Essays on Expedition

1. Why does Quail want to go to Mars? The unknown world of another planet attracted him very much. Douglass was obsessed with the idea of trudging among its valleys again because he had already visited the planet as a secret Interplan agent. 2. Why does Quali’s wife always try to discourage his interest in Mars? Douglas himself stated that it was a wife’s job to bring him down to Earth. In fact, Kirsten knew about his previous trip to Mars. 3. How does REKAL, INC. provide trips to Mars? They incorporate extra-factual memory implant and provide ...

Roanoke is the name of English colony established at similarly named island in 1585 by Sir Walter Raleigh whose purpose was to create a first regular settlement in North America, but colony’s existence did not last long as all of its settlers disappeared under mysterious circumstances and left almost no traces. The history of colony disappearance for centuries has been staying in the focus of attention of sailors, historians, archeologists and mystery fans, but the answer is still not found. For this reason Roanoke went down in history as the “Lost Colony”; its image later served as a ...

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The establishment of Roanoke colony was the first presence of British presence in America or the New World. The first voyage to Roanoke Island was for observational purposes. Roanoke was an island in today’s North Carolina. Queen Elizabeth I granted Sir Walter Raleigh a patent to colonize America. The first colonists that arrived 1585 were less prepared for the expedition because they run out of food and supplies. John White returned to England with the promise that he would return with supplies and other settlers. White encountered several problems because it was winter ...

United States of America went into a war against Iraq early in the 21st century. It was with the claims of possible possession of chemical weapons by the Saddam Hussein regime. The actual facts never came forth.

However, this war proved to be one of the most expensive affairs United States of America had to confront. The causalities are too much more than those that were suffered in the Vietnam War. The killing of Iraqis on a daily basis is a normal event of the Iraqi society, and this can be owed to the overall miss adventure of United States of ...

Critical Thinking and Physical Conditions

Stating the Problems: When leading the team towards adventure, Shackleton used the see-I Model in various instances through his compelling story of leadership even when disaster stroke again and again. For instance, Shackleton was able to respond to changing circumstances because despite the fact that his mission just started as an exploration adventure, it quickly became a mission of survival. Therefore, Shackleton had to apply various tactics in order to survive. As a result, when Shackleton expedition encountered serious problems, he was forced to reinvent the goals of the team. The see-I-Model was, therefore, used exhaustively by Shackleton when as a leader. ...

Questions

The Lunar Society of Birmingham was an informal society of industrialists and philosophers that met on full moon nights because the moonlight made traveling easier. Members included Matthew Boulton, Erasmus Darwin, Joseph Priestley, James Watt, and Josiah Wedgwood. Erasmus Darwin was Charles Darwin’s father and the Lunar Society often met at his home. This exposed young Charles Darwin early on in life to creative scientific thinkers that surely influenced his studies in later years. .

What purpose did Linnaeus system of binomial nomenclature (also known as his binary system) serve? Carl Linnaeus has been called “the Father ...

Some travels to past destinations prove to be more memorable than others. The expedition to Austria in December of 2011 was definitely unforgettable. I call this an expedition since it boasts of events that happened for the first time. From Istanbul, my family decided to visit my brother and his wife who were stationed in Austria. The decision was challenging; yet exciting since we travelled by car. It has been three years since we last saw my brother and this was the first time we journeyed abroad accompanied by my father.

Missing a family member provided the impetus for the ...

Introduction

The second battle of Fort Fisher was an important war in which the Union force’s commander, General Alfred Terry, applied most of the six principles of mission command to secure the union victory. From constituting an effective team, making clear his intent, taking initiative and motivating his force, to taking prudent risks and promoting independent actions amongst his subordinates, the commander demonstrated a remarkable degree of commanding competence. The battle was a joint attack against Fort Fisher by the United States Navy and the Union Army. Generals Alfred Terry (Union Army) and David Porter (US Navy) fought Braxton Bragg, Robert ...

AMBIGUITY AND INTERPRETATION

This project is about reservoir characterization study, which based on a reservoir modeling technique and predicts the liquid demeanor in the reservoir. The model is produced applying data from all geographic expedition and growth origins through particularly the output data and liquified chemical science. This information is acquired through observation of 3D seismic study. While all information is diagrammed in 3D model of reservoir substances is produced which is then utilized to assist pick the most suitable and efficient organic compound convalescence technique.

