I wake up… excited as can be. Today was the day we started to drive to Rhode Island. I was happy about it because i had to spend time with my family and see many different sights. I was also excited about it because it was the first time i have been four states away from mine. We were in our car. For the first 15 minutes I felt a rush. Then it was just driving. We hit many different locations such as plymouth rock and the world’s biggest stanley cup. These locations were the coolest things i have
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Cecil Rhodes Cecil Rhodes was born on July 5th‚ 1853 to a Hertfordshire clergyman. He was one of six sons to the vicar. He was an unhealthy child‚ suffering from heart and breathing ailments. Cecil‚ unlike two of his brothers‚ was not sent to Eton or Winchester. Nor did he join the military. His poor constitution limited his career options‚ and left him with the choice of becoming a barrister or a clergyman. He was sent to study at a local grammar school. After his schooling‚ and due to
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Sunday‚ June 12th‚ was a grim night for the citizens of the United States. The Orlando Nightclub Shooting was the deadliest night in U.S. History. According to a National Public Radio Host‚ “...in service of precision‚ history and what we may not know‚ what happened in Orlando on Sunday was the deadliest mass public shooting in modern U.S. history” (Peralta). Omar Saddiqui Mateen opened fire inside Pulse‚ a gay nightclub‚ in Orlando‚ Florida. With 49 people deceased‚ and over 50 people injured‚ what occured
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1. Case Overview: Company background: Rhodes Industries (RI): Established by Robert Rhodes in 1950s in Southern Ontario‚ Canada The business of RI: - developed pipes and glasses for industrial uses - gradually branched out into new areas such as Sealants‚ coatings and cleaners and parts for trucking industry - expanded by acquiring small firms in Canada and the United States during the 1960s - was a conglomerate structure with subsidiaries across NA reporting directly to headquarters
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On October 24th‚ 1995‚ two of the best-known scholars of nationalism participated in what has now become known as the “Warwick Debate on Nationalism” under the host of Edward Mortimer at the Warwick University. Each respected speaker presented thoughts and approaches to the study of nationalism that have laid the foundation for two separate‚ yet prevalent suppositions toward nationalism: Anthony Smith’s primordial approach and Ernest Gellner’s modernist theory. When reviewing the discussions of
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Concert Review Sapphire Nightclub & Strip Club For the concert review assignment‚ I decided to critique the dance‚ fantasy factor‚ and sex appeal of erotic entertainment in Las Vegas’ strip club Sapphire. I made my decision to visit a striptease revue because it is an industry that surrounds the majority of the city I live in and one I pay little-to-no attention to. I thought by experiencing one of Las Vegas’ most respected erotic dance clubs that I could gain a more positive outlook on such
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responsible for violence at all. In his essay‚ “Hollow Claims about Violence‚” Richard Rhodes argues that society isn’t really desensitized to violence and that all those claims are wrong. Rhodes addresses the reasons why these claims are false and why society shouldn’t listen to them. According to Rhodes‚ there is no direct link between exposure to violence in the media and violent behavior performed by people. Rhodes provides data from experiments and factual evidence that contain numbers and rates
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Sample Rhodes Scholarship Personal Statement—Student #1 Soaked in sweat‚ I sat deep in thought on the small mound of sand and broken rocks in northern Kenya‚ where 1.7 million years ago a desperately ill Homo erectus woman had died. Her death had entranced me for years. KNM-ER 1808 had died of Hypervitaminosis A‚ wherein an overdose of Vitamin A causes extensive hemorrhaging throughout the skeleton and excruciating pain. Yet a thick rind of diseased bone all over her skeleton—ossified blood
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Santika Nightclub Fire There are many events happening every day all over the world. All of the events have a positive and potentially even a negative impact on its communities. In Thailand in early 2009 a New Years’ event had a very negative impact on its community. While people were having fun partying and celebrating the New Year’s party event in ‘Santika’‚ the nightclub in the busiest area in Bangkok Ekkamai a fire broke out that changed the scene forever. It was a big shocked for
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location is on the main street most often used by students. 1.1 Mission It’s not the lights; it’s not the liquor; and it’s not the sound. It’s the people! And its the FUN! Successful nightclubs are based on an accurate understanding of the core customers. The mission of the Spot is to create a nightclub environment that satisfies the changing tastes and expectations of our core customers; i.e. college-age women. If the women come‚ the men will follow. In order to achieve this goal‚ we must
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