...Raven Williams Bloom Research Paper Pearl Hart: The Stagecoach Robber “A stagecoach robber is a large, closed horse-drawn vehicle formerly used to carry passengers and often mail along a regular route between two places.” As a famous stagecoach robber, she created tough controversy in the west. Pearl Hart was one of the most famous outlaws in the west creating a legend that many people today look forward to. If her spectacular contributions to history were not enough, her controversial life helped set up the final dramatic ending to her story. As a robber, she was not really intelligent and sociable; many of the people she stole from hated her. Pearl was born and raised in a middle-class family. According to findagrave.com, her father James Taylor was a “civil engineer who moved to Toledo, Ohio in 1978” Miss Hart mother was not really mentioned, throughout her life , although she had two children , she never was really attached . As stated in (Kathy Weiser quoted in legendofamerica.com) she sent her daughter to live with her parents, who moved to Ohio.” She had a husband named Frederick Hart; her husband had a drinking and a hand problem. Pearl had left Fred, “Inspired by strong woman and the enamored heroes of the west.”(Kathy Weiser quoted in legendofamerica.com) “In 1895 Fred caught up with pearl. Begged pearl to take him back by bribing her, he told her he would get a regular job, so Pearl and Fred reunited.” (Kathy Weiser quoted in legendofamerica.com). This excited...
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...believe that the website of Science and Public Policy Institute uses sound research from highly qualified climate scientists to refute common fallacies in the assumption that global warming is caused by manmade CO2 emissions. The Science and Public Policy Institute define themselves as a lobbying group with a mission to “provide research and educational material dedicated to sound public policy based on sound science” (“About us”). The president, Robert Ferguson brings 26 years of Capitol Hill experience as Chief of Staff of several congressmen (“Robert Ferguson (Science and Public Policy Institute)”). Their Chief policy advisor (specializing in climate issues) is Lord Monckton, Christopher. He served as a special advisor to Margaret Thatcher and established a successful corporation offering consulting and technical advice to corporations and governments (“Christopher Monckton”). Science Advisor William Kininmonth, a consulting climatologist who worked for the Australian Bureau of Meteorology for 38 years as a weather forecaster (“William Kininmonth”). Science Advisor Robert Carter, he is a palaeontologist and marine biologist with over 30 years professional experience (“Professor Robert M. Carter-ICSC Chief Science Advisor”). Science Advisor Craig Idso, who serves as chairman of the Board of Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change (“Craig Idso”). Meteorology Advisor Joe D’Aleo, Ph.D., has over 35 years in...
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...From 1960 to 1963 Miles took a short vacation, but sure enough he came back well rested and better than ever. One year later he had brilliant players such as Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams playing in his rhythm section. Together they brought forth the invention of Funky Soul Jazz with George Coleman as the tenor, which Wayne Shorter later came to replace. Very predictable of Miles, he changed his style again, this time a unique mix between Hard Bop and Free Jazz. After this movement was fully established by Miles, surprisingly enough, he changed again, he just could not keep a straight pace. He brought in Chick Corea, electric keyboards, and doubled up sopranos as rock influenced his new style better known as Fusion. Two...
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...is the syllogism. An argument is termed valid if its conclusion does indeed follow from its premises, whether the premises are true or not, while an argument is sound if its conclusion follows from premises that are true. Propositional logic uses premises that are propositions, which are declarations that are either true or false, while predicate logic uses more complex premises called formulae that contain variables. These can be assigned values or can be quantified as to when they apply with the universal quantifier (always apply) or the existential quantifier (applies at least once). Inductive reasoning makes conclusions or generalizations based on probabilistic reasoning. For example, if “90% of humans are right-handed” and “Joe is human” then “Joe is probably right-handed”. Fields in logic include mathematical logic (formal symbolic logic) and philosophical logic. Metaphysics Main article: Metaphysics Metaphysics is the study of the most general features of reality, such as existence, time, the relationship between mind and body, objects and their properties, wholes and their parts, events, processes, and causation. Traditional branches of metaphysics include cosmology, the study of the world in its entirety, and ontology, the study of being. Within metaphysics itself there are a wide range of differing philosophical theories. Idealism, for example, is the belief that reality is mentally...
