The Holocaust
The word Holocaust means widespread destruction. It took place during World War II as Adolf Hitlers plan of conquering the world. Hitler, the Nazi Dictator, planned to carry out his plan by destroying the Jewish population.
The Holocaust first came into perspective ....
African colonization
Chinua Achebe feels that a powerful instrument of control that is used by colonizing powers is the instrument of language. It is an important part of a people and through their languages they are able to express their folk tales, myths, proverbs, history. Because of this, the imperial powers wanted ....
Cavour's contribution to Italian Unification
What was Cavour's contribution to Italian Unification?
In the history of Italian unification and the process by which the Italian Republic, and later the Kingdom of Italy, actually became what we know today as the country of Italy, three figures stand out: Mazzini, Garibaldi, and Cavour. These g....
"The Color of Water"
The book, The Color of Water, by James McBride is about his life and is also a tribute to his white mother. His mother's name is Ruth McBride and she immigrated from Poland with her Jewish family when she was only two years old and she marry a black man from North Carolina. James McBride was born in....
1790s foregin and domestic affairs
Throughout the 1790s, the United States was involved in many foreign and domestic affairs that had both positive and negative effects on American politics. After the Constitution ratified in June of 1788 the nation would for a first time be under a true form of Government. The new Government under....
1837 rebellion
The Rebellion of 1837 was a battle between the habitants of Upper and Lower Canada and the Canadian government. More importantly it was a battle for righteousness between the French and the English. The habitants believed the problem with the government was the structure in Canada. All of Canada....
2nd ammendment rights
The Second Amendment
Should the American people still empower the right bare arms? This question brings forward yet another very highly debated issue in America today. Gun control is an issue that is consta....
3 Studies on coastal management schemes
Case Study Two Of Hawaii
Introduction
Approximately 13% (~15 miles) of Mauis 120-mile coastline is armoured with seawalls . Nearly 8 miles of beach loss can be linked to shoreline structures. A shoreline structure holds the shoreline in place while coastal erosion continues eventually causin....
A Brief Discussion of the History of Europe
The History of Europe describes the passage of time from humans inhabiting the European continent to the present day. The first evidence of people living in Europe dates back to 35,000 BC. Europe's ancient classical antiquity dates from Homer's Illiad in Ancient Greece of around 700 BC. The Roman Re....
A comparative investigation into two of the monotheistic world religions
Introduction
There are many substantial and vital distinctions between Judaism and Christianity; nevertheless there are also many similarities, primarily because Christianity emerged from Judaism. However it is wrong to assume that Christianity as a whole is seen as a natural progression of Judais....
A comparison of 8 children's book in regards to media influence on gender identity and roles
Disneys the Rescuers Down Under (1993) was chosen because it appears to be written strictly for entertainment purposes and it bears the name of an international icon: Disney. Being it that Disney is known for its family friendly productions one would think that this book would hold high standard....
A Comparison of A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and A StreetCar Named Desire by Tennessee
As an English assignment we have to compare the conflicts of two books. One of the mandatory books needed for the assignment was A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. The other book was a choice out of five other books, and I picked A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. A major viewpo....
A Defining Moment for Canada - The Battle for Vimy Ridge
During the development of a county, its nationality is fortified by many important events. These events are the Defining Moments. These defining moments are what develop a country in to what it is. Canada is a country that has been shaped by many defining moments, but one of the most important m....
A History of Poland
Poland is located in Central Europe, to the east of Germany. It is slightly smaller than New Mexico. Poland is named after the Slavic tribe, Polane. The word polane in Slavic means field or plane. This describes Polands terrain. Most of Poland is covered with small planes and gently rolling hills. T....
A Jewish Identity in an Arab World
Judaism is one of the oldest religions in the world today. Since its creation thousands of years ago, Judaism has gone through many changes, and, as a whole, the Jews have survived through many tragic hardships. However, despite many attempts to hinder the faith of the Jews, the Jewi....
A John Deere Legacy
A John Deere Legacy
Introduction
When assessing the real bottom-line success of this famous company, the obvious conclusion is that without the foundation of strong, basic values, any success would have been fleeting and it would never have endured. John Deeres amazing longevity and prosperity....
A Study on the impact of Dams on 18th-19th in New England
Americas landscape of today was shaped by dams and their constructive and destructive forces over the past ten thousand years. Dams in America have been both natural and man made. Beavers were the first to do this; they built dams here in America as long ago as 10,000 years. Before the Europe....
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
Georges Seurat was born in Paris, France on December 2, 1859. He enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and studied with Henri Lehmann. He discovered a book entitled Essai sur les signes inconditionnels de Iart by Humbert de Superville. This discovery of the relati....
A Tale of Two Cities
In the fictitious novel Tale of Two Cities, the author, Charles Dickens, lays out a brilliant plot. Charles Dickens was born in England on February 7, 1812 near the south coast. His family moved to London when he was ten years old and quickly went into debt. To help support himself, Charles went ....
