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Air Arranging Assignment Draft 1. What item or administration will you attempt to sell? On the off chance that you are picking a buyer item, at that point offer it to a store for resale instead of to a last retail client? I am attempting to offer a sort of twisting shoe to a retail twisting store. The specific kind of twisting shoe(The Delux rendition) is made by Balance Plus.2. Where do you think the customers are in the purchasing procedure for this item or administration as you go into the business call? The customer will be amped up for this sort of shoe. It is another shoe and is the best twisting shoe at any point created. They will be in the initial step of purchasing the item. This is on the grounds that the shoes are new and generally obscure to stylers. They will be an incredible thing and will sell very fast.3. What are your goals for the business call? My target for the business call is to offer the shoe to the client.Chris Sobkowicz (left) and Jim Armstrong (right)

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Most creating nations face extreme difficulties to develop in outcomes of the neediness trap: checking restricted access to credit and capital markets, wasteful and defiled administration, and on a very basic level an absence of chances for them to escape from the destitution string wheel. Furthermore, Peru situated in South America had not been a special case in this situation up till the casual lodging developed. In the book named the other way, the writer shows a fascinating investigation with regards to Peru’s instance of the casual lodging that at last propelled the urban turn of events. What's more, his affirmation suggests to be exceptionally persuading; be that as it may, some may contend that results of urban improvement through casual lodging might be profoundly muddled and unsafe. Along these lines, it would be suitable for the Peruvian government to discover approaches to forestall any extra casual lodging entanglements in Peru and join its arrangements to overhaul its citizens’ personal satisfaction; concentrating on human turn of events and financial improvement all the while. The creator, Hernando de Soto, portrays how the urban improvement has profoundly advanced in Peru, basically through casual lodging; casual importance as fundamentally illegal. As per the creator, casual lodging didn't unintentionally occurred in the Peruvian culture; in spite of everything arranged ahead of time since the poor urgently looked for their own chances and property rights that the Peruvian government couldn't direct. Familiarity emerged because of Peruvian citizens’ reactions to the state’s inadequacy to fulfill the essential needs of the ruined masses. Consequently the Peruvian residents needed to disregard the law so as to construct shields and build up their own neighborhoods, building framework in their own after il... ...ional steps to propel the nature of its people’s lives with regards to the human turn of events, offering improved open types of assistance or social government aides for a model. Hernando de Soto’s contention guarantees the unavoidable casual advancement in urban territories in Peru due to wasteful legislative strategies on casual lodging. As the creator contends, maybe the casual lodging did effectively added to offer opportunities to poor people; be that as it may, so as to limit the misfortune and weaknesses, the legislature completely needs to forestall further casual lodging alongside strategies concentrating on the human advancement in the mean time. His accentuation likewise leaves unavoidable issues, for example, how much positive effects do the poor truly get from the acknowledge advertise, alongside how Peru’s casual advancement case can be repeated in other creating nations without negative consequences.

