...Many plays and books such as Peter Pan, Treasure Island, and many others have used pirates as characters for many years. Many of us grew up watching pirates on television, but most of the time in pursuit of entertainment the truth is lost. Although pirates did dress in the fancy clothes that they looted from different ships; they did not always have the elaborate outfits worn by pirates in the movies. One piece of truth about pirates though is that they armed themselves to the teeth with weapons. The book also explains how some women survived life on the seas. Some women such as Mary Read and Anne Bonny had no trouble disguising themselves on pirate ships. These women had to deal with severe hardships, and they had to make sure their identity was concealed at all times. These two women were familiar with this life though because they had been raised as boys all their life. When they were caught they were also treated like men, and many times women pirates were also sentenced to death. Anne Bonny and Mary Read escaped the death penalty because they were both pregnant. Although stories have fantasized versions of pirates who were courageous heroes, in real life they were cruel people who would use any means necessary to get what they wanted. Most pirates used barbaric forms of torture to get information they wanted. The book tells about the many different cruel punishments that pirates used to inflict fear into the hearts of their prey....
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...book Under The Black Flag by David Cordingly gives to us a general overview of the historical facts of piracy, as well as the misconceptions and where those notions arose from. This essay will focus on the overview of what a pirate is, who a pirate is, where pirates are located, when pirates occur, and why pirates become pirates, based on the information that Cordingly gives us. To discuss the subject of pirates, one must first answer the question, “what is a pirate?” In this text, many different types of people who would not have been identified by themselves or by their contemporaries as pirates, fall under the overarching term “pirate” through the usage of the term in the title. Cordingly says, “A pirate was, and is, someone who...
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...Afghanistan Flag The Afghan flag has three equal vertical bands of black, red, and green and the national emblem at the center. The emblem has an Arabic writing, “Shahadah” on top of a mosque that has a mihrab at the entrance and a pulpit. Two Afghan flags stand on the sides of the Mosque and on the lower side is the name Afghanistan. Two wheat sheaves wrap around the mosque and underneath them is the Hijri year 1298 (an equivalent of 1919 in the Gregorian calendar). The height to length ratio is 2:3, officially three feet by five feet. Afghans adopted this flag in 2013. Black symbolizes Afghanistan’s dark past under different foreign rules while red stands for the people’s blood that poured during the scramble for independence and self-rule....
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...People all around would agree on one thing, the confederate flag is a controversial topic. I shall put it bluntly, the flag should be banned in public areas. Not only does the flag represent slavery for minorities, but it is also a sign of rebellion. The flag is used to strike fear into blacks, so that they move towns, or that they are too scared to leave their homes. I will explain these claims more in depth in the paragraphs yet to come. The flag was used by the Confederates during the American Civil War. It was very similar to the Union’s flag for a while, but they changed it to look like what it does today so the soldiers could recognize it. The Confederates believed in slavery, unlike the Union. So, whenever a minority saw the flag, they knew that there would be trouble. Now to present day, it is still being used to scare minorities. Groups like the KKK use it when they march to make the minorities remember...
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...wrote “Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.”(Thoreau) Thoreau’s wisdom applies to us today. Our government’s ability to disrupt our lives has never been stronger. Against such a government, non-violent resistance makes a positive impact to our society. Peaceful civil resistance boldly shows injustice, gives courage to the oppressed, and changes the course of history. Thoreau believed a person must live free. Free to their conscience, regardless of the consequences. One current threat to our freedoms is the government’s unlawful spying on its citizens. After the attacks of September 11, 2001, the US government gave great power to various spy agencies to gather information on millions of US Citizens. Phone records, and online records were secretly gathered and stored without warrant, and without probable cause. A young analyst Edward Snowden working for the National Security Agency (NSA) exposed to the world the actions of the US Government. He did this in a peaceful way. He didn’t expose any algorithms that the...
