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On the morning of August twenty-third, 1973, in a place called Stockholm, Sweden, Jan-Erik Olsson, an escaped convict, entered the Sveriges Kreditbanken, a bank in Stockholm, and took four bank employees hostage. He carried a loaded submachine gun and fired it into the ceiling, causing a mass panic. Jan-Erik wounded a policeman and demanded more than $700,000 in Swedish and foreign currency, a getaway car, and the release of Clark Olofsson, a convict who was serving time for an armed robbery and…

Demagoguery and its usage How do modern politicians use demagoguery in order to manipulate their constituency? Signer, Michael. Demagogue: The Fight to Save Democracy from Its Worst Enemies. New York City, New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2009. Print. Michael Signer’s critical analysis of past demagogues such as Huey Long, Hugo Chavez, and Moqtada al-Sadr in his book, Demagogue helped give me a large insight in the mechanics of demagoguery as well as the power-corrupted…

D. (1990) : Handbook on pest management in Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. (Agriculture. Volumes 1, 2, and 3). SARTORI, M.R.; I.A. PACHECO; M. LADEROSA; and R.W.D. TAYLOR (1990) : Ocorrencia e especi. ciadade de resistencia ao insecticide malathion em insetos-pragas de graos armazenados, no Estado de Sao…

SWOT ANALYSIS STRENGTHS: The four partners had done a detailed research to find out what is the key factor in designing the calendar (i.e. quality). Also they have figured out and understood the two channels of distribution (Wholesale and retail) very well. The questionnaire prepared by them enabled them to segregate the people who preferred the calendar into various segments like freshmen, graduates, seniors etc. The idea of a sports calendar genre among the campus calendars is new and…

(2013). Preparedness and Response for Catastrophics Disasters. Boca Raton: CRC Press [Ch.10]. Byrne, M. (2018, March 18). Written testimony of FEMA Office of Response and Recovery Assistant Administrator for Field Operations Mike Byrne for a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National…

Erik Orr Mr. Farias English Composition 1301 – 047 04 Aug 2014 Title “Americas War on the Overweight” by Kate Dailey and Abbey Ellin gives readers a look at the hardships and judgment’s that come with being obese in todays America. The majority of obese Americans did not choose to be obese; factors such as illness, genetics, and psychological problems play a determining role. The simple assumption that everyone who is obese is lazy, over eats, or is a slob, is far from the truth. There are…

Title & Subject Matter: Look, See, Create: Sculpture Garden This project titled “Look, See, Create: Sculpture Garden” consists of an activity book with various activities that young visitors can complete while visiting the sculpture garden at the Boca Raton Museum of Art. This project was completed in conjunction with the museum’s current program of activity books that highlight the permanent collection. Branding standards are consistent with the museum’s current look (bocamuseum.org). The…

Modern Policing’s Evolution Since its Inception First Phase of Modern Policing: 1829 – 1945 The first phase of modern policing commenced in April 1829, as Sir Robert Peel introduced “A Bill for Improving the Police in and Near the Metropolis” (Lyman, 1964, p. 150); this bill mirrored Peel’s nine principles and established what modern ethical policing would constitute. It was operationalized into what was known as the London Metropolitan Police (LMP). The LMP, a government police force (p. 150),…

Shootings: An Ecological Systems Analysis, Journal of Loss and Trauma, 15: 6, 561-575. Retrieved from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2010.519285 Rubin, C. B. (Ed.). (2012). Emergency management: The American experience 1900-2010 (2nd ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press United States Geological Survey (2016). Earthquakes, Plate Tectonics, and Earth Structure. Retrieved from…

Don’t Worry, This Won’t Hurt. Oh, Wait. There’s a Snake. In 1970 American author Joan Didion wrote a novel that she titled Play It as It Lays. The novel revolves around Maria, a failing Hollywood actress and the downfall of her life. Didion wrote the book in first person and close third person, giving the reader a personal and impersonal view of Maria’s life. In the novel, Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion, Didion uses both imagery and symbolic repetition of snakes in order to prove that…