On August second‚ 1859‚ a great man departed from earth. Horace Mann‚ politician‚ teacher‚ unitarist‚ and above all‚ hero‚ died of natural causes at Antioch College. In the 63 years he was alive‚ he made a huge impact on society and changed the world for the better. Mann was born on May fourth‚ 1796‚ in Franklin‚ Massachusetts. His father was a poor farmer and consequently Mann only had six weeks of schooling a year between the time he was 10 years old and 20 years old. At age 23 he graduated from
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Sally Mann is an American photographer who is greatly known for her immense black-and-white photographs. In 1951‚ Mann was born in Lexington‚ Virginia‚ and she always remained close to her birthplace. During the 1970s‚ Mann began photography career in the American South. She started producing a series on portraiture‚ architecture‚ landscape and still life. "She is perhaps best known for her intimate portraits of her family‚ her young children and her husband‚ and for her evocative and resonant landscape
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Brewer v Mann Queen ’s Bench Division 14 October 2010 Case Analysis Where Reported[2010] EWHC 2444 (QB); Official Transcript Case DigestSubject: Sale of goods Other related subjects: Sale of goods; Consumer law Keywords: Bailment; Breach of contract; Breach of warranty; Damages; Hire purchase; Misleading statements; Motor dealers; Trade descriptions; Warranties Summary: The claimant succeeded in her claims for breach of warranty and breach of contract in respect of the sale to her
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The Mann Gulch Fire On August 5‚ 1949‚ a wildfire overran 16 smokejumpers and firefighters in Mann Gulch on the Helena National Forest in Montana. The fire was most likely started by lightning from a thunderstorm. It was noticed promptly by rangers‚ who dispatched 16 smokejumpers‚ under the command of Wagner Dodge. Thought to be much smaller than it actually was‚ the fire quickly grew large and out of control‚ covering 3000 acres in 10 minutes during its blow up stage. Upon approaching Mann Gulch
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Lucas The Mann I am not a fan of baseball. I don’t consider it a sport. This is most likely due to the idea being drilled into my head by my middle school lacrosse coach. He had a bumper sticker that had a little cartoon boy next to a lacrosse goal‚ whizzing on a baseball‚ but I digress. Walking into the room‚ I had the preconceived notion that it would be boring. Because baseball is a boring sport. They don’t even move half the time. I decided to keep an open mind anyway‚ because I needed material
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“Prepare the Mann Gulch case with emphasis on interagency coordination and conflicts and propose one specific measure to prevent a recurrence.” On August 5‚ 1949 there was a terrible tragedy at Mann Gulch‚ Montana which resulted in twelve men losing their lives. The scenario involved a large wild fire and fifteen men who were employed as United States Forest Service smokejumpers‚ which were responsible for parachuting in and using techniques to control‚ contain‚ and extinguish the fire (Roberto
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The conceptual block that was experienced by the smokejumpers was when they knew they would have to get on a plane. “The smokejumpers and their cargo were dropped on the south side of Mann Gulch at 4:10p.m. from 2‚000 feet rather than the normal 1‚200 feet‚ due to turbulence (p. 48). The parachute that was connected to their radio failed to open‚ and the radio was pulverized when it hit the ground.” (p.210). With the failed radio and the jump at 800 feet above average the smokejumpers mentality would
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Mann vs. Ford In late 1960’s Ford bought a large sum of land in Ramapough‚ New Jersey to build a factory for their car assembly. With all the production going on they had ton’s upon tons of waste. Since Ford owned a large area of land they found wooded areas to dump the waste they had created and they felt it was fine because they paid for the land. Even though Ford bought the land from a Native American tribe‚ some of those Indians still lived on the land. Even with the Natives living on
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Discussion I - The Mann Gulch Disaster 1. The mental obstacles that constrained the way a problem is defined experienced by the smokejumpers (conceptual blocks) included the following: a. First‚ the jumpers were told that the fire they were going to fight was a 10:00 fire‚ meaning that they were going in prepared to fight a fire that should be contained by the next morning. They seemed to have pre-defined the problem without consideration that they may be dropped of having to fight a different
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Essay Proposal March 7th‚ 2013 Sally Mann An American photographer best known for her large black and white prints – at first of her young children‚ then later of landscapes. “ ‘My mother has no blinders on‚’ Jesse Mann says. ‘She will always look intensely upon whatever is closest to her’ “. Sally Mann’s work has always been largely inspired by people closest her‚ first her children and now her husband Larry Mann. Sally’s biggest influences are 19th century photographers like‚ Julia
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