only the city of Baghdad, but the entire known Arab world. The wazir’s intentions too can be called into question, whether his actions were self-serving and an attempt to garner favor with Hulagu or if his actions were honorable and an attempt to broker clemency for…
I must admit I was intimidated by the readings for this week. However, once I started, I realized the readings complement the information in Literate Lives from my Literacy Foundations course, which makes it simpler to understand. Let’s look at some of the paraphrased facts from that course that correlates with this week (Flint, 2008) . Then, I will build upon that information to dive deeper into the issue of disproportionality. The background, culture, and experiences teachers have differ…
“Too big to fail” is a term used to describe a company that has become so essential to the economic success of a country that the government of that country must take excessive measures to prevent that company from ceasing to trade or going bankrupt (Amadeo, 2016). In this case, company is plural and the country that took those extreme measures was the United States of America. The 2007-2009 financial crisis caught the world by surprise and led to a renewed interest in understanding the inner…
as a commercial real estate broker and running the day to day operations of the brokerage; or attending school in pursuit of gaining acceptance into law school, fall 2018. Regardless of the ‘role’ I am playing on any given day, I find myself in constant and perpetual interaction with strangers, family, clients, co-workers, fellow students, professors, and the far too infrequent indulgence of time with friends. I am a wife, a step-mom, a daughter, a real estate broker, a boss, a sister, a…
Ted Builder is an Orthopedic surgeon who runs a successful medical practice in Park City, Utah. He works 60 to 70 hours during the ski season and afternoons during the rest of the year. He earns $200,000 a year. Over the last 20 years, Ted as acquired 316 acres in and around Eden, UT. These properties were purchased because Ted believed that Powder Mountain would become a high-end resort and make the land more valuable. Ted has not actively developed any of the parcels of land. He currently…
According to an article by Scott Keyes, 7 people literally froze to death in California in 2013 because they were homeless and they didn’t have a house to sleep in. (Keyes) The homeless people, who only had a choice to sleep outside on such a freezing night, don’t seem to be treated as human even though dogs or cats can sleep inside warm houses. People have rights, which are for people to live as humans. Rights are invisible and valuable, but people tend to take them for granted because they…
Effective communication is essential for the daily operations of an organization. It is necessary to cut through barriers in order to reach the goals and objectives of the operation. Communication is an important part of organizational hierarchies as a way to implement authorities, procedures and rules across the organization at all levels – executive, mid and low-level. It is important to determine roles in the workplace and communication is vital in defining those roles - who leads, who…
granted you have a good credit history and a secured job. Before brashly jumping into house hunting, one must first consider if they are prepared for the challenges to come. Along with the cost of a home, there’s taxes of all forms, property insurance, broker fees, loan fees that you need to feel confident you can…
The play “Hamlet” written by William Shakespeare, and throughout the play Hamlet learns the truth about his father’s murder. As the play goes on, Hamlet guarantees to take a revenge of his father’s murderer, who is his own uncle, who gets married to Hamlet’s mother just after two months of Hamlet’s father death. The theme of appearance and reality has been constant throughout the play. In the play, some of the characters like Polonius, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and King Claudius are unseen…
In his essay “The Mansion: A Subprime Parable,” Michael Lewis reported that most Americans tend to desire houses they cannot afford. They start blaming rating agencies and mortgage brokers because they find themselves financially underwater. But according to Lewis claim, the lending business didn’t create this desire. The people did. He explains that most people want a house that reflects how well they are. They think that they will control the house but the truth that the house controls every…