...Biography of John Davison Rockefeller John Davison Rockefeller was born in a small village in the northeastern United States, his family was poor. 1830s, the town of Richford, New York was still a sparsely populated, dilapidated small town, farming is the main means of livehood of local people. However John’s father William Avery Rockefeller who was called “Big Bill” was quite an exception. He was a traveling doctor and always tricked in other places, selling counterfeit pills and groceries on the streets. Even his first son’s birth in 1839 couldn’t change his unconventional disposition ending his unsettled life. But what he did made his wife Eliza harder.John’s mother, who was quite the opposite of his father, was a housewife...
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...thousands of jobs, and jumpstarted important industries to the American economy. Just like our present day CEO’s of major companies. John D. Rockefeller a robber baron during the industrial age became the founder of the Standard Oil Company and Larry Page who became the CEO of Google. John Rockefeller was an American industrialist, who became a high school dropout in 1855; John Rockefeller went from being a book keeper to having near control of the north east oil companies. John Rockefeller started one of the greatest monopolies of the progressive era. The Standard Oil Company grew to dominate the oil industry and became one of the first big trusts in the United States. John Rockefeller started his career in business when he was six-teen years old at Hewitt & Tuttle, a small commission firm for producing ships. His employers where impressed with his abilities for business as well his compassion donating a percent of his earning to charity and soon gave him more responsibilities within the business. John Rockefeller went into his own business by the age of twenty as a commission merchant. He soon realized that growth and industrial materials and that is when he saw his opportunity for big business which was oil. John Rockefeller paid close attention to detail which lead to his success in business, finding new ways to grow his business. John Rockefeller worked hard enough to buy out an oil business. He soon became partners with Henry Flagler, and soon became the largest oil refinery...
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...------------------------------------------------- Social Science Research Council From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the American organization. For the British organization, see Economic and Social Research Council. | A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. Please discuss further on the talk page. (June 2013) | Social Science Research Council | Social Science Research Council | Motto | Necessary Knowledge for the Public Good | Formation | 1923 | Type | Social Sciences Think tank | Location | * Brooklyn, New York, USA | President | Ira Katznelson | Website | www.ssrc.org | The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is a U.S.-based independent nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing research in the social sciences and related disciplines. Established in Manhattan in 1923, it today maintains a headquarters in Brooklyn Heights with a staff of approximately 70, and small regional offices in other parts of the world on an as-needed basis. The SSRC offers several fellowships to young researchers in the social sciences and related disciplines, mostly for overseas fieldwork. Contents [hide] * 1 History * 1.1 Early history * 1.2 Post-World War II * 1.3 Post-Cold War * 1.4 Past presidents * 2 Fellowships and other awards * 3 Resources ...
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...materials in light of theoretical arguments advanced in “readings.” Case materials include standard Harvard Business School cases, book chapters about individuals (Robert Moses and Henry Kissinger), corporations (e.g., Lehman Brothers and Time Warner), and industries (e.g., the auto industry), and in-class videos (e.g., a “Bill Moyer’s Journal” segment on David Rockefeller). COURSE REQUIREMENTS Final course grades will be based on student performance on three written assignments and on student participation in class discussions. Written Assignments. Each student will be expected to submit two individual case analyses that indicate what the student learned from reading and discussing the case in question. The case analyses should be one single spaced typewritten page long and should be submitted the week after the case that they address is discussed in class. Individual case analyses will be graded on a scale from 1-3 and together will comprise 10% of a student’s final grade. Each student should also form a group with three to four other students to complete a case study of a real organization. The research for this case study can be carried out using primary sources (e.g., participation observation and/or interviews) or secondary sources (e.g., books, articles, or prepared cases about a target organization). Thus, group members need not have worked in an organization to use it as the subject of their final case analysis. Other case analysis topics may also be...
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...the news -Staged Events – Boston Tea Party -Thomas Paine – wrote persuasive pamphlets The Federalists Papers -Letters to newspapers 1787-88 by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay -Pressure group PR campaign to gain acceptance for the Constitution -Used accurate facts and sound ideas -“History’s finest public relations job.” –Allen Nevins Antifederalists -Letters in newspapers criticizing new constitution, urging against ratification -Concession for Bill of Rights -Negative name -Antifederalists went away -Federalists became a party. Early PR Men in America – 1800s -John Beckley for Thomas Jefferson -Amos Kendall for Andrew Jackson. Kendall was first press secretary -Mathew St. Clair for Davy Crockett Robber Barons and the Muckrakers -Adversarial PR & Press Relations -Press Agentry: Provocative act to get publicity and draw attention toward an idea or grievance (P.R. Barnum, 1830s) -First corporate PR department established by George Westinghouse -First publicity agency: The Publicity Bureau, Boston, 1900 The Father of PR -Ivy Ledbetter Lee -Declaration of Principles - first code of ethics -Supply prompt and accurate information -Evolved press agentry into public relations -Recognized publicity must be supported by good works - “performance determines the publicity” -1914, appointed adviser to John D. Rockefeller World War I, 1917 – 1919 -Committee on Public Information, 1917, set up...
