Large-scale change at WSSC Executive summary This report is about Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC). WSSC was created in 1918 by the Maryland General Assembly to plan‚ construct‚ operate and maintain water and sewer services for residents and businesses in Maryland’s Montgomery and Prince George’s countries. The bad performance of the company despite of its monopoly situation led the government to warn the company. They had to change their way of operating and this was
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AP U.S. History I Colonial Society in the 18th Century The British colonies in the 18th century had changed a lot since the 17th century. For example‚ in the year 1670‚ 90% of the population was English‚ and 4% was African. In 1770‚ 50% was English‚ and 20% was African. The colonies had become very distinct. The immigrants were 8% English‚ 8% Scottish‚ 15% German‚ 33% African‚ and 36% Scots-Irish. The characteristics of the colonies were diverse‚ as well. Colonial America was dominantly
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Large virtual team Management Introduction “Leadership is the ability to get men to do what they don’t want to do and like it”‚ (Cohen et al. 2001‚ p254) quoting Harry Truman. This can be achieved forcible‚ threat of danger or by content‚ process and behavior. The latter is the selection for a successful team and an environment that breathe success. Assumptions The assumptions are made that the team is fluent in the English language and have agreed on a subgrouping arrangement by time zones
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The Colonial Williamsburg has been an attraction for a long time and teaches many facts about Colonial Williamsburg. It informs all visitors about the buildings that had important influences in the making of Colonial Williamsburg. These buildings were the Capitol‚ Magazine‚ Governors Palace‚ and Bruton Parish Church. They were all very interesting‚ but the one that has the most significance to Colonial Williamsburg is the Capitol. The Capitol deserves the commemorative coin as it had served for government
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dissimilar in Colonial America without the Indians. There is a probably chance that slavery would have gained popularity quicker if there were not any Indians. History today would not be the same without the Indians. The Colonials learned guerilla warfare fighting from fighting against the Indians. Also the because of the existence of the Indians farming grew in the colonial Americas. The Indians did more than one may give them credit for. Of course it is impossible to know exactly how the colonial Americas
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times killed. The increase of freed slaves led to retaliation from the southern states to impose stricter enforcement of the fugitive slave law. This was in large part due to the increased demand for field workers‚ which angered southern slave owners in their search for others to fill the positions that freed slaves had left open. With a large sum of slaves fleeing to the north for freedom crop harvest was decreased in the south and land and slave owners began losing
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Everyday life in Colonial Virginia‚ much like society today‚ was shaped by social divisions. It’s influence was seen in almost every aspect of a person’s life: their home‚ their religion‚ their education‚ and their leisure time. Having a certain status was not enough for the gentry of this time‚ it was just as important that the wealthy were able to flaunt how much they had to give away. Events like going to church or going to a tavern were now key social outings that reinforced one’s place in
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Christmas during Colonial Times Colonial Christmas was a holiday for adults‚ not a magical day for children. Christmas celebrations originated in the southern colonies‚ and activities included parties‚ hunts‚ feasts‚ and church services‚ all of which were adult activities. We do get some of our traditions from colonial days. For instance‚ the main decorations were holly‚ laurel‚ and garland‚ because these were the only plants that looked good during the middle of winter. Mistletoe was hung prominently
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During the colonial era of the seventeenth-century women lived as second class citizens women were not seen as equal to men in any way‚ in fact‚ they were seen in likelihood to animals‚ and men were seen as superior beings. In households‚ men were referenced as the lord of the home it was God‚ man‚ wife‚ then the child. Women were looked at as evil beings because of Eve’s shortcoming in the Bible. Families all worked together on their family farm. It was a time of self-sufficiency. By the late nineteenth
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discovery of reluctance to teach Africans English 2. colonial concern to maintain distance between whites and blacks a. was a central feature of many colonial societies in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries B. The British‚ French‚ Germans‚ Italians‚ Belgians‚ Portuguese‚ Russians‚ and Americans all had colonies. 1. colonial policy varied depending on time and country involved
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