Essays on Medal

"Education is the key to opportunity, It's a ticket out of poverty." George H. W. Bush. My life began in the inner city Housing projects in East Orange, New Jersey. I was born in a large household being the sixth of seven children. My father died when I was two year's old and my mother had to struggle to bring us up on her own. My mother was the third of nine siblings, born and raised in Brookneal, Virginia in abject poverty. As was the norm during her childhood years, children had to work in plantations and tobacco fields ...

Cover Letter

As Louis Kahn - a famous American architect of Jewish origins – I can mention the necessity of a new building to be designed. Considering the style is mostly represented in the architectural style of Philadelphia, the proposal of a new building will leave no one apathetic. Some significant buildings like the Yale University Art Gallery, Richards Medical Research Laboratories, Salk Institute, and many others may become the prototypes for such a work. The most impressive thing is the scale of the buildings. Like the majority of other projects, it should be a kind of modern knight’s castle. Nevertheless, ...

News Item: Jamaica Wins Gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics

Jamaican sprint legend, Usain Bolt, won the 100m gold at the Olympics finals in Rio, Brazil. Bolt, who is also the 100m sprint record-holder, achieved a time of 9.81 seconds at the Joao Havelange Stadium. He eased off to the finish line just ahead of Justin Gatlin, his American rival, who clocked a time of 9.89 seconds. Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse clocked 9.91 seconds (Kelner, 2016). Although Bolt started terribly, he came back strongly to overthrow Gatlin from the lead. Bolt’s win marks Olympic history because it was his unprecedented third consecutive crown at the 100m winners’ ...

Introduction

I am a Head Coach of Sarah Storey and I am really proud to present you with her life and achievements in this short paper. Sarah Storey is a British cycler and former swimmer. She is one of the most brilliant British Paralympian, multiple medal winner in both cycling and swimming. We will talk about her success in the Olympic Games and some other competitions. We will share some training tips of Sarah, too. She is a pride of the Great Britain and one on the strongest and the most inspiring women all around the world. It is a ...

Muhammad Ali

Everyone has their own prototypes to follow such as idols, parents, friends or neighbors with motivating and inspiring life experience. World history has various examples of the famous persons’ biographies and after its reading people are inspired for accomplishing any goals. It can be people who lived a century ago or our contemporaries. Someone considers sportsmen to be successful, others find politicians, entrepreneur or singers more inspiring. However, they are united by the common trait, which is leadership. Nowadays, when the world is changing rapidly, the ideas of those leaders continue to be relevant and contribute to the people ...

1. Introduction Bulgaria is located between the Turkey and Romania in the Southeastern Europe and has a variety of different sports practiced by its citizens. The country of more than seven million citizens has been part of the summer and winter Olympics game from their early start. In the country the most popular sports are football - soccer, volleyball, various different gymnastics, wrestling, weight lifting and others. There are various different sport figures popular in the country, but they do not fully address the international sporting achievements of Bulgaria on the international level. The paper will present the country’ ...

Annually on the third Monday of January in the USA, the Day of the black fighter for the civil rights Martin Luther King is celebrated. This holiday is confined to the birthday of King on January 15. The preacher Martin Luther King headed the Movement for the rights of black Americans. This movement was devoted to fighting against racism and discrimination. At the same time, King supported only nonviolent methods of the fight. In 1964, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to him, and in 2004 the American authorities have posthumously appropriated him the Congressional Gold Medal which ...

An African-American writer, Nikki Giovanni, wrote the poem under consideration. She was born on June 7, 1943 in Knoxville, Tennessee. It is important to note that she has won numerous awards for her work as a poet, writer, educator and activist. People refer to her as the new voice of African Americans (Nikki Giovanni). This particular poem represents a remarkable piece of writing due to several reasons: it clearly has no rhyme, it is quite long and it has an unusual structure. Visually, one perceives the lines of the poem as steps of some stairs. In terms of the ...

The modern life of ours is largely dependent on what our ancestors did and did not do. The history, which is in the best words the recording of the flow of events, has a considerable impact on the way the society evolved. In fact, society itself is the product of historical dramatic changes. In these terms, since the dawn of our civilization, human beings had got used to documenting all the key episodes of their lives. However, some of the historical archives may consist of fake material, wrong opinions, and fabricated facts. Such a way of disguising the truth ...

