...According to the Gregorian calendar, John Hancock was born on January 23, 1737; according to the Julian calendar then in use, the date was January 12, 1736.[5] He was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in a part of town that eventually became the separate city of Quincy.[6] He was the son of the Reverend John Hancock of Braintree and Mary Hawke Thaxter (widow of Samuel Thaxter Junior), who was from nearby Hingham. As a child, Hancock became a casual acquaintance of young John Adams, whom the Reverend Hancock had baptized in 1735.[7][8] The Hancocks lived a comfortable life, and owned one slave to help with household work.[7] After Hancock's father died in 1744, John was sent to live with his uncle and aunt, Thomas Hancock and Lydia (Henchman)...
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...showing all of the Alamo’s defenders lying dead on the ground. Every man did, in fact, die defending the Alamo. Nobody knows for certain how many Texans were killed at the battle of the Alamo, but the movie showed an accurate estimate of the amount of men that historians and researchers believe were present at the Alamo. Next, a scene played showing William Travis with his wife signing divorce papers. It is true that Rosanna Travis broke off the marriage with William. In the movie, Rosanna brought William’s son, Charles, and a little girl with...
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...|[pic] |LISA BEGGS | | |School of Business | | |HRM/300 Fundamentals of HumanResourceManagement | Copyright © 2009, 2008 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. MU12BSM05 7/11/2012-8/8/2012 Course Description This course explores the critical role of human achieving resources in business results. The course will help students to have a solid understanding of the fundamentals of human resource management and its strategic relevance in business today. This course will provide students with a critical perspective on the development of human capital in the context of a unified system of attracting, retaining and developing talent that creates and supports the vision and values of the organization. Students will develop an understanding of the critical business implications for human resource professionals today. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies:...
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...Uniform Electronic Transaction Act and Electronic Signature Abstract The world has evolved from what used to be a “paper world” to now everything being electronic. The vast majority of the population relies on electronic means to conduct their everyday business. We pay our bills online, make purchases online and sometimes even enter into contracts online. No longer do you need a person’s John Hancock to make a contract legally binding. We have transformed into a society where electronic signature (E-Sign) is just a binding as your wet ink signatures. E-Sign and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) are often compared to each other, but in all actuality they are different when it comes to the way consumers are actually treated. The basic purpose of UETA is to support the use of electronic commerce. The primary objective of this act is to establish the legal equivalence of electronic records and signatures with paper writings and manually signed signatures, which ultimately helps remove barriers to electronic commerce. Once difference between the two is that UETA is state and E-Sign is Federal. You can trace the creation of E-Sign back to UETA. Keep in mind that UETA only applies to Article 2 and 2A transactions and as of July 2006, only forty-six states to include the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands have adopted UETA (White & Summers, 2010). Due to the fact that all of the states failed to adopt UETA, Congress felt the need to enacted...
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...Gun Control Concealed Weapons Laws in Arizona Vernon Daniels Jr. Com 220 Jewel Jackson “Gun Control” Concealed Weapons Laws in Arizona Arizona has some of the least restrictive gun laws in the nation. It also has one of the highest rates of gun deaths in the country. But, how closely are guns and violence connected? The answer, like much involving guns in America, is complicated. Even though there is a right to bear arms, gun control laws in Arizona are in need of some work. There have been various shootings that have attributed to this need, adding the fact that carrying a concealed weapon is open to just about anyone only intensifies this need. “Arizona Fired Up Over Year-Old Weapons Law” is an article from 1995 in the Christian Science Monitor that discusses the stance that Tiffany Williams took regarding concealed weapons. Tiffany Williams is one of some 31,000 Arizonans who had decided that their safety hinged on toting guns, and thus had completed a 16-hour firearm-safety course required at that time to carry a concealed gun. Non-supporters of concealed weapons laws worried that as guns continue to show up in more hands, the greater the chance of violent incidents while supporters of concealed weapons laws argued that allowing people to carry firearms - openly or not - is a basic right, and gives people a greater sense of security. Tiffany...
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...postpone early marriage and pregnancy until their young body mature to have a child. Also a cure was discovered by two American surgeons J. Marion Sims and Thomas Addis Emmet, that cure was c-section and surgical procedure to fix the tearing of bladder and vaginal tissue. Although fistula is eradicated in industrialized countries, it is still a major problem for young girls in the most impoverished rural and remote area of in the developing countries especially the sub-Saharan African and some Middle East countries. To eliminate fistula several NGO’s have been working with those countries that has been affected by fistula. Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia Foundation (UFE) and United Nation Population Foundation (UNFPA) are to name a few. On this paper we will address on the ngo’s strategic approach on national and international level, are their enough funds available, what ethical issues they are facing, and what are the weakness and strength of the ngo’s approaches toward the problem on international healthcare. Women’s Nightmare: Fistula Among the two fistulas obstetric fistula affects and...
