Abstract The following paper examines the life and history of Leone NellySachs, a poet, author and playwright in the 1900's and winner of the Nobel Peace for literature with the Israeli novelist and short story writer S.Y. Agnon. The writer discusses Sachs' experiences in the second world war, where she was sent to concentration camps and lost all her family. This paper discusses her poems, plays and dramatic fragments published in post-war years as a "mute outcry" against the Holocaust.
From the Paper "Nelly Sachs was almost fifty years old when she reached Sweden. She shared a two-bedroom apartment with her mother on the third floor of a building. Nelly Sachs was now in a country where she did not know the language, tied to the home by the need to look after her old, weak mother. This meant that letter-writing was often her only contact with the outside world; at first with Swedish intellectuals who broke the usual reserved attitude and made personal efforts in connection with the refugees. Sachs was able to make a modest living supporting herself and her mother while in exile in Sweden by translating the works of Swedish poets Gunnar Ekel?f, Erik Lindegren and Johannes Edfelt into German. She eventually published several successful volumes of her translations. She also became a Swedish citizen."
Abstract This paper discusses the early life and influences on Canadian feminist Nellie McClung. The author points out her place in Canadian history. The paper relates McClung's role as a political official, her activism and commitment to female emancipation, equality and temperance.
From the Paper 'Nellie Helen Leticia Mooney McClung was born in near the town of Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. She moved along with her family to a farm near Millford in the Tiger Hills southwest of Brandon, Manitoba."
Abstract This is a detail oriented clinical presentation of Tay-Sachs disease that focuses on the disease histology, clinical presentation, laboratory findings and finally prognosis. There is an introduction that goes into the disease itself from a historical standpoint and from an epidemiologic standpoint. The basic disease classification is discussed as are the disease specifics, including the four categories.
From the Paper "Tay Sachs Disease is a Hex A deficiency genetic disorder that predominantly affects jewish individuals of eastern european extraction (Ashkenzai), French-Canadians and those of Irish ancestry; although these later two groups are not as strongly focused on in the literature. While Frye tells us that the disorder was described over 100 years ago, the gene responsible for Tay-Sachs disease enzyme deficiency was identified in 1969. Tay-Sachs is an autosomal recessive, lysosomal storage disorder grouped within the G[M2] ganglioside disorders. This paper will provide four profiles of the disease: histology, clinical picture, laboratory findings/results and finally will offer a prognosis. Operationally, we need to look to Scheinfeld to understand the disorder. According to Scheinfeld, a lysosome is a "subcellular organelle responsible for the physiologic turnover of cell constituents containing catabolic enzymes requiring a low optimum pH..."
Abstract This paper examines the background, history and activities of feminist and social activist, Nellie McClung of Canada. The paper traces the development of Nellie's political, literary and feminist careers. The paper discusses one of her major accomplishments, the attainment of women suffrage. The paper describes Nellie's growing understanding of human nature, views on temperance and feminism, concern for others and her natural inability to suppress the expression of these sentiments, explaining how all this evolved into her political activism.
From the Paper "Nellie was born in Chatsworth, Ontario, Canada on October 20, 1873 to John Mooney and Letitia McCurdy Mooney (Dugas 2000). She was named Helen Letitia and her siblings were Will, George, Elizabeth, Hannah and Jack. Nellie was the family favorite. In 1880, the family emigrated to the Canadian West to homestead south of Brandon, Manitoba where Nellie attended school from ages 10 to 16. At 16 in 1889, she finished Normal School or teacher training (Dugas). At birth, Nellie, her mother or any of her sisters was not recognized as "persons" by Canadian law (Bridgeman 1999). They and other women of the time did not share certain rights with men. Women were economically dependent on their father or husband. A woman's inherited property passed on to her husband and when he died, she was left penniless and raised her children in poverty. Women were not allowed in certain careers, such as politics, law and medicine. Most importantly, they were not allowed to vote and to determine the future of society."
Abstract In this article, the writer discusses David Sachs' article "A Fallacy in Plato's Republic". The writer shows Sachs' belief that Plato's argument in terms of his discussion of justice is radically flawed due to the fallacy of irrelevance. Further, the writer points out that Sachs argues that Plato fails to make a connection between the two types of justice discussed in the 'Republic'.
From the Paper "David Sachs, in his article "A Fallacy in Plato's Republic", contends that Plato's argument in terms of his discussion of justice - one of the key elements of the Republic - is radically flawed due to the fallacy of irrelevance. By this, Sachs argues that Plato fails to make a connection between the two types of justice discussed in the Republic and that, instead of proving that justice is valuable in itself he argues only that it is valuable in its effects."
