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- 4081: Quintana Roo
- ... were not well developed roads or communication linkages with sophisticated regions. Quintana Roo contained valuable untapped resources, such as: the many miles of white, sandy beach shoreline along the Riviera Maya, traditional Mayan communities, the Great Maya Reef and intriguing ancient Mayan ruins (Internet 1). The significance of Quintana Roos undisturbed and natural areas was crucial to Mexicos tourism industry as other leading tourism countries were turning to a ... different agendas, as well as conflicting interests with the local communities. The problems arose because while these developments helped bolster the national economy for the short term, they were not sustainable. Mass tourism areas caused great harm to the natural environment and to the local communities. When the Quintana Roo region was in the planning process, the goal for the development of this new tourism product was to eliminate the problems of sustainability that Mexico had been dealing with in the overdeveloped beach resorts. The government officials involved in the planning process knew they had many great natural resources and archaeological ruins to promote; however, their implemented plans proved to be inefficient. The national and multi-national bodies involved in the implementation of these plans began to deviate from their goal ...
- 4082: The Red Badge Of Courage
- ... this tragic conflict the War Between the States, the War of the Rebellion, the War of the Secession, or the War for southern Independence. But regardless of what it is called, the war was a great turning point in American history. What is so interesting about Crane's Red Badge of Courage? I found out that war turns boys into mature men, the real dialect and slang used during the war ... their own slang and dialect that is similar. I know how the soldiers talked and acted because from the author's technique of writing. This is the first paragraph of the book. It is a great introduction of the novel to show how the author writes descriptively and how he can create a mental picture in the mind: The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an ... and poor living circumstances. Now, it might seem that a soldier's life is dreadful and all, but they do have their good times. Like when they receive their letters from home or after a great victory when they celebrate. The life in the camps is not the worst part of being a soldier. Obviously the horrifying and violent battles are the worst part of being a soldier. As a ...
- 4083: Shakespeare Finds Love On A Midsummer Night
- ... ass. The acting group to which Bottom belongs before and after his transformation is performing their own modified version of "Pyramus and Thisbe," a folktale that Shakespeare has changed to suit his purposes, and the great mess they make of it in front of the duke Theseus on his wedding day is one of the most famous comic moments in history. This performance is given at the end of the play ... ready and willing to take up swords to fight for their ladies. Puck fortunately has the foresight to lead them away from each other so things do not lead to bloodshed. The key to any great play is a satisfying ending. Even if an audience goes to the theater to see a tragedy, they must feel they have gotten the melancholy they came for if the play is be a success ... little more, be a little more human than they expected. In 1592, Robert Greene slammed Shakespeares works in a pamphlet, calling him an "upstart crowe [sic]." Even then, people knew that he would be great. His plays were attracting serious attention as soon as they were published, in books known as quartos, as they still attract attention today. In 1999, the second feature film of Dream was made. The ...
- 4084: The Opening of the Crusades: Pope Urban II
- ... call for a crusade; what Urban might have hoped to gain{n from this crusade; to whom this plea was addressed. In the year of our Lord's Incarnation one thousand and ninety-five, a great council was celebrated within the bounds of Gaul, in Auvergne, in the city which is called Clermont. Over this Pope Urban II presided, with the Roman bishops and cardinals. This council was a famous one ... time. "On whom, therefore, is the labor of avenging these wrongs and of recovering this territory incumbent, if not upon you,_you, upon whom, above all other nations, God has conferred remarkable glory in arms, great courage, bodily activity, and strength to humble the heads of those who resist you? Let the deeds of your ancestors encourage you and incite your minds to manly achievements: the glory and greatness of King ... to be liberated and ceases not to implore you to come to her aid. From you especially she asks succor, because, as we have already said, God has conferred upon you above all other nations great glory in arms. Accordingly, under take this journey eagerly for the remission of your sins, with the assurance of the reward of imperishable glory in the kingdom of heaven." Consider: What, according to Cantor, ...
- 4085: Buddhism
- Buddhism By Elizabeth Chandler Buddhism is recognized as one of the great religions of the world. To call Buddhism a religion by itself would do injustice. Buddhism is a school of moral thoughts and principles as well as a religion to worship. Unlike other religions Buddhism's ... where you go to in your next life in Buddhism based on your actions. Through Karma (a person's acts and ethical issues) your next life will be decided. Good deeds are rewarded with a great place in the next life. Evil deeds are punished in the next life. This provides the decision of your next life to be based on moral law as opposed to a judgement like other religions have. In the next life Karma effects you social status, wealth, intelligence, beauty, as well as longevity. This is a great reward for having moral and kind values in the life your once led. 4. The Eight Ways to the End of Suffering. In Buddhism there are many ways to end suffering. Terminating, abandonment, extinction, ...
