Latin America Latin America was a region that interested me the most‚ probably because it is the only region I have been to in person when I went on vacation to Mexico. My first article is about the Panama Canal in Central America‚ “Panama Canal’s Big Moment.” On June 26‚ 2016‚ there was an article in the Chicago Tribune about the Panama Canal being expanded to allow new trade opportunities. The original canal was opened for traffic in 1914‚ and has since then been a busy and vital pathway for ships
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Time can provide connections and ideas of answers to complicated and intricate questions. In the book Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel by Jared Diamond‚ the author encounters a man named Yali while on a trip to new Guinea. Yali asks Diamond a question that is essentially about advantages and disadvantages between different civilizations. The author cannot provide a definite answer. Later in the book‚ Jared Diamond describes how Francisco Pizarro‚ a Spanish conquistador‚ easily overcame the Incas using European
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Does gun control reduce crime rate? Abstract Over the past few months‚ people across the nation have been debating about gun control. Topics ranging from firearm restrictions to background checks have been heavily discussed by both emotion and logic‚ by both gun supporters and gun control activists‚ and it seems like there is no middle ground for both parties to agree on. Crime rates influence guns demanded for self-protection‚ and guns demanded by criminals depend upon
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Bending Moment EXPERIMENT 2B: SHEAR FORCE AND BENDING MOMENT 1. ABSTRACT Performance-based design approach‚ demands a thorough understanding of axial forces. Bending characterizes the behavior of a slender structural element subjected to an external load applied perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the element. By this experiment we can verify the limit load for the beam of rectangular cross-section under pure bending. Moments at the specific points are calculated by the method of statics
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What went wrong at AIG? Despite US$110 billion in annual sales and assets in excess of US$1 trillion‚ on the 16th of September 2008‚ AIG accepted the Federal Reserve’s US$85 billion rescue package in order to prevent itself from facing a Chapter 11 filing. In exchange‚ AIG had given a 79.9% stake in the company to the government and also the right to suspend dividends previously issued to common stock and preferred equity. In all‚ US$184 billion in shareholder value was wiped out in less than a
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thing. The book Johnny Got his Gun defiantly proved that point‚ in the sense that it can leave you as a helpless human‚ or even kill you. If you win a war the outcome of it may be good for you but just think if you are in the position where you may not be able to move talk or even know if you are awake or asleep because your whole face has been ripped off by the shrapnel of the apposing enemy. If that isn’t torture than I don’t know what is! After reading Johnny Got his Gun‚ you will see the downside
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Before and After the Civil War The three different but similar events all had something in common for people’s equality. The 1st event that happened was the Sojourner Truth speech in 1815‚ at the Women’s Convention in Akron‚ Ohio and it was focused on women’s equality. The second event that occurred was the Civil War that went on from 1861 to 1865‚ and the reason behind the Civil War was to put an end to slavery‚ so slaves can have equality. The Final event that happens during the Civil war was the
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Death Penalty: The Night the Lights Went Out Name College Class Professor xxxxx August 00‚ 0000 Abstract The debate over the death penalty appears to have been one of the most argued actions that the justice system has had to decide upon. Which cases are those that will be the ones in which the ultimate penalty is pursued? Does the seeking of the death penalty depend upon the crime that has been committed‚ the social class of the person that was killed‚ or the race and monetary value
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Editorial Cartoon: The creator of the cartoon uses pathos to exemplify what society is addicted to. The author presents a man injecting himself with various types of “drugs”. The “drugs” in the syringes represent the items that society believes are “essential” to live with. For example‚ one syringe says a Bigger House. Another syringe says a Sleeker Stereo. In addition to all the syringes on the table and in the background‚ the facial expression of the man help create an emotion of being overwhelmed
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Gun Control and Gun Violence Gun Control and Gun Violence “The Federal Bureau Investigation Uniform Crime Report involving firearms showed to be at sixty-seven point seven percent of the nation’s murders‚ forty-one point three percent of robberies‚ and twenty-one point two percent of aggravated assaults…From January 2012 to June 2012 there was an increase of one point nine percent violent crimes reported.” (FBI) There should be a balance between Gun Control and Gun Violence. Gun Violence will
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