...Rhode Island is a state in the New England region of the United States. Rhode Island is the smallest in the area, the eighth least populous, but the second most densely populated of the 50 US states behind New Jersey. Rhode Island is bordered by Connecticut to the west and Massachusetts to the north and east, and it shares a water boundary with New York's Long Island to the southwest. Rhode Island was the first of the 13 original colonies to declare independence from British rule, declaring itself independent on May 4, 1776, two months before any other colony. The State was also the last of the thirteen original colonies to ratify the United States Constitution. Rhode Island's official nickname is "The Ocean State", a reference to the State's geography, since Rhode Island has several large bays and inlets that amount to about 14% of its total area. Its land area is 1,045 square miles but its total area is significantly larger. The capital of Rhode Island is Providence, which is the largest city with an estimated population as of 2012 of 1,050,292 people. The flag of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is white and consists of a gold anchor in the center (a symbol for hope) surrounded by thirteen gold stars (for the original 13 colonies and Rhode Island's status as the 13th state to ratify the Constitution). A blue ribbon below the anchor bears the state's motto in gold: "HOPE." The flag is frequently depicted with golden fringe around the edges of the flag. Rhode...
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...Interpersonal conversation 1 Recently I had a conversation with my ex-wife about our daughter via the telephone. I had found out that my daughter who is 14 and lives with my ex-wife in Rhode Island had gone out on a date with a 16 year old boy. I found this out on her facebook page. I was unhappy that she would let our daughter do this and that I had to find out this way. I called her and instantly you could tell from the tone of my voice that I was unhappy and I am sure she sensed it right away. I told her that I feel I have no say in my daughters life and how unsafe I thought the situation was. I was a 16 year old boy and I know first hand how many boys that age can be and this is my daughter we are talking about her safety is all that matters to me. However, my ex disagreed with this saying that I did not know the situation or the boy and that I was questioning her judgment. Needless to say we both said some words that were not kind to each other. Communicating with her through the phone is hard I don’t think she can see the concern in my face. She is only hearing the anger in my tone. I want them both to know that I care about my daughter a great deal and maybe they could allow me to have some say in how she is being raised even if they live in Rhode Island. It is a difficult situation for sure and one that I don’t know will ever be better unless I move closer to them. This is a hard task right now as I have had some health issues and also help to take care...
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...The Station Night Club Fire Professor Arthur J. Deyo BFS 3251, Introduction to Fire Protection February 21, 2015 On February 20, 2003 in West Warwick Rhode Island the Station night club was a scene of a horrific and fatal incident. The Station Night club was located on 211 Cowesett Avenue. The building was a single story wood frame building with a small basement underneath the main bar room. The building had been modified several times over the years and changed ownership several times as well. The building was built between 1946 and 1950. Inside the nightclub, polyurethane foam was installed on the rear wall, platform wall and in the alcove as a sound attenuation material. The ceiling was raised and was constructed of gypsum board and a light rack was suspended from the ceiling. There was a sun room which consisted of wood paneling as well as portions of the night club. The night club consisted of three exits which were not obstructed and were working the night of the fire. The building did not have a sprinkler system or any fire retardant material built in. There were built in windows in the sunroom and main bar area which were accessible. The Station Nightclub had consisted of several additions and remodeling projects that were completed since the original construction. The nightclub had changed ownership as well as foreclosures as well. In March 1972 the nightclub was the scene of a fire which closed the night club in 1974. When the night club was...
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...The collapse of 38 Studios is one of the biggest political and economic scandals that has faced Rhode Island in recent years. According to many, the deal was doomed to fail from the start and could have been avoided if not for the blind ambition and heedlessness of state officials. The start-up company, headed by baseball star Curt Schilling, came to state officials promising hundreds of jobs for Rhode Islanders and speedy returns on their investment but were ultimately unable to fulfill these promises. If the people who secured this deal had paid attention to the facts about company and heeded careful warnings from the many professionals who advised against 38 Studios would have never been able to put Rhode Island taxpayers on the hook for $90 million. Curt Schilling is a household name in the baseball world and the pitcher who helped the Red Sox clench their first World Series title in 86 years. He was also an avid video game player who was interested in getting into the video game industry after his baseball career ended. Schilling first talked about starting a computer and video game production company in 2005 and started the company in 2006 out of an office space in Maynard, Massachusetts with his wife's uncle, CEO Brett Close, and 6 of his gamer friends. The company was named Green Monster Games, a name that Schilling insisted was not inspired by the Green Monster of Fenway Park. He brought in fantasy author R. A. Salvatore to help create his vision of a fantasy video...
