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encourage students to retrain or change careers within short periods at little or no out of pocket cost and keep the workforce more dynamic and productive. This productive work force fetches more income meaning more tax revenues to the government coffers to pay for the cost of educating its citizens and investing in other…

Introduction Gentrification is a trend in urban communities that causes the displacement of lower income, long-time residents and small businesses with affluent middle class households. Due to the shift in culture and socio-economic status of these urban communities, there is an increase in property and rental taxes, which makes it impossible for the lower income families to compete with the rising housing rates. Gentrification has been identified as a social problem. The Fair Housing Act of…

The Overlooked Role Model: Portia The true meaning and traits of role models are debatable, amongst both experts and the general public. Some say their idol is someone successful, while others may say it is someone who works hard, for example. Despite these uncertainties, disagreements, and variabilities, role models can be found anywhere: in life, in fiction, or even in William Shakespeare’s most comedic play, The Merchant of Venice. Portia, the rich and desired heiress who must rely on her…

A REVIEW OF ELIZABETH H. FLOWERS’ INTO THE PULPIT: SOUTHERN BAPTIST WOMEN AND POWER SINCE WORLD WAR II Matthew Raymond Statler HISTORY OF THE BAPTISTS MARCH 27, 2016 Flowers, Elizabeth Into the Pulpit. Flowers holds a Doctorate in Religion from Duke University, a Masters in Divinity from Princeton and a Bachelors degree from Millsap’s College in Jackson Mississippi. She is currently an Associate Professor of Religion at TCU. Some of her works include Into the pulpit: Southern…

Financial Analysis In 2013, Google’s earnings trounced all analyst’s expectations as fourth quarter revenue rose to $16.86 billion, which was 17 percent higher than 2012 (Rosenblatt, 2014). The operating income also rose, which increased from $4.27 billion to $4.84 billion (Rosenblatt, 2014). The earnings per share expectation from most analysts were higher than reality, however, the compa-ny’s final earnings per share of $12.01 was higher than the $10.65 a year earlier (Rosenblatt, 2014). For…

Many scholars have argued about the role of justice and mercy in The Merchant of Venice. One of the largest interpretations of the role of justice and mercy is that Portia represents mercy seen in Christianity while Shylock demonstrates the emphasis on justice seen in Judaism. Rather than emphasizing one religion over another, Shakespeare utilizes Portia and Shylock to demonstrate how both concepts of justice and mercy can be utilized for self-seeking purposes in The Merchant of Venice. The…

The Keystone XL pipeline was commissioned in 2010. It “is a $7 billion pipeline approximately 1,661 miles in length and 36 inches wide” (Palliser 2012, 8). The company that would run this project is TransCanada and the pipeline “would run from Hardisty, Alberta, to Nederland, Texas, and traverse Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas” (Palliser 2012, 8). The media has written about the different perspectives on this proposed project. The Indian Country Today article is…

To many people marijuana is considered to have medicinal benefits while others believe it’s a gateway drug. Some consider it to have a “high potential for abuse which may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence” ("Resources - Controlled Substance Schedules", 2016). That may not be the case as marijuana possession was criminalized in the Confidential Restricted List in 1923 under the Narcotics Drug Act Amendment Bill only because some “business people and clergy” were upset by the…

The Thesis Statement: The Equal Protection Clause of The Fourteenth Amendment requires a state to license a marriage between two people of the same sex and recognize a marriage between two people of the same sex when their marriage was lawfully licensed and performed out-of-state. The Supreme Court ruling in United States v. Windsor led, many states to legalize same-sex marriage. This set the stage for Obergefell v. Hodges. On June 26, 2013, The Supreme Court struck down The Defense of Marriage…

A Viking—commonly thought of as a Nordic seafarer that plundered and pillaged countless seaside villages and merchant ships. This is a common misconception, since most "Vikings" were actually farmers, merchants, and explorers. Early Vikings travelled to and colonized Iceland, Greenland, and even areas around Newfoundland. Had the Vikings ventured south towards the eastern coastline of North America, colonization of the land would soon follow, and this alternate event would have been better than…