoning for choosing this book was the
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Class I David Katz Mark Gordon Mergers and Acquisitions U.S transaction happen in CYCLES 1999-2001 highest point‚ then dropped considerably. 2007 another peak time for financial deals. Financial crisis: can’t get Capitalimpact on M&A activity. “synergy” cross savings. No need for two CEOs‚ recording systems…etc Leveraged Buyout: lack of capital people become conservative. FACTORS + consolidation makes sense in this economomy + private equity firms
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constructor who built an eight-story thinking machine. -He is so disappointed that his machine can’t answer his mathematical questions. Klapaucius He is a constructor like Trurl. He tries to convince Trurl to exhibit his machine‚ because for sure people would flock to the stupidest thinking machine that ever was. Trul’s machine It is the most stupid thinking machine. A machine that is sensitive‚ dense‚ stubborn but quick to take offense. Setting: It happened once upon a time
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negative or positive‚ but they are “nothing more‚ and nothing less‚ than natural.” I personally really enjoy this article because it shows that cliques are natural and are okay to be a part of. I like this because I think a lot of times in High School‚ especially a larger one‚ cliques can be perceived as a negative thing. The mean girls‚ the jocks‚ the nerds‚ the band geeks‚ and so on and so forth. However‚ personally I don’t think that cliques are such a terrible thing and this article explains that
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In Turley’s essay Shut Up and Play Nice: How the Western World Is Limiting Free Speech (Turley 2012) he discusses how free speech is not tolerated in many other countries and how it is dying in the Western world. There is so much violence from anti-religious groups‚ racism and many others that do not share the same views and scream first amendment rights as a defense. As American Citizens our freedom of speech is protected by the Constitution’s first Amendment which “guarantees freedoms concerning
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of Finance in Successful Serial M&A What distinguishes companies that gain maximum competitive advantage from mergers and acquisitions—deal after deal— from those that do not? An Accenture survey of finance and strategy executives from serial acquirers around the world suggests that successful M&A is based on five key practices. Why do companies decide to intensify their merger and acquisition efforts‚ and what separates those that generate value from their M&A deals from those that do not?
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Sure Thing Falling in love is something that most of us strive to do. Each of us longs to find that special someone that we can connect to. Every time someone attempts to make that connection for the first time‚ it always starts with a conversation. Sometimes it can be hard to get the conversation just right. That is where we begin our story… The play Sure Thing‚ by David Ives‚ is a one act play written in a manner that resets every time the conversation takes a turn for the worst. There are several
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Management in Mergers & Acquisitions Organizations of all sizes and across all industry sectors are increasingly looking to M&A to support their global growth strategies. The primary objectives for M&A’s are to cut costs‚ broaden market shares or take advantage of each other’s synergies and most typically to accelerate growth. Yet several studies indicate that more than half of all M&A deals fail to meet management’s strategic‚ operational and financial objectives. The crux of the matter lies in
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What Can We Be Sure Of? Humans cannot be sure of anything. The idea that we can know everything about our surroundings is absurd. The possibilities of everything we perceive being an illusion are endless‚ and there is frankly no way to distinguish the truth. To understand what our world really is‚ we must first understand ourselves‚ rather‚ our own thoughts. Yet in saying that‚ the mind itself is too complex for a mere human to understand‚ let alone to understand the entire world. “If our brain
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