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- 7211: Moby Dick 2
- ... sea, and from his experiences as a result of those voyages. A. Herman Melville s life was an intriguing one, with many interesting aspects. He was born in 1819 to Allan and Maria Melville in New York, NY and would have a total of seven other siblings. Of these siblings there were four girls and four boys, including Herman. His life would go fine until about 1930 when his father s ... takes place on various oceans, such as the Atlantic, the Indian, and the Pacific, in the early to mid 1800 s. However, a good deal of the first part of the novel takes place in New England inside and around Nantucket. A. Some evidence of this story taking place in this time period can be conveyed through examples from the book. For example, in the seventh chapter entitled The Chapel , the ... his search for faith when he wrote Moby-Dick. The place is also a factor to consider when discussing setting. There are many instances where Melville specifically states that they are near the cities of New Bedford and Nantucket. Also, the foods that they eat suggest that they are in a New England type atmosphere. Furthermore, he gives a lot of information about local ports as well as people, all ...
- 7212: Renaissance Art 2
- When the new upper class movement, Renaissance, occurred in Italy around the 14th century, a revival of the classical forms originally developed by the ancient Greeks and Romans, an intensified concern with secular life, and interest in humanism ... naturalism in the society. Other artists during the Italian Renaissance period such as Giovanni Bellini began to express their art through secular and religious themes and ideas that were exhibited through landscapes and portraits. As new styles of linear and aerial perspective and pyramid structures came into use by Francesca and Alberti, paintings were able to carry better-recognized religious ideas because the paintings became more transparent and more vivid in ... the Greeks. With the continuous growth of paintings and artists, prestige for art increased dramatically to the point in which religious aspects were shown through landscapes, portraits, and temperas. This then allowed the creation of new styles and mathematical input that manifested everyday life with religious aspects. One such artist was Giovanni Bellini who introduced bright, rich, strong colors into his palette and landscapes that expressed the happiness, calmness, and ...
- 7213: Grace Kelly
- ... Being so energetic and outgoing himself, he found it hard to understand a daughter who enjoyed sitting still, reading or writing. Grace begged him to enroll her in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and he reluctantly agreed. Her mother also disapproved of sending her to New York. She worried about the dangers lurking in wait for an innocent girl in New York City, but Sending Grace to the Academy proved to be a valuable decision. Grace loved the Academy and worked hard there, modeling in her spare time. She faced many rejections before she landed ...
- 7214: Grace Murray Hopper
- ... College in 1928 with Phi Beta Kappa and a Vassar College Fellowship. She went to Yale University, where she earned an M.A. in 1930, and a Ph.D. in 1934. She also went to New York University as a Vassar Faculty Fellow in 1941. In December 1943 she was sworn in, and in May 1944, she joined the U. S. Naval Reserve and attended the USNR Midshipman School. Later she ... impossible. This lead Hopper to invent the first computer "compiler" in 1952. This software made the first automatic programming of computer language easier. Before, programmers had to write lengthy instructions in binary code for every new piece of software. Because binary code consists solely of 0's and 1's, it was difficult for programmers to get through their long tasks without a lot of mistakes. Hopper knew there had to be a solution. She wrote a new program that helped software developers from having to write binary code. Each time the computer needed instructions that were common to all programs, the compiler would have the computer refer to codes in its ...
- 7215: Processed Art
- ... he was much more directly and effectively a supporter of the Nazi cause. Had his sculpture been ugly, ambiguous in meaning, poorly executed or less directly associated with Nazi militarism, the negative effects on the world of his sculpture would have been considerably lessened. In a certain sense, Breker uses his numerous "naked men with swords" to unite the notions of health, strength, competition, collective action and willingness to sacrifice the ... rather inferior art, which was acquired after the Nazis cleared the museums of degenerate art, is Relay Runners by Karl Albiker. The only way to fill all of the newly open old museums and the new ones being built was to lower standards for quality and in many cases substitute ideological viewpoint as the standard for quality. The forms in this sculpture are blunted and imprecise and obviously cannot stand on ... about the portrayal, but given the era in which it was created, themes like health, athletic prowess, collective action and competition are unmistakably intended to promulgate this view of German society and what kind of world the Nazis wanted to be thought of creating. It is unfortunate that today so many artists have not taken home the wrong lesson from such works. Of course the end toward which they agitated ...
