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Check this out: Man sets world speed record for electric cars. //(Note the date...)//
 * As the Bell Rings...** media type="custom" key="11196220"

Let's take a break from the reading and spend a little time on seeing and understanding. Today we're going to spend some time emphasizing the difference between vertical and horizontal integration.
 * What We Did In Class**

Yesterday I introduced a research activity on Andrew Carnegie and John Rockefeller. Further research the two and record what your opinions are of them by using the two resources below:
 * Homework**
 * "Andrew Carnegie" via pbs.org [[image:01RikerTop.jpeg align="right" width="350"]]
 * "Rich as Rockefeller" via pbs.org

Write a one-paragraph statement on whether you think these men were "captains of industry" or "robber barons" (definitions below). > // __Captains of Industry__: Usually held to imply that the person so described was intelligent, innovative, hardworking and mainly a decent person whose works and methods were mostly honorable and caused far greater good than harm. // > // __Robber Barons__: Usually held to imply that the person so described was also intelligent, hardworking and innovative but used methods and caused changes which overall were far more destructive and self-serving than beneficial, for instance getting wealthy and powerful at the expense of others. //

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