it would buy Wall Street rival Bear Stearns in a deal worth $2 a share – this ultimately rose to $10. Here‚ Financial News looks at the events in the run-up to the fall of the 85-year old independent investment bank. Financial News compiled the timeline from press releases‚ contemporary media reports and William D Cohan’s account of the collapse of the bank‚ ‘House of Cards’. May 21‚ 2007 After months of growing instability in the US sub-prime mortgage market‚ Bear Stearns chairman Alan ‘Ace’
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Corrections Accreditation and Privatization Paper CJS/230 - INTRODUCTION TO CORRECTIONS Instructor: JASON SKEENS By: Dawn Jeanmarie November 29‚ 2014 Corrections accreditation according to our text (Corrections: The Fundamentals)‚ is a system of verification that correctional agencies go by to comply with national standards set by the American Correctional Association‚ it uses many different forums to attain its goals through reviews‚ evaluations‚ audits‚ and hearings. If an organization wants
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Throughout history corporations have been able to generate an abundance of wealth for its stock holders. Since the inception of the first modern corporation the idea of giving back to society has been an issue. Corporate Social Responsibility began as a form of paternalistic philanthropy in the early 18th century and by the early 20th century has developed into necessary year round contributions. This paper traces CSR through the 18th‚ 19th‚ 20th‚ and 21st centuries‚ and also includes are major historical
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Community based Corrections Anthony Canez CJA/204 June 27‚ 2013 Robin Downey Jails‚ Prisons and Community based Corrections In this essay I will attempt to explain and discuss probation and how it compares to other forms of sentencing‚ the types of prison‚ the origins of rehabilitation in prisons‚ parole and how it differs from mandatory release and finally options of community corrections. Ending the essay will be a critique on the current rehabilitation options. The history of probation in
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Three Important Events in the History of Aviation Development December 17th‚ 1903 at 10:35 am marked the beginning of aviation as we now know it. The Wright brothers launched the Wright Flyer into the air near Kitty Hawk‚ North Carolina with Wilbur Wright at the controls. The aircraft stayed airborne for twelve seconds and covered a distance of one hundred and twenty feet. This was the culmination of many years of hard work and research to achieve these results. The Wright brothers had overcome
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A Timeline for the “Roaring Twenties” (1920-1929) Often called the Roaring Twenties‚ the postwar decade sometimes appears as one long flamboyant party‚ where the urban rich danced the Charleston and the foxtrot until 2 a.m. In fact‚ one might just as convincingly describe it as a period of individual possibility and lofty aspirations to serve the greater good. In his 1931 essay "Echoes of the Jazz Age‚" Fitzgerald wrote‚ "It was an age of miracles‚ it was an age of art‚ it was an age of excess
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Jean-Luc Fernandez 9.4 The start of the atom. The atom is the basic unit of matter and all life. The history of the study of the atomic nature of matter is the thinking process that goes on in the scientist’s heads. Further progress in the understanding of atoms did not occur until very famous scientist created the atomic theory. Here are some scientists who changed the way we learn about the atom‚ and the atomic nature of all life. Ernest Rutherford. Ernest Rutherford was another scientist
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Advanced Spelling and Grammar Correction Method 1888PressRelease - The Ghotit 2-step correction process for people with dyslexia who want to increase their typing speed while still producing error-free text. It’s known that the best text correction for people with dyslexia is done by human proofreading. However‚ if we adopt this approach‚ those with dyslexia will never gain their writing independence. There are three major assistive technologies that enable writing independence: 1.
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I will be writing about why I want to be a Corrections Officer‚ what it means to be a Correction Officer‚ and the skills you need to do the job. I have chosen this as my degree of study because I enjoy being around people and keeping things in order. Everyone deserves a chance to make changes in their own life. A Corrections Officer job is to oversee people who have been arrested; they are waiting trail or have been convicted and sentenced to jail or prison by the court. They are legally authorized
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1712 - Birth of philosopher‚ writer Jean Jacques Rousseau. Some of his works marked the beginnings of the Romantic Movement. 1764 - The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole published 1775 - American war of Independence 1787 - Society for the abolition of slavery founded 1789 - Fall of Bastille - the storming of the fortress that represented authority in France; began the French Revolution 1793 - Execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. France declares war against Britain (and then Britain
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