Easter Rising

Though the rain would begin to fall on Easter Sunday, March 23, (And would fall for three days straight) by Monday – even after the local newspaper the Piqua Leader Dispatch reported the “Great Miami River will reach flood stage by nightfall” - those living in the lowest lying areas of the city would ignore the warnings. Why? Area historian and author Scott Trostel stated “crowds had gathered along the North Main Street levee in Piqua (Ohio) to observe the rising flood waters. Warnings were…

Chile experienced the most severe earthquake of a magnitude of 8.8. This earthquake has caused a loss of US$2 billion and has affected the tourism industry greatly. Travelers cancelled their reservations at hotels and even after a few months, the Easter holiday vacations still did not help improve the industry. Hence, the government came up with a campaign called ‘Chile Prepares’ to minimize the damages and losses…

of identifying chicks from different groups of eggs” and to observe a group’s movement as they develop. However, the most popular reason for dyeing a chicken embryo in the United States is to provide whimsical bright colored chicks to give away as Easter gifts. This dye is only on the fluff of the baby chickens and typically “only lasts a few weeks until their feathers grow in.” Also as long as the dye in nontoxic the health of the chicken is not supposed to be at stake. Animal right workers…

What was a common goal amongst the nationalists of Ireland lead the unity of the Irish people to a an altercation, one that is grieved upon amongst Irish history. Since the 1700's, Irish nationalists stressed about the necessity to withdrawal any British rule or influence from what they believed to be their own, God-given country. The British were a powerful empire that took advantage of their size and strength to control foreign lands. Ireland was in a state of servitude to the British.…

The occasions of Easter 1916 finished in a disaster however after five years Ireland turned into a free state. The feathered glory of England caused a great many disasters with Ireland, and strictly when a couple of years of freedom, the nation is still "caught up" (line…

“Zac Easter knew what was happening to him. He knew why, he knew that it was only going to get worse. So he decided to write it all down—to let the world know what football had done to him, what he'd done to his body and his brain for the game he loved. And then he shot himself” (Forgrave). Zac Easter was a young boy that struggled silently with CTE; a disease that ruins the brain tissue and causes memory loss, confusion, aggression, and impulse control problems along with many other unfortunate…

“There is a way of making free with the past”: W.B. Yeats’s “A Prayer for My Daughter” and Eavan Boland’s “The Pomegranate” as allegories for poetic legacy Throughout his long career as a writer, William Butler Yeats established a legacy as perhaps the most influential Irish poet of the twentieth century. He was an advocate for Irish Nationalism and one of the leaders of the Celtic revival movement. Through Yeats’s pastoral, mythic imagery and, later, his explorations of the country’s political…

Chile covers 756,950 square kilometers of land (292,258 square miles). It never gets wider than 240km (150 miles), but it is over 2,800 miles long. It is almost twice the size of California. Chile also includes two islands: Juan Fernandez Islands and Easter Island. More than 17.8 million people live in Chile. Santiago, the capital city, has a population of 308,000, but when counting Santiago Metropolis 6.68 million people live in that area. This is the largest city. The next on the list is the…

The early autumn of October is a beautiful time, there are four children memories about the rising rockets on October sky. There is a film about the agreement between four children and sky that is named October Sky, which is based on true story. This paper tells of this motivational movie about chasing the dream.There are four children who change their original destiny by researching manufactured rockets. There are many obstacles in the way of chasing dream, but they also keep enthusiasm. Even…

The United States is often referred to as a Nation of Immigrants. Every person in America is either an immigrant or their ancestors were immigrants. A major period of immigration occurred in the mid nineteenth century. As population started to increase in the United States during the 19th century, immigration was a leading contributor to the population size. To some immigrants America was a safe haven from the events happening in their native country such as famine in Ireland to economic…