The History behind the First Written Constitution The first written constitution for the United States of America dated back to 1638. Three different towns helped to create the document; Windsor, Wethersfield, and Hartford. These three towns were in charge of finding representatives to attend the general court in Hartford. The session was opened with a sermon by Reverend Thomas Hooker. Reverend Thomas Hooker also was responsible for founding Hartford. Others present that day included John Haynes and Roger Ludlow. John Haynes was the first governor of Connecticut under the new Fundamental Orders. He served until his death in 1654. Roger Ludlow presided over Windsor. After the session was over the first government was officially created. The Fundamental Orders was the name chosen for the first written constitution. Although some would argue about the originality of Hartford Connecticut being the place where the first written constitution took place, it is still known as a histori

Charles G. D. Roberts and E. J. Pratt are two of the best known Canadian poets, both belonging roughly to the same late Romantic tradition. Their poetry has often been put side by side, especially due to the major prevalence of nature as a poetic theme in their all their writings. In turns, both Roberts and Pratt have been likened to one of the great English Romantic poets who were their predecessors. Thus, Roberts is indebted to Wordsworth, whom he follows faithfully in most of his work. On the other hand, connections can be found between Pratt's and William's Blake poetry, although in this case the influence may have been less conscious. A comparative analysis of two of Roberts' and Pratt's best-known poems, Tantramar Revisited and Silences respectively, reveals the very different, almost opposed significance of nature in their poems. In Tantramar Revisited, Roberts conceives of nature in a very similar manner to that of Wordsworth: for him, nature is invested wi

1) Introduction: The word Almaden in Spanish implies "mineral" or "mine". During 1845, Andres Castillero found mercury deposit in the area now known as Almaden hills. In the past, the New Almaden Mine was the biggest mercury-producing mine in the Americas. (Almaden Dam and Reservoir) During that period, native Californians used to cover great distances for commercial gains. Regulated by the Quiroste tribelet, the Almaden mine was the main sources of mercury. To extract the cinnabar, a 100 foot long tunnel was built underground for extraction purposes. Rounded streambed cobbles were used as hammers, picks and mails. Skeletons and stone implements discovered close to the working face of the tunnel gives a pointer that there was an untimely cave-in. As against specialized Pomo Chert drill makers or Gabrieleqo soapstone pot designers, no specialized miner's class developers developed among the Quiroste working in these places. On the contrary the cinnabar mines s

It is an often posed idea that the messages we leave behind with our discarded and or memorialized everyday objects will be interpreted thousands of years from now, by historians and archeologists to let those that live long after us have some idea of who we were. Roman history is a compilation of fragmented written works, but is much more dependant on archeological evidence for existing information. The evidence of the Roman Empire stretches across practically all of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, and much of it is in the form of archeological ruins. Some of these ruins are significant to Roman culture in that they still sport the writing of real everyday Romans. One artifact that has recently come to the forefront as a grouping of very telling artifacts is tombstone inscriptions. From the "dead Roman guys" we get a lofty interpretation of idealized society, as well as many messages of rhetorical musing, all of which is valuable, but from tombstone inscriptions w

ABSTRACT Team leadership plays an important part in the ability of an organization to gain and maintain the competitive advantage. Another vital factor related to the development of a successful organization is teamwork. Most contemporary organizations are heavily dependent upon teams of workers to perform certain tasks for the organization. When teams are not able to come together to achieve a common goal the entire organization suffers. The problem with this particular organization has to do with the lack of leadership that is displayed amongst certain members of two particular teams. These leaders do not understand the needs of their teams, nor do they understand how to build successful teams. This lack of leadership is causing a great deal of disruption within the organization and the overall goals of the firm have not been met as a result of this disruption. The solution to the problem is twofold: the lack of team leadership must be addressed and the two teams should be c

Deborah Tannen's essay on "Sex, Lies, and Conversation" highlights the different communication styles of men and women. Tannen attempts to get beyond simplistic stereotypes that, for example, women chatter constantly while men are 'strong and silent,' or, conversely, that women are shy and quiet and men are more articulate than their female partners. Rather, the truth behind these contradictory stereotypes is much more complex. Tannen opens her essay with an anecdote drawn from her own personal experience, from one of her lecturing engagements. A man stood up, pointed at his mute wife, and said, quite loudly, "she's the talker in our family" (Tannen 1) The crowd laughed, and Tannen uses this as an example of how women are often more talkative in social situations, where relational and establishing a human connection is a priority, while men are more apt to speak in public to gain social capital, and where they alone are the focus of attention.

