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Robber Barons By John Davison Rockefeller And Andrew Carnegie
Robber Barons such as John Davison Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie were a large part of the propelling force that led the United States into a new
frontier, setting the standard for the American dream. These men were known for their ingenuity, intuition, and innovation as business men. Each
setting a high standard in their field, these men set out to accomplish greatness by revolutionizing their industry. They were known in history as the
first men to become giants of the industrialized world, they created a new ear, and with it legacies that have lasted centuries.
John D. Rockefeller founded the Standard Oil company, and became one of the wealthiest men in the world, propelling America into a new frontier.
In the 19th century, kerosene was highly demanded, and there were small kerosene manufacturing companies all over the United States.
Rockefeller's early life was no near the upbringing of a billionaire. His father began as a peddler working to make ends meet as his mother raised
his brothers and sisters. He was given a $100 loan to buy a small boat, but by 1870, he established the Standard Oil company. In only 10 years,
Rockefeller owned 90% of the U.S's oil refineries. During this time, many accused Rockefeller as participating in unethical business practices. He
collaborated with major railroads to eliminate his competition and used predatory pricing as well as horizontal integration to monopolize the entire oil
industry. In 1886, Rockefeller took out a loan to buy
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John D. Rockefeller Monster Monopolist or Marketplace Hero
Debating the Documents Interpreting Alternative Viewpoints in Primary Source Documents Monster Monopolist or Marketplace Hero? John D.
Rockefeller and his Standard Oil Company were widely admired and just as widely despised. Rockefeller: ©2006 MindSparks, a division of Social
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Make copies of the worksheets and the pages with the sources. Ask students to study the background information on each source and the source
itself. Then have them take notes on the sources using the worksheets. If students have access to a computer, have them review the primary
sources with the ImageXaminer. You may also ask them to use its magnifying tools to more clearly focus their analysis. 2. Have students do the
worksheets. 4 Debating the Documents | Rockefeller: Monster Monopolist or Marketplace Hero? InTRoducTIon 3. "debate the documents" as a
class. Have students use their worksheet notes to debate the primary source documents as a class. Use the overheads to focus this discussion on
each source in turn. Urge students to follow these ground rules: Use your worksheets as a guide for the discussion or debate. Try to reach
agreement about the main ideas and the significance of each primary source document. Look for points of agreement as well as disagreement
between the primary sources. Listen closely to all points of view about each primary source. Focus on the usefulness of each source to the historian,
not merely on whether you agree or disagree with that source's point of view. Teacher 4. Have students do the final dBQ. A DBQ is an essay question
about a set of primary source documents. To answer the DBQ, students write essays using evidence from the sources and their own background
knowledge of the historical
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Essay on Stefan Sagmeister, an Influential Designer
Libby Castellani Holly Vaughn GRA 1109C 17 October 2012 Stefan Sagmeister: An Influential Designer In today's art world there seems to be a
large gap that separates fine art from commercial art. Often there is a disconnected coldness associated with those who work in communications art
and produce art for clients. As if all emotion and feeling is stripped from commercial artwork merely because it was created with the intention of
pleasing a client. Stefan Sagmeister bridges the gap in the art industry by redefining commercial design as a personal, emotional, and deep art. While
Sagmeister's work encompasses a vast spectrum of mediums such as, album covers, logos, installations, and posters it is his philosophy on design that...
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The poster displays the midsection of Sagmeister's nude body, stretching from the top of his lip all the way down to where his pubic hair begins. The
audacity of his brazen body is accompanied by harsh lettering that has literally been carved into his skin by his intern with a razorblade (Heller &
Vienne, 10). While the broad reception to this poster can be attributed to its shock–value, Sagmeister's self–mutilation was a commentary on the
absurdity of inking the body with tattoos (Heller & Vienne, 10). The scratches in his body display the details of the lecture as well as
Sagmeister's words pertaining to his philosophy on design, Style=Fart. This philosophy, which he has now put to rest, translates as his conscious effort
to not get wrapped up in fashion statements or trends; design that is defined by a temporary style is meaningless (Designboom). Sagmeister explains
why he relinquished the philosophy in an interview with Designboom: I discovered that this is simply not true. 
Through experience I found that if
you have content that is
 worthwhile the proper expression of that content, in terms of
 form and style is actually very important. It can be a
very 
useful tool to communicate that content (Designboom). Stefan Sagmeister also has two published books under his design belt (Sagmeister).
Made You Look, Sagmeister's first book was published in 2001
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The Hybrid Electric Engine Concept
This summer, I had the opportunity to intern at Pratt & Whitney Engines, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, in East Hartford, CT.
Pratt & Whitney is one of the largest aircraft engine makers, for both commercial and military aircraft in the world, with over 31,000 employees that
support more than 11,000 customers around the world. Within Pratt & Whitney, there are several areas of operation. I worked in their Propulsion
Systems Analysis in the vehicle systems analysis group. While working at Pratt & Whitney I had the opportunity to work on quite a few projects,
including looking at a hybrid electric engine concept, which was my main project for the semester. The hybrid electric engine concept was one of
several engine concepts that were discussed in the NASA Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research, otherwise known as SUGAR, research papers.
NASA partnered with Boeing to identify possible aircraft and engine concepts that would meet certain performance, noise, and emission standards.
NASA expected that these concepts would be possible between 2030 and 2045. In the Phase 1 report, released in 2011, they looked into five aircraft
concepts ranging from a 2008 baseline, which was a Boeing 737 aircraft, to a gas turbine battery concept and hybrid wing aircraft. In NASA's Phase 2
SUGAR report, released in 2012, they updated some information of the aircraft and engine concepts used in the Phase 1 report along with adding new
aircraft and engine concepts. In all of
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Whitney Houston Research Paper
Do you know what it's like to be loved and always loved? Whitney Houston sings about how she "will always love you." Whitney Houston's music
represents R and B that has its fair share of love songs. Love is the most important thing in order for relationships to survive. As shown in her music,
Whitney Houston, and others in her music genre, have had love experiences that help them make music.
Whitney Houston was born August 9, 1963 in Newark, New Jersey. Whitney Houston lived in New Jersey as a child. Whitney dropped her first
album at the age of 22 on February 14, 1985, she also dropped her second album on April 27, 1987. The album made Whitney became the first female
artist to debut atop the US billboard 200 album chart, a position she held
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Whitney Houston Research Paper
Whitney Houston was born to a family that were singers. She was the youngest of three children and was related or friends with lots of talented
singers, Aretha Franklin was her grandmother. She began singing in a choir at church and soon went on to become a background singer. When she
was 18 she had her first record deal. With her second album she had to first album by a women to enter the number 1 charts. On July 18, 1992 she
got married to the singer Bobby Brown. They had one child whom they named Bobbi Kristina and was born on March 4, 1993. She then mainly
focused her career on acting with appearances in several movies. She had many problems with drugs throughout her years often making it into
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On multiple instances she was accused of using drugs. In 2000 tabloids said that there had been marijuana found in her luggage. Many other times it
had been said that she was in rehab and one time or other. Leading up to her death she was planning on attending pre Grammy party held by her
mentor Clive Davis. Her assistant Mary Jones left to get a package and was to return later. When she came back she found Whitney in the tub. It
became apparent that she had done some cocaine, a variety of prescription drugs, and had drank some prior to her death.
Some evidence that was collected was a small spoon with a crystal like substance (cocaine) in it and a rolled up piece of white paper. The spoon
was most likely used to help administer the cocaine. They found a total of 12 pill bottles including anti anxiety and muscle relaxants. These drugs
were prescribed from 5 different doctors. An open bottle of champagne was found, and an open can of beer was on a table with several pills around
the bottle.
The cause of death was drowning. This was caused by her either having a heart attack or she had a seizure, they are not sure which one caused it. The
mechanism of death was Hypoxia or the lack of oxygen to the brain. All these events occurred because of requiring drug
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Whitney Houston Research Paper
Whitney Houston
Background
Whitney Elizabeth Houston, was a famous American singer, actress, producer and model. Born on August 9th of 1963 in Newark, New Jersey and
sadly deceased on the 11th of February of year 2012 in a hotel in Beverly Hills, California. John Russel Houston an Army serviceman and entertainment
executive was the father of Whitney and Cissy Houston a gospel and soul singer was her mother, Cissy was Whitney's inspiration, role model, mentor,
best friend, the most important person in her life. Bobby Kristina Houston, Whitney's only daughter with the R&B singer Bobby Brown. Whitney and
Brown got married in 1992 and divorce in 2007 their marriage was very controversy and turmoil.
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Cd's disk, online download.
Operations Management: Capitalize on physical facilities (location, capacity, etc.). (organization based, headquarters)
Operations Management: Increase community outreach. (Events)
Technology Management: Increase efficiencies through use of social media, news media, branding materials.
Communication Management: Improve internal communications.
Customer Management: To execute and maintain a CRM process that is producing results.
Marketing Management: Develop and implement a promotional plan to drive increased business.
Alliance Management: Establish one new strategic alliance annually.
Channel Management: Improve distributor and/or supplier relationships.
People/Learning Strategic Objectives
People: Employ professionals who create success for customers.
Training: To develop the leadership abilities and potential of our team.
Culture: To align incentives and staff rewards with performance.
Knowledge: To continually learn and adopt current best
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What Are The Strengths And Weaknesses Of The Geared...
Strengths and Weaknesses of the Geared Turbofan Engine (GTF)
There are many ways one could use to improve the fuel efficiency of an aircraft. However, I would like to focus on one in particular which is the
PurePower Geared Turbofan Engine by Pratt and Whitney. The Geared Turbofan Engine was first used on small private jets by Honeywell but they
never advanced the technology. Pratt and Whitney decided to work on it so that engines could be more efficient, even though it took them more than
20 years to do it.
Strengths of the Geared Turbofan Engine
Figure 1. The breakdown of a Geared Turbofan Engine (Bloombergcom, 2016).
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The turboprop planes had a gearbox between the shafts and the fan. This allowed the fan to turn slower while the compressor and turbine turned
faster. Even though this gearing approach would save much more fuel, it had not been tried on commercial jetliners. This was because it was a
general belief that it would be too heavy and wear out too rapidly. Pratt and Whitney decided that they would be willing to experiment with this.
The major challenge they had was in making the gearbox bigger. This was so that it could keep it from being torn apart if there was a shock that
pulled the fan in one direction and the shaft in the other. Adding steel to increase the stiffness would have been too heavy. Eventually, after much
research and development, the PurePower GTF engine was ready for testing in 2008. The engineers of Pratt and Whitney broke a prototype on
purpose to see if accidents would destroy the gear. However, there was barely an effect on the
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Whitney White: A Fictional Narrative
Whitney White was a beautiful woman, only 30 years old, but she had received something she didn't expect, a daughter. She now had to take care of
the child all on her own, since the father had left her, but on July 6th, in the year of 1962, she decided all of that was going to change.
She strutted along the Broadwalk, as her charming hazel, hair glistened in the cool wind. She was putting her sunglasses over her chocolate brown
eyes when she spotted Chris Mustard, her jerk husband, out of the corner of her eye. A feeling of fury bolted through her. This was the wicked man
that left her in debt. This was the wicked man that left her to take care of their child on her own. Then, she saw something she wasn't expecting, another
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"What are you doing?"
She rushed toward him an held up the candlestick.
"Whitney? Please! What are you doing? Whitney! Whitn–"
She violently smashed his head in with the bronze candlestick. She did it constantly. She didn't slow down until she was certain he was dead, but even
then she still didn't stop.
"That was for being such a great father," she snapped at his corpse after she stopped. She looked down at her dress. Red. Her dress was a bright, bloody
red. All of her innocence was gone. She dragged his muscular body behind the Ferris wheel.
Suddenly, a scream louder than a dog barking for food could be heard. She turned around and there she was. Her daughter.
"Mommy! I came down here because you were gone for a bit and–" she sniffed.
"Lauren," Whitney was in disbelief while her daughter just broke down. She couldn't take it. She broke out into a sprint and she escaped. She
escaped from her daughter. She escaped from the murder. She was away from everything. Nothing could stop her now. Not her daughter, the police,
her husband's girlfriend, or anybody else. All of her innocence was gone, she truly was on her own, and she was heading who knows
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Pratt And Whitney's Vacation
Prologue After endless nights in the Newman Library on campus, I had finally graduated Virginia Tech as a mechanical engineer. That summer I was
travelling Europe with my sister, since the job offer I received from Pratt & Whitney allowed me to start working in late August. Well, it has been 3
years since I started working with Pratt & Whitney and it has been one of the best decisions I have made to work with this company. It has provided
me with more education that i was not planning on doing, but I was studying for my master degree in mechanical engineering and the company was
paying for the whole course.
It's Christmas vacation and the company is closed until Three King's Day and I am on my way to the airport to take a flight to Reykjavik, ... Show more
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She moved out there about a year ago after getting a job offer from another sister company of Pratt and Whitney. She is also an engineer and we
both work in the same field. She was talking the whole way to the resort, which I expected because she always gets excited to tell me about her
adventures. I sit there, listening to her the whole ride and enjoyed hearing about her new, happy life, but when the bus comes to a stop, I was
relieve to be getting off and walking to the Blue Lagoon Resort. The Blue Lagoon is one of the most famous resorts and geothermal spa in the
world and one of the most visited attractions in Iceland. Nicole and I had to just wait in line and then change because we bought our tickets with
our package. Walking into the resort was a dream come true. I have always dreamt of going to this magnificent resort and having a one of a kind
experience here. I put on my bathing suit and lotion my hair with special conditioner the resort provided me with because the natural minerals in the
water make hair extremely dry. Stepping out of the locker room were steps into the light aqua water, leading to the outside portion of the lagoon. The
Blue Lagoon is massive the different areas around the resort are incredible and the scenery is
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Whitney Houston Hero's Journey Essay
When Whitney Houston decided to be a singer, her mother warned her she'd be alone a lot (Mitchell). Despite this, Houston was able to realize
that we all are no matter what we do. Loneliness is a thing that comes with life. In order to deal with this feeling of isolation that her mother had
warned her about, Houston turned to drugs and a destructive marriage. You'd think that with all her fans and huge career Houston would be happy,
but it's easy to tell from her example that even those who seem the strongest can break into something no one can imagine. Joseph Campbell first
outlined his thoughts of a journey all mythical heroes followed as steps in 1949 and, despite the time difference, these steps can still be compared to
the lives of modern day heroes. From her birth to her death, Houston managed to follow these steps of the Hero's Journey to prove herself as a hero
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As described in an article written by Mack LeMouse, a hero is called to adventure by a herald, which could be a person or an object. This call
compels them to leave their normality and venture into the unknown, causing them to often feel out of place in the new environment. Rather than
being a call that was brought by a herald, Houston was her own herald by producing her call by herself. Her interest in singing pushed her into
wanting to have her own career like her mother. She was able to start pursuing this call when she was 11 by singing solos as a member of a junior
gospel choir at her church. Houston then began to perform with her mother at a few gigs as a teen and later went on to be a backup singer for artists
such as the Michael Zager Band, Lou Rawls, and Jermaine Jackson
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Embraer and Cessna Market Segmentation
Embraer is a Brazilian aerospace company that produces commercial, military, executive, agricultural aircraft and provides aeronautical services. The
Cessna Aircraft Company is an American general aviation aircraft manufacturing corporation headquartered in Wichita, Kansas. Best known for small,
piston–powered aircraft, Cessna also produces business jets. Market Segmentation
Cessna Aircraft are sold to private businesses, governments, individuals, freight airlines, charter airlines, and air taxi companies. Cessna has several
competitors domestically and internationally in various market segments. Cessna's aircraft compete with other aircraft that vary in size, speed, range,
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Responsiveness, Access, Courtesy, Credibility, Understanding the customer and Communication:
Cessna's Citation service "No matter where you fly, you're always close to home. Our extensive worldwide network ensures the maximum uptime for
your aircraft and the utmost safety for its occupants" shows the willingness of the company to help the customers at the time of need, they are readily
accessible to provide customer service. Cessna is known to builds very good long–term relationships with its customers.