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, was set in the best of times" for some and the "worst of times" for others (9). The conditions in France and England were terrible. Alter states, the most powerful imaginings of the novel reach out again and again to touch ultimate possibilities of ....
A Tale of Two Cities Themes
Themes of a Tale of Two Cities
In 1859, Charles Dickens wrote the book A Tale of Two Cities. In A Tale, Dickens writes about the French Revolution, and relates the events in the lives of two families, one French and one English. In addition to writing about a very interesting fiction plot, Dickens ....
A Tale of Two Cities- A Historical fiction
A Tale of Two Cities is a novel categorized as historical fiction. Historical fiction is a composite material, with a portion of history embedded in a matrix of fiction. A Tale of Two Cities is appropriately titled, as the novel is the story of England and Revolutionary France; as a result it can b....
A Tale Of Two Cities: Which Chapters Do You Prefer, Those Set In Engla
On reading ‘A Tale Of Two Cities’, my general impression is that the French chapters are a lot more interesting to read. I prefer the chapters set in France because they are much more exciting and I am carried away by the novel whereas I found, that in the English chapters, they were a....
A View on War via Poetry
Wilfred Owen and Rupert Brooke were both popular war poets in the First World War era. Owens Dulce et Decorum Est and Brookes The Soldier both share a unique vision of death in war yet these poems are as different as night and day. I think the poems are as different as the men were thems....
Aaron
Hubert Aquin, lhomme, lécrivant :
Aquin est né à Montréal, prês du parc la fontaine, en 1929. Il vient dune famille modeste. Il fait ses études collégiales avec des jésuites au Collège Sainte-Marie. Il fait ses études en philosophie à luniversité de Montréal et après il su....
aaron copland
Of the dozens of famous and not so famous works by Copland, I would have to say that my favorite by far is Rodeo. Like most average joes I heard a snippet of this masterpiece for the first time in a commercial for beef when I was little. Years later when I was in high school I had the opportunity t....
abortion
Abortion is Wrong
Everyday there is a woman out there pondering the act of abortion or contemplating if abortion is the solution for them. There are those who believe that if a child is conceived it should be born and every child born should be wanted. Abortion has been a very controversial t....
Abortion
Many have pondered upon the meaning of abortion. The argument being that every child born should be wanted, and others who believe that every child conceived should be born (Sass vii). This has been a controversial topic for years. Many people want to be able to decide the destiny of others. Everyon....
Abortion
Abortion
In the movie "Baby Boy," the first scene deals with Jodi's (Tyrese Gibson) girlfriend having an abortion. When one first looks at this movie for the first time, one will not understand what is going on until they see Jodi's girlfriend coming out the clinic holding her stomach while she is....
Absolutism vs. Democracy
Absolutism vs. Democracy
In seventeenth century Europe two contrasting systems of government dominated the political scene. England experienced a rise of democratic principles, while France gave way to an absolute monarchy. After the reigns of James I and Charles I, England quickly realized that....
Account for Mussolini's ability to take power in 1922.
Soon after Benito Mussolini burst on to the Italian political scene, he had captured public imagination with his radical ideologies and persuasive personality. His appointment into leadership by the powers that be highlighted the governmental and monarchical weakness of the country, which later turn....
adolf hitler
Adolf Hitler was born on April 20th 1889 in Braunau-am-Inn, Austria. The town is near to the Austro-German border, and his father, Alois, worked as a customs officer on the border crossing. His mother, Klara, had previously given birth to two other children by Alois, but they both died in their infa....
Adolf Hitler and the Holocaust
Adolf Hitler and the Holocaust
Adolf Hitler, the leader of Nazi Germany, was born on April 20th 1889 in a small Austrian town called Braunau, near to the German border. His father, Alois, was fifty-one when Hitler was born. He was short-tempered, strict and brutal. It is known that he frequent....
Adolph Hitler
Adolph Hitler
Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, in Austria, on April 20, 1889. As a child Hitler moved around a lot, including to Linz, Leonding and other places. Hitler was smart in school when he was young, but as he got older he started doing worse. His father died when he was 14, his mother....
Adversity Gives Birth to Healing
Adversity Gives Birth to Healing
As wars go, Vietnam is the one that will always stand out. Because of its enduring service as a mark in international government communication and the movies and books it set off, the Vietnam War still dwells in the psyche of Americans. (Wintle)
Perhaps the ma....
Advertising
ADVERTISING is part of the modern competitive business world. Advertisements are messages, paid for by those who send them, intended to inform or influence people who receive them.
That is adverts contain a message. This message may be expressed in words - "Persil washes whiter", or in pictures, mu....
Aesthticism in Victorian Literature
Randy Watson
Professor Rankin
EN304
27 July 2005
The Aesthetic Movement in Literature
The subject of aesthetics was formally distinguished as an independent philosophical practice, in the 18th century, by German philosophers Immanuel Kant and Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten. The word aesthetic....