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...Lukas Samuelsson EngComp 1000 Prof. Hines 18 October 2011 Blackstone Boulevard When I first arrived in Rhode Island from Sweden did I hear about this place from my new friends. They were talking about Blackstone Boulevard, a beautiful path that was perfect for a run. Of course I had to check it out. Once or twice a week, since I learned about Blackstone Boulevard have I been going there for a jog or a quick walk. What first attracted me to the “Boulevard” were the positive comments about it. And after my first experience on the Boulevard I cannot say anything else than it is a beautiful place. Blackstone Boulevard is located on the East Side of Providence in a nice, wealthy neighborhood. The neighborhood have a ton of big and beautiful houses that does not ruin the wonderful experience of the Blackstone Boulevard. The Boulevard is approximately 1,5miles long. The boulevard has lots of wonderful greenery with big old trees, shrubs and flowers. Along the path will one will find a statue, different trees from deciduous to coniferous trees, various shrubs in many colors, and people of all ages using the path. Blackstone Boulevard takes my mind away every time I go there because of the peace and beauty I find there. Recently I went to the Boulevard, a sunny day which showed the Boulevard at its best. Walking down the path made me realize how awesome this place really is. Right away, every time I step onto the path, it takes my mind away. There are all kinds of different,...
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...Bruce M Schaller 1265 Frenchtown Rd | +1 (111) 222-3333 (c) | East Greenwich, RI 02818 | bruce.schaller@gmail.com | Objective | REMEMBER!! Resumes should be a single page! Experience should be in reverse chronological order! | Experience | Univ. of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881 Sensor and Surface Technology Partnership Research Assistant May 2009-June 2010 | How did I help this company succeed? What is my proudest accomplishment here? Design of solid state sensors using thin film processes. Trained new employees according to standard operating procedures. Developed new testing methods to improve accuracy. | Univ. of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881 Computational Modeling Laboratory Research Assistant May 2009-June 2010 | Worked with adapting FORTRAN code to the modeling of CO2 sequestration. Installed and maintained several linux computers dedicated to the project. Interpreted code was originally designed for modeling how nuclides migrated through soils at Yucca Mountain. Had regular performance reviews with my professor. | Starbucks Coffee Company East Greenwich, RI Shift Supervisor February 2006-July 2007 | Manage a team to ensure rapid customer turnaround. Training new employees per company guidelines. Trained cash controller. Promote long-term goal of customer’s loyalty and satisfaction. | The Chocolate Delicacy, LLC East Greenwich, RI Technology Manager...
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...Scotch/Irish- Protestant Sir Walter Raleigh planted potato in England Leader of Virginia- John White Virginia’s capital was named after the King, Jamestown, in 1607 John Smith found the settlement of Jamestown 1588- Spanish Armada attacked England All colonies were founded with private money John Rolf brought in Tobacco (married Pocahontas) 1st English settlement in America was Virginia 1619 House of Burgesses (1st form of gov’t/ legislature) 1st boat load of women 1st boat load of slaves Grog- half rum and water 1620- Plymouth- settled by Pilgrims (Mass.) Pilgrims were related to Puritans Puritans settled Boston, then called Mass. Bay, in 1630 Pilgrims and Puritans founded the Congregational Church Rhode Island spun off from Mass.- founded by Roger Williams- a Baptist Baptist believed in freewill ( your choice) Congregational believed in predestination (God made the decisions) “Elect”- chosen to go to...