Embraer's value of We are here to serve our customers shows company's readiness to provide service to its customers also its Helpline which says it's a
"Direct channel to raise concern" ensures customers that Embaaer employees are available when needed. Competency: Cessna's Engineering and
design feature shows that their aeronautical engineers have imagined hundreds of original aircraft concepts into clean sheet designs advancing to the
latest computer–enhanced technology and flight–simulation tools and, finally, to prototype. Embraer's value of striving for company excellence shows
that the company believes that technological progress means continually striving for perfection. Company actions are aimed at simplicity, agility,
flexibility and safety, while constantly striving for improvement and excellence. Cessna (with the Citation Mustang) and Embraer (with the Phenom
100) both offer
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John D Rockeffeller
What makes John D. Rockefeller an effective leader?
In his decades of business, one of the key characteristics that propelled Rockefeller to success was his strong leadership abilities. It wasn 't his
status, nor his age that made Rockefeller a great leader. Instead, it was his influence. People around him wanted to follow him; they were inspired by
him to do more than they ever thought they were capable of. It was his ability to create a strong sense of teamwork and his own energy and passion
that drove his workers and thus his company.
We can say he was a leader according to the leadership framework: Be, Know, Do:
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In the fight against independents pipelines, armed men defended land bought by Rockefeller on the planned way of the pipelines.
What type of leadership did he use?
It appears that, to lead his company, Rockefeller used one type of leadership to lead the workers inside the company and for the commercial
practices. In both case, it was an autocratic and directive style of leadership. Even if Rockefeller seemed very close to his employees and knew how to
motivate and reward them, he did not trust them at all. He saw his relationship with them as transactional, one of competing needs. However, he rarely
made important decisions without seeking debate and achieving a common mind among his key associates, foreshadowing the
"consensus–management"
For his commercial practices, he used too an autocratic leadership. His most flagrant sin was the ruthlessness with which he crushed competitors. For
every competitor who became to be dangerous for his business, Rockefeller used all the above practices to reduce them to nothing, or he extended the
olive branch to vanquished rivals, buying out their companies and drawing them into his organization, making at least some of them richer than they
could have been on their own. This was not generosity but the mechanism whereby he expanded Standard Oil into a monopoly.
The Rockefeller 's underlying characteristics that helped him to raise the top:
Several studies on Rockefeller show us the caricatured portrait of
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The External Environment Of Pratt And Whitney
A.Concepts 1.The organization's environment describes the atmosphere inside and outside of the organization and how the entity responds to the
conditions. The company should understand how these forces drive the organization and in which direction. With this knowledge, the organization will
be able to plan and make adjustments as necessary. B. Analysis 1.To interact and lead in the industry, Pratt & Whitney is focused on the future of
commercial and military aircraft engines. More than a quarter of the world's passenger fleet is driven by a Pratt & Whitney engine. Internally, Pratt &
Whitney seeks the most talented and diverse workforce available to keep ahead of the competition through creativity and teamwork. CONCEPT
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The Canada–based location alone has produced upward of 80,000 engines with more than 60 percent of them in use by 10,000 operators in over 200
countries. Nearly 500 clients in 121 countries use Pratt & Whitney engines with 30 more customers operating aircraft that are powered by Pratt &
Whitney produced military service engines In 2015, Pratt & Whitney reported a profit of nearly 2 billion dollars on revenues of 14 billion.
Additionally, Pratt & Whitney has 33,500 employees with a client base of 11,000 internationally. ii.The Technological Dimension– Pratt & Whitney
designs commercial engines that are used to provide necessary power to various airlines and operators for both commercial and cargo craft. In addition
to being known globally known for cutting edge manufacturing techniques, Pratt & Whitney is dedicated to continuous growth to consistently meet
growing technological advance and demands. Since 1925, Pratt & Whitney has been the only provider for aircraft in branches of the service, starting
with the Navy as their first client. Today, the company is the ONLY producer of aircraft engines for fifth generation fighter craft. Pratt & Whitney's
current technological focus is to develop a system that powers next generation propulsion units that are able to further strides in fuel efficiency, lessen
emissions, and reduce noise. Pratt & Whitney is dedicated to
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Stefan Sagmeister Research Paper
Stefan Sagmeister was born in Australia. He would attend and graduate from an art school in Dornbirn, Australia and would then go on to apply for
graphic design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.....At first, he was rejected. He observed that his drawing skills were not up to what the other
people had been submitting, and for his final exam, he opted to take an abstract approach to the subject titled 'Green in the city'.
[http://www.designersandbooks.com/designer/bio/stefan–sagmeister]
He chose to make an active piece of art rather than something more traditional. He continuously tapped his brush against the canvas without placing a
single mark upon it. Although not particularly skilled, the method he chose was very noisy. The incessant... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
The solution was to create a miniature world by using tiny scaled items. The only items left in normal scale where the Frooti packaged pieces, as well
as Mangos.It created a sense that the Mango and the Frutti were the "heroes" of the short stories. Sagmeister opted to not just keep the images stagnant,
but to also include the usage of movement and stop motion graphics within the campaign. The turnout was very successful. The usage of bold color
also helped to make the Frutti "pop" and give a sense of playfulness throughout the imagery.
[http://www.sagmeisterwalsh.com/]
Aizone is a luxury department store in the Middle East. Wanting art direction and design, they came to Sagmeister&Walsh. Their solution was to take
the brands vibrant nature, and deliver it through campaigns delivered through multiple different mediums. Showcasing his incredible typographic skill,
Sagmeister's "Take It On" campaign made waves in NYC Subway stations. The posters were made for the School of Visual Artsin New York City,
where both Stefan and wife Jessica Walsh are professors. They decided to take on the project when they realized how deeply rooted they are in the
SVA community.
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Key Management Issues : Standard Oil, A Monopolistic...
Key Management Issues to be Solved
Standard Oil, a monopolistic company of massive size, used a lack of regulation in the oil industry to become a leader by unscrupulous business
practices. By the year 1878 Standard Oil was in control of more than ninety five percent of the oil business in the United States. "Rockefeller's strengths
in bargaining situations was that he п¬Ѓgured out what he wanted and what the other party wanted and then crafted mutually advantageous terms....
Standard Oil formed the South Improvement company in the fall of 1871, supposedly to negotiate "secret" discounts on published railroad tariffs and
place independent refiners at a transport cost disadvantage." (Reksulak, Shughart 2011)
The key issues to be researched and solved are:
Does competition benefit a company and its competitors by making them compete for sales?
How can a company stay profitable when regulations are in place that limit its ability to produce income?
Is there a change in business practice needed to modify the corporate environment and how the company treats its competitors?
How can a company respond when its corporation is broken up into smaller companies?
Background of the Problem
Standard Oil was a company created by John D. Rockefeller and his partners in 1870. Standard Oil used unethical actions to increase their income. The
formed agreements with railroad companies which enabled them to be given discounts from the railroads. The agreements were made under a company
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Aunty Is Dating Daddy?
Once upon a time there lived a young timid girl named Bonnie living in the fine city of Chicago. One summer evening, while Bonnie was singing to the
birds and procrastinating, her alcoholic father came home with someone who looked very familiar. It was not unusual for him to come home with a
mistress, but Bonnie found this quite surprising. It was her aunt, Whitney Houston, the sister of her beloved mother. While Bonnie was face–timing her
mother, she asked her "Mom....Did you know that aunty is dating daddy?" Her mother instantly began to weep, and as her tears glistened on Bonnie's
iPad, Bonnie began to feel a fire ignite in her heart. She decided to do it, she had to kill her father. She decided to get her best friends help, Dylan Houn.
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A smile that could light up Dylan's Head. Bonnie was sitting in her living room chair, skyping with her friends. For some reason her friend that
was also conveniently named Whitney, wanted her friends to write her a fictional story. And as Bonnie was writing a story for her dear friend, the
police rushed into the house and cuffed Bonnie. As they drove her to the police station, Bonnie already started scheming her escape. She called
Dylan with her one phone call, and the plan had begun. While she was behind the cold iron bars, she heard a commotion outside the station. She
smiled as she knew her plan was coming into fruition. Dylan called up his gang, The Fabled Houns, and set up an attack on the station. Using the
power of Gamer Rage and educated debate, they stormed into the station demanding the release of Bonnie Le. The police had no choice to agree as
the Houns influence was too much for them to handle. Bonnie was to be release, and she was on the way home when Dylan suddenly looked at her and
said "Why do I do this for you?" Then, Bonnie's biggest challenge approached her, as she felt that Dylan won't be a reliable sidekick anymore. Dylan
glared at Bonnie, realizing her lack of gratitude toward him. "AT least say thank you Bonnie, how many times have I saved you" Bonnie was
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Sustaining the Innovation Process: the Case of Rolls-Royce...
Sustaining the Innovation Process: The Case of Rolls–Royce plc William Lazonick The European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD) and
University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, MA 01854 Email: william.lazonick@insead.edu & Andrea Prencipe Complex Product Systems Innovation
Centre SPRU, University of Sussex and Faculty of Economics University G. D'Annunzio Viale Pindaro, 42 65127 Pescara, Italy Email:
a.prencipe@sussex.ac.uk Acknowledgements We would like to thank Joe Lampel for comments on an earlier draft of the chapter. This research was
funded by the Targeted Socio–Economic Research (TSER) Programme of the European Commission (DGXII) under the Fourth Framework
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We also document the sources of financial commitment that enabled these strategic managers to sustain the uncertain innovation process until it could
generate financial returns. In focusing on the roles of strategic control and financial commitment in sustaining the innovation process, this study
suggests an alternative to conventional agency theory for explaining the relation between the governance of resource allocation and economic
performance at Rolls–Royce. According to agency theory, the entrenchment of Rolls–Royce's managers should have resulted in a squandering of the
company's resources, not superior economic performance. The fact that these managers exercised strategic control, and developed the RB211, under
very different ownership structures also raises questions about the importance of ownership to corporate performance and the conditions under which a
high–tech company that must make uncertain and expensive investments in technological development can be exposed to the demands of public
shareholders. This study, therefore, sheds light on the role of not only career managers but also public shareholders in the innovation process. The next
section describes how Rolls–Royce's attempt to develop the three–shaft engine for Lockheed at the end of the 1960s resulted in bankruptcy. Then we
detail how, as a nationalised company from February 1971 to May 1987, Rolls–Royce 2
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Essay on Arts of the Contact Zone, Mary Louise Pratt
In 1990, the second Modern Language Association Literacy Conference was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. During the conference Mary Louise Pratt
a Stanford Professor delivered a keynote/lecture that revolutionized how people think about their social spaces. She introduced a revolutionary way to
think about these social spaces, instead of calling them communities she started calling it the "contact zone". According to Pratt a "contact zone is a
place where cultures meet, clash, and grapple" (Pratt 487). While lecturing her fellow colleagues Pratt argues that our idea of community is strongly
utopian. She continues to plead her case by saying that societies often profess, "embodying values like equality fraternity and liberty, but... Show more
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The capacity to feel higher emotions: feelings, the cause of our imperfection, but the thing that makes us unique. While analyzing the "contact zone"
one has to view it from a psychological point of view, we are afraid of the unknown. Being afraid of the unknown is what makes us clash and, the
main reason a Utopian community could never be possible. During the spring of 2012, my last semester in High School, I received a letter telling me
I got accepted at Northeastern University. Northeastern University is a private research university located in the northeast of the United States, in
proximity to the Atlantic Ocean and in the heart of Boston, Massachusetts. Northeastern is regarded as one of the top 50 colleges in the United States.
It is highly praised for highly diversified student body. Essentially a place where people from different cultures, religions, and beliefs meet to get a
higher education in a setting that encourages you to embrace your diversity. Going back, this acceptance letter also said something I would never
forget: "Welcome to the Northeastern University Community". I was now part of a community with twenty five thousand students, I remember asking
myself how could I get to meet twenty five thousand different people? At the time I had never been to campus and was eager to visit Northeastern,
meet people, and find my place in this great place I had envision. Honestly, I
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John D. Rockefeller Monster Monopolist or Marketplace Hero
Debating the Documents Interpreting Alternative Viewpoints in Primary Source Documents Monster Monopolist or Marketplace Hero? John D.
