Dynamite

The Nobel Peace Prize: Luminosity or Obscurity Peace is more than just the absence of war, people all over the world desire peace, the right to voice their own opinions, and live free within their own country. There are many people throughout the world that continue to advocate for peace in one way or another. Albeit, the world is far from a peaceful place yet, they still try. The compassion and commitment shown for these causes is outstanding. When considering the Nobel Peace Prize, it…

At the end of the Civil War and the beginning of the Reconstruction, America’s first terrorist organization was formed in 1866 in Pulaski, Tennessee. This group became known as the Ku Klux Klan. The Greek word for circle is “kyklos”, and the term “clan” was added for alliteration purposes. Six former Confederate veterans came together to create this group as a way to politically remove the Republican party and have white Democratic supremacy in power. The second agenda of the Ku Klux Klan was to…

on cellphones were various activities that were not prohibited in this teacher’s classroom. One day when Swim came into class, after doing study groups for our test previously that week, she had decided to give us a break and let us watch Napoleon Dynamite, eat popcorn, and drink pop for the remainder of the class. Wile 2 Oh how swim loved this teacher much. It occurred to swim one gloomy day when he had come home from school that he might not ever see Mrs. Takyurmuny ever again. Swim’s…

Introduction Marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa are known as Corals. These diverse organisms give quite a show in the shallow clear parts of the ocean. Corals live closely together in groups expressing their bright colors that stand out so nicely. Many people consider coral reefs to be very diverse and productive than anything on land. Their skeleton is made out of calcium carbonate protecting them from future encounters with predators. Many more coral polyps then can attach themselves…

The internet has become a cult that worships eccentricity. Take, for example, the killing of Harambe, a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo. After a three-year-old boy got inside the gorilla’s enclosure, zoo officials decided to kill Harambe, fearing for the boy’s life. The controversial decision and odd news story has become the internet’s latest obsession. Through memes like chanting “Dicks out for Harambe,” saying “Harambe died for our sins,” and putting Harambe as a write-in candidate in the US…

the Irish did not face racial discrimination like the Chinese, they were still paid very little for working in dangerous territory. Irish laborers were often attacked or killed by Native American war parties and were sometimes killed by blasts of dynamite. It was said that “an Irishman is buried under every tie.” This was a high price to pay, but railroads helped pave the way of immigrant expansion across the United…

In 1956 the presidential election of Kubitschek and his promise of "fifty years of progress in five" escalated the pace of industrialization in Brazil. The female labor force continued to change as the Brazilian economy evolved. During this time female workers began moving out of agriculture and into "female" occupations in the service and commerce sectors of the economy, such as primary school teachers, office worker, and sales clerk. The recruitment was primarily of young, single, more…

reefs throughout the seas. These are important to the ecosystems under the sea, without them the plants and fish that live near or on the coral reefs will die. Gore states that the cause for the coral reef perishing is mostly due to ocean pollution, dynamite fishing, and the increase of ocean water temperature. These habitats are slowly disappearing leaving the animals that…

Throughout history, African Americans faced daily inequalities through all aspects including, income inequality, educational segregation and civil right challenges. The daily struggles only continued to get worse, as whites realized they were in charge, and that African Americans were not fighting back. In order to set things right, they decided to do otherwise; it was through the works of Martin Luther King Jr., that made history and shaped parts of the African American community. Not giving in…

However, this made him curious and together with Rudolf Peierls discovered the power of gaseous uranium-235. After even further research, Chadwick and associates determined that less than 1kg of uranium-235 could have as much affect as 1 ton of dynamite. The report that compiled all this information was presented to Franklin Roosevelt and pushed the US to pour millions into the Manhattan Project. Chadwick was quoted saying, “I wish I could tell you the bomb is not going to work, but I am 90…