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- 3401: Albert Einstein
- ... electrical machinery shop. Though he did not even begin to speak until he was three, he showed a great curiosity of nature and even taught himself Euclidean geometry at the age of 12. Albert despised school life, thinking it dull and boring, so when his family decided to move to Milan, Italy, Einstein took the opportunity to drop out of school, only 15 at the time. After a year with his parents in Milan it became clear to him that he would have to make his own way in the world. He finished secondary school in Arrau, Switzerland, and then enrolled at the Swiss National Polytechnic in Zurich. School there was no less exciting for him than it was before, and Einstein often cut classes, using the time to ...
- 3402: The Formation of Rocky Shores
- ... of time each is exposed. At the highest point on the rocks is the black zone, marked by blue-green algae. This transition area between land and the marine environment is flooded only during the high spring tides. The algae, enclosed in gelatinous sheaths to resist drying, are grazed on by periwinkles, which are protected under tightly sealed, conical shells. Below the black zone lies the white zone, where barnacles are tightly glued to rocks. Living among the barnacles are rock-clinging mollusks called limpets. At low tide, barnacles keep their four movable plates closed to avoid drying. At high tide they open the plates and extend six pairs of wand-like tentacles to sweep the water for microscopic life. Preying on the barnacles are hole-drilling snails called dog whelks. Below the white zone ... starfish, sea cucumbers, limpets, mussels, and crabs. Low tide presents many changes for rocky shore creatures that live in the intertidal zone. The upper part of this area is only in the water during extreme high tides and only for short periods of time. When low tide comes they are left exposed to the elements. The organisms that live in the upper area of the intertidal zone must have special ...
- 3403: The Khent
- ... Armenian hailing from that part of Armenia which was under the Mohammedan rule of the Shah of Persia. He made his debut as a writer in Tiflis, away from his native land, joining the literary school of "Mishag", which was an Armenian journal founded by Krikor Arzrouni in l872. This publication under the wise leadership of its founder and editor, played a very striking role in kindling sparks of enlightenment and ... the daughter of Reverend John F. Smith, a missionary under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, who was located at Marsovan (Merzifoun), Turkey. Knowing Armenian from childhood she attended the Girl's Boarding School established there by the Mission. After her graduation she came to the United States for further study and was graduated from Monticello College at Alton, Illinois in 1885. After a year or two of teaching in Wisconsin she was invited to return to Turkey to teach in her former school at Marsovan. Six Years later she rnarried the Reverend Henry Knowles Wingate and went with him to Caesarea, Turkey, to build up a boys, school in that city, which later moved to a nearby ...
- 3404: Benjamin Franklin 2
- ... all directions which would heat all parts of a room. The Franklin Stove today is still in use as a wood burning stove and very little modifications have been made to it. Probably every elementary school student knows his experiment to prove the relationship between electricity and lightening. He was very interested in reading about electricity. In 1752 when he was in France his experiments proved that lightning was a form ... 1772. His later achievements included formulating a theory of heat absorption, measuring the Gulf Stream, designing ships, tracking storm paths, and inventing bifocal lenses. Benjamin had a great love for learning. He only went to school for two years and had to quit when he was ten. He did not let leaving school stop him from learning. He read everything he could. He sets an example that no matter who we are or where we are or how much money we have, we can learn anything we ...
- 3405: Vincent Van Gogh
- ... soul. It is common for biographers to dismiss Van Gogh's parents with a wave of the hand. Vincent had two brothers and three sisters. At the age of twelve Vincent was sent to boarding school in the village of Zevenbergen, fifteen miles away. At sixteen he left school. Through the influence of Uncle Cent a place was found for him in the office of Goupil and Cie at The Hague. Goupil's was a conservative house, specializing in well-made reproductions of famous ... end. He was almost twenty-three, unemployed, and had not the slightest idea what he would do next. Vincent decided to return to England, where he found a job as a teacher in a boarding school. After he gave up that job, he took another teaching job at a school in Isleworth. As a young man Vincent Van Gogh's strongest compulsion was to love and help mankind. The son ...