African Americans APUSH DAP
Ida B. Wells, Booker T. Washington, Henry McNeal Turner, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Frances E. W. Harper each presented different
strategies for African Americans of the late 1800s and early 1900s, all of which worked towards the goal of full and equal
manhood for all African Americans. When these i....
african americans in the criminal justice system
Going back to the birth of America, law enforcement has shown more discrimination towards those people of color. In law enforcement the officers are suppose to treat all people no matter what race they might be with respect but that wasn't the case in the days of slavery up through into the lat....
Airline Fares and the impact on the economy
Soaring oil prices and a collapse in consumer confidence has left airlines in a worse state than after September 11
Airlines' fuel bill was going up even faster than other oil consumers because refiners had increased their profit margins from $6 a barrel to $40.
That meant that when crude oil was ....
Airline industry
AIRLINE ANALYSIS BASED ON PORTERâS FIVE FORCES
In order to determine the competitive intensity and the attractiveness of the airline market, we choose Porterâs analysis method which derives five forces as follow:
The intensity of competitive rivalry within an industry
The intensive comp....
Airline industry financial comparison
Airline industry
Financial comparison of Air France, Ryan Air and American Airlines
I decided to write the first experiential exercise about three airline companies. I chose Air France, what is the most famous airline company in Europe, a big US company American Airlines, and finally big low-c....
Al Capone
Al Capone, probably the most notorious and well known gangster in history, was born in 1887 in Naples, Italy. His father, Gabriel Caponi, immigrated to Brooklyn from the slums of Naples in 1910. After he came here he changed his last name too Capone too blend in more. Al Capone's gang activities sta....
Alfred nobel and his prize
Alfred's life
Alfred Nobel was an inventor/engineer, whose most famous discover was that of dynamite. He was from a family of Swedish engineers that gained their wealth producing weapons and oil for the Russians. Nobel became one of the world's richest men, due to his businesses and inventi....
All Quiet On The Western Front
This book is about the hardships of living near the frontline during WWI. Paul
Baumer and his comrades were naive when they joined the army during high school. The war made them change the way they viewed their nationalism and patriotism to
Germany. Pauls generation was known as the los....
All Quiet on the Western Front
0The novel is set on the Western Front in 1917 and 1918, during the last two years of fighting in World War I. The Central Powers, including Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire, had met with many early victories in the war; but by 1917, they had been stopped by the Allied Forc....
all quiet on the western front
All Quiet on the Western Front Chapter SummaryBy: Jesse CodyAll Quiet on the Western Front is an anti-war novel from the opening chapters. Many critics of the novel in the early days after the publication of the novel blamed Remarque for writing for shock value. They did not want to believe his n....
Aluminum
Aluminum: A metal that revolutionized the human world
Hello! My name is aluminum. I was born in demark and I am the youngest son of the Aluminum family. Our family name is Al. The lucky number of our family is 13. We all weigh 26.981, because obesity can make us ugly and cause diseases such ....
AMAZON.COM BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS
AMAZON.COM
BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS
CASE ANALYSIS: AMAZON.COM
SUMMARY
Jeff Bezos started Amazon.com in 1994. The idea was born after Bezos saw a site showing the number of internet users was growing by 2300 percent every month. Initially, the companys focus was selling books. ....
American Airlines Flight 191
ABSTRACT
Writer:
Title: American Airlines Flight 191
Institution: Embry Riddle Aeronautic University
Degree: Bachelor of Professional Aeronautics
Year: 2007
Many people are instinctively afraid of heights, but imagine their fear increasing each time a plane crash is reported in the media, wit....
American Fashion (1765-1870)
It is a widely known fact that throughout the world, fashions and trends have a tendency to come and go with the times. This statement holds true for the evolution of American fashion. In the seventeenth and early eighteenth century, fashion was at first very plain and drab, but then evolved into fl....
American Hegemony and Global Stability
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War America emerged as the only remaining superpower in the world. Without the Soviet Union America found itself without bipolarity that had dominated international politics since the end of World War II. This does not necessarily ma....
American History
Early in American History, before and during the Revolutionary War,the British taxed the American People with taxes such as: The Stamp Act, The Sugar Act and the Townshed Act. After the war, the trade with Brittan stopped. The Americans started trading with the French because they were their allies....
American National Consciousness
After the American Revolution, an immense sense of national consciousness emerged. Americans, mainly politicians, believed that for their country to be independent, a language peculiar to the inhabitants of the newly-born nation must exist. Changes in the English vocabulary were stimulated by c....
American Revolution
Causes of the American Revolution
The Great War in which England fought against France from 1756 to 1763 was what originally precipitated the American Revolution. This war forced Parliament to establish several new taxes or Acts such as the Tea Act, the Sugar Act, the Townshend Act, the Stamp Act....
