...histories of the two regions during their first century and a half are almost opposite. Massachusetts settlers were Puritans, they arrived as whole families and sometimes as whole congregations, and they lived by laws derived from the Old Testament. Over time, Virginia was transformed into a slave based tobacco colony where slaves were carefully disciplined, where most white families owned land, and where a wealthy and stable planter-slaveholder class provided much of the leadership of revolutionary and early national America. New England, on...
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...difference between the two: the very reason the colonists came. Life in colonial America was difficult for all, but more so for some than others. While some colonists struggled to scrape by, some managed to live well and be happy. It is very apparent that health, family, and growth helped New England to be more prosperous and a more enjoyable place to live than in its southern neighbor, Chesapeake Bay. History has proven that these factors have a major effect on the quality of life for people, and this instance is no exception. New England New England was north of the Chesapeake, and included Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Haven. In Puritan New England, a patriarchal conception of family life began to break down as early as the 1670s, Few institutions competed with a father's authority. Despite laws requiring the establishment of schools, most children were educated informally, and while older children were temporarily put out as servants or apprentices between seven and twelve, most adolescents lived at home under their...
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...999 Park Ave Bridgeport, CT, 06604 November 19, 2011 Diane Mirvis 126 Park ave Bridgeport, CT 06604 Dear President Mirvis: Hello, my name is XXX, and I am an international student. The library is being the most popular place in Univerisity of Bridgeport because of your work hard. However, most of the students say that the network service needs to improve. If students are satisfied with the network, they would prefer study in the library. The solution is to upgrade network service which just cost few money. It benefits for everyone who studies or works in the library. There is a serious problem be concerned University of Bridgeport students who study in the library. I often study in the library. One of the network problems is network instability. For example, I have to research some information about my assignment, because my first language is not English, I always research more academic information after class or look up the unknown words in an online dictionary. However, I have to connect the UB network approximately every five minutes. I was really bothered by the unstable network here. This action which is frequently loggeing on to the internet makes my learning efficiency lower, because I cannot focus on the studying. The unstable network not only bothered me, but also bothers my friends. There are a statistic for this issue. My four friends...
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... Over the last billion years, many events have shaped NY and Massachusetts. Proto-North America collided with four land masses that created Grenville, Taconic, Acadian, and Alleghanian. All of these mountain ranges have been eroded and weathered, depositing sediments. Organisms have prospered and created fossils which are imprinted on our world, inland seas have come in and out, Delta has formed and become rock, and rifts have opened and closed. Billions of years have passed and all of these things have created what we now call NY and Massachusetts. Narrow strips of land were smashed together to create the beginnings of North America and the Precambrian shield. This Proto-North America had sediment eroding off of its continental margins, into the adjacent oceans. The sediments deposited on the eastern margin of proto-North America are called the Grenville belt. Over 1 billion years ago, Proto-North America collided with another continent. The Grenville belt of margin sediments was caught in between the colliding continents and was thrust up onto the side of proto-North America. The collision crumpled the crust, creating a tall mountain range that stretched from Canada to Mexico: the Grenville Mountains. These mountains are the earliest evidence of mountain building in our region, and the rocks remaining from that ancient mountain chain are the oldest rocks that we see exposed at the surface in the Northeast today. The heat and pressure caused by the collision created volcanic...
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...New Yorkers eligible to vote (Unit 3: Great Debates in American History). In September 1821, the state of New York held a convention to revise its constitution; eliminating property ownership as a requirement to vote was a key issue. A great debate ensued between committee members David Buel and James Kent, resulting in the state endorsing Buel’s beliefs. This essay will discuss James Kent and his position on universal suffrage, David Buel and his position on universal suffrage, and some critical thinking questions will be addressed. James Kent was born in 1763 in New York. After graduating from Yale in 1781, Kent studied law in Egbert Benson’s office, New York’s first attorney general. In 1791, Kent was elected to the New York Assembly; after serving two consecutive terms, James Kent relocated his law office to New York and started delivering lectures in law at Columbia College. In 1798, Kent was named Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court, which then led to him becoming Chief Justice of that court in 1804. After serving as the Chief Justice for 10 years, he was appointed Chancellor of New York (Historical Society of the New York Court). Kent, a well-known federalist, opposed universal suffrage and made that very clear during his 1821 convention speech. Kent felt that universal suffrage would threaten property owners, humiliate the government, and attract another revolution. Kent believed that only white male property owners should have the luxury of voting. Kent...
