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Volkswagen. In September, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that many VW cars being sold in America had a “defeat device”- or software-in diesel engines that could detect when they were being tested, changing the performance accordingly to improve results (Hotten 1). It was found that the defeat device altered the emissions of the Volkswagen’s diesel engine; the defeat device software had the capability of sensing if it was in a testing situation or driven normally. In the test environment

Wonder Woman defeats the Mummy. No, its not the name of the latest film at the movie theater. Everyone in the movie industry is predicting that the Mummy will lose out to Wonder Woman at the box office this weekend. The fact is that the Mummy was expected to do quite well at the box office. However, the film opened to luke warm praise and movie goers basically ignored the Mummy's grand opening. However, Patty Jenkin's Wonder Woman demolished the Mummy. Wonder Woman Reigns At The Box Office The

This world is a world full of flaws, mistakes, and imperfections. Here, the seed of suspicion can kill, and the bud of defeat blossoms into redemption. Society is a growth of tangled vines, showing us right from wrong, and good from evil. The rules from the beginning were to always forgive, and that it is always an option. Forgiveness can help, but is it always possible? The goal on this exhibition of forgiveness is to explore self-absolution, the relationship between forgiveness and anger

three days, during the second Persian invasion of Greece. It took place simultaneously with the naval battle at Artemisium, in August or September 480 BC, at the narrow coastal pass of Thermopylae. The Persian invasion was a delayed response to the defeat of the first Persian invasion of Greece, which had been ended by the Athenian victory at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC. The Battle of Salamis was a naval battle fought

The paragraph will discuss the battle of German defeat at Stalingrad. The countries who was involved in this battle includes Soviet Union, Germany, Russia Italy, Hungary, and Croatia. Before the attack happened, Hitler had his attention to Russia in 1941. Leningrad and Moscow attack failed so by the summer season of 1942 Hitler wanted to invade Russia. Hitler thought that the best strategy for the German’s was to attack North Africa. Hitler’s next action was to invade the Soviet Union. Hitler launched

Embracing Defeat by John Dower John Dower's "Embracing Defeat" truly conveys the Japanese experience of American occupation from within by focusing on the social, cultural, and philosophical aspects of a country devastated by World War II. His capturing of the Japanese peoples' voice let us, as readers, empathize with those who had to start over in a "new nation." The initial terms of surrender were laid out in the Potsdam Declaration of July 26, 1945, in which the United States, Great

fashion, history remembered him for the British loss at the Battle of Saratoga. Being an experienced general who have served in various combats, Burgoyne’s over-confidence of himself and his plan to conquer the Hudson River Valley contributed to the defeat at the Battle of Saratoga. It became a noteworthy and defining moment in the war as it gave the Americans certainty and French alliance. First of all, Burgoyne’s early life and career was embedded with comfort and fame which created arrogance within

a crushing defeat of the Confederates. The Battle of Gettysburg is generally considered to be the turning point of the American Civil War. This paper will demonstrate the various reasons as to why the Confederates, led by General Robert E. Lee, were unsuccessful in the Battle of Gettysburg during their invasion of the north. General Lee’s over-confidence, the confederate army’s disorganization and failed coordination, and the shift of intelligence all contributed to the crushing defeat of the confederates

In August of 1514, Selim led a group of janissaries to defeat the Safavi cavalry.5 A couple years after this victory, he set his eyes on a new threat that was quite valuable. It was rumored that the Egyptians and the Persians would start an alliance to wipe out the Ottoman Empire in Europe. As soon as he heard

Hitler hated Jews, early on in his life he tried to make something of himself and went to an art school in Vienna there was a war there and Hitler was a soldier. “The defeat of Germany in the first world war had a significant impact of Hitler's view and his political beliefs.” “Many nationalists and conservatives believed that Germany had not lost the war on the battlefield but due to betrayal from within, by a ‘stab in the back’.” “Socialists, communists and particularly Jews were blamed, even though