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- 7751: The Town of Cheltenham
- ... chosen as a town because of the Credit River and the Canadian National Railway. The railway produced trasportation for goods to be delivered to other cities. The cheap efficient rail transportation also ment that Cheltenham's businesses had to compete against goods manufactured by mass production in larger urban centers to the south. Therefore the economy of Cheltenham would rise. The Credit River produce lots of Hydro electric power for the ... right beside each other. The tannery is just a little walk away. They are located so close to each other because they depended on each other. The blacksmith shop, the Orange hall, a store, Henry's hotel, and the general store are located right beside each other. Opposite to them are another store, the Beaver hall, another General store, and two Hotels. They are so close to each other because that ... to cool off. The main reason why the settlers built industries in Cheltenham was the river located beside it. Part C ------ The village of Cheltenham was a much more important commercial centre in the 1870's than it is today because in the 1870's there was a railway. It was called "The Canadian National Railway". The railway provided cheap and good transportation. The railway delivered products made in Cheltenham ...
- 7752: John Rocker
- ... with purple hair, next to some queer with AIDS, right next to some dude who got out of jail for the fourth time, right next to some 20-year-old mom with four kids. It's depressing. "The biggest thing I don't like about New York are the foreigners," the 25-year-old Georgia native said. "You can walk an entire block in Times Square and not hear anybody speaking English. Asians and Koreans and Vietnamese and ... couple base hits off Rocker, which eventually lead to the homerun that ended the game. Then when the Braves made it to the World Series, Rocker faced more harsh words from the New York Yankee's fans. The yelling and objects cascaded down from the stands whenever Rocker was out there. This threw his game off, and once again the Braves got beat in the series 4 - 0. So What? ...
- 7753: Flowers For Algernon
- Medical operations are carried out everyday, but for some, an operation can change a person's life. One experiment was done on a mentally retarded person to try to raise his intelligence. The experiment worked, but after months, the patient regressed dramatically. In the book, Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes, this intelligence operation was preformed, and the patient was Charlie Gordon. After the operation, Charlie was very bright, but experienced psychological traumas, loneliness, disillusionment, and social inadequacies. Charlie's psychological traumas or emotional upset was caused by his memory recalls. After his operation, he remembered every aspect of his childhood, whether it was good or bad. "...He's normal! He's normal! He'll grow up like other people. Better than others..." Charlie had dreams of how his mother was ashamed of him. His mother always thought her son was normal and ...
- 7754: Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry
- ... Kaleb Wallace and one of the school board members. Somebody told them about those books I d pasted over...but that was only an excuse. (Pg 151) This highlights some of the themes by TJ s total lack of loyalty and personal integrity. One of TJ s biggest mistakes in the book is befriending two white boys, R.W. and Melvin Simms (Jeremy s brothers). He thinks they are his friends and he doesn t know that they are just using him. By hanging around with these two he ends up getting himself in a lot of trouble. ...
- 7755: Interactive Television
- ... by themselves. The problem with interactive television is that it works best with a focused individual viewer without distractions. It also requires the user to remain indoors for long periods of time which people don't like to do. Human beings are social animals. It is this fact that will keep them from being glued to their television sets. Clearly these factors will not allow interactive television to overtake the American ... them. New technologies will be rushing into the market place over the next few years. Virtually all signals will be digital; analog will be a thing of the past. Large corporations like Microsoft and AT&T have already capitalized on multimedia and home PC's. There are already CD ROM applications that use the Internet for multimedia interactive purchasing of products and vacation plans. With interactive television, virtually everyone can advertise and sell products to anyone with access. Shopping ...