This Week at SIPA COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - SIPA Admissions Blog

This Week at SIPA COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - SIPA Admissions Blog The Harriman Institute and the Russian American Cultural Center Fragments from the Past: A Photography Exhibition by Yuri Shalamov, who worked for top Soviet magazines and newspapers for over thirty years. 11:00 am to 5:00 pm International Affairs Building, 12th Floor For additional information: www.russianamericanculture.com Monday, November 9 The Weatherhead East Asian Institute Brown Bag Lecture: Chinas Science and Technology Talent Pool: Competitive Advantage or Critical Problem? with Denis F. Simon, professor, Penn State School of International Affairs and Cong Cao, senior researcher, the Levin Institute, State University of New York (SUNY). 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm International Affairs Building, Room 918 The Middle East Institute and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender Talk: Palestine and  Israeli Occupation, with Amira Hass. 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm Knox Hall, Room 207 (122 St. between Broadway and Claremont Ave.) The Harriman Institute Talk: The Potential for Energy Cooperation with Russiaâ€"the Future of Natural Resource Development and Management in the Arctic, with Dr. Louis Skyner. 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm International Affairs Building, Room 1219 The SIPA International Finance and Economic Policy (IFEP) Concentration Lecture: In the Aftermath of the Global Economic Crisisâ€"Redesigning the WTO for the 21st Century, with Professor Debra Steger, WTO Appellate Body Secretariat with comments by Professor Michael Ewing-Chow, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore; Jennifer Hillman (invited), member, WTO Appellate Body and comments by moderator Professor Merit E. Janow, director, IFEP. 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Warren Hall, Feldberg Space The School of International and Public Affairs and SIPAs South Asia Association and Urban Policy Concentration SIPA Global Mayors Forum: Urban Policy, Global Challengesâ€"A Conversation with Syed Mustafa Kamal, Mayor of Karachi, Pakistan. 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm International Affairs Building, 1501 The Committee on Global Thought Panel Discussion: A Bretton Woods Moment? with panelists: Benjamin Cohen, Louis G. Lancaster Professor of International Political Economy, University of California, Santa Barbara; Adam Posen, senior fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics and Joseph Stiglitz, Professor of Economics, Columbia University. They  will be asked to reflect upon the role of governments and central banks in overseeing a new financial architecture, and whether new institutional innovations, such as a new global reserve currency, are required. 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Faculty House, Presidential Room 1 For more information: http://cgt.columbia.edu/events/a_bretton_woods_moment To register: https://calendar.columbia.edu/sundial/webapi/register.php?eventID=36304 The Harriman Institute and Programs in Comparative and International Education and International Education Development A comparative analysis of the results from the 2006 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)â€"Learning Achievement in the CEE/CIS Region, with special guests from UNICEF Geneva Phillipe Testot-Ferry and Erin Tanner. Presentation will be followed by a reception. 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Teachers College, Milbank Chapel For more information: Erin Weeks-Earp at emw2114@columbia.edu Tuesday, November 10 The Harriman Institute Talk: The Economic Crisis and Russian Museums: Some Recent Observations by Kristen Regina, chief art librarian at Hillwood Museum Gardens. 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm International Affairs Building, Room 1219 The International Media, Advocacy and Communications (IMAC) Specialization at SIPA Talk: How the Liberal Blogs Are Keeping President Obama Honest, with John Aravosis, editor of AMERICAblog.com, one of the most influential Democratic political blogs in Washington, DC, discussing the role of liberal blogs in working with (and fighting against) the Obama administration during the 2008 presidential campaign and other far ranging issues. 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm International Affairs Building, Room 1302 The School of International and Public Affairs Info Session for the Hertie School of Governance Dual Degree Program in Berlin. For first-year SIPA students, interested in applying for the SIPA/HSoG Dual Degree Program. 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm International Affairs Building, Room 1510 The Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy and the Mori Memorial Foundation in Tokyo Report: Global Cities Power Index, a comprehensive study of 35 global cities, released in October 2009 that ranks cities based on six overall categories: Economy, Research Development, Cultural Interaction, Livability, Ecology Natural Environment and Accessibility with 69 individual indicators among them. 