...Scott Peterson's attorney, Mark Geragos, now has to contend with more than a guilty verdict for his client - and the penalty phase of the trial, now delayed for a week by the judge. Geragos is also facing a bar complaint related to the case. In the complaint, Florida attorney John B. Thompson - who has no reported connection to the case - argues that Geragos violated a key ethic rules forbidding communication with jurors. According to Thompson, Geragos did so by putting a replica of Scott Peterson's boat two blocks from the courthouse. Geragos, who remains under a under a gag order preventing him from discussing the case with the media, has not been able to respond to the allegations. Thompson says that Geragos's alleged boat display not only broke the California ethics rule barring juror communication, but also broke the California ethics rule against extrajudicial communications about a case. (As a recent column by Jonna Spilbor for this site noted, the penalty phase of this case - in which a death sentence could be imposed - has yet to occur.) Reportedly, the boat contained homemade concrete anchors - such as those the prosecution alleged Scott used to weigh down Laci Peterson's body - and a dummy representing the body. The defense's theory was that Scott could not have thrown Laci's heavily pregnant body over the side of the tiny, anchor-filled boat without swamping the boat with water and tipping it over. The display was apparently intended to illustrate just how tippable...
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...Born in the late 1860s in Texarkana, on the border between Texas and Arkansas, Scott Joplin took up the piano as a child and eventually became a travelling musician as a teen. He immersed himself in the emerging musical form known as ragtime and became the genre’s foremost composer with tunes like "The Entertainer," "Solace" and "The Maple Leaf Rag," which is the biggest-selling ragtime song in history. Joplin also penned the operas Guest of Honor and Treemonisha. He died in New York City on April 1, 1917. Scott Joplin (1867/1868 – April 1, 1917) was an African-American composer and pianist. Joplin achieved fame for his ragtime compositions and was dubbed the "King of Ragtime Writers". During his brief career, he wrote 44 original ragtime pieces, one ragtime ballet, and two operas. One of his first pieces, the "Maple Leaf Rag", became ragtime's first and most influential hit, and has been recognized as the archetypal rag. "Scott Joplin." Bio. A&E Television Networks, 2015. Web. 30 Mar. 2015. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMAtL7n_-rc The story of the piano begins in Padua, Italy in 1709, in the shop of a harpsichord maker named Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori (1655-1731). Many other stringed and keyboard instruments preceded the piano and led to the development of the instrument as we know it today. Cristofori's piano was developed from the harpsichord and consequently rather small and made entirely out of wood. As time passed, however, the development of larger instruments...
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...Dan Scott Paul Johansson * Influences * Family- Dan’s parents seem to be harder on him than his brother Keith. They always pushed him to be better at sports especially basketball. His wife was an alcoholic and a drug addict, once tried to kill him in his car dealership by drugging him and the lighting it on fire. He has two biological sons and only cared about the younger one, most likely because he married his mother. His older brother, Keith, was more of a father to his older son, Lucas, than he was. People in Tree Hill seemed to like Keith more than Dan because Keith was friendlier to people than Dan. * Friends- Dan didn’t really have any friends because he was rude to everyone. Even his workers hated him, and his children, wife, brother, and Karen, the mother of his first born. * Environment- Tree Hill, North Carolina is a small town; everyone knows everybody and knows everyone’s business. In the show One Tree Hill, Dan becomes mayor after running against Karen in season 3 and shortly after Deb, his wife, flees Tree Hill after Lucas tells her he knows she is the one who set the fire to try to kill Dan. * Defense Mechanism * Repression- Repression is the defense mechanism that removes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from ones consciousness. An example of this defense mechanism used in One Tree Hill is Dan was jealous of Keith, and in the third season there was a school lockdown, one of the students brought in a gun and...