American Revolution
The American Revolution
The American Revolution took place between 1497 and 1789. During this time frame America was created. There were not the continental states and Hawaii and Alaska as we know it today. There were thirteen colonies. It started in 1497 whe....
American Revolution Essay
The 1500s brought the age of exploration in several Western European countries. The nations began with sending ships off in search of treasure but gradually that developed into the colonization of the new lands that had discovered. Although the English were not the first to set up colonies in....
American/French Revolution
Two of the greatest Revolutions that occurred between the late 1700's through the mid- 1800's, is the American Revolution and the French Revolution. The American was a huge turning point in American history, and the French Revolution was one of the most important events in the history of the world.....
americans in war
The United States has been a major power since its birth. There have been many wars that have involved the U.S., and some that have evolved around it. For every war there are reasons for entering, objectives to fulfill, and consequences to follow. The U.S.s active roles in the Spanish-American war....
Americas involvement in World War Two
When war broke out , there was no way the world could possibly know the severity of this guerre. Fortunately one country saw and understood that Germany and its allies would have to be stopped. America’s Involvement in World War two not only contributed in the eventual downfall of the insane A....
An End to the Atlantic Slave Trade
Rhodes 1
An End to the Atlantic Slave Trade
The Atlantic Slave Trade represents the largest demographic passage of a people from one continent to another. From the 16th to the 19th centuries, European traders worked in partnership with coastal African chiefs exchanging manufactured goods for Afr....
An Epic Future in Cold Pasteurization
An Epic Future in Cold PasteurizationThe preservation of food is essential to maintain life and growth. Its daily intakes nourish our bodies, providing enzymes, in turn giving us energy. The ability of matter exerts radiation in its domain by means of energy in selected foods. Such rationale deb....
An Honorable European Union Member
An Honorable European Union Member
Austria
The European Union considers itself the guardian of democratic values, entrusted with sustaining the peace that has prevailed in Western Europe since World War II ended. In a February 3 resolution signed by 14 member states, the European Parliament cond....
Analyse how the two brands NIVEA and CHANEL have been positioned in their respective markets.
Principles of Marketing
Discuss the concept of positioning.
Analyse how the two brands NIVEA and CHANEL have been positioned in their respective markets.
by Sanja Raznatovic
Semester 2002-03
Table of Content
INTRODUCTION 3
THE CONCEPT OF POSITIONING 3
NIVEA 6
Product 6
Price 7
Place ....
Analyse the methods by which Stalin maintain his position as the ruler of a single-party state
Word count: 1752
The period between the rise of Stalin and the German invasion in Russia, is one of the most contradictory of Soviet Union history. Stalin had a lot of supporter, and a lot of enemies also. It is very difficult, if not impossible, to rule, alone, a huge State as Russia, for 25 ye....
Analysis of Mother/Daugter Relationship in Letter To My Mother by Barbra Kingsolver
âLetter to My Motherâ, by Barbra Kingsolver is a letter about the evolution of the relationship between mother and daughter. Many feelings and emotions encompass the relationship between parent and their child, Kingsolver shows these emotions in a confessional type of letter. There are fee....
Analysis of The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Walter Benjamin
The article The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Walter Benjamin examines the meaning of art at a time when it can be easily manipulated and distributed to the masses. He mentions art and its aura. According to Benjamin, this aura does not consist of the artwork itself. But i....
analysis on looking for alibrandi
Chapter One
1. Why do you think Josie felt panic when she looked at the multiple choice options? Because she didnt know what one to answer. Each was a risk to her being.
2. Why did Josie get into trouble from Sister Gregory? Because she was reading a magazine in religious education.
3. ....
Ancient Aztec Civilization
A distant sound is heard. It sounds like a deep drum being hit with a heavy instrument. You hear it again and strain your eyes in the direction of the sound. All around you is dense jungle. Snakes slither between your legs. You hear the sound once again. In front of you is a dense stand of ferns. Yo....
Ancient Greece
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION The Ancient Greek civilization was located on today’s Greek land, Ionian Islands, Asia Minor, South Italy, and Sicily. It is surrounded by mountains and in the north by water. The Ionian and the Aegean seas, together with natural islands and bays, gave the Greeks the op....
Ancient philosophers: Aristotle, Socates, Plato
Humanism
Throughout history, people can notice as the generations go on, ideas are improved based on those who proceeded. Those before us set the basis, while we take those ideas and change them to fit out society. In philosophy, you can see a noticeable trend which dates back to BCE. Philosophers....
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson may have been our seventh president, but he was first in many ways. He was the first populist president who did not come from the aristocracy, he was the first to have his vice-president resign ( John C. Calhoun), he was the first to marry a divorcee, he was the first to be nominated ....
animal farm
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Authors, whilst writing novels, reflect on past events and persons, creating parallels between fiction and reality in the hope of teaching a theme or lesson for readers to learn.
