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- 4971: The Life and Times of Peter Straub
- ... of his writings making it on the New York Times Bestseller list, Peter Straub has won such distinguished awards as the British Fantasy Award, the Bram Stoker Award, the International Horror Guild Award, and two World Fantasy Awards, and was elected the Grand Master at the 1998 World Horror Convention.6 Because many of his books attained worldwide success they have been translated into more than twenty foreign languages. Peter Straub did not start out writing in your face horror novels. He actually ... long, has a life that is largely filled with fiction, and it’s fiction – if you spend that much time with it and take great care with it – that has the feel of the real world, that has the feeling of life. It feels that it’s growing, developing and changing on it’s own.”10 Peter Straub, though, does not say that spending an entire life writing is bad; “ ...
- 4972: A Raisin In The Sun
- ... the most powerful ways to convey an idea or opinion. Through vivid imagery and compelling metaphors, the poem gives the reader the exact feeling the author wanted. The poem "Dulce et Decorum Est," an anti-war poem by Wilfred Owen, makes great use of these devices. This poem is very effective because of its excellent manipulation of the mechanical and emotional parts of poetry. Owen's use of exact diction and vivid figurative language emphasizes his point, showing that war is terrible and devastating. Furthermore, the utilization of extremely graphic imagery adds even more to his argument. Through the effective use of all three of these tools, this poem conveys a strong meaning and persuasive ... out of their nightmarish walk and surrounded by gas bombs. How everyone, in "an ecstasy of fumbling" was forced to run out into the mist, unaware of their fate. Anyone wanting to fight in a war would become nervous at the image of himself running out into a blood bath. The graphic images displayed here are profoundly affecting and can never be forgotten. The poem ties it all together in ...
- 4973: Shrimp Life
- ... swimming legs, called pleopods, and a fanlike tail. Many small shrimp are harvested from the cold waters of Iceland, Greenland, and Canada. Today, cultured or farmed marine shrimp play an important role in supplying the world s shrimp demand. Total wild and farmed shrimp harvest accounts for less than 5 percent of the total world fisheries harvest. Even so, shrimp has a very high commercial value and is the most important species group in world fisheries trade. The United States spends more on shrimp purchased from around the world than on any other imported fishery product. The amount of shrimp consumed in the US has doubled in the last ...
- 4974: Babe Ruth
- ... his face. Even so to the Red Sox Ruth was a savior, though none of his teammates looked at it that way. If it wasn't for Babe, they probably never would have won the World Series three times in four years, (1915, 16, & 18). He also set a record when he pitched 29 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings in the 1916 and 1918 World Series, a record which still stands today. And in 1919 Ruth shocked the baseball world by hitting 29 homers in a season, something that was never thought of in his days. The Red Sox really had it good when they got Ruth. He was someone that every team wanted, ...
- 4975: Christopher Columbus
- Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus, an Italian-born navigator who sailed in the service of Spain, is commonly described as the "discoverer" of the New World--America. Although Columbus was in search of a westward route to Asia by sea, the "discoveries" he did make were more important and valuable than the route he failed to find. It is certain, however, that Columbus was not the first European to cross the Atlantic. Documentary evidence supports claims that the Vikings reached the New World about AD 1000. And there is good circumstantial evidence, though no documentation, to suggest that both Portuguese and English fishing vessels made the crossing during the 14th century, probably landing in Newfoundland and Labrador. Columbus ... the coast of Asia and brought with him artifacts, Indians, and some gold. The Second Voyage Portuguese claims to Columbus's discoveries led Pope Alexander VI to issue papal bulls in 1493 that divided the world into areas open to colonization by Spain and Portugal. The two nations moved the line of demarcation to 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands by the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) and undertook ...
