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- 18911: Building A Passive Wine Cellar
- ... rest directly on the floor. For strength the best materials are steel, aluminum, and wood. Choosing the Wine Before you stock a cellar, it helps to understand the vernacular. "New World" winemakers in the U.S. and Australia market wine by the type of grape used to produce it--Cabernet Sauvignon, Riesling, Shiraz and Zinfandel, for example (Rizzo). In Europe, the grape used to make the wine is often superseded by ... receive similar corks. The only conceivable explanation for the difference in aging speed is that identical amounts of oxygen are delivered for the maturation of drastically differing amounts of wine (Rizzo). “It was damp England’s fondness for the ruby warmth of claret that first turned wine into an investment vehicle”. (Power 50) The wine merchants of the 18th century learned to take a large financial position when the wine of ... growth in 1973. All but one first-growth wine, Haut-Brion, from Graves, is made in the Medoc district of Bourdeaux. A wine that is perhaps the most expensive in the world—Chateau Petrus—isn’t even classified among the five growths because it’s made in the tiny Pomerol district of Bordeaux rather than in Medoc. People collect fine wines for many reasons: a true love of wine, impressing ...
- 18912: Hughes' "Black Voices oby the Tales of Simple": Jessie Semple
- ... soul... sometimes as the old blues says... Simple might be laughing to keep from crying" ( 98, 99 ). Jessie B. Semple, also known as Simple, has just the right combination of qualities to be Black America's new spokesman and unsung hero. Semple seems to possess just enough urban humor and cynicism, down- home simplicity, naivete, and "boy-next-door innocence" that Semple easily becomes a character that hard-working, average, everyday ... man to have great wisdom and incredible insight. And although he maintains a seriousness for all his wisdom to come through; his presentation of the facts is given in a humorous manner. In Bop, "That's why so many white folks do not get their heads beat just for being white. But me --- a cop is liable to grab me almost anytime and beat my head- just for being colored " (105 ... broken-down by society but who in Census also says that, in spite of all the hardships he has experienced, he is still here. Hughes, by using Semple, shows his discontent of the black man's world, yet in showing these feelings Hughes never portrays himself to be angry, overcome by fear, or overwhelmed by racial paranoia. During these desperate and hard years (post-war years), Semple who is from ...
- 18913: Monroe Doctrine
- ... a group set out to maintain autocracy (Migill 594). Spain then demanded the return of its colonies of the New World (Migill 594). With the possibility of help from the Holy Alliance and France, Spain’s goal was looking realistic. The Americans also feared that if the Spanish colonies were recaptured the United States might be next ("Monroe Doctrine" 617). Great Britain refused to let the Spanish take back their now ... opposed it. Adams felt that many regions of North America were still unexplored such as Alaska and North Western Canada. On July 17th, 1823 John Q Adams declared that the United States should contest Russia’s Imperial Ukase on the North American continent. President James Monroe accepted John Q Adams’ statement and would go on to use it in his message (Perkins 31). The British and the Americans both had reasons ... them (Perkins 37). Richard Rush, an American Minister, had been asked the question, by George Canning, if he could make a joint declaration between the United States and Great Britain. Rush was startled by Canning’s proposition, since it had been only 40 years since the American Revolution and the War of 1812 was just awhile back (May 3). At first without consulting John Q. Adams he had agreed to. ...
- 18914: Academic Discourse Vs. Popular Discourse
- ... of a basic language that almost anyone who can read can understand. Aiming to grab the attention of teenagers, young adults, and some adults, popular discourse magazines use eye-catching appeals to grab the reader's attention instead of logical information. I compared the two discourse communities and analyzed the different languages and word presentation used throughout the material that I read. All in all I compared the informative information that ... usage throughout the two different completely, simply showing that the two are directed at different types of community group, age and education wise. URB is meant to relate directly to the younger generation in today's society. The topics and word usage is easy to follow and understand. Slang is used freely throughout the magazine and the articles do not seem to discriminate against moral issues such as drugs, sex, types ... and 77, where it reads in large print: "Where are all the people that used to go out, now? Did they just have their fun with the drugs and they went to parties and that s it? It shows that it's not always about the music 'cause music doesn't really have an age limit on it, ya' know?" In American Psychologist, the words and terms are very technical, ...