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Avery Hall, Wood Auditorium To register: https://calendar.columbia.edu/sundial/webapi/register.php?eventID=36805 The Harriman Institute Book Talk: Join us for a literary evening with Ludmilla Petrushevskaya, while she reads from her latest book, There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbors Baby: Fairy Tales. 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Barnard College North Tower, Sulzberger Hall For more information: www.gs-agency.com/author_show_en.php?id=31 To register: https://calendar.columbia.edu/sundial/webapi/register.php?eventID=36425 The Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life Lecture: Charles Taylor, professor emeritus of Philosophy at McGill University and winner of the 2007 Templeton Prize and the 2008 Kyoto Prizeâ€"Can Human Action Be Explained? 6:15 pm to 8:15 pm Schapiro Center, Davis Auditorium The Conflict Resolution Working Group, the Center for International Conflict Resolution and ACCORD Conflict Resolution Career Panel: Opportunities in the Field. 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm International Affairs Building, Room 403 Wednesday, November 11 Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL) Faculty and Instructor Workshop: CourseWorksâ€"Getting Started. This workshop is designed to introduce Columbia University faculty and instructors to the basics of using CourseWorks (from logging in to setting up your course syllabus). This free, hands-on workshop is recommended for beginners. 11:00 am to 12:15 pm Butler Library, Room 204 (CCNMTL Faculty Support Lab) To register: https://calendar.columbia.edu/sundial/webapi/register.php?eventID=36741 The Harriman Institute Talk: Overcoming Warlords and State Failureâ€"Lessons from Post-Soviet Georgia, with Kimberly Marten of Barnard College and Columbia University. 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm International Affairs Building, Room 1219 The Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies Presentation: Strategy Serving Tacticsâ€"Iraq, Afghanistan, and the New Way of American Warfare, with Colonels David Gray and Gian Gentile. 12:15 pm to 2:00 pm International Affairs Building, Room 1302 The Institute of African Studies African Architecture Urbanism Series: Timelinesâ€"New Perspectives explores contemporary African cities as unique built environments with Abosede George, assistant professor at Barnard College, specializing in African history, women’s history, urban history of Africa, and the history of childhood in Africa. 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm International Affairs Building, Room 1501 Thursday, November 12 Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL) Faculty and Instructor Workshop: Podcasting Essentialsâ€"Creation and Distribution will provide in-depth information on how audio and video content is being produced for students in higher education, and will explain how podcasting has helped distribute educational media. The second portion of the workshop will provide a step-by-step demonstration on how to create audio and video media that can be used in a podcast or any other Web-based environment. There will also be a brief demonstration on how you can use online platforms such as iTunes U to promote your media materials. This workshop is recommended for beginners. 11:00 am to 1:00 pm Butler Library, CCNMTL Faculty Support Lab (Room 204) To register: https://calendar.columbia.edu/sundial/webapi/register.php?eventID=36755 The Weatherhead East Asian Institute Brown Bag Lecture: Japanese Politics from Tanaka to Hatoyama (via Koizumi), with Margarita Estévez-Abe, associate professor of Political Science, Maxwell School of Citizenship Public Affairs, Syracuse. 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm International Affairs Building, Room 918 The Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies Annual Kenneth N. Waltz Lecture in International Relations, with Dr. Robert O. Keohane, professor of International Affairs at Princeton University, on Social Norms and Agency in World Politics. 12:15 pm to 2:00 pm International Affairs Building, Room 1501 Note: Registration for this event is currently open. To register: https://calendar.columbia.edu/sundial/webapi/register.php?eventID=35377 If you have difficulty registering, please email hcg2108@columbia.edu. The Middle East Institute Brown Bag Lecture: Young Women in Riyadhâ€"Between Transgressions of Islamic Rules and Consumerist Norms, with Amelie Le Renard. 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm Knox Hall, Room 208 (122 St. between Broadway and Claremont Ave.) The Columbia Center for Homelessness Prevention Studies Grand Rounds: Economic Evaluations of the Housing Health Intervention Study. Welcome Dr. David Holtgrave, professor and chair, Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm Medical Center Psychiatric Institute, Room 6602 Entrance at 40 Haven Ave. and 168 St. (inside bridge goes directly to 6th floor) The Weatherhead East Asian Institute Lecture: Japan and the United States in Afghanistanâ€"A Dialogue, with Sadako Ogata, president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency and M. Ishaq Nadiri, Jay Gould Professor of Economics, New York University. A reception will follow the lecture. 