Reservoir Characterization is very necessary to advance understanding to optimize and gauge reservoir’s performance and its ...

The setting in both is quite differing, while in the Epic of Gilgamesh the uncivilized moves to the city, the opposite happens in the Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition whereby it is the Civilized that seeks to explore the territory of the uncivilized.

In the Epic of Gilgamesh the initial reaction from the civilized was fear of the uncivilized as is evidenced by the behavior of the trapper who feared Enkidu initially and was even afraid of approaching him. In the Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition, the Indians were friendly at first and even gave food but on the ...

Decades before even Columbus discovered the New World, Zheng He, a Chinese explorer had already made a number of successful voyages (Little 469). Zheng He, was a devoted Muslim and a eunuch, and among the most successful commanders of his time. Within a short time between 1405 and 1433, Zheng He led at least seven successful expeditions. This is one of his greatest accomplishments that Zheng He is celebrated for.

Zheng he was a man of huge physique (Littel 469). Given the situation at the time, it is amazing how he was able to lead the largest ever maritime expedition. This particular expedition had 300 ...

This is a report about America history in the year between 1800 and 1880. This report was compiled after a visit to the National Museum. At the National Museum of America, various documents were discovered. These documents narrated historical events that took place in the United States since 1600. For this report, however, the historical events between 1800 and 1880 will be captured.

1800-1830: In the middle of 1800, Washington DC became the capital of the United States after Philadelphia. In December, Jefferson and Aaron Burr tie in elections for the presidency. Repeated run-offs saw Jefferson emerge the winner in February ...

Using the Mackinnon Lists Method

Using the Mackinnon Lists Method

Introduction

Review of literature on research studies of the state of ecological conditions directed at conservation of global bird habitats shows the Mackinnon Lists method a pragmatic approach to resolving some of the inherent problematic issues connected to this scientific field of study by eliminating overlapping statistics. Developed for the study of tropical forest bird habitats and populations in 1993, the Mackinnon Lists method uses a mathematical framework the following provides for understanding the benefit of using this method focusing on bird species in global regions including Gallon Jug, Belmopan, Cockscom, and Punta Gorda (Dawson et al, ...

The Mormon War of the 1850s is an important and controversial event in Mormon History as well as the greater history of Utah and the United States. Between 1857 and 1858 the United States Army attacked Mormons in Utah Territory thereby eliminating the ability of Mormons in the United States to live with an isolationist mentally. As a result, Governor Brigham Young was ousted and US military command became involved in the Mountain Meadow massacre. The result of this massacre was trauma and disgrace within the Mormon Church. This event has gone by many names: Utah War; Utah Expedition; Utah ...

Themes in U.S. and World History

The Nile River was more than just a geographic factor in Egypt it was one of the main drivers behind Egyptian society, it enabled Egypt to become one of the most recognized and celebrated civilization in human history. Before settling around the Nile the largest population groups in the region were small and could not support large numbers as most of the area was desert. As people began to settle around the Nile, the population grew (The Nile and Ancient Egypt, 2011). The Nile enabled people to farm in the area, and every summer ...

Section 1- Primacy Source Reading

Part 1- Edicts of Ashokta The Edicts of Ashoka are a group 33 pillars with inscriptions on them. The edicts were written by Emperor Ashoka of the Mauryan Kingdom is n roughly 232 B.C. Edicts were found all over India and even into the Medditeraean. The edicts of Ashoka are one of the first known attempts to write down the philosophy of Buddhism. The edicts were rediscovered and translated by scholars in the 19th century. The Edicts of Ashoka present solutions and life style choices for many of the problems of its time. For example edict six discusses ...

Abstract Leadership is very important in military in order to win battles. Leadership is the ability to influence people by providing purpose in a course of action, direction and motivation and at the same time operating to achieve the intended mission in order to improve the society. In military, leadership is a decisive element to achieve battle field success. A good military leader should assist an army in overcoming adversary since leadership is the driving force behind the structural factors that a nation can provide to its military commanders that necessitates the winning battles. A good army leader prepares his ...

