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- 4441: History of the Propeller
- ... To the educated, an aircraft propeller represents the highest sophistication in aerodynamics, mechanical engineering and structural design. This report will touch on the history of the propeller, from early pioneers/experiments, advancement during/after the war, all the way up to current applications of the propeller. The creation of the propeller can be traced back to Leonardo da Vinci. Da Vinci’s “helical screw” helicopter is believed to be the ancestor ... design propellers with better performance and structural reliability. These advancements led to the development of the first generation of well-designed propellers. One of the first designs was the “Integrale”, developed by Lucien Chauviere, the world’s first industry standard propeller manufacturer. By 1910, the number of propeller producers multiplied, and numerous advancements were made. While most of the manufacturers were focusing on wooden propellers, a few visionaries were experimenting with ... the universal law of aerodynamics: the efficiency of any aerodynamic device rises as the amount of air it acts upon increases and the velocity of that air decreases. These theories were expanded during WWI. The war brought much advancement to the propeller. Stronger materials were created through “bonding” which made propellers compatible with the larger, more powerful engines. Propeller balancing techniques were developed, which greatly smoothed out the ride. Experiments ...
- 4442: Cult Leaders And Their Abuse O
- By: Anonymous Although power should be used with virtue by those with those with good intentions, many of the world's most powerful people use power in ways that purposefully harm other people, the most famous example of this case being Adolf Hitler during World War II. More generally, this includes some past (and present) members of the Royal families, some political leaders as well as a few religious leaders who have used their power to manipulate those lower than ...
- 4443: Buddhism
- Buddhism By: Megan Mason Buddhism Buddhism is probably the most tolerant religion in the world, as its teachings can coexist with any other religions. Buddhism has a very long existence and history, starting in about 565 B.C. with the birth of Siddhartha Gautama. The religion has guidelines in two ... poor he would become a religious leader. If he didn’t see these four things he would become an emperor. Because of this prophecy Gautama's father decided to isolate his son from the outside world, where he might "see how the other half lived", for the good of his empire and his citizens. Trying to shelter Gautama from all the four sights was impossible, and Gautama ventured out and that ... to follow a path of balance rather than extremism. He called this path the Middle Way. "Devotion to the pleasures of sense, a low practice of villagers, a practice unworthy, unprofitable, the way of the world [on one hand]; and [on the other] devotion to self- mortification, which is painful, unworthy and unprofitable. By avoiding these two extremes the Buddha has gained knowledge of that middle path which giveth vision, ...
- 4444: The Mongol Invasion of China
- ... plotted and in melodramatic four or five act plays. Increasingly the plays would be written in a mixture of the classical and vernacular forms of Chinese. Cultural transmission between China and the rest of the world also increased during the Mongol occupation. Since most of the Chinese elite were excluded from participating in running the Empire, most of those in government were of foreign birth. One of the most notable of ... the big commercial city of Yangchow and found himself entrusted with various different missions by the Mongols. Upon his return to Venice, Marco Polo was imprisoned enroute to Genoa because Genoa and Venice were at war with one another. It was during his imprisonment in Genoa that Marco Polo dictated his memoirs about his travels in China. In his accounts he had very little to say about the indigenous Chinese population ... them with all their needs and luxuries. He also never saw the need to learn Chinese since Mongolian was more useful. It was also during this cultural exchange between China and the rest of the world that Kublai Khan asked for envoys from the Roman Catholic Pope, and envoys from other faiths to come to China under the guise of setting up missions. In actuality he was probably looking for ...
- 4445: The Things They Carried 2
- ... physical weight on the characters, who were fighting to preserve their sanity and lives. The vivid detail and realistic narration were only tools used by the author to prepare a story that goes beyond the war in Vietnam, focusing on the other things that soldiers carried - inner thoughts, feelings, and emotions. The story was brought to life by the realistic but disjointed narration of the author, illustrated by returning to the ... responsibility to the men in his platoon. In the beginning of the story he was depicted as a Jones 2 boyish leader with dreams of Martha being his escape from the senseless reality of the war. When one of his men was killed he accepted the responsibility and guilt, which changed him into the leader he thought he should have been forgetting Martha and protecting his men. This plot linked together ... The soldiers in the story were barely into manhood and faced the reality of death every day. They would have to kill, or be killed. Their dreams gave them a way of escape from the war, but they had to live in the real world to survive. The Things They Carried contained all the elements of a work of fiction to justify calling it a story. There was special emphasis ...
