...First and foremost, I would visit the Statue of Liberty. I would first have to get a ferry to take me to the island that the statue is located on. Once on the island I would start the climb to the crown of the statue. The only way up to the crown of the statue is to start the long climb up the stairs. Once at the top of the statue I would look all over New York. When looking over New York I would admire the city and all that it holds. Looking over the city from the top of Lady Liberty will give me an unforgettable experience. Moreover, I would want to climb to the top of the Empire State Building. I would go to the Empire State Building and start the climb to the top. Once I start the climb to the top I will be looking out all of...
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...AN INTRODUCTION TO CROWDFUNDING The late 19th century saw the creation of one of the world’s most recognisable landmarks with the gift of the Statue of Liberty by the French to the US. While the French paid for the construction and shipping of the statue it was down to the US to fund the base upon which it would stand. With the statue ready to leave France, the Americans were still well short of the $300,0001 needed to build the base and erect the statue. Running short of time the American Committee (responsible for raising the funds) teamed up with newspaper owner Joseph Pulitzer to launch a campaign to invite citizens to donate even small amounts to help in the funding of the pedestal, offering donors miniature replicas of the statue in return. This 19th century crowdfunding campaign raised $100,000 in just five months, contributed to one of the most popular attractions in the world and illustrated the financing power of a large crowd when tapped for funding. While the American Committee were lucky to have Mr Pulitzer and his paper to publicise their plea for donations, others wishing to access so many people would have had no such help. This, however, has changed in recent years with the rise of social media and the new ease with which communities can form and interact online. Annual growth in the number of crowdfunding platforms worldwide Growth |||||||||||| |||||||||||| |||||||||||| ...
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...survivors. Another complaint is the inequities that relate to the moratorium on executions, this just states the debate as to the fairness of the policy. According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), their opposition is that the death penalty in the US is applied in a manner that is unfair towards people, based on money, skills of their attorney, race and where the crimes have taken place. Statistics state that the race of the victim is the biggest factor in determining whether or not a person will be executed. The importance of capital punishment is to answer some direct questions: 1. Does this deter crime? 2. Is this fiscally responsible for the government and taxpayers? Does this somehow fix the deficit? 3. Does this create a better economy? 4. Who does this punishment have the greatest impact on? This paper will cover, checking governmental policies, state and federal in Missouri, other states as a collective as to the unique significance of capital punishment. The scrutiny, true importance of this law, and to what degree in certain states are the statues for executions, what benefit there is and the cost to some states to perform these executions, and to whom is exempt from being executed. This research will cover stats, laws, history and policies. Research from the almanac of policy...
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...The Human Figure in Art Student Name University The human figure in art, sculpture and other art forms involves the study and appreciation of the beauty of the human body (Human figure (aesthetics) , 2013). It can involve the body shape, including different postures, such as sitting, standing, sleeping, or even while in motion, walking or running. I think that the human figure is one of the most interesting and beautiful to look at, and it absolutely amazing to look at how much the human figure in art has changed over time. Different cultures believed that the human body was beautiful in different ways. Some show humans in the art as perfect and almost God like, while others show them in a more realistic form. Another amazing part about the human figure is not only are we observing the way a body looks, but also we are feeling the emotions that these characters are portraying. This is what makes human figure so fascinating. In the following essay I will be selecting fifteen examples of the human body in art. One of the oldest sculptures discovered to date, was carved using simple stone tools. It is a tiny limestone figurine of a woman named the Venus of Willendorf. This sculpture was named after its find spot in Willendorf Austria. It is said that the Venus of Willendorf was made anywhere between 28,000 and 25,000 BCE, and the artist is unknown. The sculpture is tiny, and features anatomical exaggeration. It typifies Paleolithic representations of women, whose...
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...New York City The first native New Yorkers were the Lenape, an Algonquin people who hunted, fished and farmed in the area between the Delaware and Hudson rivers. Europeans began to explore the region at the beginning of the 16th century--among the first was Giovanni da Verrazzano, an Italian who sailed up and down the Atlantic coast in search of a route to Asia--but none settled there until 1624. That year, the Dutch West India Company sent some 30 families to live and work in a tiny settlement on “Nutten Island” (today’s Governors Island) that they called New Amsterdam. In 1626, the settlement’s governor general, Peter Minuit, purchased the much larger Manhattan Island from the natives for 60 guilders in trade goods such as tools, farming equipment, cloth and wampum (shell beads). Fewer than 300 people lived in New Amsterdam when the settlement moved to Manhattan. But it grew quickly, and in 1760 the city (now called New York City; population 18,000) surpassed Boston to become the second-largest city in the American colonies. Fifty years later, with a population 202,589, it became the largest city in the Western hemisphere. Today, more than 8 million people live in the city’s five boroughs. New York City in the 18th Century In 1664, the British seized New Amsterdam from the Dutch and gave it a new name: New York City. For the next century, the population of New York City grew larger and more diverse: It included immigrants from the Netherlands, England, France and Germany;...