- 4976: Hiram Walkers
- ... all started in the days of smuggling liquor. Canadian whisky had a new cleaner flavour and was no ordinary Whisky. The founder was no ordinary man either. Massachusetts born Hiram Walker became one of the world's first commuters travelling day by day from the United States to Canada. He was the first for many things such as putting whisky into glass bottles and getting his own town named after him ... alcohol, which is then lowered to 40%, so we can enjoy it! The whisky is aged in Pike Creek, a small town just 20 kilometer's from Walkerville. This facility is the largest in the world with 16 aging warehouse that hold over 80,000 barrels. Together these warehouses cover more than 150 football fields. This process of making whisky dates all the way back to 1858 when Hiram Walker created ... a light, smooth, mellow taste. This is incorporated into many different whiskies. CANADIAN SPECIAL OLD- This Hiram Walker legacy is a 4 year old whisky and is one of the top 10 whiskies in the world. Sales are over 400,000 cases per year. ROYAL CANADIAN- This 4 year old whisky is a major market for Sweden, selling 18,000 cases per year. NORTHERN LIGHT- Another 4 year old whisky ...
- 4977: The Beliefs of Martin Luther King Jr.
- The Beliefs of Martin Luther King Jr. One of the world’s best known advocates of non-violent social change strategies, Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK), synthesized ideals drawn from many different cultural traditions. Recent studies of him emphasize the extent to which his ideals were ... is through King’s thoughts and actions that enabled so many people to have trust and faith in him. Through King’s integrity he believed that America, the most powerful and richest nation in the world will lead the way to a revolution of values. This revolution will change the way society views itself, shifting from a “thing-orientated” society to a “person-orientated” society. When this occurs, King believed that ... with at first. After careful consideration he believed that if he were to be called an extremist for love, it could only be taken as a compliment and he came to the realization that the world was in dire need for more extremists. King did not want to be remembered after his death by his Nobel Peace Prize or his many other awards, he wanted people to say “...that Martin ...
- 4978: Self Expression
- ... to shape their own identity . Although this article is about the influence of urban styles on materialistic impressions, he makes a remarkably strong point about the historical transformation of individual identity. Ewen states The old world of the parents was rooted in a continuity the new world on the other hand, demanded a sense of self that was malleable, sensitive to the power of increasingly volatile surfaces. Addressing the historical transformation of individual identity, historian Warren Susman describes it as a shift ... mother never allowed her to grow as her own individual person. Her thoughts and ideas were all molded in the shape of her mothers. This is a perfect example of Ewen s theory: the old world of the parents was rooted in a continuity (Ewen, 410). Her mother forced her towards becoming so much like herself that in essence, a form of continuity was established. Practices of this nature were ...
- 4979: Mikhail Lermontov
- ... but just a beginning of the whole new era of territorial conquests by the European nations. This was a beginning of imperialism. Since all conquests were done outside of Europe culture flourished in the Old World. Indeed where there is culture there are thinkers who by their thoughts shape the future. Industrial revolution, being in full expansion, gave rise to the idea of domination of the world by proletariat (Communist Manifesto by Marx). Following all this it is impossible for the contemporary writers not to include some of the elements of history into their work of literature. In the following the trait ... they were separated for many years. This was not an uncommon story for a man with a higher rank to be unattentive with those beneath. However even that was subject to the change in the world. In Western Europe workers and commoners got more and more political power and the ranking officials could not further forget the views of the workers, from now and on, spreading all over the world ...
- 4980: David Hume's An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding
- ... rational judgments are merely habitual associations of distinct impressions or experiences. Hume claims that all our ideas, which form the basis of our knowledge, are derived from impressions that we take in from the outside world and into the inside world of our mind. Hume grouped perceptions and experiences into one of two categories: impressions and ideas. (238) According to Hume, ideas are memories of sensations but impressions are the cause of the sensation. An impression ... just dull imitations of impressions. Hume did not believe that a priori, knowledge based on reasoning can deduce true knowledge. Knowledge based on reasoning alone, according to Hume does not provide understanding of the real world. He believed that all ideas have to have impressions, that the human mind invented nothing. So, according to Hume, a priori reasoning does not offer any understanding of the real world, because they cannot ...
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