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- 4241: Telekinesis
- ... honor attached to being able to do 50 things at once. We somehow seem to derive worth from this. Well, it's unhealthy. It's what contributes to stress, anxiety, elevated blood pressure and even depression and a host of other "dis-eases". Don't get caught up in all that. It's not about how much you can do but how well you do. It's about quality not quantity ... your mind, the more available energy you have. It is in that discipline that teaches, patience, acceptance and unconditional being. This is a skill that will enhance every aspect of your life. It's a great way to enhance one's healing techniques as well. 4. Learn to "Let Go". As soon as something, whether it's an old bias, an old emotion, blouse, anything---let go of it. Resolve things ...
- 4242: Renewables, the Energy Source for America’s Future
- ... of dependence on oil is the best way to solve our current energy dilemma. For the past fifty years, fossil fuels have been the main source of energy in the U.S. They are a great source of power, but unfortunately they also have many setbacks. The finite reserves of fossil fuels are being depleted at a rate one hundred thousand times faster than they are being formed. As supplies decrease ... potential are geothermal power, small-hydro power, and the use of hydrogen gas for fuel. Small-scale hydro development has been recently revived. Although the sites only produce small amounts of electricity, they have other great benefits. They have minimal impact upon the environment, sites can be developed quickly and expanded easily, also their long life span of seventy years or more and minimal operating costs makes them very cost effective ... This actually requires more energy than we get out of it. If we use solar power to provide the necessary electricity, hydrogen fuel has the potential to be a very viable fuel.(1) Despite the great benefits of renewable there are a few drawbacks. Most critics tend to have similar arguments against renewable energy. They say it is unreliable, costly, and uses too much land. The supposed drawbacks are easily ...
- 4243: Blacks, Prison, And Institutional Racism
- ... This paper uses many govermentally commissioned reports. Blacks, Prison, and Institutional Racism Introduction Criminal justice and security is one of the largest industries in the United States. Such a statistic is (and rightly so) of great concern to Afro-Americans because a disproportionate percentage of individuals under the control of the US Criminal Justice System are from the Black community. This paper will look at the alarming statistics and attempt to ... imprisonment of Blacks today. During the period of slavery in the US Blacks were needed as workers and were therefore used as so . What are Blacks needed for now? Despite the many accomplishments of such great inventors as Granville T. Woods and Benjamin Bannicker, it would seem that White society would have no use for Blacks. During the period of slavery Blacks deemed useless were killed. In today's society Blacks ... the barbarism of the early 19th century. Again White society is using Blacks for economic gain, again the system is legitimated and legalized by the US Government, and again the burden on Blacks is severely great. The Value Of Black Life Slavery in the 90's? A scary, but none the less real condition. But what about when Blacks go beyond their usefulness. What about when the threat that Blacks ...
- 4244: Jimi Hendrix: A Reflection Of A Man Through His Music
- ... his woman won’t love him any more, he says “I know her sister will.” With “Red House,” Jimi extended his identity in relation to pop culture to include not only rock star status, but great musician -- both blues and otherwise -- as well. In a 1967 Rolling Stone article titled “Hendrix and Clapton,” Jon Landau states: “He [Jimi Hendrix] is... a great guitarist and a brilliant arranger. On ‘Red House,’ the only straight blues he recorded,... he establishes himself as an absolute master of that musical form” (Brown 94). Another Hendrix tune from Are You Experienced? was ... his bandmates in and surrounded by Indian imagery, to which Jimi responded: “The three of us had nothing to do with that Axis cover. When I first saw the that design I thought, ‘It’s great, they have an Indian painting about us, but maybe we should have an American Indian’” (Welch 117). Axis: Bold As Love marks a more obvious return to Hendrix’ Native American heritage. Where Are You ...
- 4245: Another 1984
- ... was able to put down his feelings in his dairy. The diary was an old, yellow paged, ancient book purchased from the owner of the antique store. It was supposedly a book created before the great revolution and this is symbolic. It is symbolic because most books created before the revolution were destroyed. The best articulation that Bernard could come up with was his feeble attempts to make the director of ... worlds in which Winston and Bernard live do not even allow them to make mistakes. They can only do what their leaders see as right. In the end Winston and Bernard fail to achieve the great change for society. They do make their great change for themselves. They may end up in bad situations, however, it was by their choice and doing. Something the rest of society didn’t have. I take this as a message to cherish ...
