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"Struck by Lightning: the curious world of probabilities" is a book written in 2005 by Jeffrey S. Rosenthal, an award-winning Canadian statistician and author. Jeffrey S. Rosenthal graduated from Woburn Collegiate Institute in 1984, received his B.Sc. in mathematics, physics and computer science in Toronto in 1988. He later received his PhD in mathematics in Harvard University in 1992. He performs music and improv. comedy as well as being an author and supervisor of student projects. "Struck by…

victories that the Nazi’s had in the first week. The initial success of the German attack on the Soviet Union was thanks to the Nazis notorious strategy of Blitzkrieg, attacking key targets one by one with overwhelming military force. Poland, Latvia and Lithuania were quickly invaded and added to the “Nazi Empire” already consisting of nearly all of Europe and parts of northern Africa. Britain and the Soviet Union formed an alliance. Both countries were under heavy fire with very high death…

In We Will Never Speak of It: Evidence of Hitler’s Direct Responsibility for the Premeditation and Implementation of the Nazi Final Solution, by Kevin P. Sweeney, there are many references throughout from people like Robert Lifton, writer of The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide, and Helmut Krausnick, writer of Anatomy of the SS State. The article focuses on the “Intentionalist vs. Functionalist” debate that has raged since World War II. The Intentionalist view is that…

an Italian high school teacher …” and “You may be a British Anglican from the Midlands ...” to appeal to readers’ emotions (pathos). Last, the author writes about the philosopher Emmanuel Levinas’ biography “Born into a Jewish family in Kaunas, Lithuania, in 1906, Levinas moved to France in 1923 …”, in order to make us readers have a better understanding of the philosopher himself and his later-developed thoughts…

Introduction Founded in 2012, by the Lithuanian entrepreneur Vita Markevičiūtė, Innospark is a venture that possesses a goal of generating and developing concepts in education and healthcare that positively contributes to the long-term wellbeing of consumers. Innospark later launched Edu2, a brand focused on developing, manufacturing, and selling creative educational tools and toys for young children. The vision is to evoke creativity in young children that would shape the foundation for future…

improve his country’s strategic position along the western border without getting caught up in any conflicts. When Hitler took over Poland, Soviet troops took over the eastern half they agreed to share. U.S.S.R. later pursuated the Baltic States(Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia) to allow the Soviet’s inside their borders. Stalin tried doing the same with Finland but the Red Army suffered a number of drawbacks. But in the end he was successful. By the time Stalin was done taking over Finland,…

book down. From the way the book starts out, it is painfully obvious that Jurgis’s family’s journey will not end well. With little money and a poor understanding of English, moving to America was the wrong choice. While it may have been bad in Lithuania, they didn’t fair any better in Chicago. You could almost feel the tragedy about to come from their…

Marks presents problems within the League and the lack of strong, realistic, and solid European diplomacy which caused weak international agreements that fueled the illusion of peace and clouded the vision of Europeans. The first argument is that the illusion of peace was heightened by the actions of the League of Nations. Greece’s unwarranted invasion of Bulgaria and Bulgaria’s call for help initiated Briand to call an emergency session. The unanimity of the major powers on the course of action…

each other. Hitler proposed the Nazi-Soviet Pact in 1936. The Pact divided the Poland and other countries between Russia and Germany. Hitler’s achieved his goal of creating another buffer zone between Russia. However, Russia would get Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia essentially creating its own buffer zone. The pact also provided Russia time to build up its army. After the annexing of Poland and Rhineland it became clear what Hitler’s true objective. Even the alliances he proposed were just to…

They are a young couple that fell in love in Lithuania and came to America to start a new life. This shows they're adventurous. Once they moved they quickly found jobs in meatpacking industry, where as others could not. Jurgis is a hardworking man that only wants to support his family in anyway possible…