AP World History Summer Assignment 2014-2015 Assignment: In order to prepare for AP World History‚ you are to read the non-fiction book A History of the World in Six Glasses. You will write short answers to a number of questions that will be turned in the first day of school. Book: Title: A History of the World in 6 Glasses Author: Tom Standage Paperback: 274 pages Publisher: Walker Publishing Company Language: English ISBN: 13 978-0-8027-1552-4 Summary of Book:
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Ely Samuel Parker was born in 1828 and died on August 31‚ 1895. Born in Hasanoanda‚ later known as Donehogawa. Eventually Ely became a Seneca attorney‚ an engineer‚ and a tribal diplomat. Ely got commissioned as a lieutenant colonel during the American Civil War‚ when he served as an auxiliary to General Ulysses S. Grant. Ely wrote the terminal preliminary form of the Confederate surrender terms at Appomattox. Later in his career‚ Parker rose to the rank of Brevet Brigadier General. He was one
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Katherine Mansfield’s "Life of Ma Parker": Women’s Plight Katherine Mansfield’s "Life of Ma Parker" presents the plight of Ma Parker as a working-class woman at the turn of the century‚ in terms of her position in the sphere of the family and in the sphere of society. "Life of Ma Parker" is a story of a widowed charwoman. Like Miss Brill‚ Ma Parker is a very lonely woman‚ but their equally painful story is told quite differently‚ mainly because Mansfield supplies no
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In From Father‚ with Love by Doris Kearns Goodwin the carefree bond between a father and a daughter is made through the game of baseball‚ which accompanies her throughout the entire cycle of life. Goodwin states‚ “the game of baseball has always been linked in my mind with mystic texture of childhood…”As a child she acquires that “mystical link” to her father when she accompanies him for the very first time at the Ebbets Field in Brooklyn where he shares cherished memories about his favorite team
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Ma Parker is a strong woman who has suffered throughout her life. She is a woman who has a good nature. Ma Parker realises the sorrows of her life and tries to find a place to cry. That would be the very first time she was going to cry once she believed she only would be a strong woman if she had never cried. The Life of Ma Parker’s protagonist cannot stand all the pain she is feeling. As she cries‚ she leaves all her strength behind. It represents the moment she realises she must permit the overflow
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PARKER PEN COMPANY Background George Safford Parker founded Parker Pen Company in 1892 in Janesville‚ Wisconsin. It began with the production of his first fountain pen. Afterwards in 1894‚ Parker had its first major innovation; “the lucky curve” which consisted on reducing the leak caused in fountain pens. Parker’s first marketing approach was to produce high quality pens and make them become status symbols; Parker pens were signer’s favorite‚ giving the company the first or second position
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In this essay I will explain Mary Parker Follett’s main contributions to management thought and practice. For the purposes of this assignment I have selected three. Her work on organisations as operating communities. Her belief that a manager’s job is to help people in the organisation work together. Finally her theory on groups as a mechanism through which individuals can combine their talents for the greater good. Then I will define classical management theory and practice. Then I will establish
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1109 Jo Baer is an American artist born in Seattle‚ Washington on August 7‚ 1929 to her mother‚ Hortense Kalisher Kleinberg‚ a commercial artist and her father‚ Lester Kleingberg‚ a successful commodities broker in hay and grain. When she was a child she studied art at the Cornish College of the Arts‚ but since this is not what her mother wanted‚ Jo went to the University of Washington to major in biology. She stayed there from 1946-1949 and dropped out her junior year to marry. In 1953‚ Jo married
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Brand Analysis Jo Malone 14/10/2014 Content 1. Background 3 2. SWOT Anaylsis 4 2.1 Strength 4 2.2 Weakness 4 2.3 Opportunities 5 2.4 Threats 5 3. Recommendations 6 4. Conclusion 7 5. References 8 1. Background Jo Malone is an international brand which was established in United Kingdom by Jo Malone in 1994‚ then it was acquired by Estée Lauder in 1999(Jo Malone 2014). This brand has a series of products‚ such as
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Joanne "Jo" Rowling was born and grew up in Gloucestershire‚ England in 1965 (Authors and Artists). Her parents are Peter and Anne Rowling. Her father was an aircraft engineer at the Rolls Royce factory and her mother was a teacher. She had one sister named Dianne. Her Parents were avid readers and often read to her. She often credits them for her love of literature. Her parents and grandparents often told her stories that inspired her to create some of her own (Critical Comparison). She loved to
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