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    Wind Turbine

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    grind grain by the Persians. As different cultures harnessed the power wind had to offer, windmills spread from Persia to the surrounding areas of the Middle East. Food Production leaned on windmills extensively. In 5,000 B.C., wind power propelled boats along the Nile River. Wind power technology spread north to the European countries, where windmills helped drain lakes and marches in the Rhine River Delta. In the 1800’s wind power helped farmers in North America pump water for irrigation…

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    the things happening pass the darkness. The jungle represents the loss of Zaroffs control. The island is meant to put fear into people. When Rainsford boat was passing through everyone was trying to get past the island as fast as they could which shows the fear that the island brings to them. The author uses ironic reversal through the story to make u think. He also puts suspense in the story to make you think. The story is told in third point omniscient. It helps the narrator express all of the…

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    established on November 4, 1952 by order of President Harry Truman. After the important work in breaking German and Japanese code during WWII, the decision was made to create the agency. The work in WWII helped the Allies succeed against the German U-boat threat and led to a victory at the Battle of Midway. After the hard work in the war, Truman decided to establish the NSA after several studies were conducted on how to best continue code breaking work post-war era. The National Security Agency…

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    Grandpa Portm Summary

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    When first beginning to read this novel the reader may think that Grandpa Portman is an absolute lunatic but in actuality he is just trying to protect his family from horrors that they cannot see. In the beginning of the novel Jacob explains that his grandpa told him stories when he was at school. The children tell him he is making it up. Later that day when his grandpa picks him up from school he tells his grandfather that he doesn’t believe in the stories and his grandpa nods his head. The…

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    Los Angeles Fire Department For my research I chose the Los Angeles Fire Department. Their Mission statement is “to preserve life and property, promote public safety and foster economic growth through leadership, management and actions, as an all risk life safety response provider.” I found it important to note that LA city is the biggest in size and second most populated city in the United States, so they have a very big and important mission. History- The city of Los Angeles was founded in…

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    World War II brought advanced forms of military tactics and maneuvers to the battle stage. The most prominent tactic for the Germans rapidly became the Blitzkrieg military strategy. Blitzkrieg accurately translates to “lightning war” and to Hitler this meant launching a substantial number of military units extremely rapidly in order destroy the opposition 's defense. The basis behind this war tactic is the concept of “combined arms.” The design called for numerous types of military units all at…

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    In the lead up to World War I German U-boat attacks on US merchant ships that were taking goods to Europe created the reason for American involvement in the war. “But armed neutrality, it now appears, is impracticable. Because submarines are in effect outlaws when used as the German submarines…

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    Overinvolvement In Germany

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    World War II was stained with blood, concentration camps, and death. Before it, World War I had left countries in shambles and many were still recovering from its damages. Germany was in shambles, but it took a more offensive approach to get back what they had lost. As Hitler’s aggression began to worsen, nations around the world began to plan for the result. The United States intended to stay out of it, but soon they found themselves arming Britain, they had picked the allied side. Meanwhile,…

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    Ww2 Technological Advances

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    War II also brought about a need for what became known as “Operation Research”, which was scientific thinking on how to use weapons in military operations.1 Operation Research used statistics and probability and helped the Allies to hunt the German U-boats. It was used to assess and organise logistics and deployment and was used in the organising of D-Day on 6 June, 1944. Many of these mathematical principles are still use in business…

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    of food made it even more important that they could not get food through trade, and they could not because of the British blockade. The blockade indirectly helped the Allied cause in another way too. The Germans responded to the blockade by using U-boats, and eventually the United States joined the Allied cause because of Germany’s policy of unrestricted submarine warfare…

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