...THE HISTORY OF WELCH WEST VIRGINIA The first setter in what would eventually become Welch was Moses A. Cartwright. Cartwright was a cattleman from Mason, Indiana and built a homestead along the Tug River where the Coney Island amusement park would be operated. The next known settlers were the Hunt brothers and their families. In 1884 William G. Hunt built a house near the current location of the Welch Emergency hospital and operated a small store near at the future intersection of Sudduth Street and McDowell Street. His brother John H. Hunt would settle at the confluence of Elkhorn Creek and the Tug River the following year. His farm of a little more than 160 acres would later become downtown Welch. (1) Rose Marino page 4. The Hunt farm would attract the attention of a trio of investors associated with the development of the Flattop-Pocahontas Coalfield. Their leader was Captain Isaiah A. Welch a former soldier in the Confederate army and Virginia state legislator from Kanawha County. Welch had surveyed the 500,000 acres Wilson Cary Nicolas tract that included the Flattop-Pocahontas Coalfield in 1873. Welch had been instrumental in the efforts of another Confederate officer, Major Jedediah Hotchkiss, to develop the coal and timber resources of the area. The second man in the group was an Englishman named Joseph H. Bramwell. Bramwell was a mine engineer who had managed steel mills in Pennsylvania and Ohio and was allied with Crozer Coal interests in the nearby Elkhorn...
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...is a natural, ethical, and healthy undertaking” (“History”, par1). Hunting is a way of life without hunting nothing would live that’s why we have a food chain. Herbivores eat plants, carnivores eat herbivores and bigger carnivores eat other carnivores. “Perhaps one of the eldest activities on the face of the planet is hunting” (“History of hunting”, par 1). Hunting has been one of the oldest activities known to mankind. During the first era of hunting men were to learn how to hunt so they could hunt daily and bring food home every night to eat. The women had the roll of staying home and preparing any meal brought in by the men. Unlike today hunting was used as a key to survival, and wasn’t used for sport. Every piece of the animal that was killed was used and nothing was wasted. The men also used hunting to prove who the bravest warrior was. The better of the warriors would hunt the ferocious animals that were found by their home. Several weapons where used from slings to spears made from wood and stone. To hunt bigger prey they would hunt in packs and the only trophies kept where antlers and teeth. And sometimes the skulls where kept for decoration or as symbols of a clan or family. In the second era which was the growth of civilization the roles of men as hunters started to change. Hunting became a task for those who where most suited for hunting. Hunting was only a job for men in this era and was only looked down on for women to participate. This was also the time when...
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...Critique of Essay 4 by Ben Hunt After reading the submitted draft essay by Ben Hunt I had a fair sense of his views on censorship. Hunt believes that censoring televised violent or obscene programming, such as teenagers killing teenagers and pornography, should be the job of the parents and not the government. He continues that all of the negativity is just an overreaction on the public’s part. However, even though the topic is very interesting, the writer does not offer enough material to form an opinion at this point. Hunt begins by stating certain events cause heightened reactions from the public, such as Janet Jackson’s performance during the Super Bowl game half time a few years ago. He points out that everyone reacts differently to violence, but to censor everyone is not really the solution, he would argue. Moreover, Hunt argues that it is the parents’ job to censor what their teenagers experience in life. For example, monitoring what they view on television, listen to as music and experience overall on a daily basis. During the introduction of the second paragraph, Hunt describes the effects of incidents mentioned earlier. These incidents tend to quickly get the “…FCC and conservative interest groups” involved in the issue. Moreover, Hunt said it best by saying, “It seems that groups such as these feel an obligation to defend against what they feel disrupts pure American value.” (Hunt 1) Hunt contends that everyone should have the right to watch, listen and experience...
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...In the story “The Most Dangerous Game”, Rainsford’s ability to hunt, set up traps to kill Zaroff, and ultimately killing Zaroff, produced the fact of Rainsford becoming a human-hunter and losing his humanity. First of all, Rainsford was already a hunter before he went to the island, this leads his ability to hunt. When Rainsford and Whitney are talking at the beginning of the story, Whitney says to Rainsford, “I’ve see you pick off a moose moving in the brown bush at four hundred yards.” This proves that Rainsford can hunt as shown by his ability to hit a moose from 400 yards. Therefore, Rainsford can hunt humans as he can hunt animals very well. Second of all, Rainsford sets traps trying to kill the general throughout the story showing...
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...and his new found interest in a specific prey to hunt, humans. Zaroff believes in one thing and that is that “ The world is made of two classes the hunters and the hunted” . This creates a problem for Rainsford in which he should go against his morals or become the prey in Zaroff’s lates hunt. The hunters in this story have a few qunek cheriteristeks. First of all, they enjoy the danger and excitement of the hunt while also showing little to no remorse for the animals that they are hunted. For example general Zaroff is cold and unforgiving man who shows no regret from the actions he has taken. Zaroff also believes that he was put on this earth to hunt, and shows this by saying “ my hand was made for the trigger”. While on the other hand Rainford starts of as thinking that he is the one at the top of the food chain, and believes that the animals he hunts are simple mindless creatures...
