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- 6971: Early Flight
- ... was mocked and ridiculed for his many unsuccessful attempts of flight powered by steam engines. Langley called his airplanes "Aerodromes". Samuel P. Langley was born on August 22, 1834, in Roxburry, Massachusetts. Langley was an American astronomer, physicist, and aeronautics fanatic who helped with solar phenomena related to meteorology. Langley practiced civil engineering and architecture in Chicago, Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri. After this, he went back to Boston and received ...
- 6972: The Presidencies of Jefferson and Madison
- ... Republicans were strict constructionist. The Embargo Act of 1807 was meant not to win a war but to keep peace. The Embargo Act prohibited all United States ships from leaving for foreign ports to export American goods. This caused many New Englanders to become disgruntled with what the federal government had done to them. Many New Englanders felt that the government was using the constitution to attempt to control foreign commerce ...
- 6973: The Springfield Armory
- ... rifle painstakingly by hand to major advances in the technology of mass production and quality control to an installation where the latest development and research on experimental small weapons was conducted. This center exemplified the American desire to improve technology to better the lives of all men. From the seemingly archaic flint lock, muzzle loading musket to the semi-automatic, clip loading M1 rifle, the Springfield Armory was the pinnacle of ...
- 6974: The Writing of the Constitution
- ... constitution and to form a new government. George Washington was elected chairman of the convention.The founders were all very well-educated. Over half the delegates had collage degrees, which was rare in the North American continent at that time. They also had experience in governing . More than forty of the delegates held high offices in state governments , including three who were governors. The founders believed in the idea that the ...
- 6975: A Better Idea of Attention Deficit Disorder
- ... fine motor tests (Morrison 11). Another idea is for the patients to talk to a professional about their history in order to determine whether or not they might have ADD (Hallowell 195). According to the American Psychiatric Association a person that has ADD or ADHD needs to have eight or more of a certain criteria or symptoms. The criteria for the two disorders are the same except for the fact the ...
- 6976: Drugs and Pregnancy: Drugs Affect On The Baby
- ... 10% of all infant deaths in the country. (1) Smoking by pregnant women accounts for up to 14% of pre-term deliveries and 20-30% of low birth weight babies. (1) 20-25% of pregnant American women continues to smoke throughout pregnancy. More than 60% of all SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) are due to cigarette exposure. (2) Maternal smoking causes and estimated 4600 infant deaths in the United States. (2 ...
- 6977: All You Need To Know About AIDS
- ... family known to be antibody negative and at low risk for AIDS prior to schedualed surgery further can decrease the already small risks from transfusion. AIDS and SEX: What are the rational options? The "sexual revolution" of the 1960's has been stopped dead in its tracks by the AIDS epidemic. The danger of contracting AIDS is so real now that it has massively affected the behavior of both gay and ...
- 6978: The Devil Has His Christs
- ... superstitions after Jesus walked among chosen sinners. If so why has Christianity become such a big issue over the years in moral and political aspects in the world? Is God a "woman" or an "African American?" Should prayers and crucifixes be allowed in public elementary schools? Do Aliens follow God? There are hundreds of questions that could be asked from everyday life to futuristic premonitions. The question that really needs to ...
- 6979: Plants, Spirits, and Healing
- ... herbs and other substances would be applied after the ceremony. The shaman have different uses for different kinds of plants. The squawroot also know as the multipurpose plant is a traditional remedy in some North American Tribes. It eases nerve and muscle pain, arthritis, headaches, cramps and other muscle spasms, asthma, and it also reduces swelling and soreness in the throat. Most of the time just the dried roots and underground ...
- 6980: Ebonics
- ... named Prince, he can't scarce speak a Word of English" 1n 1760 an ad in the North Carolina Gazette read: "Ran away from the Subscriber,..., African Born..., speaks bad English." In 1734, the Philadelphia American Weekly Mercury read: Run away...;he's Pennsylvania Born and speaks good English," These articles show where each person came from and what there English was like. It is obvious that masters kept tabs on ...
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