- 7756: Role Models: A Bright Red Peel on a Rotten Apple
- Role Models: A Bright Red Peel on a Rotten Apple Spitting, head butting, kicking, cursing, no, these aren't reactions kindergartners have in temper tantrums; these are actions of our "professional" athletes. Each day, millions of children look up to these athletes as role models. Little boys and young men, males and females imitate ... personalities are revealed. Just think what a little leaguer could be thinking when watching his role model spit on a umpire when the call is unfavorable? What does that teach the children? Many athletes don't want to be role models, but are forced into it by the media. "Professional athletes should not be role models. Hell, I know drug dealers who can dunk. Can drug dealers be role models too?" Charles Barkley once said about athletes as role models. Athletes are always in the spotlight, whether it's underwear commercials or endorsing french fries. The role models have an undisputed athletic ability, but all too many times they are only a bright red peel on the rotting core of the American role ...
- 7757: Movie Preview For Silent Scream in THX
- ... his role changes from good, to evil or in-between, depending on what the script called for. When I was reading this book I thought of it being a Anime movie. So this movie doesn't call for acting as much as it is for being in the moment. For the opposite of Mike Wilkens, John Wilkens his brother, I would have Carson Daly, the MTV VJ. His voice is soothing ... things in the book. These are the main characters in the story. I would have Jennifer Love Hewitt for the many roles of women in this book, like the 20 year old prostitute and John's wife Micky, the waitress in the diner and his co-worker Cassandra. It would give a familiarity in the movie sort of like these women were connected some how. My opening scene would be John ... in and out until he was asleep. His dream would be the story of what Mike wrote in his diary he left behind. I chose this because even though Mike hates John the hate isn't shared. John still loves Mikes because they are brothers. John knows his brother needs help and tries to save him but Mike try's to John. The closing scene would be John walking out ...
- 7758: Andrew Jackson and The National Bank
- ... strengthened the power of the Executive branch above the limits in the Constitution (article 4). Specifically, he destroyed the national bank and also, due to much evidence, it is possible to conclude that Andrew Jackson’s actions as president were strongly affected by his afflictions from the past and his personal feelings. Jackson already disrelished the national bank before his presidency. As a former, wealthy land speculator, he had lost large ... move created a demand for specie in many banks, especially in the west. As demand increased, it moved east also. Jackson left the country in a financially, disasterous state. As if his financial decisions didn’t already portray him as a unqualified president, he proved himself to be even less valuable with his Indian policies. There was already much conflict between whites and the Indians. As America was expanding and settlers ... ruling was in favor of the Indians, Georgia continued to defy the ruling. Why did Jackson not put in an effort to mend this dilemma? Many argued that he did not enforce the Supreme Court’s ruling because he didn’t want to place troops on Georgia’s borders to ensure the Indians’ return peacefully. But, as president, he didn’t enforce the court’s decision, a duty under the ...
- 7759: Compare Two Biographies Of Wayne Gretzky
- ... Gretzky with Rick Reilly. The book "Gretzky with Rick Reilly was an autobiography. It showed how Wayne Gretzky from his AHL to a famous NHL player. In this book, there were a lot of Gretzky's childhood. We knew that Wayne Gretzky could skate at two years old. He was well known by people at six. When he was ten, he was signing autographs and had a national magazine article written about him. A thirty- minutes national television show done on him at fifteen. It also talk about Gretzky's hero when he was a kid. He was a funny guy. He was Gretzky's hockey instructor. He was also his lacrosse, baseball basketball and cross country coach. He was not only coach, but also trainer and chauffeur. Gretzky called him dad, his name was Walter. However, in the ...
- 7760: Cash Out (Accounting)
- ... working farmers to live and work on their land and tend the crops and cattle for a portion of the goods and maybe a portion of the profit. The farmer was happy because he didn't have enough money to buy his own land yet he could still do what he loved and support his family. The wealthy landowner was happy because he had his land working for him and was ... either needs liquidity or has no relative or partner to pass the ownership to is the main time that owners think about where their business might be going. Many owners of a family business don’t do estate planning or strategy until it’s too late. Even when the owner tries to plan for the inevitable, he has minority shareholders or kids who don’t want to run the business. Every option for the owner has a downside. ...
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