Introduction While some countries have legalized abortion, some have upheld the prohibition of such medical services. Modern society is divided between two major stances on abortion: pro-choice and pro-life. Some claim that forbidding abortion infringes upon a woman’s right to her own body while others argue that abortion is murder and should be illegal. As … Read more
A) Growth plate and Endochondral ossification: In order to maintain a healthy skeletal system which is crucial for different organs such as respiratory system, brain, spinal cord and heart, it is very important to have a good development of the skeletal system. Endochondral ossification is the process through which the axial and appendicular skeletons are … Read more
Shelley and Rilke use contrasting syntax to describe the impact of environment on a child’s development. Whereas structure provides a child with basic social skills, a child in an unstructured environment does not learn these skills and consequently faces problems communicating with others as he grows up. In his poem, Rilke favors short, commanding sentences, … Read more
The H. L Hunley submarine was the first sub to sink the USS Housatonic, the first successful use of a submarine sinking an enemy vessel in battle. Horace Lawson Hunley became a famous engineer for building the submarine from being a lawyer. Horace Lawson Hunley was born on December 29, 1823 in Sumner County in … Read more
The movie Room is about a young boy, Jack, who is raised in a shed for the first five years of his life. His mother, Ma, does her best to provide for him the best she can while being confined to the shed. Throughout the movie, we see how Jack develops in his early years … Read more
The Benefits of Fathers Reading to Their Children: Tips for Fatherhood Programs and Dads Reading is an essential activity that is linked to children’s cognitive development, academic skills, and future employment opportunities. Children often become interested in reading by watching and mimicking their parents or participating in childparent reading routines. Although mothers have a big … Read more
It happen at some point during our civilization when human sacrifice became an arrogation, executed for a religious purpose, a cult, or as a ritual to please their gods in which they believe in. In the story, The Lottery by Shirley Jackson she introduces us to a luck-of-the-draw conformity among the villagers in the story. … Read more
Language can mean many different things; it can be seen and heard, and it can be diverse and standard It is a cognitive phenomenon that follows a set of rules and tells our brains how to speak grammatically (Clark, as cited in Gee & Hayes, 2011, p. 6). Language is a set social conventions that … Read more
Manga is the Japanese correspondent to comic books in the West and has been able to gain a large international following in the past 20 years. However, it is still a niche culture in America. Many people do not understand manga and create false assumptions regarding the topic. People do not understand the cultural differences … Read more
In his Treatise of Human Nature David Hume offers two categories of virtue which aim to divide the moral terrain into the natural and the artificial virtues. In order to assess Hume’s distinction, I shall firstly establish what Hume identifies ‘virtue’ to be. I shall then proceed to catalogue two distinctions employed by Hume in … Read more
Established in 1842 as a public military college, the Citadel was a college filled with many traditions and full of pride that seemed to discriminate against female applicants. However, the Citadel’s way of accepting and admitting students can be easily challenged and argued. In Susan Faludi’s essay, “The Naked Citadel”, Malcolm Gladwell’s essay, “The Power … Read more
His breath was cold and shallow, a soft smoke escaping his mouth every time he managed to take a full lungful of air. The man stared downward at his dark, brown shaded hand, trembling softly. He caught ahold of himself, and focussed back at the window, slightly covered in a layer of frost. The drapes, … Read more
Mary Ann Easterling said of her late husband, former NFL safety Ray Easterling, “It amazed me to think about what he dealt with every day inside his head”. Ray played with the Atlanta Falcons and helped the team set records that have yet to be broken. Remembered for giving his all on the field, Ray … Read more
Angry Americans and Violent Visitors America was formed on violence. The American Revolution is a prime example of fighting for freedom. However, America also formed from the people the colonists fought, they were fighting to keep their land, for belonging and justice. The exploration and colonization of the Europeans caused an incredible amount of violence, … Read more
Shake. Buzz. Shake. Rattle. Morning wake up call. It’s early Monday morning, six o’clock. The bus comes at seven, so I have an hour. Eh… I hit my vibrating pillow’s remote’s snooze. I mean, what’s the point of a sounding alarm clock if you’re not going to hear it? So, yes, my alarm clock is … Read more
Resistance to slavery began almost as soon as slavery itself did. This should not be surprising when considering that slaves were treated more as property than as human beings. In the United States, resistance to slavery took up multiple forms. These included large-scale rebellions and smaller, quieter acts of resistance. The “day to day resistance,” … Read more
Criminal justice system is the law enforcement that focuses on the safety of the public, which prosecutes, defends, sentences, and punishes people who are suspects of convicted criminal offenses. The criminal justice system is supposed to be equal to all races but it is not always like that even in this century. The criminal justice … Read more
