...ase Study Executive Summary Problem Statement Edward Alexander a Harvard graduate is looking to invest in a small income producing apartment building in the Back Bay-Beacon Hill area of Boston, Mass. He currently has $80,000 dollars saved up to purchase this property. He began his search for the perfect property checking current listings and prices using, www.bankrate.com and www.realestate.boston.com. Due to many of his friends living in the area he gained access to eNeighborhoods a program that allowed him to enter addresses and it would show the previous 25 properties sold. Most properties observed sold for $700,000 and higher and required an initial equity investment of $150,000. Since he only has $80,000 in equity he plans to take out a mortgage to cover this cost. He found that the listings he came across were rundown and in bad condition. Such as one property on Myrtle St. This property showed a 20% return on cash investment, but did not account for repairs, vacancies, or management expenses. With these included the cash return would be only 3%. The values of many buildings on Beacon Hill had doubled or tripled in the past ten years due to a large amount of wealthy professionals anxious to own real estate. Alexander therefore believed that an apartment building in the Beacon Hill area would be a safe investment due to little chance of depreciation for functional or economic causes. After many failed attempts to find a suitable property Alexander learned...
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...Family: Jaime is a 15 year old Hispanic male who lives with his mother Mauryzette Fernandez, his 12 year old sister, great aunt. Jaime continues to display unsafe and impulsive behaviors in the home and in the community. Jaime has some positive relationships with family members, however his anger outbursts and physical aggression is always directed at his mother. Youth also has a conflict when Mrs. Fernandez tries to enforce rules in the household. Mrs. Fernandez that Jaime does not listen, he is impulsive, disrespectful and comes and goes without permission. It was also reported that youth smokes weed and may be involved with a gang. Jaime recently has a horseshoe tattoo on each one of his middle finger. CM suggested to Mrs. Fernandez that family therapy can assist her with establishing and enforcing clear boundaries with Jaime. CM express to Mrs. Fernandez that in order for their relationship to strengthen she needs to be consistency with attending therapeutic (i.e. family therapy) services at True Care Mental Health Clinic. Action: True Care Mental Health Clinic will provides Jaime with individual/family therapy once a week. Psych/Mental Health: Jaime diagnosis is F91.3-Oppostional Defiant Disorder and F90-Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and F39- Unspecified Mood Disorder. Jaime is on the following medications Abilify 10 mg; Depakote 250 mg twice (8 am and 1 pm) and 500 mg at night (oral delay release); Singular 5 mg and Trazodone 50 mg (8 pm). Dr. Gutierrez...
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...“A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door, and a word that shall echo forevermore!” The titles of these three articles are Paul Revere’s ride, Longfellow’s Poem, and Paul Revere. Paul Revere is by Ethel Ames, Longfellow’s Poem is by Franklin Johnson, and Paul Revere’s ride is by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Paul Revere is supposed to give you more information because Paul Revere’s ride doesn't give all of the right information. In Paul Revere’s ride the author didn't give the right information about the lantern and what it's purpose was. In Paul Revere’s ride it shows only one person doing all of the work. In Paul Revere’s ride it gives you the wrong ending. In Paul Revere’s ride the author didn't give the right information about the lantern...
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...By 1770 Boston was no longer Winthrop’s ‘city upon a hill’ whose citizenry had a covenant with God. Instead, Boston was the commercial and political epicentre of the Thirteen Colonies, and had been engulfed by a hot atmosphere of colonial discontent at the British, brought about by years of war, taxes and occupation. The discontent boiled over into riot on the evening of 5 March 1770, when Captain Thomas Preston and his seven guards arrived to relieve a Sentinel of his harassers amidst taunts of “you bloody backs, you lobster scoundrels, fire if you dare!” from an ever-swelling crowd of eighty. One of Preston’s men responded to being struck with a weapon by firing into the crowd. The ensuing chaos left five colonists dead, six more injured and the city inflamed. Whilst it is almost certain that Preston didn’t order his men to fire, he would have faded into the mists of history, had his innocence not been later challenged during the American Revolution. Patriots idolised and misconstrued the incident; John Adams claims it laid “the foundation of American independence” from their British tyrants. Their flawed imageries of the so-called ‘Boston Massacre’ reverberated across the Thirteen Colonies, and it’s the idealism they propagated more so than the incident itself which stirred colonists to revolting against the Crown. The odds had never in Preston’s favour that faithful night, indeed it was a mixture of the provocative taunts from the ever-swelling crowd and the darkness that...
