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- 1191: Robert E. Lee
- ... Fort Monroe, Virginia, as assistant engineer. While he was stationed there, he married Mary Anna Randolph Custis, Martha Washington's great-granddaughter. They lived in her family home in Arlington on a hill overlooking Washington D. C.. They had seven children, three sons and four daughters. On September 16, 1832, Mary gave birth to George Washington Custis Lee. Later in 1835 they had their second child, Mary Curtis. They had five ... 1859, and was sent there to arrest Brown and restore order. He did this very quickly and returned to his regiment in Texas. When Texas seceded from the Union in1861, Lee was called to Washington D.C. to wait for further orders (http://darter.ocps.k12.fl.us/classroom/who/darter2/relee.html 1) Unlike many Southerners, Lee did not believe in slavery and did not favor secession. He felt that ... draw up plans for the Confederate forces in Virginia, then under the command of General Joseph E. Johnston. Johnston was wounded on May 31, 1862, in the Battle of Fair Oaks (Thomas 225). The next day, Lee took command of Johnston's army, which he called the Army of Northern Virginia. From his first day of command, Lee faced what looked like an impossible task. Union General George B. McClellan ...
- 1192: Power Of The Atom
- Power Of The Atom "The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything except the way we think” Technology has developed and changed so much over the past century. Each day new things are being developed, and new things are released to the buyer’s market. Who would ever thought we’d be able to talk live with someone who lives on the other side of the world. It’s truly amazing all the luxury’s we have, and it’s amazing how one those these inventions ... telephone was close to perfection. It took sometime for the phone to really catch on, but when people began to see how convenient it was, families everywhere went out and purchase one. Imagine going one day, 24 hours without using the phone once. I don’ t know about you, but I can’t go more then a couple of hours without holding that receiver against my ear. Being grounded off ...
- 1193: Manhattan Project
- ... scientists discovering nuclear fission. The news came to the United States from Albert Einstein. Einstein found out the nuclear fission information from a German physicist named Leo Szilard. He then told it to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and urged him to start an investment toward atomic research. 3The research would then help construct an atomic weapon of mass destruction. Roosevelt was not especially concerned about investing in atomic weapon research because ... Subatomic Physics. Then he went to teach at Berkley University.4 Another main person in the research project was Enrico Fermi. Fermi was a graduate of the University of Pisa, where he received his Ph.D. Fermi then went to the University of Rome teaching chemistry and biology. Fermi played a major role in the development of the bomb by creating a sustained nuclear fission chain reaction, which was critical to ... changed. President Roosevelt died of polio, so Harry S. Truman was left in charge of the decisions involving the bomb. The focus of the war was changing. Germany was starting to lose in the war day by day. So the U.S. decided to focus much of their attention on the war with Japan. A committee was formed to advise the president on the best course of action to easily ...
- 1194: History Atomic Bomb Essay
- ... to drop the bomb was diplomatic tensions with Russia. Today, historians debate nothing about the dropping of the bombs more than whether diplomatic tensions played a role in Truman’s decision. Truman’s predecessor, Franklin D. Roosevelt, followed a program of cooperation and good relations with Russia, highlighted by the Lend-Lease program and the symbolic gestures of good nature at the Yalta conference. Truman broke away from these good-natured ... American diplomacy concerned with using the bomb to intimidate the Russians23. The first entry of note is from June 7th 1945, slightly more than a month before the inception of the Potsdam Conference. On that day Truman wrote: “I’m not afraid of Russia. They’ve always been our friends and I can’t see any reason why they shouldn’t always be24.” This feeling expressed by Truman of what seems ... antagonism in these words only pleasure over Stalin’s entrance29. Nevertheless, there is one single, yet extremely important, diary entry that seems to support the Alperovitz theory. In his diary on July 17th, the first day of the Potsdam conference, Truman recorded that, “Most of the big points are settled. [Stalin will] be in the Japanese War on August 15th. Fini Japs when that comes about30.” Those last six words ...
- 1195: The Worlds Fight Against Microbes
- ... Ebola-Reston, the fourth subtype, was discovered in 1989. The virus was found in monkeys imported from the Philippines to a quarantine facility in Reston, Virginia which is only about ten miles west of Washington, D.C. (Preston 109). The virus was also later detected in monkeys imported from the Philippines into the United States in 1990 and 1996, and in Italy in 1992. Infection caused by this subtype can be ... in Europe. Streptococcal strains of all types were showing increasing levels of resistance to antibiotics. According to Dr. Harold Neu, who is a Columbia University antibiotics expert, a dose of 10000 units of penicillin a day for four days was more than adequate to cure strep respiratory infections in 1941. By 1992 the same illness required 24 million units a day, and could still be lethal (Garrett 415). The emergence of highly antibiotic resistant strains Streptococcus pneumoniae, or Pneumococcus, was even more serious. The bacteria normally inhabited human lungs without causing harm; however, if a ...
