...route was cruising alongside the Pacific Coast Highway, it was Halloween night, 1979 so the Bittaker and Norris decided to cruise alongside residential neighborhoods in the San Francisco Valley. There, they spotted sixteen-year-old Shirley Lynnete Ledford hitchhiking from her job to her home. The time was 10:45pm when Bittaker and Norris approached Ledford and offered her a ride. Ledford accepted the offer and entered the van voluntarily. Within five minutes, Norris attacked Ledford and forced her into the back of the van. Instead of driving to their original mountainous region, Bittaker decided to drive around the streets of Los Angeles, while raping and torturing Ledford. Norris was the driver while Bittaker turned an audio recorder on, stripped Ledford of her...
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...wholesome, should be a positive f or a company or brand looking to get some attention. But Wharton marketing prof essor Jonah Berger says that’s not the case. Instead, he has f ound that there is a limit to how much conversation can be generated by a modest amount of controversy. Increase the controversy, however, and the volume of conversation goes down — exactly the opposite of what a good brand manager wants. “T hey assume that controversy garners discussion,” he says. “We actually f ound out it’s more complicated than that.” Berger and Z oey Chen, a marketing doctoral student at the Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology, discuss these f indings in the paper, “When, Why, and How Controversy Causes Conversation,” published in the October edition of the Journal of Consumer Research. Berger and Chen set up a series of experiments to judge the relationship between controversy and conversation. First, they collected about 200 articles posted on Topix.com, an online news resource, and coded how controversial each was using two independent raters. T hey then cataloged the number of comments each article received in its f irst 15 days online. T he initial experiment showed a correlation between controversial topics and online comments up to a moderate level of controversy — a 4.6 on a seven-point scale, to be exact. Articles with higher levels of...
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...Analyzing Civilizations/Cultures Pre-Columbian America The Pre-Columbian era entails all period subdivisions in the American history, which starts from the time when there was original settlement of the Americas to when Americas got colonized by the Europeans. This is the period of time when during the indigenous cultures of America until they got conquered by the Europeans. Civilizations during Pre-Columbian era established features such as permanent settlements, cities and towns, agriculture, architecture and societal hierarchies. The lithic stage is known to be the earliest era of occupation by humans in America, which occurred during the late Pleistocene period to earlier than 8,000 B.C. This period refers to the cultures of the post glacial collectors and hunters in South America. The period was called Lithic because of the Lithic flaked stone tools that first appeared. The period embraced two types of stone technology that included unformulated and unspecialized flake and core industries, and industries that exhibited a blade technique that was more advanced and improved of the stone working. There are stone tool traditions in South America of the lithic stage that show localized adaptations to the continent’s diverse habitats. People lived in small mobile groups that depended on hunting, plant gathering and fishing. Due to the extreme and continued use of wild animals and plants, it resulted into changes in genetics to some of the species and ere eventually...
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...Powers. Almost every island was covered with sugar plantations and mills for refining the cane for its sweet properties. The main source of labor until the abolition of slavery was African slaves. These plantations produced eighty to ninety percent of the sugar consumed in Western Europe. Due to the Fact that so many percentage of the main source of sweetener came from the Caribbean during the 18 century it meant that British Plantations in the region was very highly complex to ensure the maintenance of productivity for profit making. It also meant that the plantations were highly secured to ensure that profit was made in every capacity and that the enslave would continued to put out maximum work effort. West Indian sugar estates varied in size from a few hundred to several thousand acres, according to soil, climatic and physical geographical conditions. An average estate measured about five hundred acres and was laid out according to an almost regular pattern. THE estate land consisted of a number of clearly defined parts. In the hey-day of plantation agriculture, the greater part of the estate was devoted to sugar-cane cultivation. This portion was usually the best land since the planter's aim was maximum profit which could into sections or fields in order to facilitate land use, that is, one part could be planted while another was reaped. A part of the estate was also used as provision grounds for the production of such food as root-crops and vegetables to feed the large numbers...
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...Powers. Almost every island was covered with sugar plantations and mills for refining the cane for its sweet properties. The main source of labor until the abolition of slavery was African slaves. These plantations produced eighty to ninety percent of the sugar consumed in Western Europe. Due to the Fact that so many percentage of the main source of sweetener came from the Caribbean during the 18 century it meant that British Plantations in the region was very highly complex to ensure the maintenance of productivity for profit making. It also meant that the plantations were highly secured to ensure that profit was made in every capacity and that the enslave would continued to put out maximum work effort. West Indian sugar estates varied in size from a few hundred to several thousand acres, according to soil, climatic and physical geographical conditions. An average estate measured about five hundred acres and was laid out according to an almost regular pattern. THE estate land consisted of a number of clearly defined parts. In the hey-day of plantation agriculture, the greater part of the estate was devoted to sugar-cane cultivation. This portion was usually the best land since the planter's aim was maximum profit which could into sections or fields in order to facilitate land use, that is, one part could be planted while another was reaped. A part of the estate was also used as provision grounds for the production of such food as root-crops and vegetables to feed the large numbers...
