Phase 5 Individual Project HIST125-1201B-05 American Culture in Transition March 28, 2012 CTU Online Professor David Markwell Introduction I must say that this assignment has come at a perfect time as I found myself surrounded in History as I toured Pearl Harbor this weekend. I have to admit watching video and listening to some of the survivors take on the events brought me to tears. I was fortunate enough to have my mom on this trip and she gave me some more great family history and explained
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rest of society as his mother had done as a civic leader. In the year 2000, Bill and his wife Melinda formed the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The foundation’s primary goal was to further the support of education and health in low-income communities around the country. In 2006, he stepped down from full time at Microsoft to dedicate more time to the foundation. Bill Gates and his wife have donated $28 billion dollars to charity to support their cause (Bill Gates, 2012). Dr. Martin Luther King
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1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01842.x/abstract*Date of Journal Article Publication August 5, 2012Funding Source/Support (if available) This research was funded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation. The Carnegie Airborne Observatory is supported by the W.M. Keck Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore foundation, the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, and William Hearst III. | RESEARCHER(S) – AFLLIATION(S) | Researcher/Journal Article Author Gregory P. Asner University/Agency
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chairman of a famous company, Berkshire Hathaway. Buffett donates money to foundations ran by his children and to foundations run by other philanthropists or ordinary people. According to CNN, Buffett donates around three billion dollars to the charities that his three children run on the day of his 82nd birthday. Also in 2006, Warren pledged 17.5 million Class B shares of his firm to each of his children’s foundations. Along with the $3 billion he wrote a letter to his children saying that he
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The Missouri community and government try very hard to maintain the family unit and help individuals thrive by offering a variety of services, making services accessible to the public, and by providing outreach into the community. The Missouri community and government try very hard to maintain the family unit and help individuals to become self-sufficient by offering a variety of human services. When researching articles that described human services needs that people have in their lives, two
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Guggenheim Museum was one of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest design and contribution to the architectural world . This museum was finished October 21 , 1959 only six months before Wright's death at the age of 91. Wright dedicated 16 years to the design and construction of the Guggenheim Museum,during which he endured constant battles with a limited budget, enforcement of strict building codes, and permits. To top it off he faced harsh criticism
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Running Head Unique Blends Volunteer Learning Center Derrick S. College Abstract The community is our people; those people are our friends and neighbors, our friends and neighbors make up the world. So what could make the community better? Studies show volunteerism helps to change people’s lives, makes you feel better about your contribution; whether that be financially or with your time, and help promote a better quality of life for others. There are many ways to
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“Russian opposition politician Boris Nemstov brutally murdered near Kremlin”, “French cartoonist Charlie Hebdo and 12 others murdered in Paris office”, “ISIS burns Jordanian pilot alive”. These were the screaming headlines in leading newspapers around the world recently. Such acts of violence seem a regular occurrence nowadays. Will there ever be peace on earth? Why is the world we live in such a violent place? In 15 years’ time, I will no longer be young. One change I would like to see taking
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Running head: CASE 7 !1 ! ! ! ! MICROSOFT V THE WORLD Marc Mattison Colorado Technical University ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Author Note This paper was prepared for [PHIL301], [CS13-01], taught by [Carolyn Geiser] on [October 20, 2013]. CASE 7 !2 ! MICROSOFT VS THE WORLD Long before Google was born and before Apple was the most powerful company in the world there was Microsoft. Microsoft was the leader in software, services and solutions. Unfortunately for the competition Microsoft
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give them the vaccines. But beware the havoc that power without oversight and democratic control can wreak. The biotech agriculture that Lord Sainsbury was unable to push through democratically he can now implement unilaterally, through his Gatsby Foundation. We are told that Gatsby's biotech project aims to provide food security for the global south. But if you listen to southern groups such as the Karnataka State Farmers of India, food
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