For a society to develop, it must first learn from its mistakes. One flaw many civilis....
Anne Frank ( the diary of)
The book was not only a bestseller and historical document of Nazi persecution, but also a source of inspiration and hope to millions of people around the world. The Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett paved the way for the film adaptation (which the husband-and-wife t....
antifederalism vs anti federalism and james madison
Federalism is the idea of a federal organization of more or less self-governing units. The Federalist administrations faces many significant challenges when dealing with the economics of the United States; much of the country was divided over issues such as how to raise money, establishing a public....
anton chekhov
Chekhov is very different from most of the other playwrights throughout history, in that, he did not always aspire to be a writer. It is something he stumbled upon out of necessity. He began writing humorous anecdotes for a local paper as a mean to support his family while putting himself through ....
AOL Hong Kong
Juan Santiago
M00044434
AOL International Expansion In Hong Kong
AOL Hong Kong. The partnership with a highflying local Internet provider, the China.com Corporation offers offer the usual menu of AOL services, plus a dollop of home-grown features like Cantonese pop music, Chinese cooki....
Appeasement and its role in the build up of WW2
The term appeasement is used to describe the response of Western European governments to the expansionist activities of Germany and Italy under Hitler and Mussolini in the 1930s. Their attitude to give them what they wanted to prevent a war in Central Europe. The underlying facts was the belief of B....
Appeasement to help stopping war
Did the policy of appeasement go to any great lengths toward stopping the outbreak of war or did it simply delay the inevitable? The task of explaining why appeasement, has been continuously addressed by historians over the years. To date, there is still no single cause identified. Nonetheless there....
Architecture of Transition and Production of Meaning
Transition: Architects as Managers of ChangeTransition in a social sense is a change from one system into another. Globally, the modernist paradigm changed to the post-modern with the disappearance of central authorities, universal dogmas and foundational ethics. The post-modern world introduced fra....
Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller was born in 1915. This American playwright, novelist, and film writer is considered one of the major dramatists of 20th-century American theater. Arthur Miller was born in New York City on October 17, 1915. His father ran a small coat-manufacturing business that failed ridiculously dur....
As Long as the Rivers Flow
As Long as the Rivers Flow by Paula Allen and Patricia Smith was a book of important Native Americans that have made a difference in the Native world today. While reading this book I realized I wouldn't be able to squeeze all of these people into one book report. So I figured I will write my report ....
Ashland Inc. / External Analysis
Ashland Inc. is built on chemicals, construction, and cars. The company operates thru two divisions. The Chemical Division which consists of three subsidiaries. Ashland Distribution buys chemicals and plastics, then blends them and repackages them for distribution in Europe and North America....
asignment on failure of SAARC comparison with EU and ASEAN
Introduction:
The most important and historical event for South Asian region post Second World War period is the
establishment of SAARC in 1985. During its establishment, it aimed to promote welfare of the people and to
help make collective self reliance among the population of this region. But....
Asymetrical Warfare
Internationalist cooperation has not been realised after the end of the Cold War, as many hoped it would. The constrains keeping underlying regional conflicts at bay during the Cold War have instead been freed up. With the USSR no longer in existence, the US, now the worlds only superpower, left u....
Attack in Pearl Harbor
Attack in Pearl Harbor in December 1941 shocked United States to its core. It signaled not only an utter destruction of an important naval base and the loss of many lives, it in the first place signified the beginning of a great struggle for nations survival. At time when France fails to Germany, an....
Australia
The Portuguese were the first to discover the East Coast of AustraliaIn Australian history books, it has been thought for hundreds of years that Captain Cook from England was the first to discover the east coast of Australia on 28th April 1770. However latest evidence shows that this historic event ....
Awakening
The Awakening is a novel of feminist work that expresses women's individualistic behaviors. It begins with a woman named Edna Pontellier who is married to Leonce, they have two children and they live in New Orleans. For the summer they are staying in a Creole vacation home in France. While on vacat....
Aztecs
Agriculture has been part of a lot of the great empires around the world. It reaches far back as history goes. Tools for the ease of mankind were not always available but because of its effectiveness this occupation has been implemented over the years. David W. Haines, the author of Cultural Anthrop....
bablonian times
The Witch Hunts of Europe
There was a great sense of panic in Europe from the late 1500s to the 1700s that was brought about by such things as religious reformations and social status. One thing that came about during these times was the increasing occurrences of Witch Hunts. A witch hunt wa....
Babylon Revisited as a Modernism Example
The beginnings of American Literature can be dated back to the early 1600s, when English adventurers and colonists in the New World wrote about their adventures, experiences, and thoughts achieving a level of literature. Since these earlier writings, American Literature has gone trough seve....
Baldwin

American writer, noted for his novels on sexual and personal identity, and sharp essays on civil-rights struggle in the United States. Baldwin also wrote three plays, a children's storybook, and a book of short stories. He gained fame with his first novel, GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN (1....
