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- 811: The Tragic Challenger Explosion
- ... was the first person to walk on the Moon. But all of the success in our space programs is overshadowed by tragedy. On January 28, 1986, one of the worst disasters in our space program's history occurred. Many people were watching at the moment because it was the highly televised space mission where, for the first time, a civilian was a member of the crew that was to be shot into space. This civilian was the winner of the "Teacher in Space" contest, Christa McAuliffe. The disaster: the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger. (Compton's 1) Many people thought that disaster couldn't strike because a civilian was on board. But as the whole nation found out, nobody is immortal. By examining this further, we will look at the lives of the seven who died in this ...
- 812: Shel Silverstein
- ... poet born in 1932 Chicago, Illinois is still among us today. He is an extremely opinionated and open-minded man who has effected may children and adults and benefited important parts of modern society. Silverstein's knack for appealing to all ages in a single book first became apparent when he published The Giving Tree in 1964. The Giving Tree could slant in two directions. Its a little too sad for children, and kind of simple for adults. Although, churches and teachers found it necessary to use it as a parable for society. Each book was a pure example of energetic wordplay. A Light In the Attic, published in 1981, scored a major breakthrough for children's literature when it captured the number one spot on the adult, nonfiction, best seller list, a position it occupied for several weeks. Where The Sidewalk Ends, published after A Light In The Attic, was ...
- 813: Gatsby S Sacrifice
- Gatsby's Sacrifice Spring 1996 The truth was that Jay Gatsby of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his platonic conception of himself. He was a son of God-- a phrase which, if it means anything, means just that-- and he must be about His Father's business, the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty. So he invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen-year-old boy would be likely to invent, and to this conception he was faithful to the end (99). James Gatz was already "about his Father's business" when he carefully sketched out a schedule for self improvement on the back of his "Hopalong Cassidy" book. He had already realized what his dream was and had created his own personal religion, ...
- 814: Tomb Raider 2 Walkthrough
- Tomb Raider 2 Walkthrough Introduction Welcome to Lara's newest adventure. If you thought her first adventure was exciting, wait until you see what she has planned for you this time. There are 16 massive levels and a final battle what you won't believe. As you might expect, there are plenty of puzzles to solve and SECRET AREAS to find during your adventure. All of them are explained in the following text. For those of you playing the Playstation version, you will be glad to know that you can now save your game whenever you want - a much needed improvement over those Save Gems from the first game. Finally; I ain't going to explain how to play the game or control Lara. That is what your manual and the excellent tutorial back at Lara's mansion is for. By the way; her mansion is incredible ...
- 815: Dog
- The process of finding out who one is can be very turbulent and confusing. Through growing up one goes through so many different changes in terms of one's personality and deciding who they are and what they want to be. The little girl in David Kaplan's "Doe Season" goes through one of these changes, as do many other adolescents confused about who they are, and finds out that there are some aspects of a person's identity that cannot be changed no matter how hard he/she tries. Andy is a nine-year-old girl who doesn't want to grow up to be a woman. When she talks of ...
- 816: Hackers: Information Warefare
- ... Warefare Dr. Clark PHL 233 The Popularity Of The Internet Has Hrown Immeasurably In The Past Few Years. Along with it the so-called "hacker" community has grown and risen to a level where it's less of a black market scenario and more of "A Current Affair" scenario. Misconceptions as to what a hacker is and does run rampant in everyone who thinks they understand what the Internet is after ... same street you have always walked down. One day, you see a big wooden or metal box with wires coming out of it sitting on the sidewalk where there had been none. Many people won't even notice. Others might say, "Oh, a box on the street.". A few might wonder what it does and then move on. The hacker, the true hacker, will see the box, stop, examine it, wonder ... to look closely at the wiring, or even be so bold as to open the box. Not maliciously, just out of curiosity. The hacker wants to know how things work.(8) Hackers truly are "America's Most Valuable Resource,"(4:264) as ex-CIA Robert Steele has said. But if we don't stop screwing over our own countrymen, we will never be looked at as anything more than common ...
- 817: Leonardo Da Vinnci
- ... to do so many other things. He was an architect, a musician, inventor, sculptor, scientist, and mathematician. His artistic talent revealed its self early in his life. When he was about 15 years old Leonardo's father took him to Florence Italy, to train as a painter and sculptor in the studio of Andrea del Verroccho. He studied with this master until the age of twenty five. At this point, he ... nature. Leonardo used what he learned from nature and science to make his paintings look real. He drew and took many notes of what he observed. His notes were written backwards, probably because he didn't want people to read about his discoveries and observations. In order to read Leonardo's notes, one has to hold them up to a mirror. In 1472 he entered a painters' guild. His earliest extensive works date back to this time. In 1482 Da Vinci worked for Duke Lodovico ...
- 818: Darwinism
- ... those children that are always into things, trying to find out how things work. He was especially interested in the outdoors. He was a very smart child, but his father, Robert Waring Darwin II, didn't think so. "Darwin had a youth unmarked by the slightest trace of genius." (Rachels,7). This didn't stop Darwin, though. He never lost this curiosity throughout the years. At the age of 18, he made a very important discovery about flustra, which is "1. That the ova of the Flustra possess organs of motion and 2. That the small black globular body hithero mistaken for the young Fucus lorious is in reality the ovum of the Pontobdella Muricata." (Rachels,7). In the early 1800's, a group of naturalists led by Captain FitzRoy, were planning an overseas trip, which they called the Voyage of the Beagle. They invited Darwin along, not as a naturalist, but as a helper. Through ...
- 819: Why People Dye Their Hair
- Why People Dye Their Hair Many people of different ages ask of teens the question, "Why do you dye your hair?" It's a valid question. It seems like the fad these days is to have a different color of hair every week. Red, purple, blue, green, orange, it doesn't matter, as long as it's new. The crazier the better, the brighter the cooler. I feel I'm experienced in this area, as I've dyed my hair at least a dozen times in the last couple years. Why ...
- 820: The Potential For A U.N. Peace
- ... the force. It is generally agreed that the United Nations would play a major role in peacekeeping. Yet, there are a variety of political components at play, and there has been tensions due to NATO's military mission, as well as Russia and China's ambivalent role in all of this. How all of these factors play out will essentially affect the peacekeeping efforts by the U.N. In examining the potential for the U.N.'s presence in the region, the political implications as well as the reasons for the war in the first place, are all important. First, an in depth look at the conflict in Kosovo is necessary ...
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