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...The case of Scott Peterson who is convicted of murdering his wife, Laci Peterson and their 8 mouths old unborn son is one of the most controversial case during the last few years. In other people’s sights, this is a perfect marriage. While Peterson’s affair with Amber Frey could leads to his strong desire of being single again, which could be considered as his motive of murdering his wife. Even though Scott Peterson insists his innocence and the lack of direct evidence make it hard to connect him as the murder, the circumstances surrounding Laci Peterson’s death and the disposal of her body can be linked to only her husband. The evidences that point to Scott Peterson’s guilt will be presented as following. The first direct evidence is a piece of Laci Peterson’s hair that consistent with her DNA was found in a pliers in Scott Peterson’s boat. This direct evidence that leads to the fact that Scott is involved and might be partly responsible for his wife’s death. Meanwhile, there do have two witnesses proved that Scott was seen fishing at the place which is 19 miles way from his house at the night of Christmas Eve. Few months later, Laci Peterson’s death was discovered at the same spot. The police also found the cement residue in Scott Peterson’s boat which could be used to weigh Laci’s body down in water for months. Additionally, the police found out that Scott was looking at the tidal chart online just a day before Laci’s disappearance. Blood stain were also discovered in Peterson’s...
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...The Dred Scott Decision (1857) Jordan Stuart History 121- Early America to the Civil War Professor Hamilton November 11, 2013 Dred Scott, who was born into slavery in Virginia, moved with his owner to St. Louis, Missouri. After Scott’s original owner had died the ownership was sold to John Emerson. Throughout many years Dred Scott moved with John Emerson to many free states. Once Emerson died, the ownership of Dred Scott was passed to Irene Sanford Emerson, John Emerson’s wife. At this point Scott attempted to buy his freedom but Irene refused, thus creating an uprising of controversial court cases. Dred Scott claimed he had become free while living in free states and that once free he could not be reenslaved. Dred Scott fought for his freedom in court until his case made it to the Supreme Court. The Dred Scott decision of 1857 ruled that African-Americans, free or enslaved, could never be citizens of the United States and held no rights under the Constitution. This decision proved to have a dramatic effect on American politics. The ruling of Chief Justice Taney was the most important decision ever issued on slavery. The Dred Scott decision was controversial, raising many questions regarding African Americans as citizens, whether or not the congress had the right to prohibit slavery in any territory, and the equality of all men under the Declaration of Independence. The question brought up in court was whether a negro whose ancestors were imported into the United...
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...Scott Joplin: Pianist, Songwriter (1868-1917) Scott Joplin, known for “The Maple Leaf Rag” and “The Entertainer”, has influenced jazz music with his rags. Being one of the initial composers of a rag he was considered the “King of Ragtime” in the early 20th century. Before becoming a traveling musician as a teenager, Joplin became involved in the piano as a child. He was the most interested in ragtime and composed pieces that are now the biggest-selling ragtime songs. Joplin’s familial was very musical, his family was full of singers, banjo players, violinists, guitarists, piano, and more. Young Joplin was taught piano lessons by a German music teacher, Julius Weiss, who lived in his hometown. When in his teen years, Joplin worked as a traveling...
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...F. Scott Fitzgerald Though there have been many great authors in history, F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of the most admirable for his works. During F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life, many things that were “in the air” influenced him. He lived through the roaring twenties, also known as the Jazz Age, and continued on his career into the Great Depression. On September 24th, 1896, Mary McQuillan gave birth to her child, Francis Scott Fitzgerald. He was born in the apartment that was rented by his parents. The man who fathered Fitzgerald was Edward Fitzgerald. Three months before Fitzgerald was born, his mother had lost her two daughters. F. Scott Fitzgerald began his school career at Miss Goodyear’s School in September of 1902. At Miss Goodyear’s School, Fitzgerald had become a very avid reader. Since F. Scott Fitzgerald’s father transferred jobs a lot, he attended many schools during his childhood. When his father transferred to Buffalo, New York, Fitzgerald went to Miss Narden’s school. During the time while he attended Miss Narden’s School, he got involved with the Catholic Church. The Fitzgeralds moved back to Minnesota after Edward Fitzgerald was fired, and F. Scott Fitzgerald began attending St. Paul’s School. While he was enrolled in St. Paul’s School, Fitzgerald wrote his first short stories. He was expelled from St. Paul’s School due to his grades, though, and soon after the Fitzgeralds got transferred to Hackensack, New Jersey, where F. Scott Fitzgerald was enrolled...
