...Everyone thought that the 2013 Boston Marathon would be a regular day; they were wrong. It was the afternoon of April 15th, family and friends were cheering as runners crossed the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Behind the scenes, two people were planning to make a decision that would change the lives of many people. Those two people placed pressure cooker bombs near the finish line. The two bombs exploded 12 seconds apart and injured many people. The Boston Marathon Bombing was an act of terrorism that changed many lives and will be remembered forever. The bombers of the Boston Marathon were cruel people who got exactly what they deserved. The bombers were brothers, and their names were...
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...Boston Marathon Bombing Imagine training for a year straight for a huge marathon. You are running in the marathon, nearing the finish line, and “BOOM” you hear a huge deafening sound along with the crying wanes of men, women, and children. This is what thousands of spectators and runners witnessed when 2 bombs went off near the finish line of the Boston marathon. During this event later known as the Boston Marathon Bombing. There were 2 brothers involved who killed 3, injured 246, and caused chaos throughout all of Boston. On April 15, 2013, the 117th Boston marathon race started. At 2:49 with still 5,600 runners left to finish two bombs were placed and detonated second apart near the finish line of the race. The marathon took place on Boylsten Street, and the bombs went off near the end of street. A shootout also killed took place killing a campus officer (Boston Marathon Bombing)....
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...Colin Tierney Prof. Eric Kim University Writing 24 March 2015 The Boston Massacre On the third Monday of every April, tens of thousands of runners line up on Main Street in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, to embark on the experience of a lifetime. A challenge that symbolizes not only self-accomplishment, but the even greater achievement of the “American Dream.” Following the path taken by the patriots during the battle of Lexington and Concord, the runners of the Boston Marathon march sneaker over sneaker towards freedom and accomplishment. On Patriots Day each year, these athletes and spectators alike, are equal, supporting each other in the great race. The Boston Marathon specifically, is a task that should not be taken lightly. It is America’s...
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...On April 15th, 2013, during the last leg of the Boston Marathon, brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev placed two homemade bombs on a sidewalk near the finish line of the race. The makeshift bombs were constructed from two pressure cookers, filled with fireworks, bits of metal, nails, and bearing balls, all detonated using a electronic chip wired to a remote control. The bombs exploded 13 seconds and 210 yards apart, killing 3 people and injuring about 264 more. The bombs were made more deadly by adding shrapnel created by the metal debris inside the pressure cooker. 3 days later, the brothers allegedly killed an MIT police officer and echanged fire with police. The younger brother, Tamerlan, was shot and killed when his brother ran him over trying to escape. The next day, Dzhokhar was found hiding in a resident’s boat and was arrested and taken to a hospital. After being interrogated at the hospital, Dzhokhar told officials that he and his brother had learned to make the bombs from an Al-Qaeda online magazine in Yemen, though he claimed to have no affiliation with the organization. He claimed that they acted alone in retaliation and protest of the US military occupancy of Iraq and Afghanistan. Dzhokhar also revealed that he and his brother had planned to travel to New York City for another attack in Times Square after the Boston Marathon. The extensive investigation, coordinated by the FBI, though only taking place over the course of a few days, was extremely thorough and involved...
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...The struggle for women’s participation in sports, particularly in Marathons was based on several ideologies that circulated during the second half of the 19th century. These ideologies led women distance runners to join together in an effort that would forever change women’s participation in marathons. By the 1970’s, the Olympic Marathon had come a long way from the dusty roads of Athens. Yet women were still not allowed to compete and the struggle to establish a women’s Olympic Marathon was itself something of a long distance race. Before the 1980s, there were no women’s distance races in the Olympics. In the Moscow Games, the longest race for women was the 1,500 meters, which had been instituted in 1972. Women had been excluded from track and field competition altogether until 1928, when the longest race was the 800 meters. Despite a world record by winner Lina Radke of Germany, many of the competitors had not properly prepared for the race and several collapsed in exhaustion. This let Olympic organizers to consider the race too strenuous for the elimination of all women’s competition from the Games. This drastic move was not taken, but until 1960, when the 800 meters reappeared, no race over 200 meters was contested by women in the Olympics. This is not to say there was no tradition of women’s long-distance running. Women had been forbidden from participating in the ancient Olympics. A women who was caught even as a spectator at the Games could face execution...
