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The last great king of the Kingdom of Weisshafen and Madeleine’s grandfather. Beloved by all, Viktor the Third was an effective leader, unlike his successor King Baldur, who is a bit of a playboy. Seeing that his son was weak and unworthy of the crown, as well as wanting to move Weisshafen into the modern era, Viktor chose to limit the power of the nobility at the end of his lifetime. When Schwartzwald sought to invade Weisshafen, they besieged the border fortress at Grauhof. Outnumbered,…

used as propellers, and during one of his testings a part of the screws broke off, and actually made it into a more modern propeller, and the boat went faster. John Penn was the man who perfected the oscillating engine, he was the engineer for the Royal Navy. In 1844 he replaced the Admiralty yacht’s engines with one of his perfected ones, and it doubled the speed of the yacht. This was a revolutionary moment especially for the Navy (Wikipedia…

It took two and a half days to move all of the ships through the Canal Zone and no one was sure the Hornet would make it through, but she did. The original plan was to send two transport ships escorted by the USS Iowa. Admiral Meyer had a change of heart when he was told the USS Midway was back on line and ready for duty. The Midway could take over patrolling the West Coast and if there were any bugs to be worked out of her she was still close to home. It was full speed ahead once…

Chapter 12 The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism 1812-1824 On to Canada over Land and Lakes The Americans tried to invade Canada from Detroit, Niagara, and Lake Champlain. All were fought off by the Canadians. The Americans then attacked by sea and were more successful. Oliver Hazard Perry: captured a British fleet in Lake Erie. General Harrison's army overtook the British at Detroit and Fort Malden in the Battle of the Thames in October 1813. Thomas Macdonough:…

Sangin, Afghanistan is a graveyard for U.S troops and Allied forces. From 2009 to 2012 no other district in Afghanistan has claimed more lives of coalition forces than the Sangin district. The United States and British troops combined have lost over 162 service members while being deployed to the area. While I was deployed to Sangin in 2010, my battalion lost nine Marines in four days during the first few weeks of the deployment. By the end of our deployment, we sustained more casualties…

handed out to many other famous scientists including Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Lister, Charles Darwin, Karl Ernst von Baer, Dmitri Mendeleev, Ernest Rutherford, Elbert Einstein, and Louis Pasteur. The Copley Medal is the highest achievement in the Royal Society. It is given for exceptional research in any branch of science. Brown also received numerous academic honors and made several major discoveries in his subject (Burbidge 1). Brownian Motion did not change dramatically over the rest of the…

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, released in 2006, is the sequel to the original Pirates of the Caribbean movie which we watched in class. It opens in Port Royal on Elizabeth and Will Turners wedding day, but in a surprising turn of events, upon the arrival of Lord Cutler Beckett, an East India trading mogul, they are quickly arrested on charges of aiding Jack Sparrow escape. While Elizabeth and Will attempt to deal with this new problem, Jack Sparrow, now captain proper of the Black…

Some people say that the Marine Corps is becoming a second Army, that is simply not the case. Since the Gulf War the Marine Corps has been being deployed to areas like Iraq and Afghanistan by helicopter and airplanes, this makes it seem like they are becoming a second Army because of the long term deployments. The Marine Corps says that they do not intend on becoming a second Army, and there was an issued statement from 2011 Defense Secretary Robert Gates “The Marine Corps is not going to turn…

yesterday we landed at gallipoli, as we rounded the crest of the peninsula a sense of fear descended upon us. Thus fear turned into outright terror as we came closer to the shore and saw the steep slopes and towering hillside that was before us. Jack reckons we landed in the wrong place and i must say i somewhat agree, only a fool would plan an attack up such a steep incline with the enemy towering above us, and the british empire is no fool. as the order was given the men launched themselves…

Thesis: Wes Anderson manipulates Mise-en-scene in The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) by using color, décor, costume, to show the development of relationships, and give an insight into characters and the film’s contrast of a family that appears to be perfect, but is very dysfunctional. Costumes like Margot’s, and Chase’s give insight into the characters personality, and their current emotions towards the main events. Margot’s costume; a Blue or Red tennis dress often accompanied by a big fur coat…