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Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company and was formed on November 1999 by the merger of Exxon and Mobil. The company’s long-term debt to total assets are accounted for and the owner’s deal with this through insurance and organizational re-strategizing. Exxon Mobil has numerous…

At Atlantis Vision Center in Indian Harbour Beach, FL, we often get common, yet important, eye care questions. One such inquiry is the meaning behind the term “20/20 vision.” This term expresses normal visual acuity (in other words, the sharpness, or clarity, of vision) measured at a distance of 20 feet. People with 20/20 vision can clearly see the objects that should normally be seen at 20 feet. However, 20/20 does not necessarily mean perfect vision. The term only indicates the sharpness…

Art and science have always been seen as completely separate and opposite studies. Art has always been seen as the display of pictures created by talented artists, while on the other hand, science has always been seen as experiments and research. In the documentary, Particle Fever, the movie brings attention to the different view of the arts and sciences as two interdependent subjects. The director, Dr. David Kaplan, uses the documentary to give his audience an inside view to the world’s largest…

The Supreme Court declared this adaptable tenet, called the Rule of Reason, in Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. the United States, 221 U.S. 1, 31 S. Ct. 502, 55 L. Ed. 619 (1911). Under the Rule of Reason, the courts will look to various components in choosing whether the specific limitation of exchange absurdly confines rivalry. In…

Revolution not only brought modernization and new technologies to society, it dramatically changed the way business was conducted due to the development of large corporations. The Industrial Revolution gave birth to some well-known trusts like, “Standard Oil, U.S. Steel, the American Tobacco Company, the International Mercantile Marine Company, and the match companies controlled by Ivar Kreuger, the Match King. Other trusts were formed by several companies, such as the Motion Picture Patents…

1. Mario Echazabal worked for Chevron, through independent contractors, for over twenty-four years. When he applied to work directly for Chevron in 1992, they withdrew the offer after discovering the liver disease being exacerbated by working in the plant. However, they continued to allow him to work in the plant through the independent contractor for another four years. When Chevron offered Mr. Echazabal a job for the second time in 1995, they once again discovered the liver disease,…

Out of the three sets of expert testimony admissibility standards: The Frye Standard, Rule 702, and the Daubert Standard, the last standard is the best option for Florida. Three main reasons why the Daubert Standard is the better option is: 1) It increases the reliability of evidence by examining factors such as error rate, alternative explanations, and peer reviews 2) It has more checks and balances than the Frye Standard’s criteria of just general acceptance. 3) It is more likely to filter out…

1. How do the various types of scores differ regarding the information they provide? Scores provide feedback to teachers and students and reflect how a student is learning, meeting objectives, and achievement level. Raw scores are actual scores calculated by the sum of total correct answers or percentage and provide criterion-referenced information about a student’s performance. Number correct scores add up the number of items a student answered correcting and interpret the instructional…

Created in 1890, the Sherman Antitrust Act was the first legislation allowing the government to enforce regulations on trusts that interfered with free trade and market competition. Named after U.S. Senator John Sherman of Ohio, the act allowed government to establish proceedings against trusts in order to disassemble these organizations. Trusts had created many problems in the free market such as establishing monopolies over certain industries. This lead to extremely high prices and low supply…

Climate Change Many debate whether global warming and climate change is really an issue. It should not even be up for debate. Here are some facts about global climate change, according to the Tenth Edition Environmental Science; by Daniel D. Chiras: There are thousands of temperature sensors distributed over land and sea all across the surface of the Earth. Readings from these sensors show that there has been a steady increase in the average global temperature since the 1880’s. Glaciers in…