The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was established by this act of parliament: Homeland security Act of 2002. It was created to consolidate the US executive branch agencies linked to the security of the homeland‚ into a one cabinet department. It resulted into partnership of 22 agencies into one new and autonomous department. After the investigations of 9/11‚ the republican government under the presidency of George W. Bush came up with measures to solve the shortcomings of national security
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On May 6‚ 1937‚ an explosion occurred at Lakehurst‚ New Jersey‚ one that will be forever known as the Hindenburg disaster and one that would put an end to the Zeppelin era. The Hindenburg was a zeppelin‚ or a large German dirigible airship‚ long and cylindrical in shape and with a rigid framework‚ that exploded killing 35 of the 97 passengers (Grossman). Zeppelins were used in World War Ⅰ for bombing‚ military observation of the enemies and their territories‚ and after the war ended‚ as passenger
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Governments are the powerhouse of a country. However‚ when they contain too much power‚ they not only run the country‚ but the lives of every citizen. In other words‚ governments like those are considered totalitarian‚ They control all parts of society‚ including the daily life of their inhabitants. Total submissiveness is required‚ and opposition is punished severely. In 1984 by George Orwell‚ the reader can infer that the government is totalitarian based on their ideals and values. Especially in
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In "Admiral of the Swiss Navy" written by Sam Lipsyte‚ there is a narrator who is the kind of boy many of us have known at one time in our life. He is confused‚ arrogant‚ showy‚ put in situations where he must decide what the right thing to do is‚ and always worried about what the other kids think of him. He is attending a summer camp near a lake in Canada and rooms with an unpopular obese kid named Van Wort. Yes‚ Van Wort‚ you can only guess that a boy with this name gets besieged by the other camp
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The Bhopal Incident Professor: Ralph Blessing The Bhopal Incident On December 3‚ 1984 the Union Carbide Pesticide plant leaked over forty tons of toxic gases into Bhopal India. The enormous poison gas leak in Bhopal was one of the most severe industrial incidents in history. The Union Carbide India‚ pesticide plant‚ was developed to help local farmers increase production. India was a part of “green revolution”; pesticides served approximately ten percent of India’s food crop
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When one thinks of the Revolutionary War‚ images of brave men fighting for the liberty of themselves and their country come to mind. What is less commonly recognized is the courageous‚ and equally important‚ action of American women in the struggle for independence. Revolutionary Mothers‚ by Carol Berkin‚ highlights the significance of the role of women and the women’s bravery that helped secure independence from Britain. The countless women that aided in the fight for independence truly embodied
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A person living in a perfect utopia wakes up to a dystopia! “A utopia is a place of ideal perfection‚ especially in laws‚ government and social conditions.” (Merriam-Webster). On the other hand‚ “A dystopia is an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives.” (Merriam-Webster). A Utopia can become a dystopia by either the population becoming aware and rebelling or the society not being able to function (this may be caused by the leader and or corruption). An example of this
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Many readers of literature are very familiar with Kurt Vonnegut and his abilities‚ as an author‚ to portray fantastic literature. He is particularly known for his uses of science fiction. Even his shorter stories and different books‚ that are not supposed to be science fiction genre‚ have sort of a sense of his wacky science fiction style. Kurt Vonnegut very often makes a connection to nature or the real world style with science fiction‚ mostly by the use of humor and irony. Kurt Vonnegut was
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the hiking‚ the drilling with dummy rifles‚ the yelling of slogans‚ the worship of Big Brother -- it was all a sort of glorious game to them. All their ferocity was turned outwards‚ against the enemies of the State‚ against foreigners‚ traitors‚ saboteurs‚ thought-criminals. It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own children. And with good reason‚ for hardly a week passed in which The Times did not carry a paragraph describing how some eavesdropping little sneak --
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The Holocaust wasn’t the only depressing and tragic event. On December 7th‚ 1941 something unfortunate occurred-- the bombing of Pearl Harbor. On that day‚ Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii Territory. Japanese Americans lost our trust and their loyalty was questionable. Seventy-four days after Pearl Harbor‚ President Franklin Delanore Roosevelt issued Executive Order No. 9066. This order made many Japanese Americans to leave their homes in the Western Defense
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