The Holy Crusades were a series of nine major military campaigns led by Roman Catholic Church to take back Jerusalem from Muslims. Religion played a much larger part of everyday life in the time of the crusades, so it is difficult for modern people to truly understand the motives of people involved in the crusades. While the crusades did seem to be fought generally in the name of God, it appears many people involved in the crusades fought more out of self-interest rather than some deep religious devotion. The Holy Crusades were not very holy. Evidence suggests that one of ...

The report concentrates on the beliefs of the Dogon people which still manage to baffle researches all around the world. It appears that the Dogon people had considerable knowledge about a certain star that cannot be seen with a human eye under any circumstances unless specific equipment such as telescopes are involved. The way through which the tribe acquired such specific knowledge of the star and the immediate bodies that surround it remains open to the discussion. The tribe could have acquired the knowledge either by themselves or have claimed some information from another civilization. The phenomenon of travelling myths is ...

Thirty-three years ago, Paul Theroux made an expedition from London to Asia via train. During this period, he wrote The Great Railway Bazaar which gave an account of this journey. In “Ghost Train to the Eastern Star”, Paul Theroux embarks on another expedition from London through Central Europe, Turkey and then across several Asian countries such as India, Vietnam and Sri Lanka. The final country that he visits during this second expedition is Japan, after which he makes his way back home using the Trans-Siberian Railway. The Ghost Train to the Eastern Star is divided into 32 chapters. The ...

Lewis and Clark Expedition

The Lewis and Clark expedition would go where no American had gone before. The journey ventured through the last greatest wilderness of the world. Many believed that Woolly Mammoths still existed and it was unknown what plants and species would be found. It was well known that Native Indians had lived there for centuries. The journey was funded by President Thomas Jefferson who was looking for a way for America to expand into the west of the country. He chose his chief aid Meriwether Lewis as the captain of the expedition because he was a soldier and woodsmen. Lewis asked William ...

Bainbridge, B. (1991). The Birthday Boys. London: Hachette UK. “The Birthday Boys” is an acclaimed piece of literary work by Beryl Bainbridge. This novel was published in the year 1991and presents an imaginary tale of South Pole mission by captain Robert Falcon Scott. This story describes the emotional aspect of human endurance and misguided audacity in a very realistic manner. This paper intends to discuss the novel with a focuses on courage as central them of the story. Beryl Bainbridge is an English author who is named as one of the greatest authors of the United Kingdom. The author ...

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was more successful as a writer and traveler than he was as a conquisidator. He was an early explorer, exploring the New World hailing from Spain, as well as a protoanthropological author. He was born in Jerez de la Frontera, Cadiz in the year 1490 into a wealthy family. Orphaned at a very early age, Cabeza grew up under care of his maternal aunt. Pedro de Vera, his grandfather, had conquered the Canary Islands and would serve a large shadow in Cabeza de Vaca’s ambitions in ‘the new world’ America. His name cabeza means ‘head’ and de Vaca means ‘ ...

Introduction

Tourism is comparatively recent development in the Far North. In the last 15 years, the numbers of tourists have been increasing to experience the spectacular wildlife, landscapes and pursue the unique settings of Arctic. In the year 2000, the Arctic tourist count has reached above 1.5 million, with the northern Fennoscandia drawing around 70% of them. The Arctic cruise ship traffic has increased from 50 ships in the year 2004 to around 250 in 2007, most of them in Greenland and Nunavut (Canada). Most of the tourists travel to Arctic during the summers, when they can enjoy and pursue ...

Part IV Question

Colonization of America by the European countries began in the late 15th century. The colonization was mostly motivated by the Europe desire to acquire wealth. The European colonialists justified their move by stating that they wanted to civilize indigenous people. The famous phrase “God, Gold and Glory” incredibly summarizes the colonialists’ motives. Explorers, Amerigo Vespucci, Diego Alverez Chanca, Hernando Cortes, and Samuel de Champlain spoke on their aspiration to extend the political boundaries of Europe and to advance European economies. Vespucci, Chanca, Cortes, and Samuel de Champlain emphasized their intent to convert Indigenous people to Christianity. Some of the ...

