RMS Titanic

figure, businessman, and philanthropist, known for his joint ownership of Macy’s department store, funding a variety of organizations, educational programs, healthcare, and more specifically for being one of the lost souls who passed away on the RMS Titanic in 1912. Straus’s life started in Otterberg, Germany, on February 6th, 1845. He spent the first years of his life as a normal, German child attending school and helping the family. Once Isidor reached the age of 9, he and his family moved to…

play the piano when he was five. His father was Harry Horner and his mother was Joan Frankel, James’ brother was Christopher Horner. His wife was Sarah Horner, their two daughters were Becky and Emily Horner. His music were composed in the movies Titanic, Avatar, and The Grinch.…

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson is set during the 1893 World Fair in Chicago, Illinois, celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the Americas. The event, which would cover over 600 acres and bring well over twenty seven million people was developed by the architect Daniel Burnham. Burnham and his partner at the time, John Root, set out to put Chicago onto a stage of positive reputation and honor. They must both overcome a series of delays and obstacles,…

Engineering Disasters Engineers have opportunities and jobs like no other. Marvellous buildings and structures are completed, and new inventions are being created and implemented into society around the world, all thanks to engineers. However, not all of these inventions and structures are entirely perfect; in fact, some imperfect structures are more popular than the perfect ones because of the impact they have had on the people and areas around them. These famous imperfect structures are…

The world we live in has been greatly influenced and shaped by the media that has been created and put into the world. Throughout this class we have learned many media theories that have greatly affected the society we live in whether it be direct or indirect. Karl Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist, and a socialist who developed the Marxist Theory. The Marxist Theory states that the dominant structuring agent in a society should be the well being of it’s members.…

dominant belief of the Earth's curvature affecting transmission. For his efforts with wireless communication, Marconi shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Braun in 1909. Not long after, Marconi's wireless system was utilized by the crew of the RMS Titanic to call for assistance. In addition to his innovative research in wireless communication, Marconi was influential in establishing the British Broadcasting Company, formed in 1922. He also participated in the development of radar. In…

Summer Reading Essay Two books that I read during the summer are Genghis Kahn and the Making of the Modern World and All Quiet on the Western Front. They both have to deal with times of war, but Genghis Khan was about how they built an empire instead of Western Fronts World War 1’s battles. Although they both mainly talked about warfare, they also talked about the lifestyles of the main characters. I will compare each book, and also talk about each book. Genghis Khan and the Making of the…

On June 28, 2014 the First World War began in Bosnia, and before its end there would according to PBS be over Eight Million people killed in the war earning the war the title of (The Great War). While there were several factors that contributed to the war starting such as the arms race between Germany, and Britain in Britain’s bid to possess the dominant Navy in all of Europe, and conflicts in the Balkans over Bosnia. On June 28’th 1914 Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were…

try and surpass the World’s Fair that was held in Paris. The Devil in the White City uses a unique organization style in that it begins where it ends. Aboard the RMS Olympic, Daniel Burnham is battling his health and he decides to send a wire message to his friend Francis Millet. Then, he gets notified that Millet’s ship, the Titanic, has been in an accident. This was then continued at the end of the book when Burnham finds out that Millet did not survive the accident. Near the beginning of the…

A Great Fucking Paper When someone goes to look for the perfect, yet simple insult, or if they want to express anger, distraught, or many other feelings, there is one word that is so versatile with many different definitions that fits in all of these categories and more. This word is fuck. Although it’s rather vulgar and is a common slang term, the word fuck has been around for over 700 years. The exact origin of fuck is hard to trace back because it was used more regularly when speaking rather…