Abstract Writing against the Marxist and feminist readings of Terry Eagleton and Lyn Pykett, respectively, the author investigates the novel's narrator, Nelly Dean, to show how she is a more complicated character than meets the eye.
From the Paper "In his Marxist analysis of Wuthering Heights, Terry Eagleton considers the role of Heathcliff as an analogy for industrial capitalism's pernicious rise in England. His analysis ignores, however, one of the key working class characters in the novel, Nelly Dean. He focuses primarily on Heathcliff, a character who is ruined by the social effects of capital, while ignoring Nelly, who is a key ideological subject of capitalism. Eagleton, for instance only mentions her "self confessedly biased testimony" (402) but ignores another important trait, that she is a servant and this helps make her a more transparent observer of the action which she retells Lockwood in the course of the novel. There is a negative consequence of this transparency, in that we sometimes lose track of Nelly the person in her recollection of events. The dehumanizing effect of capitalism renders Nelly as invisible to the reader as the families whom she observes. In Lyn Pykett's feminist reading as well, Nelly is only mentioned as an observer and not a character. She discusses how the two Catherines are formed as women, but does not stop to consider how Nelly is also formed as a woman. Nelly is written into the text as a woman every bit as much as the Catherines are. There is especially something to be said about how Lockwood, the other major narrator in the text, constructs Nelly as a woman figure in the novel. While the analyses that Pykett and Eagleton may do well with exploring the characters of the Catherines and Heathcliff, their assumptions and approaches can be useful in understanding the most prominent and least apparent character in the narrative of "Wuthering Heights", Nelly Dean."
Abstract This paper discusses Nellie McClung, the women's suffrage leader of the early 1900s whose efforts in the area of women's rights altered the course of history for all Canadian women. The paper explores her work in women's suffrage, as well as the events that created change, and her role as a strong voice within the social order.
From the Paper "In the early 1900s women had gained two roles in society - caring for their families and working alongside men in the labor market. However, in the latter position women were still viewed as lesser human beings than men, forced to accept lower wages, and to work in conditions that were unsafe, as well as unhealthy. While the general societal feeling of the time was that a woman's first concern should be to tend to her family's needs, the immense rise in poverty also forced the world to accept women in the labor market in order for families to survive. With women being caught in this dual position it was evident for some that work to secure women's rights had to be accomplished in order to ensure that one day women might be capable of receiving the respect that they deserved in all of their roles within the social order."
Abstract This paper discusses Richard V. Adkisson's review of the book titled "Understanding Development: People, Markets and the State in Mixed Economies" written by Ignacy Sachs as published in "Journal of Economics in March, 2001". It examines and analyzes Sachs' concept of development within the context of economics.
From the Paper "Further, Adkisson stated that his synopsis of Sachs' message was probably oversimplified. He specified that "Understanding Development" covered several topics, such as "looking for new development strategies, globalization, the role of the informal economy, creation of a biomass-based civilization, and planetary citizenship" (Adkisson, 2001). At this time, readers start picking up on the manner Sachs developed his theories, promoted his beliefs and generated his statements. Sachs' theories are wide-ranging, his statements are generalized and his beliefs are based on a "multidimensional measure of development that reflects social and cultural concerns as well as more narrowly economic ones" (Bruton, 2002). "
An in-depth analysis and comparison of the works "The End of Poverty" by Jeffrey Sachs and "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" by John Perkins on the state of global poverty.
Abstract The paper examines Jeffrey Sachs' arguments in his work, "The End of Poverty", about how to alleviate poverty in the poorest countries in the world and highlights the flaws inherent in his arguments. The paper then explores John Perkins' arguments in "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" who reveals that developed nations use the poverty of developing nations to their advantage and, therefore, they do not wish to see these nations succeed in any manner. The paper relates that Perkins has been responsible for harming the economies of various countries around the world, as is especially evident in Latin America. The paper therefore concludes that while Jeffrey Sachs' ideas are good in theory, they would not work because the developed world does not actually want to end poverty. The paper asserts that while there are some criticisms of Perkins' work, it is difficult to argue with him since he knows first hand what happens in these countries.
From the Paper "The books The End of Poverty, by Jeffrey Sachs, and Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, by John Perkins, offer two differing opinions on the state of global poverty. Sachs is optimistic that if members of the United Nations were to follow his guidelines, that extreme poverty could be eliminated by 2025. This would mean that each country would have to contribute a certain amount each year for the next decade in order to ensure that this program would work. Sachs is very confident in his ability as an economist and he believes that his method would definitely work if given the proper chance. One thing that Sachs also suggests is an approach called "shock therapy" where government intervention into the economy suddenly stops and a free market is created."
