Trajectory

Self-Determination Steve Stern weaves a mystical-historical tale of “The Pinch”, a small area in the north of downtown Memphis populated by Jews. Stories within the story, a theme begins to rise: although life may appear as preordained or on a certain trajectory, one can chart another course. It is the theme of self-determination. Subsequently, as a reader of Steve Stern’s book, one is taken back and forth in time and given detailed background stories about several characters in the Pinch.…

have support and solidarity with other organization (62). For a movement to succeed in a society that is against it, network and connection matters because put them in a social and political advantage. Meyer says “social movements trace dynamics trajectories, with activists moving in and out of collective action and with authorities responding in different ways,”(16). Social movement deals with different types of authorities with unique sets of responses to the collective…

things as,” Places are open, not closed, and they are actively created and being re-created as it was stated before social processes. They should be seen as the outcome of process whereby the people in the community and the others seek to contest the trajectory of change in certain place (Shaw & Williams, 2004).” These past years community tourism is becoming a growing trend, as new generations of travellers seek more meaningful adventures from their leisure time. Community tourism is a form of…

challenges and break them down for those they are leading. This is a core strength of mine and one that has served me well. As the CIO I would spend time each week looking at various areas across the entire organization and consider the current trajectory of the organization, outside influences such a technology innovation, and risks to our future in order to organize my work and that of those who relied on my leadership. Category 4 Begin with the end in mind Arriving at the destination you…

inspired and touched so many people in America to fight for their civil rights; it state the idea that every single person in this country have to be treated equally regarding of the color, social status or race. Martin Luther King had a remarkable trajectory before the “I Have a Dream” speech; in 1960 he gave his first speech about the dream of the much needed civil rights for the black people; he continued fighting for it and the day of August 28, 1963 in the March on Washington for Jobs and…

I don’t know how I started writing in the first place. I still can’t quite believe I write. To this day, I look back to the past summer with a mix of wonder and disbelief, because venturing into writing has completely changed the trajectory of my life, when I signed up for my first writing workshop. I think luck might have been involved in this decision: truthless, ruthless luck. Somehow the planets were aligned the right way, and the right song was playing in my head, the wind was knocking…

It was late, there was music blaring from the car’s thumping speakers, and the only lights in sight were those from the headlights illuminating the dark country road. It had been almost three weeks since I had departed from the United States and my family in search of adventure and knowledge. It was this particular night, driving away from the traditional festival San Roque in the small Spanish town of Ribadeo that I had an epiphany about just how much the events of that night completely…

I don’t blame the criminal groups for that, because they didn’t have that type of influence on me, but they did affect me on the trajectory and my own future. Around the beginning of 2012, the crime rate in my hometown increased at an exponential rate, due to its position within the frontier and its commercial facilities with the exterior. That is when my dad, a naturalized citizen…

Nationally are observed the typical stages of fishery maturity and decline, reaching today a phase of relative stability from 2006 to the last years (Figure 1). The annual average catch was 4,535 t during 2011-2015, for 32% of the maximum of 14,091 t in 1985. In addition, the estimated annual illegal catch average was 1,021 t for the last 5 years, which represents 18.4 % of the total catch (Figure 1). Figure 1. Annual official (solid line) and total (dotted line) and total catch in the Cuban…

As mentioned before in the section of literature review, several studies have shown that there is a close relationship between economic development and the risks to relapse to conflict, relationship that indicates that both growth and higher levels of income that growth cumulatively, bring risks down. Nonetheless, economic theory has not yet reached a consensus on the economic impact of conflict. On one hand, neoclassical growth theory states that an economy recovers relatively quickly, and…