Barbary Pirates
In the novel, "The Barbary Pirates", by C.S. Forester, it depicts the time in which the Barbary pirates ruled the coast of Africa and a time in which no one could put an end to their increasing power. There were many sea battles, midnight raids, hand-to-hand combats, and even the first la....
Baron Von Stueben
Fredrich Von Steuben was born in Magedeburg Prussia, on Nov. 15, 1730, the son of a Prussian army officer. At the age of fourteen he served as a volunteer in the army, at the siege of Prague. By seventeen, he was an officer. In 1762 he served Frederick the Great. Von Steuben became Grand Marshal at ....
Baruch Spinoza
The task of simply just surviving is for most of us a handful in itself in this life. However, only a few in a life time choose not to be satisfied with only just survival rather they assume the yoke of redefining life for themselves and for others. In philosophy of religion, pantheism is usually in....
Battle of saratoga
The battle of Saratoga in September and October 1777 was a decisive American victory resulting in the surrender of an entire British army invading Saratoga New York from Canada during the American Revolution (the battle of Saratoga). The battle of Saratoga was actually two battles (The Battle of Fre....
Battle of Somme - Why Was The 1st of July 1916 a Disaster?
Why Was The 1st of July 1916 a Disaster?
'Obviously, the greater the length of a war the higher is likely to be the number of casualties in it on either side'. Sir Douglas Haig
The battle of the Somme started in July 1st 1916. It lasted until November 1916. The battle took place near the So....
Battle of the bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was an important fight because it was one that could have turned World War II around for the Germans. The Battle of the Bulge took place on December 16 1944. The Germans mobilized the last chance they had to win the war. The Germans wanted to cut the American forces in to two....
Battles of Algiers
Film Review: Battles of Algiers
The film Battles of Algiers, directed by Gillo Pontecorvo, is a heartfelt portrayal of the struggles that 1950s Algerians underwent in an attempt to overthrow the French rule. It is an extremely realistic film, especially when it came to the scenes of resistance, t....
Be Cruel - A Culture Phenomenon
There are a myriad of opinions and theories on the subject of sadomasochism. Facts of course, help to grasp the information needed to gain knowledge of what this secretive world is about and who participates in what most people find offensive and perverted. To analyze this topic, observation is cr....
Beethoven
Beethoven was born on the 15th/16th December 1770 at Bonn to a family which originated in Flanders. The particle 'van' does not indicate noble birth of any kind, and it was misleading when the composer translated this to the German 'von'. The composer's grandfather arrived at Bonn in 1733 and eviden....
Ben Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was one of the most influential people in American history. Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, in a small town in Boston. Benjamin was one of ten children. His father, Josiah was a candle and soap maker, and his mother Abiah Folger was a homemaker. When Benjamin was only twelve....
Benjamin Banneker
Benjamin Banneker was an astronomer, scientist, mathematician, surveyor, clock-maker, author, and social critic. Most notable about his accomplishments was that despite racial constraints and little formal education, he was a self-taught man. By the end of his life, his achievements were well-know....
Benjamin Franklin
It is also to understand what it took for Franklin to be such a famous and respectable man.When one takes a look at the world in which he currently lives, he sees it as being normal since it is so slow in changing. When an historian looks at the present, he sees the effects of many events and many ....
Benjamin Franklin
Louis Griesbach
U.S. History
Block 1
12/21/06
Benjamin Franklin
When a normal person takes a look at the world where he lives, he sees it as being normal since it is so slow in changing. When an historian looks at the present, he sees the effects of many events and many profound people. ....
Benjamin Franklin-Scientist and Inventor
Benjamin Franklin has influenced American technology, and indirectly, lifestyles by using his proficiencies and intelligence to conduct numerous experiments, arrive at theories, and produce several inventions. Franklin's scientific and analytical mind enabled him to generate many long lasting achie....
Benjamin Franklin, Our Renaissance Man
Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 17, 1706. He was one of the seventeen children of Josiah Franklin, a soap maker. Josiahs second wife, Abiah Folger mothered young Benjamin. As a child, Benjamin loved to read and at twelve years of age was apprenticed to his older brot....
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall, for twenty-eight years, separated friends, families, and a nation. A lot of suffering began for Germany when World War II commenced, but by the end of the war Germany was in the mists of a disaster waiting to happen. After WWII was over Germany was divided into four parts. The Un....
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was one of the most significant events in the 20th Century, for twenty-eight years it separated friends, families, and a nation. After WWII was over Germany was divided into four parts. The United States, Great Britain, and France controlled the three divisions that were formed in th....
Berlin Wall
"The deprivation of human rights which the Berlin Wall represented had twisted and perverted the lives in striking ways" (Heller 212).
The Berlin wall was built to keep citizens of East Berlin from leaving their country in search of a better life for themselves and their
family. The Communist b....