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...Goal Evaluation Matrix Choose five of the scenarios in the University of Phoenix Material: Goal Evaluation Scenarios and evaluate the goals according to the SMART criteria. Provide support for your evaluation. Goal setter and goal S Is the goal specific? M Is the goal measurable? A Is the goal attainable? R Is the goal realistic? T Is the goal timely? James wants to pursue his dream since high school of playing for the San Diego Chargers football team. Yes it's pretty in what he want's to be and what he wants too do no maybe not because he's pretty old to to get in the NFL Yes if he can get bigger and stronger and faster no he's undersize and small and in the late 30s No he has two years until training camp,so he have enough time to get into football shape Jie has always been underweight and wants to improve her health and stamina by gaining 5 pounds. Yes it's a simple goal to gaining 5 pounds and improving her health Yes just have to eat more during every meal after working out. Eating baked meat may help her gain weight and still be healthy Yes gaining 1.5 pounds is achievable , staying active and eating a little more then her usual routine Yes taking more vitamins will help her immune systems and not get sick often so she can workout and stay healthy No maybe in 3 months because she her body needs more vitamins and staying healthy before she can gain that weight Lawrence wants to purchase...
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...The first marathon was run at the Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. (“Marathon History”) For seventy years, running a marathon was strictly a men-only activity. That was until the 1967 Boston Marathon, when the name K.V. Switzer showed up on a marathon registration. (“Kathrine Switzer Biography”) Little did the race officials know, K.V. Switzer was actually Katherine Virginia Switzer. In the pictures shown of the race that day, it is evident that Switzer was attacked by race officials for her heroic act for women in sports. Even though a grey sweat suit is not particularly the most noble and valiant look, seeing Switzer open a new window for women’s running is courageous enough to be considered a hero for any runner to this day. Although these photos are not posed, clear acts of heroism can be depicted. In the chosen pictures, Switzer is running in the 1967 Boston Marathon. Race official Jock Semple, pictured in black, is seen chasing after Switzer. Switzer claimed Semple yelled, “Get the hell out of my race and give me those numbers.” Switzer’s boyfriend, Tom Miler, then shoved Semple aside, letting Switzer continue on. When asked why she didn’t drop out, Switzer states, “I knew if I did that no one would...
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...Speech #2 Biography Biography: rick and Dick Hoyt General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience on the amazing love and perseverance of Rick and Dick Hoyt. Central Idea: Rick and Dick Hoyt have lived an extra ordinary life and have a story that has inspired many Introduction I. Attention material A. The dictionary defines Agape love as; a selfless love of one person for another. B. This type of love puts all self ambition aside and does what is best for the other person at any costs. II. Orienting Material A. Today I want to share with you the story of a father and son who in my opinion epitomize the definition of agape love. Transition: If you were to see Rick and Dick Hoyt out an about on any given day, you might feel pity for them, but I’m here to tell you that pity is something these two have never taken upon themselves. Body I. According to the Team Hoyt website, in October of 2013; Rick was born to Dick and Judy Hoyt in 1962. A. As a result of oxygen depravation during childbirth was diagnosed with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy. B. Cerebral palsy is a neurological disorder that that effect body movement and muscle coordination. C. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Rick had the most severe type of cerebral palsy. It is often accompanied by severe intellectual disabilities. D. Rick’s doctors had advised Dick and Judy to put Rick...
