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- 2591: E.t.a. Hoffmann His Life, His
- ... Memoiren des Grafen Julius von S. and Der Geheimnisvolle (The Mysterious Man). Hoffmann also liked to read the ghost stories of Grosse, an author not known anymore in present times. During his time at the High School, in 1787 he founded a deep friendship with Theodor Gottlieb Hippel, which lasted until the end of his life. For studying law, Hoffman started in 1792 as a student at the Albertina University in Koenigsberg where he was instructed by the legal philosophies of Kant. After visiting the law school, Hoffman starts his practical training at the court in Koenigsberg, where he got in contact with the life and society of the nobles and landowners. At this period E.T.A. writes the story ...
- 2592: Why Gun Control is Needed
- ... children, teenagers, maniacs, criminals, gang-ba ngers, and those with a history of violence are carrying around guns that can shoot 180 rounds per minute, bullets that can pierce metal, and all at an extremely high velocity! Gun control is needed to protect us from chaos! Did our framers intend for these kinds of weapons to be sold to anyone via the Internet or mail order catalog? After reading the information ... each year. I am not suggesting that we consider the abolition of guns. I am suggesting that gun control is needed to protect society from those who want to corrupt it! We need to keep high-powered, dangerous weapons out of the hands of criminals, children, gang-bangers, maniacs, and those with a history of violence! I realize that my opposition is tight on the fact that gun control might take ... them. After all, it would be their right to own a weapon! It would be a disaster! There would be machine guns propped on the rooftops of houses, more children would be bringing guns to school, the number of murders would skyrocket and there wouldn't be a person in the world who could change that. Owning a gun is not a constitutionally guaranteed right - it is a privilege - it ...
- 2593: What Is Postmodernism
- In trying to define exactly what post-modernism is I shall firstly briefly consider some of the events and thinking that led up to the development of this particular school of social theory. I shall then consider some of the common strands of thinking in postmodernism concentrating mainly on the writings of Jean-Francois Lyotard and Jean Baudrillard. I shall then consider the view of ... and by showing that by its very nature it is virtually impossible to come up with one single all encompassing definition. The term postmodernism was first used in relation to architecture. Modern architecture, namely the high rise tower blocks of the sixties, were becoming more and more unpopular. Charles Jencks (1977) traces the death of modernist architecture to the demolition of the Pruitt-Igoe housing project in St. Louis, and other ... example might be that of the marketing of the drink Sunny Delight . An image was presented that suggested a health drink that would be good for you . In reality what was being sold was a high sugar drink that had few health benefits. One could draw a comparison to Lyotard s work here in the respect that the truth seemed to be immaterial. Even though the media revealed the true ...
- 2594: Bach
- ... there terribly long, he was able to make good money playing for the king. He soon after accepted a position as a church organist in Arnstadt. It was here that Bach would soon realize his high standards and regards that he had for music. In Arnstadt as well as in many other places that Bach worked he was notorious for getting into fights over the quality of music that was being ... with the performance of the church choir for which he played for. He claimed that the voices could never make the music soar to the sky as it should (loosely translated). Here Bach realized the high level of music and perfectionism that he wanted. In 1707, at the age of 22, Bach moved on from Arnstadt to another organist job, this time at the St. Blasius Church in Muhlhausen. Once again ... all. He had the responsibility of composing cantatas for the St. Thomas and St. Nicholas churches, conducing the choirs, overseeing the musical activities of numerous municipal churches, and teaching Latin in the St. Thomas choir school. Although demanding, Bach persisted and succeeded in Leipzig and continued to write music of various kinds with a level of craft and emotional profundity that was his alone. Bach remained at his post in ...
- 2595: Lee Iacocca
- ... Allentown was difficult for Lee, because of his ethnic background. Allentown was primarily made up of Dutch immigrants. In his early years of education he was ridiculed for his heritage. An his senior year in high school Lee came down with rheumatic fever. He had a harsh bout with the disease because there was no modern medicine to aid in the recovery. In 1941 during the World War he was very excited ... able to save a failing company by establishing a competent management team, cutting production runs of vehicles without destinations and arranging guaranteed loans from the Federal Government during an uncertain time. Interest rates were very high and the customer base was low. He had an extensive amount of fore thought by staying with the firm. His guidance was able to save and American corporation. With the successful turn around of ...
- 2596: Should The Internet Be Censore
- ... to make a bomb, how to hi-jack a car, and how to use a gun, as well as almost anything and everything imaginable. This can lead to serious or deadly results. Rebecca Fairweather, a high school graduate of 1999, does not agree with this. In the Detroit News she wrote that Rather than trying to prevent these actions, adults must try to keep youth from feeling desperate enough to commit such ... a way to get what they want no matter what obstacles adults put up against them. (Fairweather) Many schools still are required to use a filtering program to censor the research that students do in school. The Board of Education in New York City has installed a filter on its computer system that blocks students from gaining access to any web sites that include categories like news and sex education. ...
- 2597: Paul Dunbar Research Paper
- ... the Civil War. Both of them eventually made their way to Ohio, where they met, married, and gave birth to Paul. Pauls career started out strong right from the beginning when he was in high school. He acquired much praise and respect from his peers due to his experiments with both poetry, and fiction. This all took place in Dayton, Ohio, where Dunbar attended school with such people as the Wright Brothers. Dunbar began to build a reputation for himself, and at the tender age of twenty, wrote his first book, Oak and Ivy . At the age of twenty- ...
- 2598: Walt Disney
- ... to draw, which was not encouraged by his family. He then enrolled in Sat. morning classes at the Kansas City art Institute. His family decided to move back to Chicago in 1917. Walt finished up school and then joined the family and enrolled at McKinley High School (Finch 39-40). Walts brother went into the army in 1918. Walt wanted to join his brother, but he was too young. Instead he applied for an ambulance driver and ended up in ...
- 2599: Genetic Engineering, History and Future
- ... taken Mother Nature millions of years of natural selection to develop. Isolating and removing a desired gene from a DNA strand involves many different tools. DNA can be broken up by exposing it to ultra-high-frequency sound waves, but this is an extremely inaccurate way of isolating a desirable DNA section (Stableford 26). A more accurate way of DNA splicing is the use of "restriction enzymes, which are produced by ... their natural counterparts" (Davis, Rouche 70). In fact the RAC reports that "there has not been a single case of illness or harm caused by recombinant [engineered] bacteria, and they now are used safely in high school experiments" (Davis, Rouche 69). Scientists have also devised other methods of preventing bacteria from escaping their labs, such as modifying the bacteria so that it will die if it is removed from the laboratory ...
- 2600: Albert Einstein
- ... even led some teachers to believe he was disabled. Einstein's post-basic education began at the Luitpold Gymnasium when he was ten. It was here that he first encountered the German spirit through the school's strict disciplinary policy. His disapproval of this method of teaching led to his reputation as a rebel. It was probably these differences that caused Einstein to search for knowledge at home. He began not ... he continued his education. At sixteen he attempted to enroll at the Federal Institute of Technology but failed the entrance exam. This forced him to study locally for one year until he finally passed the school's evaluation. The Institute allowed Einstein to meet many other students that shared his curiosity, and It was here that his studies turned mainly to Physics. He quickly learned that while physicists had generally agreed ... allowed Einstein to access an enormous library. It was here that he extended his theory and discussed it with the leading scientists of Europe. In 1912 he chose to accept a job placing him in high authority at the Federal Institute of Technology, where he had originally studied. It was not until 1914 that Einstein was tempted to return to Germany to become research director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute ...
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