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- 5021: The Work of Poet and Philosoher Archibald Lampman
- ... particular of his works but I feel it necessary to discuss the conditions in which he lived in order to fully understand what he was trying to express and/or symbolize. Lampman really hated his day to day life, he lived only for his friends and his works. Trapped in a city for which he had no love, he often reflected his loathing of it in his numerous works situated in cities. A ...
- 5022: Creationism vs Evolution: Through The Eyes of Jay Gould
- ... years since English naturalist Charles Darwin first told the world his revolutionary concept about how livings things develop. Evolution through natural selection and adaptation was the basis of his argument as it remains to this day a debated subject by many. Across this nation, a "return" to "traditional" values has also brought the return of age old debated topics. One issue that truly separates Americans is the issue of creation versus evolution. Since the 19th century, this divisive topic has been debated in school boards and state capitols across America. In many instances religious fundamentalists won the day by having banned the instruction or even the mention of "ungodly" evolutionary thinking in schools. With todays social and political climate, this question is back with greater force than ever. This is why this ...
- 5023: Yamamoto
- ... was on April 18, 1943 when he flew in a battle and was shot down. The truth is that the Americans decoded Japans naval code, found out the details of Yamamoto's flight, and F.D.R. himself ordered American pilots to ambush Yamamoto and the Japanese. Japan did not know that the U.S.A. decoded their signal. Yamamoto also had certain ideals, or standards of excellence. For example, he ... s code. ON APRIL 18, 1943, YAMAMOTO'S PLANE WAS AMBUSHED BY AMERICAN FORCES, AND YAMAMOTO'S PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN, KILLING HIM INSTANTLY. THE DECISION TO AMBUSH YAMAMOTO'S PLANE WAS MADE BY F.D.R. Yamamoto was a very loyal man, a patroit, if you will. He did his job even when he disagreed with it, he flew a plane even though it was not necessary, and he cared ...
- 5024: Obasan
- ... in Naomi's life, for she must decide between traditional Japanese ways or modern Canadian living. Obasan, lives on the basic requirements of life, while Emily lives in the large metropolis of Toronto, enjoying modern day luxuries. Obasan's house is cluttered with antique furniture and pictures; described by Naomi in the following paragraph: "The house is indeed old, as she is also old. Every home-made piece of furniture, each ... so short
The past so long. Shouldn't we turn the page and move on." (42). Emily however in response to this states that "The past is the future." (42). Emily seems to live each day with the goal of correcting the wrong doings of the past and more importantly to get compensation for the crimes against Japanese-Canadians (WWII). At a young age Naomi is unaware of the situation and ...
- 5025: The Computer Revolution
- ... People finally had full affordable access to the World-Wide-Web and could communicate with people across the street or across the world. The internet is used by millions of people across the world each day for a vast variety of reasons from getting help with homework, to reading a magazine, to getting business information such as stock quotes, to planning a trip and making reservations, to send and receive e ... power commands use computers to control the flow electricity. In the future, computers will play an even more important role in our lives. Computers will link the citizens of this country with the government, some day making it possible for the citizens to directly vote on each bill that is up for vote. This will make America the first true democracy since the Greeks.
- 5026: The Advantage of Commercials
- The Advantage of Commercials It began in the early 1940's and to this day still is in many of our lives, even more so then before. It's the TV that I'm referring to. The TV started only as only musicals on it,. But eventually proceeded up to ... of all households have a TV. Over 75,000,000 of TV sets are color. To how haw our lives depend on TV; according to A.C. Nielsen, America watches more than 7 hours per day. Many people say TV has many disadvantaged, like expensive commercials. For example, on 30 second commercials in the 1984 Super Bowl cost approximately 450,000 dollars. If you just look at the price it sounds ...
- 5027: Francesco Petrarch
- ... the Archbishop. Petrarch was included in a welcoming committee of the Cardinal Gil Albornoz. Along with the Archbishop and other noblemen greeted the Cardinal and his men. The Cardinal asked to speak with Francesco one day. During this time Petrarch did not ask for anything of himself but asked that many petitions from his friends, including Nelli, be signed. Shortly after the visit from a Genoese envoy came to Milan asking ... come from the classical writers, Cicero, Virgo but also from a woman named Laura. Petrarch apparently was in love with this woman but his love was not returned by her: Ah! Said to himself one day, was I to see the laughter of those bright eyes extinguished by are; those golden locks changed to silver; the flowers painted on that complexion faded away; was I see Laura without her garland, without ...
- 5028: Genghis Khan & The Mongol Empire
- ... moving toward a fixed objective. They ravaged smaller towns and observed the larger fortified towns and supplys were gathered by the military. They typically tried to surprise their enemy with a rapid march of a day and a night. If unsuccessful they may withdraw, appearing to retreat for several days until their opponent was off guard. Then they may entend their line of soldiers, until the enemy was surrounded and destroyed ... of this number not more than half were Mongols. The armies of Genghis Khan were made up of 50,000 Turkoman allies at the end of the campaigns; In China the ancestors of the present day Koreans and Manchus were fighting under the control of the Mongol empire to help defeat China.(Lamb,p.208) Genghis Khan died in august 1227 on the Tangut military campaign in north China apparently from ...
- 5029: A Memorable Experience in Photography
- ... emotions through me and would have brought greater emotions to my grandfather. I used this photograph because it brings back the memory of my grandfather telling me the story of how he survived that tragic day. On December 7, 1941, my grandfather was stationed at Pearl Harbor as a airplane mechanic. It was still early in the morning and he was still sleeping. Then out of nowhere he heard numerous explosions ... eyes my grandfather was a hero and Robert Capa helps me recollect that image in that one picture. This picture was not directly related to the event, but it brings back the memories of the day my grandfather told me the story. I never really was interested in photography, but now I realize the beauty and power it can have on your emotions. Works Cited Capa, Robert. New York: Grossman, 1974 ...
- 5030: Black Holes
- ... because something is allowed to happen doesn't mean that it does. Most astronomers resisted such absurd realities. Astronomers are very conservative by nature, and some of the most respected and influential astronomers of the day rejected this idea so soundly that it wasn't until the 60's that any actual searches began. At first, the only instruments available were the old familiar optical telescopes. Optical telescopes are just what ... Mon, make it seem realistic that it might be a black hole. The evolution of the light curves, the decay rate in magnitude of the novae, and variations in brightness on the order of a day are all similar in the two systems. The spectrum of the nova, its various emission lines and other spectroscopic details, also does not resemble a classical nova in the same stages, but instead resembles that ...
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