- 4086: Neil Simon
- ... and found that writing for stage was significantly different than his previous experiences writing. His first attempts at theater were rough, but it didnt take him long to achieve excellence. He has also achieved great success with his work in the film industry. He is very fastidious when writing his work, and also quite critical of both the final written product, as well as its resulting production. However, no matter ... to end his television writing career and move on to script writing. Neil tries to take these energies, both positive and negative, and fuse them into the characters in his plays, and does so with great success. He is often praised for his outlook of life. His plays are somewhat autobiographical according to Simon. He humorously dramatizes his serious basic beliefs in his plays, as with most comedy writers. However, he ... Spangled Girl that it is "clearly and simply a failure." Although his opinion does vary from production to production it is evident Simon is his own worst critic. As many of his plays are of great interest to the film industry, Neil prefers to do his own adaptations to keep the content and theme true to the original. Having done more than a dozen adaptations, including the successes Lost in ...
- 4087: Computer Crime
- ... in them if they admit that their computers have been attacked. And few of the crimes that are reported are ever solved. Hacking was once a term that was used to describe someone with a great deal of knowledge with computers. Since then the definition has seriously changed. In every neighborhood there are criminals, so you could say that hackers are the criminals of the computers around us. There has been a great increase in the number of computer break-ins since the Internet became popular. How serious is hacking? In 1989, the Computer Emergency Response Team, a organization that monitors computer security issues in North America said ... 23 countries surveyed this year brings the 1994 worldwide total to $15.2 billion. As we can see that software piracy is on the increase with such big numbers. Many say that the Internet is great, that is true, but there's also the bad side of the Internet that is hardly ever noticed. The crime on the Internet is increasing dramatically. Many say that copyright law, privacy law, broadcasting ...
- 4088: Sex in Ragtime
- ... groups within which the sexual activity takes place: Father and Mother, Younger Brother and Evelyn Nesbit, and Harry Houdini and Harry K. Thaw. Some are more obvious and explicit than others, but they all have great purpose. The sexual activity between Father and Mother is used to define their relationship, sexual activity by Younger Brother is used as a replacement for violence, and the one scene between Houdini and Thaw is ... a massage. "He was clutching in his hands, as if trying to choke it, a rampant penis which, scornful of his intentions, whipped him about the floor, launching to his cries of ecstasy or despair, great filamented spurts of jism that traced the air like bullets and then settled slowly over Evelyn in her bed like falling ticker tape"(Doctorow 64). In this very explicit scene, Doctorow shows Younger Brother's ... their respective cultures. The second conflict that is alluded to in this prison scene is the conflict between the new rich and the old rich. Just as F. Scot Fitzgerald's elicits in his novel Great Gatsby, the difference between these two classes creates conflicts that at times can be insurmountable. Class struggle is a theme that comes up throughout the novel. The reason for this earlier provocative scene is ...
- 4089: Buddhism
- ... a sick man covered with terrible sores, an old man, a corpse, and a wandering monk. The sightings of these men made Gautama think of the suffering and inevitable death which comes to all people great and small. This brought further questioning such as the meaning of life and the ultimate fate of man. As time passed these thoughts became great burdens upon Gautama and he increasingly became dissatisfied with the shallow dissolute life of the royal court in which he lived. Therefore at the age of 21, although married with a beautiful young son and also the heir to a very rich throne he forsook it all and became a travelling holy man. After a while of travelling as a holy man there was a great even that transformed Gautama into the Buddha (or the Enlightened One). It all began at dusk on Gautama's thirty-fifth birthday. While sitting under a tree it is said that he thought a ...
- 4090: Battle of the Bytes: Macintosh vs. Windows 95
- ... it was the PC. Now it is a much different show. With the release of Windows 95 and the dynamics of the hardware market have changed the equation. On the other hand, Apple has made great price reductions on many of their computers last October. You can now buy a reasonably equipped Power Macintosh at about the same price as a PC that has about the same things. This makes the competition much harder. Windows 3.x have been great improvements over the earlier versions of Windows, and of course over DOS, but it still didn't compete against the ease of use on a Mac. The Windows 95 interface is much better than Windows ... deciding a computer. I leave you to decide this. Windows 95 or Macintosh, the choice is yours. I feel that this is the best journal entry I have ever written. It informs the reader a great deal about the subject and it helps you make a decision that is very important if you decide to buy a computer for work or home use. It is very helpful because it can ...
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