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...Coretta; The Story of Coretta Scott King Octavia Vivian Coretta Scott King is widely recognized as the wife of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. But in her own right she was a civil rights activist, vocalist and mother of four children. The struggles that she faced in her life were insurmountable. At a young age, she lost the love of her life and raised four children alone. But the grounding factor through all of her trials and tribulations was her strong belief and love of God. Growing up in Alabama in the 1930’s was difficult for an African American woman. Her family struggled even though they owned land and multiple businesses during the depression. Coretta attended a local elementary school and was always at the top of her class. She moved on to Lincoln High School, which was semi-private. Her parents were paying tuition plus room and board and didn’t see her but only on the weekends. Her mother got so frustrated with the whole situation that she bused all of the African American kids to and from school every day. Coretta’s parents told her that she was going to college no matter what. After graduating as valedictorian of her class, she received some assistance from scholarships and attended Antioch College in Ohio. She majored in elementary education with a minor in music. Coretta was a very talented vocalist and singing was her passion. After graduating from Antioch, Coretta was accepted to the New England Conservatory in Boston. Coretta had...
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...Courtroom T.V. - Scott Peterson CJS/251 February 14, 2016 Courtroom T.V. - Scott Peterson We chose to discuss the topic of the infamous Scott Peterson murder trial. In the next few paragraphs you will get a well rounded view of the case from start to finish. It is not chalked full of immense detail, but it is a good summary, to give an idea of the case for anyone who may not know or remember much of the case. Scott Peterson was arrested in La Jolla, CA on April 18, 2003 by the California Department of Justice/Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement Task Force. He was arrested in the parking lot of Torrey Pines Golf Course, where he said he was meeting up with his father to play golf. He was in possession of several items not meant for golf. Peterson bleached his goatee and hair, but claimed it was from chlorine from his friends pool; later is his fried testified that Peterson had never swam or made use of his hot tub. Before Peterson's arraignment, he had been represented by Kirk McAllister, a veteran criminal defense attorney from Modesto, CA. He told Judge Nancy Ashley at the arraignment that he could not afford a private attorney. So, Chief Deputy Public Defender Kent Faulkner was assigned to the case, and then later, Peterson changed his mind stating, “He could afford a private attorney.” That attorney’s name was, Mark Geragos, who was experienced in high profile defense cases. The People of the state of California v. Scott Peterson began in June 2004. Peterson's...
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...F. Scott Fitzgerald * September 24, 1896 St. Paul, Minnesota * He was one of the greatest writers of the 20th century * He perfectly captured America in the 1920’s * Known for one of the greatest novels of all time: The Great Gatsby * "What little I've accomplished has been by the most laborious and uphill work, and I wish now I'd never relaxed or looked back—but said at the end of The Great Gatsby: 'I've found my line—from now on this comes first.'" * F. Scott Fitzgerald (http://www.biography.com/people/f-scott-fitzgerald-9296261?page=1) * Mother: Mary McQuillan was from an Irish-Catholic family that had made a small fortune in Minnesota as wholesale grocers. * Father: Edward Fitzgerald, had opened a wicker furniture business in St. Paul, and, when it failed, he took a job as a salesman for Procter & Gamble that took his family back and forth between Buffalo and Syracuse in upstate New York during the first decade of Fitzgerald's life. However, Edward Fitzgerald lost his job with Procter & Gamble in 1908, when F. Scott Fitzgerald was 12, and the family moved back to St. Paul to live off of his mother's inheritance. * When he was 13 years old, he published his first story and the school news paper on St. Paul Academy * After graduating from the Newman School in 1913, Fitzgerald decided to stay in New Jersey to continue his artistic development at Princeton University. * Then he attended to Princeton he wrote musicals and...
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...Scott Joplin There are many people in the world who have gone through a rough time in life, Scott Joplin is one of them. Scott Joplin had a very hard time throughout his 49 years, this is his story. Scott Joplin was born on November 24th 1868, Bowie Texas. His mother’s name was Florence Givens. Scott’s dad’s name was Giles Joplin. He had five siblings; Monroe, Robert, William, Myrtle, and Ossie. Scott Joplin’s occupation was a pianist on a show called Ragtime. It was very hard for Scott to play in front of people since he was originally a slave. He went to college at George R. Smith college. Joplin’s first time playing music was very frightening and loud. His first time playing was at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Scott...