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...assignment. The paper should be APA style. Assignment #2 requires for you to write a detail research paper about your topic below. The paper should consist of the itemized guidelines. The title page consists of the assignment’s title, your name, your student I.D. number, the course title, and the due date of the assignment. The length of the paper should be 5-7 pages, excluding the title and reference page. The paper should be double-space, 12 font and APA cited .The topics that you can select are below: * Casey Anthony Case * Boston Marathon Case * Trayvon Martin Case * Jerry Sandusky Case * O.J Simpson Case * Jodi Arias Case INTRODUCTION: The introduction should consist of why you chose this topic. BODY: In this section, you must be able to discuss the dynamics of your topic. For example, you may want to discuss the historical foundation, controversial issues, relevant research, and related work. SUMMARY: Discuss the significant aspects of the criminal justice system and its /practitioners did in your selected case in your paper. CONCLUSION: Indicate whether you believe that there need to further research conducted on your topic. Also, how does the outcome of this case/trial influence our society and the criminal justice system? Give specific details to explain your response. REFERENCES: Your reference list should appear at the end of your paper. It provides the information necessary for a reader to locate and retrieve any source you cite...
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...Summary The only thing we have to fear is government intrusion in our lives. Potential government abuse of privacy from a programme designed to prevent another 9/11. I am unwillingly to the see the government engaging in using data mining to look for suspicious pattern in phone number called and email address.To prevent a day where, out of fear, we give government a license to look at anybody personal detail. They accessing it in ways that abuse individual liberties and violate personal privacy and in a manner that is unsupervised. Author tone The tone of the author is worried in second paragraph line 1 till 4 (Yes, i worry about potential government abuse of privacy from a programme designed to prevent another 9/11). Beside that , he also show the same expression in fourth paragraph line 1-2 (i worry about that even more).But in fourth paragraph line 3-4 , the tone of the author is caring (not because i don’t care about civil liberties, but because what i cherish most about America is our open society, and I believe that if there is one more 9/11).He show fearful tone in paragraph 5 line 1 to 7 (if there were another 9/11, i fear that 99 percent of Americans would tell their members of congress: “Do whatever you need to do , privacy be damned, just make sure this does not happen again.”) Purpose and intent The purpose of author is to inform us to be on guard for abuses and accessing private data from the government. The article is suitable to those working adult...
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...Exceptional Motivation Based on Dick and Rick Hoyt Contents Executive Summary………..………………………….……………………………..….. Page 3 Introduction………………….….……………….……………………………………..…… Page 4 Literature Review.…………….…..………………………………………………......... Page 5 Discussion..................…………………………………………………………............ Page 8 Conclusion……….....……………………………………………………...……..………. Page 11 References….………….…………………………………………….…….……….….….. Page 12 Executive Summary Motivation is defined as “the forces within an individual that account for the level, direction and persistence expended at work” (Wood, Zeffane, Fromholtz, Wiesner & Creed, 2010). |This report will focus upon three motivational theories to explain the exceptional motivation ‘Team Hoyt’ depict and outline the particularly important factors that influence this behaviour in the workplace. ‘Team Hoyt’ is a rather unusual father son athletic duo made up of a Dick and Rick Hoyt. The son, Rick, has cerebral palsy and if fully paralysed. To fulfil Rick’s passion for competing his father, Dick, carries him through marathons and triathlons; a seemingly impossible task without the appropriate level of motivation. Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs is a theory based on human motivation; it shows that people are motivated to meet lower order needs before moving onto higher order needs. Since Rick and Dick have already satisfied the lower order needs, well at least partially, they are motivated to obtain higher order needs...
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...Militarized Police: A Growing Epidemic Eric Reed Liberty University Abstract The purpose of this research is to document the chronic spread of militarization of police agencies across the United States at the federal, state, and local levels. Police militarization is one of the most controversial issues facing our police forces and encompasses a wide range of problems, from cases of excessive force, to civil rights violations, to budgetary problems. This research will include events that led to the creation of the first SWAT units, the aftereffects of the September 11 attacks, as well as the problems that both the contemporary public and police agencies face today. Finally, this project will highlight several proposed solutions to curb the increasing prevalence of police militarization, specifically as it pertains to agency administration. Militarized Police: A Growing Epidemic Eric Reed Liberty University Every day across the United States, tens of thousands of police officers and federal agents put their lives on the line to serve their communities and their country. They face a myriad of threats that could reveal themselves at any given moment, and it's impossible to predict what the next day of work holds for these men and women. The key to survival is to be well-prepared for any situation; as such, it is of utmost importance that our officers and agents have access to the protection and tools they need to deal with and adapt to the ever-changing force of...