- 4446: Privacy and the Internet
- ... connected society, new opportunities arise for misconduct also. For even though the technology is new, the people running it are not. Human nature does not change and just as people hurt others in the real world, so too can people hurt others on the internet. People can steal or unjustly copy another person's property, tell hurtful lies about another person, and even disclose upsetting or damaging secrets about another person. (Rose, xv-i) It should not come as a surprise then that privacy in the online world is a major concern. But though the information superhighway is a new communication medium, the forces in effect are the same as they have always been. There are and always will be legal issues just ... the this new, changed medium. At best, we can look at existing laws and how they apply to the internet, as well as any other forces at play in determining users' privacy in the online world. What Is Privacy According to Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, privacy is "freedom from unauthorized intrusion." It is an issue that always concerns people. Especially now, with the internet, it is a highly ...
- 4447: Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now
- ... of the horror in each media emerges. In the novel the horror reflects Kurtz tragedy of transforming into a ruthless animal whereas in the film the horror has more of a definite meaning, reflecting the war and all the barbaric fighting that is going on. Conrad's Heart of Darkness, deals with the account of Marlow, a narrator of a journey up the Congo River into the heart of Africa, into ... reflecting the tragedy of Kurtz, and his transformation into an animal. Apocalypse Now is a movie that is similarly structured to the book but has many different meanings. The movie takes place during the Vietnam War. The narrator is Captain Willard, who is given a mission to locate and kill Colonel Kurtz, who is said to be in Cambodia killing the Vietcong, South Vietnamese and the Cambodians. Willard journeys up the ... the movie there are very few human heads and they don't have the significance as they did in the novel. Kurtz's problem in the movie is a military one. The film is about war, not about colonization as from the novel. Kurtz is the ideal commander, who basically is "destined to rise in the military hiera rchy"(Dorall 306). This was his goal, till an event changed his ...
- 4448: Achilles Anophtheis (Achilles revisited)
- ... importance, for we found huge amounts of them in large buildings. This was apparently for safekeeping since the storage facilities were located well away from the centres of attack in the event of a nuclear war. The periodicals of the day also reflect the reverence in which these men were held, as they are frequently mentioned. It is another mark of the degradation of the society that the primary estimate of ... his secretary warning him that Mr. Reussi was on his way in. The doctor rewound the tape and offered up a quick prayer that it would work. The door swung open and one of the world's richest, most powerful men strode in. Mr. Oswald Achilles Reussi had made his fortune by taking over companies and turning them around. He was able to start at such a high level because of ... I read something about it in the paper. He's attempting to take over Trojan, but the head of the company, Hector Prince, won't let him." "That's right." replied Oswald. "Trojan is the world's largest manufacturer of condoms, and with the present scare over social diseases, it's business is booming. They also own several tire companies; basically, they own anything that involves the use of rubber." " ...
- 4449: The Holocaust
- ... lasted until 1941. During this period, while Hitler built his power, Jews were persecuted and brutalized but there was no organized effort to systematically murder them. In late 1939 Hitler invaded Poland, beginning the Second World War. In mid-1941 Hitler invaded the Soviet Union. At about the same time - historians do not agree on exactly when - Hitler also decided that there should be a "Final Solution" to "the Jewish question." The ... Germany. As a result the actual extermination stopped in November 1944, although thousands of people continued to die in the concentration camps. By that time most of the Jews who lived in Europe before the war, and millions of other innocent people, were dead. The war in Europe ended six months later, in May 1945.
- 4450: Hercules
- ... they only kept the females and taught them to be warriors like themselves. Queen Hippolyte had one special piece of armor. It was a leather belt that had been given to her by Ares, the war god. She wore this belt across her chest and used it carry her sword and spear. Eurystheus wanted this belt for a present to give his daughter. Hercules again had company on this mission, for ... had finally won the battle, Hercules returned to Mycenae with the belt and gave it to Eurystheus. THE CATTLE OF GERYON To accomplish his tenth labor, Hercules had to travel to the end of the world in order to bring Eurystheus the cattle of the monster Geryon. Geryon came from a history of monsters dating back to Medusa. He had 3 heads and 3 sets of legs, all joined at the ... count, Hercules had to do 2 more. His eleventh labor was to bring Eurystheus the golden apple which belonged to Zeus. These apples were kept in a secret garden at the northern edge of the world and were guarded by 2 monsters that Hercules would never be able to defeat. Even worse, Hercules didn t know where the garden was. He journeyed through Libya, Egypt, Arabia and Asia., having many ...
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