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...This paper will outline the contributions William Lyon Mackenzie King made as the Tenth Prime Minister of Canada. The historical impact his leadership had on the evolutionary process and growth of a nation; additionally the paper will examine how Canada benefited and the negative implications by William Lyon Mackenzie King’s decisions while in power. The goal of this research paper is to enlighten the reader why Canada precociously went through 22 years multiple periods of transition and evolution. King worked diligently throughout his academic life. He earned five university degrees including an M.A in political economy and earned his L.L.B his educational prowess helped gained essential skills he would use later in life. King worked for Politicians...
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...Bloodlines of Illuminati by: Fritz Springmeier, 1995 Introduction: I am pleased & honored to present this book to those in the world who love the truth. This is a book for lovers of the Truth. This is a book for those who are already familiar with my past writings. An Illuminati Grand Master once said that the world is a stage and we are all actors. Of course this was not an original thought, but it certainly is a way of describing the Illuminati view of how the world works. The people of the world are an audience to which the Illuminati entertain with propaganda. Just one of the thousands of recent examples of this type of acting done for the public was President Bill Clinton’s 1995 State of the Union address. The speech was designed to push all of the warm fuzzy buttons of his listening audience that he could. All the green lights for acceptance were systematically pushed by the President’s speech with the help of a controlled congressional audience. The truth on the other hand doesn’t always tickle the ear and warm the ego of its listeners. The light of truth in this book will be too bright for some people who will want to return to the safe comfort of their darkness. I am not a conspiracy theorist. I deal with real facts, not theory. Some of the people I write about, I have met. Some of the people I expose are alive and very dangerous. The darkness has never liked the light. Yet, many of the secrets of the Illuminati are locked up tightly simply because secrecy is a way...
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...Influenza is a unique respiratory viral disease infecting the whole respiratory tract-namely, the nose, sinuses, the throat, lungs, and even the middle ear. The disease spreads from person to person by airborne droplets produced when an infected individual coughs or sneezes. Acute symptoms of influenza, including fever, headache, shivering, muscle pain, cough, and pneumonia, are the result of the virus replicating in the respiratory tract, in which infected cells die and slough off (Rosenberg). The Spanish Flu got its name from newspaper reports of that period. It was thought that the influenza infection was carried form Asia to Spain during World War I. During WWI Spain remained neutral and the government did not censor the press. Spanish papers were filled with reports of the disease, especially when King Alphonse XIII became seriously ill with the flu. In facts the origins of the flu are not certain. Although it came in three waves during 1918-19, it is also unclear why it halted in 1919. The first wave was in the spring of 1918. It was known for comparable mild intensity of symptoms and somewhat low death toll. Also, Americans were distracted...
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... How Society and Nurses Affect the Roles of Nursing Introduction A nurse has many roles and parts to play in the daily routine of caring for patients. By examining the different roles of a nurse; health promoter, care provider; learner and teacher, we will see how nursing has evolved and how the philosophy of nursing changes. How these roles tie into society and into the symbiotic relationship between society at large and the nursing profession. The shift of healthcare to prevention, education, and the ever changing world of medicine, along with the realization that a nurse’s job is specialized, has tremendously affected the beliefs and ideas of the profession. Based on our textbook, research, and my personal experiences I will explore and clarify my philosophy of nursing. The purpose of this paper is to examine the fact that nursing is an ever-changing profession which society’s ideas and beliefs will impact, whether by necessity or through evolution. Health Promoter and Care Provider Health promotion or prevention is the latest hot topic in the healthcare arena. According 2 to Prochaska, J. and DiClemente, C. (1992), the nursing strategies for health behavior change are Precontemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action and Maintenance touch on every different type of nurse and show a need for growth. While providing hands on care, the nurse “raises the client’s awareness of healthy behaviors”. This could be the role of a hospital nurse, clinical nurse or a home healthcare...
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...The author will conduct her research method with a survey. The instrument that will be used will be an interview with Zmira King-Elbaz, a psychologist at the Lester B. Pearson School Board. This school board has a fairly large faculty and staff (N= 1000-5000), where the author will have a sample of one psychologist (n=1). It is to be expected that she will be in favour of having the street name changed to Doctor Penfield Avenue, taking into account his contributions to McGill University and more specifically, psychology and neuroscience. Literature Review Wilder Penfield is one of the most famous doctors, let alone neurosurgeons in the world. According to McGill University, the Montreal Neurological Institute was founded in 1934 by Dr....
