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- 5771: Bungee Jumping
- ... over the past couple decades. Bungee jumping has evolved into a sport of art and thrill. As a tribal tradition, the ritual was soon incorporated with a bungee cord. Bungee jumping spread rapidly throughout the world, ever- growing in popularity. Detailed designs and engineering have helped to take bungee jumping to all new limits. An array of prices depicts a variety of heights, harnesses, and locations of sites. Bungee jumping offers ... scene. Two brothers, John and Peter Kockelman, began jumping from bridges over river gorges in the Sierras. Recognizing the sport's commercial potential, they opened Bungee Adventures in 1988. Bungee jumping spread rapidly throughout the world, ever-growing in popularity. Bungee jumping became national crazes in many areas. After the use of a bungee cord was thought of, the idea first spread through New Zealand. From here, Australia and France soon caught on and joined the sport. This new hobby, predominantly known and practiced only by skydivers, rock climbers, and other extremists caught the world's attention and spread like a wild fire. In America, bungee jumping was also proving popular. The first commercial bungee business began thirty minutes outside San Diego, CA. Commercial sites in Colorado and Utah ...
- 5772: Agatha Christie
- ... of Christie s best works, having an international trend, and being a genius with detective fiction. Murder on the Orient Express was a great book and should be read by all. Agatha Christie is the world s best known mystery writer. (Harper) All of her novels are known around the world as being very excellent. No one has read a Christie murder mystery they have not liked. Murder on the Orient Express is one of her most famous books. This book is famous because it turns ... you had to choose one of Christie s novels to read, you should pick Murder on the Orient Express. Not only is she the best known mystery writer, but she is also known around the world. She is the most widely published author of all time in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. (Harper) All of Christie s works are sold around the world and also known ...
- 5773: Comments On This Be The Verse
- ... description that Larkin uses is a very typical description of what is considered a modern household, again implying that nothing is anyone's fault, but that we are all contributing to "fucking up" of the world. The third stanza presents the problem in it's simplest form, and then provides the solution to the problem. The problem is stated on the first line, and the second line emphasizes the fact that this is a growing problem that seemingly can't be stopped. The last two lines of the poem then provide the solution: to stop reproducing. This is where Larkin says to the world that there is no way out of this problem. That the human race will either have to cease to exist, or simply live with all of it's problems. Like all of his poems, Larkin wrote "This be the Verse" with very careful planning and word placement. And even though this is a funny poem, it has a very deep message to share with the world. Everyone knows that the world is full of problems, and that hundreds of organizations are trying hard to fix all of the problems in order to make our lives better. However, as demonstrated in ...
- 5774: Chinese Shih Poetry And Philos
- Since the beginning of time, man has sought to explain the world around him. This is called philosophy, a Greek word which means "love of wisdom." However, over the millennia it has come to mean much more. The philosophies of the ancient Chinese people, whether they explain ... that men will praise." This clearly demonstrates the fact that Confucianists do not believe in reincarnation. Also, in his Poem on Returning to Dwell in the Country, Tao Chien writes, "In the same world men lead different lives; / Some at the court, some in the marketplace." These lines illustrate that for every man there is a place in an organized Confucian society. Taoism, along with Confucianism, is one of ... the Virtue of the Way. The book set forth the basic ideas of Taoism; that is, following the Tao, or the Way. The main goal of Taoists was to live in harmony with the natural world around them, and to rid themselves of materialistic desires. The primary concern for Taoists like Lao Tzu was to understand the way of the world, and to use that knowledge for self-preservation. One ...
- 5775: A Streetcar Named Desire
- ... cannot cope with life outside Laurel. Her life is a lesson in how a single tragic event can ruin the future; her refusal to come out of the time warp and cope with the real world, makes her unrealistic and flighty. At the age of sixteen, she fell in love with, worshipped, and eloped with a sensitive boy. She believed that life with Allan was sheer bliss. Her faith is shattered ... been different. But Mitch is not educated or intellectual and cannot understand Blanche's behavior, past or present. Since he sees things only as truth or lies, black or white, he deserts Blanche. Blanche's world is full of grays and pastel colors. She cannot stand a vulgar remark, a loud noise, or a harsh light. With Allan's departure, the light had gone out of her life, seemingly forever. As a result, she prefers darkness and dim candlelight, the perfect setting for her make-believe world that has no pain or memories. It also hides the reality of her departed youth and advancing age. Blanche prefers to be an ethereal character, living on the edge of the world. That is ...