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...aims. That doesn’t put a target on foreign countries alone. Terrorism can happen between Americans as well. Though the most fatal attacks such as 9/11, Pearl Harbor, and Boston Marathon Bombings were done by groups such as the al-Qaeda, Imperial Japanese Navy and as little as two foreign Soviet brothers who immigrated, became citizens, then attacked. Many things can be done to protect Americans at home. Records could be kept of every action someone makes. Surveillance of the internet sites accessed, text messages and phone calls made, and financial transactions. Being able to access and monitor these records will allow National Security to prevent attacks before they happen. A system could be made where they don’t monitor 24/7 but there would be red zones or red flags, which would alert National Security to investigate or watch over whatever is happening. This shouldn’t be a problem to many Americans if they claim they’re not doing anything wrong. This is a similar scenario as the National Terrorism Advisory System. It alerts to communicate information about terrorist threats by providing timely, detailed information to the public, government agencies, first responders, public sector organizations, airports and other transportation hubs. Using available information, the alerts will provide a concise summary of the potential threat, information about actions being taken to ensure public safety, and recommended steps that individuals, communities, businesses and governments can...
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...Melbourne Business Practicum Report Benchmarking Melbourne as a Sports and Arts Capital Research conducted by: Carthur Wan Daniel Chen Eliza Tong & Karleen Wu Disclaimer: The MBP team has used reasonable care and skill in compiling the content of this material. However, neither the MBP nor the students provide a warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any information in these materials. No part of these materials are intended to be advice, whether legal or professional. Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. Executive Summary ......................................................................................................................... 2 Background and Objectives ............................................................................................................ 3 General Benchmarking Methodology ............................................................................................. 4 Benchmarking Melbourne's Arts Status ......................................................................................... 5 4.1 4.2 Arts Comparison Cities Overview............................................................................................ 5 Arts Capacity Index ................................................................................................................. 6 Physical Infrastructure - Venue Number......................................................................... 6 Physical Infrastructure - Size ...................................
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...Analysis: NOBLE ENERGY, INC Respectfully Submitted to: Dr Shengsheng Charlie Huang Strategic Management MGMT 4309- Fall 2013 Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary 2. Introduction 3.1 Company Background 3.2 Purpose of the study 3. External Analysis 4.3 General Environmental Analysis 4.4.1 Demographic Segment 4.4.2 Economic Segment 4.4.3 Political/Legal Segment 4.4.4 Socio-Cultural Segment 4.4.5 Technological Segment 4.4.6 Global Segment 4.4.7 Summary of the General Environmental Analysis 4.4.8 Industry Driving Forces 4.4 Industry Analysis 4.5.9 Description of the Industry 4.5.10 Industry Dominant Economic Features 4.5.11.1 Market Size 4.5.11.2 Market Growth Rate 4.5.11.3 Industry Trends 4.5.11 Five Forces Analysis 4.5.12.4 Threats of New Entrants 4.5.12.5 Power of Suppliers 4.5.12.6 Power of Buyers 4.5.12.7 Power of Substitutes 4.5.12.8 Intensity of Rivalry 4.5.12.9 Summary of Industry Analysis 4.5 Competition Analysis 4.6.12 Industry Competitors 4.6.13 Rivals Anticipated Strategic Moves 4.6.14 Summary of Competitive Analysis 4.6.15 Key Success Factors 4. Internal Analysis 4.1 Organizational Analysis 4.1.1 Corporate Values and Mission 4.1.2...
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