...When Theodore Roosevelt Saved Football by Bruce Watson is a narrative about how the former president of the United Stated worked to make Football a safer sport to play. Roosevelt's pursuit on the safety of football began in the fall of 1905, when he realized that the brutal ways of play were endangering the existence of football. Having played the sport himself, Theodore was aware of the flimsy padding, the risk of brain and spinal injuries, and full speed collisions between players. His own son was a victim to the injuries football provided. So first, Roosevelt held a meeting at the white house that involved the coaches and athletic directors from ivy league schools like Harvard and Yale. He made his case to his audience about how he disapproved...
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...Theodore Roosevelt, “A Multifaceted Man” As a foreigner to the United States of America, I have recently studied the lives and leadership skills of American presidents from George Washington to current presidency and I found Theodore Roosevelt as the most productive and intriguing of them all. A man that was very hardworking, diligent, focus and prepared for everything he did. Who is Theodore Roosevelt? A person with such incredible character and quality, selfless personality, concerned about the situation of less privilege people and those not in the position of authority or power. He had a very peculiar childhood. According to Encyclopedia of World Biography, “Roosevelt was born in New York City on Oct. 27, 1858. His father was of an old Dutch mercantile family long prominent in the city's affairs. His mother came from an established Georgia family of Scotch-Irish and Huguenot ancestry. A buoyant, dominant figure, his father was the only man, young Roosevelt once said, he "ever feared." He imbued his son with an acute sense of civic responsibility and an attitude of noblesse oblige. Partly because of a severe asthmatic condition, Theodore was educated by private tutors until 1876, when he entered Harvard College. Abandoning plans to become a naturalist, he developed political and historical interests, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and finished twenty-first in a class of 158. He also began writing The Naval War of 1812 (1882), a work of limited range but high technical...
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...social activism became the active goal during this time. During the Progressive Era, environmental protection was needed in order to save the Earth from the rapidly increasing urbanization. It was people like Theodore Roosevelt and Gifford...
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...Roosevelt gave this speech the same year as Bryan. According to Document 5 “This speech was given to business owners and local leaders.” This means that the men had power in the community and were involved politically. Roosevelt would have shaped their views of expansion because people respected Roosevelt, and he had some power like them. Document 5 shows that “Teddy Roosevelt felt that many of the people in the Philippines were unfit for self-government. We have driven away Spanish tyranny from the islands, and if we let it be replaced by savage anarchy, our work has been for harm.” He too felt like McKinley in that the people were unfit to rule themselves. His purpose in saying this was to justify the acquisition of the Philippines which was the sameness purpose as McKinley when he said this. Roosevelt was a supporter of imperialism like McKinley, and this is proven by various sources. Zinn states “When the United States did not annex Hawaii in 1893 after some Americans set up their own government, Roosevelt called this hesitation a crime against white civilization. Roosevelt was contemptuous of races and nations he considered inferior” (pg. 300). Zinn, Howard. A People’s History of the United States: 1492-Present, Taylor and Francis, 2003. ProQuest Ebook Central,...
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...Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, which was a celebration held to mark her 60-year reign. As the time approached, he presented an entirely different poem and used this poem, The White Man’s Burden, to send to Theodore Roosevelt, who was governor of New York at the time. He sent this poem after spotting many different events across the Atlantic in the Spanish-American War. Kipling thought that sending this poem would help Roosevelt become aware of maybe losing power and an empire. All seven stanzas of this poem start with the same line “Take up the White Man’s burden—“ that goes into the second line that explains a different aspect of what should be done to help different uncivilized places by ending hunger, disease, and more for the natives, who are described as “half devil and half child.” It helped create an idea of the different responsibilities a white man should take care of with the education and possessions they have. With all this help, it was thought that it would help the Americans to develop and advance to a superior state of civilization. Generally meaning that white people have...
