The First Continental Congress The First Continental Congress was held on September 5‚ 1774‚ at Philadelphia’s Carpenter’s Hall to protest the Intolerable Acts. Benjamin Franklin wanted to hold this meeting earlier‚ but because the Boston Port was closed from the Boston Tea Party‚ not many people supported it. When they actually got started‚ twelve out of the thirteen colonies (Georgia did not) sent some representatives. The sessions were held until late October. All the Americans who supported
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When settlers arrived to the nation which would become the United States of America‚ colonies were governed by British colonial rule‚ which was carried out by governors for each colony appointed by the English crown. By 1774‚ each colony had established a Provincial Congress‚ or an equivalent governmental institution‚ to govern itself‚ but the colonies still abided under crown rule. The Kingdom of Great Britain was one of the major participants in the Seven Years’ War which lasted between 1756
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-------- 23 Conclusion ------------------------------------------------------- 24 About the author: Dan Taylor is the founder of “Family First Alert llc”‚ which is a company that supplies alert buttons and the service of monitoring those buttons for the elderly. At the time of this printing “Family First Alert llc” has been in business for eight years servicing and taking care of literally hundreds of elderly people. Dan has always cared deeply for older people and wanted
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|PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST FOR ORGANIZATIONAL SUCCESS | |By: Pfeifer‚ Jeffrey‚ Veiga‚ John F.‚ Academy of Management Executive‚ 10795545‚ May99‚ Vol. 13‚ Issue 2 | |Database: Business Source Premier | |
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Hamlet’s soliloquy in Act I Scene 2 is the first time that the reader fully understands Hamlet’s character‚ his inner thoughts and opinions. The general tone of this soliloquy is very personal and emotional revealing Hamlet’s despair over the current situation and his depressing state of mind. It sets the stage for the rest of the story‚ being Hamlet’s hatred of Claudius and resentment of his mother. Previous to this soliloquy we learn that King Hamlet’s brother‚ Claudius‚ has become the new
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MEDITATION THE FIRST AND LAST FREEDOM INTRODUCTION: Meditation is adventure‚ the greatest adventure the human mind can undertake. Meditation is just to be not doing anything- no action‚ no thought‚ no emotion. You just are and it is a sheer delight. It comes from nowhere‚ or it comes from everywhere. It is uncaused‚ because existence is made of the stuff called joy. WHAT IS MEDITATION? When you are not doing anything at all-
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Looking up at the clock‚ the hands finally read three o’clock‚ the piercing sound of the school bell ringing‚ releasing my classmates and I from our first day of kindergarten. As I step outside the front doors‚ I see the long line of buses‚ which seems to infinitely extend into the distance. “Six”‚ I said to myself over and over‚ “find bus number six.” After walking for what I felt like eternity‚ I finally arrived at my bus. I managed to draw final breath of the heavy emission-polluted air as I
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INDENT It was my first race of the season on the no-cut cross country team and when I crossed the finish line‚ I nearly collapsed. By the next race‚ I knew that I wanted to improve. After the second race‚ I looked at my time and as usual‚ I came in last place. Having the least athletic experience on the team‚ it did not surprise me. However‚ what came as a shock to me was that it would be a personal win. INDENT The starting gun fired and it felt as if everything was in slow motion. The clatter of
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runner collapsed at the royal court. To commemorate Pheidippides’s heroic effort and his spirit of patriotism‚ in 1896 a long distance race named Marathon was introduced at the Olympics. Fittingly a Greek postal worker called Spyridon Louis won the first ever marathon. 26.2 MILES. Since it’s inception the marathon had been run for 25 miles in keeping with the distance covered by Pheidippides. At the 1908 London Olympic Games
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Executive Summary First Farms Corporation started as a small animal feeds manufacturing in 1950s. The company has expanded to other agribusiness products and set up nationwide facilities. Though the company has performed well‚ it has a dilemma – a huge deficit in the operating cash flows of Php 719 million despite increasing revenues. Also‚ return on equity (ROE) is decreasing. In analyzing the case‚ the group is taking the point of view of the Vice President for Finance – addressing the
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