Bibliography: Keeler‚ William F. Daly: Aboard the USS Monitor. Annapolis: U.S. Naval Institute Press‚ 1964. Mindell‚ David A. War‚ Technology‚ and Experience aboard the USS Monitor. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press‚ 2000. Padfield‚ Peter. The Battleship Era. New York: David McKay Company‚ 1972. Potter‚ E.B. Sea Power. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press
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As explained on the "cash to boot" page of this website‚ mergers between corporations sometimes are paid for with a combination of stock and cash‚ which provides a unique accounting challenge. The general tax rule is that you must pay capital gains tax on such a transaction‚ but only to the extent of "cash to boot" which is the amount of cash you actually received. (It’s technically called a Section 368 reorg.) In some cases‚ such as Fording Canadian and the Wyeth merger with Pfizer‚ the
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The Virginia Colony vs. The Massachusetts Bay Colony The Virginia Colony and the Massachusetts Bay Colony were both similar and different on three main topics: religion‚ economics‚ and demographics. Religious views and importance differentiated greatly between the two colonies. New Englanders‚ the area in which the Massachusetts Bay Colony settled‚ came to America to exercise religious beliefs that were not allowed before the English Civil War and after the Restoration. They were made up of
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or alienation from his fellow human beings. (page 115) 3.His death leaves the people who wanted to be like him wondering about the purpose of life. (page115) 4.A descendent of the colonial poet Anne Bradstreet‚ Robinson was born in Head Tide‚ Maine‚ in 1869 and grew up in the nearby town of Gardiner. (page 115) 5.Robinson‚ were descended from old New England families. (page 116) 6.Robinson’s father retired from his successful mercantile business at the age of 51‚ moving the family to Gardiner
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1. How has the catch of lobsters changed over the past 15 years in the state of Maine? Lobstering has dominated the fishing industry in Maine over the last 20 years. However‚ lobster population in the state has diminished as a result of overfishing. 2. What does Walter Day suggest needs to be done to keep the industry flourishing? “Just let us do what we’ve been doing‚ and otherwise let us alone.” 3. What are shorts? Lobsters that are too small. 4. What are eggers? females carrying masses
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Capturing the USS Pueblo was a compelling time in history. On January 23‚ 1968 the USS Pueblo was spotted in the international waters by the North Koreans. As gunshots were fired at the commanders of the Pueblo‚ the other Americans on the USS tried but failed to escape. In the the attempt to kill the commanders‚ many others got wounded. The members of the Pueblo were charged and brought to prison for spying to close to the North Korean border. North Koreans made all of the Pueblo members involved
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panels that made them impervious to enemy cannon fire. Armed with an underwater ram‚ these ships were designed to slam into and sink the enemy’s wooden vessels. The first of these Confederate "Ironclads" was constructed upon the burned-out hull of the USS Merrimac left behind by Union forces when they abandoned the Newport‚ Virginia shipyards early in the war. Although christened the CSS Virginia by the Confederates‚ the new ship has retained its original name following the tradition of naming a ship
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of each of the characters Stephen King uses the relationships between the boys to really display the character traits. Rural Maine is where the story takes place. The film accurately portrays the setting with all of the trees and where the train tracks are high above the river which causes them to walk on the train tracks. Stephen King studied at the University of Maine which is how he adds just a little bit more of himself into the story. As the boys are
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Managing Change 589 What Went Wrong with Maine’s New Medicaid System? CASE STUDY he state of Maine provides medical coverage for over 260‚000 of its residents through its Medicaid program. Healthcare providers‚ including doctors‚ hospitals‚ clinics‚ and nursing homes‚ submit claims to Medicaid in order to be paid for the services they provide to Medicaid patients. As the 1990s drew to a close‚ Maine‚ like many other states‚ began planning for a complete overhaul of its Medicaid claims processing
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their duty to protect the United States of America. Ships used in the United States navy have evolved from wooden sailing ships into steel nuclear or gas powered ships. Some ships that were commissioned before 1900 were destroyers‚ and cruisers. The USS Farragut (TB-11) was a destroyer that was commissioned in1899‚ and used as a U.S. Navy torpedo boat to patrol the Panama Canal after the outbreak of the Spanish American war. This ship was a coal powered
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