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- 4651: Motivation Is Progression
- ... reason to invent the theory of relativity? Self interest is the driving force behind invention and creativity. Most hobbies need capital to be participated in. The production of capital coincides with contributions of ideas and new products to society. The advantage of inventions and theories like the theory of relativity is that they provide the building blocks for machines and appliances. Such advancements contribute to society and allow our nation to ... corruption are the downfalls of self-interest and the market system. People whose motivation is to make money and nothing more have deranged priorities, in my opinion. These downfalls lead to homeless people and a world that is not perfect. The downfalls of the market system occur because people are obsessed and fascinated by power. Some people believe that money is power; to some extent this is true, but not entirely ... foundation in the obsession of self-interest and money. The competition and sportsmanship in sports has been corrupted by greed and has lead to less than enthusiastic play by the athletes. The rainforests of the world have been chopped down because the greed of individuals to make money off it s resources. The rainforests of the world have also been saved by environmentalists who have a self-interest in helping ...
- 4652: Charles Lindbergh
- ... three phases. The preflight that was step of obtaining the plane, the arrangements of sponsors, and making a list of land marks. Probably the most important phase out of all was the actual flight from New York to Paris, France. The final phase would consist of a man turning into a hero when he finally reaches Paris. The preflight arrangements for Charles A. Lindbergh s flight began in early 1927. Charles ... Corporation of San Diego, California, had responded within twenty-four hours of receiving Lindbergh s telegram regarding a plane for his proposed transatlantic flight. Yes, they could produce a plane that could fly nonstop from New York to Paris. It would cost $6,000 not including the engine, and would take three months to build. The Ryan workers worked on the Spirit of St. Louis morning, noon, and night, seven days ... 220-horsepower, air-cooled, nine-cylinder Wright J-5C Whirlwind engine. On May 10, 1927, Charles Lindbergh, piloting the Spirit of St. Louis, took off from San Diego headed for St. Louis, en route to New York and Paris. Lindbergh set records for the San Diego-St. Louis leg, and on May 12, 1927, landed at Curtis Field, Long Island, setting a record for the fastest transcontinental flight. On May ...
- 4653: Hitler
- In the fall of 1922, the Germans asked the Allies for a moratorium on the reparations payments that they were required to pay according to the Versailles Treaty (from World War I). The French government refused the request and occupied the Ruhr, the integral industrial area of Germany, when the Germans defaulted on their payments. The French occupation united the German people to act against ... him into a side private room. What exactly went on in that room in sketchy. Hitler waved his revolver at the triumvirate and then told each of them what their positions would be within his new government. They didn't answer him. Hitler even threatened to shoot them and then himself. To prove his point, Hitler even held the revolver to his own head. During this time, Scheubner-Richter had taken ... had already agreed to join. The crowd cheered. By this time, Ludendorff had arrived. Though he was upset that he had not been informed and that he was not to be the leader of the new government, he went to talk to the triumvirate anyway. The triumvirate then hesitantly agreed to join because of the great esteem they held for Ludendorff. Each one then went onto the platform and made ...
- 4654: Life Death And Continuous Chan
- ... obvious that she mentions living things and their metamorphosis’ but maybe not so obvious is the inherent fact that with every metamorphosis a death occurs-that is the death of the old to make the new. Midway through the piece Terry Wolverton addresses the reluctance of the dinosaur to it’s demise. She also mentions our denial of death and the ironic acceptance of our life in it’s clammy hands ... deals with a similar obscurity of distinct worlds. In “The Plum Tree” it was shown that spurts of excessive life can arise from a frail, dying spirit while in “Yahrzeit” the blurring of the living world and the world of death is demonstrated in the following lines: “You fill the apartment , shine through it’s yellow walls; there’s no room you do not occupy, yet, searching, we cannot find you, except in ...
- 4655: Lais Of Marie De France
- ... when Guigemar is alone that he sees the mysterious doe with the antlers of a stag and a fawn. This creature also serves as a signpost telling us that Guigemar has crossed over from this world into the realm of Fairy and magic. It is this encounter with the animal that wounds Guigemar with an injury only love can heal. Directly after this we see another, more ironic example of isolation ... The isolation theme is continued as Guigemar travels alone to a harbor, in which is a ship. The ship is described as being majestic in its beauty, which keeps with the crossing over into the world of magic, signified by the hind responsible for Guigemar’s wound. “There was no peg or deck-rail which was not made of ebony. No gold on earth was worth more and the sail was ... aboard expecting to find men in charge. But the ship was deserted and he saw no one.” (p.45) Not only does the mysteriousness of the deserted ship keep with the isolation of the “other world” it also represents isolation itself as another immediate factor. It was the isolation of this magic ship that led Guigemar to his love. It is interesting to note that isolation is present also in ...