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...Preface Anonymity On any given day a number of individuals travel to and through the South Dallas area where this initial research project took place. Many visitors to the area often stop at the few remaining mom-and-pop restaurants for a greasy cheeseburger, link, or fish basket where several of the public characters that took part in this research hustle for money to buy that day’s beverage, blunt, or bed. The participants in this research are constantly in the public’s eye. Their identities are not secret and often the ways in which they engage in informal economy are well known as well. A select few of these individuals have participated in city meetings that are televised. Other anthropologists, sociologists, and curious academics have examined the decline of this southern sector of Dallas for one reason or another. Newspaper reporters and other media groups have often completed editorial pieces on this community and its residents (housed and un-housed). Identities are often made public; however, anonymity in regards to person or place is very much a component to this research in accordance with the anthropological guidelines of human subject protection. A pseudonym has been provided for each individual and place of business that participated in this research. Introduction Society is not a mere sum of individuals. Rather, the system formed by their association represents a specific reality which has its own characteristics... The group thinks, feels, and...
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...medicine, and religion. In the area of politics, Liberia produced Angie Brooks Randolph, the first African female President of the UN General Assembly. In sports, specifically in soccer, Liberia produced George Oppong Weah, the only African so far to capture two major football titles: World Best from the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) and European Best from the European Football Association (UEFA). In medicine, Liberia produced the renowned cardiologist, Jerome Ngana, and the prominent AIDS researcher, Stephen Kennedy. In religion, Liberia produced Prophet Wade Harris, founder of the Protestant Methodist Church, La Côte d’Ivoire; Canon Burgess Carl, former Secretary General of the All Africa Council of Churches; William R. Tolbert, Jr., President of the World Baptist Alliance, and Liberia’s 19th president who was overthrown in a bloody coup in 1980; and Herman Brown, one of the first blacks to serve as Special Assistant in the office of the Archbishop of...
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...Sushil Nagar Market research and image Analysis Student No. 28044 Project on Fitness Studios Table of Contents 1. MARKET RESEARCH ON FITNESS STUDIOS page(4,5) 2. A)Introduction Page(5,6) B) After World War 2 page(6,7,8) 3. The Birth of American Health page(9,10) 4. Marketing (page 10,11,) (a) Television Viewing (b)Observation 5. Interviews (Page 11, 12, 13) (A)Face to Face Interviews (B)Household Interviews 6. Final Survey (Page 14) 7. Results of the Survey (Page 15, 16, 17, 18) 8. Negative Feedback (Page 19) 9. Customer Satisfaction (Page 20) 10. Unique Fitness Clubs (page 21) 11. Challenges and Opportunities (Page 22, 23) 12. Conclusion (Page 24) 13. Appendices (page 24) 14. References (Page 25) MARKET RESEARCH ON FITNESS STUDIOS Taking a practical action-oriented approach, and focusing on established, need to know subjects. This seminar paper of mine will reflect market research on Fitness Studios in International Business Environment. This series will concentrate on developing practical texts. I made best efforts I could to ensure that each title that this research remains international in both content and research and gives a clear picture. Overall this paper will produce a body of work that will enhance international awareness about marketing research on fitness studios. Note:- I made every possible effort to ensure...
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...of Management Kathryn Williams MGT 330 April 9, 2012 Joe Cheng The Function of Management The purpose of this paper is to define and provide examples of the four functions of management which are: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. The paper includes an explanation of how each function plays a major role in my daily work responsibilities within my organization. According to Bateman & Snell (2011), the purpose of management is the process in which people utilizes resources to obtain organizational goals. The goal of an organization also includes an expansion of goods through increasing profits, improving customer service, and seeks the high performance of employees and their job responsibilities. The purpose the goal of the organization can only be accomplished through effective management. The functions of management are imperative if a manager wants to be successful with employees and consumers. This can be done through delivering strategic values. Delivering strategic value involves planning specific goals to be achieved and making decisions on actions needed to achieve these goals. Planning involves analyzing current situations within the organization. Planning also involves management envisioning a future for the organization, through establishing objectives, and determining activities the organization will expedite for the purpose of organizational success. According to (Wondra, 2011), states that current research describes the relationship...