- 18915: Albert Einstein
- ... there with his parents, Herman and Pauline. Einstein attended a Catholic School near his home. But, at age 10, Einstein was transferred to the "Luitpold Gymnasium", where he learned Latin, Greek, History, and Geography. Einstein's father wanted him to attend a university but he could not because he did not have a diploma from the Gymnasium. But there was a solution to this problem over the Alps, in Zurich. There ... wedding, there was a meal to celebrate at a local restaurant. But no honeymoon. After the meal, the newlyweds returned to their new home. It was a small flat, about 100 yards away from Bere's famous clock tower. Upon returning home, a small incident occured, that was to occur many times throughout Einstern's life; he had forgotten his key. A year later, in 1904 they had a child, Hans Albert. In that same year, he recieved a job at the swiss patent office. In 1905, three of ...
- 18916: Star Wars: An Intergalactic Joyride
- ... and cliches from the Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers comics and serials, plus such related but less expected sources as the western, the pirate melodrama, the aerial combat melodrama and the samurai epic. The movie's irresistible stylistic charm derives from the fact that Lucas can draw upon a variety of action-movie sources with unfailing deftness and humor. He is in superlative command of his own movie-nurtured fantasy life ... the plot line of Star Wars follows the mythic archetechture outlined by Joseph Campbell in his study of myth, "The Hero with a Thousand Faces," which has influenced Mr. Lucas.' Another aspect, unique to Rothstein's review of the new Special Edition but not quite different from Arnold's assessment, is the way in which the movie celebrates the past and not the future. This aspect of ŒStar Wars', Rothstein says, is what Œscreams out in opposition to the high-budget, high-tech, ...
- 18917: HITLER, MUSSOLINI, STALIN
- ... civil service. Therefore, he was very strict. Alois Hitler never had a pleasant relationship with any of his children. Hitler was said to have a really good singing voice and took part in his school's choir. He also was a very smart boy, doing well in school. Hitler was very religious, idolizing his priests. At age nine, he was caught smoking a cigarette by one of his priests but was ... paper, all by memory. After his grade school was over, Hitler wanted to go to a classical school to become an artist. His father, however, objected, and the two had many, many arguments about Adolf's future. Hitler's dream was to graduate from an art school in Vienna and become a professional artist. Sadly, this was not the case. He failed to get accepted by this school and his ideas went south ...
- 18918: America And The Normandy Invasion
- ... beach. He also added all types of weapons to cover all possible weaknesses in the German posts. He added mortars and artillery pieces on top of the hills to bring more firepower from above. Rommel\\'s setup allowed for enemy fire coming from three different directions.11 (See Appendix D) There were four main factors which led the Americans to believe that an attack on such a difficult position would succeed ... backed up on the beach. Allied Captain Walker on a landing craft headed toward the beach commented on the sight, \\"I took a look toward the shore and my heart took a dive. I couldn\\'t believe how peaceful it was, how untouched, and how tranquil the scene was. The terrain was green. All the buildings were intact. The church and steeple were still standing in place. Where are the damn ... were to lead the invasion ashore while Naval demolition teams worked to clear the area. Following the initial craft were to be reinforcements to bring up stronger firepower ranging from greater numbers of M-1\\'s to 105mm howitzers, in addition to more tanks, jeeps, medical units, head quarters and communication units. Two hours after this first wave, it was planned that vehicles would have already scaled the hills and ...
- 18919: Deterioration Of The American-
- ... of the American-Soviet relationship. Some of the decisions taken at Yalta pertained to Europe. The most critical of these had to do with the liberated nations of eastern Europe. Roosevelt and Churchill rejected Stalin's proposal that they accept the Lublin government in Poland. Instead, the three leaders agreed on a reorganization of the Polish government to include leaders from abroad- this provisional government to be "pledged to the holding ... Stalin was only too eager to break that agreement. He abandoned all ties to the Kai-shek government. The Korean War also effected the American-Soviet relationship. In 1948 the Russians set up a People's Democratic Republic in North Korea, while the Americans recognized the Republic of South Korea. In June 1949 Soviet and American forces withdrew from Korea. Kim Il-sung, the communist dictator of North Korea, came to Moscow to seek Stalin's support for a North Korean invasion of South Korea. Stalin gave Kim his support. On June 25, 1950, North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel in a surprise invasion. Truman wrongly saw the invasion ...
- 18920: Hacking
- Hacking The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Hacking defines hacking as, simply, the act of penetrating computer systems to gain knowledge about the system and how it works (Ash, 4). The act of penetrating can range from harmless to malicious ... Before he leaves the system, he will leave a backdoor, or in other words, a glitch, so he can gain access again. A hacker named Mentor says it the best in his writing called "Mentor's Last Words: A Hacker's Manifesto": "This is our world now… the world of the electron and the switch, the beauty of the baud. We make use of a service already existing without paying for what could be dirt- ...
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