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- 1021: Early America
- ... They even had to go as far as before Christopher Columbus, and even before the year 1000. At that time the Native Americans lived here. They each had a tribe and their writingsa were very personal to how they lived their life and how they knew of America. They also had to think about all their fears and even the excitement in life itself. Some of the people lived and died ... didn't even want to read it. They didn't even write poems because they thought didn't like to violate the theater. Everything they wrote avoided Ornate Style, which is a complicated style of writing. They liked to write in Plain writing, which is to tell the facts as simply as possible. They did not think that writing was a way to show off how much you know or how clever you are, but a way ...
- 1022: Muckrakers
- ... run by literary men. The new magazines, emerging in 1900 were run by business promoters and reached audiences ranging from 400,000 to 1,000,000. They took a turn away from literature and began writing what greatly resembled news. These magazines, many of which by accident, began producing muckraking articles. One of the most significant of these muckraking magazines was McClure's. Others included Hampton's and Pearson's. Magazines ... allowed the company to operate under special permission, but more importantly operate immorally. This investigation was eventually printed in 1902 and is now considered the work that started the muckraking era (Reiger 121-125). Besides writing her "History of the Standard Oil Company," Ida Tarbell wrote many other muckraking works. She followed the Standard Oil Company saga to write two articles on how the company affected Kansas and two articles on ... the laborer and hinted that it had no concern for the laborer at all (Reiger 125, 144-145,155-156). Another notable muckraker was Ray S. Baker. Like Tarbell, Baker started out his muckraking career writing for McClure's magazine. Between the years of 1903 and 1906, Baker wrote articles including "How Railroads Make Public Opinion," "The Railroad Rate," and "Railroads on Trial." These articles discussed the use of rebates, ...
- 1023: Medieval Chivalry
- ... great ensigns were used for recognition which preceded armies on the march and which in battle provided Hanuka, 6 a focal point for men to rally under and regroup." Second to these standards were the personal banners that were carried by leaders so they could be both identified as alive and accounted for. As far as shouting was concerned it was also used as a method of scaring the enemy as ... From these ides developed the Tudor and Jacobean tournaments. Two knights and two clerks attended each event. These men then gave an oath in which the two knights promised to keep peace and not settle personal feuds. Those who participated also had to pay a tax for the License to enter their names into the tournament. At one point hundreds of knights would enter these contest. However, as time went on less and less knights entered because they could not settle their personal feuds through fighting their opponents in a tournament. One highly skilled event that developed was a form of single combat known as jousting. With this event judges could assure that rules were carefully followed ...
- 1024: An Observation Of Sacred Hoops
- Introduction Does religion, spirituality, business, and personal lives have areas of overlap in the way one develops their social and inner personality? Do people have more then one mask or are they all the same mask expressing themselves in different ways? These ... of playing basketball and focus on a non-threatening safe environment in order to prepare themselves for the next short-term goal. "We generally agree that goals in business and in government and in our personal lives should be bounded by moral standards and legal constraints" . This author continues to explain that individual and the group will continue to make moral progress if the leader establishes goals and sets standards prior ... began to develop his leadership skills early on in life. He began institutionalizing his thoughts and theories that he had learned from various religious leaders with smaller, foreign basketball teams and incorporating them with his personal life. Eventually he would could to discover that he could develop an entire team strategy based on his strong and deep rooted religious beliefs . He would soon develop these skills into a finely tuned ...
- 1025: Job Stress
- ... lifestyle, people need to attempt to take responsibility for stress. Those individuals need to learn more about stress in general and how it effects them. They also need to develop techniques King 7 for monitoring personal levels of stress and develop techniques to deal with job related stress. Employees should look within the organization on ways to alleviate stress and how to cope more effectively. Organizations are often unnecessarily stressful and ... more mentally and physically healthy. Such workshops which specialize in topics as time management or relaxation techniques help to alleviate the stress in one s life (Paine, 1982, p. 22). Finding techniques that deal with personal stress can also be useful in dealing with job stress. Regular aerobic exercise to deep breathing techniques are potentially useful in stress management. Many specialist agree that there is not any one method to overcome ... that: all stress is dab, stress is a part of life and there is nothing you can do about it,and stress is caused solely and completely by environmental factors. Stress is very much a personal condition, and individuals vary in their ability to cope with different forms and levels of stress. An example of this stress on a personal note would be co-worker conflict. When this stress occurs ...