Rockefeller and his Standard Oil Company were widely admired and just as widely despised. Rockefeller: ©2006 MindSparks, a division of Social
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Make copies of the worksheets and the pages with the sources. Ask students to study the background information on each source and the source
itself. Then have them take notes on the sources using the worksheets. If students have access to a computer, have them review the primary
sources with the ImageXaminer. You may also ask them to use its magnifying tools to more clearly focus their analysis. 2. Have students do the
worksheets. 4 Debating the Documents | Rockefeller: Monster Monopolist or Marketplace Hero? InTRoducTIon 3. "debate the documents" as a
class. Have students use their worksheet notes to debate the primary source documents as a class. Use the overheads to focus this discussion on
each source in turn. Urge students to follow these ground rules: Use your worksheets as a guide for the discussion or debate. Try to reach
agreement about the main ideas and the significance of each primary source document. Look for points of agreement as well as disagreement
between the primary sources. Listen closely to all points of view about each primary source. Focus on the usefulness of each source to the historian,
not merely on whether you agree or disagree with that source's point of view. Teacher 4. Have students do the final dBQ. A DBQ is an essay question
about a set of primary source documents. To answer the DBQ, students write essays using evidence from the sources and their own background
knowledge of the historical
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Managerial Accounting Is A Discipline Within The Accounting
Managerial accounting is a discipline within the accounting community that focuses on providing valuable information to the leaders of their
organization. The importance of the community relies on its ability to provide information that is not readily found in traditional financial statements
developed in the accounting department for reporting to outside agencies. Activity–based management utilizes information developed using
activity–based costing (ABC) to accurately determine product costs. Accurate and detailed information is required for an organization to reliably budget
for the upcoming quarter or year. A complete understanding of the significance of activity–based costing and thorough knowledge of budget concepts
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ABC provides a path to assign the overhead to the product requiring the overhead. In the above scenario, 75% of the production efforts are for product
A, so 75% of the overhead can be assigned to product A. "Activity–based costing attempts to overcome the perceived deficiencies in traditional costing
methods by more closely aligning activities with products. This requires abandoning the traditional division between product and period costs, instead
seeking to find a more direct linkage between activities, costs, and products"(Walther, 2010). ABC is very beneficial to organizations that produce
many products. ABC applies all costs (direct and indirect) to a product's cost. To apply the principles of ABC, and organization must first gather all of
the available cost information for the organization. Once this is complete, the organization must identify activities. This is an important step because
too many activities will become too large an undertaking to manage while too few will not yield the desired results. Once the activities are identified,
the organization must identify traceable costs. These are costs that can be directly related to a product. At this point, one must assign the remaining
costs. These are costs, such as janitorial services that cannot be tied to a specific product. Once all costs are assigned, the organization must determine
the per activity allocation rates. For instance, if it costs a company $10,000 to
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Whitney Houston Research Paper
Brief Biography of Whitney Houston Whitney Houston had been an actress and a singer. She had been born August 9th, 1963 in Newark, New
Jersey. Her family had already had a musical reputation as her mother was Cissy Houston and her cousin was Dionne Warwick. In 1978, she had
sung with her mother as a backing vocalist in the song, 'Every Woman'. From there she had also sung as a backing vocalist with many different artists.
In 1985 she released her first album 'Whitney Houston' and it had become the biggest selling album at the time. She had also starred in a hit movie
'The Bodyguard' co starring and befriending actor Kevin Costner. The singer had been an inspiration to her audience, to the world. She had been a
creative woman, cared and loved by many. In 1992, she had met her husband, Bobby Brown and had their only child, Bobbi Kristina Brown. ... Show
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In 2002, she had admitted to using alcohol, marijuana, cocaine and prescription drugs and it had been revealed that her husband had been doing it
with her. In 2003, there had been a call of domestic violence in their home. Whitney had been seen with a bruised cheek and cut lip. Her husband
then turned himself in for the crime and was later charged. In 2004, she had checked herself into rehab and two years later filed a divorce with her
husband. From there she had began to lose her balance in music and received bad reviews when going on tour for the first time in a decade. As time
went on, she still struggled with her drug and alcohol addiction. At the age of 48 on February 11th of 2012, Whitney had been found dead in her hotel
room from a drug overdose. A year after her death, her brother, Michael Houston had been interviewed with Oprah. He had admitted introducing
Whitney to drugs and that it had been his fault she even started, claiming that they both didn't know the risks of
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Pratt & Whitney : An Aircraft Engine Company
Pratt & Whitney is an aircraft engine company that was founded in 1925 in Hartford, Connecticut. Currently, Pratt & Whitney is a subsidiary of the
parent company United Technologies Corporation (UTC). They currently supply 25% of the world passenger airplanes engines along with military
engines to over 31 countries worldwide. Some of their largest customers are Boeing (to which it supplies engines to the 747, 757, 767, and 777) and
Airbus (to which it supplies engines to the A318, A319, A320, A321, and A380). Additionally, Pratt & Whitney builds engines for military airframes
such as the F–15, F–16, F–22, F–35, C–17, and KC–46. Pratt & Whitney employs 33,500 people worldwide and supplies engines to 470 customers in
121 countries. Pratt & Whitney also conducts a significant portion of its production in Canada. Pratt & Whitney Canada supplies engines to regional
and business aircraft to more than 200 countries and territories. There are more than 50,000 Pratt & Whitney engines currently in service across the
globe and with a 2015 revenue of $14 billion, it's obvious that Pratt & Whitney is a leader in the industry. Two of Pratt & Whitney's biggest
competitors, however, are General Electric and Rolls Royce. These three companies provide the vast majority of the aircraft engines in the world. It's
clear that Pratt & Whitney is a leader in the global aviation industries engines. Pratt & Whitney has a set of core values that they try to instill on all of
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The Sustainability Of Pratt & Whitney Canada
In order to compete effectively in the current global economy, modern companies need to successfully address three competitive challenges:
technological, global and sustainability. Human resource management practices play an important role in supporting companies to address these
competitive challenges. The focus of this paper is to analyze the current sustainability of Pratt & Whitney Canada, and to determine which human
resource management practices enhance their competitive advantage both presently and in the future. Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC) is an aircraft
engine manufacturer with global service operations and is a subsidiary of the American company United Technologies Corporation (UTC). While
many business segments utilize PWC engines, the two primary sectors include civil and military aviation. With a workforce of approximately 9,000
employees across seven Canadian plants, PWC has produced over 80,000 engines to date (PWC – New Hire, 2014). The impact of PWC's corporate
presence on Canada's economy is reflected in the fact that it contributes, on average, over $2 billion per year to the country's gross domestic product
(PWC – Economic Impact, 2014). PWC prides itself in being a leader among leaders where, "[m]ore than 10,000 aircraft operators around the globe
depend on [their] engines to power their aircraft and helicopters...in over 200 countries" (PWC – Economic Impact, 2014). Their future growth strategy
"includes emerging markets such as Russia, China and
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The History Of The Oil Industry
The history of the Oil Industry Oil makes up over в…“ of humanities primary energy supply. The production of oil, especially the refining of it is has
a huge impact of on the modern day world. Oil has been collected and used since Old Testament Bible times. Oil or petroleum is naturally found in
various countries including in and around the United States of America. There are many men who can be linked to the beginning of the American oil
industry, but out of all of them the most famous, if not the most influential is John Davison Rockefeller. The history of the United Statespetroleum
industry was influenced by John Rockefeller, and helped define his legacy.
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Early Colonists observed the Seneca and Cornplanter Indians collecting it by spreading blankets on the rainbow colored surface of oil rich streams,
they then wrung the oil out the blankets into earthen bowls. They used it for liniment, medicine and to mix with their war paint for shiny, waterproof
make–up. 17th century British and French explorers in western Pennsylvania and New York sent back reports about oil pools that looked like water
and burned like brandy. Settlers in western Pennsylvania kept a supply of "Seneca oil," that they collected whenever they found it, and used it to
stimulate their joints and those of their horses. It was used by farmers in hot weather to repel blowflies, which couldn 't tolerate the smell of the greasy
substance (Dolson 1). Over time some inquisitive men began searching for ways to make money off this natural occurring petroleum.
Oil, because of its many uses became a profitable product. Ebenezer Brewer a lumber mill owner skimmed up five gallons from the seepage on his
land bordering Oil Creek, and sent it to his son Francis, a young doctor in northern Vermont. The greasy stuff was exactly the kind of unpleasant
medicine Vermonters were crazy about. Dr. Brewer took a flask of the crude oil to his old professor at Dartmouth, Dr. Dixi Crosby, who examined it
and agreed it might be a pretty good thing. George Bissell listened to Crosby talk about the interesting contents of the flask, along with James
Townsend,
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Essay on John D. Rockefeller
Jessica M. Hintermeister
American History
Louisa Garry
Due: Thursday, March 15, 2001 The Rockefellers feared the temptations of wealth, yet a visitor once described their estate as the kind of place God
would have built if only he'd had the money. They amassed a fortune that outraged a Democratic nation, then gave it all away reshaping America. They
were the closest thing the country had to a royal family, but the Rockefellers shunned the public eye. For decades, the Rockefeller name was despised
in America, associated with John D. Rockefeller Sr.'s feared monopoly,Standard Oil. By the end of his life, Rockefeller had given away half of his
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Oil was being used to grease the wheels of America's infant industries, to fuel the expansion of growth. Rockefeller lamented that so many wells were
flowing that the price of oil kept falling yet everyone went right on drilling. He saw an industry plagued from overproduction and his own success was
being threatened by ruinness cut throat competition. John D. was shrewd enough and he was analytical enough that he realized that in order to figure
out a way to save his own firm and his own newly–won fortune, that he had to figure out a solution for the entire industry. It was at that point that John
D. began to conceive of the oil industry as one big interrelated mechanism. And you couldn't just change one component, you had to control the entire
machine.
In a move that would transform the American economy, Rockefeller set out to replace a world of independent oilmen with a giant company
controlled by him. In l870, begging bankers for more loans, he formed Standard Oil of Ohio. The next year, he quietly put what he called "our plan"
–– his campaign to dominate the volatile oil industry – into devastating effect. Rockefeller knew that the refiner with the lowest transportation cost
could bring rivals to their knees. He entered into a secret alliance with the railroads called the South Improvement Company. In exchange for large,
regular shipments, Rockefeller and his allies secured transport rates far
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Pratt And Whitney Case Study
CONCEPT GROUP THREE: THE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT
A. Concepts
Internal environment consists of a variety of conditions and forces within an organization. By fully understanding the internal environment,
management can more efficiently and effectively control the organization.
1.Owners: Individuals or organizations that have legal property right to an organization.
2.Board of Directors: An elected governing body charged with the generalmanagement and decision making that serve the stockholders' best interests.
3.Employees: The workforce and talents within an organization.
4.Physical Work Environment: The facilities and physical locations where an organization conducts its business.
B.Analysis
1.Pratt & Whitney is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, a public company listed under New York Stock Exchange as UTX. United
Technologies has close to 800 million outstanding shares of stock, with total capital valued at approximately 92 billion dollars as of September 25, 2017.
2.It's Board of Directors consists of 12 members with backgrounds from various industries that include military, semiconductor, finance,
telecommunication, biopharmaceutical, and aerospace.
3.As a company with thousands of employees around the world, Pratt & Whitney promotes employee engagement and encourages employee
involvement by sponsoring 8 Employee Resource Groups, such as Hispanic Leadership Forum and Women's Council.
CONCEPT GROUP FOUR: ORGANIZATION CULTURE A.Concepts
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Whitney Houston Research Paper
Everyone knows Whitney Houston, Right? Whitney Houston was a singer/actress. Whitney Houston, born August 9, 1963 to John and Emily "Cissy"
Houston, was born into a musical family. Her mother, Cissy, was a background singer. She recorded songs for Aretha Franklin at Atlantic Records
Studio in New York.Whitney's aunties and uncles were also singers. They were in a gospel group, the Drinkard Singers. Dionne Warwick,
Whitney's first cousin, was also a singer. She was in the gospel group, The Gospelaires. Enough of them, Whitney was married to Bobby Brown for
15 years. They were blessed with a daughter in 1993, one year after they were married. Whitney and Bobby m.et at the Soul Train Awards in 1989.
Sadly, the couple divorced by 2006. Chris Lee stated, "The Singer's 15–year marriage to Bobby Brown was characterized by punch–outs, cocaine
smoking, and spray–painted "evil eyes". Also, they both had sexual intercourse outside of their marriage. Did you know a lot of celebrities did drugs? ...
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Her brother, Michael Houston, introduced his baby sister to drugs. When asked if he had introduced her to drugs,he replies "I would say yeah, we
did everything together, so once I was into that then the followed the suit." Whitney on drugs long before she was married to Bobby Brown, but
they did do drugs together.Michael doesn't blame himself, but he does regret allowing her to do drugs. Her mother Cissy stated " I blame him
(Brown) for the way he treated her, but I don't blame him for her drug problems... He didn't help her, that's for damn sure. "The most difficult thing
about her being on drugs was her music. Her voice took a turn for the worsyt when she got hooked on drugs.It got so bad that she was getting booed at
some of her
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Bonnie The Procrastinator
Bonnie the Procrastinator
The Daughter & The Hair
Once upon a time there lived a shy little girl named Bonnie living in the fine city of Chicago. One summer evening, while Bonnie was singing to the
birds and procrastinating, her alcoholic father came home with someone who looked very familiar. It was not unusual of him to come home with a
mistress, but Bonnie found this quite surprising. It was her aunt, Whitney Houston, the sister of her beloved mother. While Bonnie was face–timing her
mother she asked her "Mom....Did you know that aunty is dating daddy?" Her mother instantly began to weep, and as her tears glistened on Bonnie's
I–pad, Bonnie began to feel a fire ignite in her heart. She decided to do it, she had to kill her father. She ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Turns out, her love for Senior Le was legit. Whitney confronted Bonnie one day, with a knife in hand. As she approached Bonnie with the weapon,
she began to smile, showing Bonnie her false intentions. When they got close. Whitney made her move, and swung at her target, but something
blinded her sight; it was a shining glimmer, a reflection of the bright lights of Chicago's buildings. Dylan Houn stood there, panting frantically with
his hands on his knees, his newfound shining bald head saving Bonnie from the deadly strike. Bonnie left Whitney no room to breathe as she used her
Tae Kwon Do experience to give Whitney a roundhouse kick to the face. Whitney proceeded to fly 90,000,000 miles into the air shouting "We 're
blasting off again!!!" Bonnie returned home, opened up a nice book, and face–timed her mother with a great big smile on her face. A smile that could
light up Dylan's Head.
