drawing 4 - 6’s. Legend has that is how the 4 - 6 ranch got its name was in a poker game‚ however the truth is‚ when the original founder of the ranch‚ Burke Burnett bought the cattle it was already wearing the brand‚ however it still makes an interesting story. Today I’m going to inform you on the 4 -6 ranch including a brief history‚ how the ranch manages as a business and its impact on Guthrie. Established in 1870‚ this one-third million acre ranch sits in Guthrie‚ Texas which is approximately
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Writing Reader Response # 3 Ranch Girl by Maile Meloy from Contemporary American Short Fiction The story is told in second person‚ which gives the reader a sense of being in the story‚ at the same time being an observer. It begins with telling you where you stand in the socio-economics’ and in the eyes of your peers. “If you’re white‚ and you’re not rich or poor but somewhere in the middle‚ it’s hard to have worse luck than be born a girl on the Ranch. It doesn’t matter if your father
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Overly Attached Daughter In the short story‚ “Ranch Girl” by Maile Meloy‚ the author illustrates a very ordinary girl who is not given a name. The author shows that once you are a ranch girl‚ you are a ranch girl the rest of your life. Here‚ the story clearly demonstrates that the people who live in the ranch settings are all overly attached to their roots‚ and cannot let go. The main character is a very smart girl academically‚ has the opportunity to go out to live in the city and pursue a better
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To implement or not to implement‚ a manager’s dilemma 2/2/2014 CSUSB PA315 To implement or not to implement‚ a manager’s dilemma In the business world is common that managers might face an ethical dilemma. This is the case of Jonica Gunson‚ the environmental compliance manager for the small plastic manufacturing company. We first look at the stakeholders that will be affected by her decision. Not only the environment which includes the fish in the waters that neighbors the
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The Grand Canyon Formation A literature research report for Earth Science 1/Mon-Wed Fall 2013 by Guadalupe Andrade‚ Eduardo Osorio Maria Romero‚ and Yesenia Terriquez Abstract The Grand Canyon is a sided mountain carved by the Colorado River. The origin of the Grand Canyon is tied down to the tectonic erosion of the Colorado Plateau. The formation of the Grand Canyon is a big mystery. What we can say‚ is that its rock layers give us clues of how tectonic erosion occurred
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Current Event: New Clues Emerge about Grand Canyon’s age MaryCatherine Bolton The Grand Canyon is one of the most visited tourist attractions in the United States. Millions of people each year flock to visit these mysterious natural attractions. General scientific consensus was that these canyons were formed 5-10 million years ago by the Colorado river. This theory was widely accepted in the scientific community‚ because there is evidence that supports it and it seemed like the most reasonable
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Timothy Baker Dr. John Douglass Grand Canyon Final 11 July 2013 How Was the Grand Canyon Created? From the Great Pyramid of Giza up to the peak of Mt. Everest down to the great depths of the Grand Canyon lie many mysteries on how these natural wonders of the world were created. Some may have been created by the grueling labor of man or the everlasting work of Mother Nature. Over time‚ numerous ideas and hypothesis have been cleverly created and scientifically backed to explain
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The Damnation of a Canyon By Edward Abbey Not many people know of the used-to-be 150-mile excursion that the Glen Canyon had to offer. Not many people know how to sail a raft down a river for a week. Not many people know how to interact with nature and the animals that come with it. We seem to come from a world that is dependent on time and consumed in money. Edward Abbey is what you would call an extreme environmentalist. He talks about how it was an environmental disaster to place a dam
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COM5407 Financial Communication & Promotion Individual Assignment As the product manager‚ I propose to employ the data mining techniques‚ as an important implementation of our Customer Relationship Management (CRM) strategy‚ to better understand the clients of our third party products and increase our profitability. Our bank has various sorts of third party products ranging from mutual funds‚ insurance products to bonds. Commission is earned on selling other companies ’ products. Although
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● An analysis of the short story “Cruising Paradise‚” in which you discuss the author’s portrayal of the West (and the irony of the title) ● An analysis/comparison of the short story “Ranch Girl” and the essay “Chasing the Lamb‚” in which you discuss the authors’ contrasting portrayals of ranch life ● An analysis/comparison of the poem “Day of the Refugios” and the essay “Motherlands and
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