The colonization of North America began in 1492 when Christopher Columbus and his Spanish expedition sailed west in such for a new trade route to Far East. As such, the first European power was Spain. Spain colonized the largest areas of North America and Caribbean and extended its colonial territories to the Southern part of South America. Some of the Spanish cities that were founded at the time of colonization were Santo Domingo in 1496, Puerto Rico in 1508, Panama in 1519 and Veracruz or Mexico 1496. In North America, the Spanish missions were Christian missions and they had ...

- So this is the ship they say is unsinkable. - It is unsinkable. God himself could not sink this ship. Every once in a while the conversations with friends or newly met acquaintances turn to favorite movies. Every once in a while “My Heart Will Go On” by Celine Dion comes on radio or music TV channel. Every once in a while close people talk about how true love never dies and how legends are never forgotten. And every single time Titanic is mentioned like a strongly attached, inseparable, and ultimate representation of the above mentioned categories, ever-present and ever-green. ...

Introduction

Black Robe is a movie made in the Canadian province of New France, commonly known as Quebec. It was shot in 1991, but the setting of the movie was the 17th century, which detailed France’s exploration and settlement into medieval Canada. The movie is an adaptation of Brian Moore’s novel that had the same title (Amazon.com 1997). The story revolves around an ancient Jesuit priest from France who, in 1634, begins an expedition to bring Christianity to the Indian natives of what is present day Quebec, Canada. The film chronicles a difficult, brutal, and dangerous 1500-mile journey to a ...

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History as we know it is always written in the bird’s eye view. It is always in the perspective of the victors. Those who subjugated lands and people that include Christopher Columbus wrote heroic actions of expedition to save the wretch from damnation or to civilize the savages. Spain, Portugal and other conquistadores in the 13th to 18th century used Christianity in their search for gold, slaves and glory. Howard Zinn’s book entitled, “History is a Weapon” mentioned that the conquests of Spain and other powerful countries during the colonial era was written in history in a way ...

The Greek mythology as known today is a culmination of the traditions in different parts of the Greek civilization with each region having its own heroes. For examples, the Homer’s Iliad is a regional mythology that strived to appeal to as many cities as possible bringing together a common identity of the Greeks. During the time of Hesiod and Homer, Greece comprised of many cities and islands separated by natural boundaries made by the gods (Works and Days, 167-171). The Iliad mentions almost all the apart of Greece that took part in the Trojan War. The mythology often conflict with each ...

Imagine you’re watching a horror movie – the young, blonde protagonist is alone in her home, with the lights out, and she hears a creepy sound from the other end of the house. “Hello?” she cries innocently, while she slowly walks in the darkness toward the sound. As an audience member, you have seen this scenario play out many times, usually ending in the unceremonious and gory death of the woman by a mysterious serial killer or monster, and you can’t help but think “Don’t go in there!” You castigate the poor woman, who does not have the same information ...

The Rosetta Stone

The Rosetta Stone is a stone slab carved from granodiorite, an igneous rock resembling granite. It acquired its name from the area where it was found in the in 1798. The British Museum estimates it originated during the lifetime of King Ptolemy V, around 196 B.C. Etched with Egyptian hieroglyphs, it displays a Greek translation of the king’s Memphis Decree issued at Memphis (British Museum 2014). Three scripts appear on the stele. Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs comprise the upper text, Demotic script occupies the middle portion, and the text finishes in Ancient Greek. The text is essentially the same, translated ...

When the idea of holidaying comes to discussion, there are a lot of ideas that emanate depending on one's experience, company involved; places of preferences and budget involved. To beginning, holidaying is meant for recreation, bonding, and entertainment. The moment friends decide on holidaying, fun takes the center stage. It becomes hard to have a distinguished way of holidays when different people come up with varying ideas. It is important to sit back relax and come up with a plan that involves patience, tact, and compromise. This essay, therefore, gives a comprehensive guide to holidaying with friends. As a fact, some people are ...

Imagine you’re watching a horror movie – the young, blonde protagonist is alone in her home, with the lights out, and she hears a creepy sound from the other end of the house. “Hello?” she cries innocently, while she slowly walks in the darkness toward the sound. As an audience member, you have seen this scenario play out many times, usually ending in the unceremonious and gory death of the woman by a mysterious serial killer or monster, and you can’t help but think “Don’t go in there!” You castigate the poor woman, who does not have the same information ...

