Abstract The paper explains that by the middle of the eighteenth century, the United States of America was well on its way to becoming its own nation. It had been independent for some time had begun to show innovation and entrepreneurship and had even fought multiple wars and conflicts and looked to expansion and even imperial holdings. Yet, the paper shows how despite its already rich history, despite even having the trappings of a traditional American folklore from the likes of Washington Irving, American seemed to still lack a classical and poetic tradition.
From the Paper "One poet, Walt Whitman, decided to set about remedying this problem, filling this void. With his groundbreaking poetical collection, "Leaves of Grass," Whitman not only strived to make his own name as a truly American poet, but also strived to create an actual American poetry, one which catalogued this relatively new world."
Abstract This paper studies the various diseases and insects that are likely to affect the Bermuda grass. This type of grass is suitable for most places as they do not require much maintenance, but they like any other grass specie must be protected against possible infections.
Tags: LITERATURE / CLASSIC LITERATURE, bermuda grass
Abstract This paper compares and contrasts Gish Jen's short story "Who's Irish?" with Dao Strom's novel "Grass Roof." The reviewer describes how both works investigate the complex problems that arise from the clash between the Asian and Western cultures. The paper further discusses the authors' styles and also the conflicts found in both works. The reviewer concludes that both stories give a painful and complex account of identity loss, displacement and racial discrimination in the lives of their characters.
From the Paper "Gish Jen's short story is narrated in broken English by a Chinese grandmother living with her daughter's family in the Unites States. Jen uses a multiple ethnic context, emphasizing the problems arising from the many cultural differences. The title of the short story, Who's Irish? directly questions identity and ethnicity. First of all, the story is about a Chinese American family who is now at the third generation of immigrants in the United States. Moreover, the family itself is a blend of ethnicities: the Chinese American daughter, Natalie is married to an Irish man, John Shea. The conflict in the story is thus a multiple one: there is an inner conflict between the Irish and the Chinese influences, repeatedly voiced in the Chinese grandmother's discourse. Sophie, Natalie and John's little girl, is obviously at the center of this conflict."
This paper addresses the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. It examines why it was created and passed, as well as its effects - both positive and negative - on the economy and the workplace.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 5 sources, 2002, $ 89.95
Abstract This paper addresses the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. It examines why it was created and passed, as well as its effects - both positive and negative - on the economy and the workplace. The Act provides unpaid leave for both parents when a child is born, but many choose not to take this leave because it is unpaid. The paper also addresses shortcomings of the Act and how it could be expanded in the future.
Tags: AMERICAN STUDIES AND HISTORY / ECONOMICS, LABOR, family medical leave
Abstract This paper discusses the 1993 Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The paper explains the intention of the Act to remove gender bias involved in child care, claiming that firms might offer maternity and child-care leave to mothers, but rarely offered any sort of similar leave to fathers. The law also encompassed the worker's need to care for aging and infirm parents. The paper determines that the requirements of the FMLA were limited to firms with more than 50 employees, but it is reasonable to consider any firm with fewer than 100 employees to be a small business, running leaner than larger ones, and with less capacity to absorb loss of key workers, and in some cases, any workers, as well as less power to withstand the costs of complying with the law.
Outline
Introduction
Issue Statement
Methodology
History
Data Narrative
Findings and Recommendations
Conclusions
From the Paper "The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) has a long history behind it, and it has a long road ahead of it until it begins to create the sort of 'cradle' for employees enjoyed in 98 percent of the rest of the world's nations. Meanwhile, it is spottily applied, bureaucratically run, and covers-inadequately, arguably-only 60 percent of the U.S. workforce. Despite its shortcomings, or possibly because of them if one considers the totally private price tag on the FMLA, it has enormous negative effects on businesses with fewer than 100 employees. (Phillips, 2002) Fortunately, it has no effect, yet, on those with fewer than 50 employees, although moves continue to arise pushing to extend the FMLA to cover business with as few as 25 employees, still under the privately paid design that punishes even the largest of the small companies. (Under the act, all government agencies regardless of size are encompassed in the Act's requirements.)"
