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Francis "Frank" Underwood is an ambitious Democratic congressman from South Carolina and the House Majority Whip. Frank helped ensure the election of President Garrett Walker, who promised to appoint Frank as Secretary of State. Frank believes that the give and take mentality of Washington D.C.’s politicians will finally pay off for him and that he is soon to receive a reward for his faithful service to Walker. However, before Walker is sworn in, Walker’s Chief of Staff announces that Walker will not honor the agreement and will instead nominate Senator Michael Kern. Frank is then told that the White House wants him to continue helping their administration from within the House of Representatives, starting with working on an education reform bill.
Furious at Walker's betrayal, Frank and his wife Claire, an environmental activist, make a pact to destroy Walker, starting with Kern. Frank starts seeking out pawns in his war against Walker. When the troubled Representative Peter Russo is arrested for drunk driving, Frank offers him a reprieve in exchange for his loyalty, covering up the incident by bribing the commissioner with funds for his political ambitions. Frank also encounters Zoe Barnes, a young political reporter for the Washington Herald newspaper. The two come to an agreement where Frank will give Zoe inside information that will further Zoe's own stagnating career, and giving Frank a patsy to serve incriminating information to destroy his opponents. He starts by leaking a copy of the first draft of Donald’s (a key figure in educational politics) education bill that proposes massive increases in government control of education, promptly causing a scandal one day after the inauguration.
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...nt suddenly sends him to evaluate Raymond Tusk, a multi-billionaire who lives modestly in St. Louis. But after staying with him, Frank eventually discovers deeper connections between Tusk and the President and learns that he is the one being vetted. Tusk offers to support him in return for an unspecified favor — but Frank refuses. Meanwhile Janine and Zoe's persistence starts to pay off as they begin to see through the conspiracy regarding Frank and Russo.
Frank meets again with Tusk and reaches an accommodation; the President offers him the VP post and he accepts. Claire learns that Gillian is suing her for wrongful termination and refusing any settlement. She also consults a doctor about possible fertility treatments. Claire fires Gillian. Meanwhile, Zoe, Lucas, and Janine learn Rachel's identity and begin to put together more of the pieces of Frank's plots.
Background Information In implementing a strategic plan for Coastal Medical Center, our consulting team has conducted many analyses and formed numerous strategies in order for Coastal Medical Center to be successful. Such assessments include an internal analysis, external analysis, gap analysis, and SWOT analysis. In conducting these analyses, our consulting team was able to better understand the internal environment, external environment, where the organization currently stands in terms of performance, and the major strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that oppose the Coastal Medical Center. From our inquiry, we will be able to establish a strategic plan that best fits the organization’s needs.
Other than trying to make it day to day at their company Frank is one of the things these three ladies have in common. Frank is their sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical, bigot of a boss. He lusts after most of the women under his authority at the office but has taken a special liking to Doralee, who despises him. Though despicable as a man he has just been promoted to Head of that division. He has a loving wife who ends up divorcing him to be with one of his associates. He gets another promotion and has to leave the country, he is never to be heard from again.
Pre warned by Mark Bragg, Randy’s brother, Randy prepares for the arrival of his sister-in-law, niece, and nephew; along with the nuclear war (Frank). Though Randy hopes to never see the day of nuclear war he knows Mark’s warning should not be taken lightly and beings to create a survival kit. Not knowing how long this war may be or what he should get Randy purchases abundances of milk, meet, candles, oil, gas, and several other items he believes will be necessary to survival (Frank 44,45). Randy was depending on having time for his sister-in-law, Helen, to gather all other necessary items he had over looked. But the Russians had other plans and though Randy had done his best to prepare himself for this war nothing could have prepared him for The Day (Frank).
Frank has an interesting view on the way man has progressed morally. I think that he says that we don’t really know our morals until we have them truly questioned. In this he implies that the people who have strong morals, not only will stay true to them, but will survive. An example of this is Randy Bragg. Randy, on the day of nuclear fallout, stopped on the side of the road to help a woman. This shows that he has respect for the human race as a whole. The opposite of this was Edgar Quisenbury. Edgar valued nothing but money. In the end, the absence of money caused Edgar to become an example of Darwin’s “Only the strong” theory as he shot himself.
When Wes went to the basement to talk with Frank, Gail and David were in the kitchen. While Wes was in the basement, Frank admitted his crime which he killed Marie. Frank told Wes that he killed Marie because Frank suffered in the dark basement, and Frank wanted Wes to help him. Therefore, suffering in the basement and wanting to escape from that place were Frank 's motive to told Wes about what he did. Also, Frank might hope that Wes would not judge him because of his crime, so Frank was motivated to tell his brother about killing Marie. However, Wes was angry because Frank was a murder, and he would put Frank in the jail. Wes was not proud of his brother because Frank made mistakes, so Wes underestimated his brother. Furthermore, Wes underestimated his brother when he put Frank in the basement because Frank molested Indian girls. Wes chose the basement to put his brother in it to show Frank that he deserved being isolated because of Frank 's crimes.
After analyzing the Coastal Medical Center, it is apparent that the employees and staff have no conception of the mission, vision, and values of this health care facility. In addition to this lack of structure, CMC has many projects in the midst of production that lack support of a common goal, employees are unsatisfied with their jobs, the two boards lack ability to agree on strategic decisions for the organization,, and the medical center has a dismal reputation when it comes to quality care.