“The Last Place on Earth” an epic TV series based on the controversial true story of two rivals, Captain R.F. Scott and Roald Amundsen carrying a common dream of reaching the South Pole. Amundsen was a professional explorer began his planning secretly to go to South Pole. The biggest obstacle in his expedition was the finance. So he officially declared that he will get to North Pole but his real intentions were to conquer South Pole before Captain Scott reaches there. But he officially announced that he will go the North Pole so as to get finance from the big industrialists, ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Section: Introduction The growing concern of the world to global warming can be traced back to pollution. One of the most apparent is water pollution which affects three-fourths of the whole world. The ocean is where most of the human waste, be it intentional or unconsciously, goes. This waste is called marine debris. It does not only include human waste, but also the natural waste occurring in the environment which escalates as the degradation of the bodies of water continues. According to (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2011), marine debris is any persistent solid material that is dumped ...

Introduction

Tobias Smollett is regarded as one of the most important novelist in the 18th century Great Britain. The 18th century is when the first true novels emerged as a new form of literary expression and Smollett introduced notable works during the era such as the “The Expedition of Humpry Clinker”. The novel follows the epistolary form where a series of documents such as letters were resembled to create the novel. This literary approach was popular during the 18th century where the aforementioned novel by Smollett was published. The objective of this critical analysis is to examine the components of Smollett’s ...

This is the hardest thing that a friend can ever be called to do. I was up the entire night thinking of the best words to speak of our beloved Xerxes. However, I will share with you the life stages and major achievements of my friend and your king Xerxes. He was a man passionate about life and extensively determined to make change in his environment. As a king, he won a clear path for peace in our society. He possessed true values of leadership. My friend Xerxes was born in 519 BC in Persia. He was a child to Atossa, the ...

Introduction

The story of the voyages that Christopher Columbus made is well-documented in various books and websites. Arguably, he was the greatest voyager to ever live in the world. These sources reveal the motives behind such voyages and what he achieved by these voyages. The last voyage of Columbus is a book written by Martin Dugard explaining the events that unfolded during Columbus’ fourth voyage. The author argues that the voyage’s purpose was to discover a new route to Orient (Dugard, 21). Under normal circumstances, this book is treated as a novel instead of history. Dugard manages to give an insight of ...

Fiction and satire characterizes the two literature works; the modest proposal by Jonathan Swift and the Ones Who Walks Away from Omelas by Ursula Le Guin. Satire is a stylistic device that is used to communicate a serious issue in an indirect manner; fiction also serves the same meaning because it presents as issue to the audience in a similar manner. In essence, the two stylistic devices are critical in literature as they offer the audience a chance to inquire and interrogate the narrator’s statements in a more detailed manner. The Modest Proposal and the Ones Who Walks Away from Omelas present a social ...

‘Enter dragon’ is a vivid example that fits within the Chinese martial art film genre. The film was produced by Hollywood studio (Warner Bros) in association Gold Harvest, and Concord Company, and the movie was set up in Hong Kong. The seven Little Fortunes were used as the stuntmen in the movie, i.e. Yuen Biao, Sammo Hung, and Jackie Chan. During the opening sequence of the movie, portly Hung fights Lee, while Chan fights presented as a Henchman when Lee is found in the Han’s underground lair. Lee intended to use the Shaolin Monastery fight sequence, which would be very ...

Matthew Barney: No Restraint (2006) The documentary narrates the journey of the crew of Nisshin Maru, a Japanese whaling ship, on a whaling expedition that takes months in the open sea. Barney and Bjork are dressed in traditional Japanese attire while riding in the shipping expedition. Barney is an alumnus of Yale University where he was recruited as an athlete to play football. Initially, is intentions were towards a career in medicine. Nonetheless, he graduated with a degree in arts. While Barney was an artist by profession, he did not necessarily earn his living from his artistic pieces. He had a day job ...