6:15 pm to 7:45 pm Faculty House, Presidents Room Reservations are required: https://calendar.columbia.edu/sundial/webapi/register.php?eventID=36521 Friday, November 13 and Saturday, November 14 The Institute of Latin American Studies Workshop: Crime, Fear, Insecurity in Mexicoâ€"Ethnographic and Policy Approaches brings together scholars from different disciplines to establish dialogue incorporating different perspectives on this critical topic for Mexico and its neighbors. Friday, Nov 13 from 9:15 am to 6:00 pm Saturday, Nov 14 from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm International Affairs Building, Room 1501 This Week at SIPA COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - SIPA Admissions Blog As is typical, it is a busy week at SIPA.   The following events are all taking place this week.   Kind of makes you wonder when students have time to go to class. Monday, October 26 The Harriman Institute Conference: Brussels and the Western Balkans: Next Steps for the EU Integration Process. Join us as we address the following: Since the EU committed to enlarge the Western Balkans at its 2003 Thessaloniki Summit, the countries of the region have made little progress in their efforts to join the European Union. All Day Event International Affairs Building, Room 1501 To register: https://calendar.columbia.edu/sundial/webapi/register.php?eventID=34924 The South Asia Institute Distinguished Lecturer Series presents Abhijit Banerjee, Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Knox Hall, Room 202 (122 St. between Broadway and Claremont Ave) The Weatherhead East Asian Institute Lecture: The Great Crash of 2008 and China, with former Australian Ambassador to China Ross Garnaut, professorial fellow at the University of Melbourne. 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm International Affairs Building, Room 918 The UN Studies Program Working Group, the SIPA Pan-African Network (SPAN), the Arab Student Association, the Gender Policy Working Group Panel Discussion: Female Circumcision: A Multilevel Discussion on a Multidimensional Issue. This panel explores the complexity of female circumcision by bringing together practitioners, scholars and activists with different views on the issue. 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm International Affairs Building, Lindsay Rogers Room 707 Tuesday, October 27 The Alliance Program and the European Legal Studies Center Discussion: Trade and Problems: Whats New at the WTO? with Hélène Ruiz-Fabri, professor of International Law, Universite Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne on how trade liberalization accentuates problems of management in other areas, such as environment or health, which is related to the problem of the fragmentation of international law and the logic of competing norms. 12:15 pm to 1:15 pm W J Warren Hall, Room 600 The Microfinance Working Group, Microfinance Club of New York, Microlumbia and NYU Microfinance Mixer: Microfinance Happy Hour. You are invited to mingle at the mixer and meet other NYC practitioners and students in the microfinance field. 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Slate Plus 54 W. 21 St. New York, NY 10011 Wednesday, October 28 The Weatherhead East Asian Institute Brown Bag Lecture: Hong Kongs Sinking and Shrinking Middle Class in a Rising Asia, with Helen Siu, professor of Anthropology, Yale University. 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm International Affairs Building, Room 918 The Center for the Study of Human Rights Presentation: The Trail of Bloodâ€"The Search for an Intercommunal National System in Lebanon and Iraq, with Visiting Scholar Hanna Ziadeh, who will introduce his research, a comparative analysis of nation-building processes in Lebanon and Iraq. 12:15 pm to 1:45 pm International Affairs Building, Room 801 The Weatherhead East Asian Institute Lecture: Is Chinese Science Really an Exotic Subject? with Nathan Sivin, University of Pennsylvania. 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Kent Hall, Room 403 The Center for International Conflict Resolution Conversation with Ambassador Alvaro de Soto and Mr. Martin Griffiths on International Conflict Resolution in the New Millennium, the third encounter of the Conversations with Alvaro de Soto lecture series. 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Jerome Greene, Room 101 To register: https://calendar.columbia.edu/sundial/webapi/register.php?eventID=36288 The UN Studies Program Panel: Protection of Civilians in UN Peace Operationsâ€"What does it mean, what does it take? Including the following panelists H.E. Augustine P. Mahiga, permanent representative of Tanzania to UN and David Haeri, chief, Best Practices Section, UN Department of Peacekeeping   Operations and moderator Prof. Elisabeth Lindenmayer, director, UN Studies Program. 