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- 10841: Betsy Ross
- Betsy Ross, A Legendary Woman Elizabeth Griscom was born on New Years day 1752. Known as Betsy to family and friends, she was the eighth of seventeen children born to Rebecca and Samuel Griscom. They lived in Philadelphia. Being staunch Quakers, they were very conservative. Betsy ... how to upholster. With her parents permission Betsy became an apprentice in the upholstery shop of John Ross. Betsy soon fell in love with John Ross and they eloped on November 4th 1773 in Gloucester, New Jersey. Betsy and John ran the upholstery shop together for three years. In 1775 John joined the militia. While serving the Militia he was killed when a store filled with gunpowder blew up. John was ... endearing mark on the history of the United States. Her flag became an everlasting symbol of freedom and patriotism that continues to stand for the beliefs of the United States as it looks towards the new millennium. It was a flag like Betsy's that became the subject of Francis Scott Key's poem entitled "Defense for Fort McHenry." This poem would soon become the country's national anthem, "Defense ...
- 10842: Signs Of The Zodiac
- ... Virgo to form habits which are not easily broken. People born under this sign usually find more satisfaction in serving others than in satisfying their own personal ambitions. BIBLIOGRAPHY Black, Gayle. The Sun Sign Diet. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1986. Grant, Russel. Your Sun Signs. London, England: Virgin Books Ltd., 1984. Goodavage, Joseph F. Write Your Own Horoscope. New York: New American Library, Inc., 1968. Gettings, Fred. The Book of the Zodiac. London, England: Ward Ltd., 1972. Goodman, Linda. Linda Goodman's Sun Signs. New York: Taplinger Publishing Co., Inc., 1968.
- 10843: Quarry Hill
- ... and contemplate for a while. I decided to take a seat on top of the back of my mother's car. "Well, what are we going to do, guys?" Rudy must constantly be thinking of new things because he didn't even appreciate the moment of almost absolute silence. Tom gave a half laugh which said either "I've got no ideas" or "Rudy is a funny guy". "I don't ... defined trial, it was a good sign that we weren't blazing up too far away from our destination. We walked a few steps, and another path connected to the one we were following. This new path was wide enough for a car, and ran perpendicular to the one we were on. The two paths hooked up and continued up the hill. We looked down the perpendicular path only to see ... was another cliff leading upwards and more to the right of our entrance point right near the tree upon which Tom rested. I walked over next to Tom, and watched Rudy start to climb the new cliff. "Uh, that's the hard way man.. There are foot holds over here." I started to climb up fast, trying to beat Rudy to the top, to prove that my way was quicker. ...
- 10844: Mentoring
- ... crave. This may lead to isolation and oppositely over hyperactive children starved for attention. In other cases, some children who are not so fortunate as to be offered after-school programs are subject to the world outside all on their own. In too many cases, these are the children that become statistics. These are the children who turn to drugs or crime, be it out of fear, or simply to feel ... in schoolwork, less likely to hit someone, and get along better with their families This organization has been around for many decades, and has been successful at helping the lives of kids in a violent world. If everyone could dedicate one or two hours a week to a less fortunate child can help create harmony in the world. If you teach children well when they are young, they are less likely to have criminal instincts as they mature. Simple things like taking a child to the zoo, or the movies, or even ...
- 10845: Cystic Fibrosis
- ... in the digestive tract organs that causes the cell turnover. Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder that affects not only it's victims, but it's victims family and friends. Thanks to modern medicine and new techniques, the median survival rate has gone from 8 years old in 50's to 30 years old in the late 90's. Unfortunately, all this new medication and discoveries has come to late for many people. In conclusion cystic fibrosis is a disease that doesn't take any prisoners. All victims will eventually die from complication due to CF. There are approximately 30,00018 children and adults that are living with this disorder. Now that scientists have found the gene in which CF is located, new medicines and new therapies will hopefully be invented. Perhaps in the next century, we can say that cystic fibrosis is completely abolished. Bibliography "About Cystic Fibrosis." March 11, 1997. Internet. "AKL And Cystic Fibrosis." ...
- 10846: Myths Of Meaning
- ... was seen wandering the streets carrying a lantern looking for an honest man. This myth has become symbolic for many writers. The lantern is light or symbolic of truth in an otherwise dark, or dishonest world. Hamlet in Shakespeare's play seeks honesty from his parents, his friends, and women. It is significant to note that while Diogenes never found his one honest man, Hamlet does have Horation who represents one ... rotten and dark Denmark of Shakespeare's play. Others have suggested that perhaps what the myth suggests is that we all must find an inner light in order to walk through the darkness of the world. In this interpretation, the search for the light of truth is an inward one rather than an outward one as the more traditional interpretation of the myth suggests. In this sense of the myth, Hamlet's outward dishonesty would not be a betrayal of his inner truth, and he would become a figure of light seeking to maintain that light in a dark and dangerous world. The myth of Sisyphus like the myth of Diogenes has been a symbol to many writers including Albert Camus who wrote an essay entitled "The Myth of Sisyphus." According to the myth, he was ...