"Once More to the Lake" by E.B. White, and "The Yellow Door House" by Joyce Maynard are short stories concerning the memories and strong emotions brought about by revisiting childhood places, and the desire to remember things the way they were. Both stories end by leaving the reader with a sense of loss-the same sense of loss that the author's experienced when realizing that the past is nothing more than a memory. White's story recounts childhood memories of traveling to Maine, the cabin they stayed in, and the nearby lake that he and his family boated, fished, and swam in. He describes his experience with these memories with a sense of duality and conflict-as if he were in a time warp. Similarly, Maynard recounts the memories and feelings related to the house she grew up in. Her family members called it "the yellow door house" because it had a yellow door. One gets the message that the house had great sentimental value to her-letting go

The purpose of this paper is an analysis of health policies and their effect on healthcare organizations and systems. The researcher hypothesizes that properly written and clearly communicated policies are the foundation for good healthcare and organizational systems that run efficiently and productively. Poor policies on the other hand, generally lead to miscommunication and disturbances within the organization and the organizational culture. A literature review focusing on the purposes and effects of health policies is provided. From the information gathered the researcher concludes that there is ample evidence health care policies effect organizations and systems in different ways, depending on the scope of the policy and the people it addresses.

Once more to the Lake and The Yellow Door house both contain some points of comparison since the basic theme is the same i.e. passage of time. In both stories, times have changed and authors are now writing as adults. Their new role is that of a parent while in their memories and the time they are reminiscing about is childhood when they were in the care of their parents. There are some important points of similarity and so some parallels can be drawn: a)Both writers are now adults reminiscing about their childhood b)Both stories have a physical place to symbolize their childhood. c)Both writers are now parents themselves d)Both writers talk indirectly about their connection with their parents e)There is a deep sense of nostalgia f)And there is a fear of losing the symbol that represents their beautiful past There are some places where the authors differ: a)White is talking about a specific time in his childhood while Maynard is talking about her entire childhood phase

The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the short story "Murder-Two" by Joyce Carol Oates. Specifically, it will analyze the character of "Booger" in the story. "Murder-Two" is a chilling tale of a young, upscale man who kills his mother, under his alter ego, "Boogerman." Derek is a "normal" young man with the wants and needs of any young man, money, possessions, and love. On the streets, he is known as "Booger," his alter ego that he hardly acknowledges exists, but is the violent side of him, the side capable of murdering his mother in cold blood. Booger is the frightening side of Derek, and the inner core of him that is violent, frightening, and they both seem to be unaware that the other side of them exists. Oates writes, "Him, Derek Peck! Boooogerman. It was as if a microchip had been inserted in his brain, he had this pathological reactions" (Oates 236). Clearly, if Derek is not unhinged, he is schizophrenic at best, and the two sides of him are as different as black and white, and that is exactly who he is. To his mother, he was he

Generally Accepted Accounting Practices (GAAP) is are a set of standards, conventions and rules that accountants utilize to compile financial statements, in order to offer a certain level of consistency across organizations. Auditors are required to ensure that their financial statements be prepared in compliance with GAAP (Soffer, 1993). Despite this overarching goal of consistency, there is no single source for GAAP. For this reason, the AICPA, in their Statement of Auditing Standards No. 69, has established a hierarchy for these multiple sources. There are four categories (A through D) that establish authority. Should there be a conflict between practices from sources found in more than one category, than the treatment specified in the higher category is expected

The Conceptual Framework Project seeks to revise the Conceptual Framework, setting the standards for financial reporting in the industry. The goals and objectives of the project are to answer a series of questions that will have a profound impact on financial reporting. These include the clarification of the objective of financial reporting, and if financial statements should be prepared from an entity or proprietor perspective. It will detail what are the most important characteristics of accounting information, as well as what is an asset and a liability. The project will discuss whether or not all assets or liabilities be recorded irrespective of the probability that they may be realized or paid, and if matching principle is dead. It also looks to answer if the revenue-recognition principle will survive, or be replaced by the asset-liability view, as well as if an asset should be measured at cost or fair value. Lastly, the project hopes to clarify if " depreciation an outdated concept tied to the matching principle

