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- 601: Appalacian Regional Commission & Poverty In Appalachia
- ... graying of America, which is good for the state because older tourists have been found to like touring historic sites. Also because more families like short vacations, Kentucky\\'s central location places it within a day\\'s drive for half of the nations population. But tourism often lead to the degradation of the cultural and environmental resources that attracted the tourists in the first place. And it usually creates low skill ... from wage and hour laws governing the use of overtime. Strategies need to be developed that promote local ownership, require developers to make major initial and ongoing investment in human and social infrastructure, such as day care, training, and education, and raise the quality, and increase the benefits of the tourism products.(Smith-Mello,p.55-6) The crafts industry had an overall economic impact of over 52 million dollars for ... assistance of kin to help a household when resources are limited. Poor families can\\'t afford child care or nursing homes and therefore out of necessity must have assistance from other kin to help with day care of their children and must keep their parents at home. James Branscome in his article, \\"Annihilating the Hillbilly, says the stereotype of the hillbilly has lead the media to ignore the failures of ...
- 602: Greek Mythology
- ... other subjects, and students can also record information and responses from activities done in class. Students may write in their journals during the Social Studies, Writing, or Reading period or at another time during the day. a. The journal can also be used to assess student mastery of each activity or the lesson as a whole. A grade can also be given in Social Studies, Reading, or Writing. D. Lesson Set-up 1. Internet Literature Circles: These are small groups, usually 3-4 students who meet to read and discuss literature that is presented to them over the Internet. This should last approx. 20 ... being real; a real thing or fact. Materials a. Transparency of Myth/Reality T-Chart b. Copies of Myth/Reality T-Chart for each student c. Copies of Myth or Reality? worksheet for each student d. Scissors to cut out strips e. Glue Procedures a. Discuss what a myth is with students using the information from the Background Knowledge section. Make sure they understand that a myth is something that ...
- 603: Comparison: Treatment of War in "The Rank Stench of Those Bodies Haunts Me Still" and "The Soldier"
- ... untitled, and therefore known by its opening line, or whether this was a deliberate repetition. Nevertheless, the repetition seems to increase the impact of the poem's opening. The line "And I remember things I'd best forget." seems to express a longing for the images to be forgotten. Farther on in this stanza, tents are described as "hives", which draws a comparison between the soldiers and insects, as though they ... the poem points out that war causes everyone involved pain and loss, and that each side is made up of people who all have the same kinds of feelings: "Then I remembered someone that I'd seen Dead in the squalid, miserable ditch, Heedless of the toiling feet that trod him down. He was a Prussian with a decent face Young, fresh and pleasant, so I dare to say. No doubt he loathed the war and longed for peace And cursed our souls because we'd killed his friends." "The Soldier" is written in a variation of the Petrarchan sonnet, whose form is usually abbaabba cdcdcd. However, "The Soldier" uses an interlaced rhyme scheme, ababcdcd efgefg. The octave is in ...
- 604: Socrates
- ... known. Later, from when he was eighteen to twenty-four he was in the military in the beginning of the Peloponnesian War. Along with, the rest of the army, he walked fourteen miles in one day to make it to Athens on time. In the tents, he always won the philosophical arguments between his friends, for he had pondered the subjects himself many times. If it had not been for Pythion ... against Socrates. However, Socrates himself said that God was the wisest and next to him, the man who thinks that, God is the wisest and not himself. Socrates was serving the army again, and one day when they were taking a rest, he awoke early in the morning and stood in the mud across his tent on and high hill, his feet planted, for a whole day. He did not say a word, until the next morning, when he gave a prayer to the sun and resumed his normal activities. No one asked why he had done that. Upon return to ...