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...Police departments are facing major issues in today's society. Police departments are greatly understaffed, and sadly they fail to meet there recruitment quota. Money is the main sources of issues we face in America. If money is scarce in certain regions, then some police officers are willing to pack up and move to areas where they may pay more. Quite frankly I see this issue as being something good. For example, the job of a police officer is very risky. They stand the chance of losing their life everyday they are on patrols. If they put their lives on the line to protect the community and its property, then they should be paid something reasonable. The same goes for Soldiers who takes part in the army. My brother and sister are in the army. They have worked their way up to the rank of an E6, they claim that the pay they receive are quite good for the job hey are doing. My brother has spent 3 years in the Middle East, and my sister stayed for 2 years. They both came back to the mainland of America, and are now working on base as a supply sergeant and a recruitment officer. Police officers are more likely now to join the army because of the salary they receive as well as the benefits they will get. They can become an active duty soldier, a military police officer, or any other job of their choice, as long as it’s available, and they gain the right requirements. Homeland security, collects the data’s that has been collected by the police departments so that they can help register...
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...WG010, Video 1 Hey, Radar Channel watchers. It’s time for Weather with Walter, the Radar Channel’s only reality show. Now my family and I, we simply LOVE the weather—Yes we do. Timmy, stop doing that. My kiddos can’t get enough. That’s why my lovely daughter, Geena’s been so nice to give up her Saturday night to help us with the visual portion— that and her date, Chad, stood her up. Chad, if I find you..ha-hah. So let’s take a look at climates and microclimates. Now, climate affects all living beings on Earth—everything from plants to puppies to kittens---Geena. REAL animals. The kind on EARTH.…Oh that is a cat? Ohhhhhhh-kay. Do we have any…other—like kittens? That’s better. Yes, climate affects all living beings. It shapes the environment, determining whether crops will be plentiful, whether flooding will wipe out towns, or whether drought will diminish the water supply. Certain climates can be distributed over large regions, and smaller areas can have specific climates that differ from the larger climate around them. These are the areas we’re going to focus on. They’re called: microclimates. Microclimates are created by temperature, humidity, wind, dew, soil, heat, and evaporation—all of these factors can alter the climate of a single, smaller area within a larger climate. . The rise and fall of land, its topography can also create large-scale microclimates. Because warm air rises and cold air falls, valleys where cold air collects may be cooler than the slopes...
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...regional office for an insurance company. As the regional manager, his compensation package comprises a base salary, commissions, and a bonus when the region sells new policies in excess of its quota. Mike has been under enormous pressure lately, stemming largely from two factors. First, he is experiencing a mounting personal debt due to a family member’s illness. Second, compounding his worries, the region’s sales of new policies have dipped below the normal quota for the first time in years. You have been working for Mike for two years, and like everyone else in the office, you consider yourself lucky to work for such a supportive boss. You also feel great sympathy for his personal problems over the last few months. In your position as accountant for the regional office, you are only too aware of the drop in new policy sales and the impact this will have on the manager’s bonus. While you are working late at year-end, Mike stops by your office. Mike asks you to change the manner in which you have accounted for a new property insurance policy for a large local business. A substantial check for the premium came in the mail on December 31, the last day of the reporting year. The premium covers a period beginning on January 5. You deposited the check and correctly debited Cash and credited an unearned revenue account. Mike says, “Hey, we have the money this year, so why not count the revenue this year? I never did understand why you accountants are so picky about these things anyway...
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...their land for soil preservation but only a third. On one third of the land farmer could grow crops that benefited the uncultivated soil and the food supply of the peasant population. Farmers would grow peas or legumes on a third of the land, by doing so they were able to grow protein rich crops that helped the peasant with a source of a high protein diet. Peas and legumes also provided nitrogen that helped fertilize the uncultivated soil. In the other cultivated third of the land farmers would grow crops such as oats, rye or wheat that they could feed to its livestock. Normally farmers relied on using Oxen to assist in prepping the land but realized horses could work longer and more effectively if bred the right way. Horses use to be feed hey and other foods that were not high in nutrition which lead to lesser healthy horses. The three field system allowed farmers to grow enough oats in one year to supply their horses for three years. Horses were then noticed to be more effective than ox and used more...
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...Ron Zuchora Brain Response to Behavior Part I There is a process the brain processes information through the use of what is called “Neurons”. Neurons send signals through cells through the entire body. These Neurons have to essentially travel on branches in the body, sort like branches on a tree called dendrites. The dendrites have a long path or projection that is named axon. If two neurons communicate or coalesce, the axon of one cell will barely touch one another of a dendrite. There will then be a small space called a synaptic gap or synaptic cleft. Hypothetically speaking, if a person was to touch a hot stove or pan; the result would be thousands of neurons responsible for sending signals to the brain that tells the body “hey this is hot, Please take your hand off the stove.” When neurons actually fires or send signals, there is a rapid change in the electrical potential that is called the action potential. After the process has been submitted to the brain, it then makes a transition to terminal buttons to allow the changes to occur. There are however, chemical releases chemical substances called: Neurotransmitters. It’s sort of like a car that has pistons creating combustion and fuel is then carried to carburetor and the rest of engine components to make the car propel forward or move. A transmitting neuron has the responsibility of sending electrochemical to the bottom of the nervous system called a nerve cell. At the very bottom of the nerve cell synapses...