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...Fast Food Advertising And Childhood Obesity A rise in obesity has been observed in the United States in the last two decades. Obesity is one problem that gives birth to numerous fatal diseases, including but not limited to cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and depression. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducted a survey and found that, “More than one-third of U.S. adults (35.7%) and approximately 17% (or 12.5 million) of children and adolescents aged 2-19 years are obese” (Ogden, Carroll). One of the main reasons behind obesity is the American’s love for fast food. Fast food contains only a small proportion of essential nutrients, and is loaded with unhealthy and non-essential nutrients which do nothing but contribute to obesity and resulting diseases. An equally increasing trend has been observed in the openings of new fast food locations. The fact sheet issued by National Restaurant Association shows that “970,000 new fast food locations were opened in year 2012 and the restaurant-industry share of each food dollar spent stands at 48%” (2012 forecast). Those parents who know about the adverse effects of fast food consumption try their best to keep their children away from it. But no matter how hard they try to shield their children, some negative forces like advertising provides them a complete exposure to such unhealthy food. A kid may never have eaten a McDonald’s hamburger, but he/she definitely knows what it looks like, thanks to the power of...
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...Mr. Macomber English 3 AP Syllabus 1.5 English 3 AP Course Overview Students in this introductory college-level course read and carefully analyze a broad and challenging range of nonfiction prose selections, deepening their awareness of rhetoric and how language works. Through close reading and frequent writing, students develop their ability to work with language and texts in order to establish greater awareness of purpose and strategy, while strengthening their own composing abilities. C16 Students examine rhetoric in essays, images, movies, novels, and speeches. They frequently confer about their writing by conferencing in class. C 14 Feedback is given both before and after students revise their work to help them develop logical organization, enhanced by specific techniques to increase coherence. Rhetorical structures, graphic organizers, and work on repetition, transitions, and emphasis are addressed. I comment on individual drafts, and I write memos to the class in a blog about whole-class concerns such as specificity of quotations, parallelism, and transitions. C13 Simultaneously, students review the simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentence classifications. We examine word order, length, and surprising constructions. Loose and periodic sentences are introduced. We examine sample sentences and discuss how change affects tone, purpose, and credibility of the author/speaker. In addition, feedback on producing sentence structure variety...
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...The Tall-Tall Tale of William Faulkner Gavin D. Respress ENG 1102 Troy University The Tall-Tall Tale of William Faulkner The brilliant author William Faulkner stood only five feet, six inches tall, but he is enormous in size in relations to American literature. Faulkner was a prominent writer from the state of Mississippi, who became a Nobel Prize winning novelist and an excellent short story writer who is admired worldwide as one of the best writers of the twentieth century. He is giving credit for transforming the deep-south region of Mississippi in to a fictional setting, where he explained, tested and explored “the old verities and truths of the heart.” In less than a decade, Faulkner accomplished more artistically than most writers have accomplish in their entire lifetime. In fact, his greatest creative triumph is during the period of The Sound and the Fury in 1929 to Go Down, Moses in 1942. This essay will discuss how William Faulkner became a legend of American literature, writing a series of novels, in spite of never graduating from high school or attending college, while living in the poorest state in America and balancing a large family and financial setbacks during the Great Depression. William Faulkner was the first of four sons born to Murry and Maud Butler Falkner in New Albany, Mississippi on September 25, 1897. His parents named him after his great-grandfather who was killed eight years prior in a battle in the streets with a former business...