What is “love? ” How do we define it? Can it genuinely exist in modern society as in Shakespeare’s stories? A literal dictionary definition of the word shows it to mean a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person. Doesn’t that sound just romantic? Nowadays it seems that a majority of people often overlook the … Read more
Violence associated with teenage relationships could be abstracted as a set of various violent and abusive behaviors, including sexual and physical assaults, homicides, psychological abuse, kidnapping, harassment, and threats (Theriot, 2012, p. 224). Consequently, dating violence could occur as sexual, psychological, or physical abuse. Physical violence is defined by actions such as being choked, slapped, … Read more
Identify and evaluate marketing opportunities Part 1: Research and identify possible marketing opportunities: Introduction: T-House is one the Australian owned T-shirt Company located in Melbourne area established in 2009. With over 20 branches around city and suburb area of Melbourne, products of T-house are targeting massive group of customer. T-house products lines are including clothing … Read more
Not Just Black and White From Charlie Chaplin’s 1940 film The Great Dictator satirizing World War II to Steven Spielberg’s 1993 film Jurassic Park addressing the unchecked progression of science, film showcases topics being discussed in America. These topics range, but one trait is similar between them all. The characters are played by white actors … Read more
Scavenger Hunt English Language Learners Legislation 1. Fill in the chart below by following these directions: Choose a school district. Identify the six subsections of the Florida Consent Decree (LULAC et al. v. The State Board of Education of Florida, 1990). Explain how your local school district is complying with each of the six subsections. … Read more
How your child learns, speaks, plays, moves and acts offers you important information about how your baby is developing. Development milestones are the P. J. E. S, physical, intellectual,emotional, social things that most baby can do by a certain age. 0-2 months Physically at 0-2 months babies can hold their head up with little help … Read more
Analysis of How Women Are Portrayed In Movies Historically, the attitudes and beliefs about women have been bleak. Women have been depicted as being inferior to men, and science has viewed women as being a subsidiary of man. Even in the greatest country on earth, women in the United States have still been treated unequally … Read more
Today divorce is very common and it affects many families and children around the world. Many kids are deeply affected by this and their parents need to know how to help them get through this tough time. Over the past year there have been over one million children affected by divorce, and more than about … Read more
Jackson’s Early Life Andrew Jackson had a rough early life, faced with many deaths and hardships. Jackson was born on March 16, 1767. His father had already passed before Jackson’s birth and his mother had to raise three boys all herself, with the help of some of their family. Jackson only received and had the … Read more
It is possible to address a large group of people about a problem in the society? People like to think so, and they try through a process called a satire. A satire is a way to point out a problem of society through a form of writing. It is meant to promote change. Examining a … Read more
The fifth stage of Erikson’s Psychosocial theory is the “identity vs. identity confusion” stage. This stage typically occurs in adolescence; individuals strive to answer the question “who am 1? “. I didn’t achieve this stage until the end of my high school career. In middle school, I was not very popular, I was intimidated by … Read more
Criminal investigators have a number of duties that extend far beyond what is so often presented on TV. The glory that surrounds detectives usually seems to showcase them in a way that makes them seem to be completely independent and higher ranked than standard police officers, however in reality detectives and street police often have … Read more
1.Overfishing dramatically reduces the population of the fishes that are being targeted by fishing companies. For example, the Chinese have overfished their fish populations in the East China Sea, so now they are fishing illegally on Philippine, and Argentine waters. This is now a crisis because if they have overfished their population, then they will … Read more
The historical fiction book, The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair, is about the fictional character Jurgis Rudkus. Jurgis lives in Chicago in the early 1900’s. He had moved to America from Lithonia in search of a better life. “Jurgis could see all the truth now-could see himself through the whole long course of events, the victim … Read more
Today, Starbucks is revered as the coffee shop of the Gods: lines go out the door, pictures of their lattes flood social media, and consumers make sure the logo is in plain sight wherever they take the cup. However, the coffee does not have a secret ingredient that makes it so special. In fact, the … Read more
Each year, approximately 1. 6 to 3. 8 billion Americans receive concussions from sports and recreational activities. Many of the people suffering from concussions are involved in competitive sports, especially high school sport teams (The Center for Disease Control and Prevention). While participating in a high school sport is normal, the players would not want … Read more
