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- 7261: Nikola Tesla
- ... name today, and even among those who do, the words Nikola Tesla are likly to summon up the image of a crackpot rather than an authentic scientist. Nikola Tesla was possibly the greatest inventor the world has ever known. He was, without doubt, a genius who is not only credited with many devices we use today, but is also credited with astonishing, sometimes world-transforming, devices that are even simply amazing by todays scientific standards. Tesla was born at precisely midnight between July 9th and 10th, 1856, in a small Hungarien village. He was born to his father, a ... Tesla and Edison's use of electricity practically ended when Tesla's alternating current won out and was most favored and ruled most practical. Tesla's alternating current was used to light the Chicago's World Fair. His success was a factor in winning him the contract to install the first power machinery at Niagara Falls, which bore Tesla's name and patent numbers. The project carried power to Buffalo ...
- 7262: Gender Roles In Men and Women
- ... human being has the psychological need to a role identity. Since an early age, children are looking for their role identity, and the children have the family as their first medium of communication with the world . In order to understand the world, the child first how to compare this with respect to his or her family. Children want to know what they are and how they should be. In Between The Sexes, A Great Divide, Quindlen brings ... other example, reflects the inquietude of her son for differentiate the gender of everything that is around him such as comics and toys(284). These two examples show us how children try to understand the world and themselves as a feminine or masculine part of it. Friends are the other big social source of pressure that a human being can get from society. This kind of pressure has a predominant ...
- 7263: Violence Between Blacks and Whites
- ... judges on the basis of gender, sexual preference and race. Enduring political and social prejudices about blacks in particular, created the environment in which this epidemic flourished. To date, the animosity has survived a civil war, lynchings, riots and countless protests. Events such as the brutal murder of
make many wonder if this long violent history will ever stop. Violence between the blacks and whites is built on two basic principles ... ignored and suppressed the black community's need for assistance. This avoidance made white supremacists fell justified in their actions. By looking the other way the American government silently condoned racial violence. After the Civil War, many abloitionsists believed that racial relations would imporve. Optimism amongst the aboltionists quickly gave way to traditional segregist beliefs. Despite the end of the war on the battlefield, the war at home witihin society still raged. "Black Codes" replaced "Slave Codes". Blacks could not vote, hold office or speak to a White person. Riots in Memphis, Tennessee and New ...
- 7264: Communication
- ... practices reconstruct resources. In this sense, practices consist in actions such as building a bridge, playing bridge, and seeking to bridge misunderstanding; resources comprise the images, symbols , and institutions that persons use to make their world meaningful. The discovery of communication must be a part of any comprehensive story of the twentieth century. Once keen intellects focused on communication itself, instead of using communication as a too familiar tool with which ... process of the creation and maintenance of social realities. By comparing the traditional concept of communication to the new one, we find that the traditional concept of communication holds that we exist in a material world, and we use communication to express our inner purpose , attitudes, or feelings, and to describe the events and objects of the external world. Communication works well to the extent that it accurately expresses inner feelings or external reality, and when it produces understanding between the speaker and the audience. The alternative view is that we consist of ...
- 7265: Ralph Lauren
- ... of products, including menswear, womenswear, boyswear, girlswear, home furnishing, eyewear, scarves, shoes, hosiery, fragrances, handbag, luggage and leather goods. And the stores that carry his products are located across the United States and around the world. MENSWEAR : POLO BY RALPH LAUREN In 1967, the New York born bred Ralph Lauren started the Polo division of Beau Brummel neckties. Ties at that time were in an Ivy League phase-dark, narrow and ... formality and plush luxuriousness create the ambiance of a gentleman's dressing quarters. "Chintz" is a romantic collection of elaborate chintzes floral fabric's eith a turn-of-the century feeling. "Knits bridge" combines old-world refinement and flair to redefine masculine fabrics for the home. "American Country" has the charm and homespun quality of an American's folk heritage. Mr. Lauren's home collection includes bedding, towels and trows that ... Lauren opened Polo/ Ralph Lauren on Madison Avenue and 72nd street in New York City, the jewel in the crown of the more than 125 Polo/Ralph Lauren stores across the country and around the world that exist today. The store in the culmination of a five-year search for the premier location in New York, and a year and half of design and construction to restore the architectural integrity ...