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...From 1960 to 1963 Miles took a short vacation, but sure enough he came back well rested and better than ever. One year later he had brilliant players such as Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams playing in his rhythm section. Together they brought forth the invention of Funky Soul Jazz with George Coleman as the tenor, which Wayne Shorter later came to replace. Very predictable of Miles, he changed his style again, this time a unique mix between Hard Bop and Free Jazz. After this movement was fully established by Miles, surprisingly enough, he changed again, he just could not keep a straight pace. He brought in Chick Corea, electric keyboards, and doubled up sopranos as rock influenced his new style better known as Fusion. Two...
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...Bwebwennang Kelese English 201 Professor Hancock 04/07/2014 Research Paper The Sacrificial Role of Women The source says that in A Doll’s House the author is trying to describe in a particular way the position held by women of all economic classes in his society. It mentions Nora’s claim when she speaks to Torvald in Act Three that women are always ready to sacrifice their integrity for men whereas men are not. In the case of Mrs. Linde, her true love is Krogstad but she leaves him and marries a richer man because Krogstad is poor. The nanny in this play has to leave her own child to support herself by working as Nora’s children. The nanny admits she’s been fortunate to find a joy since she’s been a poor lady who’s been led astray. Nora more fortunate than the other female lady characters in the play since she has providing advantages but society dictates that Torvald be the marriage’s dominant partner. Torvald give out orders and always show he is better and more intelligent to Nora, so Nora must hide her loan because she knows that Torvvald will never accept the idea that his wife (or any other women) has saved his life. Even though she doesn’t have to work, she finds a job so she can pay off her loan since it is against the law for a woman to get a loan without her husband’s approval. Nora’s deception, Torvald attributes – and society- leave Nora helpless to Krostd’s blackmail...
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...ISSN: 2319-5894 Pharma Utility Volume 8, Issue 1- 2, 2014 Brief Report Indian Chemical Industry: A Potential Chemical Hub for Exploration at World Market Authors: Amrit B Karmarkar*1, Avinash D Deodhar1, Aditya A Holikar2 Affiliations: 1. Director, InClinition, Dombivli East, Mumbai Area, India 2. Research Associate, InClinition, Dombivli East, Mumbai Area, India Email: amrit@inclinition.com Cellular: +91-8898904115 Introduction of Chemical Industry Chemicals are the basic necessity of day to day life for creature to survive on earth. The chemicals whether being natural or synthetic they are helpful to each and every creature for the survival. Right from the food we eat, clothes we wear or the cars we drive all the things are significantly based on the chemicals which helps to enhance the quality of life through various new innovations. The use of chemicals is mentioned from the ancient time to the modern era. As the development on earth started from the ancient era to modern era for the survival and the enhancement of the chemicals, their forms and their uses changed. Development of synthetic chemicals took place by setting up the chemical factory in countries and then export and import of chemicals from country to country. As the modern era is concern, the chemical industry has acquired the special attention by Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) at 5.9% for the revenue generation of $ 3,519 billion till year 2010. It is expected to grow up to 8.1% generating $ 5,185 billion...
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...high-stakes deception? Stephen Porter* and Leanne ten Brinke University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada In this paper, we provide our view of the current understanding of high-stakes lies often occurring in forensic contexts. We underscore the importance of avoiding widespread pitfalls of deception detection and challenging prevailing assumptions concerning strategies for catching liars. The promise and limitations of each of non-verbal/body language, facial, verbal/linguistic, and physiological channels in detecting deception are discussed. In observing the absence of a single cue or behavioural channel that consistently reveals deception, a holistic approach with concurrent attention to multiple channels of a target’s behaviour (ideally videotaped for review) and changes from baseline behaviour is recommended whenever possible. Among the best-validated cues to be considered together include: illustrators, blink and pause rate, speech rate, vague descriptions, repeated details, contextual embedding, reproduction of conversations, and emotional ‘leakage’ in the face. While advocating a reliance on empirical evidence, we observe that few studies of high-stakes deception yet have been conducted. Further, some manifestations of lying are highly idiosyncratic and difficult to address in quantitative research, pointing to the need for keen observation skills, and psychological insight. A recurring theme is the need for the field to devise innovative...
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...Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551, USA b Wharton Financial Institutions Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA c Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA Abstract This article examines the economics of ®nancing small business in private equity and debt markets. Firms are viewed through a ®nancial growth cycle paradigm in which different capital structures are optimal at dierent points in the cycle. We show the sources of small business ®nance, and how capital structure varies with ®rm size and age. The interconnectedness of small ®rm ®nance is discussed along with the impact of the macroeconomic environment. We also analyze a number of research and policy issues, review the literature, and suggest topics for future research. Ó 1998 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. JEL classi®cation: G21; G28; G34; E58; L89 Keywords: Venture capital; Small business lending; Bank; Mergers 1. Introduction The role of the entrepreneurial enterprise as an engine of economic growth has garnered considerable public attention in the 1990s. Much of this focus * Corresponding author. Tel.: 1 202 452 2903; fax: 1 202 452 5295; e-mail: aberger@frb.gov. 0378-4266/98/$19.00 Ó 1998 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. PII S 0 3 7 8 - 4 2 6 6 ( 9 8 ) 0 0 0 3 8 - 7 614 A. N. Berger, G. F. Udell / Journal of Banking & Finance 22 (1998) 613±673 stems from the belief that innovation ± particularly...
