Humboldt had just returned from his trip to Latin America‚ and shared with Bolivar his firm belief that colonies were ready for independence. This idea was ingrained into Bolivar’s mind‚ and when Bolivar & Rodriguez traveled to Rome together‚ Bolivar vowed
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Joseph Gay-Lussac was a French chemist and physicist‚ born at St. Léonard‚ in the department of Haute Vienne‚ on the 6th of December 1778. He was the elder son of Antoine Gay‚ procureur du roi and judge at Pont-de-Noblac‚ who assumed the name Lussac from a small property he had in the neighborhood of St. Léonard. Young Gay-Lussac received his early education at home under the direction of the abbé Bourdieux and other masters‚ and in 1794 was sent to Paris to prepare for the École Polytechnique‚ into
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The Harm Principle of John Stuart Mill For John Stuart Mill‚ he was a strong believer in utilitarianism. As he says in his essay‚ “...Liberty consists in doing what one desires.” (393). He believed that whatever may make somebody happy is what they should be allowed to do‚ as long as it did not infringe on anybody else’s rights in the process of practicing. This is the harm principle. Mill came up with a principle that states that a person should be lawfully allowed to do literally anything
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Humboldt Squid Dosidicus gigas Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Teuthida Suborder: Oegopsina Family: Ommastephidae Genus: Dosidicus Species: Dosidicus gigas Ecological Geographic range: Receives its name from its main location - the Humboldt Current This current is found in the East Pacific Ocean region The Humboldt squids are sometimes found along the coastal region of California‚ Oregon‚ Alaska and Washington Generally‚ found about 2‚300 feet below
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The Schlieffen Plan The Schlieffen plan was started and produced by Alfred Von Schlieffen who was the German army chief of staff. He was given instructions to devise a strategy that would be able to counter a joint attack during December‚ 1905 he began circulating which later became known as the Schlieffen plan. He later argued that if the war took place then he had to get rid of France as fast as he could because in fact Britain and Russia would have to keep on battling and this
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Germans would’ve had those extra 10 days and could’ve used it very well to their advantage. The second reason is that the BEF had‚ unbeknownst to the Schlieffen Plan‚ crossed the channel and fought the German first army‚ under the lead of Alexander von Kluck‚ at Mons in Belgium which held the German first army up for two days. It may have been longer if the BEF hadn’t heard that the French Fifth army was retreating‚ so the BEF did likewise. Then they marched south 125 miles to the River Marne
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Von Neumann architecture CIS106 11/12/13 Von Neumann architecture marks the beginning modern information system processing. To fully understand why it is so important‚ we must first consider the purpose of computer programs. We can then fathom the magnitude of this architecture. The von Neumann architecture allows instructions and data to be mixed and stored in the same memory module and the contents of this memory are addressed by location only. This all takes place in a
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Claus Von Stauffenberg (Differences between the movie Valkyre and his real life) Claus Von Stauffenberg was a German army officer and Roman Catholic aristocrat who was one of the leading officers of the failed 20 July plot of 1944 to kill German dictator Adolf Hitler and remove the Nazi Party from power in World War II Germany by making operation Valkyre. He was one of the central figures of the German Resistance movement. He became so important‚ that people decided to make movies about him‚
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Human Knowledge Friedrich Von Schiller World Literature 107 Schiller was born and raised in Germany. His father was an army surgeon. He went to school for medicine and law‚ but there was something about law that excited him. While attending Stuttgart Military Academy‚ he wrote his first play “The Robbers.” He got dismissed after leaving the army post without permission to see the opening of his play. The opening of the play was also influential to his life because it said “against Tyrants”
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Alexander III‚ Tsar of Russia‚ 1881-1889 Alexander III of Russia was born on 26th February 1845. Clumsy and gruff as a child‚ he grew up to be a man of great physical strength. Everything about him suggested imperial power. He was six feet four inches tall‚ broad and very strong. Stories circulated about Tsar Alexander bending (and then restraightening) iron fire pokers‚ crushing silver roubles in his fingers‚ and tearing packs of cards in half for the entertainment of his children‚ and about
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