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- 7651: Temptations Of Odysseus
- Temptations of Odysseus Odysseus: a hero in every way. He is a real man, skilled in the sports, handy with a sword and spear, and a master of war strategy. Most of the challenges and adventures in his return voyage from Troy show us this even if we had no idea of his great heroic stature and accomplishments in the Trojan war. I found in my reading of the Odyssey that most of the trials the gods place upon him are readily faced with heroic means. These challenges are not necessarily welcomed by Odysseus but accepted as ... valiantly. The challenges where heroic means were not a solution to overcome the danger were the most formidable tasks that could easily destroy Odysseus. Odysseus and crew are finally on their way home after the war, after nine days on the rough sea, they arrive at the isle of the lotus eaters. The lotus eaters are a group of people who have a lot of fun, thanks to their consumption ...
- 7652: Greenhousing the Wrong Way
- ... continuous burning of fossil fuels and the rain forests is causing excess amounts of carbon dioxide to be released into the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide acts as the walls of a greenhouse that encompasses the whole world, trapping heat into the atmosphere. The thickening of the blanket is causing more heat to be trapped resulting in the warming of the earth. One great example of the Greenhouse Effect is the planet Venus ... Diseases such as malaria and other insect borne ailments will have an expanded range if the tropics continue to warm. If conditions change faster than species can adapt, many, many, many animals will become extinct (World Book). So What Am I Supposed To About All These Man Made Disasters? Become knowledgeable about the subject of global warming. Recognize that global warming may worsen and prepare yourself and others for it. Help ... you can do is care enough to try to make a difference. Works Cited "Turning up the Heat", Popular Science, October 1989, p.53 Whitmore, Susan C., Global Climate Change and Agricultural Summary, Sept. 1992 World Book Encyclopedia, volume G, 1991, p.407
- 7653: Metallica
- “If you came here to see spandex and big hair, this ain’t your band”, Metallica’s “war cry” throughout the early eighties. While the rest of the hard rock bands wanted to get rich and a lot of women, Metallica, as in the words of former lead guitarist Dave Mustaine, “Our hole existence pretty much was guitar, dominating the world and getting liquored up”. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, there was a new wave a British Heavy Metal entering the cassette and 8-track decks of people everywhere. Over in Denmark, current Metallica ...
- 7654: Faster Dissolved Oxygen Test Kit
- ... there is no significant difference in dissolved oxygen (DO) levels as measured by the traditional HACH® method or the newly developed CHEMets® test kit under typical field conditions. Review of Literature "Ours is a watery world, and we, its dominant species, are walking sacks of sea water. The presence of large amounts of liquid water on Earth make our planet unique in the solar system." (Hill, 1992 p. 477) People have ... pp.73 Belanger, S. (1991, July). The effect of dissolved oxygen, sediment, and sewage treatment plant discharges upon growth, survival, and density of Asiatic clams. Hydrobiologia, pp. 113-126. Brown, L. (1994). State of the world. London: W.W. Norton & Company. pp.42. Colt, J. & Orwicz K. & Brooks, D. (1991, Winter). Gas supersaturation in the American River. California Fish and Game. pp.41-50. Hikada, Shimazu, Kumanda, Takeda, Aramaki. (1991). Studies ... Oris, J. (1991, Dec.). Effect of water temperature and dissolved oxygen concentration on the photo-induced toxicity of anthracene to juvenile bluegill sunfish. Aquatic Toxicology . pp.145-156. Nebel, B. (1990). Science: the way the world works. (3rd ed.) New Jersey: Prentice Hall. Pomfret, 0.J. (1994, Nov. 25). Rivers deadly to Black Sea. The Daily Journal. pp. 20. Roskowski, R. & Marshall, B. (1993, Jul/Aug). Gases in water. Aquaculture, ...
- 7655: Of Mice And Men 4
- ... make no difference who the guy is, long he s with you. I tell ya, he cried , I tell you a guy gets lonely an he gets sick." This shows Crook s view of the world and how he feels about what his life is about. He feels as though nobody cares for him which is probably true from the quote above. George and Lennie feel they are not alone they have a dream. This dream is what pushes them on. They are often talking of the land they dream of. "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no Family. The don t belong no place. They come to a ranch an work up a stake and then they go inta town and blow there stake, and the first thing you ... Slim, The jerkline skinner." At the end of the story when George shot Lennie he realized that he killed all of his hopes an dreams in the process. This suggest, somehow that everybody in this world is truly alone. Steinbeck presents us with a bleak picture of human loneliness. It is not entirely clear, at the end of the novel whether he is presenting us with loneliness or negative images. ...
