...Final Paper Barn Burning Heather Thomas Indiana Wesleyan University ENG-242 Mack Armstrong February 26, 2013 I have read and understand the plagiarism policy as outlined in the syllabus and the sections in the Student Bulletin relating to the IWU Honesty/Cheating Policy. By affixing this statement to the title page of my paper, I certify that I have not cheated or plagiarized in the process of completing this assignment. If it is found that cheating and/or plagiarism did take place in the writing of this paper, I understand the possible consequences of the act/s, which could include expulsion from Indiana Wesleyan University. Final Paper: Barn Burning In the short story, “Barn Burning,” William Faulkner wrote to show us the uncertainty of our individual futures. In many instances, author’s write from personal experience and perspectives, and like stated in our assignment description, they write, “both as reflections of and influences upon their culture.” Here, Faulkner gives us a safe look at the different classes of people in the Old South, where race, monetary value and differences in social class are all derivatives of his purpose. The thesis of “Barn Burning” is implied throughout the story. In my own words, the thesis of this story is given through the analysis of a young and impressionable boy who struggles between moral choices of family loyalty and the moral expectancy of civic justice. In this essay, I will identify and discuss literary elements...
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...Description: The Solomon Islands are a part of the Pacific "Ring of Fire"; earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic activity can occur at any time. The 'ring-of-fire' is a horse-shoe-shaped zone of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that surrounds the basin of the Pacific Ocean. It is 40,000km long and is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, island arcs, and volcanic mountain ranges and/or plate movements. It is understood that 90% of the world's earthquakes and 81% of the world's largest earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire, which is a direct consequence of plate tectonics and the movement of collisions of crustal plates. The island of Savo, 35 kilometres North West of Honiara, is a cyclically active volcano. Climate: The climate is tropical. From December to March, northwest equatorial winds bring hot weather and heavy rainfall; from April to November, the islands are cooled by drier southeast trade winds. Damaging cyclones occasionally strike during the rainy season. The annual mean temperature is 27°c (81°f); annual rainfall averages 305 cm (120 in), and humidity is about 80% Environment: Most of the coral reefs surrounding the islands are dead or dying. As an island nation, the Solomon Islands are concerned with the effects of global warming and rising sea levels. Deforestation is another significant environmental problem. The related problem of soil erosion threatens the country's agricultural productivity. Sources of water pollution...
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...cutting into profits. Inventory costs total approximately 300 million dollars with a 3% finance charge. Recently, however, inventory costs have peaked at 360 million dollars and finance charges have reached approximately 750 thousand dollars monthly. As inventory grows due to misalignment of sales and merchandise ordering, so does the need for more accurate forecasting models. The manufactures have issued a "turn and earn" approach that affects how dealerships will be receiving their inventory. This change states that shipments will be based on inventory. The only way new models will be received is when other models are sold. Burns needs an analysis model that will assist them in future inventory decisions. The development of this model and what is should entail seems to be the main priority. Thomas Burns is the owner of Burns Auto. Thomas has twelve years experience in the automobile industry and bought the dealerships as a five-year investment. He wants to take on a new method of managing inventories and forecasting sales, especially now that all manufacturers have mandated the "turn and earn" approach. Richard Settle is Burns' Corporate President and Sales Manager. Richard has fifteen years experience in the automobile industry working for a larger...
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...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY After working for five months as an account executive, Thomas Green was directly promoted as the Senior Market Specialist by the vice president of the company, Shannon McDonald, because of immense potential exhibited by him. However, Frank Davis, Green’s boss, did not intend to choose Green as the new senior market specialist. Green and Davis disagreed on work styles and market projections. Green believed that the sales goals set by Davis are based on "creative accounting" and he grossly overstated the existing market environment. A mood of silent conflict developed quickly between them. Davis was very unhappy about Green’s performance and working attitude even after three months of his promotion. Green was concerned that Davis was building a case to fire him. Green, after learning that Davis had sent a mail to McDonald regarding his performance, was very worried about the situation and did not know how he should explain his perspective to McDonald. In order to salvage his professional carrier, Green could either compromise by changing his work style and working in conformity with Davis’ requirements or escalate to McDonald the problems and concerns faced by him and prove his point with credible data. We recommend that Green should choose to compromise as he was appointed as senior market specialist despite being less experienced. He was also under heavy financial burden. In order to become a successful manager, he should learn to deal with this kind of situations...