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...based on two real life oil princes, Herbert and Bunker Hunt. The Duke brothers fictional corner of the orange juice futures market was meant to mimic the Hunt’s perceived corner of the silver market in the late seventies to early eighties. During this time period, the Hunts accumulated mass quantities of physical and futures positions in silver. The unrealized profits generated slowly grew to a peak of around $3.5 billion dollars over about seven years. It took mere months for that gain to turn into a bankrupting multi-billion dollar loss. We aim to show that poor risk management led to these losses. Sadly, the Hunts received multiple signals to exit their position with handsome profits. Instead, they madly added to their silver stocks without regard to potential future shocks to the market. This was despite the fact that the regulators intervened and started creating a bearish reality for silver. . This paper also intends to question whether this was a true manipulation or just another sad tale of a beautiful investment idea crushed by over exuberance and leverage. Ultimately, the Hunt’s brother’s greed clouded their better judgment just like when poor Mortimer clamored for the exchange to be opened as his brother laid in agony on the floor. First, we will look at the motivations behind the Hunts bullish position in silver. Figure 1 shows that global inflation was a major concern during their early life. The Hunts believed runaway inflation would mark the end of fiat...
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...Prof Triff AH May 7, 2015 Wolf and Fox Hunt The aspect of painted works of art, which makes them such immensely significant historical artifacts, is their tendency to reflect the social, cultural and political values of their particular artist as well as the time period and region in which they originate. The Baroque era of 17th century Europe was certainly no exception to this trend and, over a relatively short period, an entire generation of talented painters would rise to fame across the continent, names which are still as recognizable today as they were hundreds of years ago, such as Caravaggio, Titian and Veronese. While their paintings are the only thing left behind from the legacies of these great figures, they say a great deal about the artist themselves and what factors impacted their creative prowess, which is absolutely essential in cultivating modern historians’ understanding of this time period and its norms. In terms of Baroque artists who were influential across Europe both in an artistic, stylistic and political sense, one must look no further than the great Peter Paul Rubens. Rubens was infamous for his highly naturalistic, very movement and color driven works that do an excellent job of highlighting the realistic beauty of a scene while also bringing out a certain veristic appearance in depicted figures, which result in a breathtaking visual display, drawing the viewer’s attention to various points of interest across its composition...
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...However beautiful and religious this picture is, Hunt was not a religious man and did not agree with typological symbolism and yet he painted a picture with priests within . On the outside, this picture is obviously religious but looking closer, Hunt added numerous minor religious symbol within the painting. The first is the red cross on top of the priest’s head. Red symbolically symbolizes death and the priest represents a missionary from God; together the two symbolize Jesus Christ; the priest, as Jesus Christ, descends from the cross with his follower around him. The two boys on the side with grapes and a chalice illustrate the last supper. Grapes symbolize the blood of Christ and with the chalice, I believe that it symbolize the Eucharist....
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...Savageless Many would argue that hunting sends us back to our primitive days when we lived only on the land and everything was used for money. It is actually quite the opposite of what most believe. Hunting is a way of life for some people and the only way we know how to get by. Hunting is by no means savage and is vital to everyday life. Without the hunters in the country we would be over run by animal populations and would have many predatory animals living in suburb communities putting our wellbeing at stake. Many people do not realize how much hunting indirectly influences their way of life. The meat in the grocery store was made in a more savage way than hunting. Slaughter houses are highly inhumane towards aimals. Hunting at least gives the animal free will to do whatever it wants in the wild. At a slaughter house animals have no hope to live any amount of time, but in the wild the animals are able to experience their natural habitat and be happy roaming the woods as they please. Many of the people who are against hunting are not even vegetarians and eat meat from the store and they are completely ignorant to the fact that what they are eating is killed in a horrible savage way. I am in no way saying that eating meat from the store is a bad thing to do, but only that venison is a more humane way of eating. Not only is it more humane its healthier than proccessed meat and has a less chance of carrying harmful bacteria gained from meat proccessors. Not only does the meat...
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...that something went wrong in the initial hunt, but the third person narration takes you through different point of views as the story begins. Wilson an overpowering hunt guide with the courage of a (Lion) sets out to prove he’s worthy of his reputation. From his witty confidence in selecting drinks after their hunt to his overseeing ways to make sure everyone get a good breakfast before the day start on their courageous expeditions day after day. The narration is letting the reader solely see that Wilson is in control of the first act of the story. He ensures that the hunter receive all rewards from the hunt, even if it didn’t go as plan as this story was told. I read in the narration where the men whom did not participate in the hunt, was updated on the events of the day, and change their character of the hunter, Mr. Macomber. Mr. Wilson intervenes to squash all negative talks of the paid guest. As the character tries to assert the triumph of the kill on to Mr. Wilson, he constantly relinquishes it back to the hunter, so that it seem theirs hasn’t been a problem in the day’s event, only a successful kill. I see a troublesome relationship with Mr. and Mrs. Macomber as the narrator encourages you to notice the attraction building for Wilson through Mrs. Macromber comments of his greatness on the hunt which happen earlier. You can notice the uncontrollable acts in Mrs. Macromber as she tells the men that she will participate in the next hunt although the tell her to stay in camp....
