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- 1161: The Life of Adolf Hitler
- ... Germany mobilized against Russia. France and England then mobilized against Germany. All over Europe and England young men, including Adolf Hitler, eagerly volunteered. Like most young soldiers before them, they thought it would be a short war, but hopefully long enough for them to see some action and participate in the great adventure. It would turn out to be a long war in which soldiers died by the millions. An entire ... anti-Semitic." The German Workers' Party name was changed by Hitler to include the term National Socialist. Thus the full name was the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP) called for short, Nazi. By the end of 1920 it had about three thousand members. Hitler Named Leader of Nazi Party By early 1921, Adolf Hitler was becoming highly effective at speaking in front of ever larger crowds ... new highly disciplined guard unit was formed by Hitler that would be solely responsible to him and would serve as his personal body guard. It was called the Schutzstaffel, the staff guard or SS for short. The SS adopted a black uniform, modeled party after the Italian Fascists. A former stationery salesman, Josef Berchtold, was its first leader. A young man who had done a variety of odd jobs for ...
- 1162: Impact of the Spanish American War
- ... and inflamed the public opinion. When the U.S.S. Maine mysteriously exploded near Havana, the uproar of the masses so great that the US was forced to declare war on Spain. In early 1898 stories out of Cuba smoked with excitement. On president McKinley's desk lay a newspaper with the head line: 300 CUBAN WOMEN BUTCHERED!!!(The story of the Spanish American war, pg.3) When reports from Cuba ... action fueled a war over newspaper circulation that had developed between American newspaper William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer. To lure readers, Heart's accounts-from reporters such as James Creelman-of "Butcher" Weyler brutality. Stories of poisoned wells and children being thrown to sharks deepened American sympathy for the rebels. Legitimate reports of Cuban suffering mixed with these sensationalized stories became Known as yellow journalism-reporting that exaggerates the news to lure new readers. (The Americans pg.530). Spanish authorities restricted the freedom of the reporters that Hearst and Pulitzer sent to Cuba and ...
- 1163: Cold War Book Review
- ... of the effects of such government. Slavenka Drakulic produced How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed, an appealing work with this fresh social approach. This nonfiction work combines the author s own recollections with the stories of other women of the Eastern Bloc. Drakulic, a renowned journalist and writer, utilizes her keen eye for detail and truth in this quest that shows how communism has devastating effects on the common citizen ... lifestyle that comes with communist rule. If she is discussing the perils of doing laundry or the conversation she had with her censor, Drakulic approaches each aspect of communist control with the same importance. Her stories focus on one topic at a time and colorful descriptions fill the pages. For example, Drakulic describes the influence her new doll had on her childhood ideas of the status of women: nobody told us ... not work as it did. Since citizens were not provided with the basic necessities of daily life, they did not support the communist regime in times of crisis. She supplements this idea with the outrageous stories in How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed. This book is not a comprehensive or academic study, because it does not intend to serve that purpose. However, it is a documentation of real stories ...
- 1164: The Effects of Creatine
- ... 3 repetitions. The lack of change in skinfold thickness suggests that the increase in body mass is due to either an increase in fat-free mass or an increase in total body water. Given the short time of creatine supplementation, the researchers concluded the weight was due to increased water uptake. In another double blind, placebo controlled study conducted by Earnest (1995), 12 subjects receiving creatine monohydrate experienced a 6% mean ... could have been better if more creatine was supplemented into the diet. Snows data indicate that anaerobic metabolism in contracting muscle tissue is unaffected by relatively small increases in total creatine levels during a short duration, high intensity exercise bout. His finding supported those of Casey's. Scientists want to know why creatine works very well for some people and not at all for others. Greenhaff believes that this is ... on the kidneys. A case report suggested that the supplement caused renal failure in one man, but the patient had pre-existing kidney disease. A recent study by Poortmans (1997) looked into the effect of short term creatine use on the kidneys. Five men took 20 g. a day for five days. Testing revealed that there was a 3.7 fold increase in blood creatine levels and a 90 fold ...
- 1165: House Of The Seven Gables
- ... in many ways this is what a Chinese mother living in San Francisco may have behaved like or said. History and literature are also linked by way of story. History has given us so many stories to tell, stories that are incredible and sometimes unbelievable. So many fairy tales of kings, queens, evil enemies and great battles have their root in history. There existed evil kings that did atrocious things such as King Henry ... written about so many times. Shakespeare must have gotten many of his ideas of history. During his time there was no television, no internet, but there was history and it offered him a treasury of stories and tales and subjects to write about. An example of a play that was written to entertain but had historical roots was Richard the III . Writers often write about what they love because they ...
