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- 8671: The Heat Death Of The Universe
- Little Worlds In today s busy world, many people get so caught up in their own ambience that they overlook all the other things out there. Some people seem treat their surroundings as if it were their own little world , creating tunnel vision to the array of the actual real world and all the things that occur in it. Pamela Zoline addresses this and many other issues in the short story, The Heat Death of the Universe . This piece reports the abstract, somewhat crazy thoughts, ...
- 8672: Go Ask Alice
- ... fantastic elements and for the non-linear nature of the story; ideas and conversations are not to be taken seriously, but rather to be enjoyed for their lack of connection and straightforward meaning. The dream world in which Alice finds herself when she enters the rabbit hole is called Wonderland. Wonderland is populated by animals that talk and act like real people and by playing cards that act as a royal court. It does not conform to the reality or physics of the real world. Characters (including Alice herself) grow large and small and disappear at will, games and logic are twisted so that they resemble reality, but only if taken as a half-truth. These same characters contribute much ... the value and relevance of children's education. Instead Carroll emphasize the value of children's curiosity and imagination. At the same time, scientific advances increased people's knowledge of natural laws and the physical world. People believed that nature and knowledge could be organized and classified, that scientists could discover the underlying order of the world. Lewis Carroll plays with these ideas of fundamental order and rules in Alice' ...
- 8673: Akenotn
- ... established the cult of Aton, or Aten, the sun god or solar disk, which he believed to be a universal, omnipresent spirit and the sole creator of the universe. He commisioned the building of a new open air temple to Aton it was different that temples to previous gods like Amun re which were dark with catacombs. Some scholars believe that the Hebrew prophets' concept of a universal God, preached seven or eight centuries later in a land that Akhenaton once ruled, was derived in part from his cult. After he established the new religion, sometimes referred to as solar monotheism, he changed his name from the royal designation Amenhotep IV to Akhenaton, meaning Aton is satisfied. He moved his capital from Thebes to Akhetaton (now the site of Tell el Amarinah), a new city devoted to the celebration of Aton, and he ordered the obliteration of all traces of the polytheistic religion of his ancestors. He also fought bitterly against the powerful priests who attempted to maintain ...
- 8674: Chinese Shih Poetry And Philosophy
- Since the beginning of time, man has sought to explain the world around him. This is called philosophy, a Greek word which means "love of wisdom." However, over the millennia it has come to mean much more. The philosophies of the ancient Chinese people, whether they explain ... that men will praise." This clearly demonstrates the fact that Confucianists do not believe in reincarnation. Also, in his Poem on Returning to Dwell in the Country, Tao Chien writes, "In the same world men lead different lives; / Some at the court, some in the marketplace." These lines illustrate that for every man there is a place in an organized Confucian society. Taoism, along with Confucianism, is one of ... the Virtue of the Way. The book set forth the basic ideas of Taoism; that is, following the Tao, or the Way. The main goal of Taoists was to live in harmony with the natural world around them, and to rid themselves of materialistic desires. The primary concern for Taoists like Lao Tzu was to understand the way of the world, and to use that knowledge for self-preservation. One ...
- 8675: Galileo Gallilei
- ... Galileo with some of his financial problems. This was also the year that Galileo met Marina Gamba, whom he never married but had three children with. In 1604, Galileo's belief he had found a new star - and his conclusion that the Earth was moving- began causing him problems. The Roman Catholic Church was uneasy about this declaration that they were wrong. The Church believed that all the planetary bodies were formed at the beginning of Creation, and that new stars were impossible. In 1609, Galileo heard of a spyglass that had been developed in Holland and quickly constructed one himself - the first telescope of twenty times magnification. Galileo presented the telescope to the senate of Venice in August of 1609, who were so impressed they doubled his salary and gave him a permanent job at the University of Padua. Galileo used his new device to observe the heavens. He found that the popular belief that the moon was completely smooth was incorrect; for he could see the craters and mountains with his new device. In 1610, he ...
