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- 671: Miracles
- ... the modern world? Modern scientists object to miracles because they believe they are events that only happen once and science deals only with things that happen regularly. Some contradict themselves because some believe in the Big Bang theory, which only happened once. All of the scientists believe in some form of evolution which only happened once. Also many scientists believe that the supernatural has no place in science. The scientific evidence points ...
- 672: Fiji
- Fiji Fiji is located in the South Pacific Ocean. It is composed of about 330 islands and 500 more altolls, islets, and reefs. Fiji has two main islands. The island of Veta Levu (Big Fiji) makes up about one-half of Fiji’s area. Vanua Levu (Big Land) covers about one-third. Most of Fiji’s other islands are just sand piles on coral reefs. Suva is the capital of Fiji and also its largest city (Fiji, no pg. #). Fiji legend says ... The people in villages are still led by a chief ,and traditional Fijian society is based on a close communal life. Village members fish together, build homes together, and participate in traditional activities together. Some big advantages of this community-based society are that no-one starves, is unloved or uncared for. This system gives people a sense of belonging and purpose. There are some negative things about this culture. ...
- 673: Chuck Close
- ... Chuck Close. The use of lines is mainly in the grid. The color is black and white, with different shades of gray. There is a wide range of value, each block blends to make a big picture. The tone is dark and the contrast is low. There are highlights used on the face. The texture is smooth. The shapes are lots of X's and O's on a grid to ... Shape is the strongest element because the whole thing is made with individual shapes. The element of value grabs my attention best, if there were no value you wouldn't be able to see the big picture. This piece shows rhythm by using the shapes on the grid, it makes me look more closely. The directional movement moves toward the portrait. The shape also show unity with how they are pieced ... that are not necessarily famous. Neither person looks like there in a very good mood, or are attractive. They both are done using the grid method, where each block is put together to make a big picture. The difference between these two pieces is the look. The realistic one is very real looking while the abstract one is obvious what the picture is it looks very much like a drawing. ...
- 674: Linux Against Microsoft Window
- ... web page.After that,the internet hackers and the programmers developed it.It is a Unix-like operating system because it is the main reason to develop the Linux.By the time,it becomes a big organization and now it is a powerful, advanced operating system.It has an important feature that is not available for other operating systems.You can run Linux with other operating systems like MacOS, DOS,Windows ... more powerful languages become popular, FORTRAN 77 was improved to FORTRAN 90. FORTRAN is used by many of the engineers and scientists. It can be available in FORTRAN that you can get the value of big numbers. Also there are mathematical constructs make FORTRAN more useful. (Upgrading To Fortran 90) Linux is a Unix-like operating system.Unix was developed by the companies for network systems. Unix is very expensive.Only some of the big companies can afford it. So Linux was developed for an free alternative to Unix. Unix is designed for networks and it has powerful network options, so Linux has powerful network options.It has NFS( ...
- 675: Illusion And Disillusion In He
- ... this illusion allows him to continue fishing, continue failing. These illusions, however, do not allow for progress. Santiago is caught in a situation he does not know how to escape from, always looking for his big catch: My big fish must be somewhere (32). Santiago must be convinced that he still has it in him to make the catch that he is waiting for, as Young clarifies: [Manolin tells Santiago], There are many good ... you. ...[Santiago] musters his confidence: I may not be as strong as I think... But I know many tricks and I have resolution . Santiago needs these things, for he is still out for the really big fish. Santiago s confidence in himself lies so much in his luck or lack thereof. It is these illusions of himself that create in him a unwillingness to move on and discover new life. ...
- 676: Tahiti
- ... demolished Stuart Hotel on Papeete's boulevard Pomare, was so impressed by the Tahitian tifaifal that he applied the same technique and adopted many designs for his "gouaches decoupees." Music and Dance Music is a big part of Tahitian life. It has gone beyond the traditional styles, while singers and musicians continue to compose music for the masses on subjects they have always written about - love and the sea - while enriching ... plays there everyday at lunchtime. Though the missionaries banned dancing completely in the 1820s and the French colonial administration only allowed performances which didn't disturb Victorian decorum, traditional Tahitian dancing is back in a big way. During major festivals troupes of 20-50 dancers and 6-10 musicians participate in thrilling competitions. The big hotels on Tahiti and Bora Bora offer exciting dance shows several nights a week which you may attend for the price of a drink. The Tahitian tamure is a fast, provocative, erotic dance done ...
- 677: Confucius Life Philosiphy
- ... according to Confucian tradition, many of the poems and songs are interpreted to be coded samples of the peoples thoughts and feelings toward the government. Here is an example of a poem about the government: Big rat, big rat/Do not eat my millet!/Three years I have served you,/But you will not care for me... 4 Here big rat is a term used by peasant farmers for the government, and do not eat my millet! signifies heavy taxation. The fourth book is the one most associated with Confucius. It is the Chunqiu, ...
- 678: Prohibition
- Prohibition One of the most controversial, the Eighteenth, and later, its repeal, the Tweny-First amendment, made a big impact on America, and their ideas are still talked about today. Prohibition has had many different view points from the beginning. Prohibition started long before the Eighteenth Amendment. Organizations against alcohol such as the Anti ... Capone, the opportunity to feed off the illegal substance. The organized crime circuit ate up Prohibition and began to boot leg alcohol. Local pharmacies and basements near the border became hubs for the transactions. The "Big Bosses" would purchase it in Canada, where it was legal and import it to the US. A prime example of the organized crime is in the movie, Legends of the Fall. Both the Volstead Act and the Eighteenth Amendment are mentioned in the movie, as it portrays a small time boot legger going up against a big organized crime family, in the end many people lost their lives over alcohol and money. Speakeasies, illegal bars, sprang up everywhere. They promoted the worst of immorality, sex and gambling, as well as drinking. ...
- 679: Hills Like White Elephants 2
- ... salesman, he beat up a man who he thought said bad things about him. He said "I showed him. I ain't so queer." He decided to get out of Winesburg, and go to the big city where people would not think that he is "queer". The most important thing in in Elmers life is what other people think of him. His life in the big city will be short because of his paranoia of what people think of him. He can not treat people the way he did in Winesburg. In "Daisy Miller: A Study" Daisy was a flirt. She flaunted herself to men everywhere she went. She did not care what other people thought. Daisy and Elmer are totally diffrent in one big way. The last thing on Dasiys mind is what people think of her. When Mrs Walker was telling her of her reputaion she said "If this is improper, then I am inproper, and you ...
- 680: Roadkill Horror Story
- Too furry for a deer and too big for a fox or dog, he thought as he caught the animal's stare. He didn't much care what it was. Once spooked, those bastards moved fast. The animal turned and fled. Jeff stomped ... into four squirrels without leaving the pickup, just to get in a little target practice. Shooting them or steering into them, it was all the same. "Huntin's huntin'," he said if asked about the big pile of animal remains in the back of his truck. But no one ever asked because Jeff was only a man doing the job Richard paid him to do. Six months earlier Mayor Jamal had ... cow catcher like those found on the front of old railway trains. He claimed the Chevy's grill had suffered damage when a deer had crossed the pickup's path. The impact had been so big that part of the animal's dripping hind leg had lodged in the grillwork. Jeff chose not to inform the sheriff that he had chased the fleeing creature a good quarter mile before catching ...
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