...Ronald Reagan Rob Holmes HIS/145 November 14, 2013 Professor Pass Ronald Reagan Ronald W. Reagan was born February 6, 1911, and died June 5, 2004; Severed two terms as the 40th President of the United States of America from 1981 to 1989, succeeding President Jimmy Carter. Know as conservative Republican, hard-line anticommunist and skilled orator that earned him the nickname “the Great Communicator” (Ronald W. Reagan, 2013). Remembered for his foreign policies and is credited with the demise of the Soviet Union and ending the cold war and the Iran-Contra affair. Reagan is often credited with the release the remaining 51 American hostages that had been held captive in Iran for 444 days. During the Jimmy Carter administration on November 4, 1979 Islamic revolutionaries stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran and captured 66 American hostages. The hostage crisis the most significant issue facing Americans in the final year of Carters final year as president and played a crucial roll in Carter not winning re-election (Iran hostage crisis. 2013). A political war was taking place in Iran with the left and right wing revolutionaries and their new leader, the Ayatollah Khomeini. The hostages were caught in the middle of the struggle. Iran issued the demand that as a condition of the hostage’s release, the shah who had entered the United States to seek medical treatment be extradited back to Iran. Iran also insisted that the United States stopped interfering in Iranian affairs...
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..._______________________________________________ ---- Lean WINGS ---- Project / Case Study _______________________________________________ |Course: |Decision Making under Uncertainty | |Professor: |Jean-Philippe P. Richard | |Date: |April 13, 2011 | |Prepared by: |Timothy Carson | | |Annie Malpartida | | |Neville Sicard-Gregory | Table of Contents I. References & Related Documents 3 1. Executive Summary 3 1.1. Project Overview 3 1.2. Problem Statement 3 1.3. Project Justification 3 2. Project Definition 4 2.1. Project Objective 4 2.2. Project Success Criteria 4 3. Project Analysis 4 3.1. General Assumptions 4 3.3.7. AS-IS situation 9 3.3.8. 1st Idea 9 3.3.9. 2nd Idea 9 3.3.10. 3rd Idea 9 3.3.11. 4th Idea 9 3.3.12. Combination of Ideas # and # 9 3.3.13. Combination of Ideas # and # 9 3.3.14. OR team TO-BE proposal 9 3.4. Comparative chart 9 4. Recommendations 10 References & Related Documents |Document |Location ...
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...cultivated popular imgae of student radicalism= cahos + disorder • responsible for arson, bombing= destroy campus buildings + lives • tried to drive out training programs + bar military recruiters from college campuses Antiwar rallies • in protest of Vietnam war, many individuals gathered to advocate against the political minds and US presence in Vietnam • 1960s (late '60s) • organized some of the largest political demonstrations in American history Anti-draft movement • Protests against the military draft. • 1960s and 70s • only voluntary participation. Many left the country Counterculture • culture with values and beliefs different then the mainstream • 1970s Woodstock • A music festival held in New York in 1969 • the beatles, jimmy hendrix Termination • Reducing size of bureaucracy by cutting programs/agencies - reduce budget • Permanent cuts have been limited. • -Citizens dislike the bureaucracy but benefit from provided services Assimililation • Minority groups adoption of the beliefs and way of life of the dominant culture. National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) • formed to organize tribes to deal in a more unified way with US govt. • 1944 • Respond to the termination threats American Indian...
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...Running head: THE OVERRATED RONALD REAGAN The Overrated Ronald Reagan Kirston Gardner University of Phoenix Carole Lormand September 28, 2013 The Overrated Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan, the nation’s 40th president is one of the most overrated men in history. Americans did not forget all the broken promises and dishonesty they dealt with while Reagan was in office. For many reasons he would be considered a good President but there are many more reasons that he would not. Reagan’s ratings were higher than the averages of his three immediate predecessors, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, and Richard Nixon (Frank Newport, 2004). When rating Reagan, many factors show that he is indeed overrated, not only as a president but an individual as well. During Reagan’s term in office Americans faced recession, debt, high unemployment, questionable foreign policy and wasteful spending among other things. As Reagan was sworn, one of the first incidents, which were the release of the 51 hostages from the American Embassy in Tehran, occurred. It seemed as if the Iranians feared the win of future President Ronald Reagan. However, there were a few incidents that occurred prior to the inauguration of Reagan that actually set the stage for the emanate release of the hostages (United States History). The Shah of Iran died right before the presidential rae was over. Shah’s return, one of the requests in negotiations with the Iranians, was neutralized. The negotiations were now closer to closure...