- 8676: Fredrick Douglass 4
- ... corn fields surrounding the farm and he knew very little about his father except that he was white. Frederick last saw his mother at the age of seven when he was then taken to a new plantation near Baltimore to work for Hugh and Sophia Auld, a relative of his master. At the Auld's home his only duties were to run errands and take care of their new born son, Tommy. It was there when Frederick learned the beginning steps of reading from Sophia, She would often read to him from the Bible. Fearing a educated slave Hugh put an end to his ... to free him on his twenty-fifth birthday. Despite his owners kindness he borrowed money from Anna and bought a ticket to Philadelphia. Dressed as a sailor Frederick safely made it all the way to New York City with a friends "sailor protection papers", a document that certified a black person was a free seamen (T.S.Y.,5). Once in New York he changed his name to Frederick Douglas ...
- 8677: The Use Of Oils In Sacraments
- ... placed on the Sacred Chrism and the Oil of Infirm. The first sacrament, which will be examined, is baptism. The sacrament of baptism is most commonly associated with newborn children. The newborns (or adults) are new members of the Church, and new members of the Body of Christ. As with any sacrament, there is a standard procedure to follow when the sacrament is administered. Oil is not introduced in the Rite of Baptism until after the general ... the child has actually been baptized, there is another anointing where the celebrants says: The God of power and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ has freed you from sin and brought you to new life through water and the Holy Spirit. He now anoints you with the chrism of salvation, so that, united with his people, you may remain for ever a member of Christ who is Priest, ...
- 8678: Credit Cards
- ... charged. Since the early 1990's, banks have upped the credit limit on customer's cards by more than a third, and sent out another three billion offers in 1997 alone (Dollars and Sense). The new targets for these credit card companies are the low-income household families. While only 20% of poor families had a credit card in 1983, 40% did in 1995. Their balances were higher than ever, exceeding ... and a debt repayment plan. All of us have seen the advertisements on TV, in the newspapers, or on the Internet: "Credit problems? No problem", "We can erase your bad credit 100% guaranteed.""Create a new credit identity legally.""We can remove bankruptcies, judgements, liens, and bad loans from your credit file forever!" These are all lines that companies use to entice consumers to pay up-front money to "fix" their ... services are provided, Do not tell you your legal rights and what you can do for yourself for free; Recommend that you not contact a credit bureau directly; Suggest that you try to invent a "new" credit report by applying for an Employer Identification Number to use instead of your Social Security Number; or Advise you to dispute all information in your credit report or take any action that seems ...
- 8679: Feminism And Gender Equality In The 1990s
- ... A Weekend with Daddy." A little girl who lives a lonely life with her mother, divorced, an intellectual know-it-all psychologist, goes to the country to spend a weekend with her father and his new wife, who is wholesome, happy, and a good cook and gardener. And there is love and laughter and growing flowers and hot clams and a gourmet cheese omelet and square dancing, and she doesnt ... 6. The Ethnic Moment, By P. L. Fetzer. Page 234. 7. Constitutional Law Cases & Essays, By S. Goldman. Page 784. Bibliography: Fetzer, Philip L. The Ethnic Moment, The Search For Equality In The American Experience. New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 1997. Goldman, Sheldon. Constitutional Law Cases & Essays, Second Edition. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1991. Marable, Manning. Beyond Black & White. New York: Verso, 1995. Zinn, Howard. A Peoples History of The United States. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1980
- 8680: Daniel Webster
- Daniel Webster Daniel Webster contributed a large potion of the Civil War. To begin, he was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire on January 18, 1782. His parents were farmers so many people didn't know what to expect of him. Even though his parents were farmers, he still graduated from Dartmouth College in 1801. After he learned to be a lawyer, Daniel Webster opened a legal practice in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1807. Webster quickly became an experienced and very good lawyer and a Federalist party leader. In 1812, Webster was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives because of his opposition to the War of 1812, which had crippled New England's shipping trade. After two more terms in the House, Webster decided to leave the Congress and move to Boston in 1816. Over the next 6 years, Webster won major constitutional cases in ...
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