- 7266: Tactics of a Revolution: The Protestant Reformation
- ... the west. After taking Constantinople in 1453, German rulers became very fearful. The combination of social unrest, lack of political power, and the threat of invasion made western Europeans fear that the end of the world was near, leading them to search for one who could solve their problems, or at least give them hope for the future-and along came Martin Luther (Wiesner, p.302). Despite the fact that eastern ... the early sixteenth century a perfect time for a religious reformation, and Martin Luthers means of spreading Gods word was remarkably successful. The spread of Luthers teaching could easily be called the worlds first multimedia campaign (Wiesner, p. 303). Not only did Luther travel throughout Eastern Europe spreading the word of God, he also printed books and pamphlets, and for those who could not read, created hymns ... showed believers that they simply had to believe that God would save them and He would. This message was accepted with open arms, as most were searching for salvation believing that the end of the world was near. Europeans were obliged to hear that salvation was easy, and quickly turned against those who told them otherwise. Some were so ecstatic to hear the good news of Christ that they began ...
- 7267: Islamic Religion
- ... fasting, charity, and pilgrimage are meant to help them meet this goal. Islam is a monotheistic religion with about one billion followers. "Along with Judaism and Christianity, the three are the largest monotheistic religions in world." Muslims believe that God is One, indivisible, and they also believe in all the prophets of the Christians and Jews including Adam, Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Job, Moses, Aaron, David, Solomon, Elias, Jonah ... and God, and are not allowed to direct prayers toward any of the prophets. So they are to direct their prayers directly to the Creator, Allah. Saudi Arabia is a special place in the Islamic world because it is the birthplace and heartland of Islam. It is so cherished because the sacred Kaabah, a black cube-shaped stone is in the square of the Holy Mosque in Makkah. Muslims must ... and lengthen their skirts or dresses. These are the only requirements for modesty in women according to the Quran. The most important message of the Holy Quran is that God is the creator of the world and controls everything in it, and the Muslims are "called upon to surrender to the will of God." They must live by the rules of the Quran and carry out the five main duties ...
- 7268: Lord Byron's "Darkness": The Faithful but Fated Dog
- ... Byron's chilling, but powerful, poem, "Darkness". "Darkness" is a foreboding tale depicting the end of life on earth. Byron's emotional and descriptive diction and imagery create the tone and setting in which the world comes to an end. It is an end most completely embodied in one small passage about a dog, which shows the keen link between Byron and the other Romantic poets. "Darkness" is begun with the ... master, the dog too dies with a "quick desolate cry". The dog is an important observation on life and death by Byron. Like other Romantic poets, Byron was drawn to a passionate disregard for the world and society. The Byronic hero is thus molded from that appreciation for rebellion and passion. In Darkness, the faithful dog has many similarities to the typical Byronic hero. He lives strictly according to a simple ... lure and power of the Byronic hero, and in this case the faithful but fated dog. The faithful but fated dog is the embodiment of Byron's philosophy of life and the fate of the world. "Darkness" is, in Byron's eyes, the only possible outcome of life and the world itself. This oblivion is both painful and inevitable. It is not, however, approached from a fatalistic standpoint. Simply because ...
- 7269: Bread Givers
- ... reaches her breaking point in the unsuccessful business he buys. Sara walks out on her mother and father, leaving behind all connections to her old life. This is her chance to start out in the world to attain her goal. This is a difficult thing for a girl to do in that time and place. She would face many bumps on her road, the greatest being resisting the old world that her family is bound to. While her sisters question her actions, they praise her for getting away from their father. Her sister Bessies says, "Thank God you had the courage to break away" (p ... over anything else. They both had their own best interest at hear. Reb wanted his daughter to marry to secure a place in heaven, and Sara wanted an education to secure her place in the world. It is towards the end of the novel that we see how Sara and her father are so closely related. It is maybe at this time that Sara sees the connection as well. She ...
- 7270: Queen Victoria
- ... the most liked political leaders in the country, caused Victoria and Albert to lose some of the regard of their subjects. Their popularity dwindled even more in 1854, when they tried to avert the Crimean War. After the war had started, however, they gave it their sincere support. In 1856, shortly before the end of the war, the queen established the Victoria Cross, the highest British award for wartime courage. In 1857, Victoria had the title of prince associate granted on Albert. Four years later he died, and she remained in ...
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