1921

###Description The District of Columbia state flag is white, with three red stars above two red horizontal bars. Each star is equal in size, and the bars are equal to one another. Some say that the design of the stars and stripes on this flag inspired the United States national flag. ###Meaning The D.C. State flag is based on the design of the coat of arms of the Washington family. George Washington's family had a coat of arms which was white, with three red stars above two horizontal bars.…

but one cannot lie to this machine. Deception detection has been used all over the world for centuries. The ability to detect deception in others has always been a critical tool in maintaining a civilized society. The polygraph was invented in 1921 and although technology has changed over the years, it remains one of the most reliable means of detecting deception. It is also one of the few methods of lie detection acceptable for use in criminal proceedings. This machine allows examiners to…

to work in Earnest’s laboratory until in 1912 he got his masters degree in physics. Soon after he won a scholarship to travel to Berlin to work in Hans Geiger’s laboratory. (Sir James Chadwick, Gregerson 2016) Chadwick was awarded his Ph.D. in 1921 for a thesis concerning atomic numbers…

The world series was played by the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago white Sox. The format used for the series was the best of nine format. Seven players from the White Sox were banned from organized baseball for fixing the series. Gambling had been a presence in baseball long before the Black Sox scandal, and the major league team owners had done little to limit its influence. Rumors of a fix circulated before, during, and after the 1919 series, but the White Sox owner, Charles Comiskey, chose…

Francis Cecil Sumner: The Father of Black Psychology Francis Cecil Sumner helped to pave the way for me to be able to major in child psychology. I chose to write about Francis Cecil Sumner because of the renowned work he did and the social and cultural contributions he made to psychology. He worked tremendously hard to succeed in the field of psychology, and it is even more admiring that he did this in a time when the United States was overall callous, uncaring, and hostile towards minorities.…

When drone experts, ranchers and farmers hear the word “drone”, they really feel “up in the air.” Did you know that last year the National Agricultural Aviation Administration spent $106,000 lobbying against drones in Congress? Drones are unmanned aerial vehicles and include everything from gliders to military aircraft. The agricultural industry has heard about the use of drones for only three years and a big concern is the legality of using drones. Agricultural people have been very…

Greenwood Avenue “The Negro Wall Street.”. Oklahoma was bought by black developers whom invested their time and money to construct this society and economic build. The Black Wall Street was named one of the all African American wealthiest communities in 1921 and was known as the “Oil Capital of the…

As nurses, the need to evaluate one’s values and morals is impetrative as the presence of ethical issues are persistently arising. They require one to have the knowledge and know the resources available to help address them. Ethics can be described as a “foundation for determining good and bad conduct” (Epstein & Ward, 2016). Today, nurses have the ANA Code of Ethics to help guide them through making decisions during ethical conflicts. Being familiar with these resources is necessary to making…

the plane on her own and set records. i. Records were meant to be broken, knowing this, Amelia was on her way to becoming the most famous female flying of all time. 1. Amelia set a women’s altitude world record by flying to a height of 14,000 feet in 1921. 2. She set an autogyro altitude record by taking it to 18,415 ft. 3. Amelia was breaking records left and right, being the first person to fly the Atlantic twice. ii. Tragedy then hit when Amelia left for what is known as her “Last Flight”. 1.…

Cusi and Felipa Domenech Ferres.(Biography) Dalí was the second born of three children. When Dalí turned four years old his parents enrolled him into a primary school in Figueres. In 1916 his parents enrolled him into Colegio de Hermanos Maristas. In 1921 Dali mother passed away after battling breast cancer. In 1922 Dali enrolled into Academia de San Fernando. In 1929 Dali met Elena Dmitrievna (Gala) Diakonova and was remarried in 1934. In 1930 Dalí became a major public figure for the…