Socrates was a revolutionary philosopher whom at his time challenged society. He was a man of questions. When in conversation with others, he would merely answer questions with more questions of his own. When asking others questions to their questions, it not only helped him try to understand their point of view, but also helped … Read more
The general topic of this research project will be about women in the streets of London during the time period of 1550-1650. Our specific research topic of women in London will be about prostitutes during the Renaissance. We divided our topic of prostitution into four different categories to work on to deepen the focus that … Read more
By the end of the novel, The Chocolate War, Jerry Renault was broken down mentally and ruined by the Vigils. The Vigils is a club of the school that only certain people can be a part of, they give people assignments that must be completed no matter what they are. The Vigils are very strong … Read more
“All carriages this way! ” shouted a loud voice through the night air. The carriage jolted and bounced as it made its way to the grand banquet hall, and poking my head out the window, I saw its spires gleaming, bright lights streaming from the many glass windows. The sky was clear and cloudless, the … Read more
Imagine moving to Florida. The first thought that probably forms in your brain is the perfect place – palm trees and sunshine, and maybe even some tangerines. Well that is not how the main character, Paul Fisher, experiences it at all. The protagonist in the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor has an entirely different experience. … Read more
The Tang Dynasty (618-907) was a time of slightly deconstructed misogyny which allowed for the advancement of women. In fact, the Tang Dynasty experienced a small interruption with the second Zhou Dynasty (690-705) established by the only female monarch in Chinese history-Empress Wu. Empress Wu rose to power through ruthless tactics to move her from … Read more
Chapter 1 Question 1: What did Prince Otto von Bismarck, the German chancellor, see as the task of German Foreign policy? The German Chancellor, Prince Otto Von Bismarck saw the German foreign policy, which is a governments strategy with dealing with other nations, as the diplomatic isolation of France. his depiction of Germanys strategy saw … Read more
Which characters best exemplify the idea of true love? Love is a word that could be viewed in many different lights. The fluidity of such a could mean many different types of things. Such as a mother’s love for her newborn, a child’s love for their toy,the love shared between two people in a relation, … Read more
The Salem witch trials occurred around the 1690s in Salem, Massachusetts. Some young women started to have fits and their bodies would seize. These fits had seemingly no medical explanation, so the people of Salem deemed it witchcraft. The people of Salem then had to decide which people were witches. They accused both men and … Read more
‘In what ways is the theme of racism more or less prominent than themes of love, deceit and jealousy in Shakespeare’s Othello? ‘ Othello is a play which was written by William Shakespeare and believed to be written around 1603 and first performed by the king’s men. Othello is a tragedy which focuses on Othello … Read more
Ethos, Logos, and Pathos are the three tools that have been used to persuade any individual, and throughout Julius Caesar you tend to see towards the end Brutus and Antony using these tools to pursued the crowd of people. While Brutus used ethos, logos, and pathos to try and justify his reasoning for killing Caesar, … Read more
Animal cruelty and neglect is an ever present problem in many different areas of the world. Zoos are an example of a topic that many individuals claim to unfairly treat animals, and argue that the government should ban them. Although there are a variety of zoos around the world that manifest this problem, the United … Read more
Introduction To The Best Folding Recumbent Exercise Bike If you’re in the market looking for a recumbent bike, then you’ve come to the right place! You may or may not know this already, but when it comes to picking out a recumbent bike, there are a lot of different features that you need to consider. … Read more
Being a part of a military family is just as hard and stressful as you may have heard. My dad made the decision to join the Navy when I was six years old. After he joined he had to go to boot- camp for six to eight weeks, which left me in the care of … Read more
A worldwide issue that has been occurring in many countries for several years is the violation of The Declaration of Human Rights. This has been happening especially in Cuba for roughly about 28 years. Some of the most recent and popular rights that have been violated in Cuba are, the limiting of citizens thoughts and … Read more
Genetically modified organisms (GMOS), an organism who’s DNA has been altered in such a way that it would be more beneficial, has garnered great debate as to whether or not it is harmful or if it will be the crop of the future. Many scientists believe that GMOS have the possibility to end world hunger … Read more
The cornerstone of the United States of America is its Founding Fathers. This group of highly educated, wealthy aristocrats instigated the revolution against Britain, built the American system of government from scratch, and introduced American ideals that would resonate with the rest of the world. Some of the most acclaimed Founding Fathers include George Washington, … Read more
