Abstract The purpose of this paper is to discuss how CEO Gary Kelly's style has set new directions for strategy, internal relations and Southwest Airlines operations in an increasingly competitive and challenging environment.
From the Paper "The instability of macro-environmental forces and their impact upon the effectiveness and profitability of airlines indicates the need for multi-dimensional flexible and responsive management structure able to operate ..."
Tags: Southwest airlines, CEO, Gary Kelly, strategy, airline industry, competitiveness
Abstract This essay explores the uses of language that Snyder writes about in "The Practice of the Wild." By considering alternate meanings of words such as "wild," and "place," Snyder provides a potential for changing the reality of human relations with nature. This essay also draws parallels between ecofeminism and Snyder's views, as ways to expand the ethical and moral basis for ecological harmony.
This paper discusses the problem of historical representation in films, as seen in the international outcry over the United States box-office hit "300", by Zach Snyder.
Abstract This paper explains that Zach Snyder's "300" is a highly stylized depiction of the Battle of Thermopylae, which a small handful of ancient historians recorded as an epic against-the-odds battle between an enormous army of Persian invaders and a vastly smaller force of Greek Hoplites. The author points out that, unlike fantasy films, "300" is based on a real historical event with a real place and the names of real people; therefore, the literal on-screen actions are much more likely to be interpreted in symbolic terms. The paper relates that the comic-book style of the film, which is populated by a set of strange and bizarre creatures on both sides, further suggests that this film should not be taken too seriously. The author compares this problem of representation in "300" with D.W. Griffith's 1915 "The Birth of a Nation" and Edward Zwick's 2006 "Blood Diamond". This paper includes illustrations and an annotated bibliography.
From the Paper "The film was widely criticized even at the time of its release for its intensely negative stereotyping of African-Americans. Examining The Birth of a Nation through the two questions posed above provides a significant counterexample to 300. By placing the story in a real, and relatively recent, time period and place, by directly referencing real people and social issues, and by using relatively realistic staging, the film asked viewers, in a sense, to view it as a meaningful historical document, a sort of tinted window into the past. The literal action clearly lends itself to a symbolic message."
A personal critique of Frank J. Webb's "The Garies and Their Friends" ("Race in the Americas"), written in 1857 and compares this book with William Wells Brown's "Clotel" ("The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States.")
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Abstract This paper explains that Frank J. Webb's "The Garies and Their Friends" basically deals with the abusive treatment of blacks in the north, while in the south, they are still slaves and considered property; but, this book was easier to relate to than William Wells Brown's "Clotel" ("The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States"), which dealt with the same subject matter. The author stresses that he only slightly enjoyed the book because the story was mediocre and the characters too extreme. The paper relates that the society created in "The Garies" seems to have extremes on both sides of the issue, which is true in real life as well; in 'The Garies", Mr. Garie is the extreme version of an abolitionist, married to a black woman, which at this time in history was unheard of.
From the Paper "I find a few things in this book hard to believe. First, I don't believe that blacks lived the way they are portrayed to in the beginning of this story. The author had blacks living freely in the south. Even though he wrote it as though they were separate from the whites, I don't believe that the children so freely played in the streets and the fathers so freely owned their own shops. I think that they would have been harassed on a normal basis pushing most of them to stay indoors or some place safe. I also have a hard time with the way the Garies were living in the south. Blacks were still slaves in the south so; therefore, Mrs. Garie was a slave and so were her children. Even so, I so I don't think it would have been that easy for Mr. Gaire to treat her so kindly without his friends and neighbors criticizing him."
Abstract This paper reviews and discusses the life of Gary Kremen, a life that is closely linked to the controversy and legal battle surrounding the ownership of sex.com. According to the paper, the sex.com case was a traumatic and multidimensional court case which serves to highlight the tenacity and perseverance of the character of Gary Kremen in the face of daunting opposition and legal odds. The paper also discusses how this case highlights the interaction between the legal system and the changing world of online commerce.
Outline:
Introduction
Overview: Gary Kremen and online entrepreneurship
Overview: personal and business history
Brief overview of business accomplishments and history
The Sex.com saga
Conclusion
From the Paper "However it is the Sex.com case and legal battle which has riveted the media and public attention. Kremen registered the domain name sex.com in 1994. However, in 1996 a convicted fraudster, Stephen M. Cohen, contacted Network Solutions and had the domain transferred to his name. This was to result in a protracted legal battle over a number of years about the ownership of sex.com Cohen was supported by his influence and contacts in the pornography industry in the country. He also had large financial resources and had the financial ability to fight a lengthy and expensive legal battle. In brief, Kremen was to succeed with the assistance of some of Cohen's rivals in the pornography and adult industry. "Kremen took the upper hand when two of Cohen's rivals in the pornographic industry, Seth Warshavsky and Ron Levi, helped fund Kremen's case."
