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    Sporting athletic leagues have been around since 1903‚ when New York City’s Public School Athletic League for Boys was established to create formal contests between kids and adults. Racism has been around since humans have diversified into different races‚ ethnicities‚ and religions by coming together and clashing. How has sports and racism interacted with each other to make such a social uproar? Personally‚ I believe in playing the game how it’s supposed to be played without politics being involved

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    upholding moral righteousness and equity. Injustice is the violation and complete disregard of moral rightiousness and equity. Injustice can refer to an event or occurrences that relate to unfairness and the violation other people’s rights. Claudia Rankine highlights social injustices that occur in the daily lives of people of color in her book “Citizen”. She put the wrong doings‚ prejudices and stereotypical situations against people of color into a collective story. It is troubling that these

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    the form of racism. It is essential to recognize language as one of the most influential contributors to racism in order to see the connection between them. Words have the power to create great things just like they have the power to destroy them. Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric illustrates the idea that racism has become an everyday component of our society. The book argues that language normalizes the existence of racism. A story was being narrated where two characters

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    These White Privilege readings engage popular culture by defining white privilege through concrete evidence. Texts such as “White Privilege: Unpacking the Knapsack” ask the reader is to view a list of items that define white privilege. The reader is then asked to confirm whether or not the privileges are applicable to how he or she lives. As most white people realize just how applicable white privileges are to them‚ they can see that the problem is not just skin deep. The privileges white people

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    Redefining Loneliness The term “loneliness” appears on multiple different occasions throughout the American Lyric Don’t Let Me Be Lonely by Claudia Rankine but what does being lonely truly mean? According to Google‚ the definition of loneliness is sadness because one has no friends or company. I too had always thought of loneliness as the way Google describes it up until I read the book Don’t Let Me Be Lonely. Throughout the beginning of the book the speaker hints at a different meaning of loneliness

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    In Citizen‚ Rankine describes a microaggression where she responds with silence to satisfy her oppressor’s ignorance. As a child‚ Rankine had this close friend who called her by the black housekeeper’s name. Rankine reflects on the multiple incidents because “[she] never called her [friend] on it” and that act of silence bothers Rankine (7). Her friend eventually stops calling her by the housekeeper’s name‚ but she never forgets; the incidents weigh heavily on Rankine’s memory. When her friend

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    Thermodynamic Temperature | kelvin(K) | rankine (R)1 | Amount of Substance | mole(mol) | mole(mol) | 1http://www.mne.psu.edu/cimbala/Learning/General/units.htm Conversion Factors Length 1 m= 3.281 ft 1 m = 39.37 in. 1 ft= 0.305 m 1 cm= 0.394 in. 1 in. = 2.540 cm 1 ft. = 30.48 cm 1 yd= 91.44 cm 1 mi= 5280 ft 1 mi= 1.609 km Mass 1 kg= 2.204 lbm 1 kg= 0.0685 slug 1 lbm= 0.453 kg 1 slug= 14.59 kg Thermodynamic Temperature 1 kelvin= 9/5 rankine 1 rankine= 5/9 kelvin Area 1 cm2= 0

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    PDHonline Course C155 (2 PDH) Earth Pressure and Retaining Wall Basics for Non-Geotechnical Engineers Instructor: Richard P. Weber‚ P.E. 2012 PDH Online | PDH Center 5272 Meadow Estates Drive Fairfax‚ VA 22030-6658 Phone & Fax: 703-988-0088 www.PDHonline.org www.PDHcenter.com An Approved Continuing Education Provider www.PDHcenter.com PDH Course C155 www.PDHonline.org Earth Pressure and Retaining Wall Basics for Non-Geotechnical Engineers Richard P. Weber Course Content

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    & Spencer." Business Week International‚ (2000): 35. Le Riche‚ Timothy. "Closure date set of M&S leaves voide at Heritage Mall." Edmonton Sun‚ (1999): July‚ 44. Marks and Spencer. "Marks & Spencers Launches Two New Formats." (2000)‚ October: PG. Rankine‚ Kate. "M&S asks outsiders to review strategy." The Daily Telegraph‚ (1998)‚ PG.

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    Case Study Analysis ~ Enron’s Demise ~ Where There Warning Signs? Janise Baldwin Management Decision Making-Summer 2013 C. Forest Guest July 14‚ 2013 Executive Summary Enron is a company which headquarters is located in Houston‚ Texas. Enron was first headed by Samuel F. Segnar. Enron was the result of InterNorth’s acquisition of Houston Natural Gas in 1985. Under the new terms of this acquisition‚ the company was headed by Kenneth Lay on the first day of 1997. Enron offered employment for

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