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- 3571: Frank Lloyd Wright 3
- ... The university offered no courses in his chosen field; however, he enrolled in civil engineering and gained some practical experience by working part time on a construction project at the university. In 1887 he left school and went to Chicago where he became a designer for the firm of Adler and Sullivan with a pay of twenty-five dollars a week. Soon Wright became Louis Sullivan s chief assistant. Louis Sullivan ... Chicago. Wright s Frederick C. Robie House, designed in 1906 for a bicycle and motorcycle manufacturer, is one of the world s most famous buildings. Magnificently corresponding, it is the essence of Wright s Prairie School style and the limit of his search for a new architecture. It is also among the last of the Prairie houses. During construction Wright abandoned both his Oak Park practice and his family to initiate ... conventional than Wright opposed his unorthodox methods. Distressed with personal difficulties and professional antagonisms, he passed a year of self-imposed exile (1909-1910) in Europe. Upon his return, he established a new home and school for himself in Spring Green, Wisconsin, named Taliesin (after a sixth century Welsh poet). This became a spark of a new career of ever-widening achievements. Among his later works was the Millard House ( ...
- 3572: Books Online
- ... expecting to be able to compete with Amazons size and speed will be unsuccessful. Currently, Amazons stock price is 116 and 1/16. They hope to get this back to the all time high of 221 and Ό. They plan on sticking to what made them successful in the first place: large size, expansion into other markets, and an open eye for opportunity. This will better their chance to reach ... integral part in its domination of this industry. Consumers that purchase items from Amazon.com that are satisfied with the service they receive will most likely buy from them again. This is indicative of how high psychological customer costs are associate with using another online bookseller, though the switching cost associated with changing vendors is low. This brand loyalty that customer exhibit is also a factor affecting rivalry in the five ... recently formed with Drugstore.com. This site offers more than 15,000 brand name personal health care products, product information and a licensed pharmacy. The strategic objective of both companies encompasses the same goals of high quality, being customer focused, along with being the industry leader. This is an important element in determining the success of a strategic analysis. There are also some negative aspects to this newly formed alliance. ...
- 3573: D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy
- ... obtained from intercepts of German radio traffic. This was made possible by the British early in the war having broken the code of the standard German radio enciphering machine, the Enigma. Through Ultra the Allied high command knew what the Germans expected the Allies to do and thus could plant information either to reinforce an existing false view or to feed information through German agents, most of it false but enough ... even after the invasion of Normandy, the belief could still exist that Normandy was just a preliminary measure and the main invasion of the Pas de Calais was still to come. None of the German high command in France doubted that the invasion would strike the Pas de Calais. The Fό hrer himself, Adolf Hitler, had an intuition that the invasion would come to Normandy but was unable to incite his ... the assault was a diversionary attack, it had to be defeated. Around 4:00 am, he ordered two tank divisions to prepare for counter attack, but when he reported what he had done to the high command in Germany, word came back to halt the divisions pending approval from Hitler. That would be a long time coming, for Hitler's staff was reluctant to disturb the Fόhrer's sleep. For ...
- 3574: The Trojan War
- ... young man. The ancient Greeks built Athens upon a great plateau upon a great hill. The flat hill covers about ten acres. Athens became known as the Acropolis. The Greek words akro and polis mean high city. The Athenians built temples and public buildings on the Acropolis. By 1200 BC the Athenians had built a wall around most of the city. The Athenians built a temple to Athena on the hill ... Greeks living in Athens were people with a passion for perfection. Artists excelled in beautiful works of love, beauty, and passion. Pericles was leader of the Athenians and built Acropolis to honor Athena. 39 foot high statue of Athena sits in the town. Many people and small countries looked to Athens for protection. Athens was completed in 50 years. Sculptors such as the great Fidius designed statues to display in Athens ... Zeus, the father and leader of the Gods liven on Mt. Olympus. Delphi was an important Greek Temple for Apollo. The Greek people were highly educated and built stadiums and offered sacrifices to uphold their high religion. The oracle of Delphi, was a well known oracle. The theater originated as a place for religious festivals. Amphitheater was for plays about woman. The Olympics were every four years. The competitors competed ...
- 3575: Stalin: Did his Rule Benefit Russian Society and the Russian People?
