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- 701: Poetry
- ... to it! When you're not, live with it. Don't ever be afraid to try to make things better you might be surprised at the results. Don't ever take the weight of the world on your shoulders... Don't ever feel threatened by the future take life one day at a time. Don't ever feel guilty about the past what's done is done. Learn from any mistakes ... t for them you would be a total stranger. 10. A friend is never known till he is needed. 11. Friendship is a responsibility...not an opportunity. 12. Friendship is the cement that holds the world together. 13. Friends are those who speak to you after others don't. 14. The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail and not his tongue. 15. Pick your ... home; When God looked down at me and smiled from his great golden thrown, He said: "This is eternity and all that I have promised you" Today on earth is past but here starts a new, I promise no tomorrow, But today will always last, and since each days the same there's no longing for the past But you have been so faithful, so trusting and so true, Though ...
- 702: Steamboats In Louisiana
- STEAMBOATS IN LOUISIANA Robert Fulton started the very first commercially successful steamboat service in America. His steam-powered paddleboat, the Clermont, sailed up the Hudson River from New York City to Albany in August of 1807. This trip lasted 32 hours The first steamboats were demonstrated in1787. They were used on the river ways to bring cargo, cotton, sugar, and people to their ... houses with large smokestacks and paddlewheels. They were used for carrying people and supplies up and down the river. Steamboats were later used as show boats for entertainment. The purchase of Louisiana in 1803 made New Orleans a part of the U.S. and opened the door to gamblers. The high life so popular in New Orleans spread north which ushered in the era of the riverboat gambler. By 1820, 69 steamboats were operating the western rivers. And by 1860, that number had increased to 735. These steamboats were christened " ...
- 703: China 2
- ... and economy on the mainland for the first time since the end of the imperial period in 1912. From 1949 to 1952 the emphasis was on halting inflation and ending food shortages and unemployment. The new government initiated a land reform program that redistributed land to 300 million poor peasants into cooperative farms. In 1958 the rural people's communes were established, and these dominated agriculture in China until the early ... introduced in October 1984 called for further decentralization of economic planning and for increased reliance on market forces to determine the prices of consumer goods. China has potential to be the biggest market of the world with 1.3 billion people. Furthermore, it posses billions of unexplored resources and the biggest and cheapest labor force in Asia. The size and underdevelopment make it a potential monster that has created interest in every investing and developing country in the world. The Chinese economy is an increasing economic possibility for anyone. Culture & Society Chinese culture and society can be divided into two major periods, Imperial China and Communist China. The modern Chinese society can be ...
- 704: Albert Einstein
- ... the nineteenth and twentieth centuries there is one whose name is known by almost all living people. While most of these do not understand this man's work, everyone knows that its impact on the world of science is astonishing. Yes, many have heard of Albert Einstein's General Theory of relativity, but few know about the intriguing life that led this scientist to discover what some have called, "The greatest ... He avidly studied the Bible seeking truth, but this religious fervor soon died down when he discovered the intrigue of science and math. To him, these seemed much more realistic than ancient stories. With this new knowledge he disliked class even more, and was eventually expelled from Luitpold Gymnasium being considered a disruptive influence. Feeling that he could no longer deal with the German mentality, Einstein moved to Switzerland where he ... Physics. He quickly learned that while physicists had generally agreed on major principals in the past, there were modern scientists who were attempting to disprove outdated theories. Since most of Einstein's teachers ignored these new ideas, he was again forced to explore on his own. In 1900 he graduated from the Institute and then achieved citizenship to Switzerland. Einstein became a clerk at the Swiss Patent Office in 1902. ...
- 705: The Rain Forest
- The Rain Forest The destruction of the rainforest is a problem that the people of the world can not continue to ignore. 14 percent of the Earth's land used to be covered by rainforests yet this number has dropped significantly to only about 6 percent (http://www.ran.org/ran/info_center/index.html). Rainforests provide the people of the world with many necessities, some of which would no longer be available if rainforests did not exist. In the last 50 years, rainforests have declined at a terrifying speed of 150 acres per minute or 75 million acres per year (http://www.ran.org/ran/info_center/index.html). People must open their eyes to the horrible tragedy that will inevitably occur if the citizens of the world do not realize the seriousness of this problem. To better understand the importance of the rainforest, one must be knowledgeable about what a rainforest actually is. The two main types of rainforests are temperate ...
