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- 1111: History Of Photography
- ... New York City. Horace Greeley begins publishing The New York Tribune. 1844 Mathew Brady opens a daguerreotype studio in New York City. Samuel F. B. Morse sends the first successful telegraph message between Baltimore and Washington. James Knox Polk is elected President of the United States. 1846 The Mexican-American War begins. Elias Howe patents sewing machine. 1847 Liberia becomes an independent republic in Africa. (The American Colonization Society founded Liberia ... Nations held at London's Crystal Palace. 1852 Franklin Pierce is elected President of the United States. 1854 James Ambrose Cutting patents the ambrotype process. (In the late 1850s, the ambrotype would replace the daguerreotype.) George Eastman, the father of Kodak, is born. 1856 James Buchanan is elected President of the United States. The tintype is patented. William and Frederick Langenheim copyright the first paper photographs, stereographs of Eastern U. S ...
- 1112: Life Of Raphael Sanzio
- ... balance such as the "Small Cauper Madonna", were influenced directly from Michelangelo. While Raphael was in Florence, Duke Guidobaldo employed him to paint a painting for King Henry VII of England. In the painting "Saint George and the Dragon", Raphael portrays Saint George as a brave warrior fighting against a dragon right outside it’s lair. In contrast to the action of the painting, the background is peaceful and serene. In the story of Saint George, after the dragon is slain, the town all converts to Christianity, symbolizing the triumph of Christianity over all. Raphael stayed in Florence until he decided to go to Rome where he could branch out ...
- 1113: Capital Punishment Should Be A
- ... Additionally, Eric Pooley of Time magazine, in his research, reports that no proof exists to substantiate claims that capital punishment discourages crime by anyone other than the criminals whom are executed. Glenn Lammi, of the Washington Legal Foundation is quoted as saying that "there are no convincing studies" [connecting] the death penalty and the crime rate. Whitehead 3 In the absence of persuasive studies linking capital punishment and crime rates, who ... words written over a century ago still ring true today. Let's take the time to take a look at justice. Whitehead 12 Bibliography Works Cited United States. U.S. Government Accounting Office. Capital Punishment. Washington: GPO, 1994 Cheatwood, Derral and Keith Harries. The Geography of Execution: The Capital Punishment Quagmire in America. Rowman, 1996 NAACP Legal Defense Fund . Death Row. New York: Hein, 1996 "Ex-Death Row Inmate Cleared of ... 41 Stevens, Michelle. "Unfairness in Life and Death." Chicago Sun-Times 7 Feb. 1999: 23A American Bar Association. The Task Ahead: Reconciling Justice with Politics. 1997 United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Uniform Crime Report. Washington: GPO, 1994 Wickham, DeWayne. "Call for a Death Penalty Moratorium." USA Today 8 Feb. 1999: 17A ILKMURPHY Word Count: 2871
- 1114: Rock And Roll 2
- ... the hippies. All in all, when people wondered what our country was influenced by they can now have an answer. When they ask who was there for the Americans they do not have to say George Washington, or Thomas Jefferson, they can say Jerry Garcia, or Steven Tyler. So in closing to the answer of who or what affected this great nation the rockers and the music of the 1960's did ...
- 1115: Hofstadter Chapter 1
- ... Somewhat, reminding me of modern political figures who are in the middle grounds of extremes such as Democratic California Gov. Gray Davis, caught between battles for health care and gun control; and Republican Texas Gov. George W. Bush, who heralds himself as a “compassionate conservative”. Ultimately though, it reveled to me the success that was achieved with the Constitution, as the system of political checks and balances prevailed. And as Hofstadter ... Confederation, but refusing to go back to tyrannical, arbitrary rule the Fathers were unwilling to turn their backs on republicanism. As seen with the second quote, John Adams outlines the ramifications of having uncontrolled powers. Washington had even repudiated a suggestion that he become a military dictator, thought “we are apt to run from one extreme to another.” It was this belief, if not fear that made the framers set up ...