In the case study, The Micromanager, the reader is introduced to George Latour, CEO of Retronics, a software engineering firm, damaged by the dot-com bubble burst, but with desires to eventually go public. The organization is struggling and George's job is on the line. To make matters worse, he runs into conflict with Shelley Stern, the new marketing director hired by Retronics' Chairman. Shelley's performance has been in question, and she hasn't lived up to the great expectations George had expected, given the Chairman's response to her hire. Shelley is able to handle individual projects, yet is unable to perform the more comprehensive management of the organization's marketing, in general. Interestingly, George too is found to hyperfocus on small pieces, and managing the organization, in general, is suffering. George is a traditional micromanager. His detail-oriented nature likely served him well as an engineer; however, now that he is charged with leading an entire organi

R. Buckminster Fuller was in arguably one of the most important visionaries of the 20th century – if not one of the most misunderstood and least appreciated. Born on the 12th of July 1895 in Milton, Massachusetts, Fuller was the son of Caroline Richard Buckminster Fuller and Caroline Wolcott Andrews. He was also related to the esteemed American Transcendentalist author Margaret Fuller. It was during his youth on Bear Island, off the coast of Maine, that he began to design and invent things related to the natural world. Usually, he would experiment by making things with the use of materials he found in the forest. Occasionally, Fuller would even invent his own tools for constructing his inventions. Chief among Fuller's creations from this era was a propeller contraption for small boats. Fuller would later acknowledge that these youthful experiments provided him with the knowledge and impetus that he would bring to bare on many of his mature projects. Fuller wou

The article "Patriotism Demands Questioning Authority" by Todd Gitlin discusses why democracy needs people to question it and its' authority to keep it honest, practical, and open to change. He argues that closed minds only allow the terrorists to win, while others argue that we must give up some of our rights, and even our personal freedoms in order to preserve our way of life as we know it. The author defends patriotism as questioning authority, and this is par

In response to the corporate scandals such as Enron, Adelphia, WorldCom and Tyco, the U.S. Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) in an attempt to prevent the assortment of ills related to corporate finance and reporting (Grumet, 2007). This new legislation uses a "series of steps designed to ensure that publicly traded corporations instituted adequate financial controls, that they documented those controls, and that they certified their accuracy. SOX enforced its goals with a very big stick: personal liability and the possibility of criminal penalties for corporate financial officers" (Montana, 2007). Although a fairly recent piece of legislation, there are recent developments and issues involving SOX, that have come to light over the last two years. Montana (2007) notes that in the intervening years since SOX's inception, there have been a number of high profile events that have captured Congress' attention that has diverted their attention away from SOX. For this reason,

There are two basic pension arrangements – defined contribution and defined benefit plans. Defined benefit arrangements can further be looked at regarding their economic substance or their legal form. With defined contribution plans, the employer invests a specified amount on behalf of the employee. Benefits are paid out on both the accumulated contributions and the investment income. There is an ongoing expense for a defined contribution plan, as noted by Miller (1987). This is simply the amount the employer is obligated to contribute to the pension fund. Much looks the same as a defined contribution for the legal form of defined benefits plans. The only surface difference is that the agreement defines the amounts paid out, as opposed to contributing. The economic substance category of defined benefit plans finds the pension trust fund legally separate from the employer, but connected in economic substance, with the employer as the real beneficiary, not the employees. Fund assets

Socialized healthcare has emerged as a highly debated issue in the United States, attracting the attention from the media, as well as policy solution for political leaders. Both political parties are under increasing pressure to address the insurance and healthcare crises, in America. However, socialized healthcare has not been an effective or efficient solution to address these issues, in other countries, and rather has caused many healthcare systems to crumble. A portion of the challenge of rising healthcare costs is due to individuals not becoming sufficiently involved in decisions regarding their health and medical care or payment for services rendered. Instead, they simply entrust third parties, such as in

Effective interpersonal communications are dependant on many factors, including the willingness of people to share information and talk about their fears, wants and desires, and the skills people have or do not have when it comes to relaying information to others. Interpersonal communications can be defined many ways, but most effectively it involves the interactions and communications that occur between people that work, live or associate with each other (Trenholm, 1995). These people typically include the communications one has with people they are familiar with or know well, or may see on a daily basis (Trenholm, 1995). Effective communications occur first and most importantly when one person, the person that receives communication from another, listens actively (Trenhom, 1995). I feel it is critical that people listen carefully to others when they are trying to communicate. I al

