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    EDWARD BEAR, known to his friends as Winnie-the-Pooh, or Pooh for short, was walking through the forest one day, humming proudly to himself. He had made up a little hum that very morning, as he was doing his Stoutness Exercises in front of the glass: Tra- la-la, tra-la-la, as he stretched up as high as he could go, and then Tra-la-la, tra-la--oh, help!--la, as he tried to reach his toes. After breakfast he had said it over and over to himself until he had learnt it off by heart, and now he was humming it r ight through, properly. It went like this: Tra-la-la, tra-la-la, Tra-la-la, tra-la-la, Rum-tum-tiddle-um-tum. Tiddle-iddle, tiddle-iddle, Tiddle-iddle, tiddle-iddle, Rum-tum-tum-tiddle-um. Well, he was humming this hum to himself, and walking along gaily, wondering what everybody else was doing, and what it felt like, being somebody else, when suddenly he came to a sandy bank, and in the bank was a large hole. "Aha !" said Pooh. (Rum-tum-tiddle-um-tum.) "If I know anything about anything, that hole means Rabbit," he said, "and Rabbit means Company," he said, "and Company means Food and Listening-to-Me-Humming and such like. Rum-tum-tum-tiddle-um. So he bent down, put his head into the hole, and called out: "Is anybody at home?" There was a sudden scuffling noise from inside the hole, and then silence. "What I said was, 'Is anybody at home?'" called out Pooh very loudly. "No!" said a voice;…

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    Dennis Kozlowski has been accused of abusing Tyco’s profit money for personal purposes. The case was taken to court by SEC and jury was divided on the matter, having differing opinions. However, while analyzing the case on the basis of ‘Ethics of Management’, considering several factors such as moral impacts, economic outcomes and ethical duties etc., it may be found that Kozlowski has been at fault and should be punished fairly severely. Prior to July 1992, their net profit was $95 million, the…

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    later went into the commercial sector. Rosenberg had an ambitious goal for his company, and by 1965 Tyco International Ltd. had acquired a multitude of subsidiaries. Tyco entered the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in 1974, and had sales of $500 million and a net worth of $140 million. In the 1980s, Tyco began organizing the multitude of subsidiaries that it had acquired over the last decade, and divided itself into three different market segments (Fire Protection, Electronics, and Packaging). In…

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    I. PARTIES TO THE CASE: IBP, Inc. v. Alvarez, 546 U.S. 21 (2005) the plaintiff of this case is Gabriel Alvarez, Individually and on behalf of all other workers of Packing plant in Pasco, Washington. The employees had a class action lawsuit against the defendant Barber Foods and IBP. II. FORUM: In two separate cases, the employees of the packing plant sued Berber Foods and IBP in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. III. STATUTE(S) INVOLVED IN THE CASE: the statutory of the…

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    K-Rad is the stage name of a friend of mine who writes, records and performs original hip-hop music. While they are one of my friends, the rapper K-Rad has always interested me. K-Rad, in my opinion, is a piece of who my friend is. K-Rad obviously comes from something deeper down, something completely honest and straight forward. They are just a fraction of who my friend is, but that does not make them any less than my real friend. I decided I should interview my friend about K-Rad to learn more…

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    Btk Killer Research Paper

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    admitted to having, and fulfilling, his sexual fantasies about her. His DNA left at the scene was soon matched to later killings. Barely even four months after the Otero Family was targeted, Rader murdered 21-year-old Katherine Bright after breaking into her house and waited for her to come home, but after watching her for so long, he never expected her to come home with her brother. Rader made her brother, Kevin, tie her up first and then Rader tied Kevin up in another room of the house.…

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    Chilling, true stories of serial killers can make anyone’s hair rise on the back of their neck and make their eyes pop, especially the stories of Dennis Rader. Dennis Rader is an infamous serial killer that was active in the 1970s. Rader was born February 9, 1945 in Pittsburg, Kansas. Ever since he was a child, he showed a few alarming signs of being a killer. From his own confession, he says he developed fantasies about bondage, control and torture during his early grade school years. He admits…

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    The Movie Easy A Sociology

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    The movie Easy A is set in Ojai, California at Ojai North High School. The story centers on Olive Penderghast. Olive is a junior at Ojai North and goes relatively unnoticed by the majority of the school population. That is, until she lies to her best friend Rhiannon about losing her virginity. Olive’s lie gets overheard by Marianne Bryant, who thus spreads this news to the entire school. The events that take place once the rumors of Olive’s sexual encounter begin to spread are indicative of the…

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    Dennis Lynn Rader was a serial killer born on March 9th, 1945 in Pittsburg, Arkansas (see figure one.) He was the oldest of three other brothers born to William and Dorothea Rader. At a young age Rader’s parents moved the family to Wichita, Arkansas. Growing up Dennis Rader was a normal child. He was surprisingly involved with organizations such as the boys scout club and church activities. According to interviews Rader admitted he had thoughts of strangulation as a young child, it is known…

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    Soul Surfer Movie Analysis

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    The inspiring story of Bethany Hamilton, a young champion surfer who lost her arm in a shark attack, has hit the big screen. The biographical movie, ‘Soul Surfer’, is based on the true story of Bethany Hamilton, was released on April 8 in 2011, starring Anna Sophia Robb, Helen Hunt, Dennis Quaid and Carrie Underwood. Director Sean McNamara explains that ‘Soul Surfer’ is all about "the feisty unwavering attitude of a girl who never stopped believing in herself, her family or in the sheer…

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