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- 16801: Heart Of Darkness
- ... people of actual importance and meaning. As soon as Marlow reaches the coast of Africa, he realizes a difference in the perception of certain events by him and his comrades on the boat. As Marlows boat pulls up to the Outer Station, he sees a man-of-war shelling the continent, which is quickly clarified, by a pilgrim, to be a front against "a camp of natives - he called them ... he devalues something like the Europeans do. It is this understanding of the insignificance of meaningless labels that the Europeans had, and conversely the importance of his making things meaningful that will lead to Marlows enlightenment. Since he is not corrupted by the materialistic ideals of the rest of them, he is able to see the situation with an objective view and reflect upon it. Also, he feels a certain ... wealth, which Marlow noticed. After meeting Kurtz, who teaches him about self-truth and reality, in a more unconventional way, he understands that being able to name something is to be able to pass ones own judgement on an event. And to be able to do this, one must not depend on pre-existing principles, but "meet that truth with his own true stuff with his own inborn strength. ...
- 16802: Attention Deficit Disorder
- ... can Be a little gentleman; Let me see if he is able To sit still for once at the table." Thus Papa bade Phil behave; And Mama looked very grave. But Fidgety Phil, He won't sit still; He wiggles, And giggles, And then, I declare, Swings backwards and forwards, And tilts up his chair, Just like any rocking horse-- "Philip! I am getting cross!" See the naughty, restless child Growing ... disease (left) . One of the major questions that research has come across is why glucose is not absorbed as readily as in normal people. Magnetic resonance imaging has also found abnormalities in attention deficit patient's basal ganglia and frontal lobe abnormalities. A study that was published in the Arch Neurol used Magnetic resonance imaging single slice transversal measurements of the head, and the caudate nucleus of 30 students of a ... of the association between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and temporal fossa arachnoid cyst in children . Another significant part of the causes of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is hormone levels. C. Kornetsky discovered in the 1970's that catacholamines are underproduced or underutilized in the attention deficit patient. Catacholamines are a class of compounds that includes neurotransmitters, norepinephrine and dopamine. His conclusion arose due to the mysterous way stimulants help ADHD ...
- 16803: On The Road
- Jack Kerouac's 'Great American' Novel, On the Road "
because the only people for me as the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the ... burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes, 'Awwwww!'" (On the Road, Jack Kerouac p. 8) The 40's. A time of the beat generation, a time when life in America was poetic. And Jack Kerouac was there to see it all and tell about it in splendorous detail. Truly Jack Kerouac was a ... earned he takes to the road on foot and hitch hikes his way across America from New York to Denver, his ultimate goal. Upon arriving at his destination and reuniting with Dean he realizes Dean's madness, his inability to control his emotions, his vagueness, his incoherence can only imply one thing, Dean's inner genius. Dean and Carlo flee again off towards Texas. Sal Paradise follows looking for 'America.' ...
- 16804: Wealth
- ... especially monetary wealth, means the person can meet all of their needs and wants with great luxury and still have money left to use, waste, save, or share. The people that are born wealthy don't appreciate their money as much as the people who have to earn it. Many people who are born with money become "stuck up" or in other words they think they are better than other people ... lot more than people who are born with it. People who have to earn it know how much time, effort and work it takes to earn the money. Those who are born with money don't realize what the money is worth. People who are born with money don't know how it is to go without it. People who have to earn money usually have gone without the necessities and luxuries money buys. People who earn their money appreciate it more and spend ...
- 16805: Georg Simon Ohm
- ... study mathematics before joining the family business. Georg attended a Gymnasium, like a college, in Erlangen, Bavaria (now Germany) . During his time at this Gymnasium a professor noticed how he excelled in math. This professor's name was Karl Christian von Langsdorf, Georg owes this man much credit from his recommendations to others. After he graduated he took a job teaching mathematics at Erlangen University in 1805. He spent the next ... Cologne Gymnasium. He now looked to research electrical current. In 1827 he published Die galvanishce Kette, mathematisch bearbeit (The Galvanic Circuit, Mathematically Treated). This was a mathematical description of conduction in circuits modeled after Fourier's study of heat conduction. This is also known as Ohm's Law. Ohm's Law, which is Georg's greatest accomplishment, started as an experiment. The experiment's purpose was to find the relationship between current and the length of the wire carrying it. Ohm' ...