The Columbine Massacre, the most gruesome school shooting in U. S. history, plagued the town of Littleton, Colorado. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the shooters, have very diverse backgrounds. Eric was intelligent while being cool at the same time. He manages to get superior grades, while doing shameful things. However, “Dylan Klebold was a meek, … Read more
In any cosmetologist’s career, it is inevitable he or she will come upon the problem of lice, whether it is with a client, a friend, or even their own child. For most people, even talking about lice will make their scalp itch. It has a bad reputation and definitely should not be taken lightly. Parents, … Read more
Tomb Appearance The tomb had 16 steps, 6 doorways, and 4 rooms full of his most valuable treasures. The biggest room… was the Antechamber. The smallest… was the Annex. The ONLY room to be decorated was the… Burial Chamber also where Tut’s tomb was! The most expensive things were in… The Treasury. The Antechamber was … Read more
Cheerleading is popular worldwide and its more then just standing on the sidelines cheering on your high school team. Cheerleading is a sport and it’s a very challenging one. There is two different types of cheerleading and they often get mistaken as the same thing School cheerleading is less challenging then all-star cheer. Usually when … Read more
There are many people that contributed to history and changed our world today. These contributions in history include those from journalists. One of many journalists is Nellie Bly, who shaped the journalism industry as we know it. Journalists contribute to history by their written news articles that display to others what life was like otherwise … Read more
The Western Europe that opened up the Atlantic world in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries was patriarchal. This means men ruled over women and children in the family and in society. All aspects of patriarchal societies allocated power and property to men though religious, political and cultural beliefs . These patriarchal ideologies were taken to … Read more
Donald L. Niewyk’s fifth and sixth chapters both deal more with outside perspectives and outside reactions than it does with those who were persecuted. The fifth chapter, “Bystander Reactions,” offers four different arguments as to why bystanders acted they way they did during the Holocaust. The sixth chapter, “Possibilities of Rescue,” discusses three different viewpoints … Read more
William Shakespeare once said,”I must be cruel only to be kind; thus bad begins, and worse remains behind” (Hamlet 3. 4. 14-17). Those same words can be applied to the iconic American novel, Beloved. From the start of her story, Toni Morrison makes it apparent that slavery haunts the residents of 124, as the cruel … Read more
We can save state sovereignty or we can save strangers. The problem with humanitarian military intervention is that it has proven to be only sometimes effective – not always effective but only sometimes. It is undeniable that humanitarian intervention has catapulted a huge moral dilemma into the international realm. Humanitarian intervention has turned into a … Read more
One course of action is to try to limit or even completely get rid of the segregation between students with disabilities and those without. Currently, there are still numerous public schools around the nation that have not developed a method towards transitioning to non-segregated classroom styles for individuals with disabilities. This exclusion between students with … Read more
PDD-NOS (Pervasive Development Disorder – Not Otherwise Specified) Case Study of a Child with PDD-NOS Consuelo (Connie) Natal Concordia College PDD-NOS stands for Pervasive Developmental Disorder- Not Otherwise specified. According to www. autismspeaks. org, PDDNOS became the diagnosis applied to children or adults who are on the autism spectrum but do not fully meet the … Read more
Adnan Syed: Scapegoat The case of Adnan Syed is a mysterious one, it all starts with the murder of a 17 year old girl from Baltimore County, Maryland; Hae Min Lee. On the afternoon of January 13, 1999 she disappeared, her body was later found in Leakin Park (a hotspot for dead bodies) cause of … Read more
As a child, Maya Angelou faced difficulties that no child should ever face. At the age of seven, Angelou was raped by a close friend of her grandmother. For years, Angelou struggled with her inner demons. When Angelou transitioned to a woman, stepping into her purpose, she embodied a sense of style in her work. … Read more
In the twentieth century, George Orwell’s 1984 became a definitive novel with unique terms that continue to be used in today’s societies. The dystopian novel is set in Airstrip One under the dictatorship of “Big Brother” who no one really knows exists. The English Socialist government persecutes individualism and independent thinking with constant surveillance of … Read more
In the blistering winds of Antarctica, there lays a creature that relies on true love to survive. The penguin is a flightless bird that has aquatic capabilities and is unbothered by the frigid temperature of its habitat. Interestingly the penguin is one of the few animals that are monogamous; In fact, they can die from … Read more
The tree doesn’t sway anymore. It used to dance, hover and protect the large brick house with its delicate, elegant branches. Dainty leaves would be released from the tips after a brief gust of wind and float gracefully onto the brick roof. Thick branches would tangle together, rejoicing in unison, sharing trails of ivy between … Read more