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...The Confederate Flag was adopted by the Confederate States of America around February of 1861 to serve as the official flag of their movement towards the expansion of utilizing enslaved African people forced into America through the slave trade. “We know, as Confederates knew, that their dream of independence and liberty was based on a social and economic foundation of black labor” (Binnington 4) The south had their ‘black labor’ for years; however, soon this did change. The March after the Confederate States succession, Abraham Lincoln was elected president and, though stating he would not try to end the use of slaves, he ran on a platform that was against the expansion of slavery. Ultimately, this led to the Civil War between the anti-slavery...
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...stopped and held down the upliftment of many African-American men and women. As outdated as these symbols seem to be they are still very relevant in today’s society. One of these symbols in particular is the confederate flag. The confederate flag is a symbol that has promoted segregation, racism and white supremacy for many years; Therefore, its image should be banned and considered to a federal offense when individuals exhibit it in any fashion. Some southerners see the confederate flag as a symbol of heritage and pride for the south. Others...
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...Should the Confederate Flag be Banned in the South? Today the confederate flag holds an outdated image in America’s diverse, modern society; because of this, it has no more purpose to fly publicly in the south with its symbol of racism. Instead, its new home should be part of a museum where its history can remain intact without being offensive to any particular group of people. Among many people in the United States the confederate flag is seen as offensive and serves as a reminder of the dark past our country endured in which their ancestors were enslaved and treated with cruelty. Should the confederate flag be allowed to fly in the southern States? Although many argue that it cannot be taken down due to it being a part of our history and that many people have died for that flag, it should not be flown as it relates to racism and the...
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...place to pursue international business in. The national flag of Germany consists of three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red (middle), and gold (bottom). The colors of black, red, and gold have played an important role in German history and can be traced all the way back to medieval times where there was a banner of the Holy Roman Emperor. This original banner had a black eagle with red claws and beak on a gold field. The Holy Roman Empire was a German-majority, multi-ethnic empire in central Europe until 1806, when it was defeated at the Battle of Austerlitz. After this battle, German-states that were part of the Holy Roman Empire came under French rule and several German organizations began agitations to free Germany from foreign rule and create a unified country. Among these organizations were two prominent ones by the names of Lutzow Free Corps and Jena Student’s League. The members of these two organizations wore uniforms of black with gold and red accessories and used flags of those colors as well. When Germany was unified in 1871 under Otto Von Bismarck, it chose a national flag with horizontal stripes of black-white-red. However after Germany’s defeat in the First World War, a republic was declared in 1919 and the black, red, and gold flag was restored. After the Nazi government took power in 1933, West Germany restored the old black-red-yellow flag on May 23, 1949 and East Germany used the tricolor flag with its coat of arms. In 1990, the two Germanys were...
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...Telecommunication Engineering [pic] School of Electronics Engineering KIIT UNIVERSITY Batch: 2008-2012, Group-8 Under the guidance of Mr. S.Padhi An End-Semester Project Report Submitted by: Akshay Prakash-804008 Avinash Kumar-804029 Ayush Bansal-804031 Barun Kumar-804034 Deepak Kumar Barnwal-804044 KIIT UNIVERSITY, BHUBANESWAR [pic] CERTIFICATE This certificate is to certify that this report entitled “AUTOMATIC VEHICLE PASS USING IMAGE PROCESSING” being submitted by Group-34: Akshay Prakash-804008 Avinash Kumar-804029 Ayush Bansal-804031 Barun Kumar-804034 Deepak Kumar Barnwal-804044 in partial fulfillment of the degree of Bachelor in Technology in “Electronics and Telecommunication engineering” is a bonafide work carried out at KIIT University under the supervision of project guide Prof. S.Padhi Prof A. K. Sen Mr. S.Padhi Dean E&TC Deptt. E&TC Deptt. KIIT University KIIT University TABLE OF CONTENTS: • ACRONYMS ………………………………………………………...3 • ACKNOWLEDGEMENT …………………………………………...4 • HISTORY ……………………………………………………………5 • ABSTRACT ………………………………………………………….6 • INTRODUCTION …………………………………………………...7 • BLACK-BOX VIEW OF SYNCHRONOUS FIFO ……….…….…10 • PORT LIST ……………………………………………..………......10 • FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION …………...
