...The invasion of D-Day The invasion of D-Day was a very important battle during World War II. It was the battle in which the Allies landed on German-controlled beaches in an attempt to gain the upper hand on Hitler and the Axis powers. For me, I learned about the Axis and Allies through playing old WWII video games a s a kid, but not many people actually know what these two words mean or consist of. The Axis powers were the bad guys and consisted of Germany, Italy, and Japan. Oddly enough, Italy switched over to the Allied powers later in the war. The Allies were the supporters of the U.S., the good guys. They consisted of Poland, Britain, and Russia, formerly known as the USSR. The United States was also a part of the Allies but they didn’t join into the fighting until later in the war. A big portion of the credit of the victory on D-Day has to go to the 101st airborne division. They parachuted in and fought from behind enemy lines to flank the Germans from the rear. They had a huge impact on this very crucial battle. D-Day was the beginning of many Allied victories that led to the end of Hitler’s reign. The 101st airborne were a very big asset to the Allies. They were an elite force of skilled paratroopers that were the best of their kind. These highly trained killers were dropped in during the invasion. They actually had a lot of miscommunications on the landing zones and drop sites for these men because of the poor weather conditions. They had planned the invasion to take...
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...The Bay of Pigs invasion was initially planned to strip popularity from Fidel Castro, who had stripped power from the original leader Fulgencio Bastro. But it turns out, the Bay of Pigs invasion did the exact opposite of what it was planned for. The Bay of Pigs invasion was unsuccessful, and throughout the invasion, ties were broken and many people were killed. The invasion was meant to appear as an attempt by independent Cuban rebels to overthrow Castro, but became known as an American project. President John F. Kennedy immediately admitted responsibility when the invasion failed. Bay of Pigs Invasion was an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles, supported by the U.S. government. The Bay of Pigs invasion took place during the Cold...
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...Iraqi Invasion Victor Hugo said “One resists the invasion of armies,one does not resist the invasion of ideas.” All the Arab countries used to call Kuwait “the pearl of the Arabian Gulf” and others refers to it as “The Gulf Paris”, but after the gulf war, Kuwait has changed! Kuwait lost so many people, the economy was totally destroyed, and the environment was polluted. During the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, we lost so many people. Saddam Hussian’s army captured and killed anyone that said that Kuwait was a free country and was independent from Iraq. People tried for a peaceful demonstration to refuse the Iraqi invasion of their country; however they were also either killed or taken hostage by Sadam’s Army. Kuwait had more than six hundred and fifty prisoners of war and more than nine hundred people got killed by the Iraqi army. The second horrible effect is that the Iraqi army destroyed the whole economy of Kuwait. If they noticed that some Kuwaiti policemen or soldiers were hiding in some houses they would go and immediately burn down the house. Furthermore, they took all the medical equipment form all the hospitals and even the medicines. Moreover, the Iraqi army destroyed schools, business, major buildings and banks as well. The most thing is really effect Kuwait government is Kuwaiti oil fields fire . The Kuwaiti oil fields were set on fire by the Iraqi military forces setting fire to more than seven hundred oil wells. Kuwaiti people could not see the sun...
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...British Invasion: Mods, Rockers, & Social Crosscurrents Though the Beatles and Elvis performed their music at different times, a comparison of the two musicians/music group shows that the Beatles had an advantage over Elvis. The Beatles were more aggressive in their marketing compared to Elvis and his Rolling Stones(Spitz 23). When it came to marketing, Elvis’ music appealed to the youth while the Beatles appealed to the older masses. It, therefore, meant each group had its clients in a separate age bracket. Through cumulatively, the marketing of the Beatles was more aggressive, and they were able to sell more than Elvis. When it came to mass culture, the two groups had a mass following. Elvis had more youths following him as compared to the Beatles whose majority of their audience were people of advanced age (Spitz 30). Elvis was, therefore, able to transform the way the youths carried on most of their daily activities. On the other hand, the Beatles could not change the image of the older generation that formed bug chunk of their following. The marketing of Rolling Stones was far below that of the Beatles. The Beatles were able to capture the audiences with their songs compared to the Rolling Stones ( Shellans & Slater 61). The Rolling Stones tried harder, but they could not match the Beatles. The Beatles were just too good for them when it came to marketing. The two groups got their bad boy image from the fact that they were simply menacing on stage. The way they glorified...
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...what will be reviewed over is the details on the Bay of Pigs Invasion. What is the Bay of Pigs? The Bay of Pigs was actually not a war but rather an invasion in Cuba on a bay called Bahia de Cochinos or otherwise known as Bay of Pigs (“JFK Waits for Word on the Bay of Pigs Invasion”). The invasion’s name was different on what was thought to what to be caused by. The Bay of Pigs was caused because of an American – backed president, General Fulgencio Batista, was overthrown by Fidel Castro, a young nationalist that was pro communism, on January 1, 1959 (“Bay of Pigs Invasion”). This then caused the Americans to get involved. During this era, the foreign policy was the Cold War era, when the Americans were trying to stop communism (“Bay of Pigs Invasion”). Since Fidel was pro communism, this then had the Americans fearful of it spreading even more, since it was during the Cold War. During this invasion,...
