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- 16451: Biographical Fact Sheet On James Fenimore Cooper
- Biographical Fact Sheet on James Fenimore Cooper James Fenimore Cooper was born in Burlington, New Jersey on September 15, 1789. He was the eleventh of twelve children born to William and Elizabeth Cooper. When James was one year old the family moved to the frontier, and his father established the settlement of Cooperstown at the head of Susquehanna River. Cooper attended a private preparatory school at Albany, New York, and was then admitted to Yale in 1803. He was expelled from there during his junior year because of a silly prank. His family allowed him to join the navy as a midshipman, but ...
- 16452: Origin Of The Solar System
- ... certain mineral phases in meteorites promise to give information about the local galactic interstellar environment that led to the formation of the solar system. Investigations of the properties of other planets has led to the new science of comparative planetology, in which the differences observed among the planets not only lead to a better understanding of the planets, but also pose precise new questions concerning the mechanisms by which the planets may have been formed. Studies of the stars within our galaxy have shown that the age of our galaxy is much greater than the age of the ...
- 16453: Hamlet Vs. Laertes
- ... my lord: The ocean, overpeering of his list, Eats not the flats with more impetuous haste Than young Laertes, in a riotous head, Oerbears your officers. The rabble call him lord; And, as the world were now but to begin, Antiquity forgot, custom not known, The ratifiers and props of every word, They cry, "Choose we! Laertes shall be king!"" (Shakespeare, Hamlet, IV, v, 96-104) The way both Hamlet ... all he has to do is scratch Hamlet and he will die. Laertes accomplishes his little mission on killing Hamlet and says, "Laertes: It is here, Hamlet: Hamlet, thou art slain: No medicine in the world can do thee good, In thee there is not half an hour of life; The treacherous instrument is in thy hand, Unbated and envenomd:" (Shakespeare, Hamlet, V, ii, 306-310) They both succeeded in ...
- 16454: History Of Railroads
- ... and limited capital. Americans had to learn to build railroads for their own country by actual experience; they could not copy English methods. The first American railroads started from the Atlantic ports of Boston, Mass.; New York City; Philadelphia, Pa.; Wilmington, Del.; Baltimore, Md.; Charleston, S.C.; and Savannah, Ga. Within 20 years four rail lines had crossed the Alleghenies to reach their goal on the "Western Waters" of the Great ... west of the mountains, and by the mid-1850s Chicago, Ill.; St. Louis, Mo.; and Memphis, Tenn., were connected with the East. Still other lines were stretching westward beyond the Mississippi. An international route connected New England and Montreal, Que., and another one crossed southern Ontario between Niagara, N.Y., and the Detroit River. During the 1850s north-south routes were developed both east and west of the Alleghenies. It was ...
- 16455: Biography of William Shakespeare
- ... had died when only eleven, but his two daughters were in Stratford-upon-avon with his wife Anne. He was now a wealthy man and had, as long before as 1597, bought a handsome house, New Place, the second largest in Stratford. It had two gardens, two orchards, and two barns. Here, with his family, he spent the last years of his life. Shakespeare remained friends with actors and poets, worked sometimes, and visited London. He bought a house in Blackfriars in 1613. He died on April 23rd, 1616, after entertaining Ben Jonson and Michael Drayton at New Place. He is buried at Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-avon. He wrote thirty-seven plays. .
- 16456: Huckleberry Finn Internal Conf
- ... shaped by society. His mutated outlook originates from the day he first came into existence. Slavery was as much a part of everyday life in the nineteenth century as the computer is in today's world. Slaves were viewed as an asset, not valued as people. They were necessary in executing the smallest of tasks. Being as these were the principles Huck had grown up with, he knew no other way ... Friendship causes Huck to jointly disregard Tom Sawyer, society and his conscience in the same manner. Throughout Huckleberry Finn, Twain demonstrates numerous themes. Courage and friendship are two of the most important. In today's world, it is often true that people are quick to judge and slow to make reason out of their judgements. Stereotypes and generalizations are based upon the actions of the relatively few, causing many to suffer ...
- 16457: Porn on the Internet
- ... these are readily available, mothers need to be especially cautious of what their children encounter. Another reason for why mothers need to keep an extra eye open is because women are now in the working world just as much as men are (Makela 137). This makes them less available around the house and not having the opportunity to watch over their children 24 hours a day. Many curious children who are left to explore the surrounding world on their own can dig into anything. They can rummage around the house and find a knife in the kitchen drawer or a gun in the bedroom closet. Although, parents who are alert will make ...
- 16458: Evolution Or Ignorance
- ... he is credited with first forming a structured theory of evolution. During his studies in the Galapagos Archipelago he found a multitude of flora and fauna that had complete isolation from the rest of the world. One particular type of animal that he paid close attention to be a small bird called a Finch. This was thought as being simple at first, but as he traveled to the different islands he ... well as Evolutionism, although not the same classroom. Creationism belongs in a class like Theology or History of Religion. This is because creationism is the belief in the biblical account of the creation of the world. Biblical meaning the Bible, restricting it only to a group of religions. So-called "Creation Science" is not a science at all. Lately it has been more of a political movement than a science. Sure ...
- 16459: All About Triffles
- ... Peters, and Mrs. Wright in Glaspell's play to those of Clotho the Spinner, Lachesis the Disposer of Lots, and Atropos the Cutter of the Thread in Fate from Greek mythology(Meak86). Although Glaspell brings new meaning to the myth, the attention given to Mrs. Hale's resowing the quilt, the change in Mrs. Peter's perspective on law and justice, and the rope placed by Mrs. Wright around her husband ... a mad woman who over reacts to her husband's behavior. At this point, Mrs. Peters emerges from the shadow of her role as the sheriff's wife and becomes "married to the law." Her new concept of law subjectively favors justice over procedure(Ben-Zvi161). She claims her position as the sister who dispenses that lots in life when she moves to hide the bird and denies the men "something ...
- 16460: The Utilities Confront Y2K
- ... a network of systems that processes millions of calls per minute. Calculations are made for each call to find the most efficient multipath connection possible. For example, a phone call from Washington, D.C. to New York travels from the phone to a switchboard in your building, to the local carrier's central switching office, through the local networks system that routes calls to the long distance carrier, through long distance ... of the utilities noncompliant. However, most companies have implemented formal plans of action and contingency plans in case failure does occur. Any failures should be only minor problems, but still could create many headaches after New Year's Eve. The best thing to remember is to be patient and all the problems will be fixed.
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