The Daughter & The Hair; Trilogy Bonnie was sitting in her living room chair, skyping with herfriends. For some reason her friend that was also
conveniently named Whitney, wanted her friends to write her a fictional story. And as Bonnie was writing a story for her dear friend, the police rushed
into the house and cuffed Bonnie. As they drove her to the police station, Bonnie already started scheming her escape. She called Dylan with her one
phone call, and the plan had begun. While she was behind the cold iron bars, she heard a commotion outside the station. She smiled
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Whitney Houston Research Paper
Whitney Houston was born on August 9, 1963, in Newark, New Jersey, into a talented singing family. The youngest of three children, her mother,
Cissy, was a successful backing singer. Whitney's singing career began in the local gospel choir but she quickly graduated to backing singing with
the likes of Lou Rawls and Chaka Khan, when she also worked as a model. At the age of 18, Whitney was signed to record label Arista Records, with
whom she produced the album, 'Whitney Houston' with 'Saving All My Love For You' earning her a Grammy Award. Her second album, the
uninspiringly titled 'Whitney', was the first album by a woman to enter at number one in the charts. Its first four singles all made #1 in the Billboard
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She recorded the song "Family First" with Dionne Warwick and Cissy Houston for the soundtrack 'Daddy's Little Girls'. Houston divorced Bobby
Brown and gained full parental custody of their daughter, Bobbi Kristina and began work on a new album. After almost a decade, the singer returned
to the studio and released her comeback album, 'I Look To You', in 2009. It shot to the top of the charts, giving Houston her first number one album
since 'The Bodyguard'. In 2010, the singer began a world tour – her first in more than ten years. However, Houston's sometimes shaky performances
led to some negative reviews, with reports of fans walking out of some concerts. She was also forced to pull out of some appearances due to illness.
In May 2011 Houston had returned to rehab for drug and alcohol treatment. In September 2011, the Hollywood Reporter revealed that Houston would
produce and star in a remake of the 1976 film 'Sparkle'. She first obtained the rights to the film in 2001. On 9 February, Houston attended a
pre–Grammy party held by her mentor Clive Davis and was snapped looking the worst for wear after
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Personal Narrative: I Am Griffin Ziegler
I am Griffin Ziegler, eighteen years old to thistheis date, born of Richard and Denise Ziegler in Dalton, Georgia. I would describe myself as one who
enjoys the eccentric, worldly, is willing to try new things, sociable, a great listener, and one who tries to be empathetic to those who need it. I was born
into the Christian religion, but have taken a different route from my home faith, turning to more of a meditation/agnostic stance on life. I am involved
with the Boy Scouts of America, and have been with the organization long enough to earn my Eagle Scout honorary membership, earning my place
among only thousands of other scouts in the world. I also worked as a lifeguard during the summer, and such a job has affected me so much and it's
impact will stay with me for the rest of my life. My best friends (and people I took the most influence from) are Evan Nelson, Andrew Fisher, and
Cesar Lee, so without them I would not be the person I am today. All these ideas and people have largely affected myidentity, whether it's how I act,
what I believe or how I see the world, and I thank them for helping me create my own identity. I believe in the freedom for anybody to do anything
that they want in limitations of human dignity. Obviously, if your dream is to be a serial murderer, it conflicts with my beliefs. Nevertheless, dreams
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To know one's self, and to understand one's self should be the ultimate goal for everyone who seeks to have a clearer mind. I believe that by knowing
myself, I have even began an influence on myself. I know this sounds weird, but think about it. You judge your own actions, you understand what you
can and can't do with your actions and words, and through yourself, you find out what your identity is. In summary, yes, I have influenced myself by
knowing and setting my goals, and understanding myself and my avalible
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Gilded Age Hero
The world is constantly evolving. Time periods come and go, but certain ones stay with us and are remembered greatly. Of such, the Gilded Age is
one of those few that made a very large impact on our world today. The Gilded Age is the period in American history from around 1870
–1900's where
the United States population and economy grew quickly in a short amount of time causing extensive amounts of slave work and wealthy individuals to
live pretentious lifestyles. During this period, John D. Rockefeller, The founder of the Standard Oil Company, became one of the world's well known
wealthiest individuals and a major philanthropist. In total, he controlled some 90 percent of the nation's refineries and pipelines In America.
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Rockefeller was in fact a villain, he is also thought of as a hero to the Gilded Age because of the few good acts he did. During the Gilded Age, oil
was very expensive and difficult to acquire.Overall, only the wealthy and well privileged had much access to it, but "Standard Oil developed the
world's largest oil refineries and drove down the cost of refining oil," (World Book, Rockefeller). With Rockefeller as the head of the company, he
was able to expand access of oil to those who didn't have as much money and produce large amounts of oil for little cost. With his new ideas and
methods, he was able to cut down oil cost and produce more of it more efficiently and quicker than that of the past. Due to becoming one of the
wealthiest individuals in the United States, Rockefeller had a substantial amount of money and "He gave away about $540 million during his lifetime.
He gave most of his money to the public through foundations he established himself and through other organizations," (World Book, Rockefeller).
These other foundations, which were mainly universities, highly profited and grew off of these generous donations from Rockefeller. They are still
functioning today and Rockefellers impact on them has never been forgotten. As a result, John D. Rockefeller was thought of to be a hero rather than a
villain. Besides all this good he may have done, his selfish acts can't go unseen and unnoticed from his action.
John D Rockefeller lived a higher, better life than almost every American during this time age. He also obtained an extravagant amount of power
through his work and company. His good deeds were overruled by his many bad deeds therefore making him a villain rather than a hero.
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Whitney Houston Research Paper
Whitney Houston was born on August 9, 1963 in Newark, New Jersey. Her parents are Cissy and John Houston. At an early age Whitney knew with
the guiding hands of cousin Dionne Warwick and godmother Aretha Franklin she would become an amazing singer. Cissy Houston was the choir
minister at New Hope Baptist Church, and that's where she got her start. On her first interview with Diane Sawyer, Houston said "I think I knew then
that [my singing ability] was an infectious thing that God had given me." When Whitney turned 15 she was well into performing with her mother and
trying to get her own record deal. She was sought out by a photographer who was astonished with her natural beauty. She was one of the first
African–American women to appear on the cover of Seventeen Magazine, but she still wanted to stay in the music career. At the age of 19,
Houston was discovered in a nightclub by the distinguished Clive Davis of Arista Records, who signed her immediately and he took the control of
her career as she came out of the world of gospel to the world of pop stardom. In 1983, Houston made her first debut on national television, emerging
on the Merv Griffin show to sing "home". Then she began working on her album which she worked on for two years before it became public making
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With the success of the first album her second album was to have high expectations and it did that record went platinum many times and won a
Grammy for the single " I Wanna Dance With Somebody" after that comes world tours, where she was at a concert for Nelson Mandela's birthday. She
also founded Whitney Houston Foundation for Children, a nonprofit organization that provides children help all over the
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Pratt And Whitney's Impact On The Military And Commercial...
I will do my research on Pratt and Whitney's significant contribution to the military and commercial aviation throughout the years. I have always been
interested in this great company's ability to learn develop, evolve and advance their engine manufacturing technological capabilities throughout the
years thus, making them a force to recon with in the engine field. My focus will be towards the beginning when they started building simple
horizontally opposed engines through the radial engines particularly during nineteen fifties. The wasp and the double wasp capable of producing over
400 and 1300 shaft horsepower respectively for that time period which was unheard of will be discussed. I love aviation and have always marveled at
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These airplanes were equipped with four of these engines and transported passengers in comfort. These engines had better performance, reliability and
greater fuel efficiency than any other at that time and won the company the prestigious Collier Trophy award. Everything remained unchanged until
1966 when again the company introduced the JT9D turbofan fan commercial use. Which would later be used in the on the iconic and still the best
looking airplane in aviation history the Boeing 747 which opened a completely new era in commercial aviation in 1970.
The P & W Wasp Junior was produced by the thousands. It was a simple, dependable, easy–to–work–on engine. The accessories were attached to the
rear and the constant–speed prop hub to the front.
Over the years, there have been many different configurations of radial engines, from three–cylinders to nine cylinders, with the seven and nine
cylinder versions preferred. When more power is required, a second engine is bolted at an angle to allow cooling air to reach the second set of
cylinders. The famous P & W "corn–cob" engine had four banks of seven–cylinder engines attached to one crankshaft. That's 28 cylinders, and 56 spark
plugs to regularly change.
The all–time reigning king of radial engines is built by United Aircraft's Pratt & Whitney Division. The man behind the engine was Frederick
Rentschler who had designed a revolutionary radial
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Whitney Houston Research Paper
Kerry Methesier
Feb 10, 2016
Developmental
Dr. Patrick
1.Presenting Problem and context: I have Whitney Houston who is a professional singer, she is passionate about her career in singing, and she has
gain a large amount of fans who love her for all her beautiful songs. She have had about a million hits, but of course in a crazy world of being a
celebrity, Whitney has found herself in the world of business and a hectic family life. Whitney finally found the love that she always talked about, with
such joy and excitement to see her life progress, she decided to get married. The marriage was going so well and perfect until he life started hitting the
gossip magazines. She started getting into a rocky and unstable marriage that had a lot to do ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Parent child relation Whitney Houston has a daughter who is named Bobbi Kristina, due to her marital problems and her hectic career that is her
only child. Her daughter was born in the year of 1933.Whitney takes pride in her career and her child and want to give her everything possible so
that her child can have a great future, There is a strong attachment between her daughter and her, whenever she is doing red carpet events they are
usually stuck at the hip, whether it is a movie premiere or even cd album she is always featuring her daughter in everything she decided to do. Whitney
is going through a lot with trying to balance everything recently, there has been a lot about her being in the magazines and large rumors about drug
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Entrepreneurship : A Worldwide Economic Driver Essay
As a worldwide economic driver, entrepreneurship adds real value through the creation of new jobs and the production of innovative products and
services. In today 's business environment, the concept of entrepreneurship has gained immense importance as the entrepreneurs have revolutionized
the way businesses carry on their operations to compete effectively. Entrepreneurs are individuals who are willing to risk everything in order to create
innovative products or services that will fulfil the many needs of the people. In summary, entrepreneurship promotes the generation of money and
wealth through the creation of products, services and/or startup companies. One good entrepreneur from the nineteenth century and the twentieth
century, and considered the wealthiest American who ever lived, wasJohn D. Rockefeller. Rockefeller founded Standard Oil Company, Inc. in 1870.
The company grew so much that at his peak, he controlled 90 percent of oil. His company was at the heart of the American petroleum revolution and its
industry dominance led to the creation of anti–trust legislation and fair competition laws. This research paper will cover the startup, success, and birth
and growth of John Rockefeller's company.
John D. Rockefeller first started saving money when he was a 12–year–old. He had saved 50 dollars from working for his neighbors and raising some
animals for his mother. He then loaned his 50 dollars to a farmer at an interest of 7% a year. When he got paid back by the
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How Did John D Rockefeller Change The Economy
The United States has come to be known as a major world superpower throughout history. One of the main parts of America that has contributed to its
renowned strength has been its economy. The United State's economy has been growing ever since it began. Credit for its strength and progress in
development can be attributed to the financial geniuses of their time. John D. Rockefeller became an economical giant during his time when he changed
the face of business by developing ground–breaking new strategies to ensure financial success. Rockefeller dramatically changed the business field
during The Gilded Age. He did so through the use of his social Darwinistic philosophy of capitalism, inclusion of vertical and horizontal integration, ...
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By establishing these set shipping rates with the railroad companies, it not only made it impossible for his competitors to stay in business, but it also
allowed Rockefeller to establish a strong relationship with a key method of transportation for shipping products (Biography). By establishing a strong
relationship with the railroad companies, Rockefeller was able to use his successful business practice to "control over 90 percent of the nation's
oil–refining industry by 1880" (The New Tycoons). As time continued on and his business became more successful, he also applied another clever
business strategy known as vertical integration. This process consisted of a company purchasing and controlling each and every step of one's
industry production process. Rockefeller's company used this process very efficiently as they "became known to manipulate crude oil prices to drive
refineries to bankruptcy, allowing him to buy them cheaply" (Epstein). By controlling each production step, he was able to minimize costs by
removing any companies from the middle that were previously completing steps on the way to the finish product. Rockefeller was also known to
manipulate prices of crude oil in order to drive his competing refineries into bankruptcy which allowed him to buy them cheaply (Epstein). However,
his economic beliefs and ideas were not the only strategies which John Rockefeller used to elevate his business and personal profile to a national level
and
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Whitney Houston Accomplishments
What makes Whitney Houston an interesting person? Houston was an interesting person because she was a singer, talented, and beautiful individual.
