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- 5571: The Beatles
- The Beatles to this day are one of the most famous and popular rock 'n roll groups in the world. The Beatles include George Harrison, John Lennon(1940-1980), Paul McCartney, and Richard Starkey(Ringo Starr). All of the Beatles where born and raised in Liverpool, England. John Lennon was considered the leader of the ... New York City for the first time in 1964. They were an instant success. A couple of weeks later after their New York appearance, the five best selling records were by the Beatles. They became world famous by the end of 1964. Also in 1964 the song "I Want To Hold Your Hand" marked the beginning of "BEATLEMANIA." The Beatles were unusual because most rock was strong beat with no melody ... Lennon wrote a book called "In His Own Write." The Beatles started a new era of music. They wore their hair long and shaggy. This haircut was known as the Beatles haircut. All across the world people started wearing their hair like the Beatles. John Lennon described the Beatles like this "When you said it, it was crawly things, when you read it, it was beat music." The Beatles made ...
- 5572: Genetic Engineering And Its Future Impacts On Society
- ... is useful, and highly so, as discussed prior, we can do so in order to restore extinct species or produce animals which we consume in order to provide more food for the people of the world. The big question now is about cloning humans. Cloning a human for the purpose of cloning a human is wasteful, ignorant, and pointless. Lets think a moment. What do we get from cloning a human An exact copy of the human we cloned. Now if everyone on the world had a clone we would have a slight overpopulation problem on our hands. You simply don't benefit from cloning other then getting a duplicate of the person you copied. Its a waste of resources which could be better allocated to the already over-populated world and shouldn't be condoned. Last, and provably the most controversial issue in genetics is using its great power to enhance or better the human genome. This technology is most feared because of this ...
- 5573: The Oddessey
- THE ODYSSEY The Odyssey tells of the adventures of Odysseus. After fighting ten years in the Trojan War, the story tells it took Odysseus ten more years to reach home, in Ithaca, and his wife, Penelope. The Odyssey begins describing the current circumstances. The Trojan War is over, and all of the survivors are home except one: Odysseus. He is at the Nymph Calypso's island, detained for she wishes him to marry her. All of the gods felt sorry for ... welcomes Odysseus in, following Greek custom. King Alcinous declares a festival the next day. After the feasts and offerrings, an athletic contest takes place. Odysseus dominates the contests and afterward, a song of the Trojan War brings Odysseus to tears and he begins to tell the tale of his journey after the Trojan War: After the War, Odysseus and his crew went to Ismarus where they sacked and looted the ...
- 5574: Virtual Reality Technology and Society
- ... successfully incorporated into our society. INTRODUCTION In this paper, we will address the ways in which entertainment utilizes technology to explore beyond the boundaries of reality. In particular, the medium of virtual reality, "an artificial world that 'feels' real, that responds to your every move much as the real world does (Lavroff 1992, 7)," is examined. To achieve this end we will be looking at the definitions of virtual reality, the technology behind virtual reality, a survey of virtual reality, including it's history, present ... reality." His research has an artistic and psychological slant and is thus reflected in the following definition: "An artificial reality perceives a participant's action in terms of the body's relationship to a graphic world and generates responses that maintain the illusion that his actions are taking place within that world" (Krueger 1991, 59). In Krueger's artificial reality, art and science become interrelated, and the viewer interacts with ...
- 5575: Cats Cradle
- ... are. I read this book because of a promise I made to my father. I'm glad I made that promise; I just read a delightfully funny and deep tale about the end of the world. The book begins with a writer named John researching for his book about the day the atomic bomb was dropped. He talks with Newt, son of Dr. Felix Hoenikker, the creator of the atomic bomb. He then goes to Illium, the town where the Hoenikkers grew up, and there he learns of ice-nine, one splinter of which could freeze all the oceans of the world. John soon discovers that Frank, the other son of Felix, is on a small island called San Lorenzo. He goes there to research more for his book. On the plane he meets Newt in person ... goes wrong and a plane crashes. The explosion causes the house to tip and the president's body to fall into the sea. The ice-nine in his body freezes all the oceans of the world and causes an incredible storm. John and Mona hide in a dungeon until the storms stop. When the storms cease they rise to find that the survivors had all committed suicide with the ice- ...