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...Name Course University Tutor Date Ronald Reagan Mention Ronald Reagan and the next person will say how great he was. Ratings approval ranks him higher than any other former presidents of the United State of America. He has been described as one of the greatest leaders of our times. He displayed many valuable traits that by and large helped him to become the great leader he was. Did his character influence his leadership style? This is the core point as far as this former president of United States was concerned. His character shaped whom he became giving his all and championing his course to make America a better place to live for all the citizens. His election as the president restored the hopes of the Americans who had been disillusioned by the leadership whom majority felt had lost touch with the people. Wallison, P (2004) points out that his unique traits had great influence as far as his success as a president was concerned (23) One of his major accomplishments was restoring the people’s hope with the government. This achievement can be overlooked by many but it was such an important step since it regained the people hope and renewed their commitment for their country. This is the first step for any nation that is interested in forging ahead after years of scandals, wars and many other misgivings that they would like to forget. When Reagan was leaving office after his completion of the two terms he thanked all the American people and mostly those...
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...Running Head: The Carter Doctrine and the Cold War The Carter Doctrine and the Cold War United States Diplomatic Efforts During James L. Carter’s Presidential Time in Office In 1976 Americans chose James L. Carter versus Gerald Ford as their new president. The former governor of Georgia was appointed in hopes of defending American interests in the midst of the Cold War. Of President Carters’ administration, one of its most resilient adversities was faced Iran. Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower overthrew the leader of Iran in the 1953 Iranian coup d'etat, and used nuclear threats to conclude the Korean War with China. The New Look policy, the national security policy of the United States during his administration, called the New Look policy gave priority to inexpensive nuclear weapons while reducing the funding for the other military forces; the goal was to keep pressure on the Soviet Union and reduce federal deficits. Carter collaborated in this conquest. In response, Iran installed oppression of fanatical Moslem ayatollahs. This new government seized the American embassy in violation of the diplomatic law, withholding 66 hostages for the rest of the Carter administration. On November 14, 1979 President Carter immobilized the sale of weapons to Iran, banned all oil imports from them, and froze Iranian assets in the United States. The following year conditions for the release of the hostages were announced by the Shah but only in January 20th, 1981 when Ronald Reagan...
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...Click here for Full Issue of EIR Volume 4, Number 19, May 10, 1977 ENERGY Watergate In A New Persp-ective Richard Nixon/s Energy Policy To convince especially Republicans to rally behind the tion spokesmen and press conduits are claiming that Car ter's program is really "a more developed version" of Nixon's energy policies. The key difference now, goes the Carter Administration's anti-energy policy, Administra Nixon officially ended the method of market demand pro rating of the federal off-shore leases, which immediately opened up the offshore areas for massive exploration and production. The independents had publicly been demand ing this action; Atlantic Richfield and Phillips Petroleum had just testified to the Senate Interior Committee on the dependents with new oil reserves. Nixon backed up his action with an Interior Department report which estima. ted potential offshore reserves of oil at 200 billion barrels and 850 trillion cubic feet of gas. Such a large amount of oil in the hands of the indepen dents threatened Rockefeller control over oil supplies, as immediately after Nixon's action, well as threatening to bring down world prices. Almost environmentalist necessity of expanding offshore drilling to provide the in I line, is that Carter, an able strong leader, will be able to implement the program that the incompetent, crooked Nixion could not. James Schlesinger's assistants are leaking to reporters that "President Carter's energy pro gram is the product...
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...Andrew Jackson Young Andrew Jackson Young Jr. was born March 12, 1932 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His mother was Daisy Full Young a school teacher, and his father was Andrew Jackson Young Sr., a dentist. Young’s father hired a professional boxer to teach Andrew and his brother how to fight, so they could defend themselves. From that, Andrew decided that violence was not the path he would choose to follow. After beginning his higher education at Dillard University, Young transferred to Howard University in Washington, D.C. in 1947, and received his Bachelor of Science in pre-dentistry degree there in 1951. He felt a religious calling and entered the Turner-Boatwright Christian ministry school and earned a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Hartford Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1955. Young was appointed to serve as pastor of a church in Marion, Alabama. It was there in Marion that he met Jean Childs, who later became his wife. He became friend and ally of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at this time. In 1060 he joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Young was jailed for his participation in civil rights demonstrations, both in Selma, Alabama, and in St. Augustine, Florida. Young played a key role in the events in Birmingham, Alabama, serving as a mediator between the white and black communities. In 1964 Young was named executive director of the southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), becoming, in capacity, one of Dr....