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...involved a religion which spread like a virus once introduced. Description of activities and lessons in this unit * KWL Chart (Know – What you Want to Know – Learned) * Ralk Chalk Video * 13 Rules of Basketball (movie) * Roosevelt’s “Strenuous Life” * Mark Oppenheimer’s “In the Fields of the Lord” * I created a quiz using the timeline of Muscular Christianity Newest Heroes * I researched Muscular Christianity Significant Figures During 1980’s - Today Analysis * KWL Chart – It helped me organize my thoughts on what I knew already about Muscular Christianity and What I wanted to know about it. * 13 Rules of Basketball – I thought the movie tried to interpret how those 13 rules belonged in Kansas and how significant they were in playing a role to spread Muscular Christianity. * Roosevelt’s “Strenuous Life” – I had high hopes for such a titled work by one of America's great leaders. This is a speech Theodore Roosevelt made in 1905 in Chicago, and in it, Roosevelt extols men--and he is very clear that he is speaking to men--to live strenuous lives full of struggle and grand dreams. He stresses on Muscular Christianity and living life through discipline and organized structure. * Mark Oppenheimer “In the Fields of the Lord” - A good beginning point is to talk about the message of Jesus. Oppenheimer says Jesus preferred the loser to the winner, the weak over the strong and the poor over the rich but this is not an indictment against football...
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...Rhetorical Analysis Matthew Matney 10/5/14 Leslee Johnson How often do we look at drawn art; billboards, bumper stickers, comics in the paper, adverts, the list goes on and on. Now think about how many of these things are trying to influence you, one way or another. Every single one. Commercials trying to get you to buy this or that, most are just garbage products getting dressed up by the marketing department. How many of those actually support a worthy cause? Most are trying to get you to buy this or that; I recently stumbled upon an unknown artist who has gotten me to think about how my actions are hurting this planet and its inhabitants. Since I know nothing about this artist or why they made this art I can only assume that they drew this for other people to see, possibly to be printed in a magazine or tabloid. Taking a closer look at the...
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...professional players has sued the National Football League for allegedly withholding information about this long-term impact. The issue has spread to college football, and is also being discussed at the youth level. In early 2013, President Barack Obama made what many thought was an unprecedented public comment about the ongoing controversy. The President expressed concern about the issue and noted that if he had a son, he was not sure he would allow him to play football due to the uncertainty about long-term brain trauma from continuous hits to the head. As controversial as that statement may have seemed at the time, it still does not compare to a previous President’s involvement in addressing safety issues in football. In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt took very active and direct public action to address issues of safety in organized football. The sport was growing in popularity, but was highly controversial due to the uncontrolled violence and serious injuries. Many influential people were calling for football to be banned altogether. President Roosevelt’s support for football and strong influence when dealing with the issue of player safety began a process of reforming the sport, and is recognized by many now as giving the sport a much wider appeal that allowed it to develop into the modern sports empire it is today. Football in the United States today is the definition of a sports empire. The professional organization, the National Football League (NFL),...
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...|[pic] |Syllabus | | |College of Natural Sciences | | |SCI/362 Version 6 | | |Environmental Issues and Ethics | Copyright © 2010, 2009, 2006, 2004, 2003, 2001 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course applies scientific, philosophical, economic, and ethical principles to current and future environmental issues. Students will analyze the cumulative impact of human activities on global ecosystems, as well as responsibilities to the natural world, in terms of the complex interrelationships humans have with their environment. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies...
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...Leadership Quotes Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. Peter F. Drucker The question, 'Who ought to be boss?', is like asking, 'Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?' Obviously, the man who can sing tenor. Henry Ford Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results. George S. Patton | Adlai Stevenson: It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse. Al Gini: The term power comes from the Latin posse: to do, to be able, to change, to influence or effect. To have power is to possess the capacity to control or direct change. All forms of leadership must make use of power. The central issue of power in leadership is not Will it be used? But rather Will it be used wisely and well? Albert Einstein: Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence. Barack Obama: I always believe that ultimately, if people are paying attention, then we get good government and good leadership. And when we get lazy, as a democracy and civically start taking shortcuts, then it results in bad government and politics. Carl Sagan: But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed...
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...By with many of these strikes springing up all over workplaces it brought awareness and demands for change. Through these strikes, they were able to gain some of the things they were demanding. One strike was settled and the demands were met when the president said he was going to have the government take control of the coal mines. Workers in a mine in Pennsylvania went on strike and were told that they needed to come to an agreement with employers of the mines would be seized by the army. When threatened to have the mines seized the employers were forced to come to an agreement with their workers. “President Theodore Roosevelt asked the workers and employers to meet to come to an agreement. When the mine owners refused to meet, Roosevelt threatened that the army would seize the mines. As a result, mine owners agreed to negotiate and the mine owners got a pay raise”(Dubofsky). This was one of the few strikes that were able to get what they were demanding. Another strike that was successful was the Knights of Labor, they wanted an eight hour workday and for the workers to own the industries,and to end child labor. By the end of all these strikes, they were able to achieve their demand making the strikes...
