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    Christopher G. O ’Dea National University Abstract Diversity in the workplace is an essential function of the modern human resources department of any organization in today’s environment. Organizations that ensure the diversity of their workplace will be more successful than those who don’t. It is very important that today’s organizations are staffed with employees with those who accurately reflect the society as a whole. A recognized leader in this effort is Marriott International. Marriott

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    A mandala‚ a concentric structure that offer balancing visuals‚ symbolizing unity and harmony. Each individual mandala can have different meanings‚ but its goal is usually to symbolize something or someone. For example‚ my illustrations on my mandala represents a basic concept of who I am. In my mandala‚ it looks similar to Yin and Yang ; One side portrays me while the other side shows my opposite. Using the symbols of an animal‚ a plant‚ a color‚ a number‚ weather‚ a shape‚ and a phenomenon‚ I

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    Once upon a time two young bunnies got on a bus at their stop. They walked down the bus aisle and sat at the back‚ trying to be ‘cool.’ A group of highschoolers got on the bus at the next stop. A highschool kitten pulls out a bag of “brownies.” They began eating the brownies when one of them had a not so great idea. “Hey dudes‚ wouldn’t it be funny if we gave those bunnies some “brownies?” “Sure. Why not?” says another. One of the high schoolers asks one of the younger rabbits if they want some

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    Theme for “Everyday Use” The theme of “Everyday Use” (1973)‚ by Eudora Welty‚ is the impact of the past on the present. Mama Johnson and her daughter Maggie await the arrival of the older daughter‚ Dee. Mama Johnson recalls the various allowances she provided for Dee. Dee receives a formal education and the finer clothes she prefers to wear‚ unlike Mama Johnson and Maggie. Dee has two fundamental issues. Her family embarrasses her‚ and she is accustomed to getting her way‚ although Dee is never

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    My topic for this ISP is focusing on how the main character‚ Susie evolves‚ and how she affects people on Earth without being present. In the novel “The Lovely Bones” Susie is a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family‚ friends and killer from heaven. Throughout the novel‚ Susie is trapped in a “perfect world” leaving her from seeing her family‚ friends and killer. Susie begins to mature in her journey through heaven as she progresses and even though she does not grow up‚ shows

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    I chose the movie The Color Purple because the story is centered on the life of African-American women‚ who experienced issues with family bonding. This young lady was faced with many hardship and struggles that began in the home with her family. The storyline behind how this young girl was sexually and mentally abused by her father. The abuse continued later on when she was forced to marry an older man with young children of his own. Throughout her struggles with self-worth and her own identity

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    Jeannette Rankin was born near Missoula‚ Montana on June 11‚ 1880. She successfully fought for a woman’s right to vote in Washington State and Montana and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1916. The first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress‚ during her two separate terms Rankin helped pass the 19th Amendment and was the only Congressperson to vote against both WWI and WWII. She died in 1973. Jeannette Rankins was a vigorous feminist ‚ a life time pacifist and a reformer for social

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    Socratic Seminar Make-Up Samantha Walker She is a human rights activist with numerous awards for her writing including the title “One of the most Important Writers of the 20th Century” by Reader’s Digest. She has written 13 books and won the National Book Prize of South Africa‚ American Library Association Award‚ and is an author on Oprah’s book list. Who is this marvelous writer? Her name is Barbara Kingsolver. In her first book‚ The Bean Trees‚ her life and political views are greatly

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    My interview essay on Techelle the amazing James. The person I interviewed was Techelle Evans. Techelle James is a sixteen year old junior and was born on January 30th 1996. She is the eldest of three girls‚ her mother is from here St.Thomas USVI and her father is from Africa and has two pet dogs. I realized that Techelle plays shy in class but in reality she is actually noisy‚ full of life and fun to be around. She acts shy by sitting over there in that dry dusty area were she pretends to be

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    The book The Lovely Bones is about a young girl named Susie Salmon that was murdered at the age of fourteen. Susie is the narrator of the story and she tells her story and watches her family and friends try and catch the killer. But she is having a hard time getting her family’s attention while she is in heaven. She starts to get bored in heaven and depressed and she starts to watch her family fall apart because of her death. The book talks about more of her heaven and how she is not enjoying her

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