...The novel “The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America” by Timothy Egan, discusses many conservational topics that occurred during the presidency of Teddy Roosevelt. It highlights many of the significant conservation efforts of Teddy Roosevelt during his term of presidency, and the government’s efforts to buy land for conservation after the fire of 1910. As a result of the fire and the bill passing over twenty million acres in the East were purchased and acquired by the federal and state governments and made part of the national forest system. Many of these areas included the woods along Appalachians, the Smoky Mountains. A large part of the novel gives a detailed account of the fire as if it was based on first person account,...
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...Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt or Teddy Roosevelt was the 25th Vice President and 26th President of the United States. He is known as the conservationist president because of his accomplishments in protecting wildlife. He won both the Nobel Peace Prize, as the first president to do so, and also the Medal of Honor. Teddy Roosevelt was born to Theodore Roosevelt Sr. and Martha Bulloch on October 27, 1858 in New York, New York. Though Theodore has asthma and many ailments he lived a pretty active life. He attended both Harvard and Columbia University Law School. After graduating from Harvard he married Alice Hathaway Lee who later died on the same day as his mother in 1884. After tragedy has struck, Teddy moved to his ranch locating...
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...In the early 19th century, American Imperialism was a U.S. Policy used to expand American interest abroad. One perspective of this was this was Teddy Roosevelt and The Rough Riders. The Rough Riders is the name for the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish–American War and the only one of the three to see action. The United States Army was undersized and short-staffed in correlation to its status in the American Civil War approximately thirty years prior. As a measure towards determining this circumstance, President William McKinley called upon 1,250 volunteers to help with the war endeavors. The regiment was additionally called "Wood's Weary Walkers" to pay tribute to its first administrator,...
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...Even though I was quite skeptical at first, I found that reading about Teddy Roosevelt was quite interesting. I learned many things about him that I had not previously known. In my opinion, he was a good president with a big personality that brought youth and energy into the white house. Non the less, like most presidents, he did many good things but a few not so good. However, I believe he was nominated for a purpose, and played a huge role in shaping America today. Probably the one thing I most enjoyed learning about was Roosevelt’s personality and how he handled business in the white house unlike any president before him. I was really impressed by his achievements, skills, and just how much of a family and outdoorsy man he really was. To me, his determination and vigor to step up and lead America despite the assassination of President McKinley, was a tough thing to do, but exactly what was necessary. Also, I liked...
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...New Nationalism and Teddy Roosevelt: The new ideals of federal intervention, social justice and economic welfare for the Nation. Abstract In 1901 when President McKinley was assassinated, Roosevelt confronted sentiment, especially from the older members of the Republican Party, that he was not the right person to lead the country, often referring to him as “His Accidency.” Roosevelt was interested in quickly changing the mood of the country and establishing his legitimacy to his new position. He did so by introducing a “New Nationalist” form of Progressivism. When Roosevelt was sworn in, the Progressive Party had already been developing and growing since the end of the 19th century. It advocated for reforms and the lead of the government in changing society’s problems in response to socio-economic and political imbalances. Such thinking was a radical change in the country’s mindset, with earlier efforts supporting private efforts to solve the nation’s ills. The Progressive party had a broad platform, but the overall goal was for government to implement and lead efforts to alter societal inequalities. The Progressives called for eliminating corruption in the federal government as well as supporting a social welfare program, the women’s vote, penal system reform, and prohibition. Although the issue of civil rights for African-Americans was of concern of some members, this issue was not formally included in any of the Progressive party’s literature. With the support of...
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...Is Football Too Dangerous? What would Teddy Roosevelt do? Football, one of America’s most iconic and beloved sports, has been under scrutiny and, so to speak, investigation lately. Many people believe that football is just too dangerous to be played, especially amongst young men whose brains are still developing. Due to the many cases of head trauma and concussions, football is now at a crossroad. There are those who believe that the benefits outweigh the risks and want the legacy of football to be continued, and there are others who believe the risks outweigh the benefits and football is a much too dangerous sport to be playing. Football has always involved hard tackles and rough play, therefore, it is an insuperable task to play football and not get some sort of injury. However, concerns of the risks of football have not only been going on in the major leagues, but have also been occurring amongst high school players and youth leagues. After being polled, it was found that 50% of Americans would not want their sons to play football. The high-risk, but rewarding sport is literally at a crossroad. Some value the sport and believe that the benefits outweigh the...
