...The Roman Empire was one of the greatest Empires known to mankind, and many say the United states of America is following in Rome’s footsteps. However when looking closer at the fall of the Roman Empire there are terrifying similarities to present day America. It seems like America is making the same mistakes that the Romans made. However of Americans work fast we can avoid the ending the Romans met. The Romans fell because they had too much land and not enough control, their economy was slowly decreasing, and the Romans became apathetic. These things all could be avoided if only realized. America like Rome has lots of land and a huge military. However Rome lost control over the land that they controlled. The Romans were the power of the...
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...economy after the Civil War, how the rise and fall of the different labor organizations shaped America, and how the local and regional economies coming together was a key factor in forming a more mature national market. This article is a type of document called a report. The reason for this is because it contains factual content and informs the reader of important historical events of early America. The local and regional economies’ coming together was a key development in revolutionizing Americas industry for many reasons. One reason was that the demand for supplies of railroad networks, telegraph systems, and other innovations increased. This enabled entrepreneurs to manufacture products for distribution across the country. Business leaders like J.P. Morgan, Jay Gould, Daniel Drew, John D. Rockefeller, and Andrew Carnegie, there businesses created new jobs and they contributed into helping improve the general welfare of their communities. The rise and fall of the different labor organizations shaped not only early America but also the America we live into today. For example, the Knights of Labor set the foundation for 8 hour working days. Another example is Samuel Gompers who was the founder of American Federation of Labor(AFL) embraced the strike as the unions most effective weapon in wrenching concessions from recalcitrant corporate leaders. These two examples are an important factor because they are stilled used in America today. This type of document is called a report...
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...Matt Belcher Darket and Slingerland Humanity October 29, 2015 America’s strong! America is one of the strongest in the world, but Rome was at one point as well. America has many strong components that can keep it from falling just like Rome did. This great land has its faults but it also has things to keep it properly functioning and keeps having tourists visiting from all over the world. It is the land of the free and nothing can or will change the fact of that. If there is a thing that does make America fall it is the diversity within its border. The Roman Empire was a strong civilization but ended by tearing itself apart from diversity. Although America has that problem it can make up with the strong military, a powerful leadership, and a strong economy to keep America strong and stable. America may as well be the strongest that there ever was or ever will be. Its military is like no other and pretty much unstoppable. It was recorded in “2010 that there was at least 3 million people that was in the American military! America could be like the Persians up against the Spartans because it’s that strong. If America is to go it’s better to burn out in glory then to go down without a glimpse of hope. The strongest and the best have to die some time, even if America fights with the best soldiers they still have a chance of losing everything. There are many similarities and differences between the United States and Rome. Both were and are major powers in society. They also...
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...Statistic/Fact of Trips, Slips and fall; Over 540,000 Slip-Fall injuries, requiring hospital care, occur in North America each year. Slip-Falls account for over 300,000 disabling injuries per year in North America. One in three serious bone breaks for seniors result in death, within one year of the accident. Slip-Falls account for over 20,000 fatalities per year in North America i.e. 55 persons per day. It is the second leading cause of accidental death and disability after automobile accidents. Reference; http://hspsupplyinc.com/stats.htm How to prevent Slips, Trips and Falls; In a nursing home it is most important that you take all precautions into sight. Elderly people or those with disabilities may find the simplest of things hard by wearing footwear that is appropriate for the conditions inside and outside may prevent them from slipping or falling and hurting themselves on wet or very smooth surfaces. It is not only the people in the home the staff also need to take safety procedures as well by avoiding wearing high heels you will be saving yourself from falling on snowy, icy and rainy days. Try to wear boots Walk, don’t run through work areas, this is a major problem as there are residents in the care home which may struggle as it is to make it from one place to another and if they were to see someone flustering and running around them they may loose balance very easily and this again could result in a slip , trip or a fall. When possible, stay on marked...
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...has a thick coat of dark fur that turns white in the winter. The snowshoe rabbit also has a fur that turns white in the winter. The wolverine is able to mate during ideal conditions by delayed implantation in which they suspend dormant fertilized eggs until the conditions are ideal for bearing their young. Rainforests are the most diverse having more than 15 million species living in the biome. The rainforest biome is sometimes separated into two different biomes. They are referred to as tropical and temperate. The tropical rainforests are located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. More than half are in Latin America and about a third are in Brazil. The rest are in Southeast Asia and West Africa. Temperate rainforests are located along the Pacific Coast of North America stretching from Oregon to Alaska and in South America along the coast of Chile. They are other small areas found along the coasts of Australia, United Kingdom,...
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...mid- 1700’s that were responsible for changing life in colonial America. Some of these events are the creation of the Navigation Acts and the Proclamation of 1763. There is also the Fall of France and Pontiac’s War. There are so many different events responsible for changing the life in colonial America. One of the events that changed the life in America is the Navigation Acts. The Navigation Acts were laws that were created by England. They made these laws because England knew that America had a lot of good materials that they could use. So, to ensure that only they benefited from trading with the colonists they made the Navigation Acts. Some of the laws that these acts stated were that the colonists had to use a certain ship and they were not allowed to use any foreign ships. another law is that the colonists weren’t allowed to export goods like sugar and tobacco outside of England’s Empire....