- 10847: Urban Consolidation
- ... urban planning alone. Overemphasis of the contribution inner-city urban renewal has towards urban sprawl has allowed the prolongation of unchecked urban fringe development. The recurrence of the parcel-by-parcel (Girling,1994) distribution of new suburban development has not received the same amount of active participation, or concerted research and development, as governments have generated in existing urban areas. Solutions in Themselves. Too often the priority of consolidated land use ... roads. Urban density is to often confused with housing form (Jackson,1998). The wholesale demolition of existing areas for incredibly heroic (McLoughlin,1991) achievements in density are not only non-proportionally effective, but also this new building denies the creative possibilities of adapting existing environments. The importance of preserving emotive neighbourhood character provisions such as established trees, and corner stores, is pinnacle. When we destroy the greenery and the individuality of ... Longman Australia Pty Limited. Frieden, B.J. & Sagalyn, L.B. (1991), Downtown, Inc.: How America rebuilds cities, Cambridge (Mass): The MIT Press. Girling, C.L. (1994), Yard, Street, Park: the design of suburban open space, New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Gordon, A. & Suzuki, D. (1990), It s a Matter of Survival, North Sydney: Allen & Unwin Australia Pty Ltd. Hill, D.M. (1994), Citizens and Cities: Urban Policy in the ...
- 10848: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- ... important, and that he recognizes it's beauty. On page 88 Twain shows his displeasure with people's effect on nature when he writes about the steamboat that, " now and then would belch a whole world of sparks up out of her chimbleys." Soon after Twain writes, "The nice breeze springs up and comes fanning you from over there as a servant to a king in his court, and everything (smiles ... be viewed as a great Adventure. If you look deeper there is more to it. You can look at it as a moral conflict and drama, and even as Mark Twain's view of the world. Most of the novel is one of Huck's adventures after another, and it can be appreciated just for that. The first half of the book he continues his adventures with Tom Sawyer, until faking ... time Huck was not sure it was the right thing to do. This may have been unintentional, but I think it represents Huck's struggle. The book also shows Mark Twain's view of the world and the issue of slavery. During the 1830's the issue of slavery was in the heart of every American, especially in the south were their economy depended on it. Mark Twain uses Huck, ...
- 10849: Tourism
- Tourism In truth, the attributes of tourism have changed rapidly during the twentieth century. Today, it is virtually impossible even to avoid the effect that the tourism industry has on the world. On the following lines I shall in an explaining voice treat the subject of tourism and I wager you'll find it rather interesting. First and for most; Why do we become tourists? What is ... any other line of business, from construction industry to raising cattle. Today, it is more or less well known to people that tourism has grown to massive proportions, being almost the largest industry in the world. This of course brings along with it heaps of problems, connected to the fact that where there is money to be earned (and thus power to be controlled), man has neither moral nor restrictions to ... wealth. In the compendium, there is an article from the Morning Star that talks about how people in the 70s considered the tourism a "harmless way to transfer wealth from the north to the third world". Today there are evidence which speaks of a terminal degeneration over the last 20 years, where the tourism industry and tourists weakens third world countries standard as unique territories into being merely "attractive spots", ...
- 10850: Charles Darwin: His Life Story of Dicovery
- ... that one should not necessarily take the Bible in a literal sense ..." -An excerpt from Robert Richard's The Meaning of Evolution. Charles Darwin, a British naturalist has revolutionized biological and genetic studies with his new idea of "Natural Selection." His theory on evolution, which held that a species had emerged from preexisting or "basic" forms. His liberal ideas in Natural History had aroused several disagreements among scientists and caused a ... birds had a common ancestor who the "Evolved" into the different species we see today. Conclusion The impact of Charles Darwin will always be remembered. Under the influence of his spouse, and after keeping his new ideas to himself for years after arriving back in England, he finally recorded in a scientific journal what he found (explained above). His remarkable discoveries opened a new frontier in the scientific realm. He will always be remembered as a true pioneer in the theory of evolution. Bibliography Bowlby, John, Charles Darwin: A New Life; 1991. Bowler, PJ., Charles Darwin: The Man ...
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