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- 7601: "A Bridge So Far": Japan's Alkashi Kaikyo Bridge
- "A Bridge So Far": Japan's Alkashi Kaikyo Bridge All the time man is trying to better himself and accomplish the impossible. Japan's Alkashi Kaikyo Bridge does accomplish the impossible. Japan is made up of four islands and after the building of the Alkashi Kaikyo Bridge, they are connected. Now, Japan is the proud owner of the four ... enough to withstand an earthquake of an enormous magnitude. They were able to do just that. The bridge is able to withstand an earthquake of 8.5 on the Richter Scale. And if you don't believe that then listen to this; in 1995, while the bridge was still under construction, it was hit by an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter Scale. All this did was stretch the ...
- 7602: Stephen King: Telekinesis And It’s Effects On The Innocent
- Stephen King: Telekinesis And It’s Effects On The Innocent Innocence betrayed as telekinetic forces work upon a child is portrayed in the novel Carrie, which was written by Stephen King. Stephen King is noted for his use of the supernatural ... is omnipresent. ( Magistrale 336 ). “Telekinesis is the ability to move objects or to cause changes ges in objects by force of the mind (King 43),” this is commonly expressed in the novel Carrie. Carrietta White’s negligent and abusive childhood is one of the major factors that led to her rage and destruction. Mothers and maternal figures are often means of destruction. In Carrie’s case it is her mother, Margaret White, that aids in the total breakdown of Carrie’s mental unstableness. Her first and greatest impediment to a normal life is her mother, a woman indoctrinated with ...
- 7603: Gylfaginning: Creation and Odin
- ... and everything in them." "But his greatest work is that he made man…" (from "Gylfaginning" in Snorra Edda) While this quote exemplifies how people came to be, it is only a simplification of the world’s creation. The start of life on Earth came about in a most complex, and in some respects a peculiar, fashion. The world started out as two regions: Muspell, the bright and hot region in the ... rime and were deposited on Ginnungagap. Sparks and heat from Muspell blew into Ginnungagap, and where this heat met up with the rime came drippings that took the form of the giant, Ymir. From Ymir’s sweat under his arm came a male and female, a son came from one of his legs, and the rest of the giants descended from these people. The cow, Audhumla, came about from melting rime ... Bor; with the giantess Bestla as his wife, Bor had three sons: Odin Vili, and Ve. From here, things started taking a different direction. These three sons went off and killed Ymir, and from Ymir’s blood, death came to all but one of the giants. They took Ymir’s body to Ginnungagap, and from Ymir’s blood and body parts, the physical parts of the world came about: seas, ...
- 7604: Civil War: Northern Attitudes
- ... any movement in Delaware to secede from the Union, and it remained loyal during the American Civil War (1861-1865) that followed the secessions. More than 13,000 Delawareans, nearly one-tenth of the state’s population, served in the Union Army, and several hundred fought for the Confederacy. Fort Delaware, on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River, was garrisoned by Union Army soldiers and served as a prison for Confederate prisoners of war. In 1861 Lincoln proposed that Delaware’s slaves be freed and the owners compensated. That proposal failed, partly because of party politics on the part of the Delaware Democrats, and in 1865 the 13th Amendment to the Constitution freed the slaves with ... supported the Lincoln Administration in the Civil War. The fighting never reached Illinois, but more than 250,000 men from the state served in the Union Army, including the famous general (and later president) Ulysses S. Grant, who had moved from St. Louis, Missouri, to Galena, Illinois, in 1860. In the southern part of the state, some Illinoisans who sympathized with the South created a short-lived movement to found ...
- 7605: Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Dostoevsky’s Raskolnikov: Literary Philosophies
- Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Dostoevsky’s Raskolnikov: Literary Philosophies In literature, authors have had certain goals and have often tried to incorporate literary philosophies, such as naturalism, existentialism, or realism, into their works. If two authors had aimed for the same type of reaction from the reader, their works would most likely have some paralleled aspects. Raskolnikov, the main character in Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment was very comparable to Shakepeare’s Macbeth. Raskolnikov and Macbeth both had positive qualities; however, both characters developed a certain madness which revealed their tragic flaws, visual reminders, and guilty consciences. ...
- 7606: The Optimist's Daughter: Summary
- The Optimist's Daughter: Summary The major characters in The Optimist's Daughter are Judge McKelva, Becky Mckelva, Laurel Mckelva, Wanda Fay, Dr. Courtland, Miss Adele Courtland, Tish Bullock, Major Bullock, Miss Tennyson, and Miss Missouri. Becky Mckelva was Judge Mckelva's wife before she died and had Laurel Mckelva with him. Wanda Fay remarried Judge Mckelva after his wife's death. Dr. Courtland did surgery on Becky Mckelva and the final operation on Judge Mckelva. ...
- 7607: Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet
- Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet Sex, drugs, and violence are usually a potent combination, and only William Shakespeare could develop them into a masterful, poetic, and elegant story. In the play, "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," all these aspects of teenage life absorb the reader or watcher. It is understood that Hollywood would try to imitate this masterpiece on screen, and it has done so in two films: Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 "Romeo and Juliet" and Baz Luhrmann's 1996 "William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet." The updated Luhrmann picture best captures the essence of Shakespeare for the present-day viewer. Through the ingenious use of modernization and location, while preserving Shakespearean language, ...
- 7608: Social Issues
- Analysis of Rembrandt Joseph Accused by Potiphar's Wife The story of Joseph and Potiphar's wife is told in the first book of the Bible, Genesis, chapter 39. Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers and bought by Potiphar, a high ranking official in the Pharaoh's service. "The Lord was with Joseph," and gave him success in everything he did. This pleased Potiphar and before long Joseph was given the highest position in the household, and left in charge when ...
- 7609: Philosophy - Davide Hume
- Hume's Life David Hume was the son of a minor Scottish landowner. His family wanted him to become a lawyer, but he felt an "insurmountable resistance to everything but philosophy and learning". Mr. Hume attended Edinburgh ... moved to a French town called La Fleche to pursue philosophy. He later returned to Britain and began his literary career. As Hume built up his reputation, he gained more and more political power. Hume's Philosophy HUME'S WRITINGS In 1742, Hume wrote Essays Moral and Political. Then in 1748, he wrote An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding and An Enquiry Concerning the Principals of Morals. WORKS ON INTERNET: Go HERE for a ...
- 7610: Geoffrey Chaucer
- ... some of Chaucer belongs to his time and that much of that time is dead, extinct, and never to be made alive again. What was alive in it, lives through him..._ --John Masefield Geoffrey Chaucer¦s world was the Europe of the fourteenth century. It was neither rich or poor, happy nor sad. Rather, it was the intermingling of these, a mixture of splendor and poverty, displaying both worldly desire and spiritual purity. Chaucer¦s travels through it, mostly on ¦the King¦s business,_ or civil service, shaped his writing, offering the readers of today a brief glimpse into the world in which he lived. Chaucer lived from approximately AD 1340 to 1400. The world in which ...
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