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm International Affairs Building, Room 1501 The Earth Institutes Columbia Water Center and Scientists and Engineers for a Better Society Film Screening: A Civil Action, with speakers: Patricia Culligan, professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University; and Upmanu Lall, Alan Carol Silberstein Professor of Engineering, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University; Director, Columbia Water Center, The Earth Institute, Columbia University. 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm Alfred Lerner Hall, Room 569 For more information: http://water.columbia.edu Registration is requested but not required: https://calendar.columbia.edu/sundial/webapi/register.php?eventID=36415 The Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life Conversation with Jon Meacham, the editor of Newsweek magazine and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, as well as American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation, and moderator Randall Balmer, professor. 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm Journalism Building, Lecture Hall (3rd Floor) The Middle East Institute Book Talk: A Country Called Amreeka, with author Alia Malek. 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm International Affairs Building, Lindsay Rogers Room (707) Thursday, October 29 The Harriman Institute and the Weatherhead East Asian Institute Brown Bag Lecture: China and Energy Security in Central Asia, with Pan Guang, director and Professor of the Shanghai Center for International Studies and the academic director of the Institute of Eurasian Studies at the Shanghai Academy of Social Science. 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm International Affairs Building, Room 1219 The Center for Brazilian Studies at Columbia University, the Jornal do Brasil and Casa Brasil Conference: Brazil and the Future. Brings together leaders of various sectors of Brazils economy and industry to analyze its emerging role as a global power. 1:45 pm to 5:30 pm International Affairs Building, Room 1501 To register: https://calendar.columbia.edu/sundial/webapi/register.php?eventID=36420 The Institute of Latin American Studies Screening of the documentary Los Demonios del Eden, a film based on the work of Mexican activist and writer Lydia Cacho. The film is in Spanish with English subtitles. 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm International Affairs Building, Room 413 The Harriman Institute and the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures Screeningâ€"Vanished Empire, a new Russian film. 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm Hamilton Hall, Room 703 Thursday, October 29 and Friday, October 30 The Harriman Institute and the Davis Center, Harvard University Forum: A Globalizing Russia? Join us for The Second Annual Russia/Eurasia Forum on how Globalization affects a myriad of sectors including culture, business and energy, the environment and public health, security, telecommunications and the internet, human rights, and migration. All Day Event Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Saturday, October 31 and Sunday, November 1 The Arab Student Association at SIPA, the Russian Cultural Association of Columbia University and USPolyResearch Conference: Sustainable Development of Hot Deserts. Will present a novel interdisciplinary approach to the problem of desertification and the development of sustainable settlements in hot deserts. Keynote speakers include: Dr. Nikhil Chandavarkar, Secretary, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Ms. Florence D. Hudson, IBM Corporation, Mr. Sydney W. Kitson, Kitson Partners Developer of Babcock Ranch, Florida. 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Lerner Hall, Roone Arlidge Auditorium To register: www.globalecoinnovation.org/default.aspx?tabid=7

The American Creed, By George C. Edwards - 1920 Words

The United States of America is a relatively young nation and its conception was the beginning of something new, an experiment that continues on to the present day and will likely continue on for quite some time. In the last two hundred plus years the demographics of the nation evolved with it to become even more and more into what it is considered to be today, a nation of immigrants founded by immigrants. Regardless of the changing faces of the United States, one factor of American democracy that has not changed too much is the â€Å"political culture†, as argued by George C. Edwards. The American Creed, as identified by Seymour Martin Lipsett, is what holds this political culture together; the Creed is made up of the shared values of the†¦show more content†¦However, the line between church and state has become worryingly thinner and thinner since the Cold War, and even more so since the â€Å"War on Terror† started, which has disrupted this basic liberty. Th e increase in fear of other, most prevalent in the form of islamophobia and xenophobia, has become a concern and the way to handle this has become a debate. In Clinton’s speech, she said, â€Å"And we’ll build a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants who are already contributing to our economy! We will not ban a religion. We will work with all Americans and our allies to fight terrorism.