- 5776: The Communications Decency Act
- The Communications Decency Act The U.S. Government should not attempt to place restrictions on the internet. The Internet does not belong to the United States and it is not our responsibility to save the world, so why are we attempting to regulate something that belongs to the world? The Telecommunications Reform Act has done exactly that, put regulations on the Internet. Edward Cavazos quotes William Gibson says, "As described in Neuromancer, Cyberspace was a consensual hallucination that felt and looked like a physical ... demands of economic and social change while protecting this most basic and fundamental personal freedom." Networks and the Internet make it easy for anyone with the proper equipment to look at information based around the world instantly and remain anonymous. "The right to conduct at least some forms of speech activity anonymously has been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court." (Cavazos 15) In cyberspace it is extremely uncommon for ...
- 5777: Kobe Bryant
- ... airballs. The Lakers lose, 98-93. As the Lakers leave the court, Shaq, who has taken a liking to the rookie, talks to the kid who hates to lose-especially with the eyes of the world on him. "I don't want to see you hanging your head-you had a great season," he says. "Go home, work hard, and we'll come back next year." But as Bryant walks off ... still makes mistakes, but his overwhelming prowess makes them forgivable. "It's amazing how smart this kid is-he's got a great personality and is very intelligent," says Horry. "He's got the whole world in his hands with this game, he can do everything-and he's still learning-which is bad news for his opponents. He's gonna be one of the greats, probably the [NBA's] all ... homework. I tried to keep that stuff at arm's length. I just wanted to play the game at it's highest level-and there's nothing like learning from the best players in the world." Why do you love it so much? He pauses. Then he smiles, full wattage. "I don't know, it just is. I love basketball so much. I have so much fire. Sometimes I get ...
- 5778: Candide 3
- ... very well. But he and his philosopher believe in the cause and effect principle. They believe god has caused something to happen to have a particular effect. They believe whatever happens is best for the world, and that is why I feel that Candide is just a wandering soul who doesn t know what he wants out of life. Personally I feel that he should be trying to do something and ... a place, if it ever did really exist, could not last. But his love for Cunegonde could. The way this story is set up is to show all the evil things that happen in the world, and the point of that is to make fun of the philosophy of optimism. In Candide they are all optimistic and believe that everything happens for the good, which is totally wrong. The point of the book is to show you how unrealistic optimism is. There is much evil in this world and there always will be. There is no such thing as a Utopia, and not all things happen for the better. Candide also relates to Young Goodman Brown. There is evil in this world ...
- 5779: Should the President Be Impeached?
- ... Monica Lewinsky was shown to be the aggressor . In one of the tapes Monica Lewinsky repeats what she told the president , "you can't refuse me, because I'm to cute and adorable."(Finally, the world hears Lewinsky 2). The president is only a man , and when a female is throwing herself at him in that manner, it is very hard to resist. She also kept a stained dress for three ... ten-year period. The impeachment process at this time and date is unfavorable to all parties, whether Clinton deserves to be impeached or not. President Clinton is one of the most influential men in the world, but yet he is still a man. A man like all other men lacking perfection and vulnerable to making mistakes. The true judge of his actions should be his spouse, not the rest of the world. He represents the people of the most powerful nation in the world. Why do we the people of this great nation amplify these scandals to destroy our own role model. In the history of ...
- 5780: Karl Marx
- ... own philosophy. While Hegel felt that philosophy explained reality, Marx felt that philosophy should be made into reality, an hard thing to do. He thought that one must not just look at and inspect the world, but must try to transform the world, much like Jean Paul Sartre's view that "man must choose what is best for the world; and he will do so." Marx is unique from other philosophers in that he chooses to regard man as an individual, a human being. This is evident in his Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of ...
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