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...Patrick Schuyler February 22, 2015 Business Ethics Professor Christianson Unsolicited Emails Unsolicited emails do much more harm than good in this world. It is very unethical for online companies to send out any spam or unwanted emails to any person who makes a purchase online. Maybe a receipt email from the company you bought from is ok, but receiving emails without asking from companies with similar products is ridiculous. These unsolicited emails could always have the chance of opening up some type of virus onto the device you open it with. According to chapter four, they are considered to be an invasion of one’s privacy. Also, these unsolicited emails are wrong and unethical because society prospers through the struggle of market-places. An invasion of someone’s privacy is clearly thought of as unethical which is in essence what companies are doing when they send out unsolicited emails. What happens when you open a spam email and it crashes your computer? Would you say that the email has invaded your life in a bad way? The answer is yes. These businesses invade people’s lives by sending emails to people who never want them in the first place. Citizens have the right to their own lives and who enters them. No way should someone else force something into your life without approval. As John Locke states, “Though the earth and all inferior creatures be common to all men, yet every man has a property in his own person; this nobody has any right to but himself.” No...
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...victory for the Allied was called the Invasion of Normandy, otherwise known as D-Day or even Operation Overlord, no matter what the invasions are called the names all mean one thing, the event that changed the outcome of one of the monumental wars in history. D-Day is the substantial reason that resulted in an Allied victory. The victory at Normandy was a major accomplishment for the Allied, from the preparations...
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...Lionfish Invasion Threatens Coral Reefs in the Atlantic and Caribbean Submitted by Richard Waite on August 29, 2011 Lionfish on a coral reef in The Bahamas. Photo credit: Richard Carey, www.richardcareyphotos.com. Recent news reports from Texas to Jamaica to the Bahamas have documented the rapid spread of the lionfish—an invasive marine species. Lionfish have quickly become established across the waters of the southeastern U.S. and the Caribbean. New sightings abound—earlier this month lionfish reached the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary off the coasts of Texas and Louisiana. Because of their role in upsetting the ecological balance of coral reef ecosystems, the rapid growth in the populations of these fish poses a grave threat to the region’s coral reefs. Consequently, the region’s fishing and tourism industries, which depend on coral reefs, may also be at risk. Governments across the region are trying to respond to the lionfish invasion by developing new campaigns and cooperation strategies that could pose important lessons for how to deal with invasive marine species in the future. Two species of lionfish (Pterois volitans and P. miles) are responsible for this recent and growing threat to Atlantic and Caribbean reefs. Native to the Indo-Pacific, these species’ colorful and dramatic appearance make them popular ornamental fishes in saltwater aquariums (see photo above). Though no one is certain how or when the lionfish invasion began, strong evidence suggests...
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...Another British Invasion Debra Hazel. Chain Store Age. New York: Mar 2010. Vol. 86, Iss. 3; pg. 18, 2 pgs Abstract (Summary) Forget John, Paul, George and Ringo or The Rolling Stones: now its retailers that constitute the new British Invasion. Since 2007, retailers as diverse as Tesco's Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market grocery stores, cosmetics merchant Space NK, high-end apparel designers Ben Sherman and Ted Baker, and fast-fashion leaders Topshop and Superdry have dropped anchor in California, New York, Boston and other major US cities. Why UK chains would seek out America is not really a surprise: The size of the market provides a huge opportunity, while a common language and similar laws ease the path of entry to some extent. The recession caused Tesco to slow its original plan to have 200 stores by the end of its current fiscal year. But the chain continues to open at least one new store per week, including a recent entry into Northern California in Fresno, and is undertaking significant marketing to reach US consumers. » Jump to indexing (document details) Full Text (1391 words) | Copyright Lebhar-Friedman, Inc. Mar 2010 [Headnote] | U.K. retailers look to America for growth | | It's the ultimate - and a literally delicious - irony. "We were born on the Fourth of July, a real irony for a British company," said Nicky Doggart, U.S. CEO of Hotel Chocolat, a luxury chocolate boutique that launched its U.S. Web site on July 4, 2007, and late last year...
