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- 2991: Come Home
- ... other special collections. The Steinhardt Conservatory The Steinhardt Conservatory is a $25 million complex holding BBG's extensive indoor collection in realistic environments that simulate a range of global habitats. The Tropical Pavilion, 65 feet high, re-creates a rain forest complete with a waterfall and streams. Flora from the Amazon Basin, African Rain Forest, and tropical eastern Asia thrive here. The Helen Mattin Warm Temperate Pavilion houses plants from central ... Shop and at the Terrace Cafe, and discounts on classes and programs for adults and children. Obviously a great place for a family outing, BBG is also a fantastic educational resource for its community and school and other groups from neighboring boroughs and counties. School Programs range from Self-Guided and Guided Tours to Explorations and Workshops such as Making Sense of Nature (grades pre-K - 2): students experience the sensory world of plants through sight, smell, touch, and ...
- 2992: Phish
- ... was taught by an instructor. Both began to play in the dorm lounges for other students and they realized they had complementary musical styles and tastes, so they decided to form a band. Trey’s high school band experiences made him realize they would need a group of committed players who would be willing to practice intensely and extensively in order to master the complicated music and the improvisational style that they ... to keep the band together. One of the integral parts of the Goddard College curriculum is the Senior Study. This is an exhaustive independent study that is completed during a student’s final semester in school. Page, Trey and Fish all completed Senior Studies, and each of these works is intimately connected to the band members’ roles in Phish. Page’s Senior Study is called “The Art of Improvisation.” His ...
- 2993: Biological And Chemical Weapons
- ... deliver smoke and gas. The Stokes Mortar was a smoothbore, muzzle-loaded weapon capable of firing 20 rounds per minute for short bursts or a sustained rate of 5 rounds per minute. It had a high angle of fire with a maximum range of 1,075 yards and a minimum range of 200 yards (Russell 1998). In April 1917 the Germans unveiled their Livens projector. The first large-scale use of the Livens projector took place at the Battle of Arras. Cylinders were projected at the enemy so they would burst and set up a high concentration of gas. The Livens projector lacked mobility, accuracy and range but the capacity of its projectiles was four times that of the Stokes mortar. During the war projectors were supplied in two sizes: one ... other Midwestern cities (Hardy 1998). According to one source, the two men, charged with conspiracy to commit murder, were college students, one of whom, a 19-year-old had apparently developed the culture in a school laboratory, where a quantity was found. The two arrested members of this neo-Nazi organization, one of whom was a local hospital worker, had in their possession detailed plans for dumping the deadly germs ...
- 2994: History of Rock and Roll
- ... started by kids in their teens who hardly knew how to play simple chords on a guitar or bang away at drums or cymbals in their own garages. The music was often played at a high volume as well. The MC5 epitomized this. The MC5 (Motor City Five) was a high school punk band from Lincoln Park, Michigan. They played with a very loud and angry style. Their lyrics, which were refused airplay, were obscene and profane. The right combination of heavy distortion and two guitars ...
- 2995: The Internet Its Effects And Its Future
- ... far less than the cost of a building to house the same number of students. New social and intellectual connectivity is proliferating as educational institutions adopt computer-mediated communication for educational interactions. There are many school based networks that link learners to discuss, share and examine specific subjects such as environmental concerns, science, local and global issues, or to enhance written communication skills in first- or second- language proficiency activities. Online ... and homes safe harbors from sexual pedophiles- people whose sexual fantasies focus on girls or boys- from around the world. In the past photographs of children being raped, sexually abused and exploited were sold at high prices through tightknit, difficult-to-access networks. Today, those illegal pictures are available for free online, at any hour of the day. Anyone with rudimentary computer skills and an interest in the material can obtain ... guarantee that the businesses connecting to the Net will ˇ§make it bigˇ¨, it is obvious that those which donˇ¦t will be left behind. But one thing is certain: The Internet is dynamic, will sustain high growth rates and will serve as the platform for international commerce well into the foreseeable future. Today the Internet is a highly effective tool for communicating, for gathering information and for cooperation between dispersed ...
- 2996: Stoic Death Themes Of In The N
- ... loved one to bring meaning to one's life. In the case of The Death of Ivan Ilyitch, though, it is his own death that is dealt with. Ivan lived a pleasant life, attending law school, being in the company of high society. He did some things that he questioned at first, for the acts made him feel a bit disgraceful. He saw that the same acts did not bother other men, and therefore put them out ... or why these men weren't hounded by their inner voices of shame. He went along in life not taking anything from it to learn and to prosper as a good person. After graduating law school, he sowed "his wild oats", as Tolstoy puts it, among an aristocratic society. He moved up in rank and earned a raise in salary. This new power, although not taken advantage of, was accessible ...
- 2997: Hawaiian Music
- ... of Hawaii is a very beautiful harmonization between voices and instruments. The native Hawaiians are known for their vocal ability when it comes to singing. The women’s voices can often times reach an impossibly high soprano note with considerable ease while the men are also able to reach high notes otherwise considered difficult by most men in other areas of the world. The main context of Hawaiian music has, as previously stated, most often been used as a form of worship and to celebrate ... well. In fact, it started out as strictly being something that the men performed. A few years after this however, a new king, David Kalakaua, (ruled 1874-1891) reintroduced the hula and even opened a school for it to be taught. It was a “westernized” version of it where the dancing was accompanied by songs and instruments such as the ukulele and sometimes a piano; and only Hawaiian songs could ...
- 2998: The Works and Life of Charles Dickens
- ... Dickens became one of the most famous and best loved authors of his time. Dickens was born on February 7, 1812 in Portsmouth, yet spent most of his childhood in London and Kent. He started school at the age of nine, but his education was soon halted when his father was incarcerated for debt in 1824. Feeling utterly humiliated, Dickens was forced to support himself working in a shoe-polish factory. Later, Charles described his youth in the novel David Copperfield with little change from what had occurred in his own life. Between the years of 1824 and 1826, Dickens again attended school, though he was for the most part self-educated. In the year of 1827, Dickens took a job as a legal clerk. Soon, learning short-hand, Dickens began to interview the courts of parliament where ... when I have some free time and can pay special attention to detail. I would strongly recommend Charles Dickens to an adult, but it would be not easy for those without academic achievements and a high vocabulary. I would recommend these novels to a teacher in hopes that they could find joy out of the lessons learned throughout. Dickens should not be added to the curriculum due to the fact ...
- 2999: Meth
- ... chest pain, increased blood pressure, irregular heart rate, aids and HIV through the use of needles, dependence, tolerance, addiction, and can cause psychosis. The use of Meth is going up. In 1995, 3.9% of high school seniors had used it. That's an increase of 2.7% since 1990. 8 out of 10 people who try Meth will become addicted. Famous people who have done Meth include- Chris Farley, John Belushi, and Mick Jagger. The cost of doing Meth is very high too. A user can spend up to $100 a day. And sometimes, spending $400-$500 to support an addiction is not unusual. The penalties are very severe for those caught with Meth. Possession of ...
- 3000: Its A Wonderful Life
- ... leave the house. My mother and I talked for hours about how it was when she was young. It was an enjoyable evening just talking to her. It was a wonderful life. Graduation day from high school never comes soon enough, so we think. Until the day is over then we wish half our lives we could get back to that time. It was the sixth of June 1996, graduation day. I never felt so happy to have a piece of paper in my hand. That paper was worth four years of my life. It symbolized my stressful days at school. It meant four years of baseball, football, and wrestling. The years of my life that were hard to endure, but so easy to look back on. These were the days that tested my knowledge ...
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