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- 7851: Utah's State Symbols
- Utah's State Symbols State Flag The original Utah State Flag consisted of a solid white state seal on a light blue background which was adopted by the State Legislature in 1896 and revised in 1913. The ... was originally designed for the battleship Utah in 1912. It was later made the official flag of Utah when Governor William Spry signed House Joint Resolution I in 1913. Explanation of the Symbols on Utah's State Flag The Utah State Flag has a blue background with the State Seal inscribed in the center and is easily distinguished from other state flags. American Eagle with wings outspread, grasping six arrows in ... with the word "industry" on the seal and flag when Utah became a state in 1896. Bird Abundant nesting colonies of the California gull (Larus californious Lawrence) have been reported as early as the 1850's in Utah. These gulls are assumed to be the species that saved the crops of the early Mormon settlers from crickets in 1848-1849. These birds now nest in large colonies in the islands ...
- 7852: A Definitive Argument On Euthanasia
- ... kinds of euthanasia: passive and active. Passive euthanasia is to withhold treatment and allow a patient to die of his or her given disease. Active euthanasia is to take direct action to end the patient’s life, whether it is a lethal injection or an overdose of sleeping pills. In James Rachel’s article “Mercy Killing and the Right to Die”, he outlines these two actions and argues the idea that passive euthanasia is somehow better and more humane than active euthanasia. In David B. McCurdy’s article, “Saying What We Mean”, he debates that euthanasia, whether it is active or passive, is the result of an overriding drive to save money. These two controversial articles each have their merit, but ...
- 7853: Nuclear Energy
- ... some electricity from nuclear power plants. That means nuclear energy helps you enjoy the convenience of your microwave, the comfort of your electric blanket, and the fun of your CD player even if there isn't a plant near your home. Do we get any other benefits from nuclear power plants? You bet. They provide an alternative to burning vast amounts of fossil fuels making electricity production much easier on the environment. They produce much of the electricity that fuels our economic growth. They power new industrial technologies that keep our economy growing and improve our global competitiveness. They cut America's demand for imported oil by nearly 100 million barrels a year reducing our dependence on foreign oil suppliers and cutting our trade deficit. The future looks even better. Advanced-design nuclear power plants are now being developed quicker and less costly to build, better performing, and even safer than today's plants. These plants will supply our children's and grandchildren's electricity while helping to protect their environment. Cheers For Energy Efficiency We Americans should be proud of ourselves. Since the 1973 oil embargo, ...
- 7854: Monsters Point Of View
- "Monster's Point of View" The significance of the reason for existence in the world is a question that boggles the mind of every individual during one time or another in their lives. We all like to ... to exist, and showed unconditional love for our mere existence. But what if our creator hated us, believed that our existence was a mistake, and we had no purpose in the world. In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, such a man existed, a man who was shunned by his creator as an outcast, a hideous beast who had no reason for survival. This man is simply known as the "monster". In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, a brilliant student by the name of Victor Frankenstein follows his ambition of creating life in order to one day find a cure for death. Frankenstein states that he wanted to "in process ...
- 7855: Native American Experiences During King Philip's War
- Native American Experiences During King Philip's War 1. In what ways does Rowlandson's narrative provide evidence about Native American experiences during King Philip's War? 2. Although it was not Rowlandson's intention to present them, can you uncover any Indian viewpoints on the English and on King Philip's War from her narrative? 3. How does Rowlandson' ...
- 7856: She’s Worth More Than a Diamond
- She’s Worth More Than a Diamond Pearls have always held a great price to mankind, but no pearl had ever been earned at as high a cost to a person as in Hester Prynne, a powerful Heroine in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter. Her daughter Pearl, born into a Puritan prison in more ways than one, is an enigmatic character serving entirely as a vehicle for symbolism. From her introduction as an infant on her mother’s scaffold of shame to the stormy peak of the story, Pearl is an empathetic and intelligent child. Throughout the story she absorbs the hidden emotions of her mother and magnifies them for all to ...
- 7857: O.J. Simpson: Guilty
- ... by giving evidence from both sides, and statements made by witnesses. On June 12, 1994, two people were brutally killed. Those two people were Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Nicole was O.J. Simpson's ex-wife. O.J. was arrested the next day and charged with double homicide. O.J. pled innocent to murder chargers against him and went to trial in criminal court. The trial lasted a year ... him, it seemed almost impossible for him to be that he'd be found innocent. For example, the famous bloody glove found behind the guest house was proven by DNA testing to have O.J.'s blood and hair, Nicole's blood and hair, and Ron's blood and hair. DNA testing is 99.9 percent accurate. Fibers were also found on the glove that came from O.J.'s shirt and his Bronco(Trudau, ...
- 7858: The Tomorrow City by Monica City
- The Tomorrow City by Monica City PART A i) Title: The Tomorrow City ii) Hamish Hamilton Children's Books, Ltd. iv) Number of Pages: 137 PART B i) The plot of this book centres around two adolescents, David and Caro and an evil supercomputer which aspires to control the futuristic city of Thompsonville. Dr. Henderson, Caro's Father creates the "perfect" computer designed to solve all of the problems of Thompsonville by gaining almost complete power of the city. The computer then begins to make rash decisions of it's own. It decides that humans are incapable of making decisions of there own and soon devises a method of controlling the minds of everyone in the city. Only two young people, Caro and David, ...
- 7859: Wake Island
- ... territory of the United States, which was placed under the jurisdiction of the Navy in 1934. It was also a Clipper stop on Pan American Airlines’ famed Trans-Pacific run, and in 1939, the U.S. Navy began construction of an air and submarine base, which was half completed at the time of the attack. Because of the construction of the base, approximately 1200 civilians were on the island, working for ... came at noon on December 7, 1941, when 36 Japanese bombers initiated the first bombing of the island. The bombings by the Japanese continued until December 23, when under continuous shelling, the Americans, under U.S. Navy Commander Winfield Scott Cunningham, were finally forced to surrender. Although the Japanese finally took the island, they incurred heavy losses. Three cruisers and one transport sustained heavy damage, two destroyers and one patrol boat ... against overwhelming odds, but demonstrated both to the Japanese and to their fellow Americans back at home that the Americans could and would put up a courageous fight. During the first air raid, Pan American’s facilities were destroyed, and ten civilian employees of the airline were killed. When the assault on the island was first launched, the Americans had twelve aircraft. By December 21, they were down to two ...
- 7860: Marilyn Monroe
- ... Churches are institutions in society where priests and teachers act as spokespersons to spread a certain set of attitudes, beliefs and values. Similarly, Hollywood is also a very powerful modern day institution, where a star's image can reappropriate, shape and circulate societal myths and ideologies. The construction of a star's image as a commodity of their societal myths and ideologies, has the extraordinary power to exert messages so that even the smallest details become significant yet not overtly obvious. How a star's image is produced and then consumed can justify a society's relationship with that image and therefore aid in explaining the social construction of what society deems as their 'reality'. A star's image ...
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