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...1.1 1. When the company ties employee compensation to the company’s financial results it helps keep their employee turnover rate low because the employees will be motivated to do their jobs better and less people will be losing their jobs. The Mars Company keeps televisions throughout their faculties to show how the company is doing to the employees, which helps keep them driven because they get a good compensation off the great jobs they do for the company. Employees also get good compensation when they are on time and work together, because of this the employees will stay with the company longer and the company will not have to hire any new people, which would cost the company twice an employee’s salary to find and train a new person for the job. With the employee compensation and the company’s financial results tied together the Mars’s work place is a happy and thriving place that keeps its employees around for many generations, which keeps the employee turnover rate at less the five percent. 2. The Mars Company cam leverage its “Best Company” award to attract new employees and customers because it shows they encourage employee advancement and that customers are high priority. Since little is known about the Mars Company the little information they do give goes along way; like the fact that their quality principle is “the consumer is our boss, quality of our work and value of money is our goal” shows a lot about the company in just that small sentence, that they care...
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...SWOT Analysis Rickie Lieu MGMT303: Principles of Management DeVry University November 16, 2014 CVS/PHARMACY SWOT ANALYSIS In 1963 the Consumer Value Store (CVS) was built for your health and beauty needs, in Lowell, Massachusetts by brothers Stanley and Sidney Goldstein and partner Ralph Hoagland. Through the next few years CVS started to grow and in 1967 pharmacies were being added to CVS’s in Warwick and Cumberland, Rhode Island (RI). After buying several small chain drug stores in the early 1970’s around the surrounding areas/states, CVS created small chain stores in shopping malls. In 1981, CVS broke ground on the Store Support Center in Woonsocket, RI. In 1988 CVS celebrated their 25th anniversary with a total of 750 stores. The 1990’s brought more stores in the new mid Atlantic, and Caremark set up in California. By the late 1990’s, CVS had stretched to 24 states totaling 4, 100 stores. 2001 was the year that CVS launched their ExtraCare Card Program, being the first national pharmacy retailer to launch a loyalty program. In 2005, CVS partnered up with MinuteClinic, and opened up three in their CVS/Pharmacy stores. The next year in 2006, MinuteClinic became the first retail clinic to be accredited by the Joint Commission. In 2008, CVS officially branched to California and Hawaii, by buying Long’s drugstores. In 2014, CVS announced they were deciding to stop the sale of tobacco, which was announced officially on September 3, 2014. With the end of tobacco sales,...
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...Roger Williams studied religious tolerance and the idea of separation of church and state, encountered opposition to his ideas, resulting in the exchange between him and the Narragansett Tribe for land in order to establish the first part of what is now Rhode Island. Roger Williams was , born in England around 1603,. He was an enlightenment thinker, and he explored the ideas of freedom of religion and the separation of church and state. Throughout his early life in England, he witnessed “...heretics whipped, imprisoned, and burned at the stake,” for not practicing the “correct” religion. By the time he had finished his college education, he had already embraced the idea that punishing people for religious dissent was wrong and he called for...
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...Kefeng Li Nemo 1. Word: sanctuary Part of speech: n. Sentence from the Internet: The entrance to the Altavista sanctuary is about 25 minutes walk down the track 2. Word: medley Part of speech: n. Sentence from the Internet: The Daily Show in what he called a medley of Beck's "Hitler Tourette's Syndrome." 3. Word: bested Part of speech: v. Sentence from the Internet: 3 Weeks ago McCain bested Obama in Ohio by 4% 4. Word: escort Part of speech: n. Sentence from the Internet: In the Twin Cities my escort is always a young man named Tim Hedges. 5. Word: underestimate Part of speech: vt. n. Sentence from the Internet: Junior Apprentice candidates not to "underestimate" her. 6. Word: disgrace Part of speech: vt. n. Sentence from the Internet: Withdrawing the money to help people in disgrace is criminal. 7. Word: humiliate Part of speech: vt. Sentence from the Internet: A number of sexual acts are also discussed to "humiliate" the victim. 8. Word: duel Part of speech: n. vt. Sentence from the Internet: Most observers feel that an Obama-McCain duel is not a very likely outcome of this election. 9. Word: coward Part of speech: n. Sentence from the Internet: No this coward is always hiding and pointing fingers. 10. Word: taint Part of speech: vt. n. Sentence from the Internet: Eyes may be the windows to the soul, but a taint is the doggie-door to pain. 11. Word: blizzard ...