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...History * The early inhabitants * The early colonial period * The British colonial era * The mineral revolution * The Anglo-Boer/South African War (October 1899 – May 1902) and its aftermath * Segregation * Apartheid * The end of apartheid * The First Decade of Freedom * Into the Second Decade of FreedomThe early inhabitantsThe discovery of the skull of a Taung child in 1924; discoveries of hominid fossils at Sterkfontein caves, a world heritage site; and the ground-breaking work done at Blombos Cave in the southern Cape, have all put South Africa at the forefront of palaeontological research into the origins of humanity. Modern humans have lived in the region for over 100 000 years.The latest discovery is a new species of hominid, Australopithecus sediba, almost two million years old. It was discovered in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, 40 kilometres from Johannesburg, South Africa in 2010. The small, mobile bands of Stone-Age hunter- gatherers, who created a wealth of rock art, were the ancestors of the Khoikhoi and San of historical times. The Khoikhoin and San (the "Hottentots" and "Bushmen" of early European terminology), although collectively known as the Khoisan, are often thought of as distinct peoples.The former were those who, some 2 000 years ago, adopted a pastoralist lifestyle herding sheep and, later, cattle. Whereas the hunter-gatherers adapted to local environments and were scattered across the subcontinent, the herders sought out...
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...Education a. Provide the Constitutional question: Does the segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race deprive the minority children of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the 14th Amendment? b. Provide background information: Black children were unable to attend the same schools that white children attend because of segregation laws. One person in particular, Linda Brown, was denied admittance to an all white school, and Thurgood Marshall decided to challenge the protection guaranteed by the 14th Amendment. c. Provide a summary of the opinion of the Court in this case: The Court ruled that all people deserve equal protection. Although black and white areas were built equally, segregation...
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...Cultural Imperialism and the Attenuation of Ethnic Barriers Six soldiers, as immortalized in Rosenthal’s famous photo of the flag-raising on Iwo Jima in 1945, are seen working together to lift, not a flag, but a ‘G Clef’. The Good Rats’ 1981 album, Great American Music, featured this painting by Pasqual D'Angelo as its album cover. The band’s name, prominently displayed across the top in bulky, stenciled letters, gives this image a militaristic appearance, a characteristic that can have different meanings to different audiences. To many Americans, the military represents the unification of American strength and spirit to better defend its freedom. To others, the military is viewed as the oppressive arm of the Americans’ will to dominate and conquer. Could this be a depiction of American military dominance and cultural imperialism? Or is it a testament to the unifying power of music – crossing racial and ethnic barriers to bind people of all cultures under one flag? Throughout this paper we will examine the painting, the band and the history behind it all to discover the message intended for us. The parallels between this image and the photo it emulates are made evident, not just by its stenciled letters, or even the soldiers themselves – but the painting’s background and overlay. Consisting of a faded, yellowish tint, the painting closely resembles the original photo of Iwo Jima. Yet, while the fading is nearly identical to that of the original photo, the yellow tinting is...
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...or not actions could be considered speech. Debate is always as intense when the action has to do with the American flag. The flag is generally considered to be a special symbol in the United States, which leaves the question, could an action that desecrates this symbol still...
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...the most beautiful and interesting ways Ellison provides context and understanding for the intense scenes. When the narrator says, “All ten of us climbed under the ropes and allowed ourselves to be blindfolded with broad bands of white cloth.” (229) it depicts the lack of choice the black men had. And although he states that they “allowed” the white men to blindfold them, the reader understands that there really was no other option. White men literally blinded the black men by not allowing them to make eye contact with white women. And figuratively speaking, the prejudice whites have against blacks...
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