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Affirmative action, by definition, is an action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination, especially in relation to employment or education. Using varying instruments and policies, Affirmative Action aims to help underrepresented groups have a better job opportunities or college admissions. Generations of people have been disadvantaged by institutionalized discrimination and one way to remedy this is to place a policy that evens out the playing field. There has been…

was for sure that there was no any children and any parent want that happened to their children or themselves, so there was any reason that segregation in school was necessary or even inhumanity. Moreover, there were many cases similar to Brown v. Board of education, black students were refused to attend a school because they were black even though there being no comparable “separate but equal”…

to the carrier. According to Deloitte’s Heads Up: Revenue Standard Finally Recognized: Boards Issue Guidance on Revenue from Contracts with Customers, “Under the ASU, a performance obligation is satisfied (and the related revenue recognized) when “control” of the underlying goods or services (the “assets”) related to the performance obligation is transferred to the customer.” CableCo is using freight on board shipping point so CableCo has control as soon as the cable was delivered to DeliveryAx.…

passengers, 8 of the 12 flight attendants, and 1 of the 4 flight crewmembers received serious injuries. The other 248 passengers, 4 flight attendants, and 3 flight crewmembers received minor injuries or were not injured (NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD [NTSB],…

FASB issued an update to the guidance for reporting on discontinued operations that requires the disclosure of disposals of components of an entity. In April 2014, FASB published ASU 2014-08 that revised the definition of a discontinued operation found in FASB ASC 205-20. The ASU 2014-08 also highlighted the need for additional disclosures about disposal transactions that do not fall under the criteria for discontinued operations. Therefore, any entity that follows U.S. GAAP is affected by the…

The Court in its 1954 ruling decided that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional and that all provisions of federal, state, or local law must accept the new principle. Only thing that remains to be considered is the manner “in which the relief is to be accorded.” Based on different conditions in all states that are involved in this case, the Court asked for Attorney General of the United States and Attorney General of all states in which the racial segregation is permitted to…

The Little Rock Nine was a pack of nine African Americans from Little Rock Central High School in 1957. (Wikipedia) This story started in 1954 when the Supreme Court called for the end to separated schools between white and blacks.(http://www.npr.org) September 2, 1957 - The day before classes begin for the new school year, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to get around Central High School and block any tries by African American students to approach the school.…

In the 1950s the united states were facing a time period where racial inequalities and segregation existed. In little rock Arkansas, an phenomenal event had took place and marked a change in history forever. Little rock nine was an incident where nine black students decided to challenge racial segregation. At this time many states across the nation had mandatory segregation laws, requiring African-American children and Caucasian children to attend separate schools .“The crisis at Central High”…

Ruby Bridges was born September 8, 1954 in Tylertown Mississippi. When Ruby was four years old her family moved to New Orleans, Louisiana hoping for a better life. During this time it was extremely difficult for African Americans to find decent jobs to support their families because they were segregated. Segregation means to separate people based on the color of their skin, gender or religion. After the move her father got a job as a gas station attendant and her mother worked odd jobs at night.…

Search and Rescue in the Florida Everglades Search and Rescue (SAR) in the Florida Everglades provides a unique challenge due to the remote location and operations can often only be attempted by boat or aircraft. A suitable replacement for manned aircraft in these search and rescue operations could be a quad rotor unmanned aerial system (UAS). Manned aircraft, whether fixed wing or helicopters, are expensive to fly and maintain. A fleet of small quad rotor UAS equipped with a SAR specific…