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- 21781: Ferdinand Magellan
- ... the marine department. There, he helped outfit ships for trade along the west coast of Arfica. Magellan first went into sea in 1505, when he sailed to India with the fleet of Francisco Almeida, Portugal’s first ruler to that country. In 1506, Magellan went on an expedition sent by Almeida to the east coast of Africa to strengthen Portuguese bases there. The next year, he returned to India, where he ... he took part in an expedition that conquered Malaka. After this victory, a Portuguese fleet sailed farther to the Spice Islands which were called the Molucca Islands. Portugal claimed the islands at this time. Magellan’s close personal friend Francisco Serraro went along on the voyage to the Spice Islands and wrote to Magellan, describing the route and the island of Ternate. Serrao’s letters helped establish in Magellan’s mind the location of the Spice Islands, which later became the destination of his great voyage. Magellan returned to Portugal in1513. He then joined a military expedition to ...
- 21782: Images of Light and Darkness In Romeo and Juliet
- ... In Romeo and Juliet The images of light and darkness in Romeo and Juliet serve several functions within the play. Those which will be discussed in this paper include how these images relate to Shakespeare's conception of young love, how they give us a better understanding of the two lovers, and how they relate to the family feud and the distinction between old age and youth. It seems quite clear ... expressed concern that the relationship berween the two lovers is moving too quickly; after all, Romeo was pining away because Rosaline rejected him just one day before. However, he too sees the difference in Romeo's depth of emotion and in light of that, and the possible political benefits (namely peace between the feuding families) he encourages the match. Shadespeare's The Winter's Talw is , as most critics will agree, a difficult play to read, but the work possesses intriguing characters and symbols that make the effort worthwhile. Two of the most powerfil and ...
- 21783: History of Computers
- History of Computers Abstract This project explains the history of computers, starting from Howard Aiken’s Harvard Mark I to present day time. Although I have not gone over all of the models in my report, I have chosen those which I feel have had the greatest effect on the computer ... store little data, to machines that fit in your pocket, that store great amounts of data and process very quickly. The computer that is credited with making the first complete digital operation is Howard Aiken’s Harvard Mark I (created in 1937), which was made up of 78 adding machines and calculators. Although Howard’s model was automatic, it was controlled by instructions punched into a roll of paper tape. There was a need for an all-electronic machine. This project was taken up by Dr. J. Presper Eckert ...
- 21784: Depression
- ... war and the Treaty of Versailles. His approach to combat the Depression was to fully rebuild the German industrial sectors. In 1923 the inflation wiped out the savings and fortunes of the middle-class. "Germany's economy simple fell apart." This primarily because Germany depended on loans from other countries. The government ended up creating an unemployed workforce of approximately one third and only part time work for another third by ... changed Germany for the better. "…that within four years Germany would have reduced its six million unemployed to one million!" This was just an example of the turnaround that Germany underwent, Hitler used the people's desperateness and their growing hatred for democracy to transform Germany from a weak and poor country to one with a hint of prosperity. Hitler was able to increase to national income from forty one billion ... In a span of nine years its workforce expanded from 700,000 to 5,000,000. "Its economy grew by four percent a year, four times faster as western Europe, eight times faster than China's." The problem was that this economic growth worsened the social tensions in Japan. The rich got rich and the poor remained poor, the behavior of the "modern people" (rich) was considered to be American ...
- 21785: Internet Regulation: Policing Cyberspace
- ... pervert and the pedophile must be free to practice their pursuits in the presence of children on a taxpayer created and subsidized computer network.3 People like this are the ones in the wrong. Taxpayer's dollars are being spent bringing obscene text and graphics into the homes of people all over the world. The government must take control to prevent pornographers from using the Internet however they see fit because ... an attempt on part of the government to control their "free attitude" displayed in homepages such as "Sex, Adult Pictures, X-Rated Porn", "Hot Sleazy Pictures (Cum again + again)" and "sex, sex, sex. heck, it's better even better than real sex"6. "What we are doing is simply making the same laws, held constitutional time and time again by the courts with regard to obscenity and indecency through the mail ... illegal. The courts have generally held that obscenity is illegal under all circumstances for all ages, while "indecency" is generally allowable to adults, but that laws protecting children from this "lesser" form are acceptable. It's called protecting those among us who are children from the vagrancies of adults.8 The constitution of the United States has set regulations to determine what is categorized as obscenity and what is not. ...