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...How did the events in the Fall of Singapore change Australia’s Foreign Policy? The Fall of Singapore made a significant change to Australia’s Foreign Policy resulting in a combination of several factors. World War II and the Fall of Singapore made a dramatic influence on the political views of Australia. Before world war, Australia were in partnership with Great Britain, as they had enormous amounts of respect towards the country. Australia viewed Great Britain as the “Mother country” and though that teaming up with them would give them the best outcome of war. This was not the case, on March 26th 1942, Australia only wanted to work with America. Australia wanted the efforts of the United States of America’s soldiers and John Curtin created...
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...Occupy Wall Street Movement Holly Hyder Professor Zimmerman Business Ethics July 28, 2013 Occupy Wall Street Movement In the fall of 2011 there began a movement in America. This movement would forever be known as Occupy Wall Street. Taking over Liberty Square in the Manhattan Financial District in New York, a group of Americans began a nonviolent protest over the economic state in America. One of the stances that Occupy Wall Street held was that 99% of American’s economic well-being was controlled by the top 1% of Americans. This economic truth would no longer be accepted by this group of Americans. This group also called for solidarity inside of the 99% of Americans defining this in a set of principles. These principles involved a direct and transparent engagement of participatory democracy, exercising responsibility on collective and individual levels, empowerment of each other against all oppression, redefining how labor is valued, the sanctity of individual privacy, that education is human right, and that all knowledge, technologies, and culture be open to free access, creation, modification, and distribution (Stone, 2011)). Together in this movements solidarity they came together in New York to speak out about the injustices that they have suffered at the hands of corporations. These facts were that homes had been placed in foreclosure without the original mortgages, bonuses have been given to executives after corporations have received bail outs from taxpayers, the...
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...busy, well lit, bustling with people, amicable * Changez and American newly established relationship: decidedly friendly * Night progresses: * Surroundings: more complex and dangerous * Relationship: more complex and fraught * Night advaces: * Deserted * Changez falling out of love with America, tension between Changez and the America increase, question integrity NEW YORK CITY: Change throughout the novel * Freedom, empowerment, pleasure * Boundless possibility for Changez * Before 9/11: empire, awe-inspiring * After 9/11: dangerously powerful and reactive ‘beast’ because of NOSTALGIA ATHENS: Rhodes: metaphorical wall * The seat of a fallen empire * Separate the East and West, Changez and Erica * Symbolize America’s future fall MANILA * In the East, but more like New York, making Changez resentful, angry and ashamed * Where Changez started to change, realizes that he is play-acting * Separate Changez from America to have a Third World’s view of the 9/11 attacks VALPARAISO * Sense of melancholy, fallen empire * Remind Changez of America’s interfering and destructive nature * America is ‘peripheral’ like Lahore and Valparaiso * Where he chooses to become an exile, his loyalties 2. CHARACTERS CHANGEZ * Novel’s narrator and protagonist * A Pakistanis from Lahore, graduated at the top of his class from Princeton * He had little money, under financial aid, working three-off campus...
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...I have recently read the book Things Fall Apart which was written by one of your fellow countrymen Chinua Achebe. It is about a man who cannot change when his culture begins to change. In Things Fall Apart, the main character Okonkwo is a great man of Umofia and a leader in society, but he is banished from his clan for seven years after committing a female crime. While he is away, white missionaries come to Umuofia and begin to change the way of life there, gaining supporters and followers as the do so. When Okonkwo returns to his clan after his years in exile he sees that it is not as it used to be and the change is so great and profound to him that he eventually takes his own life in order to escape it. I know, however, that the present-day...
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...* Adriatic Sea: Water that separates Italy from the Balkan peninsula * Aegean Sea: Water that separates Greece and Turkey * Alps: Mountain range in Europe; contains Mount Blanc and the Matterhorn * Amazon River: Second-longest river in the world, located in South America; greatest waterflow * Andes: Longest mountain range in the world, located in South America * Antarctic Circle: Line of latitude, south of which experiences a period of 24-hour sunlight * Appalachian Mountains: Mountain range in eastern North America * Arabian Sea: Branch of Indian Ocean between India, the Arabian Peninsula, and Somalia * Arctic Circle: Line of latitude, north of which experiences a period of 24-hour sunlight * Atlas Mountains: Mountain range in northwest Africa * Black Sea: Large sea separating parts of Europe and Asia * Cartography: The making of maps * Caspian Sea: Largest inland body of water, located in Asia * Chesapeake Bay: Largest estuary in the United States, bordered by Maryland and Virginia * Coordinates: A position on a map, specified by latitude and longitude, ex: 41N 73W * Death Valley: Desert in California; hottest and lowest location in North America * El Niño–Southern Oscillation: A climate pattern where the temperature of the tropical Pacific Ocean warms about every five years * English Channel: Water separating France from Great Britain *...