Berlin wall
Background
After the end of World War II the victors: the United States, Great Britain, France and the Soviet Union divided Germany into four occupation zones, each one controlled by one of the four countries. Berlin also divided into four zones, the same way the rest of Germany did. At first, Be....
Berlin: A City Divided
Berlin: A City Divided
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Berlin, Germany, once a great city, and its people went through years of hardship as a result of the outcome of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War. Germans referred to ....
Bhopal A Nightmare for Union Carbide
In December 1984, a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, leaked over forty tons of the poisonous gas methyl isocyanate into the community surrounding the plant. Indian officials estimate that the gas leak left nearly 3000 people dead and 50,000 people permanently disabled and that 15,000....
biography of Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar (100 44 BCE)
Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman military and political leader. In 78 BCE Caesar began his political career in the Forum at Rome as an advocate, known for his oratory and ruthless prosecution of former governors notorious for extortion and corruption. Cicero once commen....
biography of mary shelley
Mary Shelley
July of 1816, aside from being historically significant, was probably the most important single month in literary history. Mary Shelley traveled with her stepsister Claire Clairmont and her soon to be husband Percy Shelley to stay with Lord Byron and his young physician John Polidor....
Biography of Pele
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, more widely admired by the world as "Pel", was born on October 23, 1940, in a small village in Brasil called Trs Coraes in the Brasilian state of Minas Gerais. He was baptized in the municipal church called Igreja da Sagrada Famlia de Jesus, Maria e Jos. His father, Joo ....
Biography On Bono
Bono Biography
Bono was raised in Dublin; he has one brother, Norman Hewson. His mothers name was Iris and his fathers is Brendan Robert Hewson. His mother was a Protestant and died when bono was 14 at her fathers funeral of a cerebral aneurysm. From then on he was raised by his Roman Cathol....
Bismarks role in German Unification
How important was the role of Bismark in the unification of Germany ?
Some historians believe that Bismark realised his goal of a Kleindeutsch by taking advantage of skilful diplomacy and manipulating the situations that presented themselves. Others believe that German unification was inevitable ....
Black Death
The Black Death, or The Black Plague, was one of the most deadly pandemics in human history. The Black Death erupted in the Gobi Desert in the late 1320s.The total number deaths worldwide from the pandemic is estimated at 75 million people which was about two-thirds of Europe's population. It reache....
Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
Black like me.
The book Black Like Me was writing by John Howard Griffin who was born on June 16, 1920, in
Dallas, Texas. Griffin finished high school in 1938, and remained in France to study medicine and
music theory. ....
Boeing Company: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
The Boeing Company:
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
On July 15, 1916, in a suburb of Seattle, Washington called Lake Union, William Edward Boeing created the ever successful Boeing Company producing more commercial aircrafts than any other airline manufacturer to date. Ever since William was a you....
Bosnia and Serbia
Historically and politically, the Bosnians and the Russians are a perfect match.This history started in the middle of the first thousand years A.D. when the tribes called the Southern Slavs migrated into the southeast area of Europe known as the Balkans. The Slav people as they are known, were separ....
Both World Wars
Both World War II and the First World War had many casualties over the years fought. In the First World War, allied powers Russia, USA, Britain, France and Italy, had a total of about 21,062,835 casualties
along with about 1,031,374 more from Japan, Romania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal and ....
Bowling For Columbine
Bowling for Columbine
In Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore tries to find a reason for the ridiculous amount of gun homicides per year in America, which stands at about 11,000 in 2002. During which Michael Moore compares Americas gun homicide rate to other countries such as Canada, a....
BrandHK
¡¼ Market segment within tourism
1. Segment basis
Five percent of Hong Kong¡¦s GDP was generated from the tourism industry and the earnings in 2000 were about HK$76.4 billion (US$9.7 billion). Around 50,000 visitors have arrived each year since Hong Kong Tourist Association was established....
Breaking Cultural Barriers
Breaking Cultural Barriers
Pack your bags, hop on a plane, and fly to your destination of choice-simple as that. Thanks to increasing technological advances and world globalization, we truly live in a small world after all. The rapid spread of globalization, the interlocking of peoples and natio....
breaking cultural barriers
Breaking Cultural Barriers
Pack your bags, hop on a plane, and fly to your destination of choice-simple as that. Thanks to increasing technological advances and world globalization, we truly live in a small world after all. The rapid spread of globalization, the interlocking of peoples and natio....
brief compaision of australian and germanic economy
Australia and Germany each has its own economy that is completely separate from one another. Germany has traditionally been the economic powerhouse of Europe and remains so to this day despite the tensions and difficulties of its political situation over the past century. Australia is traditionally ....
British & American Stratagy during the American Revolution
British and American strategy during the American
Revolution, comparative strengths and weaknesses, major theaters of
operations and the consequences of the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
One of the most profoundly studied struggles in American History was the
American Revolution. It was seen as a wa....