She had addictive background, that caused many trouble conflicts and her singing career made her famous. Whitney Houston was born on august 9,
1963 in Newark, New Jersey. Her mother Cissy Houston, and her cousin Dionne Warwick and her godmother Aretha Franklin were all legendary
figures in the American gospel, soul and pop music. Her mother cissy was in the choir minister at the New Hope Baptist Church, and that is where
young Whitney got started. Whitney being young stilled wow the audience. When she turned 15, she was often performing with her mother trying
to get a record deal of her own. Around the same time, a photographer he was amazed by her natural beauty discovered her. She was 19 when the
American producer, Clive Davis, discovered her. She was one of the first African American women to appear on the cover of Seventeen magazine,
but music remained her true love. As a child, she was a shy and polite but also knew how to stand up for herself. In 1984, she launched her career in a
duet with Pendergrass on the hit single "Hold ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
At first she could be able to keep the drug use hidden, but a family source said "things got worse and worse. When she was using she had no idea
who she was or who you were and she became angry and lashed out. When no one else was around Whitney's daughter Bobbi Kristina was the one
looking out for the singer, her mother. Whitney had entered rehab multiple times throughout her adult life, she struggled with the addiction until is
ultimately took her life away. She was in pain from all the pressure she was facing and the pain from living almost living a double life, she was doing
ridiculous amount of hard drugs and sacrificed her god given talents for
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Whitney Houston Research Paper
Who is Whitney Houston? Whitney Houston was a top female artist with several number 1 singles. She became a pop sensation after her first
album. Whitney was born in Newark, New Jersey. Her mother was a gospel singer in church and many other entertainment centers allowing
Whitney to grow up singing with her mom. In 1985 her first album was released with her single "You Give Good Love." It became the first female
album on the charts. A year after her first album was released she won a grammy award in 1986 over the song ' I Will Always Love You." Within that
same year she was rewarded with 2 more grammys for best female pop artist. In 1992 Whitney married Bobby Brown. This relationship caused Whitney
to use drugs. She also endured extreme
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Robber Barons By John Davison Rockefeller And Andrew Carnegie

  • 1. Robber Barons By John Davison Rockefeller And Andrew Carnegie Robber Barons such as John Davison Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie were a large part of the propelling force that led the United States into a new frontier, setting the standard for the American dream. These men were known for their ingenuity, intuition, and innovation as business men. Each setting a high standard in their field, these men set out to accomplish greatness by revolutionizing their industry. They were known in history as the first men to become giants of the industrialized world, they created a new ear, and with it legacies that have lasted centuries. John D. Rockefeller founded the Standard Oil company, and became one of the wealthiest men in the world, propelling America into a new frontier. In the 19th century, kerosene was highly demanded, and there were small kerosene manufacturing companies all over the United States. Rockefeller's early life was no near the upbringing of a billionaire. His father began as a peddler working to make ends meet as his mother raised his brothers and sisters. He was given a $100 loan to buy a small boat, but by 1870, he established the Standard Oil company. In only 10 years, Rockefeller owned 90% of the U.S's oil refineries. During this time, many accused Rockefeller as participating in unethical business practices. He collaborated with major railroads to eliminate his competition and used predatory pricing as well as horizontal integration to monopolize the entire oil industry. In 1886, Rockefeller took out a loan to buy ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 2. John D. Rockefeller Monster Monopolist or Marketplace Hero Debating the Documents Interpreting Alternative Viewpoints in Primary Source Documents Monster Monopolist or Marketplace Hero? John D. Rockefeller and his Standard Oil Company were widely admired and just as widely despised. Rockefeller: ©2006 MindSparks, a division of Social Studies School Service 10200 Jefferson Blvd., P.O. Box 802 Culver City, CA 90232 United States of America (310) 839 –2436 (800) 421–4246 Fax: (800) 944–5432 Fax: (310) 839–2249 http://mindsparks.com access@mindsparks.com Permission is granted to reproduce individual worksheets for classroom use only. Printed in the United States of America ISBN: 978–1–57596–225–2 Product Code: HS623 InTRoducTIon Teacher Teacher Introduction Using Primary Sources Primary sources... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Make copies of the worksheets and the pages with the sources. Ask students to study the background information on each source and the source itself. Then have them take notes on the sources using the worksheets. If students have access to a computer, have them review the primary sources with the ImageXaminer. You may also ask them to use its magnifying tools to more clearly focus their analysis. 2. Have students do the worksheets. 4 Debating the Documents | Rockefeller: Monster Monopolist or Marketplace Hero? InTRoducTIon 3. "debate the documents" as a class. Have students use their worksheet notes to debate the primary source documents as a class. Use the overheads to focus this discussion on each source in turn. Urge students to follow these ground rules: Use your worksheets as a guide for the discussion or debate. Try to reach agreement about the main ideas and the significance of each primary source document. Look for points of agreement as well as disagreement between the primary sources. Listen closely to all points of view about each primary source. Focus on the usefulness of each source to the historian, not merely on whether you agree or disagree with that source's point of view. Teacher 4. Have students do the final dBQ. A DBQ is an essay question about a set of primary source documents. To answer the DBQ, students write essays using evidence from the sources and their own background knowledge of the historical ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 3. Essay on Stefan Sagmeister, an Influential Designer Libby Castellani Holly Vaughn GRA 1109C 17 October 2012 Stefan Sagmeister: An Influential Designer In today's art world there seems to be a large gap that separates fine art from commercial art. Often there is a disconnected coldness associated with those who work in communications art and produce art for clients. As if all emotion and feeling is stripped from commercial artwork merely because it was created with the intention of pleasing a client. Stefan Sagmeister bridges the gap in the art industry by redefining commercial design as a personal, emotional, and deep art. While Sagmeister's work encompasses a vast spectrum of mediums such as, album covers, logos, installations, and posters it is his philosophy on design that... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The poster displays the midsection of Sagmeister's nude body, stretching from the top of his lip all the way down to where his pubic hair begins. The audacity of his brazen body is accompanied by harsh lettering that has literally been carved into his skin by his intern with a razorblade (Heller & Vienne, 10). While the broad reception to this poster can be attributed to its shock–value, Sagmeister's self–mutilation was a commentary on the absurdity of inking the body with tattoos (Heller & Vienne, 10). The scratches in his body display the details of the lecture as well as Sagmeister's words pertaining to his philosophy on design, Style=Fart. This philosophy, which he has now put to rest, translates as his conscious effort to not get wrapped up in fashion statements or trends; design that is defined by a temporary style is meaningless (Designboom). Sagmeister explains why he relinquished the philosophy in an interview with Designboom: I discovered that this is simply not true. 
Through experience I found that if you have content that is
 worthwhile the proper expression of that content, in terms of
 form and style is actually very important. It can be a very 
useful tool to communicate that content (Designboom). Stefan Sagmeister also has two published books under his design belt (Sagmeister). Made You Look, Sagmeister's first book was published in 2001 ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 4. The Hybrid Electric Engine Concept This summer, I had the opportunity to intern at Pratt & Whitney Engines, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, in East Hartford, CT. Pratt & Whitney is one of the largest aircraft engine makers, for both commercial and military aircraft in the world, with over 31,000 employees that support more than 11,000 customers around the world. Within Pratt & Whitney, there are several areas of operation. I worked in their Propulsion Systems Analysis in the vehicle systems analysis group. While working at Pratt & Whitney I had the opportunity to work on quite a few projects, including looking at a hybrid electric engine concept, which was my main project for the semester. The hybrid electric engine concept was one of several engine concepts that were discussed in the NASA Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research, otherwise known as SUGAR, research papers. NASA partnered with Boeing to identify possible aircraft and engine concepts that would meet certain performance, noise, and emission standards. NASA expected that these concepts would be possible between 2030 and 2045. In the Phase 1 report, released in 2011, they looked into five aircraft concepts ranging from a 2008 baseline, which was a Boeing 737 aircraft, to a gas turbine battery concept and hybrid wing aircraft. In NASA's Phase 2 SUGAR report, released in 2012, they updated some information of the aircraft and engine concepts used in the Phase 1 report along with adding new aircraft and engine concepts. In all of ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 5. Whitney Houston Research Paper Do you know what it's like to be loved and always loved? Whitney Houston sings about how she "will always love you." Whitney Houston's music represents R and B that has its fair share of love songs. Love is the most important thing in order for relationships to survive. As shown in her music, Whitney Houston, and others in her music genre, have had love experiences that help them make music. Whitney Houston was born August 9, 1963 in Newark, New Jersey. Whitney Houston lived in New Jersey as a child. Whitney dropped her first album at the age of 22 on February 14, 1985, she also dropped her second album on April 27, 1987. The album made Whitney became the first female artist to debut atop the US billboard 200 album chart, a position she held ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 6. Whitney Houston Research Paper Whitney Houston was born to a family that were singers. She was the youngest of three children and was related or friends with lots of talented singers, Aretha Franklin was her grandmother. She began singing in a choir at church and soon went on to become a background singer. When she was 18 she had her first record deal. With her second album she had to first album by a women to enter the number 1 charts. On July 18, 1992 she got married to the singer Bobby Brown. They had one child whom they named Bobbi Kristina and was born on March 4, 1993. She then mainly focused her career on acting with appearances in several movies. She had many problems with drugs throughout her years often making it into magazines. Whitney divorced Bobby and got full ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... On multiple instances she was accused of using drugs. In 2000 tabloids said that there had been marijuana found in her luggage. Many other times it had been said that she was in rehab and one time or other. Leading up to her death she was planning on attending pre Grammy party held by her mentor Clive Davis. Her assistant Mary Jones left to get a package and was to return later. When she came back she found Whitney in the tub. It became apparent that she had done some cocaine, a variety of prescription drugs, and had drank some prior to her death. Some evidence that was collected was a small spoon with a crystal like substance (cocaine) in it and a rolled up piece of white paper. The spoon was most likely used to help administer the cocaine. They found a total of 12 pill bottles including anti anxiety and muscle relaxants. These drugs were prescribed from 5 different doctors. An open bottle of champagne was found, and an open can of beer was on a table with several pills around the bottle. The cause of death was drowning. This was caused by her either having a heart attack or she had a seizure, they are not sure which one caused it. The mechanism of death was Hypoxia or the lack of oxygen to the brain. All these events occurred because of requiring drug ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 7. Whitney Houston Research Paper Whitney Houston Background Whitney Elizabeth Houston, was a famous American singer, actress, producer and model. Born on August 9th of 1963 in Newark, New Jersey and sadly deceased on the 11th of February of year 2012 in a hotel in Beverly Hills, California. John Russel Houston an Army serviceman and entertainment executive was the father of Whitney and Cissy Houston a gospel and soul singer was her mother, Cissy was Whitney's inspiration, role model, mentor, best friend, the most important person in her life. Bobby Kristina Houston, Whitney's only daughter with the R&B singer Bobby Brown. Whitney and Brown got married in 1992 and divorce in 2007 their marriage was very controversy and turmoil. Whitney's singing path began in her early years, ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Cd's disk, online download. Operations Management: Capitalize on physical facilities (location, capacity, etc.). (organization based, headquarters) Operations Management: Increase community outreach. (Events) Technology Management: Increase efficiencies through use of social media, news media, branding materials. Communication Management: Improve internal communications. Customer Management: To execute and maintain a CRM process that is producing results. Marketing Management: Develop and implement a promotional plan to drive increased business. Alliance Management: Establish one new strategic alliance annually. Channel Management: Improve distributor and/or supplier relationships. People/Learning Strategic Objectives People: Employ professionals who create success for customers. Training: To develop the leadership abilities and potential of our team. Culture: To align incentives and staff rewards with performance. Knowledge: To continually learn and adopt current best ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 8. What Are The Strengths And Weaknesses Of The Geared... Strengths and Weaknesses of the Geared Turbofan Engine (GTF) There are many ways one could use to improve the fuel efficiency of an aircraft. However, I would like to focus on one in particular which is the PurePower Geared Turbofan Engine by Pratt and Whitney. The Geared Turbofan Engine was first used on small private jets by Honeywell but they never advanced the technology. Pratt and Whitney decided to work on it so that engines could be more efficient, even though it took them more than 20 years to do it. Strengths of the Geared Turbofan Engine Figure 1. The breakdown of a Geared Turbofan Engine (Bloombergcom, 2016). Pratt and Whitney's PurePower Geared Turbofan can help reduce fuel usage by up to 16 percent with just a gearbox added ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The turboprop planes had a gearbox between the shafts and the fan. This allowed the fan to turn slower while the compressor and turbine turned faster. Even though this gearing approach would save much more fuel, it had not been tried on commercial jetliners. This was because it was a general belief that it would be too heavy and wear out too rapidly. Pratt and Whitney decided that they would be willing to experiment with this. The major challenge they had was in making the gearbox bigger. This was so that it could keep it from being torn apart if there was a shock that pulled the fan in one direction and the shaft in the other. Adding steel to increase the stiffness would have been too heavy. Eventually, after much research and development, the PurePower GTF engine was ready for testing in 2008. The engineers of Pratt and Whitney broke a prototype on purpose to see if accidents would destroy the gear. However, there was barely an effect on the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 9. Whitney White: A Fictional Narrative Whitney White was a beautiful woman, only 30 years old, but she had received something she didn't expect, a daughter. She now had to take care of the child all on her own, since the father had left her, but on July 6th, in the year of 1962, she decided all of that was going to change. She strutted along the Broadwalk, as her charming hazel, hair glistened in the cool wind. She was putting her sunglasses over her chocolate brown eyes when she spotted Chris Mustard, her jerk husband, out of the corner of her eye. A feeling of fury bolted through her. This was the wicked man that left her in debt. This was the wicked man that left her to take care of their child on her own. Then, she saw something she wasn't expecting, another woman. That ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... "What are you doing?" She rushed toward him an held up the candlestick. "Whitney? Please! What are you doing? Whitney! Whitn–" She violently smashed his head in with the bronze candlestick. She did it constantly. She didn't slow down until she was certain he was dead, but even then she still didn't stop. "That was for being such a great father," she snapped at his corpse after she stopped. She looked down at her dress. Red. Her dress was a bright, bloody red. All of her innocence was gone. She dragged his muscular body behind the Ferris wheel. Suddenly, a scream louder than a dog barking for food could be heard. She turned around and there she was. Her daughter. "Mommy! I came down here because you were gone for a bit and–" she sniffed. "Lauren," Whitney was in disbelief while her daughter just broke down. She couldn't take it. She broke out into a sprint and she escaped. She escaped from her daughter. She escaped from the murder. She was away from everything. Nothing could stop her now. Not her daughter, the police, her husband's girlfriend, or anybody else. All of her innocence was gone, she truly was on her own, and she was heading who knows
