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he company of Nortel looked invincible and financially stable from the outside. Roth helped the company to changing times through the introduction of internet networking. But, unethical practice led to the eventual doward spiral and liquidation of Nortel. If accurate financial statements showed the true economic situation of Nortel, then investors and others could make bettter decisions. This would provide Nortel a foundation to stand on and continual growth during the economic recession. .…

The way people go through life seeking for nothing but the best for themselves is nothing short of what Grandma in ‘A Good Man is Hard to Find’ by Flannery O’Connor, finds in her day to day lifestyle. Tragically her and the families untimely death by a bunch of Misfits, seem to bring out more than just the scrooge in her but more along the lines of a, caring yet revived woman. The story is taken place inside of a car on a family trip bound for Florida, where it just so happens a bunch of Misfits…

Homicide. Assassination. Serial Killer. Murderer. These words captivate american audiences generation after generation. The picture painted in our heads upon hearing these words may be those of Ted Bundy, Jack the Ripper, or H. H. Holmes, the notorious serial killers of the last two-hundred years. These people are seen as the fore front of killers and murderers, but in David M. Buss’s book, “The Murderer Next Door: Why the Mind is Designed to Kill”, he illustrates his new theory on how everyone,…

Death in Chains Has society climbed so low on the totem pole of morality that it is considered fair and logical to kill someone to “show them” that is not okay to murder? Capital punishment is currently one of the most controversial issues in the United States. Among the Western parts of the world, the US is the one of the only countries allowing it to remain legal. Capital punishment--also known as the death penalty--involves the execution of one condemned for a serious crime, such as murder,…

in theory it was moving along by course of it’s own rules and laws. These constructivist artists became believers that they were going to take over the aesthetic-political organization of the country. Politically, they remained at the bottom of the totem pole despite their full support of the new Bolshevik state; however, they remained reassured by themselves that they were in fact superior intellectually to their political…

hierarchy laid the foundation for European empires and their settlers to seek power, riches, and freedom in America. However, these “savages” presented a threat towards this new found freedom. Due to the low position the indians held on the American totem pole, the settlers saw no problem wiping them out, or at least attempting to. To the early Americans, freedom presupposed inequality, and their ideas of freedom depended on the inequality of the indigenous…

Triumphantly surpassing a poor childhood, Andrew Carnegie became the richest man in knowledge and wealth. Along with his fame came infinite philanthropy and his charitable heart kept giving. Carnegie no longer lives, but his impact on the United States of America in terms of how he changed average lives, as well as the mark he left in the world will forever reign. In light of the fact that walking past him in early years, a person would think that Carnegie was just a simple, poor Irish boy,…

The United States of America has been rocked to its core by the gay rights movement in the past decade especially. Many aspects of gay rights have come into conflict with long-existing aspects of America’s oldest laws. One such case is the conflict arising when individuals running private businesses refuse service to same-sex marriage couples, domestic partnership gays, or civil union gays based on the owners’ personal beliefs. These individuals seek shelter under the rights granted to them by…

For thousands of years, men have desired to gain power over others so that they can accomplish their own goals. Thus, it has become human nature to desire power and control. Most often men would try to gain as much power they could possibly have by bending the rules or laws that have been put in place that would restrict them. If the rules and laws that kept the amount of power in balance were suddenly removed, the men would be the first to realize it. Their methods for obtaining more power…

Religious Anthropology can be traced back to the European Enlightenment between the 17th and 20th centuries. Societal breakthroughs such as the advent of the Scientific Method, as well as the Reformation helped to expand intellectual abilities to approach a subject with both an open and rational mind. Couple this with exploration, and Europeans began to see other cultures and societies and attempted to apply these new progressive ideas toward their interruption of them. With this came to main…