Pvt’s experiences with the World War II are unique with a comparison to other soldiers’ experiences. First, he receives a ‘greetings’ letter from the Head of state, Roosevelt, inviting him to the physical examinations at Albany, N.Y, and evidently passes the test. The act of being acknowledged by the Head of State to join the army is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and is not common for every soldier who joins the army. Another unique incident is when he failed to ship out with the rest of the trained platoon because he had three missing teeth. This saved him from ...

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Transforming the Modern Olympic Games

Introduction “Although it is disappointing that softball was not reinstated in the Olympics, we are going to continue to keep growing the sport.”—Jennie Finch The above quotation by Jennie Finch alludes to one of the various changes that the modern Olympic Games have undergone over the years. There are many who can argue both for and against those changes. This is because these changes have both yielded positive and negative effects as it pertains to the organization of the Games. ...

There are many great people in the history of the United States who were working towards freedom and prosperity. There are people who did a little bit more than others and as a result they were awarded with Presidential Medal. Harvey Milk's historic race in 1977 as one of the world's first transparently gay chose authorities and its most unmistakable one-symbolized the flexibility to live with credibility to a large number of LGBT ladies and men around the globe. Harvey served not exactly a year in broad daylight office before his merciless death yet his life significantly changed a ...

Introduction

Different individuals across the globe say that old folks are resistant to change since they tend to be accustomed to the ancient ways. However, in the “Gran Torino” by Clint Eastwood, it is very evident the every individual can embrace change. Walt Kowalsky, the protagonist, is a cold hearted racist veteran, whose humanity is thawed through his associations with the Hmong neighbors; motivating an enormous change in the manner he treats himself and even other people around him. Clint Eastwood utilizes the ending and the beginning to pinpoint this change and educate the audience valuable lessons through the implementation ...

The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually to be given to an artist “who created the most distinguished picture book of the year.” (www.ala.org) In 1992, the winner of that prestigious award was David Wiesner, the children’s author and illustrator of the book Tuesday. Known for books with little or few words, Tuesday stays true to this artist’s format. The book opens with the words, “TUESDAY EVENING, AROUND EIGHT”. It is easy to see why it became such a favorite. Simply it is the story of frogs unexpectedly taking flight from their pond, on lily pads. Through pictures ...

Black people have suffered various forms of oppression. As a result, there emerged people from among them who led them out of this oppression. In this essay, I am going to be discussing about Martin Luther King, Jr. who was among the people that contributed to the emancipation of the black people from oppression. Martin Luther was born in 1929, 15th January, in Atlanta, Georgia. His parents were Alberta Williams King and Martin Luther King, Sr., who was a reverend. Martin Luther's legal name given at birth but later changed, was Michael King. His father too was born Michael ...

This brief essay examines ethical considerations surrounding two military and politically-charged events, one in 1960 and the other in 1968. Ethical guidelines help military personnel find practical and professional ways to face moral challenges and dilemmas “to enable and motivate them to act professionally in the discharge of their professional obligations” (Cook & Syse, 2010, p. 119). The U-2 incident occurred as the U.S. was gathering data on Soviet missile sites. President Eisenhower affirmed the value and continued use of U-2 flights for important reconnaissance data needed to negotiate with the Russians who were withholding vital weapons information. With the ...

Argentina is the eighth largest country in the world and is located in Latin America, which means its culture, also known as cultura rioplatense (River Plate culture from the name of the River Plate Basin region, where the country is situated), is a result of intermixture of the extremely diverse European immigrant and local cultures ("Culture of Argentina"). It is deemed that historically the prevalent impact on the Argentine culture was made by the Spanish rule and Roman Catholic traditions. At the same time, although the migration of Europeans led to the demise of the indigenous culture, their influence is ...