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...PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY RINKER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT BUI 4513 (01) (3 hour credit) SPRING 2014 RSC 1330 TR, 09:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. DR. JOE J. EASSA, JR. RSC 1354 (561) 803-2460 Cell Phone: (561) 758 -9792 E-mail: joe_eassa@pba.edu Susan Williams Rinker School of Business, Dean’s Assistant 561-803-2450 susan_williams@pba.edu PROFESSOR OFFICE HOURS: M 12:30 p.m. – 02:30 p.m. T 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. W 12:30 p.m. – 04:30 p.m. R 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. F 01:00 p.m. – 03:00 p.m. Otherwise, at the convenience of the student. COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course reviews and critically examines international management theory and practice. The course is divided into four main areas: 1) assessing the global environment, 2) examining the cultural context of global management, 3) formulating and implementing international strategy, and 4) exploring the dynamics of international human resources management. The main goal of this course is to give students a fundamental understanding of the environment in which international business operates and of the practices required to compete successfully in global markets. TEXTBOOK: Deresky, Helen, (2014). International Management: Managing Across Borders and Cultures. NJ: Prentice Hall (Pearson). 8th edition, ISBN: 978-0-13-306212-0. BUI 4513 (01) INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT PAGE 2 LEARNING OUTCOMES & ASSESSMENT MEASURES: Learning Outcome | Assessment | ...
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...Assessing Your Leadership Style to Achieve Organizational Objectives EILEEN NEWMAN RUBIN Research has shown that there are more than 30 differently named leadership styles, ranging from micro-management to hands-off, each with its own proponents. Six, however, stand out as most com- monly found in business: authoritarian, democratic, transformational, laissez-faire, servant, and situa- tional. A review of the experiences of six leaders who embody these styles reveals that each mode of operating has its pros and cons; there is no sin- gle best approach. Being aware of one’s leadership style and that of others makes it possible to lever- age strengths and compensate for weaknesses and to properly match individuals to a particular role or task—for the good of the entire organization. ©C 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Whether they are involved in politics, corporate America, or a nonprofit endeavor, the style in which managers and other professionals exert their lead- ership can determine the outcome of their efforts. As the American businessman and political fig- ure Erskine Bowles said, “Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts” (Kruse, 2012). But what is the best leadership style to use? There is no simple answer to this seemingly simple ques- tion. One’s leadership style depends on several fac- tors, including the personality of the leader, the or- ganizational culture (and the many subcultures that may exist within it), the personalities of the people...
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...National Response Framework (NRF): Improving America’s Disaster Response The government of the United States has experienced and continues to manifest consistent, often times sweeping, changes to the “way it does Emergency Response business.” The disastrous events of both September 11, 2001 and the unfolding tragedy of Hurricane Katrina proved to be “real-time” triggers for the evolution of governmental amendment to and eventual restructure of the overarching procedural standard for incident response in the country. One of the outcomes would become what was dubbed the National Response Framework, or NRF. This paper will present a brief outline of its core structure and purpose. Moreover, it will aim to make an opinion on whether this template for emergency response is maximally effective in its approach to the complexities associated with Incident Response in the U.S. A brief outline of the NRF structure and intent is now appropriate here. The template is a doctrinal approach to the domestic partnerships and implementation of resources above and beyond those rules set by the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the Incident Command System (ICS) (fema.gov, 2012). General audiences of NRF-specific guidance will typically be policy-level personnel or heads-of-agencies, who directly or strategically coordinate echelon and subordinate agencies at all eventual layers of government emergency response. It is driven largely by the data and regulatory information offered...
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...work for several months pasting labels on bottles. This experience was painful and socially humiliating to him, and images of the factory haunted him for the rest of his life. These images provided a backdrop to much of his fiction, which often focused on class issues; the plight of the poor and oppressed; and lost, suffering children. As an adult, he championed social and political causes designed to help the poor, prisoners, and children. Dickens became a reporter in 1832, and in 1833 he began publishing short stories and essays. In 1836 he married Catherine Hogarth. The couple had ten children, but their marriage was unhappy and ended in 1858. Dickens’s successful career as a novelist began in 1837 with the publication of The Pickwick Papers. Other novels include A Christmas Carol,...
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