E. L. Doctorow

Lyman Frank Baum wrote a novel in 1900 wanting to pleasure and entertain children; a modernize fairy tale. Little did he know his book would become a huge success becoming one of the first colored films. The book he wrote was called The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, with a series later to follow. Frank Baum grew up being home schooled for his schooling. When he was twelve years old he was enrolled into a strict military school. He later learned he had a dislike for harshness and the military, due to…

The Challenger Space Shuttle tragedy is one of the most widely studied cases of design negligence in history. Its explosion on January 28th, 1986 was the result of a design flaw in the solid rocket boosters. Problems with the design were detected a long time prior to the launch date, however due to a constraint in time, and pressure from NASA management to maintain its frequent launch schedule, the design was not changed. After the launch failure, investigations into the cause of the explosion…

Walking into the Church of Scientology I had a vague idea of what was about to happen and what they’re all about, but I don’t think I was mentally prepared for what I was walking into. I know that Scientology isn’t really the ideal candidate for this paper because they’re so secretive about their beliefs, but I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to go and check out this mysterious religion. Now if I’m being completely honest, before my visit, everything I knew about Scientology I had learned…

History Era Project 1970-1990 The Challenger space shuttle disaster was the worst moment in the NASA programs history.It starts as a normal day it was going to mark the shuttles 10th successfully launch.The Challenger was expected to perform as expected after being tested for 11 months there were no doubts about the launch. When the shuttle took off everything was normal, but after 73 seconds it exploded killing all 7 crew members including a school teacher.Marking it as the most horrific moment…

The Wizard Of Oz Minnie Hsu Dr. Friedman Us. History October. 7. 2014 “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”, one of the world’s best-loved fairy tales written by L. Frank Baum in 19th century. L. Frank Baum was born 1856. This fairy tale is not just a simple adventure story. This story also reflects the economic and political situation in the 19th century. During that time period, it looks good on the outside. However, there were weak presidencies in the inside. From…

Throughout this course I have learned about many different religions, their practices, and beliefs. Since there were so many different religions, the religion that I would like to discuss is Scientology. I always hear about scientology or celebrities who practice scientology; however I never knew what scientology entailed. Throughout this research paper, I will discuss more in depth what scientology practices and beliefs are. Scientology was founded in 1952 by and author named L.Ron Hubbard.…

I did some other researching had found a documentary that told of the “truth” about Scientology, called Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief. In the documentary it talks about how L. Ron Hubbard lied about his “injuries” from World War 2, and other accounts in his life. It also went on and had past members of the church talk about the bad parts of it. All I will say is there are always two sides to everything, and we must respect each side. Overall, with Scientology I ended up…

religion combine; this is Scientology. The word Scientology, conceived by L. Ron Hubbard, comes from the Latin scio which means “knowing, in the fullest meaning of the word” and the Greek word logos which means “study of.” It means knowing how to know. Scientology is further defined as “the study and handling of the spirit in relationship to itself, universes and other life.” The religion was created in the 21st century by L. Ron Hubbard. He began his studies in the 1940's…

On January 28 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded over the Atlantic Ocean only seventy-three seconds after takeoff, killing all seven astronauts on board. The Challenger was the second space shuttle constructed by NASA. Also, it had completed nine successful missions before the disaster. Following the accident, the shuttle program was suspended for 32 months as President Ronald Regan appointed a Commission, chaired by William P. Rogers and known as the Rogers Commission, to investigate…

In the cases of the Challenger and the Columbia tragedies, organizational failures played a vital role. For the Challenger, there had been a teleconference between the engineers from Morton Thiokol (the company that designed the O-rings that cased the Challenger to explode), the Kennedy Space Center and the Marshall Space Flight Center. The engineers, who were low level, expressed their concerns for the safety of the crew as well as the Space Shuttle but were ignored. In the case of the Columbia…