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...Thomas Money, Inc. Business Plan Rebecca Summey-Lowman University of Phoenix Fred Bell April 16, 2012 Thomas Money Business Plan Challenges are not new to Future Growth Incorporated (FGI). In fact, the company's success is largely attributable to its ability to navigate changing economic conditions over the past 70 years. In 1940, FGI, known then as Thomas Money Inc., began as a consumer finance company, granting small loans for household needs. Within five years, the company expanded its services, offering business and commercial real estate loans, and business acquisition financing. Six years after its inception, the company made a pivotal decision to diversify its core business by branching into equipment financing. A subsidiary, Future Growth, Inc. was established. FCI capitalized on the rapid growth of the construction and forestry after the end of World War II and purchased a manufacturing company. This allowed the company to build, sell, and finance their own brand of building and forestry equipment. To focus on this new business strategy, the company stopped financing other brands of equipment. These tactical business decisions reaped huge financial rewards. The company's profits steadily increased and never had a reduction in the workforce. Stocks soared from $5 to $85.60 with six stock splits from 1975 to 1998. The Current Economic Condition The downturn in the economy has caused a 30% drop in new home sales. Economists are predicting additional declines in the construction...
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...Windows 7 Home Computer Analysis Instructor: Hubert Huynh Course: NT1230 March 23, 2013 Presented By: Cuneo, Thomas My personal computer is a Toshiba Satellite M984. The motherboard, for starters, is an Asus P8Z68-V, Intel based with the new UEFI Bios standard, USB 3.0 and SATA 6. The board also supports Quad-SLI and Quad-Cross fire X. I am a poor gamer so my GPU setup is a humble GeForce 670 GTX single solution. The board also supports memory up to 2200 O.C. I have 16GB of 1600 memory, Patriot Brand High End. My CPU of course is Intel stock quad processor around the 2.8 Core i5. The hard drive setup is pretty cool; Western Digital Veloci Raptor 750GB (10,000 RPM) for my main drive (Drive C) and then a 1 Terabyte Western Digital followed by yet another Segate 700 GB drive. My case has two hot swap docking bays for laptop size hard drives or SSD drives so I have two laptop style hard drives on board with about 160GB per unit. Then I have two optical drives, LG DVD-R,RW 24x. No Blue-Ray burner yet, yet! My sound card is a Creative Labs SoundBlaster X-Fatality. Powering it all is a Zantec 1100 watt Power Supply. My case of course is a full tower unit, made by Antec. There are 10 cooling fans, all red LED throughout the case, not including the cooler I have attached to the CPU which is a Zantec all copper high fin sealed cooler. The case has a top mounted hot swap docking bay but can only support either a SSD or laptop drive. The side of the case has...
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...Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow John C. Maxwell “If you can become the leader you ought to be on the inside, you will be able to become the person you want on the outside. People will want to follow you. And when that happens, you’ll be able to tackle anything in this world.” 1 1. Character: Be a Piece of the Rock “Leadership is the capacity and will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.” ~ Bernard Montgomery, British Field Marshal What must everyone know about character? Actions are the Real Indicator of Character n Talent is a Gift, but Character is a Choice n Character Brings Lasting Success with People n Strong Character is the Foundation on which to Build Success n 2 2. Charisma : The First Impression Can Seal the Deal “How can you have charisma? Be more concerned about making others feel good about themselves than you are making them feel good about you.” ~Dan Reiland, Vice President of Leadership Development, INJOY “When it comes to charisma, the bottom line is othermindedness. Leaders who think about others and their concerns before thinking of themselves exhibit charisma.” ~John C. Maxwell 3 3. Commitment: It separates Doers from Dreamers n n n n To the boxer, it’s getting off the mat one more time than you’ve been knocked down. To the marathoner, it’s running another ten miles when your strength is gone. To the solider, it’s going over the hill, not...
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...Fern Hill Summary "Fern Hill" is six stanzas of praising and then lamenting days the speaker spent at Fern Hill as a youth. And this speaker is stoked about running through the countryside. Throughout the poem, he talks about how happy he was as a youngster and how oblivious he was that youth was passing. But at the end of the poem, the tone shifts dramatically from joy to lamentation. It's almost like singing, "If you're happy and you know it, think again!" What was a carefree bliss for the speaker turns out to be a fleeting joy that he ever can't recapture. What a bummer. Stanza 1 Summary Get out the microscope, because we’re going through this poem line-by-line. Lines 1-2 Now I was young and easy under the apple boughs About the lilting house and happy as the grass was green * Welcome to Fern Hill, where the speaker was once young and carefree. Plus, apple trees. Sounds like a great place to Shmoop. * He also hung out in his "lilting house." What in the world is a lilting house, you ask? Well, lilting is an old school style of Gaelic singing, but it can refer to anything with a cheerful, happy tone. * So was the house singing? Well, maybe not literally, but with this personification, the speaker is setting the mood for the rest of the poem. Things are good. * He's young, happy, and the pastoral scenery is like a mirror of the speaker's joy. Lines 3-5 The night above the dingle starry, Time let me hail and climb Golden in the heydays of his eyes...
