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Melinda Gates is not only the co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She is also an American businesswoman and philanthropist that worked at Microsoft. But she confesses that she almost left the company because of it being a male dominated environment. Which is why Melinda Gates is pushing for diversity in the tech industry. More and more people are pushing women and young women to join the STEM world. And Melinda Gates is doing the same thing because she admits that she knows the…

Bright Water School Lock-In Many of the students who attend the school dances we hold are overjoyed to hear that it 's possible there will be more dances held this year, and we entertained the idea of having seasonal dances. When I brought this idea up to my teacher, I was informed that the dances are, to my dismay, quite hard to put together. When Miss Kerr heard that the idea of dances and socializing with other class was important to the students, she presented the idea of a "Lock-in." I, and…

related to VMT across all the study areas. Meaning a higher residential density will result in a lower VMT, on the contrary, a lower residential density will lead to a higher VMT. In the same way, employment density is negatively related to VMT in Seattle, WA and Baltimore, MD study areas. The level of mixed land use is negatively related to VMT in all, but the Virginia case. Average block size is positively related to VMT in all the study areas. Likewise, the distance from the CBD is positively…

half a block from the convention center. This makes it important to beach combers, fisherman, and business people. Seaside Or. Is just sixteen miles south of Astoria, OR., an hour, and a half away from Portland OR., and three an half hours from Seattle WA. Market Segment Pet friendly travelers- the hotel accepts all pets. Business people- we are located just down the street from the convention center. Families on vacation- you can beach comb, golf, hunt, explore history, surf, fly a kite on…

constantly discriminate people for being who they are. Recently homosexuals are beginning to have the human rights the deserve in society. After the summer of 2015 hate crime has been on a rise because of the marriage equality law (Comrade Fang, 1993,2). Seattle, Washington is one of the cities that have a large population in the LBGT community, but just days after the great victory of the gay marriage enforcement law was approved violence was remaining at the tip of homophobes thoughts (Comrade…

Hoovervilles were important during the time of the Great Depression because they provided shelter for those who lost their homes, jobs, and money. Hoovervilles did have a downside, they were soon to spread across the nation which had a cause of major health risks to those who lived in or around Hoovervilles. Hoovervilles lasted from 1929 to 1939 and were named after President Herbert Hoover. The government did not provide help to the people affected, so many blamed Hoover for the Depression and…

league have sixteen teams in the east and fifteen teams in the west. Also, Montreal is only 158.7 miles (255.4 km) away from Quebec City, whereas the distance from Vegas to Glendale, Arizona, is 279.7 miles (450.1 km). When talking distance from Seattle to a nearby team, the Vancouver Canucks are only 142.4 miles (229.2 km) away. The team in Vegas helps fill a gap in the southwest where there is no…

In a population-based, case-control study, researchers interviewed 400 Seattle (in Washington State) men aged 18 to 40 years who were diagnosed with TC from January 2000 through January 2006 and asked them about their history of with marijuana. Their responses were then compared to the responses of 900 other age-matched healthy…

Sherman Alexie’s “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven” is a 1993 short story that looks into the life of a Native American man who is depressed after a failed relationship with a white woman in Seattle, now living alone in the Spokane Indian Reservation and feels haunted by his past. Sherman Alexie characterizes the narrator with point of view—the narrator’s perception of others and their own onto his perception of self, character—through the narrator’s identity as a Native American…

Introduction to Organization Culture Organization culture can take on numerous meanings depending on which nation or company one is analyzing at that moment. In my work experience a company I worked for, Nordstrom had a very interesting and intriguing culture for its employee’s and shoppers. Working for Nordstrom there were many artifacts that distinguished the company as a luxury high-end retailer, striving to give phenomenal customer service. From the bold capitalized letters, the silver…