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Abstract This paper discusses not only the 'story within a story' issue and the narrative ideas of the novel, but also the importance of both Nellie and Lockwood as far as storytelling is concerned. There is also be a discussion of Lockwood and why he is of great importance in the story as well as Lockwood's final observations to a specific passage of the novel.
From the Paper "In Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, there is a story being told within a story. There is also a very distinct narrative structure in that several people contribute their points of view and act as narrators. This helps the reader to experience much more of the story than they would have been able to if just one person told the story from beginning to end. The different viewpoints give the reader more to think about, and they help to explain some of the events that occur during the course of the story."
Abstract This paper examines how Nellie McClung's book "In Times Like These" chronicles the struggles of common, Canadian women on the frontier in a series of speeches and essays by the author that were intended for the public at large or the audience of suffrage and temperance organizations. It looks at how it celebrates the rural and western ideal of life on the homestead for both women and men and how it extols the moral superiority of Canadian country life over Canadian city life even while it strives to consciously uplift the Canadian urban locale through improved social policy.
From the Paper "Nellie McClung's In Times Like These is a testimony to the popularity of its author. It is a collection of long-standing, collected speeches and essays drawn from McClung's extensive career as a speaker for a Manitoba suffrage and temperance organization and shows that McClung was a popular enough speaker and public figure to have confidence that there was a demand to see her speeches in print that she had already given to a wide public audience. The book is a public and retrospective text, designed to speak to an audience and persuasively appeal to a middle-class audience-hence, perhaps one of the reasons McClung stresses good, solid values and the importance of traditional Canadian family liver versus the reality of immigrant, urban conditions."
Abstract This paper contends that the ending of the novel "Wuthering Heights" poses many a problem for the reader and that an unequivocal interpretation of it, and of the whole text for that matter, is not possible. The paper discusses how the ending has to be put in relation to what lies behind the events it narrates and not to what is apparent. It also argues that a decision has to be taken as to how we are to regard the fact that both narrators, Lockwood and Nelly, whom the author has given us plenty of reasons to mistrust, are perfectly in accord with the way that the novel concludes.
From the Paper "The nature and direction of our interpretation depends much on what we take Emily Bronte's attitude to be towards the second generation. Wuthering Heights could very well end with the words "Together they would brave Satan and all his legions." However, the author chooses to add almost a page of impressions which apparently have nothing to do with the young couple. After all, the final close-up left to the reader is not the image of the two young lovers under the moonlight but the unsettling gloomy vision of an isolated graveyard. The choice of such setting is entirely of the writer's making. Emily Bronte, intentionally or not, creates an ambiguity on all levels of the narrative. In this connection, when trying to determine to what extent the machinery of the Gothic and the delicately calculated presence of the Fantastic are at work in the ending of Wuthering Heights, we realise that it cannot be affirmed with surety that one single type of imagery pervades the final pages. "
This paper describes and compares economic theories of capitalists from 1770s (Smith), 1980s (Reagan) and 1990s (Sachs): Supply and demand, policy, growth, role of government, recession, inflation, deficits and reform.
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From the Paper "This research draws comparisons with the economic theories of Adam Smith in the 1770s, the economic policies followed during the presidency of Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, and the economic prescriptions advocated by Jeffrey Sachs in the 1990s. The emphasis in this research is on trade and economic activity.
In the formulation of economic theory, Adam Smith was principally concerned with the factors which led to increased wealth in an economy. Smith (1776, pp. 131-136) contended that the cost of labor provided the basis for the determination of the value of a commodity. Smith further contended that it was the relative expenditure of labor that mattered. Smith also contended, however, that the factors of supply and demand also affected the actual price levels (inflation) of commodities in the ... "
Abstract This paper looks at this company and its IPO and related issues to this IPO such as: business overview, use of proceeds, industry trends, risk factors, stock performance, alternatives to the IPO, and the firm's prospects. This paper includes tables and an appendix.
Abstract The paper reports on the company and the product "Apple Bottoms Jeans", a line of women's jeans designed by a rapper named Nelly and sold through a distribution company. The paper examines how Nelly designs the clothing and his cousin operates the company. The paper further examines how the company does its own marketing, and the product is sold through an association with the music world, as well as other endorsements and methods of marketing.
From the Paper "Apple Bottom Jeans is a company that has had considerable success in a relatively short period of time. It is also a company with an unusual genesis, having been created by a hip-hop artist who designed a pair of jeans for women and has since marketed those jeans in a very effective manner."