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...Forward Swept Wing Fighter Needed For US ME 363 Engineering Tools, Analysis, and Communication Abstract When looking for the next best thing in aviation, sometimes it is important to look back at old ideas that have not been used yet. A forward-swept wing provides better lift to drag ratios, compared to a swept-back wing of the same area, higher lift to drag ratio; higher capacity in dogfight maneuvers; higher range at subsonic speed; improved stall resistance and anti-spin characteristics; improved stability at high angles of attack; a lower minimum flight speed; and a shorter take-off and landing distance. Comparing the only U.S. forward-swept wing jet (X-29A) to contemporary fighters, the X-29A outperforms them in angle of attack and lift to drag ratios. Forward Swept Wing Fighter Needed For US Introduction A forward swept wing design has been tested and dismissed by the United States, though it just might be the right configuration for the next United States fighter aircraft. NASA tested the X-29, a forward-swept wing jet, back in the early 90’s and submitted their data, but a fighter aircraft was never produced. Over the years since then certain areas of engineering have advanced and are now up to the task of supporting an aircraft featuring a forward-swept wing. This forward-swept wing configuration gives several advantages to a fighter aircraft which could be the deciding factor of a dogfight. “In 1936...
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...C200 Managing Organizations and Leading People Hermisecier Broussard C200 October 20, 2015 C200 Managing Organizations and Leading People In today’s society, if a company or organization wants to get ahead and progress ahead of the game, quality leadership practices must be set into place in that organization in order to have a blueprint of knowledge of where they are heading and trying to go business-wise. Although, there can be major role differences in the way that organizations implement their leadership practices, all of the approaches tend to be unified with the desired outcome of improving the organizations efficiency practices and growth in helping the organization to move forward in the direction that they want it to go. A1. Description of the Organization The ACS or Army Community Service center is a one stop family center that focuses on serving military communities all over the world. It was implemented and put into place to offer an array of services that include but is not limited to information and referral systems, relocation assistance programs, orientations and briefings, financial readiness, family advocacy, employment readiness programs, army family team building classes, army family action plans, army volunteer corps, swap and assist shops, food pantries and Christmas shops. These programs in some way shape or form are very important to the military, their families and communities in which they were designed to serve as a helping agent to assist...
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...| DLIS Compliance Risk Management Plan | | | Battle Creek, MIRich FranklinMauricio MosqueraHerby ThomasLouis Zayas * 13-Jan-14 | | * Table of Contents COVER 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 DOCUMENT CHANGE LOG 3 Project Risk Management Plan Purpose AND SCOPE 4 Key Roles and Responsibilities 4 Risk Management Process and Activities 5 Risk Management Plan Audit Log 5 Risk Assessment and Management Table 6 COMPLIANCE LAWS AND REGULATIONS 8 PROPOSED SCHEDULE 9 Risk Management Plan Approvals 10 * Department: Information Technology Product or Process: Risk Management Document Owner: Battle Creek, MI IT Version | Date | Author | Change Description | 0.1 | 1/6/14 | RFranklin | Initial Draft | 0.2 | 01/12/14 | RFranklin | Revision 1 | 0.3 | 1/13/14 | RFranklin | Revision 2 | * Project Risk Management Plan Purpose and Scope The purpose of this Risk Management Plan is to identify the strategies, methods, and procedures to be used within the Michigan Air National Guard, Battle Creek, Michigan supply chain in identifying, evaluating, and mitigating the risk involved in daily and long term operations. All Department of Defense and federal agencies must at least comply with the minimum standards set forth in Law, DOD directives, branch of service regulations, and local base regulations. This plan provides local guidelines for applying the FISMA standards using...
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...Crafting & Executing Strategy the Quest for Competitive Advantage The Amazon Company Table of Contents * Introduction……………………………………………P.3 * Background Information………………………………P.3 * Senior Management……………………………………P.8 * Competitors……………………………………………P.8 * Marketing Strategy……………………………………P.9 * Problems and Issues confronting the Company………P.10 * Recommendation……………………………………..P.10 * SWOT Analysis……………………………………….P.10 * Financial Ratios and Analysis………………………..P.11 Introduction Surviving the dot com boom was a significant accomplishment for Amazon, which helped them claim the title of being the one stop shopping retailer for all. Amazon was introduced to the public in 1995 from Seattle Washington. Some people may remember Amazon as an online bookstore. Over the years, they evolved into the most popular internet retailer in the world and Amazon quickly became the growing trend among consumers, because they are convenient, have a speedy service, low prices and quality. Using third party sources, Amazon has diversified their portfolios and continues to offer consumers new products (LexisNexis, Academic). Reinventing their strategy to adapt to consumers’ growing needs and the source of must have items; Amazon will continue to survive the world of internet retail. Background Information Amazon is the pioneer of online retailing. It started out as an online bookstore, offering a limited amount of selections. They expanded...