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  • 11. Pratt And Whitney's Vacation Prologue After endless nights in the Newman Library on campus, I had finally graduated Virginia Tech as a mechanical engineer. That summer I was travelling Europe with my sister, since the job offer I received from Pratt & Whitney allowed me to start working in late August. Well, it has been 3 years since I started working with Pratt & Whitney and it has been one of the best decisions I have made to work with this company. It has provided me with more education that i was not planning on doing, but I was studying for my master degree in mechanical engineering and the company was paying for the whole course. It's Christmas vacation and the company is closed until Three King's Day and I am on my way to the airport to take a flight to Reykjavik, ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... She moved out there about a year ago after getting a job offer from another sister company of Pratt and Whitney. She is also an engineer and we both work in the same field. She was talking the whole way to the resort, which I expected because she always gets excited to tell me about her adventures. I sit there, listening to her the whole ride and enjoyed hearing about her new, happy life, but when the bus comes to a stop, I was relieve to be getting off and walking to the Blue Lagoon Resort. The Blue Lagoon is one of the most famous resorts and geothermal spa in the world and one of the most visited attractions in Iceland. Nicole and I had to just wait in line and then change because we bought our tickets with our package. Walking into the resort was a dream come true. I have always dreamt of going to this magnificent resort and having a one of a kind experience here. I put on my bathing suit and lotion my hair with special conditioner the resort provided me with because the natural minerals in the water make hair extremely dry. Stepping out of the locker room were steps into the light aqua water, leading to the outside portion of the lagoon. The Blue Lagoon is massive the different areas around the resort are incredible and the scenery is ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 12. Whitney Houston Hero's Journey Essay When Whitney Houston decided to be a singer, her mother warned her she'd be alone a lot (Mitchell). Despite this, Houston was able to realize that we all are no matter what we do. Loneliness is a thing that comes with life. In order to deal with this feeling of isolation that her mother had warned her about, Houston turned to drugs and a destructive marriage. You'd think that with all her fans and huge career Houston would be happy, but it's easy to tell from her example that even those who seem the strongest can break into something no one can imagine. Joseph Campbell first outlined his thoughts of a journey all mythical heroes followed as steps in 1949 and, despite the time difference, these steps can still be compared to the lives of modern day heroes. From her birth to her death, Houston managed to follow these steps of the Hero's Journey to prove herself as a hero who fought for her career and ultimately her life.... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... As described in an article written by Mack LeMouse, a hero is called to adventure by a herald, which could be a person or an object. This call compels them to leave their normality and venture into the unknown, causing them to often feel out of place in the new environment. Rather than being a call that was brought by a herald, Houston was her own herald by producing her call by herself. Her interest in singing pushed her into wanting to have her own career like her mother. She was able to start pursuing this call when she was 11 by singing solos as a member of a junior gospel choir at her church. Houston then began to perform with her mother at a few gigs as a teen and later went on to be a backup singer for artists such as the Michael Zager Band, Lou Rawls, and Jermaine Jackson ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 13. Embraer and Cessna Market Segmentation Embraer is a Brazilian aerospace company that produces commercial, military, executive, agricultural aircraft and provides aeronautical services. The Cessna Aircraft Company is an American general aviation aircraft manufacturing corporation headquartered in Wichita, Kansas. Best known for small, piston–powered aircraft, Cessna also produces business jets. Market Segmentation Cessna Aircraft are sold to private businesses, governments, individuals, freight airlines, charter airlines, and air taxi companies. Cessna has several competitors domestically and internationally in various market segments. Cessna's aircraft compete with other aircraft that vary in size, speed, range, capacity and handling characteristics on the basis of ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Responsiveness, Access, Courtesy, Credibility, Understanding the customer and Communication: Cessna's Citation service "No matter where you fly, you're always close to home. Our extensive worldwide network ensures the maximum uptime for your aircraft and the utmost safety for its occupants" shows the willingness of the company to help the customers at the time of need, they are readily accessible to provide customer service. Cessna is known to builds very good long–term relationships with its customers. Embraer's value of We are here to serve our customers shows company's readiness to provide service to its customers also its Helpline which says it's a "Direct channel to raise concern" ensures customers that Embaaer employees are available when needed. Competency: Cessna's Engineering and design feature shows that their aeronautical engineers have imagined hundreds of original aircraft concepts into clean sheet designs advancing to the latest computer–enhanced technology and flight–simulation tools and, finally, to prototype. Embraer's value of striving for company excellence shows that the company believes that technological progress means continually striving for perfection. Company actions are aimed at simplicity, agility, flexibility and safety, while constantly striving for improvement and excellence. Cessna (with the Citation Mustang) and Embraer (with the Phenom 100) both offer ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 14. John D Rockeffeller What makes John D. Rockefeller an effective leader? In his decades of business, one of the key characteristics that propelled Rockefeller to success was his strong leadership abilities. It wasn 't his status, nor his age that made Rockefeller a great leader. Instead, it was his influence. People around him wanted to follow him; they were inspired by him to do more than they ever thought they were capable of. It was his ability to create a strong sense of teamwork and his own energy and passion that drove his workers and thus his company. We can say he was a leader according to the leadership framework: Be, Know, Do: – he was a real professional who possessed good character traits (like competence and dignity of labour) and above ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... In the fight against independents pipelines, armed men defended land bought by Rockefeller on the planned way of the pipelines. What type of leadership did he use? It appears that, to lead his company, Rockefeller used one type of leadership to lead the workers inside the company and for the commercial practices. In both case, it was an autocratic and directive style of leadership. Even if Rockefeller seemed very close to his employees and knew how to motivate and reward them, he did not trust them at all. He saw his relationship with them as transactional, one of competing needs. However, he rarely made important decisions without seeking debate and achieving a common mind among his key associates, foreshadowing the "consensus–management" For his commercial practices, he used too an autocratic leadership. His most flagrant sin was the ruthlessness with which he crushed competitors. For every competitor who became to be dangerous for his business, Rockefeller used all the above practices to reduce them to nothing, or he extended the olive branch to vanquished rivals, buying out their companies and drawing them into his organization, making at least some of them richer than they could have been on their own. This was not generosity but the mechanism whereby he expanded Standard Oil into a monopoly. The Rockefeller 's underlying characteristics that helped him to raise the top:
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  • 16. The External Environment Of Pratt And Whitney A.Concepts 1.The organization's environment describes the atmosphere inside and outside of the organization and how the entity responds to the conditions. The company should understand how these forces drive the organization and in which direction. With this knowledge, the organization will be able to plan and make adjustments as necessary. B. Analysis 1.To interact and lead in the industry, Pratt & Whitney is focused on the future of commercial and military aircraft engines. More than a quarter of the world's passenger fleet is driven by a Pratt & Whitney engine. Internally, Pratt & Whitney seeks the most talented and diverse workforce available to keep ahead of the competition through creativity and teamwork. CONCEPT GROUP TWO:... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The Canada–based location alone has produced upward of 80,000 engines with more than 60 percent of them in use by 10,000 operators in over 200 countries. Nearly 500 clients in 121 countries use Pratt & Whitney engines with 30 more customers operating aircraft that are powered by Pratt & Whitney produced military service engines In 2015, Pratt & Whitney reported a profit of nearly 2 billion dollars on revenues of 14 billion. Additionally, Pratt & Whitney has 33,500 employees with a client base of 11,000 internationally. ii.The Technological Dimension– Pratt & Whitney designs commercial engines that are used to provide necessary power to various airlines and operators for both commercial and cargo craft. In addition to being known globally known for cutting edge manufacturing techniques, Pratt & Whitney is dedicated to continuous growth to consistently meet growing technological advance and demands. Since 1925, Pratt & Whitney has been the only provider for aircraft in branches of the service, starting with the Navy as their first client. Today, the company is the ONLY producer of aircraft engines for fifth generation fighter craft. Pratt & Whitney's current technological focus is to develop a system that powers next generation propulsion units that are able to further strides in fuel efficiency, lessen emissions, and reduce noise. Pratt & Whitney is dedicated to ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 17. Stefan Sagmeister Research Paper Stefan Sagmeister was born in Australia. He would attend and graduate from an art school in Dornbirn, Australia and would then go on to apply for graphic design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.....At first, he was rejected. He observed that his drawing skills were not up to what the other people had been submitting, and for his final exam, he opted to take an abstract approach to the subject titled 'Green in the city'. [http://www.designersandbooks.com/designer/bio/stefan–sagmeister] He chose to make an active piece of art rather than something more traditional. He continuously tapped his brush against the canvas without placing a single mark upon it. Although not particularly skilled, the method he chose was very noisy. The incessant... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The solution was to create a miniature world by using tiny scaled items. The only items left in normal scale where the Frooti packaged pieces, as well as Mangos.It created a sense that the Mango and the Frutti were the "heroes" of the short stories. Sagmeister opted to not just keep the images stagnant, but to also include the usage of movement and stop motion graphics within the campaign. The turnout was very successful. The usage of bold color also helped to make the Frutti "pop" and give a sense of playfulness throughout the imagery. [http://www.sagmeisterwalsh.com/] Aizone is a luxury department store in the Middle East. Wanting art direction and design, they came to Sagmeister&Walsh. Their solution was to take the brands vibrant nature, and deliver it through campaigns delivered through multiple different mediums. Showcasing his incredible typographic skill, Sagmeister's "Take It On" campaign made waves in NYC Subway stations. The posters were made for the School of Visual Artsin New York City, where both Stefan and wife Jessica Walsh are professors. They decided to take on the project when they realized how deeply rooted they are in the SVA community. ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 18. Key Management Issues : Standard Oil, A Monopolistic... Key Management Issues to be Solved Standard Oil, a monopolistic company of massive size, used a lack of regulation in the oil industry to become a leader by unscrupulous business practices. By the year 1878 Standard Oil was in control of more than ninety five percent of the oil business in the United States. "Rockefeller's strengths in bargaining situations was that he п¬Ѓgured out what he wanted and what the other party wanted and then crafted mutually advantageous terms.... Standard Oil formed the South Improvement company in the fall of 1871, supposedly to negotiate "secret" discounts on published railroad tariffs and place independent refiners at a transport cost disadvantage." (Reksulak, Shughart 2011) The key issues to be researched and solved are: Does competition benefit a company and its competitors by making them compete for sales? How can a company stay profitable when regulations are in place that limit its ability to produce income? Is there a change in business practice needed to modify the corporate environment and how the company treats its competitors? How can a company respond when its corporation is broken up into smaller companies? Background of the Problem Standard Oil was a company created by John D. Rockefeller and his partners in 1870. Standard Oil used unethical actions to increase their income. The formed agreements with railroad companies which enabled them to be given discounts from the railroads. The agreements were made under a company ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 19. Aunty Is Dating Daddy? Once upon a time there lived a young timid girl named Bonnie living in the fine city of Chicago. One summer evening, while Bonnie was singing to the birds and procrastinating, her alcoholic father came home with someone who looked very familiar. It was not unusual for him to come home with a mistress, but Bonnie found this quite surprising. It was her aunt, Whitney Houston, the sister of her beloved mother. While Bonnie was face–timing her mother, she asked her "Mom....Did you know that aunty is dating daddy?" Her mother instantly began to weep, and as her tears glistened on Bonnie's iPad, Bonnie began to feel a fire ignite in her heart. She decided to do it, she had to kill her father. She decided to get her best friends help, Dylan Houn. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... A smile that could light up Dylan's Head. Bonnie was sitting in her living room chair, skyping with her friends. For some reason her friend that was also conveniently named Whitney, wanted her friends to write her a fictional story. And as Bonnie was writing a story for her dear friend, the police rushed into the house and cuffed Bonnie. As they drove her to the police station, Bonnie already started scheming her escape. She called Dylan with her one phone call, and the plan had begun. While she was behind the cold iron bars, she heard a commotion outside the station. She smiled as she knew her plan was coming into fruition. Dylan called up his gang, The Fabled Houns, and set up an attack on the station. Using the power of Gamer Rage and educated debate, they stormed into the station demanding the release of Bonnie Le. The police had no choice to agree as the Houns influence was too much for them to handle. Bonnie was to be release, and she was on the way home when Dylan suddenly looked at her and said "Why do I do this for you?" Then, Bonnie's biggest challenge approached her, as she felt that Dylan won't be a reliable sidekick anymore. Dylan glared at Bonnie, realizing her lack of gratitude toward him. "AT least say thank you Bonnie, how many times have I saved you" Bonnie was ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 20. Sustaining the Innovation Process: the Case of Rolls-Royce... Sustaining the Innovation Process: The Case of Rolls–Royce plc William Lazonick The European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD) and University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, MA 01854 Email: william.lazonick@insead.edu & Andrea Prencipe Complex Product Systems Innovation Centre SPRU, University of Sussex and Faculty of Economics University G. D'Annunzio Viale Pindaro, 42 65127 Pescara, Italy Email: a.prencipe@sussex.ac.uk Acknowledgements We would like to thank Joe Lampel for comments on an earlier draft of the chapter. This research was funded by the Targeted Socio–Economic Research (TSER) Programme of the European Commission (DGXII) under the Fourth Framework Programme, European Commission (Contract no.:... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... We also document the sources of financial commitment that enabled these strategic managers to sustain the uncertain innovation process until it could generate financial returns. In focusing on the roles of strategic control and financial commitment in sustaining the innovation process, this study suggests an alternative to conventional agency theory for explaining the relation between the governance of resource allocation and economic performance at Rolls–Royce. According to agency theory, the entrenchment of Rolls–Royce's managers should have resulted in a squandering of the company's resources, not superior economic performance. The fact that these managers exercised strategic control, and developed the RB211, under very different ownership structures also raises questions about the importance of ownership to corporate performance and the conditions under which a high–tech company that must make uncertain and expensive investments in technological development can be exposed to the demands of public shareholders. This study, therefore, sheds light on the role of not only career managers but also public shareholders in the innovation process. The next section describes how Rolls–Royce's attempt to develop the three–shaft engine for Lockheed at the end of the 1960s resulted in bankruptcy. Then we detail how, as a nationalised company from February 1971 to May 1987, Rolls–Royce 2 ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 21. Essay on Arts of the Contact Zone, Mary Louise Pratt In 1990, the second Modern Language Association Literacy Conference was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. During the conference Mary Louise Pratt a Stanford Professor delivered a keynote/lecture that revolutionized how people think about their social spaces. She introduced a revolutionary way to think about these social spaces, instead of calling them communities she started calling it the "contact zone". According to Pratt a "contact zone is a place where cultures meet, clash, and grapple" (Pratt 487). While lecturing her fellow colleagues Pratt argues that our idea of community is strongly utopian. She continues to plead her case by saying that societies often profess, "embodying values like equality fraternity and liberty, but... