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Electricity and Benjamin Franklin

2005). It is interesting to note that Benjamin Franklin often invented things that he felt were good for all people and thus sho...

Similarities of Ancient Egypt and Early Mesopotamia in Terms of Rule and Structure

also stand in testament to the fact of the existence and power of a central government and a strong social stratification. The ru...

English Language Learners and Direct Instruction

students with concepts and ideas that are presented in a disorganized fashion (Stein, Carmine and Dixon, 1998). When this occurs, ...

Quanah Parker

advantage of the Comanche. Quanah grew up a Comanche warrior. Even then, however, he knew of the world of the...

Student Accomplishment and the Principal's Role

relationship, however (Hallinger, Bickman and Davis, 1996). The principals actions shape and affect the learning climate, which, i...

Ralph Waldo Emerson on Spirituality

the individual. For one to realize his best self he had to first discover himself and to learn to trust himself. He believed in ...

Navajo Code Talkers

Philip Johnston, a member of a missionary family that had been raised on the Navajo reservation, realized that those facts made th...

Procopius/The Secret History

was a counselor to Belisarius and accompanied him on several of his campaigns and he may have been a prefect of Constantinople (Ha...

The World Health Organization

both monetarily and in health (The WHO agenda, 2007). The WHO agenda addresses the unethical and unfair status that limits access...

Chester Nimitz

associated with authority and above all a very real accountability" (Morton, 2003, p. 20). He believed "very strongly" that the "j...

Psychological Aspects Of Motivation

- serves to stimulate better performance. Special populations require adapted motivational techniques in order to achieve the des...

Jefferson Davis: Civil War and Reconstruction

cessation.4 But, when Mississippi chose, outwardly, to secede he removed himself from the Senate.5 He "hoped to receive a prominen...

Lady Bird Johnson

her husband. That man, of course, was Lyndon B. Johnson. They were married less than a year after they met and she began the uph...

Spain’s Philip II and the Colonization of the Philippines

far one of the more interesting chapters of Philip IIs life, in fact, revolved around that innocuous group of islands now known as...

The Impact and Politics of Fidel Castro

an overthrow of the government (Fidel Castro, 2004). At this point "Castro charged Batista with violating the constitution in c...

U.S. Navy Admiral Grace Brewster Murray Hopper

technology that would be more accessible to everyone through a common language" (OHanlon, 2001)....

The Reputation of Alfred Russel Wallace

of existence. The Enlightenment symbolized the chance to break free from such constraints as heretofore placed upon the concept o...

'Father of Psychology' Wilhelm Wundt

1864, Wundt became an assistant professor at Heidelberg and three years later, he began teaching a course he termed physiological ...

The Life and Works of Louise Nevelson

in her life her output was quite chaotic and uneven. In an examination of her art, and the development of her art, we present an a...

Arthur Mitchell's John Henry Ballet

himself during the decade and a half he spent with the company. "The myth was that because you were black that you could not do c...

Affirmative Action Consideration

and condition of minorities and women in previously white male dominated roles. This includes not only employer/employee situatio...

The Accomplishments of Admiral Cheng Ho

the chore of building one of the worlds most impressive naval fleets. This fleet of ships, and admirals like Cheng Ho brought Chi...

College Admissions' Essay

of "teachers." I believe that the students that I meet will be a part of the learning experience, and will expose me to different...

Inaugural Addresses of Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln

judge not, that we be not judged" (Abraham Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address (1865)). In this we sense a sort of equality and a ba...

Air Conditioning 'Father' Dr. Willis H. Carrier

to Ingels work, words written by Cloud Wampler, a banker who essentially helped Carrier and his company during the Depression. He ...

Overview of the Process of Grouping Things, Places, and People

to the U.S. Constitution. Glorious Revolution: the period 1688-1689 in England, during which time James II was deposed and Willi...

Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Crete

encouraged their initial growth and continued development overtime, which also served to contribute to their unique characters. I...

Richard M. Nixon's Presidency

said. I believe this was Nixons greatest downfall - not being true to his word. In the aftermath of Watergate, there...

Mathematician Blaise Pascal

the sum of the angles of a triangle is equal to two right angles" (Ball, 1960, p. PG). ?tienne was captivated by his sons mathema...

Frank Lloyd Wright and Alfred Hitchcock

and also it also spoke of their sexual frustration and repression. In his movies, every shot has a meaning and a purpose. H...