As Co-Founder, CEO and Chairman of Apple Inc., Jobs met many ups and downs as a good leader. Throughout Apple’s history, such as when they Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne have just started their business in 1976 in the garage of Jobs’ foster parents, years later, they were a success. It only proves that with the right mix of leaders, they can start a company that will later on live with its vision. Apple Company had since then continued to hire many highly talented, creative, and innovative people (e.g., Mike Scott, John Scully).

With Jobs’ leadership and the highly competent ...

Introduction

General mills Inc. is a leading breakfast cereal companies in the world with brands such as Chex, Cocoa, Puffs, Kix, Trix, total and Cheerios. In addition to these, it produces other food lines such as betty Crocker dessert mixes, gold medal flour, Yoplait yogurt, pop secret microwave popcorn and nature valley granola bars. The company markets its products in over 90 countries worldwide (Chassy, et al). The company began to expand internationally in 1989 and has formed partners with cereal partners such as Nestle SA, a Swiss based food product giant. In 1993, general mills experienced slowdown in the core business ...

In the past sports were taken as form of entertainment or an activity to maintain a healthy body or manage body weight. This made various societies around the globe to encourage its members especially children to engage in sports in order to stay healthy and avoid boredom which might force them to engage in bad behavior such as crime or substance abuse to escape the boredom feeling. However, in the past two decades, sports have become money making machines, i.e. athletes especially track races athletes are in positions to make millions in seconds (Nationwide Children's Hospital, 2015). Some of the ...

1. Maurice Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things Are” is one of the most-loved picture books of all time. It also won such accolades as the Caldecott Medal and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, but it is also on the New York Public Library’s list of “One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing.”

Of all the elements of design that Giorgis lists in her discussion of picture book design, line is the one that stands out most vividly. When Max is sent to bed without supper, even when his room becomes a jungle, the closely packed group ...

Children must live as children; they must get affection and love and in the process, they must build their abilities and experience traumatic situations such as; be exposed to drugs and porn. We all want children to be the productive force of the nation, in spite our good thought on the well-being of children issues, there are still some places in the US where children do not live as one, especially in the inner part of Chicago city. Alex Kotlowitz in his book “There Are No Children Here” talks about the children who live in the mess violence of ...

Introduction

Civil war is a conflict fought among organized groups within the same state. The war may be fought for several reasons, which include the need to gain independence and it may also be fought so as to control a region, and change the government policies governing a country (Blight, 45).

Thesis

Having read his brother’s bibliography, George Armstrong became interested in his life since he had been awarded two congressional medals for having fought and defeated the enemy nation during the civil war. Thomas Custer, a brother to Armstrong, was born in 1845, in Ohio. He was six years younger than Armstrong, but ...

This gentleman has genuine mega-talent, spanning 6 decades of poetic writing, peaceful protesting, and the awakening of the youth movement.

Bob Dylan, is one of the musicians who sparked several genres of pop music which included electrified country rock and folk rock. This was evidenced in the height of his popularity during the 1960s. His influence in music has been echoed throughout various generations; this is because most of his music became popular standards and all of his albums became undisputed classic rock and roll canon. The influence of Dylan throughout the era of folk music was very powerful and it made a pivotal turning point in the 20th century. It was during this era that the genre of music ...

Compare and Contrast the Philosophies/Theories and Practice of Cesar Chavez and Martin Luther King

Introduction Both Cesar Chavez and Martin Luther King are an important part of Americans non-violent history. Although both of them were active in different areas of the civil movement, they are remembered with pride for their great achievements that made a huge impact in the lives of many American’s. Notably, the effect of their works is felt today especially by the minority groups of the nation. Even though Martin Luther King’s work is more recognized around the world than Cesar's’, they are both great heroes who deserve recognition and appreciation because of the sacrifices they made to ...

The Winter Olympic Games is an international sporting event that is usually held once in every four calendar year. These games were first held in 1924 in Chamonix, France. The first original sports of this event included curling, bobsleigh, ice hockey, military patrol, Nordic skiing, and skating. Following the Second World War, the Olympics games were interrupted and later returned in 1948 under the management of the International Olympic Committee. This paper gives detailed information about iceberg skating, and specifically ice dancing as a Winter Olympic Sport. However, the Olympic Games have undergone stages of evolution, and has currently ...

