...Austin Cook 9/22/14 Clay Hamerick Golf History and Informative Essay Golf throughout history has, at its basics, started from men carrying sticks hitting balls on the ground and become a game with extreme depth, excitement, competition, and relaxation. Some historians believe that it was the Scottish who invented golf. Although there are two different theories, European history of golf, and Ancient Asian history of golf. Two of the most ancient regions golf-like sports have been mentioned in are the Greeks and the Egyptians dating back to 2,600 B.C. The sport dates back to the time of Julius Caesar. Although it was not the golf that is played today, it was a similar game. They played by striking a feather-stuffed ball with club-shaped tree branches. Golf was also traced back to the Song Dynasty in China during the years 960 to 1279. The games of these times were not exactly the golf that is known today; the roots of today’s game can be traced back to Scotland in 1457. The game was then outlawed by King James II of Scotland, as it detracted from the training for the military (Schwietzer, 2013). Golf became a pastime in Great Britain in the seventeenth century, and that was a familiar theme throughout the world. In 1860, the first British Open, a tournament that is still played today, had taken place. The popularity of the sport then began to spread throughout the entire world. The first permanent golf club in North America was founded in Montreal, Canada, in 1873 and was...
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...The next discovery though radar and measurements were a 10’ by 20’ rectangular pit that extended 1-4 inches below the ground and contained a large number of boulders between 12 and 18 inches in diameter. The only known building historically in this area was a 17th century fort (palisade) or meeting house. The fort would have been surrounded by a palisade so if they were attacked, the palisade would have held back the attackers and if they breached the walls, the citizens had time to fall back to the Motte, the fort on the top of the hill, to stand fast against the attackers. In Plymouth, it is also historically known that redoubt were built at the crossroads in the center of the town. On each redoubt four pateroes were constructed that were...
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...Introduction a. Golf throughout history has, at its basics, started from men carrying sticks hitting balls on the ground and become a game with extreme depth, excitement, competition, and relaxation. b. Some historians believe that it was the Scottish who invented golf. Although there are two different theories, European history of golf, and Ancient Asian history of golf. c. Two of the most ancient regions golf-like sports have been mentioned in are the Greeks and the Egyptians dating back to 2,600 B.C. Wall paintings were discovered showing people using sticks to hit balls on the ground, resembling golf clubs. d. Although there are different historic view points on where golf was invented, the Scots were the first to add the hole, the “basket” or “goal” of golf. All of the history of golf has created what the game is today and is getting more advanced through the future. II. Body paragraph a. Golf is a game with extreme depth and excitement. Golf, according to the USGA (United States Golf Association) is a game that “consists of playing a ball with a club from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes.” There are many different types of clubs which propel the ball different lengths in different situations. The ultimate goal of golf is to get the ball inside the hole with the least amount of strokes possible. There are 18 holes split into the front 9 and back 9 (front being the first played, back being the second). Hole-in-one, double...
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...I. Executive Summary II. Definition and History of Data Security III. Brief Back Ground of ManTech IV. Current Business Issues V. Proposed Solution VI. Recommendations VII. Conclusion VIII. Work Cited I. Executive Summary With the recent break-in of the ManTech’s network infrastructure, I am providing ManTech’s Executive Committee with information to help them identifying issues and and providing them with for these issues. In the following document we provide: • Definition and History of Data Security • Brief Back Ground of ManTech • Discussion of ManTech’s • Current Business Issues • Proposed Solution This report includes a summary of findings for the ManTech Corporation, research, and appropriate recommendations for appropriate actions that ManTech Executive Committee can use to further their Data Security success. II. History and Definition of Data Security History Since the invention of writing, heads of states and military commanders understood that it was necessary to provide some mechanism to protect the confidentiality of written correspondence and to have some means of detecting tampering. Julius Caesar is credited with the invention of the Caesar cipher ca. 50 B.C. (Caesar’s Cipher - Data Encryption), which was created in order to prevent his secret messages from being read should a message fall into the wrong hands. World War II brought about much advancement in information security and marked the beginning of the professional field...
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... Three naked children run outside, eager to splash around. Soap is added and the fun begins, mud from the ground sneaks in through the thin cracks; it contaminates the water, yet the infants are happy. They are happy to be playing in a cracked plastic tub filled with dirty water, they are happy to do this outside, their tiny bodies shivering, they are happy to call this bathtime. Across the world a teenager wakes up at 6:00 am, she’s overslept. Within ten minutes, she’s in the shower, trying in vain to avoid the water’s cold touch. Next time, she’ll wake up earlier. Next time, she’ll have hot water. She watches as the...
