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- 23331: Humpback Whales
- ... color schemes, ranging from white to gray to black to mottled. There are distinctive patches of white on underside of the flukes). These markings are unique to each individual whale, like a fingerprint. The humpback's skin is freqently scarred and may have patches covered with diatoms. Humpback whales have 14-35 throat grooves that run from the chin to the navel. These grooves allow their throat to expand during the ... of the head edging the jaws. Humpbacks have huge, mottled white flippers with rough edges that are up to one-third of its body length; these are the largest flippers of any whale. The humpback's genus, Megaptera, means "huge-wings," referring to its flippers. The flippers may have barnacles growing on them. The deeply-notched flukes are up to 12 feet (3.7 m) wide. Humpbacks have a small dorsal ... of the water for up to 30 seconds to take a look around. Humpbacks also stick their tail out of the water into the air, swing it around, and then slap it on the water's surface; this is called lobtailing. It makes a very loud sound. The meaning or purpose of lobtailing is unknown, but may be done as a warning to the rest of the pod. Humpbacks lobtail ...
- 23332: James Boswell
- ... on the subject of an address to the Throne, after the expedition to Rochfort, which was delivered by one of his friends, I know not in what publick meeting. It is printed in the Gentleman's Magazine for October 1785 as his, and bears sufficient marks of authenticity. By the favour of Mr. Joseph Cooper Walker, of the Treasury, Dublin, I have obtained a copy of the following letter from Johnson ... who upon the publication of my book did not endeavour to depress me with threats of censure from the publick, or with objections learned from those who had learned them from my own preface. Your's is the only letter of good-will that I have received; though, indeed, I am promised something of that sort from Sweden. "How my new edition7 will be received I know not; the subscription has ... 1757." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes 1. [Of this gentleman, who died at his seat at Ballinegare, in the county of Roscommon in Ireland, July 1, 1791, in his 82nd year, some account may be found in the Gentleman's Magazine of that date. Of the work here alluded to by Dr. Johnson -- "Dissertations on the History of Ireland" -- a second and much improved edition was published by the authour in 1766. -- M.] 2. ...
- 23333: The Devil In Disguise
- The Devil's Advocate Is Arnold Friend the Devil in disguise in Joyce Carol Oates' short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" If one were to look at the facts surrounding the actual event this ... anything but a man would be thrown out due to logic. However, if one were to look at the story alone, he could concede that Friend is indeed the Devil or at least the Devil's angel. First, there is the physical description of Arnold Friend. His "shaggy, shabby black hair that looked crazy as a wig," (591) his nose, "long and hawk-like," (592) and his eyes that "were like ... but had forgotten about his throat" (596). This indicates that Friend is not of human race, and he is using the mask to cover his face and shield his true identity from Connie. Also, Arnold's boots "must have been stuffed with something so that he would seem taller" (596-7). The fact that Friend is short could mean he is an elf or dwarf-like creature, or it could ...
- 23334: Affirmative Action
- ... a generation ago. We should not punish them, but rather treat everyone fairly. We should treat everyone as Americans. As Bakke quotes the Constitution, "...The guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment extend to all persons. It's language is explicit: "No State shall... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." It is settled beyond question that the rights created by the first section of the Fourteenth ... everyone, including our children. Under the affirmative action law, our schools are currently recruiting students according to race and color. According to a critic on affirmative action, "A college board survey, described in Andrew Hacker's Two Nations, in 1992 the average combined SAT score for black students whose parents earn more than $70,000 a year was 854, which was twenty-five points lower than the average SAT for white students whose parents earn less than $20,000 a year." (Rosen, p.3) In effect, the solution by supporters of affirmative action is to lower the school's standards so that they can accept a more diverse group of students. This solution is ridiculous, simply because everyone has a chance to do good. It is just a matter of effort. If a ...
- 23335: Limitations on Robotic Technology
- ... to exterminate humans from the face of the Earth. The humans have little to no chance of survival because they built the robots to be perfect and very intelligent. Where is the limit on society's safety? In the last two decades of the twentieth century, progress has gone beyond the wildest imagination of almost every inventor or dreamer. Faster and better are the keys for words that society yearns for ... be more advanced and the robots will be as clever as humans are (Kelly 1). Soon as man-made creations can become more intelligent then their creators and be unpredictable as humans too. "Next century's global politics will be dominated by the question of, should humanity build ultra-intelligent machines or not," said Hugo De Garis (Kelly 2). De Garis went so far to say that major warfare will break ... they can control the robot via two-way communication. Pioneer is a robot that is controlled by humans and does not have any software to allow it to make decisions on its own. With today's technology, robots can be programmed with software to do anything that is needed. There are robots that map out mine fields by using detectors to seek out unknown mines. Military personnel can use these ...