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The capacity to feel higher emotions: feelings, the cause of our imperfection, but the thing that makes us unique. While analyzing the "contact zone" one has to view it from a psychological point of view, we are afraid of the unknown. Being afraid of the unknown is what makes us clash and, the main reason a Utopian community could never be possible. During the spring of 2012, my last semester in High School, I received a letter telling me I got accepted at Northeastern University. Northeastern University is a private research university located in the northeast of the United States, in proximity to the Atlantic Ocean and in the heart of Boston, Massachusetts. Northeastern is regarded as one of the top 50 colleges in the United States. It is highly praised for highly diversified student body. Essentially a place where people from different cultures, religions, and beliefs meet to get a higher education in a setting that encourages you to embrace your diversity. Going back, this acceptance letter also said something I would never forget: "Welcome to the Northeastern University Community". I was now part of a community with twenty five thousand students, I remember asking myself how could I get to meet twenty five thousand different people? At the time I had never been to campus and was eager to visit Northeastern, meet people, and find my place in this great place I had envision. Honestly, I ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 22. John D. Rockefeller Monster Monopolist or Marketplace Hero Debating the Documents Interpreting Alternative Viewpoints in Primary Source Documents Monster Monopolist or Marketplace Hero? John D. Rockefeller and his Standard Oil Company were widely admired and just as widely despised. Rockefeller: ©2006 MindSparks, a division of Social Studies School Service 10200 Jefferson Blvd., P.O. Box 802 Culver City, CA 90232 United States of America (310) 839 –2436 (800) 421–4246 Fax: (800) 944–5432 Fax: (310) 839–2249 http://mindsparks.com access@mindsparks.com Permission is granted to reproduce individual worksheets for classroom use only. Printed in the United States of America ISBN: 978–1–57596–225–2 Product Code: HS623 InTRoducTIon Teacher Teacher Introduction Using Primary Sources Primary sources... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Make copies of the worksheets and the pages with the sources. Ask students to study the background information on each source and the source itself. Then have them take notes on the sources using the worksheets. If students have access to a computer, have them review the primary sources with the ImageXaminer. You may also ask them to use its magnifying tools to more clearly focus their analysis. 2. Have students do the worksheets. 4 Debating the Documents | Rockefeller: Monster Monopolist or Marketplace Hero? InTRoducTIon 3. "debate the documents" as a class. Have students use their worksheet notes to debate the primary source documents as a class. Use the overheads to focus this discussion on each source in turn. Urge students to follow these ground rules: Use your worksheets as a guide for the discussion or debate. Try to reach agreement about the main ideas and the significance of each primary source document. Look for points of agreement as well as disagreement between the primary sources. Listen closely to all points of view about each primary source. Focus on the usefulness of each source to the historian, not merely on whether you agree or disagree with that source's point of view. Teacher 4. Have students do the final dBQ. A DBQ is an essay question about a set of primary source documents. To answer the DBQ, students write essays using evidence from the sources and their own background knowledge of the historical ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 23. Managerial Accounting Is A Discipline Within The Accounting Managerial accounting is a discipline within the accounting community that focuses on providing valuable information to the leaders of their organization. The importance of the community relies on its ability to provide information that is not readily found in traditional financial statements developed in the accounting department for reporting to outside agencies. Activity–based management utilizes information developed using activity–based costing (ABC) to accurately determine product costs. Accurate and detailed information is required for an organization to reliably budget for the upcoming quarter or year. A complete understanding of the significance of activity–based costing and thorough knowledge of budget concepts are critical ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... ABC provides a path to assign the overhead to the product requiring the overhead. In the above scenario, 75% of the production efforts are for product A, so 75% of the overhead can be assigned to product A. "Activity–based costing attempts to overcome the perceived deficiencies in traditional costing methods by more closely aligning activities with products. This requires abandoning the traditional division between product and period costs, instead seeking to find a more direct linkage between activities, costs, and products"(Walther, 2010). ABC is very beneficial to organizations that produce many products. ABC applies all costs (direct and indirect) to a product's cost. To apply the principles of ABC, and organization must first gather all of the available cost information for the organization. Once this is complete, the organization must identify activities. This is an important step because too many activities will become too large an undertaking to manage while too few will not yield the desired results. Once the activities are identified, the organization must identify traceable costs. These are costs that can be directly related to a product. At this point, one must assign the remaining costs. These are costs, such as janitorial services that cannot be tied to a specific product. Once all costs are assigned, the organization must determine the per activity allocation rates. For instance, if it costs a company $10,000 to ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 24. Whitney Houston Research Paper Brief Biography of Whitney Houston Whitney Houston had been an actress and a singer. She had been born August 9th, 1963 in Newark, New Jersey. Her family had already had a musical reputation as her mother was Cissy Houston and her cousin was Dionne Warwick. In 1978, she had sung with her mother as a backing vocalist in the song, 'Every Woman'. From there she had also sung as a backing vocalist with many different artists. In 1985 she released her first album 'Whitney Houston' and it had become the biggest selling album at the time. She had also starred in a hit movie 'The Bodyguard' co starring and befriending actor Kevin Costner. The singer had been an inspiration to her audience, to the world. She had been a creative woman, cared and loved by many. In 1992, she had met her husband, Bobby Brown and had their only child, Bobbi Kristina Brown. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... In 2002, she had admitted to using alcohol, marijuana, cocaine and prescription drugs and it had been revealed that her husband had been doing it with her. In 2003, there had been a call of domestic violence in their home. Whitney had been seen with a bruised cheek and cut lip. Her husband then turned himself in for the crime and was later charged. In 2004, she had checked herself into rehab and two years later filed a divorce with her husband. From there she had began to lose her balance in music and received bad reviews when going on tour for the first time in a decade. As time went on, she still struggled with her drug and alcohol addiction. At the age of 48 on February 11th of 2012, Whitney had been found dead in her hotel room from a drug overdose. A year after her death, her brother, Michael Houston had been interviewed with Oprah. He had admitted introducing Whitney to drugs and that it had been his fault she even started, claiming that they both didn't know the risks of ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 25. Pratt & Whitney : An Aircraft Engine Company Pratt & Whitney is an aircraft engine company that was founded in 1925 in Hartford, Connecticut. Currently, Pratt & Whitney is a subsidiary of the parent company United Technologies Corporation (UTC). They currently supply 25% of the world passenger airplanes engines along with military engines to over 31 countries worldwide. Some of their largest customers are Boeing (to which it supplies engines to the 747, 757, 767, and 777) and Airbus (to which it supplies engines to the A318, A319, A320, A321, and A380). Additionally, Pratt & Whitney builds engines for military airframes such as the F–15, F–16, F–22, F–35, C–17, and KC–46. Pratt & Whitney employs 33,500 people worldwide and supplies engines to 470 customers in 121 countries. Pratt & Whitney also conducts a significant portion of its production in Canada. Pratt & Whitney Canada supplies engines to regional and business aircraft to more than 200 countries and territories. There are more than 50,000 Pratt & Whitney engines currently in service across the globe and with a 2015 revenue of $14 billion, it's obvious that Pratt & Whitney is a leader in the industry. Two of Pratt & Whitney's biggest competitors, however, are General Electric and Rolls Royce. These three companies provide the vast majority of the aircraft engines in the world. It's clear that Pratt & Whitney is a leader in the global aviation industries engines. Pratt & Whitney has a set of core values that they try to instill on all of their ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 26. The Sustainability Of Pratt & Whitney Canada In order to compete effectively in the current global economy, modern companies need to successfully address three competitive challenges: technological, global and sustainability. Human resource management practices play an important role in supporting companies to address these competitive challenges. The focus of this paper is to analyze the current sustainability of Pratt & Whitney Canada, and to determine which human resource management practices enhance their competitive advantage both presently and in the future. Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC) is an aircraft engine manufacturer with global service operations and is a subsidiary of the American company United Technologies Corporation (UTC). While many business segments utilize PWC engines, the two primary sectors include civil and military aviation. With a workforce of approximately 9,000 employees across seven Canadian plants, PWC has produced over 80,000 engines to date (PWC – New Hire, 2014). The impact of PWC's corporate presence on Canada's economy is reflected in the fact that it contributes, on average, over $2 billion per year to the country's gross domestic product (PWC – Economic Impact, 2014). PWC prides itself in being a leader among leaders where, "[m]ore than 10,000 aircraft operators around the globe depend on [their] engines to power their aircraft and helicopters...in over 200 countries" (PWC – Economic Impact, 2014). Their future growth strategy "includes emerging markets such as Russia, China and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 27. The History Of The Oil Industry The history of the Oil Industry Oil makes up over в…“ of humanities primary energy supply. The production of oil, especially the refining of it is has a huge impact of on the modern day world. Oil has been collected and used since Old Testament Bible times. Oil or petroleum is naturally found in various countries including in and around the United States of America. There are many men who can be linked to the beginning of the American oil industry, but out of all of them the most famous, if not the most influential is John Davison Rockefeller. The history of the United Statespetroleum industry was influenced by John Rockefeller, and helped define his legacy. Oil has been used since perhaps, the beginning of time. Ancient records have ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Early Colonists observed the Seneca and Cornplanter Indians collecting it by spreading blankets on the rainbow colored surface of oil rich streams, they then wrung the oil out the blankets into earthen bowls. They used it for liniment, medicine and to mix with their war paint for shiny, waterproof make–up. 17th century British and French explorers in western Pennsylvania and New York sent back reports about oil pools that looked like water and burned like brandy. Settlers in western Pennsylvania kept a supply of "Seneca oil," that they collected whenever they found it, and used it to stimulate their joints and those of their horses. It was used by farmers in hot weather to repel blowflies, which couldn 't tolerate the smell of the greasy substance (Dolson 1). Over time some inquisitive men began searching for ways to make money off this natural occurring petroleum. Oil, because of its many uses became a profitable product. Ebenezer Brewer a lumber mill owner skimmed up five gallons from the seepage on his land bordering Oil Creek, and sent it to his son Francis, a young doctor in northern Vermont. The greasy stuff was exactly the kind of unpleasant medicine Vermonters were crazy about. Dr. Brewer took a flask of the crude oil to his old professor at Dartmouth, Dr. Dixi Crosby, who examined it and agreed it might be a pretty good thing. George Bissell listened to Crosby talk about the interesting contents of the flask, along with James Townsend, ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 28. Essay on John D. Rockefeller Jessica M. Hintermeister American History Louisa Garry Due: Thursday, March 15, 2001 The Rockefellers feared the temptations of wealth, yet a visitor once described their estate as the kind of place God would have built if only he'd had the money. They amassed a fortune that outraged a Democratic nation, then gave it all away reshaping America. They were the closest thing the country had to a royal family, but the Rockefellers shunned the public eye. For decades, the Rockefeller name was despised in America, associated with John D. Rockefeller Sr.'s feared monopoly,Standard Oil. By the end of his life, Rockefeller had given away half of his fortune. But even his vast philanthropy could not erase the memory of his predatory ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Oil was being used to grease the wheels of America's infant industries, to fuel the expansion of growth. Rockefeller lamented that so many wells were flowing that the price of oil kept falling yet everyone went right on drilling. He saw an industry plagued from overproduction and his own success was being threatened by ruinness cut throat competition. John D. was shrewd enough and he was analytical enough that he realized that in order to figure out a way to save his own firm and his own newly–won fortune, that he had to figure out a solution for the entire industry. It was at that point that John D. began to conceive of the oil industry as one big interrelated mechanism. And you couldn't just change one component, you had to control the entire machine. In a move that would transform the American economy, Rockefeller set out to replace a world of independent oilmen with a giant company controlled by him. In l870, begging bankers for more loans, he formed Standard Oil of Ohio. The next year, he quietly put what he called "our plan" –– his campaign to dominate the volatile oil industry – into devastating effect. Rockefeller knew that the refiner with the lowest transportation cost could bring rivals to their knees. He entered into a secret alliance with the railroads called the South Improvement Company. In exchange for large, regular shipments, Rockefeller and his allies secured transport rates far ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 29. Pratt And Whitney Case Study CONCEPT GROUP THREE: THE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT A. Concepts Internal environment consists of a variety of conditions and forces within an organization. By fully understanding the internal environment, management can more efficiently and effectively control the organization. 1.Owners: Individuals or organizations that have legal property right to an organization. 2.Board of Directors: An elected governing body charged with the generalmanagement and decision making that serve the stockholders' best interests. 3.Employees: The workforce and talents within an organization. 4.Physical Work Environment: The facilities and physical locations where an organization conducts its business. B.Analysis 1.Pratt & Whitney is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, a public company listed under New York Stock Exchange as UTX. United Technologies has close to 800 million outstanding shares of stock, with total capital valued at approximately 92 billion dollars as of September 25, 2017. 2.It's Board of Directors consists of 12 members with backgrounds from various industries that include military, semiconductor, finance, telecommunication, biopharmaceutical, and aerospace. 3.As a company with thousands of employees around the world, Pratt & Whitney promotes employee engagement and encourages employee involvement by sponsoring 8 Employee Resource Groups, such as Hispanic Leadership Forum and Women's Council. CONCEPT GROUP FOUR: ORGANIZATION CULTURE A.Concepts
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  • 31. Whitney Houston Research Paper Everyone knows Whitney Houston, Right? Whitney Houston was a singer/actress. Whitney Houston, born August 9, 1963 to John and Emily "Cissy" Houston, was born into a musical family. Her mother, Cissy, was a background singer. She recorded songs for Aretha Franklin at Atlantic Records Studio in New York.Whitney's aunties and uncles were also singers. They were in a gospel group, the Drinkard Singers. Dionne Warwick, Whitney's first cousin, was also a singer. She was in the gospel group, The Gospelaires. Enough of them, Whitney was married to Bobby Brown for 15 years. They were blessed with a daughter in 1993, one year after they were married. Whitney and Bobby m.et at the Soul Train Awards in 1989. Sadly, the couple divorced by 2006. Chris Lee stated, "The Singer's 15–year marriage to Bobby Brown was characterized by punch–outs, cocaine smoking, and spray–painted "evil eyes". Also, they both had sexual intercourse outside of their marriage. Did you know a lot of celebrities did drugs? ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Her brother, Michael Houston, introduced his baby sister to drugs. When asked if he had introduced her to drugs,he replies "I would say yeah, we did everything together, so once I was into that then the followed the suit." Whitney on drugs long before she was married to Bobby Brown, but they did do drugs together.Michael doesn't blame himself, but he does regret allowing her to do drugs. Her mother Cissy stated " I blame him (Brown) for the way he treated her, but I don't blame him for her drug problems... He didn't help her, that's for damn sure. "The most difficult thing about her being on drugs was her music. Her voice took a turn for the worsyt when she got hooked on drugs.It got so bad that she was getting booed at some of her ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 32. Bonnie The Procrastinator Bonnie the Procrastinator The Daughter & The Hair Once upon a time there lived a shy little girl named Bonnie living in the fine city of Chicago. One summer evening, while Bonnie was singing to the birds and procrastinating, her alcoholic father came home with someone who looked very familiar. It was not unusual of him to come home with a mistress, but Bonnie found this quite surprising. It was her aunt, Whitney Houston, the sister of her beloved mother. While Bonnie was face–timing her mother she asked her "Mom....Did you know that aunty is dating daddy?" Her mother instantly began to weep, and as her tears glistened on Bonnie's I–pad, Bonnie began to feel a fire ignite in her heart. She decided to do it, she had to kill her father. She ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Turns out, her love for Senior Le was legit. Whitney confronted Bonnie one day, with a knife in hand. As she approached Bonnie with the weapon, she began to smile, showing Bonnie her false intentions. When they got close. Whitney made her move, and swung at her target, but something blinded her sight; it was a shining glimmer, a reflection of the bright lights of Chicago's buildings. Dylan Houn stood there, panting frantically with his hands on his knees, his newfound shining bald head saving Bonnie from the deadly strike. Bonnie left Whitney no room to breathe as she used her Tae Kwon Do experience to give Whitney a roundhouse kick to the face. Whitney proceeded to fly 90,000,000 miles into the air shouting "We 're blasting off again!!!" Bonnie returned home, opened up a nice book, and face–timed her mother with a great big smile on her face. A smile that could light up Dylan's Head. The Daughter & The Hair; Trilogy Bonnie was sitting in her living room chair, skyping with herfriends. For some reason her friend that was also conveniently named Whitney, wanted her friends to write her a fictional story. And as Bonnie was writing a story for her dear friend, the police rushed into the house and cuffed Bonnie. As they drove her to the police station, Bonnie already started scheming her escape. She called Dylan with her one phone call, and the plan had begun. While she was behind the cold iron bars, she heard a commotion outside the station. She smiled ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 33. Whitney Houston Research Paper Whitney Houston was born on August 9, 1963, in Newark, New Jersey, into a talented singing family. The youngest of three children, her mother, Cissy, was a successful backing singer. Whitney's singing career began in the local gospel choir but she quickly graduated to backing singing with the likes of Lou Rawls and Chaka Khan, when she also worked as a model. At the age of 18, Whitney was signed to record label Arista Records, with whom she produced the album, 'Whitney Houston' with 'Saving All My Love For You' earning her a Grammy Award. Her second album, the uninspiringly titled 'Whitney', was the first album by a woman to enter at number one in the charts. Its first four singles all made #1 in the Billboard chart. 