Management

There is still a lot of work to do in the field of Engineering Concept of Operations (CONOPS), said Col. James Horejsi, a former Chief Engineer and Director of Engineering and Architectures at SMC. Currently in charge of the Aerospace contract at SMC, Col. James Horejsi spoke to us on February 6, 2014 on the importance of technical integrity. His illustrious career achievements are equally complimented by his wisdom; Col. James Horejsi completed his MS in Electrical Engineering from AFIT and also has 4 military education certifications. In addition to this, he is also the recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal, ...

“The day is coming when telegraph wires will be laid on to houses just like water or gas -- and friends will converse with each other without leaving home." (Alexander Graham Bell in a letter to his father in 1876; taken from PBS.org) Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland and had two more brothers that both died of tuberculosis (Library of Congress), Melville James Bell, who was older than Alexander, and Edward Charles Bell, who was the youngest in the family (Bell Homestead). His father, Alexander Melville Bell, as well as his grandfather ...

Bob Dylan is a renowned American Musician Songwriter, composer, singer and artist all rounded up in one package. He was born on 24th May 1941 to become quite influential through his music in the 1960s. Much of his songs during this time became a favorite for civil rights movements and anti-war campaigns. Notably the songs ‘blowing in the Wind and ‘The times they are a-changing’ became anthems for activists and antiwar campaigners in the United States of America. His lyrics incorporated a variety of social, political, philosophical and literary influences that saw him develop and maintain a career spanning fifty years in ...

Field Hockey, or simply referred to as Hockey, is being assumed as the National Game of India for a long time although a recent RTI has revealed that India officially has no national game. It is a game played between 2 teams, each consisting of 11 players, including a goalie. According to the most recent rules, a game is divided into 4 quarters of 15 minutes each, totalling to an hour of play. Rules are being constantly monitored, and if required, modified by Federation of International Hockey (FIH), the governing body for international hockey, to maintain and improve the beauty of the game.

The Golden Era of Indian Hockey

Hockey ...

Introduction

China is one of those economies of the world which performed exceptionally during the current economic crisis. The main reasons behind the exceptional growth of China in the current economic crisis were their tendency to move on a certain thing accordingly. China is a sovereign state, and an elected government of the world. It is one of the most effective countries or economies of the world which are intending to enhance their future accordingly (Maraniss, p.90). The country equips with natural resources and also has remarkable brains as well which are creating effectiveness for them. The country has recently surpassed Japan ...

There are a lot of famous and unfamiliar names that can be associated with the field of naturalism. A naturalist is someone who is considered to be an expert in natural history and that his or her expertise is practiced and applied through the course of art or literature (Loudon). One of the most famous naturalists in the world is Charles Darwin, who we know as the father of Evolution. Additionally, some of the famous naturalists are George Culver, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Joy Adamson, Alexander Von Humboldt, Henry David Thoreau, Steve Irwin and Alfred Russell Wallace. This paper will discuss the ...

Educational Institution

NARRATIVE ESSAY 2 Abstract A time that I overcame a great obstacle in my life was when I sprained my ankle in the summer of 2011. It happened while I was playing basketball at one of the most important games of the season. I sprained my ankle while playing the second last game of the regular season which is the game before the most important game. My team and I had a great chance of winning the game, and ultimately a perfect opportunity of winning the championship.

NARRATIVE ESSAY 3

Spraining my ankle in the summer of 2011 was devastating for me and ...

Introduction

The 82nd airborne division is the one in duty for the airborne infantry division in America. The division are skilled in parachute assaults in a war zone or battle. The work of the 82nd airborne division in the military is to coordinate, execute, plan rapid forced and combined arms operations. The operations can be operated alone or on a joint force with others. The 82nd Airborne Division was formulated or became part of the national army in 1917. It was based at Camp Gordon in Georgia. It has been claimed that all the original members of the division hailed from all ...

The movie Serpico is a representation of the kind of life that was led one Frank Serpico, who a police officer was serving the nation. At the face value, Frank Serpico seems to be excellent and perfect. This is because all the tasks and duties that he is accorded he accomplishes them in good time and does them to the satisfaction and acceptance of the seniors. Thus, in all respects and fairness, it is worth to mention that Frank Serpico is an outstanding and diligent officer who excels at his duty post or station. This phenomenon presents an ethical dimension and ...