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...1. When Christopher Columbus reached the New World in 1492, he found a. cultures so primitive that Spain thought the area could not be developed. b. hundreds of cultures with nearly 400 different languages. c. one large, common native culture with basically one language. d. only barren landscape without humans. 2. Spain and Portugal were among the first European nations that e. abandoned the feudal system and adopted democracy. f. accepted the authority of a single hereditary monarch for the entire country. g. adopted an established religion that everyone must honor. h. converted their monetary system to the euro. 3. When Christopher Columbus sailed westward seeking Asia, his goal was to i. carry the Gospel to unsaved peoples throughout the world. j. find new lands for Spain to conquer and exploit. k. locate an all-water route to Lilliputia. l. reestablish trade routes interrupted by the bubonic plague. 4. Traders sought new trading opportunities primarily to have access to m. better medicines to help Europeans conquer the Black Death. n. expanded power and influence in case of the need for additional crusades. o. luxuries such as sugar and spices demanded by the elite. p. staple foods to sustain Europe’s large peasant population. 5. At the time of Christopher Columbus’s first voyage, most Europeans q. acknowledged...
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...EXAMINATION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ASSOCIATE FINANCIAL EXAMINER ANNUAL $71,988 SALARY: $92,585 SALARY GROUP: AR 26 APPLICATION CLOSING DATE: MARCH 11, 2014 EXAM NO: 140250OCMC SPECIAL APPLICATION AND EXAMINATION INSTRUCTIONS APPEAR BELOW. PURPOSE OF CLASS: In the Department of Banking, this class is accountable for conducting the most difficult assignments in the examination and investigation of the financial entities regulated by the Department of Banking MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR ADMITTANCE INTO THIS EXAMINATION, YOU MUST INDICATE ON YOUR APPLICATION THAT YOU HAVE THE FOLLOWING EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING BY MARCH 11, 2014. GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Seven years of experience in the regulation of financial entities or in accounting, auditing, banking or finance. Note: Financial entities are defined as domestic and international banks, credit unions, broker-dealers, investment advisors, mortgage companies and consumer lenders. SPECIAL EXPERIENCE: One year of the General Experience must have been in a working level class independently performing a full range of tasks in the examination and investigation of financial entities. Note: For State Employees, this will be interpreted at the level of Financial Examiner. SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED: (1) College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen semester hours equaling one-half year of experience to a maximum of four years for a Bachelor’s degree. (2) A Master’s degree...
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... Prior to the conflict between the American colonists and the English throne, the American colonies experienced many changes that reformed their way of life from the time they first set foot in the New World. After being discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492, colonists began to cross the Atlantic Ocean in hopes of riches, religious freedom, and many other reasons. The average age of the colonists was seventeen before the revolution. A seventeen year old is very rebellious, and when the British throne mistreated them, they stood up to fight. However, before the revolution, colonial society was different before the revolution. The different aspects of the colonial society included: mercantilism and the Navigation Acts, women in colonial America, and republican government and republicanism. Before the dawn of the revolution, the thirteen colonies began to diversify, altering the once predominant English settlers. Some examples were the Scottish-Irish and the Germans. With more and more diverse settlers, religion in the colonies also started to diversify, eliminating a single Protestant denomination. Also, merchants in the North and planters in the South of the thirteen colonies began to obtain a great amount of wealth, but the colonial society did not have a hereditary aristocracy - a type of government where certain families govern everyone else. Most of their wealth came from the use of slavery. Unlike what many people may think, slavery was accepted in all thirteen...
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...Rhode Island is a state in the New England region of the United States. Rhode Island is the smallest in the area, the eighth least populous, but the second most densely populated of the 50 US states behind New Jersey. Rhode Island is bordered by Connecticut to the west and Massachusetts to the north and east, and it shares a water boundary with New York's Long Island to the southwest. Rhode Island was the first of the 13 original colonies to declare independence from British rule, declaring itself independent on May 4, 1776, two months before any other colony. The State was also the last of the thirteen original colonies to ratify the United States Constitution. Rhode Island's official nickname is "The Ocean State", a reference to the State's geography, since Rhode Island has several large bays and inlets that amount to about 14% of its total area. Its land area is 1,045 square miles but its total area is significantly larger. The capital of Rhode Island is Providence, which is the largest city with an estimated population as of 2012 of 1,050,292 people. The flag of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is white and consists of a gold anchor in the center (a symbol for hope) surrounded by thirteen gold stars (for the original 13 colonies and Rhode Island's status as the 13th state to ratify the Constitution). A blue ribbon below the anchor bears the state's motto in gold: "HOPE." The flag is frequently depicted with golden fringe around the edges of the flag. Rhode...
