Operation Castle

could ensure our nation’s safety. After all, “the majority of our nation's intelligence for counterterrorism, hard targets and support to military operations” does originate from NSA’s database (Alexander). To build up such a database, they must search everyone. Originally, the fourth amendment enforced the notion that “each man’s homes is his castle”, secured from unreasonable searches and seizures of property by the government. Is what the NSA doing considered ‘unreasonable searches’, don’t…

mistake later in history. The Royal African Company lost its monopoly in 1698. This was due to the demand for slave to cultivate the land was so substantial that it was virally impossible for the company to keep up with. However this did not halt the operations of the Royal African Company, it continued to engage in the slave trade until 1731. It’s replaced were by Companies of Merchants Trading to Africa in…

There was wars, (dangerous, wild person) groups together, plague, widespread death from starving, the(efforts to improve things or change things), and many other things. The (usual/commonly and regular/healthy) mode of operation was to take something by force. This is what the kings, knights and lords did. They fought, killed and took what they wanted. In short, there was little value placed on the people without power. Through this period of time there was a moving/changing…

In the late 1970’s there was a hot bed of political activity throughout the world, which fed into the Cold War. The Soviet-Afghanistan War was a battlefield in which the Cold War super powers never faced each other but fought each other through different avenues like many other conflicts. Years earlier, the American military fought a counterinsurgency in Vietnam in which the Soviets helped the North Vietnamese fight the Americans. Even though the Americans won the major battles within the war…

to help create a world where you can belong anywhere; you get the feeling of actually living in a place as opposed to just visiting it. The experience of visiting Scotland and staying at the Marriott would be a great experience, but staying in a castle would be an entirely different…

would bring back to Europe with them. Creating a new market for formerly unknown items in Europe. While it allowed the Church to militarize helping solidify the pope’s control over the Church and made certain financial innovations central to Church operations. This created a new social norm of the church it was no longer a guiding figure it now has become a major player on the international scene becoming almost as powerful as a state. Socially the crusades damaged relations between Muslims and…

launching. We laugh as I begin shoving ice away with my paddle. Paddling in here makes you feel tiny. The large, dark, jagged peaks of the surrounding lands tower around us as the icy white glaciers spill down their valleys. Icebergs the size of castles bob around the sea reminding you of how large those glaciers in the distance really are. Ice isn’t the only allure of the paddle; Adelie Penguins waddle clumsily along the rocks of Detaille Island as we float by. They cautiously approach the sea…

Serial killers and those that kill in mass numbers are one of the most fascinating topics not only for scholars, law enforcement, psychologist, and sociologist, but also to the average, everyday person such as myself. All of us have in common the fascination with the topic because of the disbelief an individual such as this resides among us. We are fascinated not only because of their minds but because they feed into our fears about danger, death and what lurks in the night, around the corner,…

Mississippi. It is one of the four flood control lakes in North Mississippi constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It was constructed to help control flooding along the Yazoo River Basin. The dam is located on the Yalobusha River. The operation began in 1954 costing 32 million to construct. I am originally from Greenville, MS. Where my older sister and I spent our childhood. Grenada Lake was a place where we would go to camp, fish, swim, and ride jet skis and boats. It was not a…

a point on the graph to represent how big his or her foot is. Make sure to let the class know that you are going to discuss all graphs next class! Lesson #3: Number in Inches Age Level: K-3rd Grade Subject: Math Common Core Standard: Operations and Algebraic Thinking: Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, sounds, acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions or equations. Instructional Goals and Objectives: Students should demonstrate…