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- 25561: Ring World
- ... takes her some time to agree to come along. The price they are being paid for this adventure is a very advanced ship that can cover a light year in75 seconds. The excitement start when S.T.A. (speaker-to-animals) tries to highjack the ship, he fails. They head to the artifact, a gigantic band constructed around a sun; they try to contact the inhabitants, in many ways, but fail. They ...
- 25562: King Oedpius: Oedpius A Person of Great Importance
- ... willing to bring himself down in his lust to find his true identity. However, the driving force of Oedipus' fact-finding mission is an attempt to end the disease that plagues his city. He doesn't realize the personal consequences his hunt will have for him, and his loyalty to the truth is based on his ignorance of it. In fact, if we examine his "quest for identity", it becomes apparent ... his own sense of past achievement and from the very high regard everyone has of the achievements. He is conscious of himself as a great man. As his situation gets more complicated and things don't work out as he has imagined they might, he doesn't adapt, change, or learn. He becomes more and more determined to see things through on his own terms and becomes increasingly unflexible. Having accepted the responsibilty for saving Thebes before, he will on his ...
- 25563: Richard Linklater: Man of Youth
- ... decision also. In the Newton Boys the youth knew what they wanted, to rob banks to fund their new lives, they too liked the fermented drink called alcohol. For the technical aspects of Richard Linklater's films only the scene in The Newton Boys where numerous bank robberies go on at once, sticks out. There is dissolves everywhere to connect the processes and explosions to the getaways for the robberies. The music in all Richard Linklater's films is what I noticed the most. He takes period music and uses it to raise the scene to another level. In the cases of The Newton Boys all new music was written for this ... is able to complete the cruise scenes. Suburbia had a music star come back to the town to change the lives of everyone. His musical influence was important to keep the film together. Richard Linklater's beliefs are that even though the main characters are good guys, they are the worst off. Richard Linklater may be trying to punish the guys that where always cooler that him when he was ...
- 25564: Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton
- ... be supplying food to Europe so that they could have the factories turning out the luxuries of the world. We’d keep the disease of European urbanism away from our shores. We’d be Europe’s “bread basket.” Thomas Jefferson was the symbol of the Democratic-Republican party. He saw the purpose of the government as the protection of the individuals right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. He ... unlimited sovereignty. Hamilton worked to promote commerce, industry, and a strong central government, under which, he believed, the economy would flourish. The debts incurred during the revolution were massive. The end result left the nation's finances in disorder. Public credit was at a low reflux, and the economies of the states were still adjusting to the changes from independence. Hamilton wanted the federal government to pay the debts. He believed ... feared cities. Yet these were the some of the many foundations that helped build this nation. Generations passed and we’ve lived on with Hamiltonian government...but also with Jeffersonian democracy. And for what it’s worth, Hamilton was never President.
- 25565: Nasa
- ... on Mars in December 1999, carrying two softball-size penetrators, the Deep Space 2 mission, that will crash land on Mars some 60 miles north of the landing site. All is going well with NASA s Saturn-bound Cassini mission and the Deep Space 1 mission. Cassini will reach Saturn in June 2004 and Deep Space 1 will rendezvous with asteroid 1992KD in July 1999. The Galileo spacecraft at Jupiter went ... Global Surveyor and Lunar Prospector continue to function beautifully. Future missions include gathering samples of the martian moons Phobos and Deimos, firing a 1,100 lb. copper projectile into comet P/Tempel 1, studying Jupiter s interior, globally imaging and studying Mercury, and measuring the composition and circulation of Venus s middle atmosphere. This article told me much about the past, present, and future NASA missions. We are certainly learning more about the other planets in our solar systems, especially Mars, and I believe that ...
- 25566: Compare and Contrast: "Dune" by Herbert and "Star Wars" by Lucas
- ... teachings in the force from someone close to him, the man that was like an uncle to him. In Dune, all the space flights and cargo transportation were done by the secretive Guild, who don't reveal their identity to anyone. However, in Star Wars anybody who can buy a space ship can fly it. Cargo transportation is done by smugglers who do not hide their identity. In conclusion, there are so many similarities between Dune and Star Wars, that the reader might wonder if some of the ideas were stolen from Frank Herbert's novel Dune and used when George Lucas wrote Star Wars.
- 25567: Princess Bride Research Paper
- ... pill to bring him back to life. He warns them to wait for full potency before giving it to him. Fezzik and Inigo go to the castle wall and revive Wesley (the evening of Humperdink’s marriage to Buttercup), but they give him the pill too early and he is left with no strength. He is still able to work out a plan to get into the castle, and they get ... father; prepare to die” (speaking to Rugen). Rugen runs away and Inigo chases after him. Meanwhile Buttercup has been married to Humperdink and is depressed that Wesley has not come for her. She tells Humperdink’s father that she will kill herself once she has reached the honeymoon suite. Luckily, Wesley has found his way there and so they are again reunited, (but he still has no strength). All the while ... ties. The lack of ties will set this movie comfortably for years to come among the favorite of families everywhere. (dehm, Phantome Noire.) On the website, About.com, Ben Miller writes up a college student’s “Must See Movie” list. The Princess Bride ranks number twenty-six on that list. Another reason I think this movie is so incredibly wonderful is because it shows that no matter what obstacles two ...
- 25568: Sickle Cell Disease
- ... results in a shortage of red blood cells called anemia which, when severe, can cause the patient to be pale, short of breath and easily tired. Certain conditions, such as infections, may worsen a patient's anemia by speeding up destruction of red blood cells or reducing red blood cell production. Two of the most common forms of sickle cell disease are sickle cell anemia (SS disease) and sickle "C" disease ... the nearest medical center can refer a couple for testing and discuss the risks to their offspring. Other sources of testing and counseling, as well as treatment of those infected with sickle cell disease, include t 8e4 he pediatric department or hematology (blood) division of most all local hospitals. Couples can also check with their doctor for resources in their area. 6. Currently, there is no cure for sickle cell disease ...
- 25569: Black Friday: Tornado in Canada
- ... occured on what Canadians have come to know as "BLACK FRIDAY". The tornado of "Black Friday" touched down on July 31st, 1987 at 2:59 pm. (See appendix #2 for the torndo path). (See appendix #'s 4&5 for maps locating the disaster sights). 27 people were killed; 25 people died during the tornado and 2 died later in the hospital. Hundreds of other people were injured and thousands were left ... The reason for this is that if you go into your basement when the tornado hits you will have less of a chance of getting sucked up into it. People should tune into all radio, T.V. and other forms of communication to recieve warnings of the tornado and its movements so people can be prepared and take cover until it passes. We should ensure that all the schools and community ...
- 25570: Fallen Angles
- Fallen Angels By Walter Dean Myers Walter Dean Myers wrote the book Fallen Angels. It is about America's experiences in the Vietnam War as told by the main character in the book, Richie Perry. Perry goes through a lot of changes and sees some of his good friends die in battle fighting for ... Vîet Công soldiers, before the firefight ends in a draw, with neither side gaining a clear victory. The toll for the unit is 2 dead out of a 10 man unit, including one of Perry’s friends. When the troops are taken back to camp, Peewee and Perry talk about the experiences that they have gained from the firefight that they had with the Vîet Công soldiers and what was going ... A few hours later, Peewee and Perry make it back to camp and Peewee is treated for his wounds at the medic station. The story then summarizes the last few months of Peewee and Perry's service in Vietnam before they are sent home on a plane to the United States. I thought that this was a very good book and it was written in a style that I found ...
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