- 5576: IT’S UP TO YOU, NEW YORKIT’S U
- ... and different than the other 51 states of America? This is because of its interesting and huge buildings, because of its crowded and noisy which you can never see the same in anywhere of the world, and because of its lovely songs and musical which rises from the Broadway. These reasons will be enough to give the answer for the question above. Its buildings are one of the reasons why New ... the crown and observation desk, you can have the best views of the lower Manhattan. The second significant building in New York is the “Empire States Building”. This is the most famous skyscraper in the world on a site of two acres on 5th Avenue between 33rd and 34th Streets. It is 381m. long and has 102 stories. It has made in 1930s and lasted 45 years to finish the whole ... This building is 319m. long and designed by William Van Alen. In 1927 the whole project bought by Walter P. Chrysler who is a automobile magnate. In 1930 it was the tallest building in the world and a few months later it was surpassed by the Empire State Building. While going through the buildings The Brooklyn Bridge should be talked some about. Another famous building about New York, actually about ...
- 5577: Things Fall Apart 7
- ... clansmen. Okonkwo is a warrior by nature and whenever he [is] angry and [can] not get his words out quickly enough, he [uses] his fists. (4) He [is] a man of action, a man of war. Unlike his father he [can] stand the look of blood. In Umuofia s latest war he [is] the first one to bring home a human head. (10) This is in contrast to the rest of the clan who believe that the missionaries pose no threat. Okonkwo however, feels that immediate ... is] useless. Okonkwo s machete descend[s] twice and the man s head [is laying] beside his uniformed body. (204) Okonkwo [stands] looking at the dead man. He [knows] that Umuofia [will] not go to war. He [knows] because they let the other messengers escape. They [have] broken into tumult instead of action, (205) and he mourn[s] for the warlike men of Umuofia, who [have] so unaccountably [have] become ...
- 5578: The History Of Greek Theater
- ... to others. As the Greeks grew toward city-states and colonization, it became the destiny and ambition of the hero to gain honor by serving his city. The second major characteristic of the early Greek world was the supernatural. The two worlds were not separate, as the gods lived in the same world as the men, and they interfered in the men’s lives as they chose to. It was the gods who sent suffering and evil to men. In the plays of Sophocles, the gods brought about ... Murray, Gilbert, Euripides and His Age, New York: Oxford University Press, 1955. 4. Reinhold, Meyer, Ph.D., Essentials of Greek and Roman Classics, New York: Barron’s Educational Series, Inc., 1960. 5. Trawick, Buckner B., World Literature, Volume I: Greek, Roman, Oriental and Medieval William McAvoy, Dramatic Tragedy, 1971, p. ix Ibid., p. x William McAvoy, Dramatic Tragedy, 1971, p. xi Ibid., p. vii Meyer Reinhold, Ph.D., Essentials of ...
- 5579: You've Got Mail
- ... simple as a hand-written letter, or as complex as a multi-person video conferencing session. While many argue that these newer forms of communication do not have that great of an impact in the world, others would argue the more traditional forms of communication have become obsolete. In the traditional world of communication, things are simple. People hand-write or type personal letters or business memos. They read newspapers and magazines. They call each other on the telephone and even leave each other messages on answering machines. They watch television and movies. Through their eyes, ears, and written words, people have found ways to share and exchange ideas. With the birth of the Internet, the world has found new ways to communicate with one another. Just a few short clicks of a mouse, and people can send e-mail, talk in a chat room, and look at personal or corporate ...
- 5580: The Transformation Of Nora2
- ... which they supported their husbands, took care of their children, and made sure everything was perfect around the house. Nora is portrayed as a doll throughout the play until she realizes the truth about the world she lives in and cuts herself free. Nora Helmer is a delicate character that has been pampered all of her life, by her father and by Torvald. She really didn\\'t have a care in the world. She didn\\'t even have to care for the children; the maid would usually take care of that. In every sense of the word, she is your typical housewife. Nora seldom left the house, mostly ... believable. It stands for every marriage where equality never took place. Many women knew their social status and lived as they were meant to, but for the few that realized there is more to the world then the sheltered life they were living, broke free. Nora is one of the women who knew her place and acted accordingly until she saw that her name had no real value. She is ...
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