- 21786: Marine Corps
- The following was a submitted report for a U.S. History research paper assignment We fight our country's battles in the air, on land and sea. First to fight for right and freedom, and to keep our honor clean; We are proud to claim the title of United States Marine. Our flag's unfurled to every breeze from dawn to setting sun. We have fought in every clime and place, where we could take a gun. In the snow of far off northern lands and in sunny ...
- 21787: The Civil War
- ... Legion," and hundreds of Irish American youths form Boston and New York. But in Ohio and Washington, D.C., African American volunteers were turned away from recruiting stations and told, "This is a white man's war." Some citizens questioned the loyalty of immigrants who lived in crowded city tenements until an Italian American from Brooklyn turned that around. In the New York Senate, Democrat Francis Spinola had been a vigorous ... saw their services as a proud sacrifice. The first officer to die for the Union was Captain Constatin Blandowski, one of many immigrants who earlier had fought for freedom in Europe and then joined Lincoln's army. Born in Upper Silesia and trained at Dresden, Germany, he was a veteran of democratic struggles - a Polish revolt at Krakow, the Polish Legion's battles against Austria, and the Hungarian fight for independence. Some nationalities contributed more than their share of Union soldiers. Some immigrants earned the Congressional Medal of Honor. Italian American officer Louis di Cesnola, was ...
- 21788: Dwight D Eisenhower
- ... had many accomplishments to and from West Point through World War One. Ike Eisenhower wanted to serve his country in any way he could. He found the idea of being a sailor in the U.S Navy intriguing, but when he later applied for entering he found that he was too old at the age of 20. Then after studying hard Eisenhower was accepted atthe West Point Military Academy with the help of a U.S senator (Hargrove33). At college Ike showed himself as a hero on the Army Football team asan end (Hargrove 34). He also found an easier procedure for working advanced calculus (Hargrove 36). At the end of his college career in 1915,Eisenhower graduated number 61 out of a class of 164 (Hargrove 38). Eisenhower's military journey began during World War One. When he graduated college World War One was still raging through Europe. Instead of fighting in the infantry overseas Eisenhower was to stay home on U.Sbases ( ...
- 21789: Duke Ellington
- ... like a voice is singing along. His opening solo is repetitive, going over the same set of notes over and over again. The overall feeling is as if the music is wooing the listener. Ellington's other innovations include the use of the human voice as an instrument, such as in "Creole Love Call" (1927). He also placed instruments in unusual combinations, illustrated in the piece "Mood Indigo" (1930). When the orchestra performs this piece, three soloists stand out in front of the stage, playing three different instruments. Improvisation was a big part of Ellington’s music. One of Ellington orchestra’s signature tunes is "Take the ‘A’ Train" (1941). This piece was not written by Ellington but by American composer Billy Strayhorn, who became Ellington’s musical collaborator. This piece is very jumpy and light, ...
- 21790: Cyberspace
- ... pervert and the pedophile must be free to practice their pursuits in the presence of children on a taxpayer created and subsidized computer network.3 People like this are the ones in the wrong. Taxpayer's dollars are being spent bringing obscene text and graphics into the homes of people all over the world. The government must take control to prevent pornographers from using the Internet however they see fit because ... an attempt on part of the government to control their "free attitude" displayed in homepages such as "Sex, Adult Pictures, X-Rated Porn", "Hot Sleazy Pictures Cum again + again)" and "sex, sex, sex. heck, it's better even better than real sex"6. "What we are doing is simply making the same laws, held constitutional time and time again by the courts with regard to obscenity and indecency through the mail ... illegal. The courts have generally held that obscenity is illegal under all circumstances for all ages, while "indecency" is generally allowable to adults, but that laws protecting children from this "lesser" form are acceptable. It's called protecting those among us who are children from the vagrancies of adults.8 The constitution of the United States has set regulations to determine what is categorized as obscenity and what is not. ...
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