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- 2301: The Population Solution
- ... as many people as there are today. Let's think about that though. Let us suppose that the population growth rate stays at 2.0 per cent so that the number of people in the world continues to double every 35 years. How long, then, will it take for the world's population to weigh as much as the entire planet? The answer is - not quite 1,600 years. This means that by 3550 AD, the human population would weight as much as the entire planet ... solution of the population explosion, conditions which include education, birth control methods and government action. Although not the largest in terms of population size, Kenya has one of the highest rates natural increase in the world. This rapid growth rate, which is predicted to reach 120 million by the year 2050, is primarily due to high birthrates and low death rates. Alarmingly, more than half of its population is under ...
- 2302: Social Impact Of The Internet
- ... almost nothing that cannot be accomplished from the comfort of one's own home; grocery shopping, buying merchandise, paying bill, researching for term papers and even striking up relationships with people half way across the world. Communication, which once consisted of putting pen to paper, has now been reduced to a few key strokes and a click of a mouse; indeed, people are able to correspond via E-mail faster and ... problem for those who have locked themselves inside the anonymity of their computers. Indeed studies have shown the tendency for people to become significantly stressed, depressed and lonely with each hour spent in the obscure world of Internet chatting. Because there is proof to substantiate the claim that the longer people spend chatting on the Internet the less sociable they become, a considerable amount of further research must be done to ... In a critical time where social integration is high on the agenda in post war Lebanon, the Lebanese society is finding itself competing not only with the existing forces of disintegration, but also with a new unanticipated one. The Internet introduces an invasion of western cultures into the homes of unsuspecting parents, which may lead to a loss of one's own culture and adopting a new foreign one. The ...
- 2303: International Space Station
- International Space Station The International Space Station, a worldwide project, is the next goal in a quickly growing space frontier. The station will be the first and next step towards researching the vast unknown world of outer space. What will be learned by this station? NASA has only the highest hopes that with the newest advancements in technology up in space, the fundamental physical, chemical, and biological processes can be ... The power tower concept required too many parts and shuttle missions for it to be completed. That would force the cost of the project to exceed NASA s budget. The following year in 1985, a new, updated station concept was drafted. This was called the dual keel concept, and included two vertical towers joined and braced together with three horizontal beams. This structure would allow four pressurized operable and livable modules ... of animals, plants and protein crystals in the absence of gravity will hopefully lead to further studies on earth. One of the most sought for research is for Osteoporosis, hoping that zero gravity along with new sample medicines and tests, could lead to stronger, healthier bones as you grow. Microgravity allows two new crystals to be grown that cannot be on earth high quality crystals for protein study and 3D ...
- 2304: Charlotte Temple Essay
- ... army who was about twenty three years old, and Charlotte was only fifteen. He was much older than Charlotte. Montraville influenced her in evil ways; he impressed her with his knowledge of love and the world by writing her a letter and giving it to her personally . Montraville knew this was forbidden but gave it to her anyway. " Tis a romantic attempt," said he,"and should I even succeed in seeing ... a deserving women into scenes of poverty and distress. a soldier has no business to think of a wife till his rank is such as to place him above the fear of bringing into the world a train of helpless innocents, heirs only to penury and affliction. ... But mark me boy, if on the contrary, you rush into a precipitate union with a girl of little or no fortune, take the ... conversations on your memory, and let it influence your future conduct"( Rowson 40). After the warning from his father, Montraville still kept seeing Charlotte. Montraville eluded Charlotte, and took her on a boat bound for New York. On that boat Montraville had sex with Charlotte Temple. She became pregnant out of wedlock. Society frowned on pregnancy in unmarried women much more than today. "...Why, Mistress, charity begins at home, and ...
- 2305: Crisis In Kosovo
- ... Crisis in Yugoslavia For hundreds of years there has been conflicts in the area of Yugoslavia. The present day conflicts between the United Nations and Slobodan Milosevic and the Serbians has caused uproar throughout the world. Many innocent lives have been lost since the beginning of the present warfare, but there has been bad blood between the Serbians and the ethnic Albanians long before President Milosevic started pushing the Albanians out ... undeveloped in Yugoslavia. For over two centuries the area of Yugoslavia were under the rule of the Ottoman Empire. During the 15th and 16th centuries the Ottoman Empire was the most powerful empire in the world. Although sometimes called the Ottoman Nights by many people who were under the rule there was much advancement in society during this time. During the 17th century numerous revolts by armed groups of peasants and ... The French Revolution and the Napoleonic era signaled the beginning of the transformation of the way of life throughout the Balkans. The wars of this period precipitated changes in diplomacy, and in their aftermath entirely new social and political processes began to change the way these people lived their lives. They remained overwhelmingly peasant societies, but the older aristocratic dynasties were increasingly challenged by the rising middle classes, which saw " ...
