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- 4221: Imperialism In Nigeria And
- ... treaties, which gave control over African land and resources to England. The Royal Niger Company treaty, which was commissioned by Queen Victoria, gave the right to exercise political authority in the regions in Africa. These great numbers of treaties served as the basis for the Niger Districts Protectorate, which in turn became the British colony of Nigeria. These treaties were used throughout the region and one only needed to fill in ... addicted to opium and this alarmed Emperor Daoguang, and he decided to ban the importation of opium and sent an official named Lin Zexu, to implement his law. Lin launched campaigns and also wrote to Great Britain’s Queen Victoria in 1839, pleading her to eliminate her merchant’s sale of opium. He wrote about how China only exported products that benefited people and unlike opium, which were sent harming many Chinese people. An example of Lin’s letter to Queen Victoria is, You, I hope, will certainly agree that people who pursue material gains to the great detriment of the welfare of others can be neither tolerated by Heaven nor endured by men…Have they no conscience? I have heard that you strictly prohibit opium in your own country, indicating unmistakably ...
- 4222: REM's Losing my Religion: An Analsysis
- ... of these concepts is secularization which occurs mostly in modern industrial based societies. It is defined as a process in which religious beliefs and practices lose importance.(Marshall,1994: pg.468) This concept is of great significance to the essay because we live in a secular society where people are becoming less and less religious. Another important concept is alienation, often when one loses his/her religion he/she becomes isolated ... Karl Marx. According to Marx religion is "an ideology that serves ruling elites by legitimzing the status quo and diverting people's attention from social inequities." (Macionis,et al, 1994: pg.466) As Marx uses Great Britaqin as one of his examples to show how religion is used as a means of control In Great Britain the monarch was usually give the title of the head of the Chuch of England. Immediately the elites of England are connected to religion, therefore Marx's observation shows that to oppose government ...
- 4223: Drumlin Formation By Catastrophic Flooding
- ... which formed the drumlins should match the effects we observe. But the subglacial meltwater environment seems too limited in scope, and unsuited for explaining the excavation of rock basins of lakes such as the lower Great Lakes, and the Finger Lakes of New York, and the many other large lakes along the border of the Canadian Shield in Canada. Whereas the drumlins occur on high plateau in western New York, and ... about the imprint of the glacier? The theory of meltwater outbursts forming drumlins implies the hypothetical ice sheet impressed the streamlined drift after all the floodwaters had escaped from beneath the ice. This means the great ice sheet, after the meltwater escaped, would be let down like a huge press or mould on top of the drift, that would surely have left its imprint. So the streamlined landforms, drumlins and flutings ... heat, which precipitates Icelandic jokulhlaups [(glacial floods in Iceland produced by volcanic melting of subglacial ice)]? What climate regimen would allow such melting in the first place? What containment mechanism would allow accumulation of a great under-ice lake, 84,000 km3 [(cubic kilometers)] of water 18 times the volume of the Bonneville flood release beneath [3,000 meters] of ice? And would not water beneath the maximum ice thickness ...
- 4224: The Flute
- ... this time with all the children following behind. The piper led them through the forest and to the foot of a large mountain. A huge cave opened up and the children were led inside. A great landslide buried the children deep inside with only one little boy surviving. The boy went back to the town and told the anxious towns people what had happened, and the mountain never allowed the children ... he a flute player but he was a master flute player who by himself turned the primitive flute into the first modern orchestral instrument While many instruments have had improvements over the years, Boehm’s great work stands alone as a superb example of scientific ideas applied to the design of a musical instrument (Phelan, p. 17). In the flutes earliest stages it was definitely poorly tuned with clumsy arrangements of ... Inc. Hotteterre, Jacques. “Principles of the Flute Recorder and Oboe.” Copyright 1968 London, England. Toff, Nancy. “The Flute Book.” Copyright 1985,1996 Oxford University Press Inc. Tromlitz, Johann George. “The Virtuoso Flute-Player.” Copyright 1991 Great Britain at the University Press, Cambridge.
- 4225: Martin Luther King Jr. Vs Malc
- ... The early backgrounds of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King were largely responsible for the distinct different responses to American racism. Both men ultimately became towering icons of contemporary African-American culture and had a great influence on black Americans. However, King had a more positive attitude than Malcolm X, believing that through peaceful demonstrations and arguments, blacks will be able to someday achieve full equality with whites. Malcolm X’s ... X suffered not only from abuse by whites, but also from domestic violence. His father beat his mother and both of them abused their children. His mother was forced to raise eight children during the depression. After his mother had a mental breakdown, the children were all placed in foster homes. Malcolm X’s resentment was increased as he suffered through the ravages of integrated schooling. Although an intelligent student who ...