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...permanently driven into any tree on leased premises. Removable ground blinds, tree stands, are allowed. 8. All property brought on to the leased premises by members or guests, and any litter, especially cigarette butts, and shell casings shall be removed from the leased premises by member or guest responsible. 9. All members are responsible for any actions of guests they bring onto the leased premise. 10. All guests must be accompanied by a member and shall pay a guest fee of 20 dollars a day. All guests' reservations must be made at least one week in advance and approved by the Hunt Club President. Guests must ride with the member in member's vehicle to and from the premises. Only Hunt Club Members Vehicles will be allowed on the premises. Guest must sign a waiver to release Land Owner and Hunt club of all legal liability in the event of injury or death. See law 14. 11. We will have 4 guests hunts per...
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...Could Rainsford Bare to hunt again? Hunting for Rainsford is like eating, it’s a necessity. Rainsford will need to kill game again, not only for his survival, but it’s like second nature to him. Rainsford may not pursue animals for enjoyment as he once did, but he will do it again, also survival is key to the lonely island, he may have been influenced from winning to continue this game, and he has based his whole life upon hunting so it’ll be a hard habit to quit. On the first note, Rainsford will hunt again because winning may affect his ego. At the end of the game “[Rainsford] had never slept in a better bed” due to the end decision of who becomes dog food and who sleeps in the winners bed, and of course this was decided by Rainsford (Connell 36). Therefore, Rainsford had shown that he beat the best, and because Zaroff unestimated someone else due to his experience and was outsmarted. Rainsford beat Zaroff, and had “won the game” (Connell 36). In hindsight, winning can possibly...
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...performing stage. According to the text, this is where the team members begin to deal with complex tasks and handle disagreements creatively. The group appears to be stable, motivated by team goals, and generally satisfied. (Schermerhorn, Hunt, & Osborn, 2012). This is where most of the group appears to be right now, with the exception of Mike. Mike seems to be the only one of the group not meeting expectations. An understanding of the team development stages could have assisted Christine in her leadership role, with this team, in several ways. First, if she would have focused more attention during the storming stage of group development, she might have been able to encourage Mike to be more of a team player. During the storming stage there is high tension and a lot of emotion. Cliques often form as individuals compete to impose their preference, and this can lead to some feeling left out. (Schermerhorn, Hunt, & Osborn, 2012) If Christine would have addressed the storming stage it would have put the group in a better place for the norming stage. In the norming stage team members start to come together around rules of behavior and what needs to be accomplished; it is a time of growing cooperation. (Schermerhorn, Hunt, & Osborn, 2012). Part II: Problem Identification The primary problem in this case is that Christine did not create a complete team. She has one team member that does not want to do his part of the work, communicate well with the team...
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...The theory of “hunt or be hunted” is an idea often discussed and debated. Some state that it is always present, in some shape or form, while others argue that it does not apply to all circumstances. In The Most Dangerous Game, the hunter/hunted ideology is a prominent component. In the story, General Zaroff actually hunts Rainsford in a sort of game, hence, “The Most Dangerous Game.” Though this story is a clear example of the hunter/hunted complex in action, it is only one example. In another circumstance, the hunter/hunted complex would be irrelevant and therefore absent. In this particular story, a man called General Zaroff serves as the hunter. In the beginning, and even before the game begins, Zaroff boasts about his intelligence against the animals he’d hunted before. One example of his gasconade would be “Simply this: Hunting had ceased to be what you call ‘a sporting proposition.’ It had become too easy. I always got my quarry.(pg 234)” This quote portrays Zaroff’s pride and skill in being a hunter, along with his detachment to the game he hunts. Preceding this event, Zaroff himself states, “God makes some men poets. Some He makes kings, some beggars. Me He...
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...Rags-To-Riches-To Foreclosure Maybe the first step in his downfall was perhaps his decision to build a 20,000 square feet home at a cost of $23 million. A home that was considered so ostentatious that it was featured on MTV’s Teen Cribs. Or maybe his decision at 51 years old to become the next music mogul by launching a record label and a clothing line, which is a bit strange and not reflective of a man that ran one of the nation’s most successful African-American owned I.T. companies. Growing up the middle child of five children in Prince George’s county, a suburb of Washington, D.C., Rodney P Hunt says he made his first million by the age of 17. After realizing that even with both parents having multiple jobs, the family was still struggling to survive. He decided to cut grass in the summers to help out. His services quickly rose in demand and he found himself needing to hire his friends to help him meet that demand. Hunt’s mother made him set his money aside, rather than add it to the household. “My mother made me save every single dime, except what I had to put into the business as far as expenses. By the end of the third summer, I can remember the bank statement: one million, sixteen dollars, and eleven cents. It was the most incredible thing.” (Liebenberg, 2005, p.4) Rodney P. Hunt co-founded RS Information Systems, Inc. (RSIS) in 1992, one of the nation’s most successful African-American owned government contracting firms. The company started out by landing a...
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