Dynamite

During the 1900s, America was in a need to sail through Atlantic to Pacific Ocean. Luckily, America was able to find Panama which was well fit to place a canal. Republic of Panama is a country located in Central America between North and South America. Bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Panama has dense forests, tropical jungles, vast mountains, and harsh weather which made it difficult to build the canal. The Canal is 51 miles long and is located between Panama City on the…

The word genius is what a student wishes to be complemented with from their teachers; what an employee waits to hear from his superiors. So what are geniuses? They are people of remarkable talent or intelligence. With that being said, it only leaves us to question what qualities or traits do geniuses have? One of the qualities geniuses possess that distinguishes them from ordinary people is the ability to wholeheartedly believe. Their thoughts are their ultimate obsession; their ideas are what…

Imagine a town in which the people are free and given the rights to work without being forced to, bear arms to protect themselves, and eat the food they choose to every day. Then all of a sudden, those rights are taken from them. Their town is invaded by soldiers who disarm all of the people and round up the guns. The soldiers know who have weapons because a local storekeeper, a man once everyone in the town’s friend, provided them a list. They tell the mayor that they are now in control, and…

The Positives of Legalizing Marijuana If Americans allow such a thing as alcohol to be legal, even with the obvious physical, mental and numerous other problems it causes, there is no reason marijuana should be illegal. About 20,000 people die each year from the use of alcohol, excluding car accidents. There are more deaths cause by aspirin, caffeine, and prescription drugs, than marijuana who‘s number totals to about 5 over a period of 4 years. The marijuana prohibition created in 1937 is…

Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacterial Methods of Warfare (Geneva Protocol) was penned and signed on 17 June, 1925. This was a treaty signed by the Allies at the close of World War I, which was actually just an extension and re-verification of the Treaty of Versailles (signed in 1919) prior to WWI. The Geneva Protocol furthered the Treaty of Versailles in that it expanded the weapons ban to include a ban on bacteriological…

Freedom of speech. We all have it, don’t we? However imagine if that was taken away from you. This is precisely what happened to the migrants in Toronto during the early 20th centuries. The voice of the migrants are often forgotten within the pages of the past due to the lack of power and as the individual evolves through certain events, their story may be revealed to the audience, overwriting the recorded history. Michael Ondaatje’s novel “In the Skin of A Lion” was written during the 1980s,…

written and spoken. On September 15, 1963, a bomb exploded during Sunday morning service at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Four young girls were killed and many others were injured. It was later discovered that 15 sticks of dynamite were placed in the church basement under what would later turn out to be the girls' bathroom. At 10:19 am, it exploded killing 14-year old Cynthia Wesley, 14-year old Carole Robertson, 14-year old Addie Mae Collins, and 11-year old Denise…

It is a process that utilizes creativity as well as hard labor involved to plant and grow the pumpkins. With the dynamite work ethic I gained, I grew from a shy young child to an out-going, young entrepreneur. I learned how to listen to a customer’s concerns and maintain a positive demeanor from this experience, which will be invaluable in any occupation, but especially…

the movie “Heaven’s Gate” which is known for its animal cruelty, rumors from the set was said that cows were cut to provide fake blood for the actors. During a battle scene, four horses were apparently killed, including one which was blown up with dynamite said from Listverse.com. In the movie “Ben-Hur” over 100 horses gave their lives to complete a chariot race scene in the movie found from http://listverse.com/. From this you can tell how…

In 1899 President Theodore Roosevelt started a project of building the Panama Canal. It is the 50 mile long water passage that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. This passage is very useful because ships can travel through it and they don’t have to go all the way around the continent. This is the main purpose for this canal, to shorten the passage that ships have to travel. This saved a lot of money on fuel that ships had to use to go around the continent. People thought about building…