The social comparison theory proposes that people have a drive to determine their progress and standing within life and as a result they often seek out standards to which they compare themselves (Festinger, 1954). With 69% of internet users having a social media profile and spending approximately 12. 5 hours per week on social media … Read more
The Argument for Electrical, Self-Driving Vehicles First people traveled by foot, then by horse, then the first automobile was invented over a century ago, which included a variation of the combustion engine that the majority of people still use today. The next major evolution in transportation is fast approaching with the invention of electrical, self-driving … Read more
Technology has given humans numerous advantages. One advantage, in particular, is the improvement in the way we think that results in a change in the way we learn. Although this advantage is very helpful in today’s world, there is a downside in its effect on the environment and our future. When militaries started occupying land, … Read more
There is no true definition of art. To me, art is very subjective and can mean different things for different people. In my opinion, art is a form of self-expression or filling in a space in a way that is beautiful or aesthetically pleasing to the artist. A true work of art can be a … Read more
The Best of Both Worlds Do you ever wonder if your coach or your child’s coach was a good athlete and that’s why they coach so well? In most cases that’s not true. “It’s rare to find a great coach that was a great player. ” One of the hardest transitions in the “athletic world” … Read more
Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s War Measures Act Statement Pierre Elliott Trudeau served as the 15th Prime Minister of Canada, from 1968–1979 and 1980–1984. His charismatic personality dominated the Canadian political scene, one that had never been witnessed before. On October 5th, 1970, British trade commissioner, James Cross was kidnapped in Montreal by members of a terrorist … Read more
When the name Peyton Manning is mentioned, almost anyone would recognize him as an NFL football player and many would know him as an elite quarterback that broke records left and right; however, few recognize the major impact he has left on the game of football. From the time Peyton Manning began playing footballI, he … Read more
Eleanor Roosevelt was a very important activist. Although at the time people thought that she was stepping out of her place as a woman, she altered the role of the first lady. She spoke up for women’s rights, African American rights, and she helped the kids and the poor. She stood up for a African … Read more
Speaking on a personal level in terms of music, I believe that people and music have an extraordinary, dependent bond. Therefore, neither can truly exist beyond the conventional confines of life without the other. Based on my personal belief, music has significantly affected my life in a positive and powerful way. Among the numerous songs … Read more
The Spanish and New England Colonies Over the course of the 15th century, European colonization swept the continent of North America. In spite of the fact the Spanish and the English were located within the same vicinity of the globe, their approaches towards successfully colonizing North America stood apart. The processes of development for the … Read more
Ronald Reagan came into the oval office after a bad economic term by Jimmy Carter. Jimmy Carter left the office with high inflation, unemployment and interest rates. One of Reagan’s biggest goals he had for his presidency was to save the economy. Many people labeled his economic policy “Reaganomics”. With many new policies comes doubt … Read more
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress” – Frederick Douglass. Douglass suggested that if you do not struggle to reach your goals and aspiration, you will not take the steps to reaching your goals. Frederick Douglass was born in 1818 near Talbot County, Maryland. Douglass was born right into slavery and soon taken … Read more
The desire for power, fear, and self-preservation can cause people to change in ways one could not imagine. In the story, Night by Elie Wiesel, and Gerda Weissman Klein’s All But My Life, the authors share their tragic experiences from their times in Nazi concentration camps. In Addition, Klein’s All But My Life shows her … Read more
“A People to Mold, A Nation to Build”-European Colonization in a A Small Place “Antigua is a small place, a small island,” nine by twelve miles long, discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493 (Kincaid, 80). Europeans later settled on the island along with the slaves they imported. In A Small Place, Kincaid described the Europeans … Read more
As humans, it is in our nature to look back on our experiences and our past knowledge in order to build or construct something for ourselves. When the colonists separated from British rule, it is evident that the ideas they were attempting to escape ended up following them as they began settling into their new … Read more
In the summer of 1969, Greenwich Village in New York erupted into protest against police raids on gay bars and establishments. The protests began with the raiding of the popular establishment The Stonewall Inn. The Stonewall riots proved pivotal in the gay rights movement, as the Sixties and Seventies marked the rise of queers rights … Read more
In the novel The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, the reader follows the travels of expatriates Jake Barnes, and his friends Lady Brett Ashley, Robert Cohn, Mike Campbell, and Bill Gordon. As the characters travel around France and Spain, Hemingway describes their various interactions with people that both took part in the war and … Read more