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...In 1973, the Charles River Rugby Football Club, affectionately dubbed "The Rats", was founded by a group of ruggers from Tufts University and Boston Rugby Football Club. In striking green and orange jerseys that quickly became the club’s trademark, the Rats achieved many early successes, including winning thePortland RFC Invitational and advancing to the Annual New England Tournament semi-finals. The Rats continued to attract new players and build on each year’s accomplishments over the next decade, thus solidifying themselves as a fixture in the New England rugby community. In 1980, the Rats earned promotion to New England Division I thanks to a staggering defeat of the renowned Berlin Strollers. The early eighties were busy for the club, as the men concentrated on augmenting club membership via a merger with the Old North Bridge RFC of Concord, MA. Highlights of the eighties include continual success both in New England and in international tournament play. In the fall of 1986, the club defeated Boston 12-9, eliminating them from the playoffs for the first time in 5 years. The Club settled into a restructured Division II in 1992 and proceeded to hold the top seed in that division from 1993 to 1994, running three winning seasons in a row. The club failed to post a winning season again until the fall of 2005 when the men's side, under coach Fergal Hehir, made it to the playoffs. They defeated Rockaway RFC in the first playoff game in the spring of 2006 and lost to Montauk RFC...
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...sanguineus), Green Crab (Carcinus maenas) and Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus). We have been recognized not only for our scientific research at conferences around the country, but also for our environmental educational programs including week long summer camps for students, which have reached over 55,000 children and adults. We offer both Guided Field Explorations at Hammonasset State Park and Traveling Touch Tanks where we bring Long Island Sound to you! Cedar Island Marina Research Laboratory has collaborated, and authored studies, with organizations such as the Department of Agriculture Bureau of Aquaculture, National Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Connecticut Department of Environmental and Energy Protection, Southern Connecticut State University, University of Connecticut Sea Grant, as well as many other public and private entities. We are interested in hiring a part time employee for the summer. ~20 hours a week, experience with teaching, biology (specifically marine) and manual labor are all recommended. Research emphasis include: 1. how organisms are exposed to metals 2. how these metals cause toxicity 3. investigating concentration, speciation, and isotopic compositioni of contaminant metals 4. study of host-pathogen interactions 5. ecology & evolution of pathogenic microorganisms 6. adaptation of pathogenic and...
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...The geography of the Southern Colonies influenced its economy and community set up. The Southern Colonies (tidewater only) was located along the Atlantic coastal plain. The soil was rich because of the many rivers. Open plains and gentle slopes provided great farmland and with a warmer climate and a longer growing season than colonies to the north. The rivers were wide, deep, and slow moving. The unique geography of the southern colonies impacted its economy in many ways. For example, cash-crop farming (plantations and small farms) is raising crops to sell. Cash-crop farming was basically the southern colonies main source of income. The gentle slopes, open plains, and rivers offered rich farmland and a long growing season was perfect for mass-producing crops. Many crops were mass-produced to support the South’s economy such as tobacco, rice, indigo, and cotton. Tobacco was grown in Virginia and North Carolina. Indigo and rice were grown in South Carolina and Georgia. These crops were traded for money because they believed you should export more than you import (mercantilism). To tend these crops slaves were traded to the Southern colonies from Africa. There were so many working the fields that plantation owners did not know the conditions they lived in. Because of the slaves and plantation owners social classes started to emerge. The slaves were at the bottom of the social class and rich plantation owners were at the top. These plantation owners were called the...
