...percent annual increase, wind is the world’s fastest-growing bulk power electricity source. Montana has a bright future in wind energy. The American Wind Energy Association ranked Montana’s wind-energy potential in the top five in the nation. Currently, the state has several utility-scale wind farms in operation. History of Wind Energy Wind energy has been used by civilizations throughout time. As early as 5000 B.C., wind energy propelled boats up and down rivers. Simple windmills pumped water in China in 200 B.C. Wind energy technology and its applications continued to grow and diversify throughout the ages. By the late 19th century, settlers of the New World were using windmills to pump water, and eventually, to generate electricity. Small windmills were used until the late 1920s to bring electricity to rural Americans. Farm and ranch communities in Montana used wind generators that produced direct current (DC) electricity that was often stored in batteries. However, these systems were short-lived due to the Rural Electrification Act (REA) of 1936. The REA subsidized the construction of rural electric distribution lines, transmission lines, and electrical generation facilities through low interest loans. This government act dramatically increased the number of rural Montana communities that received grid-connected electrical service. The energy crisis of the 1970s led to a resurgence of wind power interest....
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...12/2/2014 Writing Skills Essay: Montana 1948 Montana 1948 and the Abuse of Power In the novel “Montana 1948” you see a common issue that is around still in our everyday lives. This issue is the abuse of power and how it leads to consequences that sometimes might be devastating. You see this in our everyday lives with the Government and also many times in are families across the nation. In the novel there are many examples of this in the Hayden family. Wes, Frank and their father all are very powerful due to their back ground. Wes Hayden who is the father of David (The Narrator) is the second generation of Hayden’s to be a Sheriff uses his power for good things; Frank Hayden who is the brother of Wes is a war hero uses his power for bad things such as rape, killing and lying; and finally you have Julian Hayden who is the father of Wes and Frank. Some would say he used his power to benefit his family, but in reality he protected Frank with his power to let the crimes add up. Julian Hayden is where the abuse of power effect many people’s lives and ends up hurting his own family in the long run. Grandpa Hayden’s corruption and abuse of power should be blamed for the tragedies. You first find this out when David explains, “He wanted, he needed, power ... He was a dominating man who drew sustenance and strength from controlling others." (Watson 20). Also when David visited Len after Marie's death, Len talked to him about being a sheriff in Montana. He told David, "You know what...
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...University Question 1: What are the questions the court is deciding in this case? First of all, there are multiple issues involved in this case which are as follows: • A fact that the tribal court had the power to exercise jurisdiction of the non-Indian, that met the first exemption noted in the case of Montana v United States, which allowed tribes to judge civil actions, not criminal, over non-Indian people on tribal land when the non-Indian entered into a consensual relationship with the tribe....
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...SGT. Leo J. Powers During World War II Leo J. Powers became the first of four recipients in the Transportation Branch whom received the Congressional Medal of Honor, which is rewarded to military officials who are characterized by evident heroism and audaciousness in the line of duty. Powers was born on April 5th, 1909 in the city of Anselmo, Nebraska. In his thirties, he developed an acute foot problem and trained to become an Army mechanic. Soon after, he left for the frontlines of Italy, during World War II. (Tribune Staff, 1945) In September 1942, he joined the United States Army from Alder Gulch, Montana, and within two years, he became part of the 133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division. At that time, he was a Private First Class in his unit. During the time of World War II, Powers as a Private First Class in the 34th Infantry Division, his unit was designated on the main enemy point the Northwest of Cassino, Italy to incarcerate the Hill 175 that was occupied by the Germans. It was anticipated that the enemy could be at the minimum of 50 soldiers with the power of machine guns. They were located in three pill boxes and mortar fire stationed behind the hill. Their power of fire helped them to undermine the attackers and cause eight deaths. Pfc. Powers’ unit was in a position that they could not precede, however, Powers initiated singly amidst terrible fire. He crept frontward to attack one of the enemies’ pill boxes that he had witnessed. With great...
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...The movie represents how the ambition of one person can lead to the success of power over an entire cartel of drugs. For many, Scarface has been distinguished for its reputation and he has been single out as if he was an ideal. Many, idealize Tony Montana’s America’s dream film by producing songs, and glorifying him because he pursued his own dream through illegal traffic of drugs. This assumption is based on cultural stereotypes regarding the American ideal that everyone has the opportunity to have success through hard work. Tony Montana, became a victim of the reality of the American dream. As a result, he envisioned a way to deal with his life, and ended with being a king in the drug cartel. This ideal affects society in general, because Scarface portrays an example of obtaining power and status through drug cartels. This trend can lead to an outcome of younger generations trying to have a better life through the easiest way; drug dealing, instead of hard work. Despite the fact that the movie Scarface initiates with Tony Montana working as a dishwasher and ends with success in cartel drugs, it is not the ideal way of having success. Culturally, the American ideal has triumph among many to start from the bottom and end at the top. Overall, this movie has developed a trend to younger audiences...
