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- 4431: Five Universe Creation Myths
- ... The Pelasgian myth talks about people and their feelings. The Hindu story looks at ideas and reasons behind intangible objects like death, day, and God. The Teutonic myth hints that the writers were having a war or had had one in the past because a war is mentioned in the story. The Christians feel that faith and trust in God are important to live with. Looking at the same sort of story written by very different cultures is an interesting way ...
- 4432: Unidentified Flying Objects: Fact or Fiction?
- ... Life 138)." Later on, a William Spaulding of the Ground Saucer Watch Inc., put these Trent photos under intense computer scrutiny and came out with the same conclusion: It was no hoax (Life). In World War Two, Allied and Axis air pilots witnessed these eerie luminous balls that would either chase planes or zip in and out of the planes' courses. Such oddities were to be eventually called "foo fighters." World War Two was a time of secrecy and great inventions. Instinctively, the allies thought they were some kind of high tech German innovation. Naturally, too, the Germans thought vice versa. Therefore, nothing of an extraterrestrial nature ...
- 4433: History Of The Computer Indust
- ... card punch and electric typewriter. It was slow, requiring 3 to 5 seconds for a multiplication, but it was fully automatic and could complete long computations without human intervention (Chposky, 103).The outbreak of World War II produced a desperate need for computing capability, especially for the military. New weapons systems were produced which needed trajectory tables and other essential data. In 1942, John P. Eckert, John W. Mauchley, and their ... in price of older processors. In other words, the price of a new computer will stay about the same from year to year, but technology will steadily increase (Zachary, 42) Since the end of World War II, the computer industry has grown from a standing start into one of the biggest and most profitable industries in the United States. It now comprises thousands of companies, making everything from multi-million dollar ...
- 4434: Greek Mythology
- ... which was often) he would use his trident to create massive waves and floods. Ever intent upon expanding his domain, he challenged Dionysos for Naxos, Hera for Argos and Athena for Athens. Ares, god of war, was a nasty piece of work – fiery tempered, bloodthirsty, brutal and violent. In contrast Hestia, the goddess of the hearth, symbol of security, happiness and hospitality, was as pure as driven snow. She spurned disputes ... Pandora from clay and water, and, as everyone knows, she had a box, from which sprang all the evils afflicting humankind. Apart fro one misdemeanor, Hephaestus' character seems to have been exemplary. During the Trojan War Athena asked the god to make her a new suit of armor. Poseidon, on hearing this, teased Hephaestus by saying that when Athena came to his forge she would expect him to make mad passionate ...
- 4435: Joesph Mengele
- ... January in 1945 he fled Auschwitz and went to Grossen- Rosen camp. He then fled before the Russians liberated it on February 11, 1945. After fleeing Grossen-Rosen he was captured as a prisoner of war and held in a POW camp in Munich. He stole some papers from a fellow prisoner and the American Army released him not realizing he was part of the SS. During his life on the ... while walking away. (nazi66) People argue that eugenics is a false science, it is about the selective prevention or encouragement of births for social, racial, or political ends. Adolf Hitler used eugenics to create a war. (www.eugenics) He thought the Jews were the route of all evil and therefore commenced to create concentration camps were thousands of Jews were executed, along with other races. Josef, seeing the logic in Hitler ...
- 4436: The End of the World
- ... popes left until "A horrible fiery death to all humankind"© Further more he predicted the southern California' 92 earthquake, 300 years ago!!. Many people believe that the world will end in the form of world war III. Imagine if another Hitler came along, with the weapons that he could get a hold of biological, nuclear and chemical warfare, think how devastating it would be if that happened. People like Hitler are called anti-Christ. Nostradamas also predicted that the third anti-Christ (there have already been 2)would be born in 1970, his name unreleased to the public. Supposedly he will start world war III in Asia some where. "Millinnialism sells, and that's an indisputable fact. There's money in Armageddon" Deep in the heart of Arizona there are about 300 people who think that they will be ...
- 4437: History Of The Car
- ... major source of death and injury in the 1950's. More than 35,000 people perished annually from motor accidents in the United States in the 1950's. In Great Britain during the Second World War the number of deaths caused by automobile accidents was more than two-thirds as great as fatalities from the air raids, in spite of the fact that motor travel was severely limited by petrol rationing ... didn't have to live near the place of the work, for transportation was much easier. Suburban areas sprang up and many people fled the overcrowding in the cities. In the United States after World War II, the garage gets moved forward and attached to the house and become symbol of success. The automobile also gave people access to cheap land where they could build bigger, more sprawling homes. There would ...
- 4438: History Of Photography
- ... own retractable base. During the 1915 World Fair, held in San Fransico, films were showed that were sponsored by industry and businesses. Another important advancement was the development of 16 mm sound film.During World War II the film business saw improvement of the quality of these films. Various techniques were used such as long,medium and closeup shots, the use of various angles for subject and camera movement, and cuts ... if the visual time and space continuity are illogical, the viewers concentration lapses and he becomes bored and easily distracted. The overall effect of the film is substantially reduced.Most of the makers who made war time training films came from the Hollywood entertainment industry or newsreel companies. Another important influence was a British group of documentary film makers,leaded by John Grierson and Paul Rotha.It would be difficult to ...
- 4439: Fire or Ice? How Will the World End?
- ... the many prophesiers to believe that earthquakes will play a major role in the end. The Hindu, Nostradamus, the book of Revelation, and again the Hopi's all have similar ideas of a possible World War III. They all see corruption of mankind as being what leads to this. One result of World War III could be nuclear warfare. Nuclear warfare has been predicted by Nostradamus, and the book of Revelation as best as can be guessed. Nostradamus states in one of his prophecies "The sky will burn at ...
- 4440: Halloween
- ... sped up the pulse and numbed the feet. The soon to be witch was told she was flying over land and sea and always took the initiators word for it. Until the end of World War two Halloween was a time for adults to party and teenagers to play pranks. After the war parents saw Halloween as a fun holiday to include their children. Except in 1970 a child was killed after eating a pixie stix poisoned with cyninde. It turned out that the child's father poisoned ...
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