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- 7181: Harlem Renaissance
- ... that occurred in all fields of art. The renaissance started off as a series of literary discussions in lower Manhattan (Greenwich Village) and upper Manhattan (Harlem). Many African-Americans had a considerable impact on modern day arts during this renaissance. Alain LeRoy Locke was considered the leader and chief interpreter of the Harlem Renaissance. His efforts to debunk race-based myths of the inherent intellectual, social, and spiritual inferiority of African ... her strength. There were many achievements during the “roaring twenties” by African-Americans. They excelled in all forms of art during the time known as the Harlem Renaissance. Without this period of time, our modern day arts could have been quite different.
- 7182: The Polar Bear
- ... It can trot at 12 to 18 miles per hour. When it is running, it can reach speeds of up to 35 miles per hour. The bear can travel around 50 miles on an average day. The polar bear is also an expert swimmer. The bear has a long neck with a small head which help it to be more streamlined when it is in the water. It also has partially ... quite deep. REPRODUCTION With polar bears, mating usually takes place in April and May on the sea ice. When the female is in heat, she will start marking her trail with several urination’s a day. The male polar bears can tell instantly the tracks of a female in heat. The male will follow the tracks for several days until he finds her. When the male meets the female, there is ...
- 7183: The Landsats Satellites
- ... 20m. The panchromatic mode images data in the spectral range .51-.73 micrometers at a sampling interval of 10m. LITERATURE REVIEW Landsats 1 through 3 circled the Earth every 103 minutes, completing 14 orbits a day. Eighteen days and 251 overlapping orbits were needed to provide almost complete coverage of the Earth’s surface. They carried return beam vidicon (RBV) cameras and the MSS sensor. The MSS sensor scanned the Earth ... 4 and 5 have both the MSS and TM sensors, but the routine collection of MSS data was terminated in late 1992. The satellites orbit at an altitude of 705 km and provide a 16-day, 233-orbit cycle. These two satellites were also designed and operated to collect data over 185km swath. The MSS and TM sensors primarily detect reflected radiation from the Earth’s surface. However, the TM sensor ...
- 7184: GPS: The Future of Navigation and Technology
- ... of a Technological Society As we enter the 21st century, we are constantly being bombarded with new technologies. From the wireless community to operations that once took weeks to recover and now only take a day or so, our world will never be the same. Another technology that is revolutionizing the world we live in is the Global Positioning System or GPS. The first GPS satellite was called GPS Block I ... ship's longitude within 30 nautical miles. The generous offer paid off. In 1761, a cabinetmaker named John Harrison developed a shipboard timepiece called a chronometer, which lost or gained only about one second a day - incredibly accurate for the time. For the next two centuries, sextants and chronometers were used in combination to provide latitude and longitude information. In the early 20th century several radio-based navigation systems were developed ...
- 7185: Drugs and Pregnancy: Drugs Affect On The Baby
- ... larger amounts of alcohol spread out more evenly over time. (3) There is no known safe level of alcohol consumption for a pregnant woman. Pregnant women who consume more than one or two drinks per day are twice as likely as non-drinkers to have low birthweight babies and are at an increased risk for miscarrying during the second trimester of pregnancy. (3) The alcohol in a pregnant mother's bloodstream ... who drank less during pregnancy. (4) Fetal Alcohol Syndrome- Alcohol and its metabolic product acetaldehyde quickly cross the placenta. Below normal birth weights occur when pregnant mothers consume as little as two alcoholic drinks per day. With heavier drinking, a collection of birth defects known as the fetal alcohol syndrome becomes increasingly likely. These children have a characteristic mixture of deformities that include small teeth with faulty enamel; irregular ear lobes ...
- 7186: More Than Just A Place
- ... a person should feel relaxed and comfortable, in harmony with their environment. It is a place of refuge and its doors should always be open. It can be where you go to after a long day of work or what you land on to win the game for your team. The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines it as “one’s place of residence, the social unit formed by a family living together ... homework is finished on the kitchen table, while his little brother learns to walk on the hard wood floors. In this magical place our worries disappear and we can relax. Coming home from a bad day at work, a woman puts her key in the door and walks inside. Upon setting her briefcase on the rustic kitchen table and picking up the remote to watch her favorite sitcom, her troubles leave ...
- 7187: Atomic Bomb 2
- ... it traveled from east to west, from the city toward the hills. It seemed like a sheet of sun. John Hersey , from Hiroshima, pp.8_ On August 6, 1945, the world changed forever. On that day the United States of America detonated an atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima. Never before had mankind seen anything like. Here was something that was slightly bigger than an ordinary bomb, yet could cause ... an excellent satire of the Atomic Age. It is essentially the story of one man, an author by the name of John (or Jonah) and the research he is doing for a book on the day the bomb exploded in Hiroshima. This involves him with members of the Dr. Felix Hoenikker familyдhe genius who helped build the bombСnd their adventures. In the book Vonnegut paints an imaginary world where ...
- 7188: Neural Networks
- ... Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1990. [Fr93] Franklin, Hardy, "Neural Networking", Economist, Vol. 329, (October 9, 1993), pp 19. [Ga93] Gallant, S. I. Neural Network Learning and Expert Systems, MIT Press, Massachusetts, 1993. [Gr93] Gardner, D. The Neurobiology of Neural Networks, MIT Press, Massachusetts, 1993. [He90] Hecht-Nielsen, R. Neurocomputing, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Massachusetts, 1990. [He95] Helliar, Christine, "Neural Computing", Management Accounting, Vol. 73 (April 1, 1995), pp 30. [Kh90] Khanna, T. Foundations of Neural Networks, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Massachusetts, 1990. [Le91] Levine, D. S. Introduction to Neural & Cognitive Modeling, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers, New Jersey, 1991. [Lo94] Loofbourrow, Tod, "When Computers Imitate the Workings of Brain", Boston Business Journal, Vol. 14 (June 10, 1994), pp 24. [Vo94] Vogel ...
- 7189: Neural Networks
- ... Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1990. [Fr93] Franklin, Hardy, "Neural Networking", Economist, Vol. 329, (October 9, 1993), pp 19. [Ga93] Gallant, S. I. Neural Network Learning and Expert Systems, MIT Press, Massachusetts, 1993. [Gr93] Gardner, D. The Neurobiology of Neural Networks, MIT Press, Massachusetts, 1993. [He90] Hecht-Nielsen, R. Neurocomputing, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Massachusetts, 1990. [He95] Helliar, Christine, "Neural Computing", Management Accounting, Vol. 73 (April 1, 1995), pp 30. [Kh90] Khanna, T. Foundations of Neural Networks, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Massachusetts, 1990. [Le91] Levine, D. S. Introduction to Neural & Cognitive Modeling, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers, New Jersey, 1991. [Lo94] Loofbourrow, Tod, "When Computers Imitate the Workings of Brain", Boston Business Journal, Vol. 14 (June 10, 1994), pp 24. [Vo94] Vogel ...
- 7190: A Tale of Two Cities: Summary
- ... to see if they can be of any help to Charles. When the delayed trial finally takes place, Dr. Manette, who is in the people's favor, uses his influence to free Charles. The same day, Charles is re-arrested on charges set forth by the Defarges and one other mystery person. The next day, at a trial that had absolutely no delay, Charles is convicted and sentenced to death. Because of the despondent situation, Dr. Manette has a relapse and cobbles shoes. Sydney Carton overhears a plot to kill ...
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