† her approach was one more in line with liberty. She understood that it is an American right to practice your religion freely, as long as it does not undermine the freedoms of anybody else. This is highlighted in her separation of â€Å"a religion† in reference to Islam, and â€Å"to fight terrorism† as the two are not necessarily exclusive to each other. 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The Relationship Between Journalism and Public Relations

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Inequality Education and High Income Free Essays

There are gaps between the rich and poor. The world has income inequality, inequality of opportunity such as education, and environmental inequality. In Toni Cade Bambara’s short story, â€Å"The Lesson† she talks about social status and economic inequality. We will write a custom essay sample on Inequality: Education and High Income or any similar topic only for you Order Now Most people do not have the same equal opportunities to be successful because of numerous social issues. The main social issue that Bambara wrote about in her short story is economic inequality is a big social issue in society. But this social issue inspires people to make a change and not keep repeating the cycle. Why does economic inequality exist? What causes inequality of opportunity? This paper seeks to define these questions and how it is important in society and its impact. To fix the main cause of inequality it must be taken care of early on in a child’s education. People that do not have a high income should be more supportive of programs that effectively involve, low-income students in school, and programs such as Head Start. These different types of programs in a child’s life can provide students with an early start in school and decrease privileged students. Tackling and fixing these problems from an early start is a primary solution that can create a small effect of great outcomes to solve the problem of educational disparities at the root of the cause. People can solve these types of problems in society as a community. People must change their mindset and actually support and work together for a better educational system. It is hopeless to try to create a change without first changing and questioning the way society thinks and functions. The way the educational department is established is not providing the results it should be having with students, and the way it is designed is not benefiting students equally, in fact, it is leaving many students behind. It is only by changing the way the education system functions that the people can create a better system more suited to improving the learning conditions among everyone equally. There are many reasons why inequality can be caused in society. It is caused by a person’s skin color, or the simple fact a person’s growth in overall income. Inequality is caused by just being born into. For example, if a person is born into a family that has wealth and assets they basically got a head start, verses someone that is born into a low income home. Families with wealth can pay for better education for their children which will open opportunities for them. On the other hand, people hat are born into a disadvantage home that cannot afford better education will most likely stay with a disadvantage. Education makes a difference whether a person has a high paying or low paying job. In Bambara’s short story â€Å"The Lesson† Sugar says â€Å"this is not much a democracy if you ask me. Equal chance to purse happiness means an equal crack at the dough† (Bambara, 362). Sugar expresses that people with high income buys toys that cost more than th eir home income. The people that can afford toys that cost $300-$1,000 obviously have a good job which came from a good education. But if schools in low income communities do not educate like schools in high income communities, the low income schools do not have the same opportunities as the high income schools. Sounds like environmental inequality. People get what their environment hands them, which is bad education, low paying jobs and small income. Equal opportunity is a law that all people should be treated the same. It is not an equal opportunity if a person cannot go to a better school to get a better education to make a better income because they do not have enough money for that better school. Inequality of outcomes often goes hand in hand with inequality of opportunities, as poor people endure various forms of social exclusion, including unequal access to education and health care, high rates of youth unemployment of precarious work and an absence of social recognition. † (F Bourguignon) They say important jobs go to people most qualified, which is reasonable but if a person with a high income cou ld afford a better education that a person that could not afford a better education the job would automatically go to the person with the higher income. Does not seem fair, and it is probably hard to break that cycle. Economic inequality is a big social issue in society. Economic inequality is known as the gap between rich and poor, income inequality, and wealth differences. There are many reasons why inequality is caused such as, educational issues, skin color, or even wealth. Nevertheless, inequality does make people want to change. In Toni Cade Bambara’s short story, â€Å"The Lesson†, she expresses about a social problem in the world called economic inequality. How to cite Inequality: Education and High Income, Papers