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...Trust is Key Though I may not have the quintessential wisdom from old age I do have experience dealing with trust and the many ways it can screw with someone’s mind. Like most children I was forced to trust the judgment from my parents since they were all I knew from my birth. Neither of my parents went to college, but tried to groom me into a college prepared student. That didn’t go so well. I had no idea what I was doing, and neither did they. The school I went to did no college preparation what so ever, and my parents saw nothing wrong with that. So finally when I graduated I had no idea what I was going to do or how to even proceed. My parents led me to believe that I could go wherever I wanted, so I did. I went to Rhode Island College, and after one semester my parents said that there was no way I was going there and that I needed to come home and pick somewhere else to go. I had invested a lot into that college, and they tore it away. They told me that they have picked a new college for me to go to and I’d be starting in a few weeks. It was culinary school, and though I didn’t mind the classes I hated the outcome. So then I went to Suffolk Community College, with no help from them, and no support in order to start a career path that actually interests me. What I have learned through my limited experiences with life and trust is to be very wary of who you trust, and always trust yourself. Trust needs to be a two way road, and though you cannot get through life only trusting...
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...Essay Octavio Paz, among others, has called Puritan society a culture based on the principle of exclusion. With particular references to Winthrop, Edwards and historical events, discuss the evidence of this principle in Puritan life and culture. ______________________________________________ One may hear or read that the people who founded the early United States of America came to the “New World” in order to practice their religious convictions in peace and freedom, without being persecuted. They are often cited as examples. John Winthrop for instance, who was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, has been quoted as a source of inspiration by numerous US presidents such as John Fitzgerald Kennedy or Ronald Reagan. Yet, one may consider that John Winthrop and Puritans in general are far from representing a tradition of tolerance and freedom. Looking at history and core principles of Puritanism, it cannot be denied that the puritans’ “city upon a hill” had more in common with a totalitarian regime than with the spirit of the Bill of Rights passed in 1789, which embodies far better the values of the United States of America. Puritans were definitely not tolerant. Their culture was based on the principle of exclusion as they did not accept any religious belief that differed from theirs, and rejected and even persecuted people who dared think and act differently from them. The Puritans’ texts available today can make one understand how intolerant...
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...In the 17th century, the development of the Chesapeake and New England were distinctively different. In the early 1600s, England was faced with population increase and religious hostilities. The increase of the population led to competition to limited resources such as, food, clothing, land for settlement, and religious conflicts. These led the English men to look for newer ways to improve their living standards. Consequently, leaving England was the only remedy to their worries. The immigrants who tried to pursue a better life ended up establishing New England and Chesapeake colonies. However, these two colonies had the distinction between freedom “from” and freedom “for". New England’s colony was largely puritan, religion playing a key role. They believed in God and they looked upon Him for everything they did. Religion was the backbone and source of inspiration for the New Englanders to live in the new world. The colony’s religion was family-based and with extreme piety. This notion shared by the New Englanders is attributed from the feeling that, they had to appease their God since they had escaped from religious persecutions. In contrast, the Chesapeake region was not deeply rooted in religion. Its religious tone was low-church. Therefore, they pursued economic freedom rather than religious freedom. Political freedom in New England was based on pure religion, whereas, the Chesapeake created a society for economic purposes. New England’s officials...
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...The United States has become a melting pot of cultures, races and religions. Immigrants flock to this great nation in hopes of a better life free of religious, racial, and political persecution and to make a better life for their families with the abundant job opportunities that America has to offer them. The United States is a great land, full of freedom and opportunity. Our Bill of Rights separated church and state, but before that time, religion was often used to dominate and control settlers. When Anne Hutchison left England in 1634, headed for America, she dreamed of a land where she was going to be free to practice her religion freely, but instead she found that being a woman and speaking of religion would only bring heartache and persecution. Anne Hutchison was born in Alford, Lincolnshire, England. Her actual birthdate is unknown, but she was baptized Anne Marbury on July 20, 1591. She was the daughter of Francis Marbury, a minister, and Bridgette Dryden-Marbury. She moved to London as a teenager, but returned to Alford when she married William Hutchinson at the age of twenty-one in 1612. Anne and William had fifteen children by 1630, losing three as infants. Women, during this time, usually didn’t have access to a formal education, but Anne was homeschooled because her parents believed their daughter should have an education. She was a natural thinker and loved to read. During her time, intellectualism was mainly theology and religion. Anne and her husband...
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