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- 5831: Civil War - Monitor vs. Merrimack
- Civil War - Monitor vs. Merrimack The battle on March 9, 1862, between the USS Monitor and the CSS Merrimack, officially the CSS Virginia, is one of the most revolutionary naval battles in world history. Up until that point, all battles had been waged between wooden ships. This was the first battle in maritime history that two ironclad ships waged war. The USS Merrimack was a Union frigate throughout ... and stern. Additions to the Union Navy included the USS Carondelet. Armed with thirteen guns and stationed on the Mississippi, she was a formidable opponent. Prior to the building of the USS Monitor, the USS New Ironsides was built. "It was the strongest ship ever built by the Northern Navy" (Lavy 4). Wooden ships were now obsolete. Ironclad ships began to roll out of ship yards more often than their wooden ... ships were built. The introduction of multiple massive turrets in the late 1800s improved the firepower dramatically. Later renovations included improved power plants and more devastating weapons. Perhaps the greatest renovation came in the pre-World War I era with the introduction of the aircraft carrier. Today, ironclad ships are so advanced that they are scarcely bigger than the ironclads used in the Civil War, but they are hundreds if ...
- 5832: Short Analysis Of Macbeth
- ... and the 'thane of cawdor', the greatest is behind. He said this because he is now the king and by saying the greatest is behind, this meant something like he was going to rule the world. At the start of the play Duncan and Macbeth win the victory for Scotland. Duncan rewarded Macbeth for the courage Macbeth had for himself throughout the victory. He rewarded Macbeth by giving him the title ... thane of cawdor'. If Macbeth did not have as much courage as he does he would not have gotten the title 'thane of cawdor'. This title makes Macbeth feel more powerful, more strong and more brave. Macbeth's courage is mainly based on the trust that the other characters have for him, it makes him feel more courageous. Due to Macbeth being honest and truthful to nearly everyone in the play ... Macduff. The castle gets surrendered and Macbeth gets defeated and dies. It was something that Macbeth would never think would happen to him, this is because he is 'thane of cawdor' and he rules the world. The victory is then proclaimed. Malcolm then announces the beginning of a new reign. Everything gets restored to Scotland and the affairs start again. It was as if everything that had been done in ...
- 5833: Alexander's Empire
- ... under the Persian kings Darius I and Xerxes I and thereafter struggled to maintain itself against Thracians and other barbarians and against the Greek cities of the Chalcidice as well as Sparta and Athens. A new stage began with Archelaus (d.399 B.C.), who centralized the kingdom with a system of roads and forts; he also fostered the Hellenization of his people by inviting famous Greek artists, Euripides among them ... power was his, the young monarch swiftly brought order to his domain by armed force when necessary, by diplomatic guile whenever he could, Philip set out to make Macedon the greatest power in the Greek world. Alexander was born in 356 to the first wife of Philip. As a teenager Alexander was educated by Athenian philosopher Aristotle. By the year 337 all of the Greek city-states had been conquered or ... battering rams, catapults, and mobile towers in their attack. The Tyrians on the island surrendered in 332 B.C, after seven months of fighting. Alexander's use of huge siege machines at Tyre introduced a new age of warfare. Alexander next entered Egypt. The Egyptians welcomed him as a liberator from Persian rule, and they crowned him pharaoh. On the western edge of the Nile Delta, Alexander founded a city ...
- 5834: United Parcel Service
- ... for now and for the future. Right now is a special time for the company, it is planning to open itself to the open market, by putting shares of it's common stock on the New York Stock Exchange. You say to yourself, "What's so special about that? Companies all the time structure themselves to be publicly traded on the open market. Well, UPS has been privately owned for ninety ... them secure that UPS doesn't get left behind in the 21st century. This merger in the open market doesn't mean that UPS needs capital to keep going, it is financially one of the world's best companies. Standard and Poor's and Moody's have reports on companies that are doing will, (usually in the Stock Exchange), they assigned different credit ratings to show how strong financially companies are ... very stable company and helps to make investments in technology and fleet position. An investment in technology is UPS's expanding business over the Internet. Like all businesses, UPS has found that e-commerce provides new frontiers in offering their customers an easier way of enhanced tracking, calculation of the rates, service selection, address validation, time-in-transit, service mapping and electronic manifesting. UPS's website www.ups.com receives ...