Bubonic Plague
"Ring around the rosy, a pocket full of posies, ashes, ashes we all fall down!" For many during the mid-fourteenth century this was not just a silly song sung b children, but the description of the bubonc plague. The song describes the key elements that surrounded the plague from the red rash in the....
Building Construction Types for for people in the fire service field
In the world of construction there are many ways to erect and build a building. The most common is wood in my eyes. I chose to do my report on wood construction. There are six types of wood construction. I will touch base briefly on those six to do with the fire service mainly. The six types o....
Bush Doctrine
After the tragic attack on September 11, the U.S public, and congress looked to its newly elected leader for an answer to the attack on U.S soil. At this time President Bush was willing to respond in an unprecedented way, and to expand presidential power. The Bush administration turned to some new a....
Business in Switzerland
Switzerland is an excellent country for U.S. exporters. The countrys open market, high productivity, stability, reliable economy, central location and highly developed industrial base support the decision to operate in Switzerland. In, 2004 Switzerlands imports of U.S. products amounted to a....
Can reason alone be used as a way of understanding the ethical issues that emerge from immigration?
Can reason alone be used as a way of understanding the ethical issues that emerge from immigration?
The modern sense of immigration implies the movement of people from one nation to the other. In 2005, the UN recorded 190 million international immigrants. The amount of immigrants may appear great....
Can we still distinguish between party families of Left-Right. etc
Can we still distinguish families of parties Left/ Right Liberal RE / national?
Western Europe has a long history of democracy, having experienced both continuity and change throughout the last century; it seems the perfect forum for the examination of political party families and affiliation.
....
Canada and How it Evolved Since the End of WW2
Canada had begun a new era after World War 2. It was the era of making peace, not
war. The United Nations was born and Canada was one of the fifty nations that took part
in this party. After World War 2, new wars emerged that Canada took part in. A few of
the mission will be discussed. T....
Canada's world war one contribution: the warfront
On August 4, 1914, Britain and all its colonies entered what would become the First World War. Canadas entry into the war was supported by all parties of the House of Commons and the peoples response was mostly positive as well. Though Canadas war effort was originally meant to serve Britain, ....
Canadian Oil & Gas Industry
Canadian Oil & Gas Industry
Overview
In 2004, the largest source of energy consumption in Canada was oil (33 percent), closely followed by natural gas (25 percent) and hydroelectricity (25 percent). Both coal (9 percent) and nuclear (7 percent) constitute a small share of the countrys over....
Case - Phillips
After we read the case carefully, the main strengths of Phillips were many as its weaknesses. Their organizational structure in the beginning was rather centralized but as they expanded geographically it transformed to a more flatter organization, like for instance the National Organizations which h....
Case analysis: Camar Automotive Hoist
Executive Summary
Camar Automotive Hoist has established its reputation as ¡§Cadillac¡¨ on an excellent product in the Canadian market. In 2000, the company was facing the problem of supporting its business growth in the future. In order to achieve this need of sustaining growth, we suggest tha....
Case of Black and Decker
Case of Black and Decker
1. SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS
Background
Black and Decker started out in 1910 as a small company that made milk cap machines and candy dippers. It was founded by Duncan Black and Alonzo Decker. The first handheld power tools didn't come out until 1916 when they introduced thei....
Case Study-Dell. Inc
Case Study: Dell, Inc. 2005 Case page 12
1. History of the company.
In 1983, Michael Dell started his own business while in college. The company he started was PCs ltd., which was the forerunner to Dell Inc. today. Dell started his business with a simple concept which is made to orde....
Cath a chur ar Beal Feriste is Éire/The War over Belfast and Ireland
My father, more Irish than I, has no idea what the title of my paper says . To him its just a bunch of letters put together, possibly some foreign language. He was surprised to learn that it is the language of his ancestors, the Irish. The official language of the Emerald Isle is Irish, which is ....
Cathedral
Cathedral
Prejudice. A word referring to prejudgment: to make a decision before becoming aware of the relevant facts of a case or an event. A word commonly used in certain restricted contexts when considering a judgment about a person based on rather external circumstances.
We all know how it is ....
Cause of War: Stoessingers Misperception Framework
Political Violence has been affiliated with governments and nations since the beginning of political history and plays a huge role in the causes of Wars around the world. What causes leaders to declare war? Many philosophers have based their studies and theories on this question; many have different....
Causes and Effects of World War I
World War I is arguably the most significant event of the 20th Century. This war which was expected to last but a few months dragged on for four years ending the world of the 19th Century. A war of this magnitude had many factors that contributed to its outbreak. Economic, political, and cultural....
Causes of the American Revolution
Throughout the eighteenth century, conflict mounted between the American colonists and the British homeland. Taxation was indeed the most visible issue that led to the Revolution because it was something that effected everyone, it enflamed the masses. Internal and external taxes both were present fo....
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