Dayton, Ohio

Concentration Camp Prisoner Uniforms Ignorance of the Holocaust can be very expensive. Witness what happened to Zara in August, 2014. Zara is a Spanish based clothes retailer and one of the largest in the world. It created a fire storm last August when it opted to retail a children’s shirt which it stated was inspired the American West (picture 1). While its resemblance to the prisoner uniforms worn by concentration camp inmates is obvious, Zara defended itself by noting the word “sheriff” was…

everything in its path. Almost four years later, I got the opportunity to not only help rebuild someone’s home, but to open my eyes in unimaginable ways. I joined seven youth and eight adults from my home church of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Dayton, Ohio, on an early June morning to journey to Bayville, New Jersey. Once we arrived, we met with the executive director of Jersey Shore United, Barry Moll. Through his organization, victims of the calamitous storm were receiving assistance…

Laurence Dunbar is a poet that was an African-American poet who was born in 1872. His parents were both freed slaves from Kentucky, he wrote stories about their plantation life. At the young age of fourteen he had one of his first poems published in the Dayton Herald. Dunbar did not attend college and took a job as an elevator operator. He self published his first book of poetry, Oak and Ivy in 1893. He sold copies to people riding in his elevator to help pay for publishing costs. In 1895 his…

Governor William Hull as brigadier general of what would become the north western Army of the United States. Hull’s young Army of one thousand two hundred volunteers was already being recruited by Governor Return Jonathan Miegs of Ohio. The recruits were assembled in Dayton, Ohio and serve in Detroit While resting his men momentarily at Fort Necessity, General Hull(American) received word that Major General Issac Brock (British) had arrived at Fort Malden by boat. Fort Malden is approximately…

Color Guard I remember when I was a little girl going to practices with my mom. I was always so amazed by what I had seen. The flags, riffles, sabers, the mat, the props, hearing the music, - it was all so beautiful to me. I used to watch my mom spin and teach the girls the work to the routine; I was mesmerized by it all. I loved watching the colorful flags spin around in every direction possible, the sabers spinning around and the gym lights hitting them just right and making them…

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, America had ample racial tensions between white Americans and African Americans. Many white Americans believed that their social class was above any free or enslaved African American. This belief of superiority by race led to racial strife within the United States which plagued the entire country. Paul Laurence Dunbar used literature as a catalyst to portray the racial strife occurring within late nineteenth century to early twentieth…

Problem Statement The negative impact to a patient with mobility issues as it relates to access to care is a significant problem for health maintenance. The elderly are generally considered over the age of 65, and in 2006 made up 12.4% of the United States population (Horton, & Johnson, 2010). According to Horton, and Johnson (2010), by 2030 they will make up at least 20% of the population. In addition, the elderly on average deal with at least one chronic medical condition. On the other…

Management Association follows a statement of principles and a code of ethics that encourage leadership development. Charles Kettering founded the National Management Association in 1925 as a non-profit organization with headquarters located in Dayton Ohio. There are many advantages to joining The National Management Association. Some of these advantages include annual conferences that teach and encourage leadership skills. The conferences give people the ability to network with…

Preparation of polyallyl polyether of allyl sucrose Abstract: Allyl sucrose is prepared by using sucrose, allyl chloride, NaOH and DMSO. This novel method is less time consuming and required less solvent than other methods. The product is characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared (FT – IR), 1H-NMR and MASS Spectrometer. Key words: allyl sucrose, allyl chloride, sucrose Introduction: Allyl sucrose is used for…

Public Education across the United States has been under attack for several years. Parents want school districts, administrators and teachers to be accountable for their children’s education; however, they do not want to finance their schools. School districts are forced to work with the income they have. This income varies from district to district and state to state. Affluent districts across the United States have larger budgets than poor districts causing great inequalities in students’…