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...The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British solders. On the cold, snowy night of March 5, 1770, a mob of American colonists gathers at the Customs House in Boston and begins taunting the British soldiers guarding the building. The commanding officer at the Customs House, ordered his men to fix their bayonets and join the guard outside the building.The colonists responded by throwing snowballs and other objects at the British regulars, and Private Hugh Montgomery was hit, leading him to discharge his rifle at the crowd. Boston , the capital of the Province of Massachusetts Bay and an important shipping town, was a major center of resistance to unpopular acts of taxation customs officials seized the Liberty , a sloop owned by leading Boston merchant John Hancock , on allegations that the ship had been involved in smuggling. The crowd continued to press around the soldiers, taunting them by yelling, "Fire!", by spitting at and throwing snowballs and other small objects at them. [ 23 ] Richard Palmes, a local innkeeper who was carrying a cudgel (ie, club), came up to Preston and asked if the soldiers' weapons were loaded. He recovered his weapon, and was thought to angrily shout "Damn you, fire!", then discharged it into the crowd though no command was actually given. Palmes swung his cudgel first at Montgomery, hitting his arm, and then at Preston. He narrowly...
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...The story of Paul Revere’s midnight ride is a tale of heroic acts and achievements. In 1775 Paul Revere was employed as an express rider by the Boston Committee of Correspondence and the Massachusetts Committee of Safety. His job was to carry news bulletins, and messages into New York and Philadelphia. On the evening of April 18, 1775, Dr. Joseph Warren requested Paul Revere to ride into Lexington, Massachusetts, to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that a unit of the Royal army was marching into town with the purpose of arresting them. After gaining access into Charlestown with the aid of two associates, Paul Revere borrowed a horse from his friend Deacon John Larkin. While in Charlestown, he confirmed that the "Sons of Liberty"...
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...mob that was tormenting the soldiers at the guard post causing them to fire upon the mob. He was trying to start an anti-british movement by portray lies. Overall, the colonists were the reason the Boston Massacre occurred. It all started because the colonists were tormenting and yelling fire to the British soldiers. The soldiers were simply trying to do their jobs without causing any harm to any civilians. If the mob of colonist would have been civil, no deaths would have occurred that night. Any source that tries to blame the soldiers leaves out information of the colonists tormenting them. Works Cited “Other Boston Massacre Trial Depositions.” Accessed on October 17, 2017. http://www.bostonmassacre.net/trial/d-more.htm Paul Revere. "The Bloody Massacre." Accessed on October 16, 2017. https://www.gilderlehrman.org/sites/default/files/inline-pdfs/The%20Bloody%20Massacre_0.pdf “The Trial of Captain Preston: Key Evidence.” Accessed on October 17, 2017. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/bostonmassacre/prestontrialexcerpts.html ...
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...The frigid night air seared his lungs as he hastened to deliver the news. The rhythmic beat of his horse's hooves on the dirt path paralleled his heart which beat with all the gusto of the Energizer bunny. He could feel the icy shadow of the hulking vessel in the ebony waters behind him. He had planned for this, nevertheless he couldn’t quell the hurricane of butterflies doing the jive in his stomach. Expunging his doubts, he urged his horse faster with a quick tap of his heel; the regulars weren’t far behind. Paul Revere’s ride and the Revolutionary War had begun. Much like Longhorns and Sooners, Historians don’t share the same perspective which is why they haven’t been able to agree on the exact causes of the Revolutionary War. The first to interpret the war were those who survived it. Nobody ever won a war by acknowledging that they were wrong, so early historians claimed that insurmountable differences between the political ideologies of the colonists and the British caused the war. This interpretation aligned with propaganda like Paine’s “Common Sense” and highlighted the absurdity of an island governing a continent. This interpretation was a product of its time; the colonists needed symbols to provoke patriotism and unity. Just as the United States was dipping its toe in the pool of imperialism, a new interpretation gained popularity. This imperial interpretation analyzed the war from Britain’s perspective and concluded that British attempts to control colonial life were...
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...The Boston “Bloody” Massacre took place on the streets of Boston on March 5, 1770. An angry mob started throwing snowballs at senator or collecting taxes. As the mob started to get violent an army of redcoats come to help break up the fight. The overall fight started when the king that was over 3,000 miles away sent over 2,000 troops over for a town of 16,000 people. The redcoats aim their weapons, but are told not to fire, the mob keeps coming at them. They are throwing snowballs and not giving up the fight. Soon the redcoats shoot, the first person to fall was a black sailor named Crispus Attucks who was in the front of the mob. Soon the word of the massacre spread all throughout Boston. Paul Revere, a man who worked for the newspaper, took...
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...died a few hours later. Boston was torn with grief at the loss of these men, who were buried at Granary Burying Ground in Boston. Said John Tudor as he describes the course from the funeral to the burial site, "The sorrow visible in the countenances, together with the peculiar solemnity, surpasses description, it was supposed that the spectators and those that followed the corpses amounted to 5,000, some supposed 20,000."The wounded included Benjamin Leigh, Christopher Monk, Edward Payne, John Green, Robert Patterson, and David Parker. This event is reckoned to be the biggest reason almost all the colonists turned Patriotic. The Sons of Liberty turned this event into propaganda for the Patriotic cause. For example, an engraving made by Paul Revere was spread throughout the colonies to portray what occurred that night. Colonists started to believe that the Quartering Act was not issued just to advise the government, but to enforce taxation. ...