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...何謂紅海策略、藍海策略? 紅海策略的商場廝殺，就是深陷血流成河的紅海市場，不分敵我都得承受獲利縮減的後果。 真正持久的勝利，不在降價競爭求勝，而是創造「藍海」(blue ocean)－嶄新未開發的市場空間。 「藍海策略」旨在脫離血腥競爭的紅色海洋，創造沒有人與其競爭的市場空間，把競爭變成無關緊要。這種策略致力於增加需求，不再汲汲營營於瓜分不斷縮小的現有需求和衡量競爭對手。 《藍海策略》（Blue Ocean Strategy），作者是金偉燦（W. Chan Kim）與莫伯尼（Renee Mauborgne）兩位歐洲管理學院（INSEAD）的傑出學者。他們針對過去120多年來，30多種不同行業別採取的150多種策略行動（Strategic Move）進行分析，結果發現大多數企業以價格競爭為本位，這樣只會形成廝殺局面慘烈的紅色海洋，而紅色海洋是市場萎縮的頭號殺手。企業的永續成功，需要不斷以創新的精神加上有競爭性的成本概念來經營，才能成為藍海型的企業。 邁向藍海的六大途徑 一) 改造市場疆界 二) 專注於大局而非數字 三) 超越現有需求 四) 策略次序要正確 五) 克服重要組織障礙 六) 把執行納入策略 以經營者的角度來看，我認為後面二大原則尤為重要。因為人通常不願意去接受改變，且缺乏執行力。當新的想法及策略出來以後，如何去與員工溝通及參與，最後克服介於目前的做法（As is）及未來的做法（To be）中間障礙。藍海策略一再強調的全新商場勝出邏輯──經營者不應該把競爭當做標竿，而是要超越競爭，開創自己的藍海商機。企業應該經常用下面四個問題自我檢驗︰ 一) 在自己的行業要成功考量的因素中，有哪些已不適用而應消除（Eliminate）。 二) 有哪些因素應該減少（Reduce）到遠低於行業中的標準規定。 三) 有哪些因素應該提昇（Raise）到遠高於行業中的標準規定。 四) 有哪些因素應該在行業中被創造（Created）出來 這四個問題能協助企業釐清自己的新價值曲線（New Value curve）。接下來我再用書中的第一個成功藍海個案來與大家分享。 夕陽產業也能成功轉型 - 太陽馬戲團 1982年幾個來自魁北克會踩高蹺的年輕人，創建了太陽馬戲團（Cirque Du Soleil）。他們利用過去流浪式表演的馬戲團帳棚做為表演的場地，表演踩高蹺、雜耍、變戲法、吞火等特技。傳統的馬戲團向來都以討好兒童為主，太陽馬戲團不願跟當時的龍頭老大玲玲馬戲團（Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey）競爭。相反的，太陽馬戲團洞悉到當時沒有人瞭望到的藍海。這層體認使太陽馬戲團走出紅色海洋的競爭路線競爭，邁向全新的藍海領域。 太陽馬戲團體認到贏在未來唯一的選擇，就是要徹底跳脫同行競爭，另闢蹊徑，吸引全新客群。因此它「消除」了傳統馬戲的動物表演、中場休息時的叫賣小販；「減少」了特技表演帶來的驚險刺激。然而，太陽馬戲團居然可以「提昇」它的票價，締造前所未有的成功轉型，為什麼？ 依據前面提出的四個問題，作者分析，太陽馬戲團「創造」出許多同業沒有提供的價值——它招募一批體操、游泳、和跳水等專業運動員，好讓他們踏上另一座舞台成為肢體的藝術家；它運用炫麗的燈光、華麗的服飾、撼人的音樂加上融合歌舞劇情的節目製作，創造感官上的新體驗。許多成年觀眾以及企業團體因此成了忠實觀眾，這些新客戶讓太陽馬戲團掙脫傳統的桎梏，走上藍海的道路 藍海持續一段時間後會轉紅...
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... HISTORY ASSIGNMENT MASSACHUSETTS Submitted by Hykal Ghiffari (J13013761) Febriana Kartika Pangestu (J14014835) Yap Zhiying (J14014788) Wong Kah Yan (J13012181) Heo Yeongji (J13013496) Submitted to Ms. Roseliza Binti Mohd Ramly (HIS 251) Date of Submission 12 November 2014 INTRODUCTION Massachusetts which is officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region. Massachusetts has played a major role in historical, cultural, and mercantile role in American history. Plymouth, which was a colony located in Massachusetts, was founded by the Pilgrims (travelled on Mayflower) in 1620. Harvard College, which is currently known as Harvard University, is the oldest higher learning institution in the United States. John Harvard contributed in the early progress of the college. The state of Massachusetts is often hailed as the cradle of liberty and truthfully it is the state most deserving of the title. The many of the first few acts of rebellion were carried out in Massachusetts such as the boston tea party and many various meetings to plan the revolution. Many members of the sons of liberty were from Massachusetts too and they were very crucial in spreading patriotic sentiments all over the states. Massachusetts held a very important role in the America’s fight for independence and as such it is very easy to see the cultural and historical significance of the state. In this essay we will look at the cultural contributions, persons, and socio-economic...
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...Cromwell’s Training Debate What does Kevin Ellis do next to try to change Howie’s mind about paying for Cromwell’s training? Kevin Ellis tries to change Howie’s mind by giving him reasons like comparing paying for things for his little sister Ellie. Kevin wants to send Cromwell to training because Cromwell has too much energy. He runs and plays all day long, and he loves to meet new people, and to take long walks. So one day Kevin walks to Howie about paying for Cromwell’s training and sending him off. Howie disagrees with Kevin and refuses to pay for it. Howie believes that sending Cromwell off to training is useless, because he doesn’t think Cromwell can sit still for long. Kevin disagrees with Howie because Kevin...
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