M16 Rifle and Higher Headquarters Essay Example

M16 Rifle and Higher Headquarters Essay Battle Drill 07-309502 React to Ambush (Near) TASK: React to Ambush (Near) (07-309502). CONDITIONS: (Dismounted/Mounted) The unit is moving tactically, conducting operations. The enemy initiates contact with direct fire within hand grenade range. All or part of the unit is receiving accurate enemy direct fire. This drill begins when the enemy initiates ambush within hand grenade range. STANDARDS: (Dismounted) Soldiers in the kill zone immediately return fire on known or suspected enemy positions and assault through the kill zone. Soldiers not n the kill zone locate and place well-aimed suppressive fire on the enemy. The unit assaults through the kill zone and destroys the enemy. (Mounted) Vehicle gunners immediately return fire on known or suspected enemy positions as the unit continues to move out of the kill zone. Soldiers on disabled vehicles in the kill zone dismount, occupy covered positions, and engage the enemy with accurate fire. Vehicle gunners and Soldiers outside the kill zone suppress the enemy. The unit assaults through the kill zone and destroys the enemy. The unit leader reports the contact to higher headquarters. ILLUSTRATIONS: Figures D9502-1 to -3. TASK STEPS AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES: 1 . Dismounted (see Figure D9502-1 Figure D9502-1. React to ambush (near) (dismounted). a. Soldiers in the kill zone execute one of the following two actions: Return fire immediately. If cover is not available, immediately, without order or signal, assault through the kill zone. (2) Return fire immediately. If cover is available, without order or signal, occupy the nearest covered position, and throw smoke grenades. We will write a custom essay sample on M16 Rifle and Higher Headquarters specifically for you for only $16.38 $13.9/page Order now We will write a custom essay sample on M16 Rifle and Higher Headquarters specifically for you FOR ONLY $16.38 $13.9/page Hire Writer We will write a custom essay sample on M16 Rifle and Higher Headquarters specifically for you FOR ONLY $16.38 $13.9/page Hire Writer See Figure D9502-2. ) Figure D9502-2. React to ambush (near) (dismounted) (continued). b. Soldiers in the kill zone assault through the ambush using fire and movement. c. Soldiers not in the kill zone identify the enemy location, place well-aimed suppressive fire on the enemys position and shift fire as Soldiers assault the objective. d. Soldiers assault through and destroy the enemy position. (See Figure D9502-3. ) Figure D9502-3. React to ambush (near) (dismounted) (continued). e. The unit leader reports the contact to higher headquarters. Mounted a. Vehicle gunners in the kill zone immediately return fire, while moving out of the kill zone. b. Soldiers in disabled vehicles in the kill zone immediately obscure themselves from the enemy with smoke, dismount if possible, seek covered positions, and return fire. c. Vehicle gunners and Soldiers outside of the kill zone identify the enemy positions, place well-aimed suppressive fire on the enemy, and shift fire as Soldiers assault the o bjective. d. Soldiers in the kill zone assault through the ambush and destroy the enemy. e. The unit leader reports the contact to higher Supporting Individual Tasks 071-010-0006 step l. a. (l) Engage Targets with an M249 Machine Gun 071-025-0007 Engage Targets with an M240B Machine Gun 071-030-0004 Step 2. a. Engage Targets with an MK 19 Machine Gun 071-054-0004 Step 2. b. Engage Targets with an M136 Launcher 071-100-0003 Engage Targets with an M4 or M4A1 Carbine 071-311-2007 Engage Targets with an M16-Series Rifle 071-311-2130 Engage Targets with an M203 Grenade Launcher 071-313-3454 Engage Targets with a Caliber . 50 M2 Machine Gun 071-325-4407 tep 1. . (2) Employ Hand Grenades 071-326-0501 Step l. b Move as a Member of a Fire Team 071-326-0502 Move Under Direct Fire 071-326-0513 Select Temporary Fighting Positions 071-326-0608 Step 2. e. Use Visual Signaling Techniques 071-326-5606 Step l. c. Select an Overwatch Position 071-410-0002 React to Direct Fire While Mounted 113-571-1022 Step 1 . e. Perform Voice Communications Supporting Products The Infantry Rifle Platoon an d Squad (FM 3-21. 8) The SBCT Infantry Rifle Platoon and Squad (FM 3-21. 9) The Warrior Ethos and Soldier combat Skills (FM 3-21. 75)