Between 1500 and 500 B.C, San Jose Mogote city in the modern day state of Oaxaca was the most important and largest settlement in the region. Oaxaca was inhabited by more tan sixteen subcultures during the pre-colonial period. Each of these subcultures had its customs, language and traditions. However, the Mixtecs and the Zapotecs were the majority and the most sophisticated. The Zapotecs were highly skilled in excavation and astronomy. The Mayan people lived in the tropical lowlands of the modern day Guatemala. The Mayan culture reached the peak of its power and influence around sixth century A.D. The ...

The Franklin ship was a Canadian ship that was being commanded by Sir John Franklin. The ship was used for various expeditions by the British man. However, the ship was involved with an expedition in the arctic where due lots of ice it got trapped. The ship was on a quest to try and navigate the water passages in the northwest. The ship got stuck there, and they could not make it back home. Franklin together with the rest of the crew managed to reach land, but the cold conditions of the arctic were unbearable to them and so they succumbed ...

Georgia, like several other southern states, played a key role in the civil war. Georgia witnessed some of most brutal battles of the civil war. Georgia was used as a center of transportation for the confederacy during the civil war. A huge number of people fought in the civil war from the Georgian side. This paper intends to discuss the role of Georgia in the American civil war along with discussing major battles, events and major participants of the civil war related to Georgia. The division between union states and confederate states took place on the issue of slavery. Southern ...

Obstacles of Spanish Monarchs during Colonization

The current state of Spain was established by the unification of separate and distinct kingdoms that prospered in the Iberian Peninsula during the 15th century. It emerged through the marriage of Queen Isabelle from the Castile Kingdom and King Ferdinand from Aragon. They initiated the development of the Catholic Monarch and the unification of various territories from the Iberian Peninsula although they separate their institutional identities such as political, social and economic powers. During their expansion and colonization, the Crown of Spain has been one of the most powerful and influential government in the Early Europe. However, it becomes ...

The theory of the continental drift was proposed by the German geographer and geologist Alfred Wegener on basis of the accumulated scientific facts. He formulated the first scientific theory of the slow continental drift in 1912. He mentioned the numerous similarities in the geological structure of the continents and the generality of the fossilized flora and fauna in the geological past. The weighty proof also was the coincidence of the climate in the distant geological eras. Alfred Wegener was born on first of November in 1880 in the center of Brooklyn in the family of the famous scientist. ...

Kim’s Strafford’s essay “A Few Miles Short of Wisdom” found in the book Having Everything Right is about his visit to the Big Hole Battlefield in Montana. The essay is about an author’s insatiable appetite for a clearer view of the world and having a deeper meaning of events in the world. This is the appetite that most of us always have when we visit places that have a special meaning for us. Kim Strafford’s visit is a learning experience as he is driven by the hunger for the absolute reality and the quest to know the kind of ...

Christopher Columbus was a sailor and discoverer of the Sargasso Sea, the Bahamas and the archipelago of Antilles. He first reached the northern coast of South America and the Caribbean coastline of Central America. Christopher Columbus is one of the most enigmatic historical figures. There is no certain information about his birth, origin, education, professional activities before the first expedition to the West India. That’s why historians and biographers wrote more than hundred books about his discoveries. Therefore, the history of Columbus contains continuous mysteries, assumptions and doubts. Christopher Columbus was born in 1451, the day between ...

The Acoma myth origin story is about two sisters Iatiku and Nautsiti. They emerged from the underground and were given a basket with small carved animals and seeds and were informed by the spirit that the components of the basket would help them for completing the world. The supernatural or spirit taught everything to the sisters to help them live in the world. The spirit taught them to pray, grow & prepare food, how to use salt and interdependence of plants, earth, humans and animals. Then the spirit told them to shape the earth, starting with the first mountain they made ...

English

The English patient is a painful story of four people residing in an Italian Villa in the hills of Tuscany during world war second. It is a historical reminiscence of an English patient who is burnt beyond recognition, a nurse serving and taking care of the patient in the dangerous villa ignoring the dangers of mines and bombs in the villa, an Indian Sikh sapper who is an expert in diffusing bombs and a thief. The novel deals with the traumatic experiences of the four characters during the war and the identity crisis of the people. It is the painful story of the ...