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...What is wrong with me? I asked myself for the umpteenth time. Everything kept ringing in my mind. I kept tossing and turning in bed; I woke up at about 01:08 am, turned on the light in my room, sat on my bed and could not figure out what to do. I decided to listen to music, but what kind of music? Reggae probably! Oh no, I will not listen to music. Should I read? Probably the bible! All I wanted was to rid my mind of the dilemma. I could not think straight. When did it start? How did it start? When is it going to end? I knew one thing for sure, that there was something wrong with me, but I was not going to allow myself to go insane. It was a Friday; a new day had been born, the sun was up and the day seemed to be promising. Being the event manager in the institution where I worked, I was planning an international conference for 200 people and went for a meeting at the La Palm Beach Hotel, to finalise arrangements for the conference. I heard the telephone on my desk ringing when I was about to enter my office. I quickly opened my office door and entered my office. The phone kept ringing, I picked the handset. The receptionist told me that my sister was on the phone and wanted to speak with me. I had not visited Yoyo for some weeks and she had called to check on me. We agreed to meet during the weekend. I went to the shop to buy some cookies for Yoyo’s kids and set off to visit her at her residence in North Kaneshie. Yoyo informed me that her friend Ewurama’s younger brother...
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...Companies consider dress code to include piercings, tattoos Like most law firms, Jolley, Urga, Wirth, Woodbury & Standish is a buttoned-down kind of place. Male attorneys are expected to wear coats and ties, Fridays are not casual, and employees who greet visitors in the reception area must remove jewelry worn in body piercings. Meanwhile, at Zappos.com, the Henderson-based Internet fashion retailer, T-shirts, tennies and tats are the rule rather than the exception, and employees can wear just about anything they'd like to work, although they are expected to exercise good judgment. Two successful companies, two approaches to handling the perpetually contentious issue of what employees should -- and shouldn't -- wear while they're on the clock. Whether the actual tipping point is T-shirts, tattoos or flip-flops, the tug-of-war between personal sartorial freedom and professional workplace accountability probably began with the first shots of the Industrial Revolution. And, in the decades since, it's a tension that has ebbed and flowed along with changes in society at large. Attorney Patrick Hicks, founding partner of the Las Vegas office of Littler Mendelson, has practiced law for nearly 25 years. "In the last 10 years, I've had more of these issues than in my first 15 years of practice," he says. Why? In part because the specifics of company dress codes have moved beyond clothing to also include body adornments, piercings and tattoos. It also may have something to...
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...Urbanization refers to the process by which the proportion of a countries population living in cities increases an also to the related economic, social and political changes. A city is usually defined as having more than 10, 00 inhabitants; mega cities have more than 10 million inhabitants. Urbanization occurs as a result of migration but also of smaller settlements growing so that they are reclassified as cities. The growth of cities in developing countries will be much faster than that of developed countries. Rural populations are expected to remain stable overall, though with some variation between regions of the world. Personally I believe that urbanization is not a necessary and desirable aspect of development due to the fact that it results in the opposite effect being ‘crowded cities with slum conditions’, the exact opposite result of what the developing country aimed to achieve and this not being a necessary step towards the process of development. Modernization theorists, looking back to the model of the Western development, see the growth of cities as an essential part of economic growth. Cities provide a labour force concentrated in one place for factories and businesses. They are also important in promoting cultural change, because they remove people from the countryside, where traditional ways are strongest, and through exposing them to Western values, cultural change should occur. Modernization theorists would therefore expect that urbanization would be an essential...
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...Hacker Group Submission Christopher Kidd The first hacker group and considered one of the worst I will cover is the group known as the Lizard Squad. This group is mainly known for claims of distributed denial-of-service claims. They targeted to disrupt gaming related services. On September 3, 2014, The group seemingly announced they were disbanding. Later on they seemed to reappear claiming responsibility for attacks on popular websites. Vinnie Omari is the member of the squad that was arrested and then bailed out for fraud by false representation – Fraud Act 2006, conspiracy to steal from another, and unauthorized computer access with the intent to commit other offenses. The first claimed attack from the group was on August 18, 2014. The servers for the game League of Legends were taken offline with a DDoS attack. We will highlight other claims in the following paragraph. On November 23, 2014, Lizard Squad claimed they attacked Destiny servers with a DDoS attack. The PlayStation Network was attacked twice. August 24, 2014 the PlayStation Network was taken down via a DDoS attack, with Lizard Squad claiming responsibility. And again on December 8, 2014, the PlayStation Network was again attacked, purportedly by Lizard Squad. Anyone who attempted to access the PlayStation Store during the time it was down were greeted by the message: "Page Not Found! It's not you. It's the internet's fault." Many others are claimed by them such as Xbox Live DDoS, the Machinima attack...
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