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...My Teddy Bear By Carisa A. Paterson I got my first teddy bear today. My mom and dad got it for me. She is a chocolate brown bear. She feels like a fresh pick peach she is as soft as a soft sheet. She is my best friend in the world, and her name is Mrs. Peach. Hey I am only five what do you take me for I am not that popular at kindergarten. We do everything together and it is so much fun. Such as play outside. We eat together and we love to take mud baths those are the most fun kind of baths. One day my mom told me if you keep that kind of playing with her that is she is going to get all ratty and dirty. I told her so what mom she is my best friend and we must do everything together. She said that we need to put her up so she doesn’t get to much more dirty. I hugged her tighter than ever and said no she is my best friend please do not take her away from me mommy. I’ll miss her very much. I went to bed with her one day and woke up the next morning she was gone. I ran down the stairs crying telling my mom why you took her away after I told you how much she means to me. To my surprise there was Mrs. Peach sitting at the table. She looked like the way she did the first day I got her. My mom had stayed up all night putting new stuffing in her sowing her up and given her a well-deserved bath. That was 89 years ago and she is still my best friend she is also my daughters best friend and my granddaughters best friend and in about five years she will be my great granddaughter’s...
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...Swot Analysis of the Build-a-Bear Workshop Strengths Venturing into an untapped market for hands-on customisation of teddy bears, Build-a-Bear has established itself as a market leader. Its success derives from its dynamic retail concept where customers create their own teddy bears from choosing the outer casing of the bear down to stitching it up, personalising it along the way. The interactive nature of the process brings out the creativity and individuality of the customer and at the same time, allows them to have fun. Build-a-Bear is family oriented and does not restrict the age of customers to below 12, hence is an ideal place to go for family bonding. Guests enjoy the highly visual environment, the sounds and the fantasy of this special place while they create a memory with their family and friends. Why Build-a-Bear has been successful so far is probably the fact that the customer walks out of the store happy and satisfied. Due to the popularity of the Internet for networking, especially amongst today’s Internet savvy kids, Build-a-Bear has launched a virtual world- buildabearville.com- to pique their interest in their products and build customer loyalty. There, guests can bring their furry friends to life online to play together, create their own online character, play games, chat with friends and more. Knowing the market is essential in keeping up with the changing wants of kids, which is why the “Virtual Cub Advisory Council” was created, where a panel of children...
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...Strategic IT Analysis: Vermont Teddy Bear David Lopez 07/07/2014 Info 563 Vermont Teddy Bear (VTB) has adapted to the changes in their industry since their early beginnings. They have been able to find different outlets for their product whether it is web, phone, retail or mail, that still holds true to this day. They operate in many industries such as the plush toys segment, general gifts, clothing apparel, and florist industry. They are able to compete in this market with three main products: toy bears, pajamas, and flowers. They operate in an industry which is highly seasonal and failure to capitalize during peak season would mean lost revenue. The Vermont Teddy Bear product is sold in the playthings industry which is expected to top $80.3 billion by 2012. This product has a high rate of sales during the months of December, February, and May due to the particular holidays that occur in those months. These products are highly customizable which allows it to appeal to more consumers. Sales trends showed that during the peak season most purchases were for adult gifts while the rest of the year were for children. The products are manufactured in Shelburne, Vermont. Another seasonal product for VTB is PajamaGrams which competes in two industries: the general gifts and clothing apparel. Most pajamas are sold through retail outlets such as Macy’s, Target, and Wal-Mart. Unlike the teddy bear brand these products are imported from China and Mexico. The best-selling clothing...
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...to pre-school), early school age days, high school age, and why you came to WINGS and what you want in your future life. You should reveal enough about yourself to make your presentation interesting. I will give you a handout to help you. You will type your paper according to the above instructions and present your speech from notes. I will have your paper in my hands during your speech. Be careful not to read from your notes. You must appear to be speaking to your audience from memory as much as possible. Your typed paper should be about two pages in length, and your speech should be three to five minutes long. *You must also bring two or three things that represent your life. These can be literal or symbolic. Ex: Your first teddy bear (literal) Ex: An umbrella (Symbolic) representing a time when you were caught in the rain. Use the following plan sheet to help you in your preparation. Assignment One Instructions and Plan Sheet This paper is all about you. You are really more interesting to other people than you may think you are. Writing about your life should be easy if you don’t worry about it too much. Just let your thoughts flow. After all, it’s a topic you know better than anyone else. Each paragraph should be at least fifty words long. That is a minimum length. You might want to make your paper longer for a better grade. All About Me is a good title or make up your own. 1stParagraph: Birth and Early Years Tell about your parents...
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...in four different countries (United States, UK (United Kingdom, Puerto Rico, and Canada), they also give the chance to make it possible for creating a store by starting at least with 5 million dollars (it depends of the country, but that is the minimum capital people have to start with), it doesn’t mean it will be a sub franchising or something similar, they still be the total owners of the store making the country as a new point of the brand. The idea came up in a really particular situation between Maxine Clark and her friend. She was only 10 years old when she was trying to get a bear toy from the store with her friend, but her friend couldn’t find the one she liked it, and then she said it should be a great idea about making her own teddy bear, it was the moment when Maxine went even deeper, and she got a creative and also a pretty good idea. The first store opened in October 1997 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, and since that date, they have made over 100 million different kind of bears and animal at the store. It was difficult to get the inversions at the begging, the idea wasn’t caught very good by the investors, so she had to try with their kids doing the firsts tries and it was how they got tied with the...