- 4226: The Evolution of the Computer
- ... of precision machining techniques used at the time and the lack of demand for such a device (Soma, 46). After Babbage, people began to lose interest in computers. However, between 1850 and 1900 there were great advances in mathematics and physics that began to rekindle the interest (Osborne, 45). Many of these new advances involved complex calculations and formulas that were very time consuming for human calculation. The first major use ... using computers of relatively modest capability for controlling and regulating their activities. In the 1960s the programming of applications problems was an obstacle to the self-sufficiency of moderate-sized on-site computer installations, but great advances in applications programming languages removed these obstacles. Applications languages became available for controlling a great range of manufacturing processes, for computer operation of machine tools, and for many other tasks (Osborne, 146). In 1971 Marcian E. Hoff, Jr., an engineer at the Intel Corporation, invented the microprocessor and another ...
- 4227: Bouldering
- ... this country's history, especially African Americans. I am very interested in the period following the Civil War and especially in the transformation of African Americans from slaves to freemen. Up From Slavery provides a great deal of information on this time period and helped me to better understand the transition. Up From Slavery provided a narrative on Washington's life, as well as his views on education and integration of ... as a janitor there to support himself and pay his tuition, room, and board. At the Hampton Institute, Booker met General Armstrong, a white man and the principal of the Hampton Institute. Armstrong made a great impression on Booker. He writes: "a great man-the noblest, rarest human being that it has ever been my privilege to meet...part of that Christlike body of men and women who went into the Negro schools at the close of ...
- 4228: The Threat of Nuclear Energy
- ... all nuclear reactions use uranium and produce some plutonium. Since nuclear reactions produce a considerable amount of plutonium there are considerable hazards that come along with it. Nader and Abbotts, two men who have a great amount of experience in the nuclear industry, comment that: Plutonium’s major dangers include the fact that it is weapons- grade material, that it is highly toxic, and it is extremely long-lasting: it will ... constructing a nuclear weapon, there would be two main issues for a terrorist. The first issue would be the knowledge required about building the bomb and making it work. Essentially, this knowledge is not a great problem. For instance, anyone can purchase a copy of "The Los Alamos Primer" for approximately twenty-three dollars. This book details the work of scientist who participated in the Manhattan Project tests in New Mexico ... church, a supermarket, and a hospital were built on tailings, thus creating situations where people live and work in buildings emitting radioactivity. (81) In towns that have been built on mill tailings there is a great increase in health related costs because of an increase in cancers and radiation induced diseases. Corinne Browne and Robert Munroe go comment on the effects of living in an environment that has radiation. In ...
- 4229: Muhammed Ali
- Muhammed Ali In some people’s eyes Muhammed Ali is the greatest boxer ever. He has always been classified as great! He was even classified as the greatest athlete in the 20th century by Sports Illustrated. He was the first to win the heavyweight title three times! He was a worldwide entertainer, and millions of people ... medal, Clay was subjected to horrible comments about his race and his religion, which forced him to throw his gold medal away because he felt that people did not accept him. Cassius Clay was a great amateur boxer, and won 100 out of 108 fights. He won consecutive titles in the AAU and the Golden Gloves amateur divisions. Clay started his professional career at age eighteen, and was paid $10,000 ... his left hand down and just backed away from the punches of his opponent, both of these are considered cardinal sins of boxing. Even through all of his arrogance, he still had lightning fast reflexes, great mobility, and probably the best jab in boxing. His first title defense was a rematch against Sonny Liston, and again shocked the world with a first round knockout. Ali right after his victory over ...
- 4230: GPS: The Future of Navigation and Technology
- ... miles above the Earth. They are continuously monitored by ground stations located worldwide. They transmit signals that can be detected by anyone with a GPS receiver. Using the receiver, you can determine your location with great precision. GPS is one of history's most exciting and revolutionary developments, and new uses for it are constantly being discovered. But before I go any farther it's important to understand a bit more ... they discovered they could chart their course by following the stars. The ancient Phoenicians used the North Star to journey from Egypt and Crete. According to Homer, the goddess Athena told Odysseus to "keep the Great Bear on his left" during his travels from Calypso's Island. Unfortunately for Odysseus and all the other mariners, the stars are only visible at night - and only on clear nights. The next major developments ... go places and maneuver in sandstorms or at night when even the troops who lived there couldn't. Initially, more than 1,000 portable commercial receivers were purchased for their use. The demand was so great that, before the end of the conflict, more than 9,000 commercial receivers were in use in the Gulf region. They were carried by foot soldiers and attached to vehicles, helicopters, and aircraft instrument ...
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