- 4656: Objections To And Advantages O
- ... officially ended. The two military alliances: NATO and the Warsaw Pact signed a treaty that stated they were no longer each others enemies and that they will advocate peace and stability in Europe and the world. One year later, the Warsaw Pact collapsed. This left a 'vacuum', east of the NATO border. The natural reaction in the East was to ask for admission to NATO. Admission from Eastern European countries to ... first are: Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. A good relationship with Russia is essential for the NATO countries. Russia does not see NATO as its potential adversary, but Russia is looking for a new role: keeping the status quo or returning to a system of 'spheres of influence'. Germany, after unification, plays an important role in Central and Eastern Europe. Germany's foreign policy towards these countries ('Ostpolitik') is ... to Opening of doors for E European countries Within the Western NATO countries there is not only fear of Russian reprisal (when allowing the countries to join NATO), there are also some practical objections. A new member will be required to offer guarantees, including armed forces capable of integrating into NATO, compatible communication equipment and an agreed obligation to help any other member under military attack. At this time, the ...
- 4657: The Conflict in Chechnya
- ... capital, guerrilla leader Shamil Basayev displayed his own brand of black humor, calling for a massive hole to be dug in the Russian cemetery on the edge of the shattered city in preparation for a new pile of Russian corpses. There was something wildly irrational in the Kremlin's thinking, starting with the notion that a second Chechnya war would be more winnable than the first one. Three years ago, a ... one word, for them it means to lose the God-granted originality - the relic of any nation - and to stop being Chechens. The most bewildering question remains - why was there a double standard when the World recognized the independence of the members of the former Soviet Union? When the Baltic Republics (Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia) asked for their independence in 1991, the whole world, including Europe and USA, supported them unanimously. As a result, Russians could not stop them from gaining their independence. However, Chechens who have been fighting against Russian despotism for over 400 years have been ...
- 4658: Living A Lie The Invisible Man
- ... by Ralph Ellison, a character known as the narrator goes through an eye-opening experience where he allows society to destroy his identity. The narrator describes himself as an invisible man living in a displaced world where people do not notice him. He becomes lost within the racial conformities of time affecting his transition to manhood. It forces him to live a life as a lie in a world where he is not honest with himself; insecure about his beliefs; and confused about his identity. Destined to be one of the prominent black men of America, he succumbs to reality by conforming to the views of others. As the novel develops, the narrator uses dishonesty as a means to get what he wants in a world where values have little meaning. His misconstrued virtue helps him cope with himself and society. Determined to believe that they never see his true appearance, he makes up stories about crime and violence. At ...
- 4659: C-SPAN, the Cable TV channel
- ... of our government in action. In addition to video, C-SPAN also has 2 different audio networks that broadcast international and American political content, unfiltered and uncut. Also, C-SPAN has moved into the computer world and has established a homepage to provide information to people about its services, as well as receive feedback from viewers via email. One of the most unique aspects of C-SPAN is that all of ... of these additional programs are presented, "to the audience without filtering or otherwise distorting their points of view", and, "without editing, commentary, or analysis, and with a balanced presentation of points of view."4 A New Yorker magazine article summed up the C-SPAN experience by this commentary: "The rest of TV news looks very odd when you come back to it after watching C-SPAN. Rituals long practiced with a ... been added. For the future, C-SPAN would like to add one, two, or even three more channels. Because its news reporting ability is limited by the erratic hours of the House and Senate, a new channel that has 24 hours free time would be useful. According to the New Yorker article: "If [Brian] Lamb has his way, there will be a C-SPAN3, a C-SPAN4, and a C- ...
- 4660: Poul Voulkos Ceramist
- ... his junior year, graduating in 1951. Voulkos had a natural aptitude for clay and soon was winning awards, including top honors at the 1950 National Ceramic Exhibition at the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, in New York. Encouraged, he chose ceramics as a course of study in graduate school at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, from which he graduated with a master's degree in 1952. Around ... Black Mountain College in Asheville, N.C., in 1953. Once again, timing was in his favor, as other artists on hand included John Cage, Merce Cunningham and David Tudor, with whom he later stayed in New York, where he met Abstract Expressionist painters Franz Kline, Jack Tworkov, Philip Guston and Robert Rauschenberg. That fall, he returned to Helena, and was resigned to selling his ceramics to make a living until the ... L.A. Conceptual artist John Baldessari recalls that Voulkos, who at that time was painting in an Abstract Expressionist style as well as building massive abstract clay sculptures, seemed the very embodiment of the advanced New York art world. Baldessari, who was studying painting, remembers, “I soon discovered that he was more of an inspiration and a goad than any of my painting instructors, who were relatively academic. He psychically ...
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