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...The American circus has a unique and often overlooked importance in American history. The first American circuses began shortly after the country was founded, and as the country’s population grew, moved West, went through the Industrial Revolution, and opened its gates to the world, the circus followed. Indeed, in many cases the circus provided people’s first view of new inventions, exotic animals and peoples, and popular entertainments. The history of the circus is in many ways a microcosm of the history of America. The history of a circus dates back to the ancient Roman period, when the first circus, or Circus Maximus, was founded. Soon after, Circus Flaminius and Circus Neronis also appeared. In Roman society, the circus was very different from how we may picture circuses today. It was used mainly for exhibitions for chariot and horse races, staged battles, displays featuring trained animals, jugglers and acrobats. The circus was important to Roman society as it was the only public event that did not separate men and women. Although the layout and the acts of this infant circus is much different than today, the circus still brought much joy to the public. The story of the first American circus begins with John Bill Ricketts, who set up a circus in America. Although his circus career only lasted seven years, he managed to befriend President George Washington, tour the East Coast, Canada, and the West Indies with his company, and present America a new type of entertainment...
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...The Importance of Sun Tzu’s Art of War Justin James History 305 Dana Chandler November 11, 2011 According to the definition found in Webster, war is a state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state. Throughout the ages there have been countless numbers of wars that have taken place for many different reasons in our world as we know it, whether it be to be for a political reason or to conquer neighboring lands. Along with wars comes philosophers and strategist that attempt to study all of their opponents moves and motives to ultimately gain the upper hand on their opponent. Possibly the most successful strategist known in history was a man that was known best by the name Sun Tzu. Sun Tzu authored what is known today as the greatest military strategic guide known in history which is used as guides to not only be successful in the military but also the corporate world as well as every day life. Many generals have used these strategic guides in order to be victorious in their conquests. However there also have been many generals that have failed to use these strategies correctly or did not use them altogether and ended up paying the ultimate price for refusal of doing so. The most notable general to do so was the Confederate’s general General Robert E Lee. During the battle of Gettysburg if Lee would have followed only a fraction of the rules and guid lines...
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...to check, and discussing the history of the three air cargo leaders, we can date back over one hundred years. UPS, FedEx and DHL have evolved their air cargo technologies with the use of sorting, tracking and controlling air freight shipments to remarkable levels. Each of the companies facilitate these processes and advancements uniquely in their own respective way. FedEx, DHL and UPS, with their different backgrounds and approaches have become undoubtedly great competitors. The three of them are considered the largest global air cargo companies, and are recognized for their widespread services delivering shipments worldwide. In the year 1971, Federal Express Corporation was founded in Little Rock, Arkansas. A few years later 1975, FedEx installed the first drop box for the public. Since achieving that milestone the company developed and maintained a “strategic leadership in managing a broad group of transportation services, e-commerce and other business services.” (About FedEx: Website - http://about.van.fedex.com/our-story/history-timeline/history/) Going back all the way to “1913, C.J. Tower & Sons, forerunner to FedEx Trade Networks subsidiary FedEx Trade Networks Transport & Brokerage, begins operation as a customs broker in Niagara Falls, N.Y.” The company offers integrated business solutions through a network of subsidiaries operating independently, including: FedEx Express, the world's largest express transportation company; FedEx Ground, North America's second largest...
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...NCAA-leading 6th extra point of the year. Tennessee answered back quickly with a score of their own, as Joshua Dobbs linked up with wide receiver Jajuan Jennings for a 49-yard touchdown pass giving Tennessee a 7-6 lead that they would never relinquish. Big plays like the touchdown pass from Dobbs, were a major issue for Missouri’s “revamped” defense. Tennessee violated the Tigers defense on the ground and through the air for 609 yards. After getting to the quarterback on six occasions...
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...referrals (Justin G. Longenecker, 2013). These different types of ways determine whether or not an employee is hired and if they have a good back ground and a resume. Now when people hire through help-wanted advertisements, they tend to post signage in the front of their store or by placing ads on billboards so that everyone can see. Even though, some business will use things like television ads, newspaper ads, or even radio advertisement, it tends to help their process of hiring new candidates into their company. While other companies will tend to use private employee agencies that will help these companies select the potential employee. Some private employee agencies will even select these employees to work for them after their term of service is over. This is why they tend to do things like evaluate applications to select the proper candidates to interview them (Adduci, 2009). Otherwise they will call their references to see if they have any information on the candidates that they have selected (Adduci, 2009). While many companies use these other methods it is common to see business use things like internet recruiting sites and employee references (Justin G. Longenecker, 2013). By using internet recruiting sites it tends to help some companies narrow down their potential candidates as well as finding out information on back grounds to these candidates. While as employee references tend to help out from time to time but it is rarely used in most companies....
