Geography Due October 10‚ 2013 The Gold Rush During the 1800s was a time for California to show the world about its qualities. California became U.S property in1848. Only two months prior a Gold nugget was found on John Sutter’s property in California. John Sutter new the worth of gold and new how many people it would attract having a thought that there was gold in California so he kept it a secret. He was more interested in farming and agriculture even though gold could potentially yield a greater
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Stay Gold By: Julie Pratt In the end of the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton‚ Johnny Cade’s last words to Ponyboy were “Stay gold‚ Ponyboy. Stay gold…” (pg 148). One way to interpret Johnny’s words would be that he meant for Ponyboy to keep his innocence. Another way would be to say that Johnny meant for Ponyboy to stay true to who he was. It is also possible that he meant for Ponyboy to continue to be a generally good person‚ pure of heart and mind. Johnny’s last words to Ponyboy had a triple
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Positive and Negative Emotions Check Point Positive emotions are healthy for us‚ both physically and mentally. Negative emotions that we may be having can be offset by positive emotions such as cheerfulness‚ joy and contentment. Positive emotions have effects that last longer than the effects of negative emotions. Certain positive emotions‚ such as joy‚ may lead to other positive emotions‚ which may lead to physical activity‚ creativity‚ and intellectual stimulation. Experiencing positive
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Important Aspects of Leadership Liberty University Abstract: A vital aspect to a successful business is a successful leader. There are many different styles of leadership‚ therefore‚ there are positives and negatives to each style. Keywords: Leadership‚ managers‚ followership‚ “The four I’s‚” transactional leaders‚ transformational leaders‚ servant leadership To have a successful business‚ it must be led by a successful leader. A business leader is the
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California Gold Rush changed California by creating a larger and more diverse population‚ establishing San Francisco as one of the premier trade and banking cities in the nation‚ and the eruption of mining “boom towns.” By the winter of 1848‚ rumors of gold had drifted eastward across the country‚ but few easterners believed them. The gold discovery needed validation and President James Polk delivered that in early December of 1848. Every family within the nation was discussing gold in the west
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always behaving or occurring in a way expected. Example: marriage‚ job‚ moving or living home‚ having children‚ retire‚ etc. 1) Marriage: it can be positive as an individual will learn to cope up with someone‚ will share bills and house with the partner so there will be no more stress of paying the bills alone and will start a family with partner. Negative effects is children could find it hard or uncomfortable if one of the parents remarry. Stressful marriage can lead an individual to develop harmful
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How groups can influence people in positive and negative ways People have many different roles in life‚ these roles serve many different purposes. It is in these roles we find we belong to different groups this makes up our social identity. It is these groups that can have negative or positive effect on ourselves. People can be part of the ’in-group ’ or the ’out-group ’. The ’in-group ’ being people who belong to the group which we consider we also belong to. The ’out-group ’ being people
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January 9‚ 2013 Unit 1 Discussion Board Aspects of Psychology Which do you think is more effective‚ reinforcement or punishment? As far as which is more effective‚ I can see the pros and cons for each. If a person is punished for something they do‚ they might think twice about performing that same action in the future. Negative reinforcement- An example of this type of reinforcement could be when your parents ask you week after week to clean your room. The reactions you are feeling from
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Ashlee Freer Ms. Eaves English IV – 4th 1 April 2014 “Straw into Gold: The Metamorphosis of the Everyday” During the 20th century‚ Contemporary literature held a substantial importance in writing and English classes alike. In the Contemporary realm of authors‚ Sandra Cisneros produces an essay on what it was like to be a Mexican-American female growing up in society. In her impacting essay‚ “Straw into Gold: The Metamorphosis of the Everyday‚” Cisneros introduces a cultural perspective
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Christina Gold Case Study Why was the restructuring needed at Western Union – or wasn’t it? Western Union at the time when Christina Gold had in intention to restructure‚ was a structure pure American – Centric with the main operations managed from US. This structure will not be efficient and will not respond to the goals of growth of Western Union. The trend for growth showed in 2002‚ when Western Union reported sales of $3‚2billion and eighty percent increase compare with the prior
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