have great organizational skills and I thrive under pressure. Stressful situations seem to bring out the best in me. I am a problem solver with exceptional analytical skills who focuses on long-term solutions to problems. Education University of Kansas – Lawrence, KS Major in Supply Chain Management, graduation date: May of 2013 Experience Taylor Farms Worked on a farm bailing, warehousing, and distributing hay. On the farm we had a vertically integrated supply chain. We planted the alfalfa
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Truman Capote’s novel, In Cold Blood, documents the calamity surrounding the heinous murder of the revered Holcomb, KS native Clutter family by fugitives Dick Hickock and Perry Smith. This book served as a wakeup call to countless Americans, while its publication initiates responses that test the foundations of domestic America. In short, the potent reaction of small towns spread nationwide, ultimately revolutionizing local crime prevention techniques that tested the steadfast determination of the
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Writer, Truman Capote, in his documentary account of murder, In Cold Blood, inserts himself into the crime scene regarding the casualties of the clutter family. Capote’s purpose is to show every detail of the text from perspectives of the killers and the victims. He adapts a sincere tone in order to convey how motives can change and differ; while showing that all decisions are not made based on ideas of what will be the outcome. A quote by Bryan Stevenson “Why do we want to kill all the broken people
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Kansas is a state that is shaped like a rectangle and is full of plains, grasses, flowers and people who sing the cheerful state song. The story of how Kansas became a free state is very interesting. Home on the Range is the state song and the state bird is the western meadowlark. The big hairy buffalo is the state animal and the state insect is the small stinging honey bee. Also interesting is the worlds biggest recorded pallasite was found in Kansas. Kansas was named after the Native American
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Carry Nation or Carrie Nation was a strong believer in doing what was best for the people of America and would try to help thought otherwise. Nation's past was very influential what she did and why she did it. Nation got married in 1867 to Charles Gloyd, a physician. Gloyd had a drinking problem and was a very heavy drinker. When the couple had a child named Charlien who was born with a condition and Nation blamed the condition on Gloyd's drinking problem. Soon after Carry Nation left Gloyd and became
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Caring for Populations Annette Holt Chamberlain College of Nursing NR443: Community Health Nursing November, 2014 Caring for Populations What does this city look like- really look like per statistics? Is this community aware of their issues and how to identify those needs? In efforts to improve the health and medical needs within a community that one lives in, a community health nurse will assess the entire population of the community. The community health nurse will apply a scientific
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authorize the search of Mr. Yup I. Didit’s Dell Precision T3500 desktop computer, black in color, serial number 5V678QR, containing Electronic Media Storage (e.g., hard drive(s)) and four (4) Memorex recordable compact discs currently located at the Kansas State Highway Patrol Evidence Room, 122 SW 7th, Topeka, KS 66603. 2. What was good about this affidavit? What, if anything, could have been done to strengthen this affidavit? The affidavit itself is very specific about what is to be searched –
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On November 15, 1959, the entire Clutter family was viciously murdered in their home in Holcomb, Kansas by two men, Dick and Perry. From the crime scene, detectives could not immediately find a motive or any clues that answered the question of why. Truman Capote, interested by the ordeal, wrote the novel In Cold Blood following the before and after the night of murder; Capote pieced together the story from all sides to give insight on what happened and why. One of the detectives on the case called
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In Cold Blood by Truman Capote follows the thrilling investigation of the cold blooded murders of the Clutter family during the 1950s. Without an apparent motive, the conviction of the killers was like a wild goose chase. Capote, as a writer, uses many writing tactics and multiple points of view in order to handle the actual murder of the Clutters. Throughout the book Capote slowly, but surely, reveals the key details and events that took place on November 15th. In the beginning of the book it
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incorporates this idea by recounting several deaths in which some call cold blooded murder, as well as an execution committed in hatred. The author, Truman Capote, does this by following the history of Perry Smith, a man wrongly executed by the state of Kansas. This decision is inadequate due to his suffering mental health, the manipulation from Dick, and the cruelty of the death penalty. Mental illness affects nearly fifty four million americans in a single year. Perry Smith is a part of that statistic
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