The wife of the 38th President of the United States, Betty Ford embarked on a remarkable personal journey. According to her, the day her husband became was the saddest day of her life (Ford,1978). Betty faced a number of personal issues that had to do with her health, with the most prominent one being breast cancer followed by alcoholism and dependence on painkillers. For all the hardships she faced, Betty Ford remained strong-willed and showed a tendency to push forward women's rights whenever she could. At the time her husband was made President, the United States was biased towards men, with ...

FREDERICK BANTING

Biography Fredrick Banting took birth near Alliston, Ontario, Canada on Nov 19, 1891. He completed his schooling from Alliston, and went on to pursue a medical degree from Divinity College and graduated to become a doctor in 1916. In his urge to serve the country during the First World War, he joined Royal Canadian army Medical Corps. In 1941, Banting died in a plane crash .

Contribution

Banting assumed that if the hormonal secretions of Islets of Langerhans (a part of the pancreas) were extractable, it could act as a controlling agent for diabetes.Along with his assistant Charles Best, Banting started his experiments on dogs ...

Ruling in a democratic nation is done by those people who are elected by the majority of the population and for a specific time before elections happen. Essentially, democracy entails freedom of choice of leaders through a fair and open process.

Antonio Villaraigosa Five major contributions

1) Safety in L.A. was one of the main issues. Villaraigosa raised funds that would help hire more police officers. Had the intention of hiring 1000 more officers by 2010. 2) Traffic congestions were another issue. Measures were implemented to reduce the congestions in L.A. 3) Improving educational facilities. He made sure that he expanded small schools and colleges. ...

History

The Mexico City 1968 Olympics (1968 Olympics hereafter) is the first Olympic Games held in a Latin American city. Several historically memorable events characterize the 1968 Olympics, in that it featured several record-breaking feats alongside the fact that the entire event is riddled with impacts of international politics. Most notable about the 1968 Olympics is that ten days before it started, the Tlatelolco massacre took place in Mexico City. Nearly a hundred people were killed by the military cordon protecting then-President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, whose regime was greatly denounced across all of Mexico for its repressiveness. Despite the existence of imminent ...

Doping is the illicit use of performance enhancing drugs that have been banned by authorities. Such drugs are banned because they pose health risks to participants, to enhance equal opportunities amongst all athletes and because drug-free sports have an exemplary effect. Nonetheless, unscrupulous athletes still cheat during athletic events by using such banned substances. This paper will delve into the matters of doping in athletics. The topic is very important because it delineates the unethical use of performance enhancing drugs in order to gain an unfair advantage over other competitors. This goes against the spirit of competition.

Effect of Doping on Athletics

Many athletics ...

Women’s Army Corps- WAC

It was in May 1941, congresswomen by the name Edith Rogers introduced a bill to create Women Army Auxiliary corps (WAAC). President Franklin D. signed legislation on July 1st 1943 that changed the name of the corps (WAAC) to (WAC) which stands for Women’s Army Corps and hence became part of the U.S Army Reserves. It was established so that to enable women to serve in noncombat positions. The conversions of WAAC to WAC lead to a crisis in WAC recruiting. Some of the WAC recruiters lowered the standards that are required for acceptance into the corps while a few ...

11-4-13

The 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG) was a branch of the Army, Navy and Air Force seconded to the Chinese Air force during World War II. Although they only existed from 1941 to 1942, this group, known as the “Flying Tigers” made a lasting impression upon air combat during the war. The Flying Tigers were formed by President Franklin Roosevelt to help the Chinese against the superior air forces of the Japanese (Chennault, pp. 24) The idea for the group came largely from its first commander, retired U.S. Army Air Corps Colonel Claire Chennault. (Chennault, pp. 26) Col. Chennault was ...