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...Tyler Boles Annotated Bibliography Daly 9:00-9:50 Authority figures Bullies or Buddies: Brutality from authority figures to immigrants This newspaper article that I found online, written by Daniel Shoer Roth of the Miami Herald newspaper, shows his research on the subject of police brutality towards immigrants/refugees. it also shows some of his personal outlooks on the topic along with some views of some of the citizens in Miami that he interviewed. he talks on a national and local level about , biased policing, unconstitutional searches and seizures and the use of excessive force when dealing with ethnic groups. many cases have been documented in Miami-Dade County in which DEA agents and local police officers have arrested U.S. citizens with foreign last names to interrogate them about their citizenship. Foreigners are required to carry immigration papers, green cards, at all times. But natural born U.S. citizens are not required to carry papers proving citizenship. local police departments deny having policies that encourage the harassment of immigrants, but these attacks show how law-enforcement policies are not entirely respected by the officers. The enforcement program, Secure Communities, is sometimes considered a useless tool in bringing out dangerous foreign criminals, also gives full power to criminals and gives them power to commit abuse against our community. It also endangers any legal American who may be a victim of a crime witnessed by an immigrant/refugee...
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...threat against our Nation. Where is the balance between civil rights and national security? On October 26, 2001, President George W. Bush signed into law the Patriot Act with an overwhelming majority from Congress. The law was intended, in Bush’s words, to “enhance the penalties that will fall on terrorists or anyone who helps them.” ("George W. Bush Signs The Patriot Act", n.d. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-w-bush-signs-the-patriot-act). The bill broadly expanded law enforcements ability to investigate and perform surveillance and altered more than 15 different statues that had been in place since the early 1970’s. This law was enacted in great haste and does not provide a check and balances approach to safeguard the American citizens’ civil liberties. The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution protects the right of the people to be secure in their own persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable search and seizure. This includes law enforcement...
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...Sound of the Freedom- The Liberty Bell Figure 1 Liberty Bell Forever Stamp Figure 1 Liberty Bell Forever Stamp Meaning can be found even in the most mundane of objects. For instance, consider the USA First Class stamp. On its upper left corner, the number 2008 shows that this stamp was produced in year 2008. The right side of the stamp says “USA FIRST-CLASSS FOREVER”, meaning that this postage stamp is valid for First-Class postage in the United States no matter when it is used. There is an extraordinary metal bell is in the middle of the stamp – the Liberty Bell, a venerable historic relic that I am going to analyze in the rest of this research paper. The bell was first known by the world as a metal musical instrument in ancient China. Tuned bells in that age were created and played to be performed only for imperial families and noblemen, as a symbol of power and status. Later on, bells became widely used in different religions. For example, bells played an important role in the Eastern world of Buddhism and Hinduism as temple bells. In western world, bells were commonly used as church bells or town bells for gathering people together. In 1752, the Quaker William Penn, legislator and founder of the Pennsylvania colony in 1682, had decided and commissioned the bell to be cast in London, and brought to North America to hang in the State House of the colony of Pennsylvania. “They had ordered very precisely...
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...Now, I believe that most people in the city of San Luis do not honor Cesar Chavez the way he should. I believe that Cesar Chavez is the Martin Luther King Jr. of field workers in the southern part of the United States. Now that you mostly know about Cesar Chavez properly you can see that Cesar Chavez is not really honored enough as he should. Since most of the memorial sites for Cesar Chavez are not really in a pristine state. Also, most of the memorial sites have been forgotten or are obsolete. Lastly most people do not really remember Cesar Chavez or do not care. Now, I know that not everyone is going to care about Cesar Chavez but even so now I can rest in peace. Since someone has read this research paper and they will know about Cesar Chavez. Also when Cesar Chavez died he was given a type of walk around the town as a final gesture of thanks while they carried his casket . Afterwards now most of the time people still talk about Cesar but it is rarely seen...
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...RUNNING HEAD: MARKETING MIX Excellent job incorporating all of the elements of the paper: description of the 4P’s; their relationship to an organization - McDonalds; strategy and tactics; implementation; and industry. 6.75 / 7 Mechanics & Style: Overall this paper was easy to read and understand, please format according to the CWE. 1.25/1.5 Grammar: Overall this is a well-written paper. 1.25 / 1.5 TOTAL: 9.25 / 10 = 93% Marketing Mix Lakesha Marshall MKT/421 March 24, 2014 Julie Morris Within this first portion of the Marketing Mix for Coca-Cola, this marketing paper will give an overview of Coca-Cola. The paper will describe Coca-Cola’s organization and its marketing strategy within the elements of the marketing mix. The paper will describe how the elements are implemented with the organization. The paper will also include research conducted on the organization on its marketing approach from its success while analyzing product, price, place and promotion. Overview of Coca-Cola “It was 1886, and in New York Harbor, workers were constructing the Statue of Liberty. Eight hundred miles away, another great American symbol was about to be unveiled” (The Coca-Cola Company, 2011). “Pemberton's bookkeeper, Frank Robinson, named the mixture Coca-Cola®, and wrote it out in his distinct script. To this day, Coca-Cola is written the same way. In the first year, Pemberton sold just 9 glasses of Coca-Cola...