- 3406: The Jovian Planets
- ... as Jupiter. The jovian planets are large gas giants that contain mainly a thick atmosphere of Hydrogen and helium. These planets do not have solid surfaces, rather they just get denser with depth. They contain high mass and are usually anywhere from 15 to 318 times the mass of earth. They also contain many satellites and the gravity is much stronger than that of earth. The jovian planets inner structure probably ... of 200 degrees Kelvin. It is also theorized that the third and final level before the liquid metallic hydrogen is a layer of liquid ammonia and water droplets. Jupiters atmosphere is also plagued by high velocity winds that move in wide bands. These winds blow in opposite directions along the latitude of the planet. Because of chemical reactions and differences, they can be seen wrapping around Jupiter in colorful bands ... 12000 by 25000 km. At first sight the GRS is similar to a hurricane on earth but with infrared observations and by observing the direction of rotation, scientists have concluded that the GRS is a high pressure region whose cloud tops are higher and colder than surrounding regions. Similar animosities exist on the other Jovian planets but it is not known how long they will last. Like all Jovian planets, ...
- 3407: Malaysia Car Industry
- ... million Protons have been sold in 51 countries throughout the world. By contrast, Malaysia's motor vehicle industry actually remains heavily protected with import duties ranging from 140 to 300 percent on cars, and very high local content requirements. Malaysia also maintains an import ban on motor vehicles from Israel and South Africa. These protectionism clause in large has made Proton to became the number one best selling passenger car in ... Proton Iswara 1.3S Aeroback that was being promoted at an affordable RM29,683. In a short period, 3,160 units for all variants of this model were sold. The drive to sell remains a high priority at all levels in EON despite a dampened market. The company is also offering a RM4,000 discount on the new Proton Perdana 2.0 SEi Auto (corporate edition) to attract the executive and ... kilometres from Kuala Lumpur, marks a significant milestone in attaining the auto manufacturer's vision. PROTON's vision is to build an integrated automotive city that will provide the necessary infrastructure and resources to support high volume manufacturing operations and enabling low unit cost production. As an example, PROTON's vendors will be incorporated into the city's plans for ease of parts delivery based on the Just-In-Time ...
- 3408: Western Films
- ... 1955) was another story of deceit and revenge; and The Man From Laramie (1955) featured suspenseful, savage rough action. Director Delmer Daves directed the adult western drama 3:10 to Yuma (1957), a variation of High Noon about a suspenseful wait for the arrival of the train to Yuma prison for a poor rancher holding a notorious gunman. In the same year, Budd Boetticher's cult classic The Tall T (1957 ... story of a notorious world-weary gunman played by Gregory Peck. One of the best was the landmark classic, dramatic morality tale of an abandoned lawman, carefully filmed in "real-time" - director Fred Zinnemann's High Noon (1952). In the script written by Carl Foreman (who was blacklisted during the 50s' anti-Communist hearings), Gary Cooper played the part of just-married small-town Marshal Kane who heroically stood up to ... new ways - Sam Peckinpah and Sergio Leone. In only his second feature film, director Sam Peckinpah brought together two long-time western stars, Randolph Scott (in his last movie) and Joel McCrea in Ride the High Country (1962), an evocative film about the passing of the old West. Peckinpah made his biggest impact on the evolution of the Western with his Hollywood production of The Wild Bunch (1969), an end- ...
- 3409: Catcher In The Rye 6
- ... only with information of what occurred, but also how he felt about what happened. Holden's thoughts and ideas reveal many of his character traits. One late Saturday night, four days before the beginning of school vacation, Holden is alone, bored and restless, wondering what to do. He decides to leave Pencey, his school, at once and travels to New York by train. He decides that, once in New York, he will stay in a cheap motel until Wednesday, when he is to return home. His plan shows the ... who values honesty and sincerity. He is unimpressed with people who try to look good in other's eyes. Therefore, since it is obvious that Holden is bright, the reason for his flunking out of school would seem to be from a lack of interest. Holden has strong feelings of love towards children as evidenced through his caring for Phoebe, his little sister. He is protective of her, erasing bad ...
- 3410: Our World Or Brave New World
- ... shaping the minds of society. In Brave New World , ones intelligence depends on the amount of alcohol injected into their embryo. For example, one of the lower classes in society, Epsilons, have quite a high amount of alcohol injected in the decanting process. Another key factor in the process is oxygen deprivation. The lower the caste, the less oxygen they are given, according to Mr. Foster. Less oxygen reduces brain ... creativity and imagination. Individual expression is prevented by the lack of art and culture. The Controllers in Brave New World suggest that \\"you\\'ve got to choose between happiness and what people used to call high art. We\\'ve sacrificed the high art\\". Without literature like Shakespeare and other classics, people will never think and learn, of course they will live in a stable society where nothing will ever change, but people pay the price of ...
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