Ronald Reagan was a leader all of his life. In school, he was president of the student body. When he went into acting, he became president of the Screen Actors Guild. He then went on to be the governor of California, and eventually president of the United States. His political views shifted in the years … Read more
A topic for debate is, whether the 2nd Amendment protects individual rights to own a firearm. For the past century, political scientist and private citizens have compelling arguments about the exact meaning of the 2nd Amendment. For example, citizens that want to protect the individual’s right to possess a firearm concentration on the “right to … Read more
“My husband is dead. My husband is dead. Martin. Is. Dead. ” | repeated these words to myself as I looked in the mirror wondering how I could tell Yolanda, Martin, Dexter, and sweet little Bernice… Oh, Bernice! She had just turned five less than a month ago. How could I tell them their beloved … Read more
The Gilded age was a time between the time periods of the 1870s to the 1900s. Peter B. Levy proclaimed that the Gilded Age, “represented a paradox in terms of the environmental history of the United States. “, in his article “Gilded Age and the environment” (). The Gilded Age represented a time period or … Read more
“The most tragic of all prisoners were the “Muselmanner,” as they were called. Wrapped in their torn blankets, they would sit or lie on the ground, staring vacantly into space, unaware of who or where they were, strangers to their surroundings. ” This quote from Elie Wiesel’s speech “The Perils of Indifference,” shows that indifference … Read more
The environment in childhood is important for forming identity, especially children are more vulnerable to the surrounded environment. People who experienced the war on childhood often carry their grim memories even after they are rehabilitated and have difficulties on finding their identities. We tend to forget our identities when we face a certain memory is … Read more
James Bain and Jonathan Barr were convicted for crime they have never committed. Like many others, false allegations cause innocent individuals to be arrested for crimes they have not committed. Results from DNA testing have been used as great evidence to help people reach their freedom from being behind bars. To prevent the conviction of … Read more
OK! USA magazine is a British weekly magazine, specializing in the latest celebrity gossip and news. Ok! published in 1993, and its popularity grew not only in England, but also in U. S. A, Indian, Spanish and Bulgarian. OK! magazine is now the world’s biggest celebrity lifestyle magazine, with over 30 million readers worldwide. (elliepg321. … Read more
Silence… it’s a simple word that can hold so much over a person. A word that once it is said no longer describes itself. In Night, Elie Wiesel uses imagery, flashbacks, and characterization to explain how silence is forced, as well as broken into the people throughout the Holocaust. The inmates were forced to watch … Read more
What are the traits that make a person a good friend? Is one trait the power to conjure spirits by singing songs in Barbados? What about the ability to manipulate almost the entire town of Salem? In the book, The Crucible written by Arthur Miller, there are many characters one might want as a friend, … Read more
This paper will focus nursing home health care disparities among the LGBT elderly. Throughout the paper, there will be research to identify the problem and support the factors that contribute to the identified problem. This paper looks at the issue of nursing home disparities among the LGBT community at a micro, mezzo, and macro level … Read more
The total value of the purchase was $15 million, at an astounding rate of under three cents per acre. The people who lived in Louisiana were all given U. S. citizenship and the United States agreed to honor all agreements between the Spanish and the Native Americans that had been made while Spain had controlled … Read more
Modern dance is the term used for the 20th-century theatrical dance movement. The movement was started by American dancer Isadora Duncan in a rebellion against ballet, which she felt was too constricting. Duncan based her dance technique and style on the Greeks. She identified with their ideals of human form and beauty. Although her way … Read more
The trebuchet is a type of siege engine originating in China sometime before the fourth century and used primarily during battle throughout the middle ages. This large artillery weapon worked by launching projectiles great distances to destroy walls to rubble or to throw diseased corpses over castle wall. One of the first documented use of … Read more
In the Shandows In a worn in leather passenger seat I was looking through the rolled down window. A warm summer breeze was entering the beat up green ford truck. The radio was softly playing “Blue Moon “by Elvis. Outside it was early evening and the sun was setting a lovely color of oranges and … Read more
“Yes, just a quarter of a mile away. Luckily, the warrior Estocada promised us that he would delay the dragon. ” “Very good,” answered Alex, stepping to the door. “Wait! ” called the bird. “Don’t you think you should wait a bit longer before leaving? ” Alex turned around, already having known the answer to … Read more
The case of the Vasa capsizing is very interesting in the turn of events that happened to cause 125 people to lose their lives. The events could have been prevented and the ship would have never capsized. The following information system will help to understand what went wrong and how the system can improve the … Read more