... - A future that held industrial promises of high monetary rewards as well as a valuable addition to a growing America. However, like any other industry, the West needed a labor force. Workers with special skills and qualities were necessary to support a booming new frontier. Previously untaught skills such as riding, roping, and branding could not simply be acquired by the average American. Athletic, rugged men were needed to settle the West. However, these men also needed inborn courage and quick thinking to utilize these skills effectively. The general public, however, under the influence of decades of "Western" movies and television shows have created ...

... of the IRS. The Bureau's responsibilities consist of administering and enforcing the federal laws relating tofirearms and explosives, and to alcohol and tobacco products. Since 1982, when the federal Anti-Arson Act was passed, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms has also dealt with arson activities that were for profit. Right now the ATF operates on about $335 million per year, and employs about 4,100 people. The ATF is divided into two sections. The first is Regulatory Enforcement, and the second is Criminal Enforcement: 1) The Regulatory Enforcement section is liable for monitoring trade- practice violation ...

... would have avoided at least one of those mistakes, then the plant could have been saved. The technicians began the test one day before the explosion. They started reducing the reactor's power level so they could run the turbine experiment. However in order for the plant to run at lower power they had to turn off the automatic control system, which powered all emergency limitations that the plant should make in case it goes out of control. Turning of the cooling system was an unnecessary action and though it did not cause the explosion, it made the consequences more fatal. Just then the operator's receive a call from the local grid controller in Kiev, who need ...

... Northmen, which is another name for Vikings, lived in small communities that were ruled by either a king or a chief. People were divided into three classes being noble, freeman or slaves. The nobles were usually considered Kings, Chiefs of just people who were wealthy. The freemen were farmers, merchants and people who served the ruler. Last, but not least slaves were Scandinavians whose ancestors had been enslaved. Each community had a governing council known as a “Folkmood” or “Thing.” This association had higher rulings than the king and or chief. Here decisions of war were made, trials were held and they decided who was in what social clas ...

... god who came upon that place would gaze in wonder, heart entranced with pleasure" (154). The story proceeds to describe the goddess as having a "breathtaking voice" (154) and being "lustrous" (155). Yet, when the story describes , he is "wrenching his heart with sobs and groans and anguish" (156). Even though, resides on a beautiful island with a goddess who takes care of him, he still wishes to be at home. recognizes that fact that the island is beautiful, but he still longs to be at home. Additionally, remains faithful to Penelope, not by modern day standards, but he chooses Penelope over the goddess. When Calypso questions , he recognizes that fact tha ...

... geography consists of tropical rain forests, a series of rivers, and good,rich soil. The tropical rain forest stretches from northwestern Honduras, through the Peten region, and into Belize and the Chiapas. This became the heart of Classic . The rivers originate in the mountains and flow towards the Pacific Ocean on the west coast, and towards the Gulf of Mexico in the southern lowlands. These rivers serve as transportation from city to city. The best soils are found in the southern highland valleys where volcanic eruptions have enriched the earth. The Maya today number about six million people, making them the largest single block of indigenous peoples north ...

... at the turn of the century. Morgan was a banker, railroad czar, industrialist, financier, philanthropist, yachtsman, and ladies' man. He was king to a handful of millionaire barons who controlled the country's wealth in an era of little government regulation. The wealth of the Morgan family did not begin with Pierpont but with his grandfather Joseph Morgan. Joseph prospered as a hotelkeeper in Hartford, Connecticut. He helped to organize a canal company, steamboat lines and the new railroad that connected Hartford with Springfield. Finally he became one of the founders of the Aetna Fire Insurance Company. Joseph's first son was Junius Spencer Morgan, also destin ...

... are the different volumes the first book was all about grammar. Book two, was rhetoric and dialectic. The third volume was about education and the guidelines for it. Medicine and libraries were the theme for the fourth book. Book five, was law and chronology. Volume six, was ecclesiastical books. God and of the heavenly and earthly hierarchies, volume seven was considered some of his best work. Book eight, of the Church and of the sects was another deeply thought out publication. The ninth book was of languages, peoples, kingdoms, and official titles. Book ten, etymology. Book eleven, man. The twelfth book was about birds and beasts. Book thirteen, of the wo ...

... up in the 1950's and refused to sit down. They were the people who led the greatest movement in modern American history - the civil rights movement. It was a movement that would be more than a fragment of history, it was a movement that would become a measure of our lives (Shipler 12). When Martin Luther King Jr. stirred up the conscience of a nation, he gave voice to a long lain dormant morality in America, a voice that the government could no longer ignore. The government finally answered on July 2nd with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is historically significant because it stands as a defining piece of civil rights legislation, bei ...

... men worked in the copper mines and did not see the light of day. A typical day started at 6:00 am and finished at 6:00pm when they would return home to their wives who looked after the home. Lunch would be a Cornish pasty which was cooked by the "missus". Young boys of ten and over would often join their fathers at the site and pick through the tailings for copper pieces of any value. These boys were often called young "picky boys". The young girls would stay at home with their mother and help with the domestics and looking after the kids. There were many cases when a mining accident occurred and father was killed. This would be a major economic loss and often w ...