- 1116: Wallstreet, Movie
- ... Gordon Gekko personifies this message, and yet receives a standing ovation at a stockholders meeting after delivering a "greed is good" speech. The underlying theme of the movie, however, is that greed is bad. Economist George Gilder would say that individuals like Gekko who pursue only their self-interests are led, "as by an invisible hand," toward a greater welfare state. He says that people pursuing self-interest demand comfort and ... The movie is clearly an attack on the greed and self-loathing of the 80s and shows the negative effects that it can have on society. A famous supply-side economist of the 80s, had George Gilder been a character in Wall Street, he would have given the same advice that Bud’s father gave him about creating and producing. In Wealth and Poverty, he gives a simple and very similar ... entails trust—in one’s neighbors, in one’s society, and in the compensatory logic of the cosmos. Search and you shall find: give and you will be given unto; supply creates its own demand.” George Gilder is a strong supporter of capitalism when it starts with “giving,” and he believes that this giving will eventually turn it into profits, being beneficial to all of society. He believes that “greed ...
- 1117: The Masters Of Puppets
- ... drool. As with most ‘speed-metal’ bands, their least stupid songs are their slower, placid ones – eerie suicidal gothics like The Unforgiven, One, and especially the lonely-teen epic Fade to Black.” (DeCurtis, Henke, and George-Warren 46) “Garage Inc., Metallica’s most unique album in their 16 year career is both an enthusiastic tribute and a passionate directory of the group’s wide-ranging musical tastes and influences” (Mania 1 ... drug abuse, alcohol, and personal despair, fans lost interest in the “new” Metallica. “Whenever the hits start getting to catchy, some serious young upstarts will come along and foul it all up” (DeCurtis, Henke, and George-Warren 46). With a history of drugs, alcohol, and personal despair, Metallica transformed the way society saw them, nevertheless may have lost some of their fans in the process. Metallica was considered to many the ... and less metal. For Metallica hard rock meant playing hard, on stage and off (Metallica). List of Works Consulted Clark, David. “Metallica.” Popular Musicians. 1999 ed., 3: 712-715. DeCurtis, Anthony, James Henke, and Holly George-Warren, eds. The Rolling Stone: The Definitive History of the Most Important Artists and Their Music. New York: Random House, 1992, 46-47. Farley, Christopher John. “Where the moshers are.” Time 22 July 1996: ...
- 1118: Capital Punishment
- ... Secrets to the U.S.S.R., and were labeled Communist Spies. This case was ended with a double death sentence, they were both sent to die in the electric chair at Sing Sing Prison. · George Stinney Jr.: was the youngest person to be legally executed in the United States in the 20th Century. In 1944, George Stinney Jr., a 14 year old black male, was convicted of stabbing two young white females with railroad spikes in the head. Despite his age, he was convicted in less than 90 days after the ... time of the murder, he was sentenced to life at Wakulla Correctional Institution, instead of death, which is usually given for pre-meditated murder in the 1st degree. Why was he sentenced to die like George Stinney Jr.? That question is in the open. These are only a few examples of the thousands of people who have been executed over time of man. It would be nearly impossible to sit ...
- 1119: Early Colonies
- ... a new colony, New Haven. Connecticut was founded by those separatists in Massachusetts who felt that the religion was too strict. Yet another colony established for exclusive, religiously motivated purposes was Maryland. Roman Catholics, under George Calvert, the First Lord Baltimore, fled religious persecution in England from the Protestants. Due to the immediate wealth from tobacco harvesting, Protestants came over to the new colony seeking some of the wealth. Ironically, the ... a wild card in its own identity. It has completely different origins than any other colony. Founded by James Ogelthorpe, Georgia was very diverse in its inhabitants. Outlaws and debtors were sent there by King George, and therefore there was a conservative law. King George had to loosen restrictions because people left. Georgia was also a military boundary or buffer zone between Spanish Florida and the British colonies. Georgia was different because it was ruled under the military and ...
- 1120: The Effects Of Rap On Inner Cities
- ... says “Bring out the Champagne bottles, and all the boos, and have one on us.” The National Bureau of Justice also took a count, and 48% of Malt Liquors, are being sold in mainly Chicago, Washington DC, New York City, and Los Angeles California. The problem with that is the majority of rap fans live in those areas, known as the slums of America. Among the 1 million violent crimes in the cities of New York, Chicago, Washington, Los Angeles, Lexington, Detroit, 45% of the time, involved an offender who had been drinking. In addition, rap artists’ are also promoting the usage of all types of drugs. In a song named “Rollin’,” Snoop ... Dealer. The National Bureau of Justice took a survey on drug usage. The National Bureau of justice proved that 71% of drug sales in the US take place in the cities of New York, Chicago, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Detroit. Also, in 37% of violent crimes committed in inner cities, the offender was high on some sort of drug, usually being marijuana. The bureau also stated proved ...
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