Howard Zinn A People’s History of the United States Chapter Four Summary Chapter four of A People’s History of the United States‚ by Howard Zinn is about how Britain’s aggressiveness in government allows their tightening on the colonies. Because of their need for raw materials to balance their economy‚ their control over the colonies becomes stronger in order to obtain these raw materials. The colonists perform a series of rebellions in order to overthrow this British rule. To lead these
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Chapter 4: Paying Attention Selective attention – usually focus our attention on one or a few tasks or events at any given time Extensive practice tasks becoming so easy and effortless performing them requires no attn. – automatic Attention is freed up for a person to do another task simultaneously with the automatic one – divided attention Find your keys on your desk Spatial attention – attn. can be focused on objects and events of interest in our enviro in order to aid in our ability to recognize
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Enron Case study in OL1150 Unit 4 Accounting methods have changed over the last couple decades. Numerous Fortune 500 companies were concealing debt in an accounting method known as mark-to-market (Ferrell‚ O. C.‚ Hirt‚ G. A.‚ & Ferrell‚ L. 2005). Enron was one of several companies that was hiding their debt‚ while reporting annual earnings of $111 billion. Many Fortune 500 companies went under fire in the early 2000’s for their misleading accounting methods‚ leading investors to believe the company
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Chapter Four Summary This chapter takes place the next night‚ while all of the men are off at the whorehouse spending their weeks’ pay except for the feeble threesome of Crooks‚ Candy and Lennie. The setting is the "little shed that leaned off the wall of the barn" that makes up Crooks’ quarters. Steinbeck gives us a glimpse at the quiet‚ neat‚ lonesome life of the black stable buck. While Crooks is belittled and ordered around in the ranch at large‚ in his bunk he is sovereign; none of the other
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relationship between Y and time. (d) a power function would approximately describe the relationship between Y and time. (e) A mistake has been made. It would have been better to plot log Y versus the logarithm of time. A survey was designed to study how the operations of a group of businesses vary with their size. Companies were classified as small‚ medium‚ and large. Questionnaires were sent to 200 randomly selected businesses of each size‚ for a total of 600 questionnaires. Since not all
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Chapter 4: The Visual Elements Contour & Outline -Outline: boundaries for 2-D forms -Contours: the boundaries we perceive of 3-D forms -Contour Lines: are the lines we draw to record those boundaries Ex) Jennifer Pastor (cowboy mish-mosh drawing) “The Perfect Ride” Direction & Movement -Directional lines: follow + create movement -Diagonal = imply action -Vertical = assertive quality -Lines formed by edges Implied Lines -Dotted lines Ex) The Embarkation of Cythera—Jean-Antoine
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Chapter four of Veiled Sentiments showed why sexual modesty is essential to a women’s honor. The Bedouins are much more enthusiastic with the birth of a boy over a birth of a girl. These people would rejoice for a boy and mourn for a girl. I understand this is their way of life and this is within their culture but if girls were never born‚ then who would give birth to any boys later on in life? Men are very important to a tribe because its strength measured by its number of men. As a whole‚
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territory‚ independent of people outside their area‚ and participate in a common culture. 3. Ethnocentrism a. Refer to the tendency to assume that one’s culture and way of life represent the norm or are superior to all others. b. William graham sumner 4. Subculture a. A segment of society that shares a distinctive pattern of customs‚ rules‚ and traditions that differs from the pattern of the larger society. 5. Social interaction a. Refer to the ways in which people respond to one another‚ where face
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Chapter four is introduced with a touching story about Rosalie Polotsky‚ a woman who was separated from her cousins in 1937. In 2007‚ Rosalie’s nephew typed “Polotsky” into Google and the family was able to reunite. The authors follow the story up with a comparison between the Web “in the beginning‚” and how the internet is now. Back then‚ the authors write‚ “the Web was a library.” Now‚ because of the inexpensive cost to create a website and the lack of structure‚ content is constantly changing
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Personal Trainer Case 7 1. What options does Personal Trainer have for developing a new system? What are some specific issues and options that Susan should consider in making a decision Creating a web site that allows members to login and access information about their personalized fitness program. Susan needs to do some research and find out what internet development environments she wants to use such as web sphere or .net by Microsoft. Susan needs to look at the similarities and differences
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