Analyzing and Interpreting Data Team B Karl Redmon, Monica McNair, Raymond Jones, Connie Guild, Denise Green, Lisa Holley, Lauren Olmedo QNT351 Lance Milner May 25, 2015 Introduction Overview-Monica Barbara Tucker, General Manager at BIMS recently discovered an increase in the turnover rate and a decrease in employee morale due to an undisclosed dissatisfaction in the working conditions which also resulted in an increase in sick time used, and a decrease in work performance. A survey
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in Kamsko-Votkinsk, a small industrial town in the Republic of Udmurtia, Russia, on May 7, 1840, the second eldest of six children. He was the son of Ilya Petrovitch Tchaikovsky, a manager of ironworks in the Ural Mountains, and Aleksandra Andreevna d'Assier, a Russian woman of French ancestry. Developing a clear interest in music at a young age, Tchaikovsky began taking piano lessons where he became familiar with the works of Frédéric Chopin and Friedrich Kalkbrenner
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How far does a study of 1855-1964 suggest that,following the revolution of 1917, the Russian people simply exchanged one form of authoritarianism for another? Once the February revolution brought an end to Tsarist rule, there was a strong belief that the introduction of the Provisional Government would lead to a more democratic Russia. However in deposing the Provisional Government, the October Revolution had removed any such hope. The totalitarian Government of the Communist Party continued and
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Ukraine Famine The Ukrainian Famine was dreadful famine premeditated by the Soviet Union, headed by Joseph Stalin during 1932-1933, as a means to undermine the nationalistic pride of the Ukrainian people. It served to control and further oppress the Ukrainian people by denying them the basic vital essentials they needed to survive. The Ukrainian Famine is also known as Holodomor, meaning “death by hunger.” The Communist Regime sought to eliminate any threat from Ukrainian nationalists, whom they
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Oliver Twist. 1838. Available on The Literature Network (http://www.online-literature.com/dickens/olivertwist/). A view of life in London during the Industrial Revolution. Useful for World History, American History, Economics, Government. Dumas, Alexandre. The Count of Monte Cristo—Unabridged. 1844. Available at the Gutenberg Project (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1184/1184-h/1184-h.htm). This book provides significant insight into French culture, political and class rivalries that
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The reasons behind the 1905 Russian Revolution were multifaceted, varying in proximity. Long-term causes included the difficulties in ruling Russia, where vast size, climate and economy combined with a system of autocracy proved factors to the discontent of society. Personal limitations of Tsar Nicholas II destined his leadership to fail, no determination or desire inside his intentions, as growing hatred of the Tsar heightened for a lack of political representation plagued civilian’s lives. Short-term
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Benazir Bhutto: A Modern-Day Political Prisoner “America’s greatest contribution to the world is its concept of democracy, its concept of freedom, freedom of action, freedom of speech, and freedom of thought.” A woman named Benazir Bhutto spoke those wise words. She, herself, was a political prisoner of conscience from an early point in her life. A political prisoner by definition involves an individual who has been imprisoned for holding or advocating dissenting political views (American Heritage
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Hemp In the entire world, there has never been a plant quite as amazing as Cannabis Sativa. Being the world’s only renewable resource capable of solving many of it’s environmental, psychological, and economic problems, it is of no surprise that the plant has made quite an impact in the discovery of the New World. Cannabis Sativa, also known as; Hemp, cannabis hemp, Indian (India) hemp, true hemp, muggles, weed, pot, marijuana, reefer, grass, ganja, bhang, "the kind," dagga, and herb became
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To what extent do you agree with these explanations of the collapse of autocracy in Russia? Nicholas Romanov was an indecisive man who was easily influenced by others. Although it was not his character that was the decisive factor in bringing on the revolution. He may have been a leader at the wrong time but if he had related better for the time he was in power. Russia before 1917 was the largest country under one empire. In economic terms it was backward as it was late industrialising and
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How far were the divisions among its opponents responsible for the survival of tsarist rule in the years 1881-1905? (30 marks) Around Europe the world’s great powers were developing, both economically and socially through the benefits of industrialisation, except that was for Russia, who was now the most economically backward. The climate for change was surrounding its empire. The people of the empire were ready for a revolution yet Russia’s tsarist rule managed to survived from 1881-1905 under
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