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    symbolizing a bright new day, and a bright new future. All these colors Stephenson used represent simpler times of the southwest before the chaotic takeover of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway also known as AT&SF. According to Kansas Historical Society, the AT&SF Railway chartered in February of 1859. “At its largest, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway would own well over 13,000 miles, and the routes which made up its system would become some of the most heavily and strategically used

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    Have you ever wanted to know information about Amelia Earhart? Well, I got some information for you. Amelia Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas on July 24, 1897. Her parents were Amy Otis and Edwin Earhart. Her mother didn’t really do anything except drink and move around and her father was a lawyer. Amelia Earhart lived in Atchison, Kansas. She lived with her wealthy grandparents and attended a private school. She got a great education at that school. Amelia Earhart was great in chemistry and

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    Aviator Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas. Amelia lived with her Mother Amy and her Father Edwin. Amelia's father struggled with breaking the bonds of alcohol and maintaining a good job but when times were rough Amy would send amelia and her sister to stay with their grandparents where she spent most of her early childhood growing up. since Edwin couldn't keep a stable job amelia and her family had to move around quite often. Her mother and father separated multiple times

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    Before volunteering at Atchison Senior Village I was an ageist, I didn’t really like the very elderly or want to be around them. My time at Atchison Senior Village has taught me a lot, and busted some myths about old age. One of the first myths that was busted was that the elderly have no sex drive. One women Lainey and I met at ASV was very adamant about her nurses taking her to the strip club. The nurses thought it would be a fun idea but warned the woman “you can look, but you can’t touch” to

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    Amelia Earhart was born in Kansas, 1897. When she was seven her dad had enough money to take the family to see the world’s fair in St. Louis Missouri. While there, she and her younger sister Muriel saw a big roller coaster. When they went home Amelia tried to build her own. She did have help from Muriel, her uncle, and a friend. Wooden tracks went from the top of a shed to her yard. A little buggy was their mode of transportation. The tracks were greased with fat to make it go faster. Amelia was

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    Strategic Planning Paper

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    vital purpose of helping an organization determine what it wants to be in days to come and how it will achieve this objective. This paper explains how a well constructed strategic plan would benefit Atchison hospital which is located in the State of Kansas in the Midwestern United States. Atchison hospital was opened in 1913 with an initial investment of $65, 000 which went to the purchasing of land, medical equipment, and building of three-storey building. The original

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    structure (Atchison & Dirette, 2012). Significant loss of neurons occur in the cerebral cortex impacting thinking, judgment, reasoning, speech, and language (Atchison & Dirette, 2012). AD can be classified as early onset, before the age of 65, or more commonly late onset, after the age of 65 (Atchison & Dirette, 2012). Gene mutations are typically seen in AD, but do not cause the late onset form of AD; however, three genes are responsible for causing the early onset form of AD (Atchison & Dirette

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    “Bleeding Kansas” had many senseless deaths and tragedies caused by the fight for slavery to either become a part of or become eradicated from the new state, Kansas. David Atchison was a major proslavery advocate who believed that slavery needed to be expanded because of its intrinsic value in the culture and economy of the South (Hollitz 210). Sara Robinson, on the other hand, believed that slavery was giving the South unfair political power while simultaneously giving them an economic power that

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    2 Parkinson’s disease is classified as a progressive subcortical neurodegenerative disease (Atchison & Dirette, 2012). “It is considered the second most common neurodegenerative disease” (Atchison & Dirette, 2012, p. 213). The disease is a complex hypokinetic type with varying symptoms and unknown etiology. The purpose of the paper is to demonstrate a summary of the condition such as the

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    Every day, we as humans in a society make decisions that are varied in severity: What to eat for breakfast or which pairs of shoes to wear compared to other choices such as which educational institution to attend or which future occupation to pursue. When making a decision, there are numerous ways of reaching a conclusion. Ted Palys and Chris Atchison’s fifth edition of Research Decisions: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Method approaches, introduces the quantitative and qualitative approaches

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