- 2306: Dickinson vs. Whitman
- ... spent four years learning the printing trade; Emily Dickinson returned home after receiving schooling to be with her family and never really had a job. Walt Whitman spent most of his time observing people and New York City. Dickinson rarely left her house and she didn't associate with many people other than her family. In this essay I will be comparing Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman. Emily Dickinson's life ... during his lifetime, but Emily Dickinson only published seven of her poems during her lifetime. Actually, her poetry wasn't published until after her death. Both Whitman and Dickinson were poetic pioneers because of the new ideas they used in their poetry. Emily Dickinson did not write for an audience, but Walt Whitman wrote for an audience about several national events. The forms each poet used are different as well. The ... rhyme in the poetry by Whitman is drastically different from the poetry written by Dickinson, because Whitman didn't use any rhyme. Emily Dickinson grew up in Amherst, Mass, and Walt Whitman grew up in New York City, New York; this is one way that these poets' lives differ. The main people that influenced Emily Dickinson were Ralph Waldo Emerson and Emily Bronte. Walt Whitman was influenced by many people, ...
- 2307: How Raphael Personifies The Renaissance
- ... Those of Raphael are living things; the flesh palpitates, the breath comes and goes, every organ lives, life pulses everywhere (Vasari, Web Museum 1) On April 6, 1483, in Urbino, Italy, a man of a new age came into the world, Raphael Sanzio. Starting in his most formable years, art and poetry came into his life by way of his father Giovanni, a court painter to the Duke of Urbino. Giovanni, the first actual master of ... aspects to far exceed those of Perugino. Raphael took a journey to Florence in 1504 to learn more about the happenings taking place in the fastest growing portion of Italy. While in Florence, he embraced new methods and techniques, adopted from those of Leonardo da Vinci. From da Vinci, Raphael learned how to balance and individualize his figures in every work that he would fabricate from that day forward. Raphal ...
- 2308: The US Stock Market
- The US Stock Market As of February 24, 1997 the United States stock market has seen only two major crashes since the first seat on the New York Stock exchange was sold in 1850. Both the 1929 and the 1987 crashes turned the Dow Jones Industrial Average downward by almost 23% each. On the other hand, this market has witnessed many corrections ... market is in what is commonly referred to as the longest bull market in history. And with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), the Standard and Poor's 500, and Nasdaq Composite continuing to break new records, many in the financial world are worrying about what is in store for the market this year. Specifically, they are concerned whether or not the stock market will correct (or worse, crash) in 1997. In focusing on the possibility ...
- 2309: Jimi Hendrix Report
- ... knew it he was opening for King Curtis, The Isley Brothers, and even Little Richard. Hendrix's big break occurred when he was playing at a club in Greenwhich Village called Café Wha. At this New York club was a young record producer, and lead bassist of the Animals that went by the name of Chas Chandler. Chas particularly liked Jimi's charisma for his music. He had enjoyed listening to ... if Jimi was going to be successful, it was necessary for him to be in a band, not just a solo artist. Hendrix and Chandler had auditioned a number of musicians to be in the new band, which was to be called The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Jimi and Chandler had decided upon a trio with Hendrix on guitar and vocals, Mitch Mitchell on drums, and Noel Redding on bass. The first ... government in general. The songs on Electric Ladyland showed a marked turn for Hendrix that indicated that as his comfort in his own abilities and heritage grew, the faith that he once had in the world was being torn apart by the Vietnam War and his increasing realization that everything in the world is not necessarily made better by his own success. By the time the next album was to ...
- 2310: Charlotte Temple Essay
- ... army who was about twenty three years old, and Charlotte was only fifteen. He was much older than Charlotte. Montraville influenced her in evil ways; he impressed her with his knowledge of love and the world by writing her a letter and giving it to her personally . Montraville knew this was forbidden but gave it to her anyway. Tis a romantic attempt, said he, and should I even succeed in seeing ... a deserving women into scenes of poverty and distress. a soldier has no business to think of a wife till his rank is such as to place him above the fear of bringing into the world a train of helpless innocents, heirs only to penury and affliction. ... But mark me boy, if on the contrary, you rush into a precipitate union with a girl of little or no fortune, take the ... conversations on your memory, and let it influence your future conduct ( Rowson 40). After the warning from his father, Montraville still kept seeing Charlotte. Montraville eluded Charlotte, and took her on a boat bound for New York. On that boat Montraville had sex with Charlotte Temple. She became pregnant out of wedlock. Society frowned on pregnancy in unmarried women much more than today. ...Why, Mistress, charity begins at home, and ...
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