from the state capital, local authorities took the nine students out of the school in hopes of protecting them from abuse. Federal troops were requested by the mayor to help put an end to the white mobs. As a result, Dwight D. Eisenhower, although reluctant, placed a thousand paratroopers at the high school to escort the black students inside. Eisenhower was the president
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Federated Searching: A New Era “Only librarians like to search; everyone else likes to find” (Tennant, 2003). While most librarians teach research strategies including: Boolean logic, accessing carefully chosen databases, and indexing; students are often discouraged and frustrated using these techniques. Most students simply want to Google their requests. For many students a simple keyword search is a convenient, simple process for locating information. Federated searching is providing options
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The profound economic change that occurred in the early 1900’s was largely influenced and formed by the industrial revolution, in particular the second wave that occurred in the late 1800’s. The revolution as a whole resulted in the change from economies based on agriculture and farming, to industry based profits. This second wave of the revolution not only refined and improved the prior inventions of iron and coal, but brought with it new highly developed technologies such as steel, electricity
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too much credit for success, and they generally are unable to adhere to commonly shared values of members of the organization. The management response to this kind of situation is too often ineffective. By their own admission, their managers are reluctant to rock the boat as long as the numbers continue to be good. In doing so, they underestimate the costs to the organization, including the loss of other talent. And when they do act, they do so much too slowly, often after most of the damage has been
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Problems of Current System • Drop Off • No one manning drop-off station • Data Entry • No refills allowed on script • DUR hard stop • Insurance problems • Production • Insufficient inventory • Pick up • • • • Unauthorized refill Script not ready Script not covered by insurance Long lines of angry customers in rush hour Process Flowchart - As Is Drop Script Pick up Invisible Line Put in slot Data Entry Hard Stop Refill DUR Dr. Call bin
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were of poor quality and did not meet Lay’s standard. Third, as a US company, PepsiCo does not have a good knowledge about Chinese culture and natural environment in China thus brought about the need to employ local workers. Chinese farmers were reluctant to invest and become Pepsi’s supplier because hold-up risk is high due to thin market for high quality potatoes in China. By having a potato farm and a potato processing plant, PepsiCo could engage in backward integration and control the quantity
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out their earnings. If workers production levels in one hour is 10 times what they receive in compensation, the only party benefiting in the transactions in the company. Maximum wages would also hurt the market for luxury items. Workers may be reluctant in purchasing certain luxury items because once they have reach there max wage; there is no room for wage increases. A price control for rent was created in an effort to aid low-income families. However, placing a minimum rent would directly affect
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Race and Ethnicity in Police Employment Practices Isabel R. Rodriguez University of Phoenix October 3, 2011 Blanche Cook Race and Ethnicity in Police Employment Practices An important part of the United States workforce is made up of police officers. The number of police officers employed has grown drastically over the past few years. However, although the number of police officers employed has increased, public scrutiny has as well. The police employment practices have affected the publics’
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The Story of ROMEO & JULIET Based on the play by William Shakespeare, as told by Bart Marks In the town of Verona lived two families, the Capulets and the Montagues, engaged in a bitter feud. Among the Montagues was Romeo, a hot-blooded lad with an eye for the ladies. One day, Romeo was recounting for his friends his love for Rosaline, a haughty beauty from a well-to-do family. Romeo's friends chided him for his "love of love" but agreed to a plan to attend the feast of the Capulets', a costume
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brief essay the topics of how does effective communication incorporate the basic elements of communication, how the basic elements of effective communication differ from the basic rules of health care communication, how a provider might encourage a reluctant consumer to communicate candidly, and how cultural differences influence communication will be discussed. “There is more to effective communication than putting thoughts into words. Communication is the process of understanding and sharing meaning”
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