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...Howard Hewett, Al Green, Peabo Bryson, and many other balladeers were all famous for wooing females on stage. But, there was only one who could hold an all-female only concert; Theodore Pendergrass. The world came to know him as, Teddy Pendergrass or more affectionately “Teddy Bear”. He first became popular when singing with Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes in the 70’s. He was badly injured in an automobile accident and paralyzed from waist down. He lived 25 years after his injury; which is not normally consistent with an injury of this type. He later died of complications of a colon cancer surgery. I would like to discuss his triumphs of accusations of drug abuse, struggling to become an international artist, and dealing with being a paraplegic. Come with me as I take a walk down memory lane of Balladeer; Teddy Pendergrass. Pendergrass was born Theodore DeReese Pendergrass in Philadelphia on March 26, 1950. He was an only child. Pendergrass’s mom had six miscarriages before giving birth to him; all of them were boys. His parents were Jesse Pendergrass and Ida Geraldine Epps. Pendergrass parents separated when he was very young. Jessie Pendergrass was killed later; Teddy was only 12 years old. Pendergrass was a student at Thomas Edison High; which was an all-boys school. Before dropping out in the 11th grade; he was a member of the Edison Mastersingers. He decided to pursue a career in the music industry after dropping out. His first gig was a drummer with...
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...differentiating each of these three concepts. What are the implications of each on Build-A-Bear’s actions? Answer: Why children like staffed animals? Why children like Teddy bear over other staffed animal? The answer of the above two question will give you the answer “what is the needs and wants of Build-A-Bear customers?” as well. First of all, children like to play. They always wish to play with those animals and superheroes that they see in the Television screen and other media especially in cartoons. As Build-A-Bear’s customers are almost children, their need is to play. Now, come to the second question, it focuses of a specific toy renowned as “Teddy Bear”. If you think deeply about the question, you will surely find something irrelevant. You may question, who have told you that all the children throughout the world like Teddy bear? Yes you are right, and the difference between needs and wants is embedded into your question. Most of the children of western country like Teddy bear, but from our perspective as an inhabitant of a third world country, the situation is much different. The reason behind it is want – the form of human needs shaped by culture, habits and individual personality. As children of western countries are familiar with the animal teddy bear physically their want is to play with the animal and that’s why Teddy bear is a renowned staffed animal in those countries. One term lefts to explain, that is demand. When human want backed by buying power then it becomes demand...
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...for this business idea. But nearly a decade later this company was considered as one of the hottest five retailers. The company hit number 25 on Business Week´s Hot Growth list of fast expanding small companies and Maxine Clark won Fast Company´s Customer-Centered Leader award. After being the president of Payless shoe store and resigning in 1996 (Selk, 2015), Maxine Clark´s Build a Bear first store opened in 1997 in Saint Louis Missouri. By 2007 it had sold over 50 million customer-made teddy bears and registered sales of $474 million. Clark’s inspiration came from her 10 year old friend Katie. She argued why she couldn´t find the stuffed toy she wanted and that it was so easy to make (Build a Bear, 2015); and so the inspiration came. Currently, there are over 400 stores in the USA, UK, Puerto Rico, Canada and franchises in Europe, Asia, Middle East, Australia, Mexico and Africa, with more than 125 million Bears living around the world. They are also diversifying the product, not only teddy bears. Now customers can build dinosaurs (Build a Dino), dolls (Friends 2B Made) and Build a Bear at the Zoo where customers can decide in a variety of more than animals. (Build a Bear) Nowadays the current chief executive officer is Shannon Price John, who previously worked at Stride Rite, Hasbro and Mattel and has a wide experience at managing this brands which are targeted to children. People Involved: * Maxine Clark founder and former CEO of Build a Bear, who started this company...
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...each of these three concepts. What are the implications of each on Build-A-Bear’s actions? Answer: Why children like staffed animals? Why children like Teddy bear over other staffed animal? The answer of the above two question will give you the answer “what is the needs and wants of Build-A-Bear customers?” as well. First of all, children like to play. They always wish to play with those animals and superheroes that they see in the Television screen and other media especially in cartoons. As Build-A-Bear’s customers are almost children, their need is to play. Now, come to the second question, it focuses of a specific toy renowned as “Teddy Bear”. If you think deeply about the question, you will surely find something irrelevant. You may question, who have told you that all the children throughout the world like Teddy bear? Yes you are right, and the difference between needs and wants is embedded into your question. Most of the children of western country like Teddy bear, but from our perspective as an inhabitant of a third world country, the situation is much different. The reason behind it is want – the form of human needs shaped by culture, habits and individual personality. As children of western countries are familiar with the animal teddy bear physically their want is to play with the animal and that’s why Teddy bear is a renowned staffed animal in those countries. One term lefts to explain, that is demand. When human want backed by buying power then it becomes...
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