- 1196: A Review of Huxley's Brave New World
- ... which reinforced or enriched our most cherished ideals. In our imaginations, perhaps we might have been allowed - via chemically-enriched brave new worlders - to turn ourselves into idealised versions of the sort of people we'd most like to be. Behavioural conditioning, too, could have been used by the utopians to sustain, rather than undermine, a more sympathetic ethos of civilised society and a life well led. Likewise, biotechnology could have ... repressed. Life is nice - but somehow a bit flat. A more ambitious target would be to make the world's last unpleasant experience a precisely dateable event; and from this baseline start aiming higher. "Every day, and in every way, I am getting better and better". Coué's mantra of therapeutic self-deception needn't depend on the cultivation of beautiful thoughts. If harnessed to the cultivation of beautiful pharmaceuticals, it ... is good reason to do so. It would be wrong not to go into mourning. A friend who said he might be sad if you died, but he wouldn't let it spoil his whole day - for instance - might strike us as quite unfeeling, if rather droll: not much of a friend at all. By our lights, the utopians equally show poor taste. They don't ever grieve or treat ...
- 1197: What Is PMS?
- ... million require medical treatment for their behavioral and mood changes. Symptoms seem to worsen as menses (menstruation) approaches and lessens after the your period. What PMS Is Not Symptoms of PMS occur before the first day of a woman's period . Not all symptoms related to a women's menstrual cycle are related to PMS. Stomach cramps, upset stomach or vomiting during the first day of a woman's period are not symptoms. What Causes PMS? No one really knows the cause of PMS. Study suggests that PMS is most likely caused by hormonal changes that occur before each period ... PMS. According to Edward M. Litchen, an American Neurologist grouped the symptoms of PMS in 1931. The same grouping of symptoms is used today. A- anxiety: irritability, crying spells, verbal/physical abuse, and personality changes. D- depression: confused, clumsiness, forgetful, withdrawn, paranoia, and suicidal thoughts. C- Cravings: cravings for food and anything else they can eat or drink. D- Heaviness or Headache: Fluid retention, breast tenderness, and weight gain. Besides ...
- 1198: The Effects Of Rap On Inner Cities
- ... the rap artists’, and duplicate what they hear. So although a person may be responsible for his or her action, rap music dramatically affects the lives of America’s inner cities and slums. In this day and age, of the biggest problems in America has become teen pregnancy. 68% of 18-year old have had sexual intercourse, while half of 17-year old have had sexual intercourse. To add to that ... and a bad message is being sent out to all women. Another important fact is that every year 3 million teens; about 1 in 4 sexually experienced teens acquire a Sexually Transmitted Disease (S.T.D). Another rapper, “Masta’ Pimp” begins each song by saying “Pimpin’ Aint Easy!” In a song by Masta’ Pimp titled “The Way of Life,” Masta’ Pimp says “From the ghetto to where all my hooches at ... killing two of their foes in a drive-by. When she was asked the question about the impact of rap on her son’s life, she replied with “I assume it does, because from the day he started to listen to that junk he has had some kind of gangster mentality. If my son and I ever talk about something it’s about 2-Pac or the East Coast VS. ...
- 1199: Catcher In The Rye 9
- THE CATCHER IN THE RYE By, J.D. Salinger The Catcher In The Rye, a novel written by J.D. Salinger, is appropriate reading for today's youth although he wrote this book in 1951. It is apparent that this title has a lot to do with the contents of the book. Holden Caulfield, the ... to go or anything significant to save. The rye is like a field where a baseball team plays, although it grows tall and Holden gets lost inside. Holden needed to feel like a savior. One day at the museum, after writing his sister Phoebe a note to meet him there, he had an urgent need to be a 'catcher', to save Phoebe and the other kids. There was profane language ...
- 1200: Developing An Effective Sales Training Program
- ... immediately. You want your people to learn from those who are continually seeing action in the field, who are constantly using the skills they’re teaching, and who are learning more about these skills every day. The best trainer has excellent presentation and communication skills, but also the sales background and practical knowledge that only real-world experience can provide. When deciding how to educate your sales force, you don’t ... I) and the National Association of Sales Persons (NASP). The objectives of both programs include: (1) maintaining professionalism and expertise; (2) encourage self-improvement through continuing education; and (3) recognize professional expertise (Honeycutt, Attia, and D’Auria, Summer 1996). Applicants can satisfy the eligibility requirements for certification by earning a minimum number of points based upon education and practical experience, passing a written exam, providing satisfactory performance and professional references, and ... General sales certification programs have been in existence since 1985, when SME-I announced the establishment of two programs leading to the Certified Sales Executive (CSE) and Certified Marketing Executive (CME) designations (Honeycutt, Attia, and D'Auria, 1996). At that time, SME-I membership was limited to sales managers; therefore, only management certification programs were offered. Even though the initial programs targeted member managers, aspects of the CSE exam focused ...
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