This paper discusses the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which was signed into law in 1993, one of the most important pieces of labor legislation ever enacted in this country.
Abstract This paper reports that the FMLA requires all covered employers to grant their eligible employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave in a 12-month period for four main reasons: To give birth or to take care of a newborn child; to adopt a child, take in a foster child or to take care of a newly placed child; to care for sick family members, meaning a spouse, child or parent and allows employees who are ill and unable to work an extended leave period. The author feels that the greatest problem with the FMLA lies in the difficulty of determining what counts as a "serious health condition". This paper quotes studies that show that the FMLA has not resulted in greater hardships to companies and businesses or in increased worker absenteeism.
Table of Contents
Overview
History
Assessing the FMLA's Effects
Problems with Implementation
Employee Concerns
Problem Areas
FMLA Reforms
Employer Reforms
The Next Step?
Conclusion
From the Paper "While employer complaints are mostly anecdotal or backed by private-interest research groups, these successful court decisions set precedents that demonstrate the need for FMLA reform. First, there is a need to clarify what illnesses fall under the classification ?serious health condition.? Critics argue that current definition of a serious health condition is too broad, including minor illnesses that are already covered by sick leave policies. In addition, while many workplace policies already provide for chronic conditions, employers believe that the FMLA regulations regarding chronic illnesses are particularly prone to abuse. Advocates thus believe that FMLA reforms should start by disqualifying short-term illnesses and other conditions with relatively brief recovery periods. Employers should also be given the right to verify the medical information on an employee's health form directly from the healthcare provider. Employers and human resources professionals have also identified several problems with the complicated procedures regarding leave requests and notices."
Abstract This paper examines the Family Leave and Medical Act (FLMA) of 1993 and its provisions. It also compares its family leave benefits with those provided by other countries around the world.
From the Paper "The Family Leave and Medical Act (FLMA) that went into effect entitles employees to take up two weeks of unpaid job-protected leave in a month period for specified family and medical reasons ..."
Tags: family leave, U.S., Europe, Canada, benefits, FLMA
Abstract This paper analyzes Patrick White's 'A Fringe of Leaves' in respect to Rene Girard's philosophy claiming that human desire is not essentialized but rather mimetic. Girard explains that mimetic desire necessarily involves a model and a disciple who become rivals desiring the same things. This philosophy helps the reader understand Ellen Roxburgh's journey to self-discovery. It contains excerpts from the book and their explanations.
From the Paper "Rene Girard's philosophy regarding mimetic desire, the reciprocity of violence and the monstrous double can be applied to Patrick White's novel A Fringe of Leaves. Indeed, his ideas give us a clearer understanding of the journey undertaken by Ellen Roxburgh - a journey both physical and spiritual, between two alternate cultures and ultimately, between two alternate selves."
Abstract This paper describes the Family and Medical Leave Act, which was designed to create a business environment that is supportive of the needs of the family, and the regulations it applies to businesses. The paper then looks at the history behind the act and some of its disadvantages.
From the Paper "Dispute has arisen over the enforcement of the FMLA because of the costs involved for the employer. While no employer wants to take an anti-family stance, the costs of maintaining an employee's position in a company while they are on extended leave are enormous. The employer must either hire temps to fill in the position, or entice laterally positioned employees to handle the additional work load for a short period. In the case of the temp, the employer has to absorb the training costs. Then once the regular employee returns to his or her position, the employers investment into the temp, who may just be settling into the position after 12 weeks, is lost as the temp is displaced. The resulting employee two-step can disrupt company productivity, harm customer service, and ultimately have a long term effect on the company's competitive posture. While the needs of the employee and their family are important to the community, and the health of the company, the profitability of the company is the most important reason for its existence. Government policy which adversely affects the company's ability to be efficient and profitable is due to encounter court challenges."
Abstract This paper discusses the history, application, and current environment concerning the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993. The paper also discusses the roots of the FMLA and its application in the current employment environment.