Lugene Rosen

English 100 Women on the Frontline Following the existing debate on whether or not qualified women are equally entitled to be on the frontlines like men, lots of heated debate is generated. In January 2013, the United States military lifted its ban on women in ground combat positions, a policy that according to the information stated in the sources of Fox News (FoxNews.com) had been in effect since 1994. Skaine mentions that the ground combat positions were defined according to the 1994 policy as “engaging the enemy on the ground with individual or crew-served weapons, while being exposed ...

Some of the major events that took place in 1968 include the following; the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King in U.S.A., stripping two Olympic protestors of their medals in Mexico and the influenza pandemic worldwide. Most of these events involved bravery. Some also led to death threats, injuries and deaths of the people. On April 4 1968, the Civil Rights Movement nearly came to an end with the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who was advocating for civil rights in an African American Hotel’s balcony . This assassination had a major impact on the Negroes ...

Chimpanzees, along with the gorilla and orangutans, are members of the hominidae family, thus making them related to us. Thanks to her passion for animal rights Dr. Jane Goodall has been an avid supporter of animal rights and protection. Born in 1934 in London, Jane Goodall flew to Tanzania to live amongst the chimpanzees. Her work bypassed the more traditional procedures of standing in the background to observe these animals and instead lived amongst them to learn their behaviors. In her early life animals fascinated her, observing birds and other native animals. She would spend her free time ...

Law school presents many diverse and complex challenges. Being prepared to answer questions on the spot and an ability to spontaneously respond to queries is necessary. Other challenges involve navigating a rigorous course load, negotiating hallways with new friends and colleagues, and maintaining preparation throughout the experience. My accomplishments since graduating high school have been a result of challenging and stressful environments. These experiences have molded me into who I am today and will enable me to successfully complete law school and pursue higher callings of justice and equity. Three days after I completed High School, I enlisted in the ...

On the first of December 1955, a tired Rosa Parks boards a city bus homebound. She was seamstress at a department store in Alabama, so she was exhausted at the end of each and every day. Today was not an exception, she was worked up and as she walks past the first few seats in the bus that were white peoples zones and people like her were not permitted to be seated there. There zones were in the middle, but one would sit only when there is no white man standing. Should there be one, it was mandatory that the black man ...

THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE

Introduction This report is going to look at the ethical dilemmas and theory used to address public concerns as referring to the movie The Manchurian candidate as a reference form of entertainment. It is also going to going to discuss the social responsibilities that can be ethically addressed in this type of entertainment .At the end the social responsibilities of the society will be put to light on the basis of the society in decrypting sources of entertainment and there moral attributes to the people. Describing the ethical dilemmas and the ethical theory used to address public concerns ...

Muhammad Ali, considered as the greatest boxer of all times, was born as Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. on January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1975, he changed his name to Muhammad Ali when he joined the Nation of Islam and later on the Sunni Islam. Ali got his inspiration to become a boxer when at the age of 12, he lost his bike. He reported it to police officer and boxing coach Joe Martin. When he told Martin that he wanted to beat up whoever took his bike, Martin suggested that he should train to learn how to ...

The article analyses the various ways which economic outcome of a country is linked to Olympic performance. Data analysis carried out in Los Angeles and Atlanta indicates that stock markets have performed better in the year after the Olympic Games. The Goldman Sachs estimate is made on the basis of how each country has productively created a “growth environment” for athletes to become known, the Olympics location and past performance, population. The Scores of the world class environment are calculated using significant features of the political, institutional and economic environment that have an effect on growth in different countries ...

PERSONAL STATEMENT

I am a Hispanic woman of Puerto Rican descent and was born in the Bronx, New York. I

I have a strong work ethic and am devoted to professions that aim to serve others and am convinced that the higher the level of my education the greater my ability to service others; thus, after a Masters I hope to pursue a doctorate in Criminal Justice or related field. However, my immediate objective is to work as a counselor or provide legal aid to my fellow veterans; or baring that, I would like to apply my experience in the military and computers to Forensics.

I am ...

Elie Wiesel was born in September 30, 1928 in Sighet, Romania. His parents were Chlomo Wiesel and Sarah Feig. When he was young, He spent most of his time in his home town and his life revolved around his family, his community and religious studies. Elie Wiesel is holocaust. This paper discusses how Elie Wiesel survived the holocaust. When Wiesel was 15 years, his family and his community at large were destroyed by Nazis when they were forced into a Jewish ghetto and later deported to Auschwitz in 1944. While in Auschwitz, his younger sister and mother were killed ...

