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    Annotated Bibliography Hugh Pearson Pearson‚ Hugh. The Shadow of the Panther: Huey Newton and the Price of Black Power in America. Reading‚ MA: Addison-Wesley Pub.‚ 1994. Print. Pearson’s analysis of Huey P. Newton and the Black Panther Party. The book was one of the first comprehensive studies of the party done by an African American historian. The analysis explores the character of Huey Newton. Pearson describes Huey Newton as the driving force of the party. The book concludes that the

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    Sociology of Sports Debra Harvey SOCL 215-12104A-16 Phase 5 Individual Project November 12‚ 2012 Colorado Technical University Online Sociology of Sports Introduction: The field of sociology of sport is best defined as to observe the social phenomenon by understanding the relationship of society with sports/games. The sport/games are influence by society and culture yet the games also influence the society and culture. Scrutiny began in the late 19th century when

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    Kingsford Charcoal Case

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    Kingsford Charcoal Case Kingsford Charcoal was first started in the 1920’s by the famous Henry Ford‚ he created an innovative idea that used wood scraps to turn into charcoal briquettes that would burn longer and hotter than normal wood‚ a lumberman that was also related to Ford named E.G. Kingsford helped build the first briquettes plant and help get the business started up and commercialized‚ not too soon after it was bought by an investment group then in 1973 it was purchased by a company

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    Analysis of "The Story of an Eyewitness" by Jack London Jack London uses such deep‚ vivid language in writing in regard to the San Francisco tragedy. In the report‚ "The Story of an Eyewitness‚" Jack London’s writing assists the reader in feeling the tribulation of the events that occurred in San Francisco. The inevitable destruction of the city that he writes about is unquestionably harrowing. When writing about the earthquake‚ he uses descriptive words to portray the damages done to

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    Want and Radiologist

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    Manuel Romero January 26‚ 2014 English 142A Radiology Everyone wants to be successful in life. The easiest way to do so is to set goals for yourself just for a day or for the rest of your life. Having goals makes you have a clear focus and helps you organize your plans to achieving the goals you have set for yourself. My parents always remind me how it’s difficult to be successful in the world if you have no college education. They encourage me to strive for what I want so I won’t have to suffer

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    Beane begins the film relying on a statistical hot-shot and composite character‚ "Peter Brand‚" to choose his players — while shutting out the A’s long-term‚ experienced scouts. Brandt and Beane put together a team that promptly sinks to the bottom of the division. By keeping his new strategy close to the vest‚ Beane manages to alienate many of his employees and saps the morale of his team. A’s coach Art Howe is shown blatantly defying Beane’s wishes. But about forty minutes into the story‚ Beane

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    Ebonics Controversy

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    Controversy Abstract The purpose of this paper is to examine and discuss two articles which explore the current controversy regarding the confusion of approaching Ebonics in the Oakland school district. It will discuss the four key terms‚ pidgin‚ creole‚ dialect‚ and language‚ which were misunderstood and misused by the Oakland School Board. The paper will also suggest what the school board could have done differently which would have reduced the negative publicity that surrounded the controversy.

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    is not only unfair to the forty percent of kids who are not African American‚ but it also does injustice to all the students by not focusing on teaching them Standard English‚ which is used in higher education and by most employers. In 1996 the Oakland Unified School district decided that Ebonics was a distinct language. Furthermore they established that the superintendents were required to devise a program to incorporate Ebonics to aid in teaching youth. This resolution sparked outrage throughout

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    substantial interruption of emergency efforts. “On October 17th‚ 1989‚ the Loma Prieta Earthquake hit San Francisco Bay Area with a Richter scale of 6.9 for moment magnitude and 7.1 for surface magnitude” ("Collapse). This quake caused issues to the Oakland Bay Bridge‚ a popular bridge allowing workers to commute from the suburbs into San Francisco. During the earthquake‚ the upper deck collapsed‚ blocking the lower deck. This caused a car to drive off the bridge‚ ending in death for the passengers.

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    The United States for over twenty years was ruled by some old nut who went bankrupt. And if you know anything about American history or are paying attention at all you know he wasn’t an elected president. No US president has served for twenty years‚ nor are they allowed to by law. Presidents also have a tendency to be rich. So do emperors‚ but this one was another matter. Joshua Abraham Norton was born around 1818 in England and made a failed bid in the San Fransisco rice market. He went bankrupt

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