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...Information Technology is an industry where you would store, retreive, send, and protect information from, many places use the source such as: bussiness, homes, hospitals,etc. These Acts have been around since the 1960's and has updated since, with the new technology systems. Information Technology has taken a toll since it' creation, becoming the most powerful among employers. In furter detail, I will discusss two paticular acts that have advanced in Informtion Technology. The Children's Internet Protection Act, is one of the few that have advanced in this industry. The CIPA is a law passed by Congress and it was signed into office by one of our late Presidents Bill Clinton, in 2000. CIPA is basically a law that protects children from inappropiate web cites, using filters and protecting children from harmful online pornography, lyrics, pictures, etc. in order to obtain federal funding ; this is a way to control what our students are doing with their free time on the web. However, most families with internet access at home have parental control set to monitor thei child's browsing, as for local schools and libraries they have installed privacy protection act that is implemented by the E-rate discounts. Many advances were made within Information Technology that resulted in new ethical issues among the creation of the CIPA. Due to the advances made in Information Technology, we are now able to monitor these thing and the behavior. Some advances were new software programming...
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...Famous Thinkers Paper Bill Gates Bill Gates, formally known as William Henry Gates III, was the co-founder of the Microsoft Corporation in 1975. It was not until the 19080s when this company really became a known corporation. Bill Gates was known for being an aggressive person that went after his ideas and did think twice about what his peers opinions were of him. Bill Gates found himself in the middle of a lawsuit and parted from the company in 2008 [ (Oxford World Encyclopedia, 2012) ]. Bill Gates began working on programming at the age of 13 and was able to show people that his innovations and business style were successful and profitable. Many people would assume that someone as successful as Bill Gates would be a straight A student that worked and studies hard. On the contrary Bill Gates and his partner spent most of their time in computer labs and studied just enough to get passing grades. It wasn’t long before both of them dropped out of college and formed Microsoft. Bill Gates and his partner met with IBM and he was so young that people at the meeting thought that he was an office assistant not the co-owner of Microsoft that was writing complex computer problems. Bill Gates and his ideas opened the door for computer systems and change how personal computers would operate. They were made more user friendly and accessible to everyone. The personal computer would soon be in everyone’s home and Microsoft Office would soon be in every business’ office [ (bio.True Story...
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...This paper will serve as many examples into the legislative process of the failure and passage of the Panama Canal Treaty. The Panama Canal Treaty is seen as one of the most controversial piece of legislature in United States history but one that will daunt President Jimmy Carter presidency. In 1964, when objectors was having a recurring episode. After four days of plunder and fighting, the Panamanian National Guard reestablished order. Eighty-five were wounded and four American died. Twenty-one Panamanians died in severe riots in their home country, they demanded U.S. withdrawal from the isthmus where the United States had had the mandate to exercise "all the rights, power, and authority" of a sovereign state since President Theodore Roosevelt orchestrated the 1903 Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty. In December 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson pledge negotiations to repudiate the 1903 treaty, and by June 1967 a draft treaty was initialed. Strong opposition in both countries doomed its prospects. President Richard Nixon continue discussions in 1970, and several years later Secretary of State Kissinger signed an agreement of theory with the weak presidency of Gerald Ford jeopardized implementation and Panamanian foreign minister Juan Antonio Tack. President Carter, wanting to nurture goodwill in South America, continued negotiations and finalized two treaties based on the 1967 theory. The Canal Treaty prescribed twenty-two years for control to gradually pass to Panama. The...