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...Event Analysis 1 Event Analysis: World War II LaKisha J. Williams PAD540 International Public Administration Dr. Angela Parham Strayer University February 7, 2013 Event Analysis 2 Event Analysis: World War II World War II The United States stood in shock and fear as Japan initiated their attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbor with absolutely no warning. After the Great Depression of the 1920s, Japan was left without the resources they largely depended on the United States to provide. As Japan’s population became more overcrowded and their resources became scarce, the Japanese military decided to try and take over lands in China; mainly Manchuria. The Empire of Japan was aimed at taking over East Asia. As tensions arose between Japan and China the United States under the leadership of Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt (in the beginning) decided that they did not have any stake siding with either country. Up to this point the United States policy in China was based on the principle known as the Open Door Policy in which any and all countries were free to trade and make investments with and within China. The United States felt that if they sanctioned Japan and China, both economically and with military assistance, it would be enough for Japan and China to stop the fighting, but it didn’t. At that point Japan decided to accept Germany as an ally and...
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...are better socialized than those who are home schooled University of Maryland University College May 2, 2015 28288 Cardinal Lane Evans Mills, N Y 13637 USA Parent Body 10th Mountain Division Fort Drum N Y13625 USA Dear Parents, Please accept the following analytical report entitled ‘Children who attend public schools are better socialized than those who are homed schooled’. This report begins with a brief abstract which compares both the home and public schooling options being explored within the American society. The second section is the introduction which highlights the various attributes that parents hope to achieve for their children, followed by the overall analysis of the topic. The final segment is the conclusion which summarizes the entire report by reiterating the key elements of both home and public schooling, and will allow you the audience to make a decision that would be beneficial to your specific needs. I would like to say special thanks to Professor Amanda Richey for granting me the opportunity to research a topic that is of personal interest and I hope that you will all enjoy reading my report. Yours Truly, Cadien Vaccianna Table of Content Title Page 1 Letter of Transmittal 2 Table of Content 3 Abstract 4 Introduction 5 Literature review 6 Importance of Home school vs Public...
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...domestic fighting force taking care of things in country against terrorist attacks and foreign intelligence while helping the police force with major crimes and works with all serial murders, child trafficking, kidding napping and major in-country crimes. The CIA is an international intelligence there job is collecting all information that may be a threat and then deciding to take action upon it or not CIA also does not directly interact in other investigations, and does not have any jurisdiction over issues in the United States. The CIA and FBI are both very specialized government offices that have an extensive history, strict requirements and specialized training. In 1908 the FBI was created by Attorney General Charles Bonaparte, while Theodore Roosevelt was in office. The FBI was originally named the Bureau of Investigation at the time of its creation. Then in 1932 the agency was renamed into the United States Bureau of Investigation, then yet again in 1933 was named Division of Investigation (DOI) and finally in 1935 it was given the name the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In 1935 J. Edgar Hoover became the first FBI Director and served for 48...
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...13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown, by Simon Johnson and James Kwak, is an analysis of the banking system in America and how they contributed to the financial crisis of 2008. These banks were facing the possibility of bankruptcy, and in turn the American government had an increasing need for these banks as the means to fund the necessary investments in the economy. 13 bankers, breaks down the American banking industry in how they have grown so big, so profitable, that they have become resistant to regulations. The banks grown to the enormous that the stability of the economy was dependent, giving they a political influence by pouring money into campaigns of congressional candidates and congressmen, assuring investment banks to maintain influence and position in the White House and the Treasury department. Theses “megabanks” had balance sheet assets that accounted for more than 60 percent of the country’s gross domestic product. In March of 2009, the presidents of thirteen of these “Megabanks” met at the White House with the President, Obama that gave a message, “everybody has to pitch in. We’re all in this together” –President Obama (13 Bankers, page 4) this message giving a clear indicator the thirteen bankers needed the government and in turn, the government needed these 13 bankers to maintain stability of the economy. Thomas Jefferson was strongly suspicious of the...
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