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- 1451: Phineas And Gene A Comparitive
- ... A contrast is also seen between Gene and Phineas in their responsibility. Phineas proved to be a very irresponsible person. One example displaying Phineas' irresponsible nature occurred when he and Gene were studying for a French examination. Phineas wanted to jump off a tree into water, than to focus on studying and achieving a good mark. When Gene told Phineas he should stay, Phineas replied, " You want to study?"(108). At ... to believe that Gene wanted to study, thus showing that Phineas was an irresponsible student. Gene on the other hand was a very responsible student because he wanted to stay in and study for his French test rather than jump off a tree as his friends wanted him to. Gene stated to Phineas as he tried to explain his situation, " If I need to study, then so do you."(108). This ...
- 1452: Bauhaus
- ... roamed the street waiting for the country to collapse. The Germans were living in poverty and starving from the lack of supplies (Jackson). "This may seem to be an unlikely environment to support an artistic revolution. Never-the-less, for the designers of the Bauhaus, this was the beginning of a rewarding struggle" (qtd. Brodie). In 1919 an institution called the Bauhaus was formed in Weimer. Walter Gropius was appointed as ... applied design in industry. "Everyone sitting on a chair with a tubular steel frame, using an adjustable reading lamp, or living in a house partly or entirely constructed from prefabricated elements is benefiting from a revolution in design largely brought about by the Bauhaus"(qtd. Whitford.) Works Cited Brodie, Laura. "Women of the Bauhaus." Women in the Visual Arts Web Site. 20 Feb. 1999 (http://www.coa.edu/HEJourney?courseprojects/women ...
- 1453: Martin Luther King
- ... that enabled so many people to have trust and faith in him. Through King s integrity he believed that America, the most powerful and richest nation in the world will lead the way to a revolution of values. This revolution will change the way society views itself, shifting from a thing-orientated society to a person-orientated society. When this occurs, King believed that racism will be capable of being conquered and this nation will ...
- 1454: The Necessity Of Computer Security
- The Necessity Of Computer Security When the first electronic computers emerged from university and military laboratories in the late 1940s and early 1950s, visionaries proclaimed them the harbingers of a second industrial revolution that would transform business, government and industry. But few laymen, even if they were aware of the machines, could see the connection. Experts too, were sceptical. Not only were computers huge, expensive, one-of-a ... on society as well. As John McCarthy, Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, speculated in 1966: "The computer gives signs of becoming the contemporary counterpart of the steam engine that brought on the industrial revolution - one that is still gathering momentum and whose true nature had yet to be seen." Today's applications of computers are vast. They are used to run ordinary household appliances such as televisions and microwaves ...
- 1455: Computers
- ... switches linked as a unit, however, the computer increases the number of operations it can recognize at each cycle. The first adding machine, a precursor of the digital computer, was devised in 1642 by the French philosopher Blaise Pascal. This device employed a series of ten-toothed wheels, each tooth representing a digit from 0 to 9. The wheels were connected so that numbers could be added to each other by advancing the wheels by a correct number of teeth. In the 1670s the German philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz improved on this machine by devising one that could also multiply. The French inventor Joseph Marie Jacquard , in designing an automatic loom, used thin, perforated wooden boards to control the weaving of complicated designs. Analog computers began to be built at the start of the 20th century. Early ...
- 1456: Oscar Claude Monet
- ... Claude Monet Oscar Claude Monet was born on November 14, 1840 in Paris, France. Monet spent most of his childhood in Le Havre, France. In Le Havre, Monet studied drawing and painted seascapes with a French painter Eugene Louis Boudin in his teens. By 1859 Monet committed himself a career to be an artist. Monet spent a lot of time in Paris around 1859. By 1860 Monet met a pre-impressionist painter, Edouard Manet. Monet also met other French painters destined to form the impressionist school. Monet met Camille Pissaro, Pierre Auguste Renoir, and Alfred Sisley. Monet painted simple landscapes and sketch like scenes of bright color. Monet had some success in official exhibits ...
- 1457: The Count Of Monte Cristo
- ... one will not prosper in vain as did the villains of this novel. Setting:France in the nineteenth century is a nation teeming with turmoil. Those loyal to Napoleon feud with those loyal to the French monarchy and Kink Louis. We are moved across this nation in this novel, and begin in a small port city in southern France, Marseilles. Marseilles is where the characters are introduced, and where the conflict ... the Chateau dIf. From then on the Count is planning a slow harsh, and painful vengeance on those who crossed him. He first needs to be introduced into he crθme de la crθme of French aristocracy, and society. He achieves this by saving Albert de Morcerf, the son of a prestigious general, from bandits in Rome. Once made familiar with the elite of society, the Count recognizes many familiar faces ...
- 1458: Charlotte Brontes Jane Eyre An
- ... those themes with direct relevance to Antoinette. There are a whole series of binary oppositions and comparisons considered by Rhys: Love-hate, fear-attraction, black-white, Anglican-Catholic, history-fiction, freedom-captivity, male-female, British-French. Their number, along with the clear lack of distinction between them, are indicative of the conflicting forces at work, both within Dominican society and those impacting on it from outside. The history of the country ... about him according to British Victorian rigidity; all of which conflicts with the vibrant colour, gaiety and passion of his surroundings. This Anglocentric intolerance is clearly shown in his xenophobic and racist attitude towards the French-patois speakers and his neurotic obsession with race, miscegenation and incest. He personifies the masculine, forbidding restrictions of the Anglican church, contrasted with the bright, warm, predominantly feminine Catholic environment7. He sees, in his environment ...
- 1459: Two Great Men: Franklin and Jefferson
- ... he enjoyed reading. Franklin writes in The Autobiography, "From a Child I was fond of Reading, and all the little Money that came into my Hands was ever laid out in Books" (530). He learned French, Spanish, Italian, and Latin. His idea about education was to read to gain knowledge, and work hard in order to educate yourself. He was a jack of all trades and master of many. He felt ... a large and wealthy family. Thomas Jefferson began his studies under a tutor, and learned many languages. In his "Letter to Peter Carr" he writes, "Italian. I fear the learning this language will confound your French and Spanish. Being all of them degenerated dialects of the Latin, they are apt to mix conversation" (731). Being a well-educated man himself, he felt that every person was entitled to an education. The ...
- 1460: Coping With Computers
- Coping With Computers PROF. GARTNER While the twentieth century has proven to be a technological revolution, there has not been a single development with as much impact on our day to day lives than that of the computer. For many, the development of the modern computer has provided more widespread business ... it over the Internet. Of course, the bill is sent with e-mail as well. As of yet, she still has never seen the system administrator. Despite her negative or unusual experiences with the technological revolution, Ellerbee admits that she does appreciate the technology that she and her office uses. She says that she has come to peace with technology, and I would have to say that her adaptation to this ...
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