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- 751: Censorship on Televison
- ... and suppress the freedoms that we have to express ourselves as guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. Censors edit radio broadcasts, discriminately place “black-bars” over televised images, and even try to refine works of literature and art so that they meet "acceptable standards.” As US citizens, we should be appalled that such practices are allowed. Not only are we deprived of rights, but we are subjected to the control of ... As Americans we need to stand in unison for our rights. Although it is close to impossible, we must demand the cessation of the methodical, precise, and exact censoring of our TV shows, radio shows, literature, arts, and web pages at once! The longer we remain controlled, the more we will continue to be controlled. We must exercise our constitutionally given rights, and relentlessly pursue that which entertains us.
- 752: Divorce and Preschool Children
- ... children are indeed effected by their parent’s divorce and they behave in certain ways as a result. As I explored my topic I found some interesting information as well as some helpful children’s literature that helps to answer my question. Please read on and allow me to show you what I mean. The age of the child during the time that marital separation occurs is important, and in fact ... s resources (parent and teacher) to be prepared to deal with the child’s reactions. One of the many ways to help a child through a divorce situation or separation anxiety is with stories and literature about the topic of divorce. Many children often feel like they are the only people going through this difficult time. By telling stories of other individuals with similar situations the child can be relieved of ...
- 753: Genetic Cloning and Frankenstein
- ... but so to are the curiosities, which continue to perpetuate the advancement of biotechnological science. In order to contemplate the effects that science can have on our society we can look back in history and literature to uncover the potentiality of our future endeavors. From a historic perspective, the ethical concerns about atomic fusion serves as an important cautionary guide. In its conception the prospect was for the betterment of man however the result may eventually bring our demise with the eminent threat of nuclear warfare. In literature, Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” serves as a bioethical exhortation for today’s technological advances in genetic cloning. Mary Shelly’s “Frankenstein” provides a clear distinction between the theoretical grandeur of man’s ability to scientifically ...
- 754: Tennyson as a Victorian
- ... age was an age where many changes occurred socially, economically, and industrially. People began to explore into areas such as the earth, the human body, and how to benefit the daily lives of individuals. English literature was also something that was beginning to be developed. Historically, it began when Queen Victoria was anointed to the thrown in 1837 and brought a new prosperity to England. She held the throne for 63 ... the people and it's government. The writers of the time were supposed to be indicative for answering questions and for guidance. Lord Alfred Tennyson was a man who changed the way people thought about literature and poets. He has also influenced many writers of books, TV shows, and movies in the plots of stories.
- 755: Song Of Myself: Individuality And Free Verse
- ... the cover identifying Walt Whitman as the author. Instead, engraved on the front is a portrait of Whitman, hat cocked, nonchalant and intimately personal. In his preface, Whitman heralds the coming of a new democratic literature, one that forms a "commensurate with the people" (preface). Whitman saw his poetry not only as a creation of the self, but indeed a piece of the self and a reflection of American society as ... merely a participant in. More central to Whitman's purpose was his view of the poem as a means expressing his "self" in universal terms. Because of his background in the high volume production of literature, Terry Mulcaire theorizes that Whitman saw the mass distribution of his poetry as a means of universalizing an intimacy with his world: (W)e are now part of a living crowd who see the same ...
- 756: The Byzantine Empire
- ... reorganized. As well as the recovery of old land, the recovery of learning occurred. Intellectual life was revived in many new fashions. Ancient manuscripts were summarized and recopies, encyclopedias were compiled, and mathematics, astronomy, and literature received new attention. Art and literature also returned to the regained Byzantine. The greatest Byzantine emperor seemed to be Basil II. He restrained a lengthy rebellion and expanded the Byzantine empire. On the downside, he replaced the power of many older ...
- 757: The Assyrians
- ... Babylonia politically, however, culturally was dependent on the south. The first major collection of cuneiform tablets discovered by 19th- century excavators--the library of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh--consists of myths, epics, rituals, lexical texts, wisdom literature, and prophetic and magical texts, providing a representative sample of Babylonian scholastic literature. Assyrian art is usually associated with the colossal winged bulls and lions that guarded the entrances of their palaces, but even finer are the bas-reliefs on the palace walls and the carved ivories used ...
- 758: Faster Dissolved Oxygen Test Kit
- ... Hypothesis My hypothesis is that there is no significant difference in dissolved oxygen (DO) levels as measured by the traditional HACH® method or the newly developed CHEMets® test kit under typical field conditions. Review of Literature "Ours is a watery world, and we, its dominant species, are walking sacks of sea water. The presence of large amounts of liquid water on Earth make our planet unique in the solar system." (Hill ... 12 2.2 -2 8 9 13 4.4 -4 10 N= 10 (number of non zero differences) T= 8 (sum of ranks with less frequent sign) a = 0.05 (significance level) Ho is rejected. Literature Cited APHA (1990). Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater. (16 ed.) New York: APHA, Inc. Avault, J. (1993, Jul/Aug). Take care of those brood cats. Aquaculture, pp.73 Belanger, S. (1991 ...
- 759: Do UFOs Exist?
- ... has never been physical proof of any abduction yet to be provided. The Roswell incident is now generally regarded as one of the most important UFO events in history, an extensive review of the UFO literature of the 1950s finds no mention of it beyond the first press accounts in early July 1947. The only know reference to it as a UFO crash was in a 1955 lecture by broadcaster and UFO enthusiast Frank Edward. Even in the 1960s the UFO literature mentioned it only three times, twice in both brief instances, in the latter rather vaguely. A widely published story reported that personnel from Roswell Field had a "flying disk" in their possession. When the material ...
- 760: Upton Sinclair
- ... in 1913, predeceased him in 1961, as did his third wife, in 1967. Sinclair died on November 25, 1968 in Bound Brook, N.J. Today Sinclair’s writings are not widely read, which reflects the literature and socialistic views of that time. Upton Sinclair believed in the power of literature to improve human conditions at home and in the work place. He was deeply committed to social justice. Sinclair used his pen to expose corruption and injustice. Throughout his life Sinclair was a vocal supporter ...
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