Ever since the computer became ubiquitous and evolved into what is known today as information systems and information technology, businesses have been dependent on them to improve productivity and streamline operations. Automated and productivity tools also facilitated faster processing of business transactions and enabled process owners and users to consolidate and present reports in a more expeditious means. Sometimes though, businesses tend to forget that information technology is a business driver, not the other way around. Like the human resources, logistics or accounting functions of businesses, information technology is a function that exists to support business processes. It does not exist to lord over the core competency of the business but to assist in making the primary business functions perform at its optimum. There have been cases wherein businesses fell prey to information technology vendors and service providers and bought a technology that either (1) they did not need

The purpose of this paper is to explain how a woman's various organs and systems respond to trauma, and how many of those actions can result in minimizing chances of organ destruction and increasing the victim's chances of surviving the accident. In addition, some actions taken by the woman's body can actually be deleterious to her chances for survival. This woman presented upon arriving in the ER with several broken ribs, which resulted in a bruising of the liver and kidneys and a ruptured spleen. The first diagnostic signs were : low blood pressure, low respiration and low urine output. The woman's reaction to the accident constitutes the classic demonstration of shock symptoms. Of the various first diagnoses, that of the ruptured spleen is of the most concern. The spleen acts as a major filter of blood, as well as a repository for discarded red blood cells. Its rich blood supply foretells a large loss of blood into the abdominal cavity. The woman&ap

The end of the Civil War in America represented a great change for the political, economic, and social environment of the American states. It marked the start of a certain number of changes that would favor on the one hand, the development of the United States into becoming the most important force on the political stage by the end of the Second World War, and on the other hand, it contributed to the emergence of a different approach to the social and economic issues that would affect the population in the decades following the Civil War. In this context, the Knights of Labor played an important role in defining the position of the working class and in turn, determined the establishment of a reaction that would become traditional in America towards the organization of workers and the role of the state in economic affairs. In order to have a comprehensive image of the role the Knights of Labor played in the history of the United States it is important to place them in a historical back

Located at 123 East 55th Street in Manhattan, this unique gem of New York City was built in 1872. It is older than most of the buildings around it. As Manhattan grew up around the Central Synagogue, its true unique architectural beauty set itself in sharp contrast with its surroundings. It is much shorter, however, more concrete, than the surrounding skyscrapers. The entire building resembles a Moorish synagogue crossed with a medieval cathedral. It is the exact opposite of the modern urban jungle behind it. The golden pillars call first attention. The large sphere-topped pillars fill the gap of space opened up through its relation to the urban fabric surrounding them. The pillars extend high in the air, ensuring the more modern buildings around it don't swallow up the space. The spherical pillar tops are crafted with decor

INTRODUCTION: Many younger people, who are just beginning to learn about the history of Southeast Asia, and Cambodia in particular, probably have heard of the terrible things that happened to Cambodia between the years 1970 and 1979. It was the era when the communist Pol Pot regime took over the country and his ruthless policies – through genocide – slaughtered and starved to death as many as two million Cambodians. All cultural institutions in Cambodia were negatively effected during the Pol Pot period of political history. The movie, "The Killing Fields" brought the horror of that period of history to all parts of the world. But today, there is a new spirit of hope in Cambodia, the political criminals who were part of the ghastly killing are on trial for their terrible crimes, and the history of Cambodia and the cultural institutions of Cambodia have much to offer visitors and residents too. This paper will relate to the rituals and institutions that are part

The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the essays "The Body Bazaar" by Karen Wright and "'Strip-Mining' the Dead: When Human Organs Are for Sale" by Gilbert Meilaender. Specifically, it will compare and contrast the writers' perspectives on selling and transplanting body organs. The moral and ethical issues surrounding human organ transplant and sale are many, and many of them are ingrained with society's fear of death, dying, and money. Some people feel it is incomprehensible to even think about selling or donating a loved ones organs after death, but there are thousands of transplant patients waiting for organs or they will die – and there lies the moral dilemma. Families of transplant patients waiting desperately for transplants so they can survive are always emotional and heart wrenching. Equally moving are the stories of families who donate their loved ones vital organs after a tragic accident trying to find some meaning in their loved ones' untimely deaths. Yet millions of transplant victi