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- 8791: Essay On The Shining Houses By
- ... something which one longs to see realized, or in other words, any form of optimism, with a belief of a positive outcome. Hope in a piece of literature verifies a level of goodness in the world, which can be illustrated many different ways by an author. "The Shining Houses" by Alice Munro is an auspicious example of hope in a short story. Alice Munro effectively uses different techniques to present hope ... Mrs. Fullerton, but she also has great personal strength, because she defended her personal opinions. Mary's strength also creates a positive mood, which reassures the reader that there are truly good people in the world. Mary herself is also a symbol of hope, allowing the reader to realize that as long as there is one genuine person in the world, there is reason to hope. The third technique that Alice Munro uses to create hope in "The Shining Houses" is theme. The theme of "The Shining Houses" is that, even though there are many ...
- 8792: Napolean
- ... French scholars he had brought with him began the scientific study of ancient Egyptian history. In 1799 he failed to capture Syria, but he won a smashing victory over the Turks. France, meanwhile, faced a new army; Austria, Russia, and lesser powers had allied with Britain. Napoleon, was no meek soul, he decided to leave his army and return to save France. In Paris, he joined a conspiracy against the government. November 9-10, 1799, he and his friends seized power and established a new regime. Under its constitution, Napoleon, as first consul, had almost completely dictatorial powers. The constitution was revised in 1802 to make Bonaparte consul for life and in 1804 to create him emperor. Each change received ... before the law and freedom of religion. In April 1803 Britain, provoked by Napoleons aggressive behavior, resumed war with France on the seas, two years later Russia and Austria joined the British in a new coalition. Napoleon then abandoned plans to invade England and turned his armies against the Russian forces. In 1806 he seized the kingdom of Naples and made his elder brother Joseph king, converted the Dutch ...
- 8793: Taoism
- ... this concept to its beliefs. Ignorance of these beliefs is a sign of weakness in the mind. To truly understand ones own religion, one must also understand those concepts of the other religions of the world. Hopefully this will be an enlightenment on the reincarnation concepts as they apply to Taoism and Buddhism. The goal in Taoism is to achieve tao, to find the way. Tao is the ultimate reality, a presence that existed before the universe was formed and which continues to guide the world and everything in it. Tao is sometimes identified as the Mother, or the source of all things. That source is not a god or a supreme being as with Christians, for Taoism is not monotheistic ... the belief that the soul never dies, a person's soul is eternal. It is possible to see death in contrast to life; both are unreal and changing. One's soul does not leave the world into the unknown, for it can never go away. Therefore there is no fear to come with death. In the writings of The Tao Te Ching, tao is described as having existed before heaven ...
- 8794: The Impact of Frederick Douglass
- ... speeches denouncing slavery and oppression deepened his hatred of slavery. In 1833 Frederick was sent to work for Auld's brother, Thomas, at a plantation near St. Michael's, Md. Frederick's pride angered his new master, who placed him in the hands of a "slave breaker" in an effort to "tame" him. One day the two fought, and Frederick emerged victorious. Sometime later he wrote that the fight had been ... his life. I was nothing before--I was a man now." (Comptons Interactive Deluxe 1) On September 3, 1838, Frederick escaped from slavery. With identification borrowed from a free black seaman, he traveled to New York City. In less than a day he was a free man. Soon after, he sent for Anna Murray, a free black woman from Baltimore. They were married and settled in New Bedford, Mass. There he took the name Frederick Douglass from a book The Lady of the Lake. After that he left and went to New Bedford Massachusetts to begin his life as a free ...
- 8795: For Information on the Medical Uses of Marijuana
- ... the Canal Zone authorities to prevent the sale or use of Marihuana." The research also concluded that, "There is no evidence that Marihuana...is...'habit-forming.'" [7][8] * The LaGuardia Report (1939-1944), commissioned by New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, which included evidence gathered over thousands of years, concluded that "Smoking marihuana does not lead to addiction... does not lead to morphine, heroin, or cocaine addiction" and that "the publicity concerning the catastrophic effects of marihuana smoking in New York City is unfounded." [7][9] * The Baroness Wootton Report (1968), commissioned by the Advisory Committee on Drug Dependence of the United Kingdom Home Office, concluded, "There is no evidence that...serious physical dangers are ... in 1975 researchers at the Medical College of Virginia found that cannabis showed powerful antitumor activity against both benign and malignant tumors (the government then banned all future cannabis/cancer research) [4]. In fact, the NEW ENGLISH DISPENSATORY of 1764 recommends boiled cannabis roots for the elimination of tumors [19] . Powerful evidence that cannabis not only does not cause cancer, but that it may prevent and even cure cancer. The ...
- 8796: 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 ...
- 8797: Technology Jobs
- ... competition, technology, deregulation, the decline of unions and defense cuts technology is probably the most critical. It has favored the educated and the skilled, says M. B. Zuckerman, editor-in-chief of U.S. News & World Report (7/31/95). Since 1973, wages adjusted for inflation have declined by about a quarter for high school dropouts, by a sixth for high school graduates, and by about 7% for those with some ... under the age of 18. This government policy was conducive to our economic markets, and allowed our country to prosper from 1950 through 1970. Now, our own prosperity has moved us into a highly technical world, that requires highly skilled labor. The natural answer to this problem, is that the U.S. Government's education policy must keep pace with the demands of the highly technical job market. If a middle ... a college diploma, as it was for the children of the 70's to get a high school diploma. This brings me to the issue of our country's political process, in a technologically advanced world. The advance of mass communication is natural in a technologically advanced society. In our country's short history, we have seen the development of the printing press, the radio, the television, and now the ...
- 8798: Military Governments
- ... feudal society. Modern military governments usually occur after the military stages a coup. A coup is the forceful deposition of a government by all or a portion of the armed forces and installation of a new military government. Coups ordinarily take place when the present government poses a threat to the state or the status quo. Because the military controls more armed power than anyone in a state, they have the ... military is to protect and serve the state, therefore there is usually a cycle, known as the Barracks cycle, in which the military brings about a coup, but later reestablishes civilian control, and is the new state threatens governmental stability, the military stages yet another coup, etc. The longer the military stays in power, the more the political state exists unstably. In Nigeria, for instance, numerous military coups were staged between ... branches will be strong enough and take over as the dominant group and set up an autocracy or the coalition will break down and return to the previous form of government or evolve to a new sophisticated government. In any case, military governments are weak internally and externally. They pose as forms of transitional governments, not necessarily in times of revolution, but in times when the state itself becomes weak ...
- 8799: Lord Of The Flies 3
- Lord of the flies by William Golding has the concept of an Island as a microcosm of the evil we produce in the world today. Greed, power, domination are all factors of evil in the story line and in today's society. The main human instinct is survival. The fittest will survive, as in the book, and in today's world as well. For example, someone who is very skilled in math or physical feats may receive a scholarship pertaining to their skill. Taller and attractive people seem to get the better and higher paying jobs ... at my example above, people that riot have no authority to tell others to stop. You could compare that kind of behavior to what children would do if they were put in charge of the world. Today's society is full of bad leaders such as "Sadam Husain" , "Slobodam Molosovich" , "Adolf Hitler" and many more. They lead their people with false ideals and hidden agendas. Their thirst for power killed ...
- 8800: Feminism And Gender Equality In The 1990's
- ... 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 doesn't ... 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 People's History of The United States. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1980. Word Count: 2290
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