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...A pen (Latin penna, feather) is a writing implement used to apply ink to a surface, usually paper, for writing or drawing. Historically, reed pens, quill pens, and dip pens were used, with a nib dipped in the ink. Ruling pens allow precise adjustment of line width, and still find a few specialized uses, but technical pens such as the Rapidograph are more commonly used. Modern types also include ballpoint, rollerball, fountain, and felt or ceramic tip pens.[1] Contents | The main modern types of pens can be categorized by the kind of writing tip or point: A mark made on paper with a rollerball pen, and the tip of that pen * A ballpoint pen dispenses viscous oil-based ink by rolling a small hard sphere, usually 0.7–1.2 mm and made of brass, steel or tungsten carbide.[2] The ink dries almost immediately on contact with paper. The ballpoint pen is usually reliable and inexpensive.[citation needed] It has replaced the fountain pen as the most common tool for everyday writing. * A fountain pen uses water-based liquid ink delivered through a nib. The ink flows from a reservoir through a "feed" to the nib, then through the nib, due to capillary action and gravity. The nib has no moving parts and delivers ink through a thin slit to the writing surface. A fountain pen reservoir can be refillable or disposable, this disposable type being an ink cartridge. A pen with a refillable reservoir may have a mechanism, such as a piston, to draw ink from a bottle through the nib, or it may...
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...Assessment 2: Peer decision analysis 12th October 2012 Australian catholic university Vo tuong vi nguyen In this paper, I will provide an account of decision problem in the workplace. This problem occurred in the restaurant where workers got conflicts during working hours. One of my peers, Lohnet Barton has introduced the final solution for the manager. From my own perspective, I will carefully explain the incident and analyses the way that Lohnet resolved the conflicts. Also; I will carefully do examination in the process that she took in order to decide which course of action that needs to follow. Besides, there will be an appropriate decision making strategy that was used as an effective tools in Lohnet decision making journey. To make it easier, I will begin by shortly giving the readers the whole picture of the situation that took place. It’s good to know that Steaky’s restaurant in the western suburb is a busy restaurant which has 8 staff members and 2 of that is waitresses. Linda is an outspoken employee who often argues with the male kitchen staffs about controversial topic such as abortion or gay marriage. Even sometimes the manager has noticed about the tension between her and the others staff, things seem go well. Unfortunately, One day after lunch time, the manager found a letter from Linda with vulgar language in which she criticized the male staffs and the worse management skills of the manager. She decided to quit the job and by the way asking for special condition...
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...Table of Contents Executive Summary 4 Introduction 5 Recruitment- Concept 5 Recruitment Process 5 Recruitment Yield Pyramid 6 Reverse Critical Path 7 Recruitment Methods 8 Database Administrator 9 Specialist Librarian 10 IT Help Desk Operator 10 Data Entry Team Leader 11 Data Entry Operator 12 Job Description 15 RecordsCo Job Description Form 15 Job Summary 15 Responsibilities & Duties 16 Person Description 17 Interview Questions 19 Questions 20 Scoring Guide 22 Appendix 3 References 1 Executive Summary This report is made for RecordsCo by WestAus for their project of digitizing over 3million handwritten data. The recruitment plan made here consists of Recruitment Process, Recruitment Yield Pyramid, Reverse Critical Path method, Recruitment Methods, Job Description, and Person Description that is derived from the Job Analysis and also based on understanding of the estimates during lectures. Further a set of Interview questions are drafted to understand and score candidates on the behavioural traits showcased during the interview sessions. Behavioural Based Interview questions are used as a tool to determine the right behavioural descriptor for the job. Various external sources of recruitment will be deployed to attract candidates. Introduction WestAus is making this recruitment plan for RecordsCo detailing the recruitment plan for sourcing 5 important positions for their project of transcribing over 3 million hand -written...
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...purpose of this research is to examine the events and issues surrounding the Boston Tea Party. The intention of the research will be to set the overall order of issues that emerged and establish the political context in which the Tea Party would take place, and then to discuss the impact of the incident on the colonies, that would ultimately lead to the Revolutionary War. Understanding the importance of the Boston Tea Party cannot be obtained without an understanding of the issues and events that preceded it. The Party, which occurred in 1773, had its origins several years earlier, in the wake of the French and Indian War, which ended in 1763. In 1766, Parliament passed the Quartering Act, which provided for "billeting, provisioning and discipline of British forces, requiring colonial assemblies to provide barracks and supplies such as candles, fuel, vinegar, beer and salt for the regulars, costs of the Army in America at the 'dictate' of Parliament" (Tuchman 167). Further to this point, the Seven Years' War was over; why the need for such a large standing army in America? This first Quartering Act was, however, obeyed in general terms, and even partly rescinded as to enforcement (182), until other Parliamentary measures pointed up colonists' feeling of oppression. By 1767, the Stamp Act had been passed, and then revoked in the face of an American boycott of covered goods. In 1767, the Townshend Acts legalized import duties on "glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea." The...
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