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...How far was pre conquest England a prosperous and well governed kingdom I believe that pre-conquest England was a rather well governed and somewhat prosperous kingdom. The countries system of writs; the division of land and the hierarchy as well as the coinage, trade, towns and frequent invasions all suggest that pre-conquest England was prosperous and well-governed. However, the possible threat to the king of the Earls and the countries comparatively undeveloped economy all suggest as less prosperous, more unstable England. My opinion is that they were given a good image due to how well they dealt with the invasion of the Scandinavians and their introduction of Danegeld it showed how wealthy and organised the kingdom was and how they could deal with all that tax. The land was divided into several parts. Primarily, the realm was divided into four earldoms (Mercia, Wessex, East Anglia and Northumbria) each of which was controlled by an Earl. These Earls were incredibly powerful. Each earldom was further divided into shires (like modern-day counties) hundreds and hides. Each level of this hierarchy had its own leader / representative, such as the sheriffs managing each shire under the Earls. This system demonstrates that there was a very clear hierarchy in pre-conquest England; which would have made the country far easier to manage and well governed because each division of land would have a local lord to manage it. I believe that it shows that Britain had a well devised...
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...Privacy in the 21st Century Sandra Bland ENG 122 Jason Romero March 25, 2013 How do you feel walking around knowing that you are being monitored at all times by cameras? Somebody is watching every step you take. Doesn’t that creep you out a little? You post something on Facebook and decide to delete it later on; did you know it will always be there no matter how many times you have deleted it. You may not see it, but others can. In today’s society, privacy rarely exists anymore. There are certain tools and gadgets people use when trying to invade somebody’s privacy including hidden cameras and satellites. Privacy no longer exists in my eyes because of all the new technologies and programs allowing the invasion. What is privacy? Do people today really understand what privacy is? Or have they really got to experience some privacy? The definition of privacy is allowing and individual or group to “seclude them or information about themselves and thereby reveal them selectively.” When something is private, it is usually something personal or valuable to someone. Everyone likes privacy, but it is no longer “available.” Everything people hope is private is no longer private. An example is, before data bases were even created a patient’s information was recorded and put into files in a filing cabinet. There were no security precautions preventing another doctor from exploring somebody’s files. A doctor could do anything with the files without anybody knowing because there is...
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...Selam Tarekegne Ms.Renée ENC1101 0KM 14 October 2014 Invasion Catalysts Cancer, one of the ugliest disease in the world shows no mercy to its victims. Especially for a child who just started to see the glimpse of life, cancer might leave scares impossible to wipe away. Study showed that children who went through cancer have a high probability of exposure to Posttraumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSS) and other psychological problems. In addition, other factors which include but are not limited to cancer treatments, the period of amount the cancer lasted in the child’s life and the type of cancer the child had contribute to PTSS. On 2010, Joseph M. Currier, Lisa E. Jobe-Shields and Sean Phipps conducted a research on Stressful Life Events and Posttraumatic...
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...This week I have read the book The 5th wave. This has been a great book so far. I have read up to page 52. In these pages we learn that some sort of creature like aliens is taking over Earth. There are 5 different waves. The first wave was an electromagnetic pulse strike that disabled everything that uses electricity like phones, cars, planes, and lights. This wave took out half a million people and only lasted a couple of seconds. The second wave the aliens created a giant tsunami which took out a ton of people and only lasted for a day. The 3rd wave was a plague that basically took out the rest of the world population except for Cassie, who is the main character. The 4th wave are humans who are infected and look to kill the remaining humans....
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...Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan The Invasion of Afghanistan marked the beginning one of the darkest decades in Soviet political action. One of the most decisive event in the latter half of the Cold War, it raised tensions once again and put the two superpowers butting heads once again. A 10 year war that pitted the Soviets against the Mujahedeen backed by many western and fellow Arab nations. Countries had different reasons to support the fight against the Soviets such as the Americans who saw it as another Cold War struggle, to Egypt and other fellow Muslim nations it was to assist a fellow Muslim population fight back against the atheist invaders. This invasion of Afghanistan was met with a worldwide outcry for the USSR to immediately pull out and stop the fighting. The Soviet equivalent of Vietnam, this was a conflict that they realized was unwinnable far too late into the endeavor. This event brought the world to the end of Détente and created high tensions through much of the 1980’s. When the Soviet paratroopers landed over Kabul on Christmas of 1979 the time for current Prime Minister Hazifullah Amin was quickly running out. He was a very unpopular leader with many ideals that did line up with Moscow, however they decided that his time leading the nation was up. On December 27th Soviet troops stormed his palace and murdered him with most of his family. He was almost immediately replaced by Babrak Kamal, a politician who depended very heavily on the Soviet forces to stay...
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...Introduction: Certain native Phragmites australis populations have been regarded as invasive due to their aggressive and competitive abilities against other wetland plants. It has been shown that the introduction of this species type into plant communities has affected soil properties and nutrient pools. In this study, the biodiversity including indices of species evenness, species richness, and Shannon-Weiner index were determined to assess the effects of phragmites invasion in plant communities located in a wetland in Australia. Microbial activity and community structure were studies and analyzed to determine the potentiality of phragmites invasion at the community level. Three plant communities with various plant species will be used and...
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