- 5835: The Catcher In The Rye: Summary
- The Catcher In The Rye: Summary The Catcher in the Rye, by R.D. Salinger, is about a sixteen-year old boy trying to grow up in an adult world, and trying to show that he is an adult. The book lasts in a four day span and the story is flashback. The book is under wide speculation by schools and parents because they say ... later in the book. After the fight with Straddler, Holden attempts to befriend Ackley without success because he does not want to leave Pency friendless. Holden eventually decides to leave Pency early and stay in New York until the day that he is suppose to arrive home comes. On the train to New York Holden meets the mother of student at Pency and lies about him just to be sociable while all the time laughing that he is being a phony while he hates them. Once in ...
- 5836: Alcoholism: Cunning, Baffling, Powerful, Patient And Deadly
- ... E.g. - People will not like me if I give up alcohol. There is a side that come out that is very attractive. CATASTROPHIC EXAGGERATION: You expect disaster, and disaster means the end of the world. E.g. - I won't be able to tolerate the discomfort of sobriety I AM CONTROLLED: You feel externally controlled, you see yourself as helpless and a victim of fate. E.g. - The alcohol makes ... the benefits of stopping. 5. How to interrupt unconscious habit patterns if they exist. 6. How to resolve problems brought on by previous addictive behavior. (relationship, legal, debts, employment etc.) 7. How to develop a new life style that is not centered on the addiction. Here are some guidelines for each of these problems: 1. Motivation is fundamental, because if you maintain motivation you can persist past any temporary obstacles. The simplest way to establish and maintain motivation is to have an accurate and complete Benefits of Stopping list. The list of benefits is the primary reasons you are stopping. As in learning any new skill, setbacks and rough spots should be expected. Do not allow setbacks to become distorted evidence for incorrect beliefs. 2. For many individuals the crucial problem is coping with urges. In actuality urges can ...
- 5837: Asbestos Manufacturing
- ... victim and watch with saliva, and panting as the mentally anguished murderer is fried by a machine labeled by bigots as “justice”. Those condemned few in charge of introducing the benefits of asbestos to the world cannot be consoled. The best we can hope for is to work towards a world where our children are judged by reason and justice and where the hypocrites within this world are condemned by their own incredulity. Bibloiography Scott Jr., David F., et al. Basic Financial Management. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall 1999 Worthington, Roger G., “Manville/Raybestos Manhattan” 1996 n. pag. Online. ...
- 5838: Stopping By Woods On A Snowy E
- ... the persona of the poem) has chosen a life different from that of Bob. Bob has chosen the city life of materialistic things while the author has decided to take in the beauty of the world. His life has reached its winter, it s end, and he is stopping To watch the woods fill up with snow, perhaps for the last time. He understands that he may not have much time ... of captivity. By acting as the wall it is, it limits his freedom. Freedom seems to fight against the wall. Freedom can be thought of as the force that keeps destroying the wall every spring. New life is forcing its way through the rocks but the man feels threatened by this new life and the uncertainties of freedom and therefore reconstructs his wall to keep it contained. They both act like the wall is a necessity though there is no real urgency for it. Then he ...
- 5839: Affirmative Action
- ... can once again be based on merit, not skin color or ethnicity. Laws have been passed, quotas have been established, and seemingly, everything has been done to prevent discrimination, but rather than ending discrimination, these new laws and quotas have begun to discriminate against a new group of people—the qualified white male. America is known as the land of opportunity. The general theory is that if you work hard enough and you are the most qualified person to receive a ... lawyers in command of its workplace albeit on the pretext of equality rather than efficiency. This problem is only becoming worse because America has the most far reaching equal employment laws found anywhere in the world. ("Counting Costs”) Many companies are afraid of these laws, and the fear of political punishment makes quotas very hard to research. A Kmart executive told a researcher, "We're not letting you anywhere near ...
- 5840: Why I Believe In Voluntary Euthanasia
- ... fact that the law calls all forms of self-destruction 'suicide.' Let me point out here for those who might not know it that suicide is no longer a crime anywhere in the English-speaking world. (It used to be, and was punishable by giving all the dead person's money and goods to the government.) Attempted suicide is no longer a crime, although under health laws a person can in ... But giving assistance in suicide remains a crime, except in the Netherlands in recent times under certain conditions, and it has never been a crime in Switzerland, Germany, Norway and Uruguay. The rest of the world punishes assistance in suicide for both the mentally ill and the terminally ill, although the state of Oregon recently (Nov. l994) passed by ballot Measure 16 a limited physician-assisted suicide law. At present (Feb ... Even if a hopelessly ill person is requesting assistance in dying for the most compassionate reasons, and the helper is acting from the most noble of motives, it remains a crime in the Anglo-American world. Punishments range from fines to fourteen years in prison. It is this catch- all prohibition which I and others wish to change. In a caring society, under the rule of law, we claim that ...
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