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...In the years following the violence that shook Rwanda and the world in 1994, there have been many attempts to explain, or at least understand, the nature of the human tragedy known as the Rwandan genocide. Most accounts describe how two rival ethnic groups, the Hutu and the Tutsi, were engaged in a bitter dispute culminating in 1994. During a period of less than three months, widespread torture and brutality resulted in 500,000 to 800,000 (mainly Tutsi) deaths.[1] After over three years of civil war following an invasion of mainly Tutsi refugees from neighbouring Burundi, a series of negotiations resulted in the adoption of the Arusha accord, which called for the eventual sharing of power between the invaders (known as the Rwandan Patriotic Front or RPF) and the former regime of Hutu President Juvénal Habyarimana, and his party, the Movement for Democracy and Development (MRND). The widespread killings, mainly committed by the interahamwe, a group of Hutu extremist militias, began after the plane carrying President Habyarimana was shot down on the night of April 6, 1994. In the months that followed, the international community essentially turned a blind eye to the bloody massacre that was to unfold in the Rwandan anarchy. It seems no overstatement to portray the Rwandan genocide of 1994 as a “failure of humanity,” to use the words of the commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR), Canadian General Roméo Dallaire.[2] There is a distinct danger, however...
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...Joey Hudack BIO102 Environment and People Dr. Mike Mooring 09 December 2015 Indoor Air Pollution in Sub-Saharan Africa Introduction Environmental pollution is a major topic and a major global challenge that has become very popular over the last few decades. Air pollution has specifically gained major interests from researchers, governments, and international organizations due to the major impacts associated with it. When a topic such as air pollution is mentioned, most of the people will automatically link it to the idea of things like smog, power plants and emissions from vehicles. However, these are considered examples of outdoor air pollutants. There exists another class of pollutants, which pollute the air inside the houses. These are called indoor air pollutants. Indoor air pollution is when the indoor pollutants or things such as gases and particles contaminate the air indoors. Indoor air pollution refers to the pollution of the air inside the houses or the living spaces. It is the presence of one or more contaminants indoor that carry a certain degree of health risks. The sub-Saharan Africa is among the regions in the world that have been highly affected by indoor air pollution. The aim of this document is to discuss the challenge of indoor air pollution in the region of sub-Saharan Africa. Solid fuel is the major source of this indoor air pollution and particle suspension in the air of these homes. In this region where the population is too poor...
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...MIS TERM PAPER on Split Cycle Engine and Graphene: the future of Automobiles Vinod Gupta School of Management IIT Kharagpur Submitted in partial fulfilment of Management Information Systems Course (BM61014) to Dr. Prithwis Mukherjee at VGSOM, IIT Kharagpur Submitted by : Mayank Mohan 10BM60048 Page | 0 CONTENTS TOPIC Page No ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION TO SPLIT CYCLE TECHNOLOGY BASIC PRINCIPLES OF SPLIT CYCLE ENGINE OTHER SPLIT CYCLE TECHNOLOGY: TOUR ENGINE GRAPHENE : THE MATERIAL FOR THE FUTURE AUTOMOBILES FUTURE OF AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY IN INDIA HURDLES TO SPLIT CYCLE TECHNOLOGY SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION REFERENCES 1 2 3 8 9 10 13 15 16 Page | 1 ABSTRACT Split Cycle Engine and Graphene : the future of Automobiles The Split-Cycle Engine functions by dividing (or splitting) the four strokes of the Otto cycle over a paired combination of one compression cylinder and one power cylinder. Gas is compressed in the compression cylinder and transferred to the power cylinder through a gas passage. Graphene is a 2-dimensional network of carbon atoms. These carbon atoms are bound within the plane by strong bonds into a honeycomb array comprised of six-membered rings. This paper describes that how combining these two may lead to a sustainable future by tackling problems like low mileage and low efficiency of automobile engines leading to low consumption of fossil fuels . Page | 2 Introduction to Split Cycle Technology The Split-Cycle Engine was originally...
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