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...Martin Luther king jr. And Nelson Mandela two of the civil rights greatest leaders they both used superb word choice with Mandela using some of the same words King used 30 years earlier they also spoke of peace and freedom for their two country's and for the world. The speaker, one of the world's most recognizable black leaders, was addressing a joint session of the U.S. Congress when he quoted America's top civil rights leader. "Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty we are free at last," Nelson Mandela said to a standing ovation, quoting words delivered in a speech whose 50th anniversary comes next week. Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr. never met but they fought for the same cause at the same time on two continents. Mandela said he was prepared to die to see his dream of a society where blacks and whites were equal become reality. King was assassinated in 1968 while working for that same dream. Mandela spent 27 years in prison during white racist rule in South Africa. Released in 1990, he went on to become president and shared the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with the white South African president, F.W. de Klerk. King won his Nobel Peace Prize nearly 30 years earlier. Mandela traveled to the United States after he was released and he spoke at Yankee Stadium, telling the crowd that an unbreakable umbilical cord connected black South Africans and black Americans. There was a kinship between the two, Mandela wrote in his autobiography, inspired by such great Americans...
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...Hospital XYZ November 9, 2014 Memorandum for Record: As the lead surgeon and the sole decision maker for all transplant cases, I have a dilemma on my hands. I had just received a call and was notified that a heart has become available for a transplant. I currently have 3 patients that are candidates for this heart. Time is of the essence; therefore I have decided to give the heart to Jerry, a 55 year old, married and father of 3 children. I believe Jerry is the best candidate for the transplant because of his overall situation. As I mentioned before, he is only 55 years old, married and has 3 children, the youngest has special needs. His wife does not have a higher education, or has been gainfully employed in some time. With that said, she will have a difficult time providing for herself and their children. Jerry does not have a strenuous job and is eligible for retirement in 5 years and then he can take it easy. Even though his bad heart is a result of self-inflicted steroid use during his early 20’s, the dangers associated with that use were not fully known. Since then, he has changed his life style and has a family that depends on him. With this transplant, he can live another 10 -15 years and I do not see any ill effects of him receiving this new heart and the fact that he is currently here awaiting this procedure, he can be prepped and ready to go by the time the heart arrives at the hospital making him the perfect choice. Lisa would be my choice because...
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...Jimmy Buffett fans around the world refer to themselves as "parrot heads". These fans are considered and/or represent one of the most dedicated fan bases anywhere. These parrot heads were coined this nickname by a member of the rock group Eagles. This nickname came about in 1985 and has been referenced with this group of fans ever since. Jimmy Buffett himself sings of his fan base that he and parrot heads are "the people our parents warned us about", and they are a self-proclaimed nerd group. But at the same time, these die-hard Buffett fans often fantasize of being in a make believe, almost mythical land where reality kind of fades away and they can be themselves. All of this has lead to the Parrot Heads in Paradise, Inc., a small club that started in 1989 and has grown to clubs all over the world numbering in the thousands. It has literally become the name brand for the Jimmy Buffett fans and Jimmy Buffett himself. This "brand" has Buffett selling his fans the chance to temporarily escape into the land of fun and make believe. That being said, with Parrot Heads in Paradise, Inc. people/fans are purchasing the opportunity to live a type of life with others just like themselves. They have opportunities for road trips to concerts, visit with other club members from around the » country and the world at a happy hour, or even volunteer to help with a non-profit organization. The clubs have been able to build many customer communities all over the world. Because of its...
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...James Harold Doolittle Edmond Pukaj Spartan College of Aeronautics Abstract James Doolittle was a man with an outstanding resume in the American Air Force and one of Americas most well-known aviation pilots whose contributions in the Second World War was extremely crucial to increasing American morale. Doolittle also played a major role in creating new instrumentations to improve night flying and flying in hazardous weather. Doolittle broke and set many records in the aviation world and made the impossible possible with his extraordinary flying skills. Made himself a role model for upcoming generations of pilots. General James “Jimmy” Harold Doolittle was a very important individual in American aviation history. Many recognize Jimmy Doolittle as the individual responsible for coordinating the planes that took off on the aircraft carrier The Hornet, for the raid on Japan in the Second World War. James Doolittle was placed in charge of defining which plane to use for this mission. He decided on the B-25 plane determining that it had the highest potential to make the short take-off of the Hornet. Doolittle was known as being a daredevil, scholar, pilot and General. Doolittle’s particular expertise and passion was for flying. He is considered to be the American aviation pioneer. Although his flying expertise is what he is most commonly credited for his accomplishments far exceed this criterion (Daso, 2003) James Doolittle was born on December 14, 1896 in Alameda, California...
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