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- 27901: Charging Car Batteries
- ... play the radio for a long time while the engine is not running. An old battery might not even start up if it is really cold out. If the battery is dead, then you can't start the engine. You could be able to restore power to your battery by using jumper cables to connect it to a working battery in another car. It is always a good idea to keep ... jumper cables. Before you do this, you would want to make sure that the battery fluid is not frozen or the level of the fluid is low. If this is the case, then you wouldn't want to try and jump-start your car because it could explode. In order to jump-start your car properly, you would first need to position the cars so the cables can reach between the ...
- 27902: Efficient Market Theory A Cont
- ... misled by a company that uses the market system against itself. AOL, up until early November of this year, used an accounting system that effectively "cooked their books" and provided misleading figures on the company s performance. Instead of accounting for its promotion expenses and costs as a regular expense, as normal companies do, AOL spread them over two years. This let AOL report annual profits based on revenue figures derived ... charge of $385 million for the "deferred" promotion costs. This effectively negated all profits reported by the company over the years and put them in a negative net cash flow situation. As a result, AOL s stock is currently listed at 35 ¼, down from a high of 71 in May. This example clearly outlines a major flaw in Efficient Market Theory: If EMT relies heavily on information as the basis for ...
- 27903: Regicide
- ... as dreams very seriously. The kingdom was crumbling at the hands of King Peyna who was nothing more than an overpowering tyrant whose only interest was wealth and power. Anders did not share his father's ideas of kingship, which is the reason why the king did not wish his eldest son all the best in life, for Anders was not given any special treatment as a prince, he had very few privileges and had only the respect of all the kingdom who wished he became king any day know. Any one who made such comments were sent to receive the blade of the king's executioner however. Anders left his quarters to seek the kings magician, and would seek some answers from the faceless man. Beson was not one of those little tricky magicians, no, he was a true magician ...
- 27904: Alchemy
- ... persons during the Middle Ages. They believed gold to be the perfect metal and that baser metals were more imperfect than gold. Thus, they sought to fabricate or discover a substance, the so-called philosopher's stone, so much more perfect than gold that it could be used to bring the baser metals up to the perfection of gold. Roger Bacon believed that gold dissolved in aqua regia was the elixir ... of which the four elements of the ancients were merely derivative forms. This prime element of creation Paracelsus termed alkahest, and he maintained that if it were found, it would prove to be the philosopher's stone, the universal medicine, and the irresistible solvent. After Paracelsus, the alchemists of Europe became divided into two groups. One group was composed of those who earnestly devoted themselves to the scientific discovery of new ...
- 27905: Legalize It!
- ... drugs, years of fighting have caused increased crime, overcrowding of prisons and the wasted use of money and resources with no results. It is now time to look at alternative methods to solving the nation's drug problem. I will be looking at one of these methods that deals with the legalization of marijuana. In the following pages you can look at why I think there is a problem in the ... knowing the pro and cons of marijuana legalization, I have decided that it is a valid and necessary solution to our countries drug problem. By implementing such a program the American population can use it's money and resources to combat the problem through rehabilitation and education instead of stalling the problem through the legal system. Legalization will decrease violent crime associated with drug dealers, it will decrease the number of ...
- 27906: Donner Party
- ... and were essentially without food A small group of 15 from within the party elected to attempt to cross the Sierra on foot to seek help. Seven of the original 15 made it to Sutter's Fort. Meanwhile, the banished Reed had made it across on his own and then tried to recruit relief parties. Ultimately four relief parties were sent, but it was not until March that the first party ... to present the facts of the journey without making moral judgement. The Stewart book presents a dramatized version, showing the weaknesses and strengths of the various members. In response to the Stewart book, Joseph King's book presents an alternative view of the supposed villains and heroes of the party.
- 27907: A Midsummer Nights Dream: Demetrius' Pursuit of Hermia
- ... Lysander. While pursuing Hermia, Helena falls in love with Demetrius, and does what she can to make him fall him love with her. But he holds no interest. Oberon, King of the Fairies, sees Helena’s pain and orders Robin Goodfellow, a hobgoblin, to anoint Demetrius’ eyes with a love potion so that he will fall in love with Helena. The plan goes accordingly. Demetrius is pursuing Hermia and asking for ... to the point where he threatens her very life if “though follow me, do not believe, but I shall do thee mischief in the wood.” Reluctantly, Helena leaves. Oberon, the King of Fairies witnesses Helena’s sadness. He sends Robin Goodfellow, a hobgoblin, to anoint Demetrius’ eyes with a love potion derived from an herb, constructing the newly found love for Helena, Hermia swept from his mind. Robin Goodfellow anoints Demetrius ...
- 27908: Movie: Anna and The King
- ... boy, and she finds herself dealing with and egotistic king who has a palace full of women who live there with his 68 children. Anna has been sent there, the palace to educate the king’s son, who also has little respect for women. Anna second purpose for her stay was to civilize the son by the British standards. Anna was quite bitter and stubborn because she did not like the ... Although Anna, did not approve of the kings doings, she had grown to love him and she had eventually influenced some of his egoist ways of thinking. Anna later with the help of the king’s so help save Siam from destruction when the enemies tried to invade the palace because they did not a modern Siam. This movie was really interesting because the colors and clothing that was worn in ...
- 27909: The Boston Massacre
- ... the Revolutionary War. Many important events led up to the massacre. It was called a massacre by the use of propaganda. It mainly started by the British trying to enforce laws. The Boston Massacre wasn't really a massacre, but more like a riot. In fact only five people died. British Soldiers were sent to America to enforce the Proclamation and to maintain order but their presence just made matter worse ... turn something small into something big. The British soldiers were accused of Murder and manslaughter. To represent them was John Adams, a relative of Samuel Adams. Adams wanted the trial to get over and didn't want the truth to come out. The Boston Massacre and misleading visual representation by Paul Revere could have been one cause of a later war. The Boston Massacre increased the hatred between the Americans and ...
- 27910: Ben Franklin
- ... diplomat, and philosopher, Benjamin Franklin Became both a spokesman and a model for the national character of later generations of Americans. After less than two years of formal schooling, Franklin was pressed into his father's trade. At the age of 16, Franklin wrote some pieces in a courant, "Silence Dogwood." Though penniless and unknown, Franklin soon found a job as a printer. After a year he went to England, where ... loss at Yorktown, in! 1781,he finally persuaded British leaders that they could not win the war, Franklin made secret contact with peace negotiators sent from London. Franklin had many accomplishments in his life. Franklin's final public pronouncements urged ratification of the Constitution and approved the inauguration of the new federal government under his admired friend George Washington. He helped the outcome of the United States of America and not ...
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