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...Pine, Tennessee, police say. Jefferson County Sheriff Bud McCoig tells the Washington Post the gun belonged to the boy's father. A neighbor tells WBIR that McKayla Dyer, 8, was playing outside with neighbors around 7:30pm on Saturday when the pair began speaking through an open window of the boy's home. "He asked the little girl to see her puppies. She said no and laughed and then turned around, looked at her friend, and said, 'Let's go get the—' and never got 'puppies' out." McCoig says the boy went back into his home and "retrieved a gun" and shot MaKayla through the window, before throwing the gun outside. that belongs to his dad, and shot the little girl from his own home. McCoig told the Washington Post that the gun was easily accessible and stored in an unlocked closet....
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...The History of Nubian Civilization The History of Nubian civilization extends back to abouit 17,000 years (See Van Sertima: Egypt Revisited) { Pianke Nubiyang in THE RISE OF NUBIANISM } The Nubians created the world's first civilization and that civilization was much older than Egypt. In fact, in 2000, archeologists discovered many facinating artefacts, including glasswork of great beauty and excellent craftsmanship. These were found in Sudan and according to Time Magazine, some artefacts were dated to about 8000 years B.C. Astronomy was also well organized in Nubia during the period and an astronomical observatory dating back to about 7000 B.C. was found in Sudan as well. It is also in Sudan that a large number of ancient cities exist. The Nubians also built a large number of small pyramids later on in their history but they used a very sophisticated system of tombs to bury their kings. Many were similar in style to the early Egyptian Mastabas. Those of later centuries were small pyramids with chapels built on top and the tombs at the beneath the ground. Still, the Nubians continue to maintain their pride and their culture. They continue to maintain their history and to make sure that their contributions to world civilizations is not stolen. During a conversation with Nubians, Professor Gates (who made a documentary on African history about two years ago) found out first hand that Nubians in Nubia continue to maintain the great pride in self that was part of the spiritual...
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...Contents. Introduction. 3 Literature review. 4-6 Impacts on the industry. 7-8 Conclusion. 8 Bibliography and Appendices. 9 Introduction Ayn Rand (1995) a Russian-born writer understood and wrote that "You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality." One reality that Event Managers must understand is there are certain risks when organising and operating an event that event managers are required to consider in order to successfully reduce risks and ensure safety at events. There are a large list of set laws and regulations of which event managers by law need to satisfy when staging an event, Bowdin et.al (2006 :342) teaches that depending on the stature or scales of event the larger the amount of regulations. These set of laws or rules are named Legislations which Worthington & Britton, (2000) state occupy a substantial proportion of current law including those that govern the operations of business such as sporting events. A vast majority of legislations emanates from previous event disasters such as the Bradford city fire. When a event disaster occurs and live are lost in the cases of the Ibrox, Hillsborough, Heysel...
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...keep people from doing this exact thing, they’re called archaeological ethics and are put in place to protect culture, people, and the history itself from being hurt or destroyed. But where is the line drawn in some cases? Does the need to “preserve” history sometimes outweigh the standing morals that archaeologists and historians alike should stand by? So first things first, why, and what led to ethical standards and laws being created in the first place? According to Joe Watson of the Department of Anthropology in The University of New Mexico, Archaeology has always been linked to colonialist attitudes and scientific imperialism. What he means in laymen’s terms is that long ago, a bunch of old rich white men set out to “conquer” other countries, and along the way, took what they thought was pretty and claimed it as their own. A great example is the controversy of the Elgin Marbles of Athens. The marbles were purchased in 1816 by Britain from the Ottoman Empire, who didn’t really have the rights to sell them in the first place, and cut away the marbles and placed them in a British museum. It’s been debated for years now whether to return the marbles to their home in Athens. But the Elgin Marbles don’t even scratch the surface of wrongful excavation, for years Native American Indians have fought archaeologists for digging in Indian burial grounds. Lawrence Rosen of Princeton University tells us “many American Indians regard the excavation of such sites as an affront to their...
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...Weapons and Ballistic Protection COM/150 “The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle!” Pershing (1918). Wars and battles that have ever been fought have used weapons by opposing sides to wage them while possessing body protection to finish them. Battles have mainly been won and lost by the force that has the best weapons and body protection at that time. The weapons and ballistic protection that the United States currently has is better now than ever because of their capabilities. Weapon History Black Powder Rifles The two biggest marvels in history that transformed how wars are fought are black power rifles and the rifle cartridge. Black powder rifles were introduced by the Europeans when they adopted gunpowder from the Chinese in the early 1600s (Global Security, 2010). Match Lock The first rifles were made by drilling a hole into a cylinder of metal, and drilled a small hole on the opposite end to light the powder. For this reason, these rifles were heavy, bulky and very slow to load because they could only load one lead ball at a time. By the mid-1600s, experiments began by gunsmiths to improve the rifles weight and accuracy trying to make it ideal for the average soldier (Global Security, 2010). After they perfected the changes, the “matchlock” was born. The “matchlock” was still heavy and bulky; however, it was easier to load than the previous rifle. The biggest problems with this rifle were that it was inaccurate, bulky and could...
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