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... She recorded the song "Family First" with Dionne Warwick and Cissy Houston for the soundtrack 'Daddy's Little Girls'. Houston divorced Bobby Brown and gained full parental custody of their daughter, Bobbi Kristina and began work on a new album. After almost a decade, the singer returned to the studio and released her comeback album, 'I Look To You', in 2009. It shot to the top of the charts, giving Houston her first number one album since 'The Bodyguard'. In 2010, the singer began a world tour – her first in more than ten years. However, Houston's sometimes shaky performances led to some negative reviews, with reports of fans walking out of some concerts. She was also forced to pull out of some appearances due to illness. In May 2011 Houston had returned to rehab for drug and alcohol treatment. In September 2011, the Hollywood Reporter revealed that Houston would produce and star in a remake of the 1976 film 'Sparkle'. She first obtained the rights to the film in 2001. On 9 February, Houston attended a pre–Grammy party held by her mentor Clive Davis and was snapped looking the worst for wear after ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 34. Personal Narrative: I Am Griffin Ziegler I am Griffin Ziegler, eighteen years old to thistheis date, born of Richard and Denise Ziegler in Dalton, Georgia. I would describe myself as one who enjoys the eccentric, worldly, is willing to try new things, sociable, a great listener, and one who tries to be empathetic to those who need it. I was born into the Christian religion, but have taken a different route from my home faith, turning to more of a meditation/agnostic stance on life. I am involved with the Boy Scouts of America, and have been with the organization long enough to earn my Eagle Scout honorary membership, earning my place among only thousands of other scouts in the world. I also worked as a lifeguard during the summer, and such a job has affected me so much and it's impact will stay with me for the rest of my life. My best friends (and people I took the most influence from) are Evan Nelson, Andrew Fisher, and Cesar Lee, so without them I would not be the person I am today. All these ideas and people have largely affected myidentity, whether it's how I act, what I believe or how I see the world, and I thank them for helping me create my own identity. I believe in the freedom for anybody to do anything that they want in limitations of human dignity. Obviously, if your dream is to be a serial murderer, it conflicts with my beliefs. Nevertheless, dreams are meant ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... To know one's self, and to understand one's self should be the ultimate goal for everyone who seeks to have a clearer mind. I believe that by knowing myself, I have even began an influence on myself. I know this sounds weird, but think about it. You judge your own actions, you understand what you can and can't do with your actions and words, and through yourself, you find out what your identity is. In summary, yes, I have influenced myself by knowing and setting my goals, and understanding myself and my avalible ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 35. Gilded Age Hero The world is constantly evolving. Time periods come and go, but certain ones stay with us and are remembered greatly. Of such, the Gilded Age is one of those few that made a very large impact on our world today. The Gilded Age is the period in American history from around 1870 –1900's where the United States population and economy grew quickly in a short amount of time causing extensive amounts of slave work and wealthy individuals to live pretentious lifestyles. During this period, John D. Rockefeller, The founder of the Standard Oil Company, became one of the world's well known wealthiest individuals and a major philanthropist. In total, he controlled some 90 percent of the nation's refineries and pipelines In America. Rockefeller didn't ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Rockefeller was in fact a villain, he is also thought of as a hero to the Gilded Age because of the few good acts he did. During the Gilded Age, oil was very expensive and difficult to acquire.Overall, only the wealthy and well privileged had much access to it, but "Standard Oil developed the world's largest oil refineries and drove down the cost of refining oil," (World Book, Rockefeller). With Rockefeller as the head of the company, he was able to expand access of oil to those who didn't have as much money and produce large amounts of oil for little cost. With his new ideas and methods, he was able to cut down oil cost and produce more of it more efficiently and quicker than that of the past. Due to becoming one of the wealthiest individuals in the United States, Rockefeller had a substantial amount of money and "He gave away about $540 million during his lifetime. He gave most of his money to the public through foundations he established himself and through other organizations," (World Book, Rockefeller). These other foundations, which were mainly universities, highly profited and grew off of these generous donations from Rockefeller. They are still functioning today and Rockefellers impact on them has never been forgotten. As a result, John D. Rockefeller was thought of to be a hero rather than a villain. Besides all this good he may have done, his selfish acts can't go unseen and unnoticed from his action. John D Rockefeller lived a higher, better life than almost every American during this time age. He also obtained an extravagant amount of power through his work and company. His good deeds were overruled by his many bad deeds therefore making him a villain rather than a hero. ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 36. Whitney Houston Research Paper Whitney Houston was born on August 9, 1963 in Newark, New Jersey. Her parents are Cissy and John Houston. At an early age Whitney knew with the guiding hands of cousin Dionne Warwick and godmother Aretha Franklin she would become an amazing singer. Cissy Houston was the choir minister at New Hope Baptist Church, and that's where she got her start. On her first interview with Diane Sawyer, Houston said "I think I knew then that [my singing ability] was an infectious thing that God had given me." When Whitney turned 15 she was well into performing with her mother and trying to get her own record deal. She was sought out by a photographer who was astonished with her natural beauty. She was one of the first African–American women to appear on the cover of Seventeen Magazine, but she still wanted to stay in the music career. At the age of 19, Houston was discovered in a nightclub by the distinguished Clive Davis of Arista Records, who signed her immediately and he took the control of her career as she came out of the world of gospel to the world of pop stardom. In 1983, Houston made her first debut on national television, emerging on the Merv Griffin show to sing "home". Then she began working on her album which she worked on for two years before it became public making sure to find the best of the best at the time to work on it with her. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... With the success of the first album her second album was to have high expectations and it did that record went platinum many times and won a Grammy for the single " I Wanna Dance With Somebody" after that comes world tours, where she was at a concert for Nelson Mandela's birthday. She also founded Whitney Houston Foundation for Children, a nonprofit organization that provides children help all over the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 37. Pratt And Whitney's Impact On The Military And Commercial... I will do my research on Pratt and Whitney's significant contribution to the military and commercial aviation throughout the years. I have always been interested in this great company's ability to learn develop, evolve and advance their engine manufacturing technological capabilities throughout the years thus, making them a force to recon with in the engine field. My focus will be towards the beginning when they started building simple horizontally opposed engines through the radial engines particularly during nineteen fifties. The wasp and the double wasp capable of producing over 400 and 1300 shaft horsepower respectively for that time period which was unheard of will be discussed. I love aviation and have always marveled at the share... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... These airplanes were equipped with four of these engines and transported passengers in comfort. These engines had better performance, reliability and greater fuel efficiency than any other at that time and won the company the prestigious Collier Trophy award. Everything remained unchanged until 1966 when again the company introduced the JT9D turbofan fan commercial use. Which would later be used in the on the iconic and still the best looking airplane in aviation history the Boeing 747 which opened a completely new era in commercial aviation in 1970. The P & W Wasp Junior was produced by the thousands. It was a simple, dependable, easy–to–work–on engine. The accessories were attached to the rear and the constant–speed prop hub to the front. Over the years, there have been many different configurations of radial engines, from three–cylinders to nine cylinders, with the seven and nine cylinder versions preferred. When more power is required, a second engine is bolted at an angle to allow cooling air to reach the second set of cylinders. The famous P & W "corn–cob" engine had four banks of seven–cylinder engines attached to one crankshaft. That's 28 cylinders, and 56 spark plugs to regularly change. The all–time reigning king of radial engines is built by United Aircraft's Pratt & Whitney Division. The man behind the engine was Frederick Rentschler who had designed a revolutionary radial ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 38. Whitney Houston Research Paper Kerry Methesier Feb 10, 2016 Developmental Dr. Patrick 1.Presenting Problem and context: I have Whitney Houston who is a professional singer, she is passionate about her career in singing, and she has gain a large amount of fans who love her for all her beautiful songs. She have had about a million hits, but of course in a crazy world of being a celebrity, Whitney has found herself in the world of business and a hectic family life. Whitney finally found the love that she always talked about, with such joy and excitement to see her life progress, she decided to get married. The marriage was going so well and perfect until he life started hitting the gossip magazines. She started getting into a rocky and unstable marriage that had a lot to do ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Parent child relation Whitney Houston has a daughter who is named Bobbi Kristina, due to her marital problems and her hectic career that is her only child. Her daughter was born in the year of 1933.Whitney takes pride in her career and her child and want to give her everything possible so that her child can have a great future, There is a strong attachment between her daughter and her, whenever she is doing red carpet events they are usually stuck at the hip, whether it is a movie premiere or even cd album she is always featuring her daughter in everything she decided to do. Whitney is going through a lot with trying to balance everything recently, there has been a lot about her being in the magazines and large rumors about drug ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 39. Entrepreneurship : A Worldwide Economic Driver Essay As a worldwide economic driver, entrepreneurship adds real value through the creation of new jobs and the production of innovative products and services. In today 's business environment, the concept of entrepreneurship has gained immense importance as the entrepreneurs have revolutionized the way businesses carry on their operations to compete effectively. Entrepreneurs are individuals who are willing to risk everything in order to create innovative products or services that will fulfil the many needs of the people. In summary, entrepreneurship promotes the generation of money and wealth through the creation of products, services and/or startup companies. One good entrepreneur from the nineteenth century and the twentieth century, and considered the wealthiest American who ever lived, wasJohn D. Rockefeller. Rockefeller founded Standard Oil Company, Inc. in 1870. The company grew so much that at his peak, he controlled 90 percent of oil. His company was at the heart of the American petroleum revolution and its industry dominance led to the creation of anti–trust legislation and fair competition laws. This research paper will cover the startup, success, and birth and growth of John Rockefeller's company. John D. Rockefeller first started saving money when he was a 12–year–old. He had saved 50 dollars from working for his neighbors and raising some animals for his mother. He then loaned his 50 dollars to a farmer at an interest of 7% a year. When he got paid back by the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 40. How Did John D Rockefeller Change The Economy The United States has come to be known as a major world superpower throughout history. One of the main parts of America that has contributed to its renowned strength has been its economy. The United State's economy has been growing ever since it began. Credit for its strength and progress in development can be attributed to the financial geniuses of their time. John D. Rockefeller became an economical giant during his time when he changed the face of business by developing ground–breaking new strategies to ensure financial success. Rockefeller dramatically changed the business field during The Gilded Age. He did so through the use of his social Darwinistic philosophy of capitalism, inclusion of vertical and horizontal integration, ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... By establishing these set shipping rates with the railroad companies, it not only made it impossible for his competitors to stay in business, but it also allowed Rockefeller to establish a strong relationship with a key method of transportation for shipping products (Biography). By establishing a strong relationship with the railroad companies, Rockefeller was able to use his successful business practice to "control over 90 percent of the nation's oil–refining industry by 1880" (The New Tycoons). As time continued on and his business became more successful, he also applied another clever business strategy known as vertical integration. This process consisted of a company purchasing and controlling each and every step of one's industry production process. Rockefeller's company used this process very efficiently as they "became known to manipulate crude oil prices to drive refineries to bankruptcy, allowing him to buy them cheaply" (Epstein). By controlling each production step, he was able to minimize costs by removing any companies from the middle that were previously completing steps on the way to the finish product. Rockefeller was also known to manipulate prices of crude oil in order to drive his competing refineries into bankruptcy which allowed him to buy them cheaply (Epstein). However, his economic beliefs and ideas were not the only strategies which John Rockefeller used to elevate his business and personal profile to a national level and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 41. Whitney Houston Accomplishments What makes Whitney Houston an interesting person? Houston was an interesting person because she was a singer, talented, and beautiful individual. She had addictive background, that caused many trouble conflicts and her singing career made her famous. Whitney Houston was born on august 9, 1963 in Newark, New Jersey. Her mother Cissy Houston, and her cousin Dionne Warwick and her godmother Aretha Franklin were all legendary figures in the American gospel, soul and pop music. Her mother cissy was in the choir minister at the New Hope Baptist Church, and that is where young Whitney got started. Whitney being young stilled wow the audience. When she turned 15, she was often performing with her mother trying to get a record deal of her own. Around the same time, a photographer he was amazed by her natural beauty discovered her. She was 19 when the American producer, Clive Davis, discovered her. She was one of the first African American women to appear on the cover of Seventeen magazine, but music remained her true love. As a child, she was a shy and polite but also knew how to stand up for herself. In 1984, she launched her career in a duet with Pendergrass on the hit single "Hold ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... At first she could be able to keep the drug use hidden, but a family source said "things got worse and worse. When she was using she had no idea who she was or who you were and she became angry and lashed out. When no one else was around Whitney's daughter Bobbi Kristina was the one looking out for the singer, her mother. Whitney had entered rehab multiple times throughout her adult life, she struggled with the addiction until is ultimately took her life away. She was in pain from all the pressure she was facing and the pain from living almost living a double life, she was doing ridiculous amount of hard drugs and sacrificed her god given talents for ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 42. Whitney Houston Research Paper Who is Whitney Houston? Whitney Houston was a top female artist with several number 1 singles. She became a pop sensation after her first album. Whitney was born in Newark, New Jersey. Her mother was a gospel singer in church and many other entertainment centers allowing Whitney to grow up singing with her mom. In 1985 her first album was released with her single "You Give Good Love." It became the first female album on the charts. A year after her first album was released she won a grammy award in 1986 over the song ' I Will Always Love You." Within that same year she was rewarded with 2 more grammys for best female pop artist. In 1992 Whitney married Bobby Brown. This relationship caused Whitney to use drugs. She also endured extreme ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...