This paper is a review of "Sleepy Time Gal" by Gary Gildner, a short story, which centers on a tale of love and loss that takes place in a small, unnamed town in Michigan during the Great Depression.
Abstract This paper explains that, in Gary Gildner's "Sleepy Time Gal",
the narrator, a third-party in the story, recounts the tale through his father and mother's experiences, presenting each parent's view on the past events as well as some of his own interpretation. The author points out that the narrator's re-telling of his father's story about the Great Depression without focusing heavily on love and its loss, is indicative of a male stereotype that portrays men as somewhat devoid of romanticism. The paper states that Gary Gildner has de-emphasized a cliched love plot and instead presents it in more of a 'no nonsense' manner. The author concludes that, regardless of how the story is told, the story remains one of love and how it is lost. The paper states that readers are aware of how the narrator provides a balance to an otherwise one-sided and potentially uninteresting story.
From the Paper "By mentioning the parts he would like to include, the narrator seeks to complete what, in his mind, is only a partial story. By mentioning that he had already intruded too far in a story that wasn't his, the narrator displays the need to balance the story and offers an apology for straying from his stated intent of relaying the story as it was told to him. Though his mother also did not experience the events first-hand, but rather heard it from the narrator's father, her view of the romantic side of the story should be given a certain amount of weight; since the story was most likely relayed to her closer to the occurrence of the events."
Abstract This paper argues that Gary Soto's 1981 poem "Mexicans Begin Jogging" illuminates the general immigrant experience. The author points out that the poem reflects the unique experiences of Latinos.
From the Paper "Gary Soto's poem "Mexicans Begin Jogging" is both technically and emotionally skillful a story that applies both at some level to all Americans and one that is in other ways unique to the Latino experience. Speaking as it does of freedom and the desire of all ..."
Abstract The author of this paper reviews the book by Gary North, "Honest Money" which deals with the relationship between money and the Bible. The paper's author examines the book's central idea that the value of money lies in its marketability. In other words, if money is unable to buy you goods and services, it is worthless. The author of the paper continues and discusses the idea proposed in the book that individuals must make and use money according to biblical guidelines in order to call their money honest and pure.
From the Paper "Honest Money follows the theme of making and using money according to biblical guidelines in order to call your money honest and pure. The bible doesn't restrict anyone with regards to the form of money they use. There are restrictions on how money should be used. But there are no limitations on what constitutes money. For example anything can be used as money: silver money, gold money, platinum money, salt, wampum, but the most important thing is that the buyer and seller should be aware of the mode of exchange and should also agree to it. This is a very critical part. If the buyer or the seller is unaware, that would be considered unethical and dishonest and thus both parties must be made aware."
An analysis of Frank Webb's focus in his novel, "The Garies and Their Friends" and how this focus helps to define an emerging African-American middle class relationship with white America.
Abstract This paper discusses the second novel to be published by an African American, "The Garies and Their Friends," written by Frank Webb. It discusses Webb's focus on the lives of middle-class free Blacks and his exploration of the racism of northern white liberals and of the perils of "passing." The paper examines how Webb's novel helps to define an emerging African-American middle class relationship with white America.
From the Paper "Given these examples, Clarence cannot be seen as being punished in the narrative merely for the act of passing. Instead, Webb figures the problem with passing as a problem with identity. In order for Clarence to be accepted by whites, he must deny his own history. In contrast, Emily is not passing for either black or white; instead she acknowledges her identity as a child of mixed descent. Fortunately, the Black community is accepting of her status. One could conjecture that if she had to pretend to be only of African descent, she would experience the same torment as her brother. The problem, then, is the denial of the self. Race is merely a construction, but personal history is not. For Clarence to deny his own story is to deny what Hanna Arendt and Adriana Cavarero would term his "who." In her work, Relating Narratives, Cavarero illustrates how every human being "is aware of being a narratable self" (33). The "who" is shown "with clarity in the perception of a narratable self that desires the tale of her own life-story. However it is the other - the friend who recognizes the ontological roots of this desire - who is the only one who can realize such narration" (56). Clarence is hiding part of his story, and therefore his "who" is not being acknowledged."
Abstract This six-page paper presents a detailed examination of the book Fortress America: Gated Communities in the United States by Edward J. Blakely and Mary Gail Snyder. The writer of this paper presents an overview of the book's main points as well as examples of those points.
Abstract This paper examines how two most notable authors Jack London and Gary Paulson, both discuss in their work, nature as a force that human beings must fight with, rather than be a natural and uncontested part of. It analyzes how Jack London's "The Call of the Wild", along with his famous short story, ?To Build a Fire,? both revolve around the fight of human beings to survive in a harsh, natural world that seems unnatural to civilized creatures because of its cold and extremity. It shows how although Gary Paulson is a contemporary author, his work "Brian's Song" is, despite the two author's different personal experiences and the separation of so many years of literary time, is nearly identical in its concerns to London's works.