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...Scotts Miracle-Gro : The Spreader Sourcing Decision John Gray Michael Leiblein 1 As Bob Bawcombe drove to work on a warm California morning in June 2007, his mind was occupied with an upcoming meeting with the folks from the corporate office in Marysville, Ohio. Bawcombe was the director of operations of Scotts’ Temecula plant. For over five years, he had been in charge of the Temecula manufacturing plant, which produced all of Scotts Miracle-Gro’s domestic lawn seed and fertilizer spreaders (see Exhibit 1). As a result of the plant’s location in Southern California, Bawcombe was under constant pressure to justify why Scotts should not offshore/outsource production of its spreaders to a low-wage manufacturing site, such as China. COMPANY HISTORY 2 The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (Scotts), based in Marysville, Ohio, was formed by a 1995 merger of Miracle-Gro and The Scotts Company. The merger made Scotts the largest company in the North American lawn and garden industry. It was the world’s leading supplier and marketer of consumer products for do-it-yourself lawn and garden care, with products for professional horticulture as well. 1 In the 2007 fiscal year, Scotts had net sales of $2.7 billion (see Exhibits 2 and 3). 3 The Scotts Company was founded in 1868 by Orlando McLean Scott as a purveyor of weed-free seeds. By 1879, Scotts had diversified into distribution of horse-drawn farm equipment and also started a mail-order farm seed distribution channel. Scotts...
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...The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (Scott) was the world’s leading dealer and marketer of consumer products for do-it-yourself lawn and garden care in addition to products for specializing in horticulture. Scotts started it spreader business according to “(Pearce & Robinson, 2011), with the introduction of drop spreaders and expand business in later years to develop broadcast spreaders. Scott’s Vision for the company future involved making the plant automated as possible and were headed in that direction.” Scott’s was trained and developed there human resources to meet the need for the future direction of the company. This direction would consist of fewer assemblers and a greater number of machine technicians to maintain plants. By making these changes the company would dramatically cut labor cost and make help balance out the difference and make the cost comparable to the cost of plants in China. I think the key issue with Scott’s growth and development wanted to maintain quality but, also it was important for the company to innovative and cost effective. A good example of this sort of process innovation according to “(Pearce & Robinson, 2011), was the development of a new hand spreader assembly process. Scott’s redesigned the spreader and removed screws connectors this allowed for a pressure fit. In addition to allowing the company to build an in house an automated assembly line which help to cut cost because less staff was needed. This process only required four people but...
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...The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a definite page-turner due to Fitzgerald’s passion, and emotion that he has captured. The novel was published on April 10, 1925; however, did not sell many copies until his death. Before his death he was believed to be a failure, but is now considered one of the best American writers of the 20th century. The story takes place in New York City and on Long Island. More specifically, the West and East Egg during the roaring 20’s. Fitzgerald reflects on his own life making The Great Gatsby more of a personal narrative. F. Scott Fitzgerald was born Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald on September 24, 1896, in St. Paul, Minnesota. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life has influenced his writing on the novel The Great Gatsby....
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...1. Major issues （□drawbacks √advantages） Issues with Temecula Operations * High costs ( labor cost, overhead cost, raw material cost, energy cost) but were being improved * Redundant and labor-intensive process, low efficiency lay-out, but were being improved * In-mold labeling -- high quality (Hot stamping -- low quality) Issues with outsourcing to China * Scotts has to either provide the know-how of “in-mold labeling” or drop this feature. * Labor cost was low (√) but was expected to increase at 40% in the next decade. * Electricity cost was low (√) but was expected to increase at 20% in next decade. * Freight cost was USD 8 million and was increasing at 3% per year. * It had to keep safety stock of 8 weeks inventory ($460,000) to balance the increased lead time. * Contract manufacturer would take an 8% profit margin above costs. * Scotts also has to pay transaction cost and managing cost. * There would be a time-lag for quality reassurance in US due to the batch nature of suppliers. * Chinese government policy on Yuan remained uncertain. * Provisional agriculture product tariff-free policy existed (√) but later it might change. It seems that risks outweigh benefits. Analysis is provided below. This plan is NOT advisable to be taken. 2. Alternative solutions * Setting up a new plant in China ( mentioned in the article ) * Initial cost would be USD 8 Million and taking one year. * Benefits...
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