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...The battle for Butte left an indelible blight upon the territory of Montana as the Wars of the Copper Kings came to a close. Against this backdrop of wanton corporate avarice and conflict, the territory of Montana was reduced to the status of an eastern corporate colony that was beholden and subjected to the capricious whims and unbridled rapaciousness of corporate robber barons. This odious corporate struggle left very few apparent victors and a significant number of losers. Montana’s miners and its citizens were the veritable losers who suffered extensively in this hegemonic struggle for Butte’s copper industry. Moreover, while Marcus Daly, William A. Clark, and Heinze may have suffered personal defeats in their business dealings they gained...
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...accomplish this ancillary departments use shadow charts that contain copies of any information they may need. Shadow charts should be maintains with the same safety and security as a primary chart and must be kept in locked files with access limited to authorized personnel. A2. Information Technology Staff It is the responsibility of Information Technology (IT) staff to educate the clinical staff on ways to diminish security breaches by securing their workstations when they are not being used. Teaching clinical staff the importance of not sharing passwords and securing stations will greatly help security. The IT staff could use a power point to explain the policy to staff along with the disciplinary policy for violation of company policy or the HIPAA Privacy Act. Criminal Liability Montana Code 41-1-402 states that a minor can consent to treatment if it is an emergency situation and the guardian is unavailable. a minor who needs emergency care, including transfusions, without which the minor's health will be jeopardized. If emergency care is rendered, the parent, parents, or legal guardian must be informed as soon as practical except under the circumstances mentioned in this subsection (2). (MLS,2011) Criminal liability could result if they do not follow this code correctly. A...
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...opposition to Orin Rettick (“Rettick”)’s motion to dismiss, or in the alternative, for a stay of a permanent injunction filed by Petitioners in this Court. Petitioners request this Court to grant Petitioners’ request for a permanent injunction of Rettick’s claim in the Tribal Court of the Taraconic Tribe. The Tribal Court of the Taraconic Tribe does not have adjudicatory jurisdiction over Rettick’s tort claim a gainst P etitioners because neither Floyd Industries, LLC, nor Sandra Floyd are members of the Taraconic Tribe, because the fact that the clai m arose on tribal land is non-dispositive for jurisdiction, and because Rettick’s claim did not meet any of the ex ceptions for the general rule of limited exercise of inherent tribal power. Rettick’s claim did not meet the exceptions because his claim presents a simple torts claim that neither threatens the self -government of the tribe nor suggests the claim is contractual in nature. Because it is clear that the tribal court lacks jurisdiction over the claim, Petitioners request this Court to exercise jurisdiction over this case without waiting for exhaustion of claims in the tribal court. Accordingly, Petitioners request this Court to grant Petitioners’s request for a permanent injunction of Rettick’s claim in the Tribal Court of the Taraconic Tribe. II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND Orin Rettick (“Rettick”), a member and the Chief of Police for the Taraconic Tribe, alleges that h e was injured by a handgun sold and delivered...
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...sound and movement? So, you have been given the power to help us create this life. You have been given the knowledge, the wisdom, and the love to bless all the beings you create. This is why you are here.” After the creator told the spider woman this, it gave her disciples to help keep the world in order. She told these disciples to go off and help her rule over all the people of the new earth (Hobi). Politicians are supposed to represent the people, they are here to bless all things and better society, just like the spider woman and her disciples. In Montana, women have had major roles in political issues since the beginning. During the 1880s women were starting to gain more access to political positions in Montana. On March 8, 1883 legislature passed a law allowing women to hold office in the county school superintendent. A year later Adda Hamilton was elected Gallatin County Superintendent of Schools. Her opponent was so upset that a woman would dare go against him he ended up calling her names during an election speech and basically handed her the position. At the end of the eighties a women, Ella Knowles Haskell, was the first woman admitted to the Montana bar. About 15 years later, after working her way up the legal political ladder, she was admitted to practice law before the United States Supreme Court (UmLib). Throughout this entire time and into the early 1900s equal suffrage was a major political issue in Montana, not just for women but also Native Americans...
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...INTRO TO PHILOSOPHY FINAL EXAM (West campus) 1. Which of these is a problem with Kantian moral theory: a. the individual doesn't count, a few can be sacrificed for the benefit of the many b. it appears impossible to calculate the resulting effects of any action on all the different people it affects in all the ways it affects them c. the moral truths are universal, and thus differences in particular circumstances of certain situations cannot be accounted for d. all of the above e. none of the above 2. Thomas Hobbes: f. believed that human beings are naturally evil g. believed that human life is "nasty, brutish and short" in the absence of a Leviathan h. was one of the founders of the idea of the "social contract" i. all of the above j. none of the above 3. Which of the following is true of Rawls' "veil of ignorance": k. it is used to try and determine the fairest rules of a just society l. it forces us to imagine that we could be anybody in a society m. it leads to an argument in favor of progressive taxation n. all of the above o. none of the above 4. ...