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...SYNTHESIS PAPER 1 Synthesis Paper Jennifer Collins Liberty University What have you learned about research at an introductory level? I have always heard people conducting research. I never thought that conducting research was this difficult. In the past few weeks I have learned a lot about research. I learned that research is a way to explore what has been tried before. Learning how to interpret the research can help you decide the legitimacy of the research and how to apply it to your situation. You have to have integrity and be ethical when conducting research. Yon should strive to conduct research ethically and with integrity. You have to gather information regarding your research proposal and obtain approval before conducting research. You should be upfront with participants, provide feedback and answer questions that they may have. You should have experience, good judgement and be wise. You should also know what you are doing before you try to involve participants and also be able to answer questions regarding your research. You should not be dumfounded. You should gather as much information as possible so as not to be bias. Most research attempts to test a hypothesis formulated by a researcher. Cozy and Bates (2012) states that a hypothesis is a type of idea or question. It makes a statement about something that may be true. After testing the hypothesis you should make a prediction concerning the outcome of the experiment. How you come up...
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...Diversity in the Workplace Diversity in the Workplace I have this image of America and the bronze plaque at the bottom of the Statue of Liberty. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore”. We are a country of immigrates, built on the ideals, culture, and inclusion of our differences. Our profession should reflect the inclusive society in which America is built on. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of diversity in the workplace. Importance of diversity in the workplace “Despite modest gains in ethnic and racial minority representation in the nursing profession, the current nursing workforce does not mirror the U.S. population (Melillo, Dowling, Abdalah, Findeisen, & Khight, 2013, p. 102). According to authors, there is a clear link between lack of diversity in the nursing workforce and nursing's ability to effectively address health disparities with high-quality, culturally competent care (Melillo, Dowling, Abdalah, Findeisen, & Khight, 2013). Whether its age, gender, race or religion, the more inclusive we are the more likely we will be able to relate and understand the needs of our coworkers and patients. The intention of nursing being a discipline that embraces, integrates, and permeates cultural diversity is continually challenged and evaluated. The changes in the ethnic and cultural composition of the U.S. population constantly challenge nurses daily to...
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...Global Business Cultural Analysis: Brazil Liberty University BUSI 604 Abstract This research paper analyzes the effect of Globalization on the country of Brazil, and how its economy compares to other South American countries and the world. This review will provide factual evidence of the integration of the Brazilian products internationally, and how its economy has evolved to compete in the international markets. A Comparative summary of evidence will be provided in this analysis between the business culture of Brazil, North American, Central America, the Caribbean, and other South American countries economic framework. The framework of the origins of Brazil, and to the progression of the nation into one of the top economies; will be discussed in this assignment. A small glimpse of the picturesque country will be provided in the form of pictures, to give the reader a greater ability to visualize this country and its inhabitance. The major elements and dimension of culture is reviewed, and these dimensions are; what the major elements and dimensions of culture are in this region; how these elements and dimensions are integrated by the locals conducting business in this region; how these cultures and dimensions compare with U.S. cultures and business; and what the implications are for U.S. businesses that wish to conduct business in that region. This paper will review some of the desires of Brazil’s government to be one of the world’s leading...
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...juries held the sentencing powers – convicting most criminals to death. Over the years sentencing powers shifted to judges. In this paper we will discuss the problems and changes in the criminal justice processes. The criminal justice system is not perfect but over the years there has been an continued improvement in the process. There are issues with the system that are being addressed such as prison overcrowding, three strikes rule, the disparity in sentencing for certain drug convictions, and the sentencing of minority groups. There are several future trends, such as training and educating law enforcement personnel, rehabilitating criminals, and law enforcement being proactive versus reactive. There are changes in the criminal justice system occurring and changes being lobbied by politicians. The future of criminal justice is constantly evolving with time but the full extent of how the changes will affect the system is not fully known. Some suggest laws of the past have been left behind by society and that change to the criminal justice system requires an overhaul to laws. Understand some of the crimes individuals commit warrant the sentencing received because of the nature of violence in the act; however, some crimes don’t deserve the sentences handed down because the guidelines for sentencing for some crimes are not in line with current statues of society. The current system is more focused towards rehabilitation with an emphasis on less harsher punishment for minor crimes...
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