- 23336: The Dropping of the Atomic Bombs on Japan
- ... also necessary to inform certain commanders in the Pacific about the project, and on December 30, 1944 Major General Leslie Groves, head of the Manhattan District, “recommended that this be done”. [4] After President Roosevelt’s death, it fell to Stimon to brief the new President about the atomic weapon. At a White House meeting on April 25 he outlined the history and status of the program and predicted that “within ... Japanese government on the morning of the 27th. The Proclamation demanded “the unconditional surrender of all the Japanese armed forces”.[6] It made no mention of Japans central surrender consideration, the retention of the Emperor’s position. What made this crucial was that the Japanese believed the Emperor to be a God, the heart of the Japanese people and culture. But the Proclamation made statements that, to the Japanese, could appear ... 509th Composite Group, had been organized in 1944. Crews were handpicked by the commander, Col. Paul Tibbets, Jr. The 509th trained in secrecy and then deployed to Tinian, where it was standing by when Truman’s order was received. In the early morning hours of August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay, flown by Tibbets took off from Tinian. The primary target was Hiroshima, the seventh largest city in Japan, an ...
- 23337: King Lear - The Fool: A Motivated Character
- ... of real sanity. The solution to the problem is set by the Fool; the problem of moral relativity, “Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile, filths savour but themselves,” (IV, 2, 38-9). “Lear’s tragedy is the investing of the king with motley, and the crowning of the Fool,” (Weisford 162-165). William Hazlitt agrees that the Fool is of great importance to the play. He feels that the ... take refuge in the half-comic, half-serious comments of the Fool. Lear may well “beat at the gate which let his folly in,” (I, 4, 171). The Fool shows weaknesses in the old king’s conduct, and the consequences of the choices he has to make (Hazlitt 108-109). Melvin Seiden believes that the Fool has a personality, but cannot be perceived as being a person. The Fool’s personality cannot be comprehended by the reader. He is involved in many situations, but does not change throughout the play. He expresses himself, but does not really experience feeling. The Fool is a wise ...
- 23338: The House Of The Seven Gables
- ... a hypnotist that rents the upstairs apartment, and an old maid, who serves Hepzibah. Then one day a pretty young girl, Phoebe Pyncheon, comes in and brightens the gloomy atmosphere; about the same time Hepzibah s insane brother, Clifford, arrives to live with them. Since Clifford dislikes Hepzibah s ugliness, attitude, rustiness and scowl she soon quits reading and playing the harpsichord for him. Then she sadly resigns the tasks of keeping him happy and leaves them to Phoebe. At the same time Judge ... to send him to the insane asylum for life. She has Jaffrey sit in the parlor as she goes to find Clifford and finding him missing, she goes back and finds Clifford dancing around Jaffry s dead body. Frightened for prosecution they ran to the nearest station and rode to a far away to a deserted railroad stop and they hide many miles from the mansion that they came from. ...
- 23339: Federal Bureau of Investigation
- ... the Union. The laurel leaves stand for academic fame and honor. The 46 leaves in the two laurel branches represent the 46 states of the Union in 1908, when the FBI was founded. The FBI's motto, "Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity," appears on the seal as a reminder of the qualities and motivating factors of the FBI agents. The positioning of the words "Department of Justice" and "Federal Bureau of Investigation" are ... with the FBI is easy, but a lot of training is required. There are currently 11,368 special agents and 16,365 support personnel employed by the FBI. The employees are paid from the FBI's annual budget of $2.8 billion. This budget covers funding for all operations, training, and expenses, as well as the salaries of the agents. The training program educates FBI agents in the techniques of scientific investigation and crime detection. Applicants must be between 23 and 40 years of age. To qualify for training as a special agent, an individual must be an U.S. citizen, or a citizen of the Northern Mariana Islands, and have reached his/her 23rd but not 37th birthday. Candidates must be completely available for assignment anywhere in the FBI's headquarters or field ...
- 23340: Karl Marx 3
- ... an demands of the age basis of the French Revolution, Engles did so on the basis of English industry. (The Story of his Life, Mehring, page 93) In 1845, he left for Brussels, Belgium. It s during these years that Marx is said to have really developed his views and his intellectual standing. In 1848, the Communist Manifesto or Manifest der Kommunistischen Parten was published in London. Marx and Engles wrote ... Communism, and the differences between his ideas and other parties . The document ends in bold capital letters WORKINGMEN OF ALL COUNTRIES, UNITE! The days of November 1850 fall almost exactly in the middle of Marx s liffe and they represent, not only externally, an important turning point in his life s work. Marx himself was keenly aware of this and Engles perhaps even more so. (The Story of his Life, Mehring, page 208.) His ideas were soon no longer followed as they once were. From ...
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