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- 261: The Influence of Black Slave Culture on Early America
- ... later sung in churches of Black congregations. They were intended to enliven a crowd, and employed bright music and joyful lyrics. Gospel music contributed to the development of musical genres historically considered "white", such as rock' n'roll and country and western. Religion Before Blacks came to America, they had their own highly developed religious beliefs. Most cultures believed in one almighty God, and the ideas of good and evil. They also practiced ...
- 262: Economic Consequences of Software Crime
- ... 1964, the National Copyright Office began to register software as a form of literary expression. The office based its decision on White-Smith Music Co. v. Apollo, where the Supreme Court determined that a piano roll used in a player piano did not infringe upon copyrighted music because the roll was part of a mechanical device. Since a computer program is textual, like a book, yet also mechanical, like the piano roll in White-Smith, the Copyright Office granted copyright protection under the rule of doubt. In 1974, the government created the Natural Commission on New Technological Uses (CONTU) to investigate whether the evolving computer technology ...
- 263: To Fly Has Been a Dream
- ... that I have skydived. I prefer to jump alone, "It's like being on top of the world." As you exit the aircraft falling toward the earth, you're able to spin, twist, flip, turn, roll, surf, and perform an aerobatic display without the force of gravity restricting you. Glancing at your altimeter ether on your wrist or chest strap to see what altitude you're at. Your altimeter tells you ... spraying from smoke cans. At about a 1,000 feet you begin your final approach to the drop zone. Most drop zones have a target about 20 feet in diameter of sand or small gravel rock to aim for. Around 10 feet above the ground you apply the brakes that flare the parachute causing you to land. Landing properly is like stepping off a ladder, nice and soft. Skydiving is not ...
- 264: Cloning: Background
- ... Napoleon's Tomb, steal some DNA, and make 2,000 emperors. Or perhaps they think someone will create Jurassic Park, for real. On the other hand, Elvis (the King) fans would love to have him Rock and Roll again. There is a big controversy about whether humans should be cloned or not. Every group has its own reasons to back its claim. In the end cloning is here to stay. Cloning may benefit ...
- 265: Booker T. Washington 3
- ... people can buy. From a family of 3 kids, who barely made it out of high school to a musical genius who is multi-talented instrumental wise, Frank Zappa has made an impact on jazz, rock-and-roll, rhythm & blues, and all other types and forms of music.
- 266: "The Beats Generation
- ... 1950s and 60s but today their ideas are pervasive. Ginsberg, Kerouac, and Burroughs are testaments to the power of artistic vision to transform society. The Beats brought such cultural changes as expanded consciousness, rock and roll, civil rights, and strengthened democracy. The generation coming of age in the 1990s has the potential to bring a new vision to society. The restless Beat spirit is stirring again. People are traveling and ...
- 267: History Of Photography
- ... picture up to eight feet.The Kodak camera became an American icon. For $24 anyone could purchase the camera with a leather strap and a protective carrying case. This cost also paid for the first roll of film and development. When you were finished you sent the camera to Kodak where the film was developed. With $10 you could get a new roll of film which also included the cost of the new roll.Not until the 1920's were photographers able to use a handy compacted instrument that could take pictures in dim light. The first of these candid cameras was the Ermanox marketed under the slogan ...
- 268: History Of Cleveland
- ... fact that the football team just returned will only do better for our city. As of right now Cleveland is the 23rd ranked city for population in the United States. Newer exhibits such as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and celebrities showing such town pride such as Drew Carey draw much wanted attention to the city, bringing in more money and more publicity to Cleveland which will hopefully mean just continuing ...
- 269: Blazing Satire
- ... finds him in a jail cell, and recruits him as a sidekick. In addition, the railroad is present throughout Blazing Saddles. The sheriff starts the movie as a railroad worker, before becoming the sheriff of Rock Ridge. In addition, the villain is the head of the railroad, which motivates him to destroy the small town. He needs the land to lay more tracks, which is typical of a power hungry villain ... illustrating their low intelligence is when Bart, the sheriff, places a dime toll- booth in the middle of the prairie, hoping to slow them. When the army gallops to it on their way to destroy Rock Ridge, they stop and exclaim, Somebodys gotta go back and get a sh*t load of dimes! No person, in an actual western, would stop; they would simply ride around the building and carry ... The foreman yells, Dock that chink a days pay for nappin on the job. The word chink is a derogatory name for Oriental people. Another example of the lighter side of racism occurs while the Rock Ridge citizens are trying to save their town. Bart persuades his railroad worker companions to help in return for a place to live; however, the townsfolk decline, then accept as long as no Irishmen ...
- 270: The Formation of Rocky Shores
- ... The uplifted coasts have not had time to erode or accumulate sediment. Eastern Canada and New England were once covered by ice, which scraped away the sediment from the continental shelf and exposed the bare rock below. The coasts sank due to the tremendous weight of the ice and when the ice melted the coasts had rebounded or slowly rose. The bare rock had become the new coastline. Other shores had developed from geological events but in a different way. The rocky coast of Hawaii was formed by successive flows of lava into the sea which have not ... 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 ...
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