- 605: Around The World In Eighty Day
- ... immediately with his master. As they went on the Rangoon Passepartout felt it necessary to aid the crew in any way possible. Then they were able to catch the Carnatic as it was delayed a day because of technical difficulties. When they went to reserve four cabins the clerk informed them the boat would be leaving this evening so Passepartout would tell his master at once, but Fix convinced him into sharing drinks and Passepartout soon passed out not informing his master. The next day the master asked a captain of a ship if he would take them he said sure, after Fogg told him he would offer them a hundred pounds a day and two hundred more if he were to get there in time. Mr. Fogg after a long journey said there was a fire on this boat in order to get the attention of the ...
- 606: Around The World In Eighty Day
- ... immediately with his master. As they went on the Rangoon Passepartout felt it necessary to aid the crew in any way possible. Then they were able to catch the Carnatic as it was delayed a day because of technical difficulties. When they went to reserve four cabins the clerk informed them the boat would be leaving this evening so Passepartout would tell his master at once, but Fix convinced him into sharing drinks and Passepartout soon passed out not informing his master. The next day the master asked a captain of a ship if he would take them he said sure, after Fogg told him he would offer them a hundred pounds a day and two hundred more if he were to get there in time. Mr. Fogg after a long journey said there was a fire on this boat in order to get the attention of the ...
- 607: Remains Of The Day
- Kazuo Ishiguro s Remains of the Day gives an eloquent treatment of the issue of how a stoic English butler s unemotional reaction to the emotional world around him is damaging and painful, and how he resolves to make the best of the remains of the day the remainder of his life. Ishiguro explores some of the differences between the old English Victorian culture that of the stiff upper lip, no show of emotion, and repression of personal opinion and the no ... of opinion and emotion. The American culture s spread into England is hastened with the two world wars, and it ends Stevens old way of work, if not the job itself. Although Remains of the Day concentrates on a particular culture, and an obsolescent one at that, Ishiguro makes many insightful observations on human behavior in general. I will explore a few of these observations here, and attempt to show ...
- 608: John D. Rockefeller: Obsession Into Success
- John D. Rockefeller: Obsession Into Success John D. Rockefeller, the Standard Oil magnate who, by the time of his death in 1937, was probably worth close to a billion dollars, is perhaps one of the best historical examples of an obsessive-compulsive. An ... asocial, by his own fixations but by nature of his peculiar psyche must balance these actions with others more socially acceptable. There are abundant examples of Rockefeller's deeds fitting these clinical characteristics, and John D. Rockefeller is today generally regarded as an obsessive-compulsive. The roots of this disorder are traceable back to his childhood. While much of Rockefeller's business history remains a mystery today, it is apparent ...
- 609: Sieze The Day
- Sieze the Day! Andrew Marvell wrote his short poem To His Coy Mistress in a persuasive tone to allow the speaker to convince his mistress, the listener, to succumb to his want. Marvell uses meter, imagery, and tone to persuade his lady to further commit in their relationship. This poem has a very strong carpe diem or seize the day theme which Marvell conveys throughout the poem. In general, the meter of the poem is iambic tetrameter. Marvell uses pauses as well as enjambment to break up the neat pattern that the rhyme scheme of ... coming out faster than at the beginning, creating a sense of urgency as the speaker talks. These last few lines are the lines in which the speaker talks about how the two should seize the day and live life to the fullest. The use of imagery throughout the poem is also an effective means of conveying his message to the lady. His references to the Great Flood and the conversion ...
- 610: A Comparison of Islam and Christianity
- ... most Arabs believed. This God was creator of the world (In Christianity, it's documented in Genesis Chapter 1 verse 1, In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth), and He would one day judge mankind (This is also true in Christianity: "The Lord will judge his people." Hebrews 10:30). Both of these religions share almost the same framework, but they also differ in many ways. The word ... and sustainer of the universe. This God, Allah, is compassionate and just. Because He is compassionate, He calls all people to believe in Him and worship Him. Because He is also just, on the Last Day He will judge every person according to his deeds. On the Last Day, all the dead will be resurrected and either rewarded with heaven or punished with hell. In Christianity one of the Ten Commandments states that "I am the Lord you God.....you shall have no ...
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