R. Anderson 07/24/2010 "Compare and contrast the Pennsylvania and New York Penitentiary theories of the 1800’s." The Pennsylvania System‚ after the failure of Walnut Street‚ Pennsylvania constructed two new prisons: the Western Penitentiary near Pittsburgh (opened in 1826) and the Eastern Penitentiary in Cherry Hill‚ near Philadelphia (1829). The Pennsylvania system took the concept of silence as a virtue to new extremes. Based on the idea of separate confinement‚ these penitentiaries
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SWOT This is used to help focus activities into areas of strength and where the greatest opportunities lie. This is used to identify the dangers that take the form of weaknesses and both internal and external threats. The four attributes of SWOT analysis: Strengths - What are the advantages? What is currently done well? (e.g. key area of best-performing activities of your company) Weaknesses - What could be improved? What is done badly? (e.g. key area where you are performing poorly) Opportunities
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Example of Regression Analysis: Emergency Calls to the New York Auto Club The AAA Club of New York provides many services to its members‚ including travel planning‚ traffic safety classes and discounts on insurance. The service with the highest profile is its Emergency Road Service (ERS). If a club member’s car breaks down‚ the member can tell the Club to send out a tow truck for assistance. This service is especially useful in the winter months‚ when Club members can be stranded with frozen
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seen by someone other than victim and source; identification‚ the statement must somehow identify its intended victim; falsity the statement must‚ and actual malice. Some of the significant court cases concerning libel are New York Times Co. v Sullivan (1964)‚ Behrendt v. Times Mirror (1938)‚ Pauling v. Globe Democrat (1967)‚ Kervorkian v. American Medical Association (1999)‚ Washington Post v. Kennedy (1924)‚ and Hutchinson v. Proxmire (1979). Defamation is defined as “the act of injuring someone’s
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somewhere. The most important defense to a libel or slander case is someone telling the truth‚ which is an absolute defense to an action of defamation. I am going to discuss the 1964 case New York Times versus Sullivan shows how a public figure attempts to bring an action for defamation. In 1960 the New York Times published “Heed Their Rising Voices” a fundraising advertisement for the civil rights movement. “Heed Their Rising Voices" was a fundraising advertisement signed by civil-rights leaders
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many court cases to reach the Supreme Court. In the case of New York Times VS Sullivan‚ the New York Times argued just that. After spending four years in an Alabama court‚ the New York Times plea was heard in a US federal court before article III judges. In the 1960’s‚ the civil rights movement was gaining awareness and momentum. As a result‚ the leaders of the movement took out an ad titled “Heed their Rising Voices” in the New York Times to help raise needed funds to continue the work of the civil
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The film gives an especially attention on the governor Charlie Crist of Florida‚ devoting much of its time to the stories that have already been told about the governor. He puts on a real good show with his wife portending he is straight but he is really not‚ I ask myself what he felt about his wife‚ I mean his wife should know that he was gay and suffer from the marriage knowing that he will always loves man not women. I think under the money and power women are willing to do these thing that’s
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GEB4890 INDUSTRY STRATEGIC AUDIT USF S/M WEN- EVELINA KUTEPOV YUM- TRAVIS MCCLELLAN MCD- MARIA MARTINEZ McDonald’s‚ Wendy’s & Yum’s are in the quick service restaurant industry in which the company owns‚ operates‚ and/or franchises dining establishments. Executive Summary – see written report MCDONALD’S CORPORATION Founded in 1954 by Ray Kroc in California Started as a small barbeque restaurant About 32‚000 restaurants serving in 119 countries Daily customer traffic
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Associated Press‚ the BBC‚ CNN‚ Fortune‚ the New York Times‚ the Today show‚ Time magazine‚ USA Today‚ and United Press International. More than forty-six million copies of Spencer Johnson’s books are in print worldwide in more than forty-seven languages. Dr. Johnson’s newest book‚ The Present‚ was a #1 New York Times Business Best-seller‚ and #1 book of the year in 2004 in South Korea with over 500‚000 copies of the Korean edition in print. The New York Times Book Review‚ in a 2005 article on Chinese
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1. What is adidas corporate strategy? Was there... 1. What is adidas corporate strategy? Was there a common strategic approach utilied in managing the company’s lineup of sporting goods businesses prior to its 2005-2006 restructuring? 2. Did the restructuring undertaken in 2005 and 2006 make sense? Does it appear that the acquisition of Reebok International will produce higher returns for shareholder? What strategic actions should adidas’s top management initiate ti improve the company’s financial
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