From the Paper "In London's work, human beings are always clearly pitted against nature in a struggle. London did not view nature in a romantic vision. Human beings were not part of nature in the sense that the natural world supports their development and survival, like the civilized world. Human beings are part of the wilderness in that they are, like the dog Buck, forced to resort to their primal instincts when in the cold, when fighting against elemental forces. They are war with other creatures for their very survival as well, as the wilderness is full of predators. In London's works, human beings are not "reflected" in nature's wilderness. Rather nature offers a proving ground for humanity, an opportunity for human beings to demonstrate animal intelligence and cunning."
Abstract This paper seeks to explore various challenges that faced program manager Gary Allison in the management of Orion Shield Project. Some of these issues are technical, ethical, legal or contractual in nature. The Orion Shield Project was an undertaking to improve the structural capabilities of NASA's launch rocket booster known as the Shuttle Launch Booster. The paper is a study of the activities undertaken by Gary as a product manager in charge of phase one of the Orion Shield project.
From the Paper "According to Meredith, J. R, Samuel J. M, Samuel J. M, Jr (2005, p. 465), the wrong direction and failure of the Orion Shield project could be attributed to the wrong choice of the project manager. Gary was more interested and confident with his work as an engineer and not a project manager. His desire to experiment with his MBA coupled with Henry Larsen's insistence drove him to take up the management of this project. Because he was very new to project management, It was incorrect for Henry Larsen to let Gary be solely in charge of this project, the best way could have been to assign another more experienced project manager to work hand in hand with Gary or better still he could have allowed a more experienced project manager to lead the project while Gary worked as an assistant to the experienced project manager. Henry Larsen's motive could also be read in his choice of having Gary as the project manager, he needed a new inexperienced manager who could be easily manipulated to promote his unethical management standards."
Abstract "The Hatchet" is an adventure about a young boy's survival in the Canadian wilderness. The writer explains how Brian, the protagonist in the story, is faced with many challenging situation that require maturity and strength. Paulson's book thrives on themes of survival, courage, self-discovery, and hope. It shows that through conscious detail, Paulson successfully integrates positive learning experiences about survival in nature into a believable story that is well suited for younger readers.
From the Paper "Paulson focuses on the theme of courage by constantly placing Brian in situations that test his courage. Brian's first test is landing the plane. Brian witnesses the pilot of the plane suffering a heart attack and although Brian might not have known what was happening at first, he did know it was something bad and it was up to him to take charge of things. This scene is foreshadowed when the pilot innocently lets him put his hands on the controls of the plane. While trying to guide the plane, it runs out of fuel and lands in a lake. Brian's trip to see his father has suddenly turned into an a frightening experience. Surrounded by water, Brian's courage is further tested as he has to find his way out of the crashed plane. By placing Brian in a situation that demands quick-thinking, Paulson is showing the reader how a courageous person responds to a dangerous situation."
This paper argues against the conclusions of Gary Orfield's book "Dismantling Desegregation", that segregation is slowly becoming the norm again in many communities.
Abstract This paper explains that Orfield is making an argument for entitlement: All students are entitled to the same educational opportunities and that measures must be taken to ensure that children, especially black children, are not forsaken these opportunities. The author feels that Orfield fails to make the distinction between racial segregation and the social or market forces that compel poor blacks to live in the same neighborhood. The author cites that in the two cases of Grutter vs. Bollinger and Gratz vs. Bollinger, the Supreme Court questioned the very notion that the government should allow state-funded institutions to maintain race-based methods of selection to insure the diversity of an applicant pool.
From the Paper "Orfield is quick to demonize Nixon, Reagan, and Bush, who are all coincidentally Republican conservatives, for trying to turn back the clock on desegregation. Orfield finally does refer to bussing in the context of the Green decision and the Keyes and Swann decision, he calls it ?student transportation as a means for integration.? (pg. 6) Because most students of this phenomenon know the process as ?bussing,? one can assume that his failure to use this term is deliberate. However, we are left unsure as to whether his deliberate omission of the term is due to a possible negative connotation of the word, or a general distaste for clich?s. To omit the word ?bussing,? given its negative connotation in the eyes of those that have live with and experienced it, would be to engage in a shrewd charade of semantic manipulation. We are inclined to argue in favor of objectivity in that he also eschews the phrase ?turn back the clock.? He cleverly sidesteps this one by naming the chapter ?Turning Back to Desegregation,? leaving out the beloved clock."
Abstract This essay discusses the question of what accounts for the popularity of urban legends. The paper examines the work of Gary Alan Fine, who develops a number of functionalist arguments suggesting that certain urban legends are popular because they express concerns or values that are common in modern society.