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...! ! “After reading 10 papers by other students – one on each of the assigned books – what was the one main reason why Rome ceased being a Republic and became an Empire? What relevance does this have to modern America? Take the “God and Gold” book into account.” The Roman Republic was doing well from its beginning in 510 BC: it developed a good form of government: the senate, legislative assemblies and the executive magistrates. It had won a lot of its adjacent territory, and had great leaders. These great leaders brought more quality to the Rome Republic but as other great leaders, some of them wanted more. Human beings have always been driven by ambition; it has always existed and always will. This is the instinct that drives people to invent new goods or go through new paths. The ambition of its leaders and the fear of its people lead to the fall of Roman Republic in conjunction with the decisions the Senate made in these times. ! The ambition of Julius Caesar can be seen throughout his actions1. When Britain was invaded by Rome twice in 55 BC, the troops were headed by him. The first time, Caesar was unsuccessful at capturing Britain. Caesar did not give up, his ambition brought him back a second time, making a deal with the king Mandubracius and successfully securing part of Britain for Rome. After this battle Caesar, got to cease power over Rome in a clash against Pompey and the Senate2. Later, he was promoted to “dictator in perpetuity.” This great ambition brought...
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...ENG 2004 Elizabeth Hart September 2, 2010 Reading Response #1 Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments 1. Title: The title relates to the section, because it resembles the three part structure of the Declaration of Independence. The section was written in Seneca Falls at a women’s rights convention. The title also declares that the piece will be a set of sentiments, thoughts prompted by feelings. 2. Author’s Life: The women, Mott, Wright, McClintrock, and Stanton, who wrote the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiment were born in a time when women had no rights and were simply their husbands belongs. Mott and Stanton lived this discrimination first hand when they were forced to sit behind a curtain at the World Anti-Slavery Convention. From their experiences, they decided to make a change for future generations and declare that men and women are equal. 3. Response/Questions: I found it interesting that Mott, Wright, McClintrock, and Stanton chose to adamantly express that God/the Creator intended men and women to be equal. Also, the women used “he” repeatedly, showing that men were the cause of the women’s grievances and inequality. 4. Protest/Solution: The Seneca Falls Convention protested the inequality between men and women. They protested for the same inalienable rights that men were given to by the Declaration of Independence. Henry David Thoreau from Resistance to Civil Government 1. Title: As indicated by the title, Thoreau writes against the civil...
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...Reconstructing the Past to Change the Future: An Analysis of Character Development in When Heaven and Earth Changed Places and Journey From the Fall While the characters from When Heaven and Earth Changed Places and Journey From the Fall move on to a life of "comfort and safety" in the US, unsettling memories of the war resurface that force them to revisit their pasts. In order to reconcile their regrets, they must reconstruct memories from their past and address their guilt. This essay follows the journey that the characters Le Ly Hayslip and Mai take from Vietnam to the US and provides examples of how the two women attempt to forget their previous existences, create new ones, and reevaluate their pasts in the context of the present. By “comfort and safety,” I mean that Le Ly and Mai are not worrying about survival and safety as much anymore in the US as compared to in Vietnam. The two characters escape Vietnam because the livelihoods of their families are at stake. Le Ly escapes Vietnam for reasons relating to physical as well as emotional well-being. When Le Ly talks about the story of a woman watching her son get shot and then the woman herself getting shot as well, Le Ly realizes that the only chance for survival for her and her son is by leaving Vietnam. In addition, not only is Le Ly in physical danger, she is also in a hostile environment in terms of her relationships with the people around her. Her family relations are extremely volatile, since her family is very...
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...Angel Falls Kelsi Cork General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: To inform my listeners about Angel Falls. Central Idea: Angel Falls is the tallest waterfall in the world with an unusual tale of discovery. INTRODUCTION I. Attention Material A. This is Angel Falls. (Power-point slide 2) 1. It is the world’s tallest waterfall. 2. It is located at Canaima National Park the second largest National Park in Venezuela. (Power-point slide 3) B. Angel Falls was discovered by American pilot, Jimmy Angel in 1937. 1. Jimmy Angel mistakenly found the waterfall while searching for gold. II. Orienting Material A. The waterfall tumbles from a cleft near the summit of table Top Mountain Auyan-tepui into what is known as Devil’s Canyon, 3213 feet below. B. Before the mid-1950s, Angel Falls was an unknown wonder because the tribe that occupied the valley beside the mountain-top believed that the location of Angel Falls harbored Malign Spirits. BODY I. The Discovery A. Jimmy Angel, in 1934, was searching for an isolated goldmine when he came upon the Auyan-tepui. Angel being the curious man he was decided to fly around the mountain when he found the falls, but because his fuel level was low he was forced to return to his base. Upon his return Angel told descriptions of the wondrous landscape and the Stone Mountain he saw but his listeners didn’t believe him. B. Angel returned to fly over the mountains again in 1935 and continued to tell...
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