- ... with his own hands. But, this dream was crushed when Joseph was expelled from Tiflis Theological Seminary for reading "forbidden books" such as Marx and Lenin (Lewis 8; Marrin 20). After his expulsion from Tiflis school, Joseph became a revolutionary. He organized strikes and demonstrations at factories and also found ways to gather money for Lenin and the Bolshevik party. He was banished to Siberia six times between the years 1903 ... centers for children. There was also the possibility of personal advancement. To improve your position, you needed specialized skills or technical education. Massive numbers of trained experts were needed for the rapid industrialization going on. High salaries and many special privileges were offered to the technical and managerial elite. Millions struggled in universities, institutes, and night schools for the all important specialized education. "In Soviet Russia there is no capital except ...
- 3576: The Battle of Midway in the Pacific
- ... with 12 3-inch guns, 5 M-3 Stuart light tanks, 16 Douglas SBD- 3 Dauntless dive bombers, and 7 Grumman F4F Wildcat fighters, along with 22 pilots--most of them fresh out of flight school, May 29 saw the arrival of four Martin B-26 Marauder medium bombers from the 22nd Bomb Group. These planes were specially rigged to carry torpedoes and led by Captain James Collins. That same day ... men into some clouds. Coming out of the cloud cover, Norris discovered a battleship below. It was Haruna, supposedly sunk in December 1941. "Attack target below," Norris radioed, and he led the Vindicators into a high-speed glide. Anti-aircraft guns on Haruna opened fire with an "extremely heavy and troublesome but inaccurate barrage"(Stevens 121). Only two of Major Norris' Vindicators were lost during the attack. Three ditched at sea ...
- 3577: Barney The Hitler Of My Genera
- ... of his Nazi-like teachings. Barney & Friends is a show that PBS should definitely remove from its television line-up. Following the film Jurassic Park and TV shows such as Dinosaurs, Sheryl Leach, a Texas school teacher frustrated by the lack of "quality interactive and educational entertainment," created a fat purple dinosaur named Barney, and a dragon sidekick named Baby Bop for her two years old son(Tolentino 2). Thus, the Barney phenomenon was born. Conceived as a show that would help little children celebrate childhood and understand the complex business of growing up in a world where sixth graders carry guns to school, Barney & Friends has achieved a cult-like following among toddlers who swear upon their mother's graves that he is God himself. Barney has become a marketing win-fall. With an international fan club of ... scrutiny from researchers asking whether the overstuffed purple menace makes the grade as a teacher. A study by Yale University suggests that "The show contains many positive educational elements that aid young children preparing for school" (Walsh 1). Barney teaches ideas such as sharing, respect for different cultures, and washing your hands after you go potty. However, other observers argue that the show suffers from unfocused educational goals. Gerald S. ...
- 3578: Hitler, Nazis, and The National Socialist German Workers' Party
- ... to an establishment populated by the elderly, the weak, and the dissolute. Hitler was born in a small town in Austria in 1889. As a young boy, he showed little ambition. After dropping out of high school, he moved to Vienna to study art, but he was denied the chance to join Vienna academy of fine arts. When WWI broke out, Hitler joined Kaiser Wilhelmer's army as a Corporal. He was ...
- 3579: The Nazis and Their Rise to Power and Downfall
- ... to an establishment populated by the elderly, the weak, and the dissolute. Hitler was born in a small town in Austria in 1889. As a young boy, he showed little ambition. After dropping out of high school, he moved to Vienna to study art, but he was denied the chance to join Vienna academy of fine arts. When WWI broke out, Hitler joined Kaiser Wilhelmer's army as a Corporal. He was ...
- 3580: Age of Gold for Babylon
- ... the Ishtar Gate, was decorated with glazed bricks and tiles of many beautiful colors. One of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, was constructed inside the walls rising 82 feet high similar in shape to a ziggurat. It is thought that this masterpiece was build to please one of the king's Persian concubines who longed for the mountains of her homeland. The terraces were kept ... guilds in such trades as coppersmiths, boatmen, confectioners, canal diggers, fowlers, brickmakers, leatherworkers, and brewers. Only for boys preparing to be scribes at the temple or royal court was it a possibility to attend formal school. Most houses were built around an enclosed courtyard with only a single door opening into the street because Babylonians treasured privacy for their families. Most house layouts consisted of a large family room adjoining to ...
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