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community in which individuals work to promote the public good” (Roark et al., 2015, p. G-12). Benjamin Franklin, had a broad range of work experience from a printer and publisher to a scientist. Likewise, he received a college education, instead at the Universities of Edinburgh and Oxford, but also in the law field; and before being elected to the Continental Congress, he also served as an agent to Europe for four U.S. colonies (ushistory.org, 2015). Overall, the composers of the Articles of…

Political Ideology of Liberalism For centuries, different political ideologies have dominated the world in various regions with their own set of beliefs and values. Successes and failures were the deterring factors for an ideology to thrive or perish. Although numerous amount of political ideologies are being practiced in our contemporary society, however, there are only five fundamental roots of ideologies that laid the foundations: Liberalism, Communism, Socialism, Fascism, and Anarchism.…

stress in libraries’ investigating workplace stress in a further education college library service. The authors found that interaction with students can be stressful or enjoyable, depending on context. The need to control noise levels, modify student behaviour and balance the needs of different user groups are cited as stressors. Promise Ilo (2016) conducted a study on ‘Managing Stress Among Librarians in Selected University Libraries in Ogun State Nigeria’ and found that female librarians…

consideration. To be able to do this we first need to be able to define what ‘health’ is. This term can be described in many ways; the English dictionary defines health as “the general condition of the body or mind with reference to soundness and vigour:” (oxford English dictionary……….). This is a vague definition to an overall understanding of what people believe to be healthy. In modern society ‘health’ and being ‘healthy’ involves people eating well and being active.…

Harper Lee has become a household name over the past few years. This is because of the great work she has crafted, and the way she creates life like visualizations in her novels. Harper Lee grew up with a soft spot when it came to writing, and she was always able to recreate that feeling through her books and short stories, such as “To Kill A Mockingbird,” and “Go Set A Watchman.” Lee's stories all incorporate some type of lesson such as injustice, and sometimes even death, which makes her…

The Oxford Dictionary defines the American Dream as “the ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative.” The United States of America continues to pride itself on this virtue since its formation, aptly calling itself The Land of Opportunity. Indeed, many people have risen from unfortunate situations and attained degrees to live a sufficient lifestyle. However, there is a growing socioeconomic…

Chapter 10 ?Mabel Daniels?s Place in American Composition? Mabel Daniels and her work mirror many of the important themes of her time, reflecting shifts in American society and culture from the nineteenth to the twentieth centuries. Profound and rapid changes in technology and lifestyle provoked a range of responses from embracing the avant-garde to resisting it. In Chapter 1 I argued Daniels?s importance to the history of American music. While many of her works are powerful and merit…

Homework #1 – Personal Project Story Meetali Vaidya Over the past years many industries are moving towards IT systems to gain competitive edge in their domains. As a result, technology projects are getting larger and are increasingly gaining greater impact over various parts of the organization. In fact, they carry huge stakes and pose a risk to the company if they fail. Successful project execution is becoming an organizational priority[1]. Evidently, the field of IT project management has…

author who won the award for literature in the year 2001, he was born Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul in Chaguanas in the year 1932. As a teenager he attended the Queen’s Royal College in Port of Spain where he was awarded with a Government Scholarship to attend any university in England in which he chose, Oxford University. Some years later he migrated to England where we got married and began his career in writing. Miguel Street; a collection…

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