Book Review of

“The Hot Zone” written by Richard Preston is a non-fiction English book published by Anchor in 1995. It contains 420 pages and based on Richard Preston article “Crisis in the Hot Zone.” It is a thriller that deals with the source and occurrences relating to viral hemorrhagic fever especially Ebola viruses and Marburg viruses. The filo viruses, Ebola Virus called EBOV, Sudan Virus called SUDV, Marburg Virus called MARV and Ravn Virus called RAVV are the agents of level four of Biosafety. They are enormously hazardous to humans due to being very contagious and with an extraordinary casualty rate. There is ...

In general terms, public relations refer to the various methods used by a company to disseminate messages and information about its services, products, overall company image, employees, customers, suppliers, and other interested community members. The main point or aim of public relations is to make the general public think positively and favorably about the organization and its products. Some of the tools used for public relations include press conferences, speaking engagements, news releases and community service programs. Public relations is often confused with another marketing element called advertising, but there is clear-cut difference between the two terms. Advertising is a process ...

Book Review: A Visit from Goon Squad

A Visit from Goon Squad was written by Jennifer Egan. This fiction won the National Book Critics Circle award and Pulitzer Prize for fiction last 2010 and 2011 respectively. The story revolved around Bennie Salazar. He was an executive who loves rock music. The main setting of the story occurred in New York City, USA but it also showcased California, USA as well as foreign locations like Kenya in Africa and Italy in Europe. The main theme of the story is about the lost time when main protagonists in this story were deprived of their early life and incorruptibility. ...

Since time immemorial, people have been generating strong figures to look up to. These physically powerful figures are known as heroes. The presentation of these heroes in traditional mythological heroes is very different with that of modern day fictional hero stories. However, these heroes are created in related ways. They have to protect those in danger, despite the challenges they face. In classical mythological hero stories, the heroes are presented as infallible and set apart from the community. The heroes are expected to be in aid of the people in time of distress and fight the enemies on their behalf. ...

Charles the Great popularly known as Charlemagne, born in 1972, was the son of Bertrada Pepin the Short. Charlemagne was born out of the wedlock and many people though that he was illegitimate. He grew up to become the king of the Franks and between 800 and 814 he was the emperor of the West (Einhard & Notker, 42). His strong believe in religion accelerated him to form the Holy Roman Empire; an empire that grew to be quite different from other ancient empires in Europe and the world over. He additionally strengthened the status of political and European economic life. ...

The great geographical discoveries ( or large Navigations ) is the name given to the period of history that took place between the fifteenth century and early seventeenth century during which Europeans explored the world extensively in search of new trade routes . Historians often refer to the " Age of Discovery " as the pioneer Portuguese and Spanish navies studies performed between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, who built a relationship with Africa , America and Asia, looking for an alternative way to " India " , driven by trade in gold, silver and spices ( Martin 6). In 1543 , by chance, three Portuguese merchants Francisco António ...

Indigenous Texas history goes beyond the Texan region into the various neighboring states and foreign territory. The Texan history dates back to over 50,000 years ago. In studying the history of Texas, the term Native refers to the inhabitants – indigenous – of the various regions within mainland Texas, the Tasmania area, and the adjacent islands. There have been a number of changes that have taken place over the years. Ancient Texan culture has faded away in most of the regions of the Texan continent due to a number of factors. The main aim of this paper is to look into the ...

- Did Columbus have a profound or mild impact on the American Dream? There are two views about Christopher Columbus’ expedition to North America. Yes, he discovered a new land of opportunities, and paved way for millions of people to follow suit. These immigrants contributed to the building of a great nation and in the process achieved their personal ambitions. But, there is also an other faction which opines that, though Columbus found the sea routes for reaching this land, he was by no means the founder of the country, because indigenous people where living in this land having a civilization of ...

History is considered to be humanity’s legacy drawing the path which is to be paved upon the learnings of the past. It was Aristotle, the great Ancient Greek philosopher, who had said that history is a series of homocentric cycles, aiming at pointing the importance of studying it. Evolution and progress may achieve to make people’s lifestyle much more progressive than they could ever imagine but human nature is not easily changeable. As a conclusion studying history contributes to our understanding human nature, the inner needs generating certain actions, and leads us to learning on what could have been ...