The paper provides information about SGT. Leo J. Powers’ attainment of The Medal of Honor. This research done from three different online sources, mentions the history of the World War II, SGT. Leo J. Powers’ conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty in the war. After researching on his act of bravery I came to the conclusion that as a Private First Class in the 34th Infantry Division was a very courageous soldier in his unit. He individually destroyed the enemies’ stations even at the risk of being killed ...

The Role of Women in MSE

(Mathematics, Science, and Engineering)

The late 19th century to the early 20th century will be an interesting era in the Unites States of America to observe regarding the progress of women in the MSE (Mathematics, Science, and Engineering) field. It was when the MSE fields are shaping into definite forms as highly-structured disciplines, producing its first doctorial degree holder in 1862 from Yale University (powerpoint on Women Educ). Coincidentally, it was when the women's rights movement was also intensely active.

Women’s Role in MSE (late 19th to early 20th century)

It took activism and much struggle from women and the people around them for them to participate in the ...

Biography and Contribution to the Attachment Theory

Mary Dinsmore Salter Ainsworth (1913-1999)

There is no doubt that Mary Ainsworth was born an intellectual judging from her contributions and discoveries in psychology and other academic fields. Perhaps, Mary Ainsworth is best known for contributions in the development of the attachment theory and as well, her works in developing of the strange situation (Bretherton, 1992). Her professional career was hugely shaped by Bowlby’s research unit.

Early Life

Mary Dinsmore Ainsworth (nee Salter), the eldest in a family of four sisters, was born to Mary and Charles Salter, Dickinson College graduates, in Glendale , Ohio, in 1913 (Bretherton, 2000). Her parents placed ...

Marie Curie is polish-born French physicist. She is most famous for her work on radioactivity. Besides she is twice a winner of the Nobel Prize. Together with her husband Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for the first time in 1903. In 1911 she became the sole winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Thus, she became the first woman in the world history who won the Nobel Prize and the only female to win this honorable award in two different fields. Marie Curie (born Sklodowska) was a talented, thirsty for knowledge and ...

Since the early colonial period, Black Americans or those with African or Black descent were persecuted by the whites. The United States, for example, had sold Black Americans or those with half African descent as slaves and restricted them in such extent that they were refused food, shelter and the right to fight for their rights as regular citizens of the United States. Although there were movements that fought for the abolishment of slavery and the establishment of equal rights, many still held the sentiment against the Black Americans or the African-Americans throughout the region in the early 1970s. ...

Abstract Poland has experienced remarkable historical events in the last100 years. The 20th century started with the creation of the Second Polish Republic (1918 – 1939), then the World War II (1939 – 1945), then the creation of the People's Republic of Poland (1945-1989), and finally the birth of the Third Polish Republic (1989-today). Within these periods, several events took place, some of which will remain in the ears of the Polish for ever. One such event is World War II, which is considered as the most devastating event in the history of Poland. I set out to investigate this ...

Objective: My objective is to prove myself an asset to the department and provide value addition to further its growth. It would not only act as a platform to augment my career growth but also provide me an opportunity to hone my skills, and to excel as an honest and trustworthy police officer, serving a great and diverse department with complete dedication and hardwork. Myself Duke Komsuwan, and mentioned below is my brief profile which includes my experience, achievements and vision.

I've always wanted to serve my country or my community in some type of a capacity. I think it is a privilege ...

The 1968 film The Green Berets, starring and co-directed by John Wayne, presents a very pro-American and jingoistic view of the Vietnam War, sugarcoating the more violent and abhorrent aspects of the US Army’s activities during the war in favor of a more benevolent, patriotic mindset. The film follows Colonel Mike Kirby, leader of a Green Beret Unit, as he fights in South Vietnam and defends his men against actions taken by the North Vietnamese. In this essay, several aspects of the film will be critiqued, comparing the viewpoint explored in the film with the truth of US Army actions during ...