- 706: Computer Crime: A Increasing Problem
- ... to be an increasing problem in today's society. The main aspect concerning these offenses is information gained or lost. As our government tries to take control of the information that travels through the digital world, and across networks such as the InterNet, they also seem to be taking away certain rights and privileges that come with these technological advancements. These services open a whole new doorway to communications as we know it. They offer freedom of expression, and at the same time, freedom of privacy in the highest possible form. Can the government reduce computer crimes, and still allow people the right to freedom of expression and privacy? INFORMATION CONTROL IN THE DIGITIZED WORLD In the past decade, computer technology has expanded at an incredibly fast rate, and the information stored on these computers has been increasing even faster. The amount of money, military intelligence, and personal information ...
- 707: Timeline of Art
- ... shared only for brief periods. The momentary excitement that held these painters aloft and allowed them the maximum of freedom, deserted them as their work developed and matured. The hangover from this movement led to new means of expression. It was never a movement with aims that could be realized such as successive movements as Cubism was, but was a erratic process of experiments with possibilities suggested by the post- impressionist painters. Cubism: Cubism, which began very shortly after Fauvism, is exemplified by Pablo Picasso. In this movement the flattened space including background and foreground are related in a new and more abrupt manner. The first effect is of a camera in motion, a kaleidoscopic impression of the solid portions of the figure. This certain feature can be contrasted to the impressionist movements' works. Added to this kaleidoscopic quality is another new element. Picasso and his Cubist colleagues disintegrated the form into a series of simultaneously viewed but different aspects of the same subject. A cubist painter, to achieve a greater understanding, walked about the subject, ...
- 708: Causes Of The Great Depression
- ... made the time in which the people who could not originally buy these products even worse when they had to pay the credit companies. Furthermore, the wages of the working-class could not go to new products to buy, or sometimes in extreme cases food, because they had to pay for products that had already been previously purchased by credit. The United States economy required the middle-class population to continue ... problems for the economy. The great amount of investment and credit use led to the widespread amounts of market speculation. Maldistribution of wealth existed not only among the social classes, but also in the business world. For example, in 1929, 200 corporations controlled approximately half of all the cooperate wealth (McElvaine, Causes of Depression). While many industries, such as automobiles for example, were thriving in the new industrial America, industries such as agriculture were still prospering but it families began moving off the farms and into the cities; furthermore, farm life in America was being cut down. In 1929, Ford Motor ...
- 709: Albert Einstein
- ... the nineteenth and twentieth centuries there is one whose name is known by almost all living people. While most of these do not understand this mans work, everyone knows that its impact on the world of science is astonishing. Yes, many have heard of Albert Einsteins General Theory of relativity, but few know about the intriguing life that led this scientist to discover what some have called, "The greatest ... He avidly studied the Bible seeking truth, but this religious fervor soon died down when he discovered the intrigue of science and math. To him, these seemed much more realistic than ancient stories. With this new knowledge he disliked class even more, and was eventually expelled from Luitpold Gymnasium being considered a disruptive influence. Feeling that he could no longer deal with the German mentality, Einstein moved to Switzerland where he ... Physics. He quickly learned that while physicists had generally agreed on major principals in the past, there were modern scientists who were attempting to disprove outdated theories. Since most of Einsteins teachers ignored these new ideas, he was again forced to explore on his own. In 1900 he graduated from the Institute and then achieved citizenship to Switzerland. Einstein became a clerk at the Swiss Patent Office in 1902. ...
- 710: Napoleon: Does History Repeat Itself From People Seeking Power?
- ... have been avoided, if he'd carefully studied his predecessor's mistakes? Introduction: There have been several great military geniuses to come from Europe. Edward Rommel won a lot of victories against the British in World War II primarily because he didn't have awful teeth, and he spoke German. Alexander the Great wasn't called Great just because he encouraged people to call him that, he was actually great warrior ... He wanted to be as great, if not greater than, Caesar. But he'd never get taller than Caesar. Julius Caesar was the Roman leader who changed the course of history for the Greco - Roman world. Caesar was able to create the Roman Empire because of his strength in war strategies . Julius Caesar was to become one of the greatest generals ever to rise from Europe, conquering the whole of Gaul ... concern for his previously ill equipped soldiers won their loyalty. During the storming of a bridge at Lodi, he fought alongside his troops, and earned from them the nickname of "the little corporal" . Under the new government Napoleon was made commander of the French army in Italy. During his campaign the French realized how smart Napoleon was. He developed a tactic that worked very efficiently. He would cut the enemy' ...
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