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- 1471: The Beginnings of a National Literary Tradition
- ... their history have been concerned over the status of their national literature. One of the major problems facing early Canadian writers was that the language and poetic conventions that they had inherited from the Old World were inadequate for the new scenery and conditions in which they now found themselves. Writers such as Susanna Moodie, Samuel Hearne, and Oliver Goldsmith were what I would consider "Immigrant" authors. Even though they were writing in Canada about Canada their style and their audiences were primarily England and Europe. These authors wrote from an Old World perspective and therefore were not truly Canadian authors. It took a group of homespun young writers in the later part of the 19thCentury to begin to build a genuine "discipline" of Canadian literary thought. ...
- 1472: Martin Luther King
- One of the world s best known advocates of non-violent social change strategies, Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK), synthesized ideals drawn from many different cultural traditions. Recent studies of him emphasize the extent to which his ideals were ... is through King s thoughts and actions that enabled so many people to have trust and faith in him. Through King s integrity he believed that America, the most powerful and richest nation in the world will lead the way to a revolution of values. This revolution will change the way society views itself, shifting from a thing-orientated society to a person-orientated society. When this occurs, King believed that ... with at first. After careful consideration he believed that if he were to be called an extremist for love, it could only be taken as a compliment and he came to the realization that the world was in dire need for more extremists. King did not want to be remembered after his death by his Nobel Peace Prize or his many other awards, he wanted people to say ...that Martin ...
- 1473: Heart Of Darkness And Apocalyp
- ... contamination and loss of self that leads us to discover more about our true selves, often causing perceived madness by those who have yet to discover. The Puritans left Europe in hopes of finding a new world to welcome them and their beliefs. What they found was a vast new world, loaded with Indian cultures new to them. This overwhelming cultural interaction caused some Puritans to go mad and try to purge themselves of a perceived evil. This came to be known as the ...
- 1474: The Beginnings of a National Literary Tradition
- ... their history have been concerned over the status of their national literature. One of the major problems facing early Canadian writers was that the language and poetic conventions that they had inherited from the Old World were inadequate for the new scenery and conditions in which they now found themselves. Writers such as Susanna Moodie, Samuel Hearne, and Oliver Goldsmith were what I would consider "Immigrant" authors. Even though they were writing in Canada about Canada their style and their audiences were primarily England and Europe. These authors wrote from an Old World perspective and therefore were not truly Canadian authors. It took a group of homespun young writers in the later part of the 19thCentury to begin to build a genuine "discipline" of Canadian literary thought. ...
- 1475: Heart Of Darkness And Apocalyp
- ... contamination and loss of self that leads us to discover more about our true selves, often causing perceived madness by those who have yet to discover. The Puritans left Europe in hopes of finding a new world to welcome them and their beliefs. What they found was a vast new world, loaded with Indian cultures new to them. This overwhelming cultural interaction caused some Puritans to go mad and try to purge themselves of a perceived evil. This came to be known as the ...
- 1476: The Great Gatsby Is A Tragic H
- ... the book he is recognized as an admirable character. At the end of the novel, Nick "became aware of the old island here that flowered once for Dutch sailors' eyes-afresh, green breast of the new world" (p.182). He is describing the New World as Dutch sailors from the Old World would have seen it. This is where the American Dream is started. The Dutch sailors arrive at the New World with infinite hope. Gatsby looked upon ...
- 1477: Manhattan Project
- ... group of the best scientists; this research was given the name of "The Manhattan Project". On Monday July 16th, 1945, a countdown for the detonation of the first atomic bomb took place near Los Alamos, New Mexico. This atomic bomb testing would forever change the meaning of war. As the atomic bomb was detonated it sent shock-waves all over the world. There was endless research done on the bomb in the United States. The research was called "The Manhattan Engineer District Project" but it was more commonly known as "The Manhattan Project."1 The Manhattan Project ... the war and sent significant funds to the construction of the atomic weapon. Roosevelt speeded up the process of research by having General Groves setup a committee of the brightest minds from all around the world. Because most of the work done on research of the bomb was done in the Manhattan District of New York, at the US Army Corps of Engineers, the name given to the lay out ...
- 1478: Can Skepticism Be Defended, Perhaps In A Limited Form?
- ... person involved believes that they have knowledge (Plato, Cave Analogy, Book VII). In the brain in the vat example the brain believes that it is a fully functioning human being and there exists an external world around it. The reason for the brain believing that it knows this is that it has reasonable belief due to the fact that everything in it's environment coheres, this is obviously not so however ... environment. This brings us to the case of what is real if everything is a fake. What money would be considered the real thing if it was suddenly realised that all the money in the world was counterfeit ?. Surely a paradigm switch would then occur and the counterfeit would be considered real and the real counterfeit. Therefore while the brain in the vat may not have any real knowledge about the world that is external to it's vat it would still have knowledge of it's own counterfeit' world. 6. Argument from Error This argument is based upon the errors made by a human's ...
- 1479: Geothermal Energy
- ... plant in 1966. Geothermal energy has been used for things other than energy production, such as geothermal space- heating systems, horticulture, aquaculture, animal husbandry, soil heating and the first industrial operation of paper mills in New Zealand. Large scale geothermal space-heating systems were constructed in Iceland in 1930. The word "geothermal," refers to the thermal energy of the planetary interior and it is usually associated with the concept of systems ... actual efficiencies of seventy to eighty percent. As well as being used for electricity, geothermal energy is currently being used for space heating. Geothermal heated fluid used for space heating is widespread in Iceland, Japan, New Zealand, Hungary and the United States. In a geothermal space heating system, electrically powered pumps push heated fluid through pipes that circulate the fluid through out the structure. Geothermal heated fluid is also being used ... the waste water is reinjected back into the earth the previously dissolved silica particles precipitate out of the liquid and can block up the pores in the reinjection well. The cool water can also create new passages through the rocks and create unstable ground above. There are three main problems that can plague a power plant when it is operated using geothermal energy, silting, scaling and corrosion. Scaling is caused ...
- 1480: Jimmy Carter: The 39th President of the United States
- ... and between government and the people" (Grolier). The president has been a very strong leader in our country, in making decisions, to being a role model, for the interior of the country and for the world to see. Through the course of the short history of the United States, we have had 42 presidents. Each of these has had different outlooks, different times, different problems, and most of all, significant changes ... into the ring for the presidential campaign. He campaigned for four long years for the Democratic presidential nomination. In 1976, he established a commanding lead over other candidates by winning the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary. He established a solid base in the South and among black voters and went on the win the Democratic nomination. For his running mate he chose a liberal, Senator Walter F. Mondale. Walter ... on bills such as in favor for civil rights, consumer protection, education reform, and political campaign financing reform. In 1976, at Jimmy's request, the Democratic National Convention nominated Walter for vice president (Grolier 1) (World Book 235). III. The election campaign was a very unique campaign in 1976. The main issues were the national economy, the personalities of the two candidates, and the desirablility of change in the White ...
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