A conference titled “For the life worth having”, held last November in Whanganui highlighted the link between economic and environmental health in the small regions and centres of New Zealand. Journalist and Commentator Rod Oram reflected on the conference in his newspaper column in November 2014, arguing that New Zealand often focuses on international influences in relation to economic, environmental and social development, that it doesn’t always work especially for smaller communities (Oram, 2014)…

October 19, 2014 To: John Danahoe, CEO eBay From: Nicholas Coone, Business Analysis Manager In Reference to: Life without PayPal Our company was the first e-commerce website to revolutionize the way people shop online. eBay allows an individual to reach the global market from the comfort of their own home. Competition has significantly increased and we are no longer the leader in the industry. As Business Analysis Manager I have had a unique perspective to see the problems that exist and offer…

Life without Parole; Living and dying in Prison Today. Hassine, Victor. Edited by Johnson, Robert and Tabriz, Sonia. Oxford University Press, Inc. New York, New York. 2011. 169 pages. Reviewed by Cassidy Fortman. 1. Victor Hassine was a life without parole inmate that was convicted of a capital offence in 1981. Shortly after Hassine graduated from Law School in New York, he was placed into a new home for the rest of his life, Graterford Prison. He was from Egypt and immigrated to New Jersey becoming…

Some strived and some opposed, in which only the people that were under their rule would be effected. The way I see it, Freedom to do what you want and living under the government’s care is hard to keep in balance. My question is would having absolute freedom be appropriate for people, is having the right to freely to pursue life’s goal without government interference important? Or would having your government guarantee that nobody is in need preferable? For example health care or unemployment or…

payed, while others exert their energy crafting or caring for others, and yet others devote themselves to learning. Because work is such an integral part of the American culture, it is hard to imagine life without it. However, this is exactly what Derek Thompson does in the article, "A World Without Work." In this piece, Thompson explores what might happen if human work is replaced by technology. This essay challenges modern society 's view that the sole purpose of work is to earn money and boost…

Rhetorical Analysis Paper In the essay we read, entitled “Why Our Campuses Are Safer Without Concealed Handguns”, we see the author use five main points, as well as using appeals to Ethos Logos and Pathos to help reinforce his view on the topic. The five main reasons that the author feels that college campuses are safer without concealed handguns are introduced to us in the opening of the article, listed as bullet points. The author then goes on to break the article into these separate sections…

(Strayed). Cheryl Strayed was flooded with an overwhelming amount of grief when she lost her mother to cancer. In her mind she was too young to die, which left Cheryl angry at her mother for dying. She lived under the guidance of her mother all of her life, and suddenly it was gone. Many people find themselves crying in bed for days or months, leaning on their family and friends, or exercises more in order to find some outlet for their grief. However, Cheryl found the best coping mechanism to be repeatedly…

phenomenon. Historically speaking, the endogeneity effect between the border and its people began in 1848 with the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo and it wasn’t until the Gadsden Purchase of 1854 that gave the border its current form. In the article entitled Living on the Border: A Wound That Will Not Heal, the author, Norma E. Cantu states that “the pain and joy of the borderlands —come from a wound that will not heal and yet is forever healing.” Said quote summarizes Cantu’s observations that were…

The article “Life in Mississippi: East St Louis, Illinois” is one that is not taken lightly. The article shows one the injustice that African Americans face in the city of St. Louis. The article all together is shocking and heartbreaking. To know that in a country that is suppose to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, there still is so much injustice is not only eye opening but also upsetting. One of the 2 most heartbreaking parts for me was when Kozol describes the old men leaning on his…

Water is the necessity of life without it every living organism on the planet parishes. This of course does not stop human kind from exploiting and abusing this priceless resource. Considering the planet is predominately water it is surprising to know that only 2.5% of the planets water is actually drinkable (Withgott, 2014). Of that 2.5% there is 70% of it going for agriculture alone which means that there is less fresh water to go around just to sustain the growing population (Withgott, 2014)…