- 1166: Irony in "The Pardoners Tale" and "The Nun's Priest's Tale"
- Irony in "The Pardoners Tale" and "The Nun's Priest's Tale" Irony is the general name given to literary techniques that involve surprising, interesting,or amusing contradictions. 1 Two stories that serve as excellent demonstrations of irony are The Pardoners Tale and The Nun's Priest's Tale, both from Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. Although these two stories are very different, they both use irony to teach a lesson. Of the stories, The Pardoners Tale displays the most irony. First and foremost, the entire telling of the story is ironic, considering just who is the teller. The Pardoner uses this story to speak out against many ...
- 1167: Amazing Grace A Book Report
- ... this documentary-style book, he told about the horrible yet completely realistic conditions of the most poor, rundown neighborhoods and districts in New York City. Kozol wrote the book for the purpose of telling the stories of the children who lived in these parts of the city. He dedicated his work to those children and it was his goal to inform readers that slums were in fact in existence and the ... deserve to live in such a poverty-stricken area. The question "Why should their childhood be different from others across the country?" arose often and needs to be examined by all. In some ways the stories, accounts and tales of these inner city children were shocking. I was aware that slums existed, but knew nothing of how they functioned, what living conditions were really like, or how the people there managed ... or because of the extremely unhealthy conditions they were living in and the poor treatments that were available at area hospitals. I cannot even imagine myself in those conditions or anyone for the matter. The stories of people s bravery in the face of so much adversity affected me the most. I am amazed by the people who live in these terrible conditions day after day year after year yet ...
- 1168: Creative Writing: X-Men
- ... be able to convey the right mood and feeling for his or her art. They must also be able to fluidly tell a story and fit it all in the allotted number of pages. The stories often probe deep into the human psyche, questioning what is right and what is wrong or showing human frailty. That is not all. In a series like the X-Men, where there are at least ... X-Men consisted of five teen-agers and Xavier (Professor X). These were not as popular as other titles of the times such as Superman, Batman, Spiderman, The Fantastic Four, and The Avengers. The early stories were basically about a supergroup that went around facing super bad guys and some prejudice now and then. After sixty-odd issues, X-Men started just reprinting old stories. This went on for about thirty issues when the book was going to be canceled. The X-Men were saved by the creative team of Dave Cockrum, John Byrne, and Terry Austin with Giant ...
- 1169: Tundra and The Artic
- ... a very harsh climate. Because of this fact most of the area remains barren save for a few shrubs and lichens. It's winters last from 8-10 months and the summers are cool and short. Also due to the fact that much of it's territory is located within the northern pole a lot of the Tundra receives alternating 6 month periods of light and dark. This is also the ... up there and why there is rather little natural vegetation. Seasons And Moisture Content The main seasons of the Tundra are summer and winter. The winter will last 8 to 10 months followed by the short and much less cold summer. During the summer some lower areas of the Tundra will defrost at which point most of the flora and fauna will start to creep out of hiding. The few summer ... floors. They contain once again mainly rocky soil which is most likely permafrost. Also there are many different kinds of mosses and lichens scattered along the ground or on bigger rocks along with possibly some short grasses. Diversity of Plants There are not very many species of plant life in the Arctic Tundra, nor is their growth rate giant or are they abundant but somehow they do survive. Most of ...
- 1170: Justification Study Of Automation At Douglas Electronics Company
- ... guaranteed reliability, quality, and uptime. They will come in and install the automation cell as a turn key operation. Their expertise will ease us into the world of automation with a high flexibility option and short change-over time. Their system is an easy menu-guided operation with teach pendant programming. It had remote diagnostics and process support with a modem. Standard P.L.C. functionality is integrated into the Robot ... longest period of time. Any additions to our system or parts should be readily available from this supplier. Admittedly, we could save a few dollars on the onset of the project by going with a short-line vendor to purchase our end-of-arm tooling but I do not believe this would be a sound business investment for the small savings that we would realize. The end-of-arm tooling is ... the end-of-arm tooling designed by Vendors 1,2, and3. Their engineering departments have tested and fitted each component to their respective Robots and guarantee successful change over in a minimum of time. The short-line vendors make their product to fit a variety of Robots from different companies. This sometimes means that the fit is less than desirable and frankly, there tooling has a cheap quality to it. ...
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