Greetings‚ I am Benjamin Franklin. I have done many important jobs over the course of my life. I was a printer‚ publisher‚ inventor‚ scientist‚ philosopher‚ musician‚ and economist to name a few. Growing up in America in the early 1700s‚ I was a strong Patriot and am most proud of the jobs I did that contributed to the Revolutionary War. In being a member of the Second Continental Congress and signing the Declaration of Independence‚ serving as a diplomat‚ and writing and signing the treaty of Paris
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Francisco‚ CA - SparcIt‚ a pioneer in automated psychometric assessments‚ and Creativity Testing Services (CTS)‚ a leading provider of creativity assessment‚ announced today a joint partnership to provide more effective creativity tests and assessments. Testing and measuring creativity has always been a challenge. It’s well known to be a manual‚ slow and subjective process. Together‚ SparcIt and CTS created an all-new platform for automated and online creativity testing. The new rCAB-SparcIt platform
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Kaitlin Dingess Dr. Carena English 102 Persuasive Research Paper April 10th‚ 2012 Full Body Scans: A Matter of National Security vs. Personal Indignities Safety and security is important and a high priority for anyone. As a result of several events‚ such as the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the now infamous Christmas day “Underwear Bomber” transportation security has been revamped and reinvented to protect innocent people from religious/political extremists and crazies alike. In some cases‚
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behavior. The brain works in magical ways‚ sometimes with reason and sometime without. Many times we may question our behavior. Libet’s experiment looked at the brain and hot it affects our decisions to act or not act‚ which is basically our free will. Benjamin Libet wanted to explore whether our free will was really free or tied
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Benjamin Franklin was a very successful and influential politician‚ postmaster‚ scientist‚ and printer. Benjamin Franklin is among one of the most important figures in American history‚ arguably‚ the history of mankind. Without Benjamin Franklin‚ it might be said that the world today would be extremely different. It took him an entire lifetime‚ however‚ to make that name for himself and contribute the many benefactions he had to give to the world. Starting as a child‚ his unique and ambitious personality
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Benjamin Franklin‚ as one the Founding Fathers of United states‚ well-known as politician‚ scientist‚publisher‚ inventor‚ and diplomat‚ defined the American characteristics. He demonstrated the innovative sprit by inventing and experimenting. He discovered electricity and invented lighting rod. He demonstrated the most typical American sprit: freedom‚ independence and equality. Franklin‚ as a newspaperman‚ showed the desire of wanting freedom of speech and media.Rebelling against Britain by supporting
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Franklin Benjamin Sanborn was two years old when he was struck by a bolt of lightning at his family’s old farmhouse in Hampton Fall‚ New Hampshire. He tries to make something stir in the world. Sanborn talents were making a stir by “unfailing genius when it came to provoking others” (Fuller pg. 43). Even though‚ he caused trouble a writer named Ralph W. Emerson moved Sanborn with his book of essays. The essays “suggest the world’s possibilities‚ assuring him that reliance upon one’s inner principles”
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Rosemont‚ Henry. "Benjamin Franklin and the Philadelphia Typographical Strikers of 1786." Labor History‚ no. 22 (1981): 398-429. Henry Rosemont’s article‚ "Benjamin Franklin and the Philadelphia Typographical Strikers of 1786" discusses the history behind the Philadelphia printer’s strike of 1786 and the strikers’ relationship with Benjamin Franklin. According to Rosemont‚ "these were the first American workers who deliberately voted to stand out for a specific wage and to provide mutual assistance
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“Benjamin Franklin on Rev. George Whitefield (1763)” Response Questions 1. Why is Whitefield inspired to build an orphanage in Georgia? Why does Franklin oppose the plan? Georgia was the last colony to be founded in the New World by Great Britain. Its purpose was to be a buffer between Spanish Florida and Great Britain’s other eleven colonies. It became in habited by Britain’s outcasts such as debtors and criminals. At the time‚ Georgia was mostly woods and unfit for farming without proper land
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Hilary Parker 16 March 2013 Heather Green En 209- 001 The Other Side of Ben Franklin Benjamin Franklin is famously known for using his knowledge to conquer many life achievements such as discovering lightening‚ co-signing The Declaration of Independence‚ and establishing the first American library‚ but all of his ultimate accomplishments would not have been established if he had not have found his niche for writing. In his younger years‚ Franklin rejected attending grammar school and following
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