From the Paper "In the United States Congress passed into law the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The purpose of the FMLA, as enacted by the Congress, is to allow employees to take time off from work for family or medical reasons without fear that their employment would be jeopardized or terminated as a consequence. A majority of the individual states also have legislation in place allowing for a leave from employment for family or medical reasons..."
Tags: government, legsilation, Family and Medical Leave Act
Abstract This paper offers an analysis of Diane Ackerman's essay "Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall." The paper explains how Ackerman achieves a balance between scientific mechanism and poetic observation.
From the Paper "In her essay "Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall" Diane Ackerman maintains an interesting balance between purely scientific writing and more poetic spiritual observations of the natural world. It is truly a fascinating dynamic at work, as Ackerman is able to effectively explain the scientific mechanism behind the changing of the leaves while at the same time offer a thoughtful perspective on how this change mimics human nature and the lives of humans themselves."
Tags: fall, leaves, color, ackerman, scientific, life, metaphor, poetic, language
Abstract Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" represents a poetic perspective of the cultural changes that were taking place in America at the end of the 19th century. Whitman's collection of poems are more than poetry. They can be read as a cultural biography, a celebration of one of the first publications of free verse poetry, and the insights of an openly passionate man who lived nowhere, but everywhere, in the shifting culture of America.
Abstract This paper explores the themes of the adult/child relationship, friendship and politics in Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass", along with several sub-themes and related minor themes, against the backdrop of Whitman's humility. Textual analysis is married with examinations of Whitman's own history through biographies and accounts, to develop a clearer picture of the man, the poet, the experimenter and the purveyor of his own ideas and beliefs in adult/child relationships, friendship and politics.
Introduction
Adult/Child Relationships
Friendship
Political Views
Conclusion
From the Paper "Walt Whitman was not a shy man. After he released the original edition of "Leaves of Grass" in 1855, Whitman was disappointed by slow sales. The verses did not seem marketable in and of themselves, and Whitman had handicapped his own success by choosing to print his long lines of poetry on larger-than-average paper: 8 inches by 11. (Harness, 2004) He had enjoyed some modest success with his 1840s moralistic novel, "Franklin Evans," so Whitman expected large returns and brilliant critical acclaim for "Leaves of Grass.""
An analysis of Sheri Tepper's novel about the inhabitants of Grass and a family dispatched there to find a cure to a plague threatening all of mankind.
1,491 words (approx. 6 pages), 0 sources, 2006, $ 49.95
Abstract This paper describes the plot and characters in Sheri Tepper's novel, "Grass". The paper details the hierarchy, patriarchy and class system that exists amongst the inhabitants of Grass and how this family and social structure is what leads to their confrontation with a subculture on Grass known as the hippae.
From the Paper "It is said that he who does not remember the past, is condemned to repeat it. In the novel Grass, author Sheri Tepper masterfully incorporates this moral into her story with skillful literary sublime. As the reader delves into the lives of the inhabitants of Grass and the family dispatched there from the land of "Terra" in search of a cure for the plague that threatens to destroy mankind, he or she sees a societal structure that has Grass poised for imminent warfare and destruction."
Abstract This paper argues that Walt Whitman utilizes the imagery of grass to convey his thoughts about men's pursuit of happiness. It shows that the grass represents the oneness of all people in America, life, growth and death. These points are later linked to show that Whitman is actually talking about democracy, which is evident in American society.
From the Paper "The complexity of a poem can be seen in its author's utilization of convoluted, latent, poetic language, which inevitably demands a certain level of thinking, of imaginations, of interpretation. The key to extracting a poem's meaning lies in the poet's implementation of disparate literary devices, which brings to light the poet's subtle, yet real, creativity. Walt Whitman, in "Song of Myself," uses symbolism to convey the significance of a seemingly irrelevant and overlooked object. The concept of grass is perhaps among the central themes imbued in the poem, which Whitman exploits as a basis to promote a greater fascination and appreciation of ordinary things seen in all walks of life. In "Song of Myself," Whitman, through the image of grass, attempts to capture men's journey in the pursuit of the highest level of contentment."