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... What would you do if you were faced with a decision that could be between life and death, when you had no friends to cheer you up, nor a family to help you, and no God to shine his face upon your own? Johnny should not have shown his cup to Mr. Lyte for three reasons: He could have been accused of theft, become a Whig, or have lost all his old friends. The first reason Johnny should not have shown his cup to Mr. Lyte is that he could have been accused of theft. Johnny had already been told by his friend Rab that Mr. Lyte was a very crooked man, and for Johnny to assume a place at Mr. Lyte’s right hand would simply be given to him without question was a very idiotic hypothesis. Johnny should not have even tried to open up such diplomacy, for it would have been nothing for a man like Mr. Lyte to simply snap his fingers and send Johnny to the gallows. The second reason Johnny should not have shown his cup to Mr. Lyte is that he would have lost old friends. If Johnny had succeeded and was welcomed into the Lyte’s formidable household Johnny’s social life would have been carefully directed by Mr. Lyte and him alone. For one thing, the respected Whig would never allow Johnny to associate with Rab or other patriots like him. Also Johnny would not be able to choose friends for himself and this includes Cilla---but who cares about goggle eyed pigs anyhow? The third reason Johnny should not have shown his cup to Mr. Lyte is that he would have to become a Whig! Even if Johnny had...
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...Revere’s Role in the Revolution Paul Revere, born in Boston Massachusetts in 1734, was a silversmith and a patriotic activist that enjoyed the involvement of behind the scenes acts ("The Historic Paul Revere"). He associated in many political and public affairs such as the Sons of Liberty, American Revolution, French and Indian War, the Boston Tea Party, and the North End Caucus (“Paul Revere”). He was not a great soldier nor tactician, nor did he develop into a politician as compared to his companions and others, like John Adams (“Paul Revere”). He became legendary after his infamous ride to Lexington and the line “the British are coming, the British are coming.” (“Paul Revere”). He did, however, have many talents. Paul Revere was not just a “Midnight Ride” but a legendary hero that symbolized patriotism in the American Revolution....
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...explained how he never once heard an order to fire from the captain, and he was really close to the scene. He explained how the captain was halfway in between the soldiers but didn't hear the first shoot come from the middle. This leaves Thomas innocent because he did not order the men to fire upon the colonist. Of course this witness could be lying but his explanation of the scene correlated with the one of Thomas Preston himself. I also noticed the explanation of William Wyatt and his story didn't really make sense because he explained how he heard the officer say “Fire” multiple times without anyone shooting. If I was a soldier and he was my captain as soon as he says a command I will follow his orders and do as I'm told. This was not the case as the men didn't fire on his command. Also reading his story he is not quite sure he is saying it correctly at the end of his explanation making him seem like a liar to get Thomas Preston behind bars. Benjamin Burdick’s story fit perfectly explaining how Preston never ordered the men to fire and he saw the Captain himself try to stop the men from firing anymore. My second reason explains how this Boston Massacre took place at around 8-9 o’clock which is pretty late in the day. The darkness of this time impedes with the vision of the colonist in their ability to see what really happened that night. Most people in their trials assumed it was Captain Preston because he was in charge of the officers but in reality I believe it was not...
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...To begin with, Paul Revere was an American silversmith and a patriot. He was also an ardent colonialist. Paul was known for his bravery in protecting the safety of others. He was concerned for others safety and was was not a self centered coward. He was one of the few living witnesses to hear the first shots of of the American Revolutionary War. Revere is also known for his propaganda sketch of Boston Massacre of 1770 that helped rally the colonist behind the Revolution. In the past, he went to North Writing school in his childhood. At age twelve, he learned silversmithing from his father. He moved to Boston at the age of thirteen and was apprenticed to the silversmith, John Coney. He was an early member of the Sons of Liberty and took part in the Boston Tea Party. Revere affected the colonists by making his midnight ride to Lexington and Concord to warn the colonists that the British arrived from Boston, “The British are coming.”...
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... It was an incident on King Street on March 5, 1770. British Army soldiers killed five civilian men. They fired into the crowd without orders. They killed three people and wounding many others. It was two of the people that died after being wounded in incident. A mob formed around a British sentry who was subjected to verbal abuse and harassment. The population grew and spread wide over Boston. On the day of the funeral all shops and stores were closed due to the incident that occurred. Thousands of people gathered to remember the five that died. The colonies became a nation working, thinking, and grieving together. It was a crucial step forward for the peoples of the colonies as they began to wonder whether they were truly subjects of such a cruel nation, subjects of their own nation. There were lots and lots of newspapers and articles published each of them were about the soldiers involved in crisis White 2 The Boston Massacre in many ways was a tragedy. It was so crucial to the development of us Americans. The Massacre clearly illusted the cause and effect of rising tensions between a nation and its colonies. They took place by the custom house and pushing people off, pricked in several places on which they were clamorous, and it is said they threw snowballs. On this coming he said ‘‘damn you fire, ’’ be consequence what it will! The Boston Massacre was a precursor final revolution to the problem in the American Revolution. For years afterwards, until it was...
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