- 4246: A Touch Of Jazz
- ... s innermost genius. Many jazz musicians are now famous figures in the history of the 20th -century music. Joe "King" Oliver, Edward "Kid" Ory, Sidney Bechet, Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, Louis Armstrong and the first great white jazzman, Leon "Bix" Beiderbecke, were some early masters of jazz. Edward "Duke" Ellington and William "Count" Basie led some of the great bands of the 1930's and 40's, while Glenn Miller. Benny Goodman and Woodrow "Woody" Herman were among the highly professional band leaders of the swing era. Modern jazz can be traced through the ... Gillespie and Miles Davis. In the 1960's a new "free form" jazz was developed by Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor and others. Perhaps the most passionate and committed jazz of all has come from the great Blues singers, such as Bessie Smith and Eleanor "Billie" Holiday, who remind us of the suffering and hardship out of which jazz was born. These musicians were strongly attracted to jazz and their music ...
- 4247: A Tale Of Two Cities LA
- ... When Dickens was twenty-four, he became famous for the rest of his life. His first fame came with The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club with Dickens= adventure stories. Other works followed such as, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, and Our Mutual Friend. In 1837, Catherine=s sister Mary, died. Dickens suffered much grief. This led some scholars to believe that Dickens loved Mary more than Catherine. Dickens ... the man he was before the imprisonment. This took almost three years. We found that Manette is a deeply caring and compassionate family man. He earns the respect and love of most everyone. It takes great strength of character and determination to overcome the horrors of eighteen years of confinement in the Bastille. Manette was a moral man. He knew that the French nobles were wrongfully stealing money and leaving the ... Darney was a good man and loved his daughter very much. When Darney tried to tell Manette of his past, Manette would not allow him to speak until he and Lucie married. To show the great character that he was, Manette used his knowledge of the prison to return and help Darney escape, even after his terrible experience there. Manette was not without flaw though. At one point everyone has ...
- 4248: Greek and Hellenistic Philosophy
- ... ways. They all wanted self peace and thought that was important to the empire. However; these men found many different ways to go about it. The Greek society brought forth the very first of the great philosophers. One of the first was Socrates who lived from 470-399 B.C.E..He was one of the first to focus on the ethical and truth establishing questions that have worried the thoughtful ... Greeks. He was an anti-democrat, and he often argued about the turmoil in Greece, this thermal is what probably influenced his conservative political views. Just like Plato was a pupil of Socrates, Aristotle another great philosopher, was a student of Plato's. Aristotle was said to be the closest thing to a universal genius that Greece had ever seen. He was extremely interested in the sciences and had great knowledge of almost all of them. He was an author of many books including Politics, Physics, and Metaphysics,. Many people referred to him as master while other believed he was a pagan saint. The ...
- 4249: The Civil Rights Movement: Some Progress Is Better Then No Progress
- ... or disability. We are all different and therefore can by no means be treated equal, yet nevertheless we should all be given equal opportunities in life. This ideal of equality although reasonable, has historically risen great fear among those who believe in the superiority of one person over another person. Therefore the vision of equality is presently based more on optimism then reality. Although this may presently be true, the strength ... been legally accomplished, however as said in the 1964 Civil Rights Act, " to discriminate in private is legal, but anything regarding business or public discrimination is illegal." In conclusion the Civil Rights Movement was a great success. For during this time all issues of discrimination allowed themselves to be presented openly before the eyes of the public, removing it from its underground home where it thrived. Furthermore there were great strides made in eliminating discrimination in all its forms, as well as improving the rights of African Americans, Women, and Homosexuals. However their can always be more done. Laws since the Civil Rights Movement ...
- 4250: Music and The Global Perspective
- ... art, or at any place in this continuum. Much music has attributes of both. High art includes the classical music of the Western European cultivated tradition. It also includes the classical music of other cultures. Great music, regardless of styles, lasts. It can have universal appeal; may be remembered through decades, generations, and perhaps centuries; and has a degree of substance that challenges the listener and the performer. A great piece of art music encourages repeated listening, performance, and study. With repeated experiences, one can explore and find subtleties of expression and depths of meaning, will not tire of it, and will continue to find new awareness and understandings. Such characteristics are not limited to Western European classical music, for a number of other cultures have classical music traditions, their great “ masterpieces,” their own high art. It can effectively be argued that characteristics of high art music can also be found in Western vernacular music, notably, some jazz, new age, and rock. Music exists in ...
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