In an age that marked the beginning of the ages and the progress of trade‚ Uther The Founder demonstrated his prescience by beginning his kingdom‚ at first little more than a settlement‚ at one edge of what would become a prominent trade route. The route‚ which took a path landlocked by mountains on one side and swamp giving way to a shallow lake on the other‚ was also the only known entrance to a large and peaceful civilization of strange interdependent elves living atop the mountains and Dwarves
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American Founders: Heroes or Hypocrites? The founders of America are often viewed as legends that paved a way for the liberty and freedoms of future civilizations‚ rebelling for a right cause due to the unjust laws Britain inflicted on the colonies. They protested and risked their lives to establish a nation based on the purest of ideals. However‚ behind the idealistic facade of the American colonies‚ only the white males achieved an adequate level of equality. Although some Americans spoke out
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Friedrich Froebel‚ Founder of Kindergarten Friedrich Froebel was a German educator of the nineteenth century who developed an Idealist philosophy of early childhood education. He established kindergarten and education for four and five-year-old children. Kindergarten is now a part of education worldwide. Friedrich Froebel was born in the small town of Oberwiessbach‚ Germany in 1782. His mother died when he was a baby. His father remarried‚ but Froebel never liked his stepmother. His feeling of
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The Founder of Pop Art: Andy Warhol Andy Warhol is the god father of Pop Art. His window advertisements were the beginning of an era where art would be seen in an array of forms away from the traditional paintings and sculptures of the old world. His love of bright colors and bold patters along with his quirky personality paved the way for his successful career as a major figure in the pop art movement. Warhol was born in 1930‚ in the town of McKeesport‚ Pennsylvania. His parents were Czech
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Winifred Ode Afrane Professor Germaine Albuquerque Business 201‚ Section 002 February 3rd‚ 2014 Assignment 1 Hamdi Ulukaya the founder of Chobani said when he loved yogurt‚ the thick kind and that was what he was eating when growing up in Turkey where his mum made it from their family’s dairy farm but when he moved to the United States‚ he found the American yogurt was too sugary and watery so he made some at home himself. He one day came across an advertising yogurt factory for sale in his
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In these beginning chapters of Fallen Founder‚ Nancy Isenberg discusses the life of Aaron Burr from his early childhood to the establishment and discrepancies over the Alien and Sedition Acts in 1798. The major‚ overarching theme observed in these chapters is the abnormality of Burr’s life‚ in terms of his upbringing‚ his relationships‚ and his political stances. Through these aspects of his life‚ Isenberg presents a different depiction of Aaron Burr‚ one that paints him as an exceptional man with
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Holton - Forced Founders Edit 0 3… Woody Holton. Forced Founders: Indians‚ Debtors and Slaves in the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia. 1999: University of North Carolina Press. (231 pages) Columbia Commentary From Videri: Holton observes that relations between two classes are often deeply influenced by a third class. Scholars have traditionally conceived of the American Revolution as a conflict between white American colonists (usually embodied in elites like Thomas Jefferson
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Woody Holton’s book “Forced Founders” gives a look on how enslaved Africans and Native Americans were compelled toward independence against their will and own interest. Holton’s account of the forced founders are the Virginia gentry: “ In complex ways and without intending to‚ Indians‚ merchants and slaves helped drive gentlemen…into the rebellion against Britain”(xvii). This story tells of three primary causes propelling and compelling the Virginia gentry. One of the causes involved the gentry’s
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Founders of Nursing There were quite a few women who molded nursing history. I will be writing about Clara Barton‚ Linda Richards‚ and Florence Nightingale. Clara Barton was known as the “Angel of the Battlefield”. Linda Richards was recognized as the first trained nurse. Florence Nightingale was seen as the woman who established modern nursing. Here are a few more facts about these women‚ and a brief explanation of how they influence nursing in today’s world. During the Civil War‚ Clara Barton cared
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Lee Byung-Chull Founder of the ’ ’three stars ’ ’ Samsung In 1938 Lee founded the Samsung Trading Company which was the grounding stone of his soon-to-be empire. He was born 1910 in Uiryeong in Korea and his first attempt as an entrepreneur was in 1936 when he founded a rice mill which didn ’t go very well. His second attempt‚ the Samsung Trading Company which traded with fruits‚ fish and vegetables was more successful. This is rather surprising under the conditions of firstly the Japanese
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