Mr. Smith was appointed to be a Senator on a whim. He was the leader of the Boy Rangers with no political experience. He was principled with a clear view on right and wrong. Mr. Smith took his ideals as far as risking his career when he did not compromise in order to maintain his beliefs. In addition, special interest groups did not impact Mr. Smith's decisions. He was untouched by the corruption that he learned existed in the legislature. Yet upon discovering it, he did not change himself. Mr. Smith did not place any emphasis on re-election and did not care if people thought negatively about him as long as he remained with his values.
Maxine finds out that she is not invited to a meeting that the president is having and she gets upset because she should be at that meeting. When she gets to the meeting people are shocked to see her there because they know that the President did not invite her. When the President sees her he is shocked too and then Maxine starts to talk about the problems there are in the country at the time. At the meeting they start talking about the riots that are going on and how it is the Justice Departments fault for not controlling the cops and their violent
Facing hardships, problems, or obstacles shouldn’t discourage one from completing their task or job. Many of authors usually put their characters through tough complications to show the reader that no matter what happens; anyone could pull through. In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connel, the main character Mr. Rainsford gets stranded on an eerie island with a bad reputation. He meets General Zaroff and gets thrown into a huge hunting game, where his life is on the line. In the end, he wins the game and will continue to hunt animals, but not people, as the general once did. He will continue to hunt because one, hunting means everything to him. Two, he will not continue the general’s crazy ways, and resort back to the legal and non-dangerous to other humans sport. Third, he feels powerful when he becomes the hunter and not the hunted. Giving up hunting would be like giving up his life, so just because of a minor block he had to overcome, he will not give up hunting.
Willie asks Jack to search for secrets on a father figure from his child hood. Judge Irwin was a father figure in Jack’s life as a child. In this situation, Jack’s motivation and responsibility to himself is questioned. Jack discovers that Judge Irwin accepted a bribe and Governor Stanton covers the bribe up. The blackmail influences the suicide of Judge Irwin, makes Adam Stanton accept the position as head of the hospital that Willie is building, and Anne Stanton begins an affair with Willlie. Adam murders Willie when he finds out about Willie and Anne. This horrific event lead to Jack’s retiring from politics forever.
The first of the three is, Frank. Frank is secretive saying “ that's between us… That's confidential, you keep your mouth shut.” (paragraph 21, page 88) He is also brutally honest, when he exploits his opinion, “All i can say is it’s the first diet I’ve ever heard of where you gain weight from it.”(paragraph 33, page 88) In contrast to that, he is caring “Frank close his eyes then looked down at Kenny again, “Where does it hurt?” (paragraph
Just like in every society, in every story there are conflicts. What is the line between man and beast? What separates the hunter from the hunted? Where does sport end and murder begin? In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the protagonist, a man by the name of Sager Rainsford, is trapped on an island in the middle of the ocean. A simple adventure to the jungles of Rio de Janeiro soon becomes a story of terror, survival and escape when Rainsford realizes he is not alone on the seemingly deserted island. Soon after arriving, he meets the psychopath, General Zaroff, a Cossack aristocrat who is also an experienced hunter. Zaroff entices Rainsford by telling him there is big game on the island, the biggest there is. The Most Dangerous Game illustrates that there are men, and then there are monsters when Rainsford, unknowing of what Zarloff’s true intentions are, becomes entangled in a frightening game of where the hunter, soon becomes the hunted.
The holocaust is known for the great number of deaths; including the six million Jews. Ida fink is a writer that captures this time period in her works. In “The Key Game” she appeals to pathos because of imagery used, connections to your own family, and dialog used by both the father and mother. Through her fiction stories, she tells tales that relate to what could have been and probably what was. Ida Fink is known for telling her stories in a journalist like tone with very little color. In her stories, she does not like to tell you how to feel she instead leaves that up to the reader. Fink does place some hints of emotion just by writing the story alone. The interpretation of her works is left up to the reader. As you read through her stories some will find more emotion, some will find more logic, and some may see more ethics. At the moment, we will be looking more on the side of emotions within this story.
The Department of Communication of Gonzaga University hosted Dr. Ralina L Joseph for the Speech Screening Strategic Ambiguity. Joseph is the Director for the Center of Communication, Difference, and Equity at the University of Washington. She is also an Associate Professor of Communications, American Ethic Studies and Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies. Strategic Ambiguity is the idea that a person who is experiencing racism does not respond, in order to win in the end, in other words playing the long game. In addition, it is important to not just be a bystander, intervene and contribute to a more fair environment. In order to have a successful speech that will strongly convey your point to the audience it is vital to have strong delivery,
Many social interactions we encounter on a daily basis that involve personal decisions simultaneously involve decisions made by others that affect the overall outcome. Any situation in which the outcome is dependent on the choices of two or more people is what defines an interactive decision. Game theory studies the human behavior involved in these strategic settings, which surround the interactive decisions. In order to label a social interaction a game there needs to be two or more decision making agents, called players, each with two or more options to act upon, called strategies, and a clear understanding of what each player’s preferential outcome is that are associated with numerical payoffs (Colman, 2016). For example, when two people