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- 2771: Internet Security
- ... the computers and the Internet? Is it the responsibility of the companies that develop the different computer applications to place certain security measures in place? Or is it the responsibility of the governments of the world to unite and create rules and regulations that secure the Internet and guard the citizens of the world from the malicious activities of the hackers? In my opinion, the responsibility belongs to them all. Security on the Internet is a very important issue in the world today. Billions of people have an on-ramp to the Information Superhighway, and more are finding one every day. The Internet transcends geographical locations, and is the first example of a true global village. ...
- 2772: The Revolutionary War was an Economic Revolution
- The Revolutionary War was an Economic Revolution Many of the events leading to the Revolutionary War pertained to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities. Some of these events included The Stamp Act of 1765, The Boston Tea Party in 1773, and The Boston Port Act passed in 1774. The Revolutionary War was an Economic Revolution. The Stamp Act of 1765 required the Americans to purchase government stamps to be placed on all legal documents, bonds, newspapers, insurance policies, and even playing cards. This was a ...
- 2773: Life And Legend Of Howard Hugh
- ... Hughes passed away, and a little over a year later in January of 1924, Big Howard passed as well. At the age of 17, it would seem that Hughes was not prepared to enter the world of adulthood, but he would quickly prove otherwise. Sonny was the inheritor of 75% of Hughes Tool, of which he would be granted control at the age of 21. Eager to take responsibility of his ... terrible reviews, the public went wild for Hells Angels. The film set box office records in every theater that it played, and went on to appear on screens for over 20 years throughout the world. In the end, it brought in just over eight million dollars, roughly twice Hughess investment. Bored with the movies and having proven himself, it was time for Hughes to move on to something more ... shop just outside L. A. in a secret hangar where the three would work days and nights on end. The project was called H-1 (Hughes-1) and was the most progressive airplane in the world. The plane introduced the retractable landing gear, and pioneered other aeronautic advances such as countersunk screws and flat rivets to reduce wind resistance. The H-1 made its first appearance in September 1935 as ...
- 2774: Brave New World
- BRAVE NEW WORLD BRAVE New World was published in 1932. It is a remarkable piece of science fiction for both its time and our own. It seems to withstand the intervening 65 years, primarily because of its depiction of a tightly controlled, rigidly stratified homogenous society. Issues of social control are as relevant today as in 1932, perhaps more so. Reproductive technology plays a key role in the social control of Brave New World. Reproduction takes place in a "Hatchery". Excised ova are inspected for abnormalities, fertilised, put into incubators and then undergo the "Bokanovsky Process". Each embryo is irradiated for 8 minutes with X-rays until rather ...
- 2775: Utah's State Symbols
- ... 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 its talons, symbolizes protection in peace and war. Bee Hive is the symbol of industry. Sego Lily is a symbol of peace. Draped American Flag is the symbol of our support to the nation. "1847" is the year the Mormon Pioneer entered the ... rock that can be ignited and burned to produce heat and electricity. Coalburning power plants supply about half of the electricity used in the United States and nearly two-thirds of that used throughout the world. Utah coal deposits are found primarily in Carbon and Emery Counties of Central Utah. Animal The Rock Mountain elk (Cervus canadensis) became the official state animal in 1971. A member of the deer family, the ... state leaders to top the dome of the Utah State Capitol. It was selected in 1994 as the State Mineral for the Beehive State. Utah is one of the leading copper producing areas of the world. The larges open pit copper mine in the world is located in Bingham Canyon near Salt Lake City. Centennial Logo and Slogan This logo was used for the 1996 Utah Centennial along with the ...
- 2776: Traffic Jams and The World's Patience
- Traffic Jams and The World's Patience Green, red, black, tan, and blue . . . these are just some of the colors of the cars and trucks as I sit waiting for my turn. The trip should have taken only two hours ... is needed here. I think of all the workers up ahead trying to clean up the mess and allow these crazy hostages to pile on out of their way. It makes me think of the world in general as far as patience. The world today is not very patient. We have fights and wars because citizens are too lazy to do things themselves. Then when they try to achieve something, they are usually not patient enough to hold ...
- 2777: Frederick Douglass' Dream for Equality
- ... just as much freedom as whites. He believed that the South had committed treason, and the Union must rebel by force if necessary. Astonished by Garrison's thoughts, Douglass realized that abolition was truly a war between whites. Garrison, and many others, had failed to see the slaves as human beings. Were blacks then supposed to be irretrievably black in a white world ? Where is the freedom and hope if all great things are privilege only to the whites? Douglass resolved never again to risk himself to betrayal. Troubled, Douglass did not lose faith in his beliefs of ... and distracted us, a common object and a common emergency makes us for the time at least, forget those differences. No class of men are doing more according to their numbers, to conduct this great war to the Emancipation of the slaves than Mr. Garrison and the American Anti-Slavery Society." (Frederick Douglass, Monthly of March 1862). Raising the free black regiments for service in the Union Army was a ...
- 2778: Carthage And The Punic Wars
- ... in a lightening fast campaign sacked both Selinius, and the large Greek city of Agrigento. The Carthaginians failed in their attempt to siege Syracusa. After the siege upon Syracusa, the Syracusians built many weapons of war, including the catapult. They then sacked the important Carthaginian city of Moyta. For over the next one hundred years the Carthaginians battled the Syracusians. Rome and Carthage allied and eventually defeated the Syracusians army at ... of the central Mediterranean Sea of that time. In each of these wars Carthage lost. These wars lasted off and on from 246 BC to 149 BC, with Carthage eventually being destroyed. The First Punic War started in 264 BC and lasted to 241 BC. In the first half of the 3rd century BC Carthage held many territories that made it easy to control and dominate the western Mediterranean Sea. However ... from Rome and Rome came to aid. The fear of a powerful neighbor was only one out of several motivations, next to the promise of glory that got Rome to aid in the fight. This war was fought mainly at sea around Sicily, and Carthage was by far the strongest of the two in this field. This superiority was met by a large scale Roman construction of the navel fleet ...
- 2779: The Trojan War
- The Trojan War Homer was the god who wrote three famous poems, the Illiad, the Oddessy, and the Beowulf. The Illiad was the story of the Trojan war. Here's how the trojan war went. Helen, Clytemnestra's sister, was married to Menelaus. A while later, Menelaus went hunting, and Paris from Troy came and took Helen away. Agamemnon heard the news and was furious. So, he got ...
- 2780: Hobbes' Version Of The Social Contract
- ... as being self-centered. He is trying to prove that it is man's ego that drives man's actions and those actions will therefore create a never-ending cycle of competition, which he calls "war". We are in a constant struggle with other human beings and ourselves and that leads to social contracts. He says that war does not mean "actual fighting", but any time that man is searching for some kind of gain, safety, or reputation (83). The social contracts provide us with the needs we are trying to fulfill. We ... the Gospel as an example. "Whatsoever you require that others should do to you, that do ye to them" (86). The escape of this endless cycle is what Hobbes refers to as the opposite of war, and that is "peace". Hobbes believes the reasons men strive for peace is: Fear of death, desire of such things as are necessary to commodious living and a hope by their industry to obtain ...
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