- 1026: Alice Munro Open Secrets The A
- ... the small fictional Ontario town of Carstairs, although the setting in The Albanian Virgin is in British Columbia. The story, The Albanian Virgin, found in Open Secrets, exemplifies Munro’s characteristic approach to short story writing as it explores central character’s lives that are revealed from a combination of first person narrative and third person narrative. By using both narratives, Munro adds realism, some autobiographical information about her own life ... work has addressed the problems of middle age, of women alone, and of the elderly. The characteristic of her style is the search for some revelatory gesture by which an event is illuminated and given personal significance. (The Canadian Encyclopedia Plus 1995) Munro’s later work can probably be seen as that of her later or more recent memories, as she ages so does the characters of her short stories. The ... woman "Lottar" took place. Munro’s use of jumping in and out of present and past views can be seen in many of her other stories as well. In Vandals for example, Bea Doud, is writing Liza, once a little girl neighbour, a letter, thanking her for checking on the house while she was in the hospital with her recent husband who had just died. The story then goes from ...
- 1027: History Of Boot Camp Correctio
- ... private is told when to sleep, when to get up and when to eat. He marches with his platoon everywhere he goes such as to meals and to training. Orders must be obeyed instantly and personal liberty is almost nonexistent. By the end of boot camp the new private has become a different person. Such was the hope for boot camp, or shock incarceration, programs in American prisons: that young, nonviolent ... dormitory. (8) When leaving the dormitory for any reason, inmates will be in the uniform of the day as specified by the program director. (9) Inmates shall contact the dormitory officer or supervisor about any personal problems, which might arise. If the problem cannot be resolved at this level, the inmate may submit his concerns in writing to the officer in charge or program director. (America Online, 1994) (Cowels, 1995) Appearance and Hygiene: (1) Hair. Basic training program inmates will receive a military style haircut upon arrival in the program. Inmates ...
- 1028: Hemmingway
- ... was his hobbies. He loved the great outdoors. He spent a lot of his time deep sea fishing and enjoying bull fighting. These influences had an impact on Hemmingway and they were expressed in his writing. Ernest Hemmingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois, on July 21, 1899. Early in his life Hemmingway expressed a strong interest in the outdoors. He started fishing and hunting with his father very early. Hemmingway ... t love him and he was deeply hurt by this. Then he went to France and spent several years there as a correspondent for the Toronto Star. It was here he that began his serious writing career. After that Hemmingway moved to Spain. It was here that he developed a love for bullfighting. He spent day after day watching the fighters. He even decided to try it for a short time but wasn’t very successful. He realized that by watching and writing he could express the art of bullfighting to everyone. After this Hemmingway moved to Cuba and became a deep-sea fisherman. He spent all day out on the sea and often went out just ...
- 1029: Treatment And The Sex Offender
- ... due to these reasons: “the education we provide to inmates is still poor education, that the therapy we administer is not administered skillfully enough, that our intensive supervision and counseling do not yet provide enough personal support for the offenders who are subjected to them” (p.307). Sundt et al. (1998) article says that past research has shown that the public supports rehabilitation as a core goal of corrections. They say ... following: a) the largest single predictor of sexual offending were sexual preference for children and deviant sexual preference as measured by phallometric methods. The respective r values were high (.32 and .22); b) measures of personal distress, be they anxiety, depression, or self-esteem, were not significant predictors of sexual, non-sexual, or violent recidivism; c) combinations of variables identified in their research should be able to predict recidivism in the ... in a non-defensive proactive way and have an empathetic and caring attitude. They are comfortable with their sexuality. They must maintain a professional relationship with the offender. They must not be influenced by their personal bias, and be objective with sex offenders whose behavior may be viewed as personally repugnant. Also if the counselor has been sexually victimized themselves, must successfully resolve their own personal issues before they can ...
- 1030: Long Distance Learning
- ... time. You may register in the Open Learning program, even if you are registered at another educational institution or program. The Open Learning program extends the academic resources of the University to those interested in personal enrichment, professional updating, or eventual application to a degree program. Open learning program students must complete the same assignments and examinations as those in degree programs and is evaluated using the same standards. Upon successful ... weight). Some are non-credit. The outcome of each course offered by the Office of Open Learning is noted in the individual course descriptions available. Individuals wishing to take degree-credit distance education courses for personal enrichment, professional development, or eventual application to a degree program, may enroll in the Open Learning program. Continuing education consists of non-degree courses, workshops, conferences, and certificate programs for your professional development and personal enrichment. These open earning opportunities are primarily offered in a face-to-face format and are delivered on-campus or at site convenient to learning audiences. Most distance education or evening continuing education certificate ...
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