before you begin working on the assignment. Type your answers directly in the document. _________________________________________________________________________ Part 1 In one or two sentences‚ answer the following questions. (Each question is worth two points) 1. What was the spoils system and what was its purpose? Type your response here: spoils system in U.S. history‚ the practice of giving appointive offices to loyal members of the party in power. it is a system through which you repay
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A Place for My Papers Sunday‚ July 03‚ 2005 The Lesson of the Sadhu: A case study in organizational ethics A paper written for “Creating and Leading an Intentional Organization” (Leadership 8520). The Case of the Sadhu Bowen McCoy’s (1997) “Parable of the Sadhu” gives us the tale of McCoy’s journey walking through Nepal. Half-way through his 60-day trip through the Himalayan Mountains‚ McCoy and his anthropologist friend along for the journey‚ Stephen‚ encounter a near dead‚ almost naked‚ barefoot
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Neil is a cook; Jennifer is an expediter; and Stephen is a baker. One must be terminated and the rest ranked for future termination. Sally has a friendly working relationship with all of these employees and regrets having to let any of them go. If you were Sally‚ determine who will be the first to go and rank order the remaining employees. Assume there are no union contracts‚ company policies‚ legal requirements or traditional business practices that constrain your decision making. Base your decision
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the career of a postsecondary teacher. The job of a physics professor is one of the most mind-captivating careers one can occupy. Although the education requirements are much more than the average occupation‚ anyone with ambitions to become a physics professor would not worry about the long education because of their passion for knowledge. Oftentimes‚ the extensive education is worth it because of the affluent salary physics professors tend to earn. Anyone looking to obtain this job in the future
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The concept of document has been defined as “any concrete or symbolic indication‚ preserved or recorded‚ for reconstructing or for proving a phenomenon‚ whether physical or mental" (Briet‚ 1951‚ 7; here quoted from Buckland‚ 1991). A much cited article asked "what is a document" and concluded this way: “The evolving notion of ‘‘document’’ among (Jonathan Priest). Otlet‚ Briet‚ Schürmeyer‚ and the other documentalists increasingly emphasized whatever functioned as a document rather than traditional
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Predicting the compressive and tensile strength of rocks from indentation hardness index by S. Kahraman*‚ M. Fener†‚ and E. Kozman‡ Synopsis The prediction of rock properties from indirect testing methods is important‚ particularly for preliminary investigations since indirect tests are easier and cheaper than the direct tests. In this study‚ we investigate the predictability of the uniaxial compressive strength (UCS ) and Brazilian tensile strength (BTS ) of rocks from the indentation hardness
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Thank You‚ Ma’am (by Langston Hughes) I saw the lady through my own eyes‚ she was a rather large woman with a huge purse. It was bulging full of items. I ran for the purse‚ I planned to run after I grabbed it. As I ran for it‚ I thought to myself‚ “Why do I have to do these types of things?”I tried to lunge for it but my footing gave in and I fell instead of running like planned. The lady looked at me and grabbed my torn shirt. She said “Boy‚ what do you think you’re doing?”‚ in an angered tone
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complete my essay on are "Marigolds" by Eugenia W. Collier‚ and "Thank You M’am"‚ by Langston Hughes. These stories were choose because they share a common theme of "Coming of Age" as stated in the Elements of Literature book. In example‚ in each story the main characters learns a lesson from a certain experience and become more mature afterwards. The setting in both stories are similar but have some differences. "Thank You M’am" is set in Harlem‚ New York at 11 o’clock at night‚ while"Marigolds"is
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Thank You Ma’am by Langston Hughes tells you about a woman who ends up helping a younger boy after he tries to stealing from her to get a pair of blue suede shoes. Langston Hughes uses revealing action to create the setting‚ description to introduce characters‚ and dialogue to set up a problem. The author uses revealing action to create the setting.In the beginning he wrote “It was about eleven o’clock at night‚ and she was walking alone‚ when a boy ran up to her and tried to snatch her purse.”
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to and held importance to her childhood. In the story Thank You Ma’am‚ by Langston Hughes‚ a fictional story about a boy named Roger was poor and he wanted some shoes. While Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones was walking on the street‚ Roger ran and tried to snatch her purse. The outcome was not what Roger had hoped. And hopefully he learned a lesson. Lot’s of innocent people get caught doing the wrong thing and in the fictional story Thank You Ma’am‚ by Langston Hughes‚ the theme is to show the reader
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