- 16806: The Merger of Banks
- The Merger of Banks A mental picture that is simple to formulate is the look on the neighborhood mortgage banker's face if a would-be customer walked in without warning and without proof of having any financial worth himself, and proceeded to announce that he had found a property without any great distinction, that may ... manner in which the deals are made. I just kept stacking billion-dollar bills on the table until Mac said yes,' commented First Union chief executive Edward E. Crutchfield Jr., referring to Signet CEO Malcolm S. McDonald. That surely was banking's most memorable quote of the summer (Elstein, 1997; p. 1). Not only the manner in which the deals are made is surprising to those of us who live while uttering words and phrases such ...
- 16807: Hamlet: Finding Courage to Die
- Hamlet: Finding Courage to Die In William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" we see a young man paralyzed with grief over his father. So much so that he is believed to have gone mad. Hamlet is such a complex character that one must look deeply to find what drives him. Did he really have the courage to kill the king or was it madness? Hamlet's character will be illuminated by explaining both soliloquies and finally Hamlet himself. "To be, or not to be, that is the question," (Beaty, 1348) is one of the most famous and well known excerpts from ... Hamlet has a very intense, philosophical personality. For this reason, he cannot take his life because he does not know what happens after one dies. He is not positive of an afterlife, therefore he doesn't have the courage to end his life. "Now might I do it prat," (Beaty, 1363) is a soliloquy in which we see a shift in Hamlet's rationalization. Hamlet, as his fathers only son, ...
- 16808: The Native Americans Had All Rights to Their Lands
- The Native Americans Had All Rights to Their Lands I believe that the Native American had all the rights to their land that the settlers took from them. I don't know what was going though the minds of the settlers that leteraly kick them off their land. I'm know that if they dident do what they did that a lot of things of would be different now, But Its hard for me to contemplate how people can think there way is so much better than someone else's that the try to completely eliminate the different peoples way. The Settler that came into the Indians territory ,(excuse me if I get politically incorrect) Came with completely different prospective than the natives. I don't know how things were back then but I still don't understand how they could think that they were so much better that the Indians. As not only to try and teach them the ...
- 16809: Canterbury Tales - Medieval Ch
- Canterbury Tales - Medieval Church In discussing Chaucer's collection of stories called The Canterbury Tales, an interesting picture or illustration of the Medieval Christian Church is presented. However, while people demanded more voice in the affairs of government, the church became corrupt -- this ... save the souls of the Anglo-Saxons who had brought such bitter times to their people. In their isolation, the British Church had maintained older ways of celebrated the major festivals of Christianity, and Augustine's effort to compel them to conform to modern Roman usage only angered them. When Augustine died (some time between 604 and 609 AD), then, Christianity had only a precarious hold on Anglo-Saxon England, a ... was the uppermost concern, and the wide diversity of medieval piety is simply because people answered the question, 'How can I best lead a holy life?' in so many different ways. Beginning with "The Pardoner's Tale", the theme of salvation is truly paramount. Chaucer, being one of the most important medieval authors, uses this prologue and tale to make a statement about buying salvation. The character of the pardoner ...
- 16810: Benjamin H. Latrobe
- ... Germany. There he received an impressive education. Which was composed of a broad curriculum. He was taught in all the liberal arts and also classical and modern languages. Latrobe started his career training under England's most renowned engineer of the day John Smeaton. Under Smeatons teachings Latrobe gained a strong grasp of technical and theoretical English civil engineering and meticulous draughtsmanship (Carter 1981, 1-2). Latrobe's interests in engineering soon led him to develop an interest in architecture. Latrobe decided to pursue his interest in architecture. He decided to work with S.R. Cockrell and become his apprentice. While Latrobe worked along with Cockrell he gained further experience and rapid advancement in architecture. Latrobe did many side jobs designing public works where he also gained experience ...
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