- 7216: Benedict Arnold
- ... His main goal in life was to achieve fame and immortalize the Arnold name, but he did not care who he hurt along the way. Arnold’s selfishness only grew with age, and soon the world was not enough for him. His deceit, ego and selfishness controlled him even when he was in his deathbed. Benedict Arnold was a deceitful man ever since the French and Indian War. He deserted the army when he received a letter from his sister, Hannah, saying that Benedict’s mother was sick. He hitchhiked to his home in Norwich from Lake George in upstate New York. Benedict lied even to the kind stranger who picked him up, telling him, “I was—working [on a farm]” (13). When he came home he got in a fight with Hannah and she told ... to be the first and last sign of his patriotism, but it was not. The only reason why he said such a thing is because after he became a traitor he was shunned by the world; he had never reached the fame he thought he would have. So when he wished he would have stayed loyal to America, it was not because he wanted undo a terrible wrong, but only ...
- 7217: Abraham Lincoln
- ... debts. Sarah Lincoln’s arrival marked a turning point in Abraham Lincoln’s life. Sarah brought her three children of her own into the Lincoln family. The Lincoln children felt that they had joined the world of luxury when Sarah brought knives, forks, spoons, tables and chairs, and comfortable bedding. But most of all she brought the love. Although Sarah was illiterate, she felt that it was important for the children ... years. As soon as Lincoln was legally able to leave his fathers house he did. In March 1832, Lincoln announced himself a candidate for the state legislature. Lincoln was twenty-three and had settled in New Salem, where he was a clerk in a small country store. He was a young man with limited formal education and no government working experience. He campaigned well, but in the end the votes were ... up losing the election to Douglas, but in turn gained a national name. In 1860 he was nominated as the candidate for the Republican party. By the time he took the oath of office a new country was forming. No other president in history has ever been asked to “preserve, protect, and defend the constitution and nation” to the level that Lincoln was asked. Lincoln’s first inaugural address was ...
- 7218: The Biography of Husband E. Kimmel
- ... attack on December 7, 1941. The book The Accused, follows the events of his courts-martial and subsequent appeals. The book gives a brief history of his naval career from the time he enlisted before World War I and the present. He served with honors aboard several ships and sustained some combat injuries during his time. Husband Kimmel graduated in the midst of his Annapolis class in 1912 and was awarded the rank of Lt. J.G. He quickly rose in ranks during the 1st world war and earned a command post on a light cruiser. During this time, his C.O., while under going maneuvers, was injured when a fighter strafed his ship, hitting the bridged. Kimmel, then a Lt ... to the position of Captain and then later to Commodore. He maintained his position as an aide to the Fleet command until his superiors retired or were sent into the Atlantic at the onset of World War II. Once he entered the position of Fleet Commander, he tried to maintain the efficiency of the fleet by ordering training maneuvers for preparedness conditioning. It was at this time that the Purple ...
- 7219: Ray Bradbury
- ... and 1952). He has been awarded the O. Henry Memorial Award, the Benjamin Franklin Award in 1954, the Aviation-Space Writer's Association Award for best space article in an American Magazine in 1967, the World Fantasy Award for lifetime achievement, and the Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America. His animated film about the history of flight, Icarus Montgolfier Wright, was nominated for an academy award, and ... Dandelion Crater on the Moon after Bradbury's novel, Dandelion Wine. Outside of his literary achievements, Ray Bradbury was the idea consultant and wrote the basic scenario for the United States Pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair. He conceived the metaphors for Spaceship Earth, EPCOT, Disney World, and he contributed to the conception of the Orbitron space ride at Euro-Disney, France. He was creative consultant for the Jon ...
- 7220: Is The Idea Of Doctrinal Devel
- ... to conclude that ‘the theology of the church is a diligent, patient, working out of one doctrine out of many materials. The conduct of Popes, Councils, Fathers, betokens the slow, painful, anxious taking up of new elements into an existing body of belief.’ (Essay, 353-4) Lindbeck’s book suggested that there are three current trends in theories of doctrine. The first, cognitive-propositionalist, stresses the cognitive aspects of religion, emphasising ... is ‘an ineradicable cognitive element to Christian doctrine.’ Kung regarded doctrinal change as paradigm change, in the same way that paradigms within natural science have changed. For the old model to be replaced by a new, there has to be dissatisfaction with the old, and the new one ready to take its place. While science changes its model, but retains its faith in its methods, there is no reason to suppose that Christianity shouldn’t be able to change the paradigm ...
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