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...The Bureau of Corporations, predecessor to the Federal Trade Commission was created as an investigatory agency within the Department of Commerce and Labor in the United States. The Bureau and the Department were created by Congress February 14, 1903, during the Progressive Era. The main role of the Bureau was to study and report on industry, looking especially for monopolistic practices. Its 1906 report on petroleum transportation made recommendations that became part of the Hepburn Act of 1906, and was used when the Justice Department successfully prosecuted and broke up Standard Oil in 1911. In 1912 the Bureau issued a report on the development of water power in the United States, including its ownership or control, and fundamental economic principles involved in utilization of this new and rapidly growing energy source. The report noted an increasing concentration of ownership and control of widely separated waterpower developments in the hands of a few; a substantial interrelationship among leading water-power interests, as well as a significant and increasing affiliation between water-power companies and street-railway and electric-lighting companies. The report stressed the importance of promptly adopting a definitive public policy concerning water-power development.[1] The various concerns expressed would initially be regulated by the Federal Water Power Act of 1920. The business, managerial, and financial practices of these early utility holding companies would proliferate...
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...Conspiracy Theory November 22, 1963 was an unforgettable day in American history. On this day the thirty-fifth President of the United States, John F. Kennedy (JFK), was assassinated in Dallas, Texas while he rode in an open limousine with Texas Governor John Conally (Wicker, 1963). He received fatal head wounds caused by one of the bullets from the shooting. Lee Harvey Oswald (Oswald), the only person ever formally accused of the assassination, ran away from the Texas Book Depository where he worked, and was stopped for questioning by a police official. At which time, Oswald killed the officer with a revolver he had hidden (Wicker, 1963). Oswald fled to the Texas Theater and within a short time period he was apprehended by the police and brought into a police station (Wicker, 1963). Although Lee Harvey Oswald was accused of the crime, he was murdered by Jack Ruby and never prosecuted for the assassination. Since the tragic events that occurred in November of 1963, there have been many theories that the murder of President John F. Kennedy was done as part of a conspiracy. As this year of 2013 it has been fifty years since the events and people are still mystified with the assassination of JFK and the possible conspiracy theories. An important fact that Americans and people worldwide need to know about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza in Dallas, is that 50 years on from the incident we know “everything about the attack, and yet we...
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...Assignment 1.2: Industrialization after the Civil War Final Paper Belinda Scott History 105: Spring 2014 Prof. Michael Smith Industrialization after the Civil War After the Civil War the United States became a much more industrialized society. Between 1865 in 1920 industrialization and proved American life in many ways. However industrialization also created problems for American society. This paper will introduce my previously crafted thesis statement where I stated my opinion on how industrialization after the Civil War influenced US society, economy, and politics. This paper will also identify three major aspect of the industrialization during 1865 in 1920 that influenced United States society, economy, and politics while considering issues such as; geography, entrepreneurship, and legislative representation. This paper will also identify three specific groups that were affected by industrialization and provide two examples of each group describing how the group was affected while considering issues such as race, ethnicity, gender, and child labor. Finally this paper will summarize how industrialization affected the life of the average working American during this period. After the Civil War the United States became a much more industrialized society. Between 1865 in 1920 industrialization improved American life in many ways. However industrialization...
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...Bailie Welton English 201 The Research Paper Communication Generation Introduction The Internet is an ever-growing assortment of intricate webs of knowledge that capture all interests a person may have. As time has gone on, the Internet has grown into one of the leading ways to communicate with other people. Whether it is an Instant Message, E-mail, or wall posts, this generation has it all right at their fingertips. This type of technology gives one the chance to publicly share their information about both themselves and their daily lives to other online users and friends all across the world. Though this may sound like a wonderful piece of social technology, a huge number of problems have been linked to the children and teens of this newer generation and the Internet. Having the capability to spend a lot of time around a computer while still feeling social has led children and teens to have a mix of behavioral and communication problems in the real world. Not only that, but the Internet has become an instant catalog of faces and personal information that predators jump at the opportunity to use. Health issues and addictive behaviors are also a problem that is now manifesting itself in grade-schoolers who not only use the Internet as a social device but also as a source of daily entertainment. This new generation is quickly loosing its abilities to communicate and participate in the real world as the ever-growing cyber world continues to hold them captive. Paragraph...
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...UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION M.ED. (ADMIN. IN HIGHER EDUCATION)-DISTANCE RESEARCH PAPER INEQUALITY IN ACCESSING HIGHER EDUCATION IN GHANA: THE CHALLENGES AND WAYFORWARD AKPLOME PRECIOUS INTRODUCTION Globally, education remains the fulcrum for the achievement of higher economic, social, technological standards and development. Education continues to receive wide attention amongst most developed nations’ governments and policy due to the remarkable contributions that it brings to the nation. In Africa even though there seems to be a concerted effort by various governments to improve on education at all levels, there is gender inequality in access to education at all levels of the academic ladder. Gender inequality in access to education continues to receive considerable attention worldwide and many developing counties. Ghana is no exception and the situation affects national development and also limits opportunities for women especially in enjoying higher job prospects in the country. At the 1990 World Conference on Education for All in Jomtien, Thailand, particular emphasis was placed on female education not only as a fundamental right, but also as an important means for economic and social development (UNESCO, 2003). Undeniably, education has been viewed by many as central to the achievement of greater equality in society, including between men and women. This notwithstanding, the lack of education has been...
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