- 7656: Major Personalities Behind The Secularization Of Music
- ... but constant throughout history. Music has gone from a mathematical science to a synthesis of melody and harmony. Many wonderful pieces have been written for religious purposes. Many more have been written for the secular world. The art of music has not always been that way. The Roman Catholic Church, for the longest time, was the only source of music that was approved by societies. Little by little, that changed. The ... from the church. To understand some of the later developments that were made in music, one has to look back on the beginning of western musical thought. Many people associate the beginning of the western world with the tribes that migrated and eventually conquered the Pelopeniasian lands, the area that was eventually called Greece. Greece was one of the first cultures to emerge in the west outside of the Fertile Crescent ... the territory of Richard II, who loved the idea of a holy quest and obeyed the pope to a fault. However, it was an important point in the history of music. Someone from the secular world stood up to the pope on a matter of musical freedom. The church could not hold on to power forever. Eventually, the strains on it became too much. The Holy Roman Empire was a ...
- 7657: Lyrics
- In our society today, some musicians and their music drain and plague the moral and spiritual well-being of the people; therefore, censorship offers a necessary action that we must take to keep the world from becoming a land of decadence. The musicians lives are not examples for the children or the adults. The lyrics of many songs are not suitable for anyone. All types of music need some kind ... vision. In addition many of the musicians use drugs and stimulants to satisfy their hunger for themselves and for pure fun. The musicians tend to use drugs massively, to get out of the very real world that they consist so much a part of. Popularity seems pleasing but when one has the affections and total devotion of a mass of people, that person can not handle it because that person does ... us further and further away from the truth. The new age music of harps and tiny nature like sounds of whales and dolphins and rain leads one to believe that they are alone in this world. It makes people think that they control their environment, when in fact only God does, not them. Indian and Monk chants actually make a person seemingly high through deep meditation. Meditation was originally intended ...
- 7658: Between The Forest and Greed
- ... logging industry is her explanation for clear cutting, trying to portray the logging industry as a cold money making machine. This of course neglects the fact that the reason logging generates capital is because the world needs wood. There are several economic and environmental issues that are considered when loggers enter and area. Haphazard clear cutting of forests, while it maybe what Meadows would like us to think, does not happen ... industries and the service they provide. All industries, whether it be recycling to logging, are trying to maximize their profits. If this means moving their plants off shore, so be it. These industries provide the world with services that we need to operate as an advanced civilization. She claims that the remaining old growth forests are on protected federal land. If this is the case she has little to complain about ... that should be analyzed is "the forest or your home". Many alternate forms of building materials are phased into the system as need be, but the need for wood will always exist. Knowing that the world will continue to cut down trees, the only solution to the forest depletion, is reforestation. A forest ecologically engineered with the proper plants and bacteria may not be perfect initially but it will someday ...
- 7659: Inevitability Of Independence
- ... however blinded that assembly may be, by their intemperate rage for unlimited domination, so to sight justice and the opinion of mankind, we esteem ourselves bound by obligations of respect to the rest of the world, to make known the justice of our cause.. To the colonists it seemed that the the British government was looking out for itself and not its previously prosperous colonies.The colonists felt that England was ... unable to control a far away population previously angered by non-representa- tion and violations of basic rights. The English could have stopped taxes but they would reman in debt from the French and Indian war. So if the the taxes and restrictions were to remain in place ,which most did, the easiest way for colonists to begin profiting again would be to declare their independence.
- 7660: Literary Theory And African Am
- ... the realization that art has no single meaning and overturned the problems with culture and language boundaries that cut away at art’s meaning, worth and truth. Today, the state of mind of the human world is called Post-Modernism, since it is a multi-cultural era. Racial Post-Modernism calls attention to those understandings that are shared across the boundaries of class, gender and race. To take racism seriously, one ... Colonial literature describes a wide variety of experiences set in the context of mixed societies which themselves represent many different ethnic groups. (Ashcroft 2). New doors have been opened with Post-Colonialism literature, exposing a world previously ignorant of African traditions such as storytelling. (Ashcroft 8). Post-Colonial theory, like a stage for a theatre, is useful as a stage for previously un-hired actors to present their varied roles. Too ... not comprehend with the guidance of the old traditions. African societies must look inward to find remnants of colonialism which continue to harm their nations, and perhaps, find those which are advantageous in the New World they have been thrust into. (Saro-Wiwa 72) Part of the danger of the term Post-Colonialism stems from people’s disregard for their situation. People prefer to blame other groups perhaps even Post- ...
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