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- 12691: Basketball's Greatest Players
- Basketball's Greatest Players There are many great players who had the talent to be all pro and lost it in the streets. Probaly the two most famous to fail are Lloyd Daniels and Earl Manigult. Both could of been all-stars but let the drugs and inner city life destroy there chances. It's been said that Earl Manigult's best feat was being able to jump up to the top of the backboard and take a dollar bill and replace it with four quarters. One other rumor was he once dunked a basketball ...
- 12692: Rattle Bone
- ... book. Clair uses this writing method by mentioning the name October Brown, partly because Brown is involved at the beginning and towards the end of the book. Ms. Brown became an important part of Irene s life, not only by being one of the main reasons for her parents divorce, but also by helping Irene accomplish one of her goals. The time that occurred between these two events in the book connects Rattlebone and is a very good use of foreshadowing. Another example of Clair s use of this writing method is the experience of the divorce between Irene s parents. This long-term process displayed Irene s parents as being unforgiving. At first his wife forgives James Wilson for the affair that he enjoyed with October Brown, but after a period of time, ...
- 12693: Mahatma Gandhi: Man Of Peace
- ... leaders, in the movement for human rights and non-violence. However, not much is known about his life as a child and his achievements in the early twentieth century. All the staging grounds in Gandhi s stance towards non violence, human rights, and peace took place in the years leading up to the twentieth century and the first decade after. Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India on October 2, 1869. His family, which consisted of two brothers and one sister lived a rather good life. Gandhi s father, Karamanchand Gandhi, was a government official for the state of Porbandar. His mother could neither read nor write, but was very religious and was known to go on extended fasts. Gandhi s mother affected her young son at a very young age. In the state that Gandhi lived there were over two dozen religions. Gandhi learned to accept all of the different religions at a very ...
- 12694: Marijuana
- ... was in the 28th century, when a Chinese Emperor Shen Nung recommended the medicinal properties of the drug. He recommended its use to relieve female weakness, gout, rheumatism, malaria, beriberi, constipation, and absent mindedness (U.S. 9). The first written reference to marijuana was six centuries before Christ in northern Iran. One reference that was made in Hindu scriptures, refereed to the “source of happiness” and the “laughter-provoker” which historians believe to be marijuana (U.S. 9). Marijuana has a long history in India and middle eastern countries where it is said to have been used for thousands of years in medicines to relieve pain, tension, and various physical ailments. From India, the use of marijuana spread to other parts of the world. It was first introduced to Europe in the 1850’s, but its use there was very rare until the last few years. Marijuana has a fairly long history of use in Mexico and Latin America. It was first introduced into the United States around ...
- 12695: Carl Gauss
- ... Gauss, on the thirtieth of April, 1777, in Brunswick, Duchy of Brunswick (now Germany). Gauss was born into an impoverished family, raised as the only son of a bricklayer. Despite the hard living conditions, Gauss's brilliance shone through at a young age. At the age of only two years, the young Carl gradually learned from his parents how to pronounce the letters of the alphabet. Carl then set to teaching ... he also taught himself the meanings of number symbols and learned to do arithmetical calculations. When Carl Gauss reached the age of seven, he began elementary school. His potential for brilliance was recognized immediately. Gauss's teacher Herr Buttner, had assigned the class a difficult problem of addition in which the students were to find the sum of the integers from one to one hundred. While his classmates toiled over the ... Buttner, where he learned High German and Latin. After receiving a scholarship from the Duke of Brunswick, Gauss entered Brunswick Collegium Carolinum in 1792. During his time spent at the academy Gauss independently discovered Bode's law, the binomial theorem, and the arithmetic-geometric mean, as well as the law of quadratic reciprocity and the prime number theorem. In 1795, an ambitious Gauss left Brunswick to study at Gottingen University. ...
- 12696: Energy Flow Systems
- Energy Flow Systems Richard White's Organic Machine, and William Cronon's Changes in the Land, both examine environments as energy flow systems. The energy flow model was utilized by the authors to explain relationships within ecosystems. Richard White's thesis is to examine the river as an organic machine, as an energy system that, although modified by human intervention, maintains it's natural, its “unmade” qualities. White emphasizes on energy because it is ...
- 12697: Song Of Myself
- Through his poetry, Whitman's "Song of Myself" makes the soul sensual and makes divine the flesh. In Whitman's time, the dichotomy between the soul and the body had been clearly defined by centuries of Western philosophy and theology. Today, the goodness of the soul and the badness of the flesh still remain a significant notion in contemporary thought. Even Whitman's literary predecessor, Emerson, chose to distinctly differentiate the soul from all nature. Whitman, however, chooses to reevaluate that relationship. His exploration of human sensuality, particularly human sexuality, is the tool with which he integrates ...
- 12698: Shylock is the Villian in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice
- Shylock is the Villian in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice In Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice the antagonist of the play is Shylock. Shylock is a wealthy Jewish moneylender. Shylock is probably the most memorable character in the play because of Shakespeare's excellent characterization of him. Shylock is the antagonist in the play because he stands in the way of love, but this does not necessarily make him the villain of the play. Shylock can be ...
- 12699: The Regulators Of North Caroli
- ... during the Regulation was there an actual leader (2). Orange County was an early center of Regulator activity. Colonel Edmund Fanning, holder of numerous offices in the county including the prominent Clerk of the Recorder's Court at Hillsborough, became a prime target along with Royal Governor William Tryon, who took office in 1765. Tryon was hated because he aimed to use taxes to build Tryon Palace in New Bern, a very costly residence for himself, as well as the seat for the colony's government. The Regulators, "who named themselves after a group of country reformists in South Carolina (3)" shortly after Tryon's announcement to build the palace, had no sympathy with the governor's desire for a fancy residence. The War of Regulation was not limited to Orange County. Outbreaks of violence during the collection of ...
- 12700: Fire and Water Imagery In Jane Eyre
- ... In Jane Eyre, fire imagery has a strong metaphorical significance, representing passion, sexual desire and the heat of emotion and feeling. On a very basic level, one can already note the underlying significance for Brontë's use of fire imagery - fire, as is with the passions, can provide warmth and comfort, but can also burn. With water imagery, it is useful to consider that such imagery includes natural imagery of ice ... of temptation throughout the novel, the accompanying imagery of fire and water is most significant to our understanding of the themes and concerns of the novel. Fire imagery is used by Brontë to develop Jane's character throughout the novel. As the novel progresses, the corresponding imagery changes to show different aspects of Jane's character. We see Jane's overly passionate nature through her punishment at Gateshead. She is unable to control her passions and strikes John Reed when he physically bullied her by grasping her hair and ...
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