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...30 percent annual increase, wind is the world’s fastest-growing bulk power electricity source. Montana has a bright future in wind energy. The American Wind Energy Association ranked Montana’s wind-energy potential in the top five in the nation. Currently, the state has several utility-scale wind farms in operation. History of Wind Energy Wind energy has been used by civilizations throughout time. As early as 5000 B.C., wind energy propelled boats up and down rivers. Simple windmills pumped water in China in 200 B.C. Wind energy technology and its applications continued to grow and diversify throughout the ages. By the late 19th century, settlers of the New World were using windmills to pump water, and eventually, to generate electricity. Small windmills were used until the late 1920s to bring electricity to rural Americans. Farm and ranch communities in Montana used wind generators that produced direct current (DC) electricity that was often stored in batteries. However, these systems were short-lived due to the Rural Electrification Act (REA) of 1936. The REA subsidized the construction of rural electric distribution lines, transmission lines, and electrical generation facilities through low interest loans. This government act dramatically increased the number of rural Montana communities that received grid-connected electrical service. The energy crisis of the 1970s led to a resurgence of wind power interest. Electricity produced from wind was more expensive than energy...
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...Going Green Using the Power of Wind Kimberly Whitaker SCI 207 Shameema Sarker August 5, 2012 I. Introduction A. Thesis Statement With so much concern about reaching the peak in oil production on the world's mind, as well as the worry for the effects that humans are having on the environment, wind power is one of the greenest options available to replace oil. II. Body paragraph #1 - Topic Sentence #1 The way humans have been living for thousands of years has had a devastating effect on the environment. A. Supporting Evidence The use of fossil fuels, especially coal is destroying the environment because it releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and the extraction of these fossil fuels has a devastating effect on the environment. (Turk & Bensel, 2011) B. Explanation Fossil fuels are nonrenewable because once they are extracted from the earth and burned or used, they can never be replenished in over a thousand years. (Turk & Bensel, 2011) C. Further Explanation The use of fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which is destroying the quality of air, changing the climate, and destroying our aquatic ecosystems. D. So What? While there may be enough fossil fuels for humans to use for the next fifty to one- hundred years, eventually these resources will end up being used up and there will be none left for future generations, who will need a different source of energy to be able to...
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...Hannah Montana: The Movie. Walt Disney, 2009.). A quote that inspires me to push through Kings Point and reach my dreams. I encourage anyone who ever faced a moment in life where they felt their faith wavering, or they weren’t sure if the struggle was worth the reward to listen to this song. Personally, I think this song really can make you understand that life is more than just bad moments. There will always be those negative and saddening moments, but those moments will always insight something bigger. On March 24th, 2018 in Washington D.C., Miley Cyrus performed “The Climb” at the March for our Lives rally. This is just one more example that this song can touch people going through terrible moments in their lives and push them to come out on top and do what they can to make change. Listening to this song in 2009 was probably one of the smartest things I have done. And I will continue to recommend this song to anyone I think might benefit from it. It’s a song that encourages strength when you feel like you have nothing more to give. It encourages perseverance when you want to give up. It invokes power in you to climb that mountain and reach that view. The Climb is one of the most inspirational pieces of media I have encountered and for 9 years now has carried me through setbacks, failures, pain...
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...Yellowstone is a national park covering 3,468 square miles in Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana and it is elevated 8,000 feet from the ground on a plateau. But is there still present volcanic hazard in Yellowstone? The park is covered with over 10,000 geysers, hot springs, mud pots, and travertine terraces, perhaps caused by a ?hot spot? that it overlies. A violent history suggests equally as devastating future volcanic activity, underground forces are causing the landscape to change and geysers to become more active. The real question is, if a super volcanic explosion took place, would human life exist as we know it ever again? The history of volcanic activity at Yellowstone starts with its first eruption at Huckleberry Ridge 2.1 million years ago, the leftovers reached as far as Iowa and central Texas. Then 800,000 years later, another eruption took place in Mesa Falls creating Henry Fork Caldera near Park, Montana. The last eruption took place 630,000 years ago, called the Lava Creek eruption, spewing 240 cubic miles of debris, and spreading as far as Louisiana and California. Hidden underneath the park, powerful volcanic, magnetic, and hydrothermal forces are reforming the land. Several earthquakes, uplifting, and subsidence of the landscape proves that these powers exist. Recent studies have caused scientists to think that Yellowstone could be growing larger as flowing molten rock builds up below the ground. In a period of 10 years, the volcano has risen 5 inches, not a significantly...
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...Writers of most fictional texts often use a wide range of conventions in order to encourage readers to make judgements about the characters and situations within the narrative. Montana 1948, written by Larry Watson, a narrative about the Hayden family being torn apart by a terrible choice between family loyalty and justice. The novel explores the ideas and issues of family loyalty, racial discrimination and power abuse. We are encouraged to make judgements about the characters’ behaviour into consideration of our modern context and their traditional context. Family in most parts of the world is considered to be an extremely important aspect of our lives and we need family that we can depend on and trusts. Family loyalty is an idea that is...
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