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- 5121: What I Would Place In A Time Capsule
- What I Would Place In A Time Capsule As the turn of the millennium approaches, the human race will continue to develop new technology and new ways of thinking. It is always enjoyable to take a visual journey back in time, to view what was considered advanced and what thoughts of future times represented. A time capsule stored with precious documents ... information on the songs and artists. Song lyrics, like poetry, can go beyond the written words of a book or a story, and give an in depth prospective on people and their lives. Guiding the new information and technology of today, computers serve as the most useful tool for teaching and productivity across the globe. With the aid of computers, new and better systems are manufactured and put to work ...
- 5122: All Quiet On The Western Front
- Erich Maria Remarque s All Quiet on the Western Front, a novel set in World War I, centers around the changes wrought by the war on one young German soldier. During his time in the war, Remarque s protagonist, Paul Baumer, changes from a rather innocent Romantic to a hardened ... been the foundation of his pre-enlistment days. This rejection comes about as a result of Baumer s realization that the pre-enlistment society simply does not understand the reality of the Great War. His new society, then, becomes the Company, his fellow trench soldiers, because that is a group which does understand the truth as Baumer has experienced it. Remarque demonstrates Baumer s disaffiliation from the traditional by emphasizing the ... All Quiet VII. 149). Baumer is driven away from the older men because he understands that the words of his father s generation are meaningless in that they do not reflect the realities of the world and of the war as Baumer has come to understand them. Also during his leave, Baumer visits the mother of a fallen comrade, Kemmerich. As he did with his own mother, he lies, this ...
- 5123: The Privatisation Of The Uk El
- ... in the production of electricity. By privatising, the government hoped that the incentive of higher profits would act as a reward for efficiency, meaning that more effort would be made in research and development of new techniques so as to make production more efficient. In order to pass savings onto the consumer, the electricity companies would have to work under certain restrictions imposed by the government and the electricity regulator, (OfGen ... was in the position of having a private monopoly (although this was regulated by the government). However, in 1997 this situation changed for good, as it had been realised that the monopolies had not introduced new technologies or lowered prices for consumers (as the privatisation had been intended to do) but had simply led to the exploitation of consumers. This was because the government was not regulating the companies well enough ... of research and development and therefore increased efficiency in the market. However as competition in direct supply between the regional electricity boards in all areas became legalised the market has taken the form of a new, competitive market. Thus since the beginning of privatisation in the early 1990 s the market has seen a transformation from public to private monopoly and then to a new market type. This can be ...
- 5124: Literary Devices Used In MACBE
- ... is expected. An example of situation irony occurs when Macduff talks to Malcolm and discusses the tragedies that are taking place in Scotland. Without knowing that his own family has been slain Macduff says, " Each new morn/ New widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows/ Strike heaven on the face" (4.3.4-6). Ironically, Macduff comments about widows, while he is completely unaware that he is a widower himself. Irony, a key element to ...
- 5125: Lighting Advancments
- ... more commonly known as a light bulb, which depended on electricity. Thomas Alva Edison devoted all his adult life to science. Once Thomas Edison had enough money to be comfortable, he opened a laboratory in New Jersey. He then hired a team of scientists and gave them everything they needed to work; their job was to dream up new inventions . October 21, 1929 was the fiftieth anniversary of Edison s invention of the electric light. (Louis 46-48) The electric light was a huge scientific discovery. The electric light offered a safer, non-fire ... timed lights, even pure white lights. Pure white lights have a special coating, which offer a clean white light, instead of the standard yellowish light, which is most common. ( Ligthing F.A.Q. ) Another relatively new form of lighting is a halogen bulb. Halogen bulbs offer a brighter light than conventional lighting. These bulbs run much hotter than other kinds of lights.( Hubble Lighting ) Halogen bulbs can be used to ...
- 5126: Unique Cultures of The World
- Unique Cultures of The World Regions throughout the world have developed unique cultures. Aspects of these ways of life vary tremendously. This indisputable fact can be proven by simply studying one of these aspects. Cuisine, the cuisine of China in particular, is the aspect ... this region’s people use mutton and lamb more than in other regions. Without a doubt, the one dish that has escaped from Peking’s borders and captured the imagination of people through out the world is Peking duck. In fact, the ducks for this meal are often raised and fattened especially for the meal. On the eastern side of China is Shanghai, which covers the area of the Kiangsu, ...
- 5127: Men Fear Death
- ... way. Other beliefs across the globe have different theories. Hindus say that the spirit undergoes a form of reincarnation. So for many Hindus, death is a welcome event. A chance for them to enter the world anew, and escape the old. For them death truly is an awakening. For others though, it is an escape for many people, with religious beliefs or not, just want to die. This can be for ... of death is the good the dead body can do for others. With today’s medical technology, a dead body can be used in many practical ways. One of the most prevalent in today’s world is for organ transplants. Being an organ donor can save many lives from one that has ended and we are thinking of new ways to take advantage of healthy parts of dead bodies everyday. Making life out of something that is lifeless is nothing less than a miracle. Another use for the dead body is simply for ...
- 5128: Epic Of Gilgamesh And The Bibl
- ... due to any disobedience, but simply the fact that a harlot seduces him. (The Epic of Gilgamesh, 64-65) Enkidu does not realize that his alliance with the harlot will change his position in the world of the beasts, and is shocked when they reject him. (The Epic of Gilgamesh, 65) The beasts know that Enkidu has become a man before he fully realizes and accepts it himself. What does a ... talk to. He leaves his animal inhibitions behind, and learns human ways. (The best example of this is when he loses his nakedness and becomes clothed.) He develops a desire to challenge and change the world, specifically the king Gilgamesh. Most remarkably, he hunts animals instead of living among them. (The Epic of Gilgamesh, 65-68) All of these changes result in the development of independence and insight into actions and consequences. Enkidu, Adam, and Eve have learned about the world and themselves through a fall. The fall itself is the first punishment. Enkidu is rejected from the animal world in which he lived (The Epic of Gilgamesh, 65); Adam and Eve are rejected from ...
- 5129: Reoccurring Themes And Symbols
- ... sin that became public. Before condemning someone else for wearing a black veil, you should remember that you wear one as well (Hawthorne 107). Bibliography Colacurcio, Michael J. “Visible Sanctity and Specter Evidence: The Moral World of Hawthorne’s ‘Young Goodman Brown.’” Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Tales. Ed. James McIntosh. New York: W.W. Norton, 1987. 389-404. Dryden, Edgar A. “Through a Glass Darkly: ‘The Minister’s Black Veil’ as a Parable.” New Essays on Hawthorne’s Major Tales. Ed. Millicent Bell. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993. 133-151. Hawthorne, Nathaniel. “The Minister’s Black Veil.” Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Tales. Ed. James McIntosh. New York: W. ...
- 5130: Heart Of Darkness 4
- ... or train tracks was made. "One's cruelty is one's power; and when one parts with one's cruelty, one parts with one's power," says William Congreve, author of The Way of the World. (Tripp 206.) The Europeans forcibly took away the natives' land and then enslaved them. All the examples given are part of one enormous idea of cruelty - cruelty that the European white men believe because its victims are helpless. These are mystical revelations of man's dark self. Bibliography 1. Conrad, Joseph. Heart of Darkness: Backgrounds and Criticisms. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1960. 2. Meyers, Jeffrey. Joseph Conrad. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1991. 3. Conrad, Joseph. Heart of Darkness 3rd ed. Ed. Robert Kimbrough. New York: Norton Critical, 1988. 4. Williams, George Washington. [A Report upon the Congo - State and Country ...
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