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- 6921: Roswell: Fact or Fiction?
- Roswell: Fact or Fiction? Roswell, a small town in New Mexico, is commonly referred to as "The UFO capital of the world!" Many people today believe that extra-terrestrials were recovered here from an unexpected crash landing of some sort. Thought to be a cover up by the military, Roswell is one of history's biggest sought ... after stories. There are many eyewitnesses who testify in favor of aliens, but also many counter statements to the eyewitness's testimonies. Has Roswell, NM been a cover-up by the government or is the world so "space crazy" that we actually believe in people from a different planet? The evidence found and seen at Roswell is astounding. On the so-called "crash site", many people claim to have seen alien ... recovered from the wreck site was first described as a piece of a UFO, but shortly that statement was withdrawn and the description of a downed weather balloon became the argument. Maj. Marcel told the world that debris he and other soldiers had recovered at a remote ranch near Roswell in July 1947 had been the remains of a flying saucer. The first news story released by the Roswell Army ...
- 6922: Green Grass Running Water
- ... a celebration where the sacrifice of past difficulties and misdirected ideals and/or paths may cause the participants to gain strength and understanding in their lives . This is also a time to celebrate how the world was once created and to insure harmony between all living things. Thomas King proves this thesis using the characters Alberta, and Lionel. Alberta Frank is a Native American woman teaching native studies to a small ... a part of his culture. The Sun Dance does not allow any form of recording devices or cameras. It is not until Lionel runs into "four old Indians" who are "trying to fix up the world," that he begins to put aside the "white man" in him, "fix up" his past mistakes and community image. After he meets the four Indians, he begins to realize all of the things his family ... is important and his own integrity is worth fighting for, opens him up to the idea of once again participating in the Sun Dance. When his uncle asks "If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?," he responds that most of his life he had been "here. In Blossom." With that, Lionel is taken off and told that it is about time he went "Native," he ...
- 6923: Computer Pornography
- ... the word "indecent". This word is used because of its vague definition. Not only does this word ban sexually explicit materials, it also bans sexually explicit words too. If this were applied to the real world some of the greatest novels would be taken off the shelf. For example there is the great lesbian novel The Well of Loneliness by Radcliffe Hall. In that book there is a line t hat ... example to understand under these words. In 1994 two California sysops [system operators] were found guilty of putting offensive material on their BBS [Bulletin Board System]. Their BBS was accessible by people all over the world as long as whoever wanted the information called the California number they had setup. Someone one day out of Memphis, Tennessee called the number and found something disturbing to themselves. The two sysops were convicted ... written word different especially because of the big conversion(Wallace: 3). More and more often people are looking to the Internet to do reports and research. It is one of the biggest resources in the world today. If the TA bill stays in effect many of the books listed will not be downloadable. Mark Managan co-author of the book Sex states, " A law burning books by Miller, Joyce, Burroughs, ...
- 6924: Hydrogen 2
- ... was corrosive on the electrodes . The Bacon Cell was selected by NASA to be used in the Apollo missions and the space shuttles as the primary electrical fuel source. Fuel cells are manufactured throughout the world, including in South Windsor, Connecticut. International Fuel Cells, a subsidiary of United Technologies, is the world's largest manufacturer of fuel cells. This company produced the Bacon Cell, that went into space. Today's gasoline engines can be fairly easily converted to run on hydrogen. The biggest cost involvement is in ... gas, but it dissipates more rapidly of either of these two fuels in a spill. Like all gases hydrogen should be used in a ventilated area. Since 1766 hydrogen has been a part of the world. First appearing as inflammable air" and then hydrogen. Hydrogen is a flexible material in that it can be nessed many ways and be utilized in many ways. In fact if the US beings to ...
- 6925: Mozart
- ... 6 stage. The newspapers commented upon then “rarest musical grace” and that “studied beauty” which seemed to be Wolfgang’s intuitive idiom. (44). Except for two brief intermissions, Mozart remained in Salzburg whose limited intellectual world chafed him considerably. The political and social changes resulting from the installation of the new Archbishop of Salzburg forced Mozart to lead a highly restricted life, which in turn generated friction between the young compositor ... however, there were only two more performances. It was, therefore, with a yearning heart that 7 Wolfgang dream of escaping from Salzburg. A new extensive tour was planned for Mozart in 1776, but the music world was this time not so easily conquered by Mozart. He was now twenty years old-child prodigy no longer. The music world had in the past lavished its adoration upon a little pug-nosed child who could achieve miraculous musical feast and dazzle them with specially crafted parlor ticket. Now that child had entered manhood, he ...
- 6926: Jack Kerouac-On The Road
- ... money. They get by with the help and money of others. Dean and Sal begin to long for so much more than America, so they decide to leave for Mexico and experience more of the world. As they begin to make their way towards Mexico City, they realize the cops are much nicer and less suspicious in Mexico and to them it is like a whole different world. Cut off from technology, poor, hot, and not knowing any better, Dean and Sal fall for the Mexican way of life way. The Mexican girls appeal to them very greatly. Sal and Dean are impressed ... they cannot have any sexual relations with them. They can only look upon them as they would the Virgin Mary. To Sal and Dean alike, the womens' eyes convey some hidden knowledge of a better world just beyond America. Learning appears to be a prime motive as they extract information out of the natives that they accost. When Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty arrive in the deeper jungle regions of ...
- 6927: The Sniper
- In The Sniper Liam O Flaherty suggest the horror of war not only by presenting its physical dangers but also by showing its psychological effects. The story takes place in Dublin around the beleaguered Four Courts in the middle of the city where gunfire of heavy guns, machine guns, and rifles break the silence around the sniper because of a civil war that is especially dangerous because the enemy looked similar to yourself. The sniper is on the roof in a vulnerable situation because there is no cover, no place to hide. Besides that it s June ... that is giving the information. Suddenly from the opposite side there is a flutter of bullets that come from the opposite side of the street. The psychological effects on the sniper suggest the horror of war. The sniper s feeling of excitement shows a lack of concern for other people. The sniper s fanaticism is known when it mentioned that he had not eaten because he was so excited to ...
- 6928: Existentialist Themes of Anxiety and Absurdity
- Existentialist Themes of Anxiety and Absurdity In a world with such a vast amount of people their exists virtually every different belief, thought, and ideology. This means that for every argument and every disagreement that their exists two sides of relative equal strength. It ... should reject all of the philosophies, sciences, political theories, and religions which fail to reflect my existence as a conscious being. And should they attempt to impose a specific essentials structure upon me and my world, then there is nothing that structures my world (Grene). Along with this idea is that I am my own existence, but my existence is a nothingness. Related to the theme of nothingness is the existentialist theme of death. I am filled with ...
- 6929: Ben Franklin 2
- ... to Franklin. It is obvious that when Franklin resumed writing his story, he did so knowing that his story would serve as an example for Americans and as an advertisement to the rest of the world. He wrote his autobiography in full self-consciousness that he was offering himself as a representative of the American citizen. Just as America had succeeded in creating and forming a nation, Franklin was successful in ... following his footsteps and making a success of one's self. In the opening section of his autobiography, Franklin's message to his son is the same as the one to the rest of the world: how to go about making a success of oneself. "From the poverty and obscurity in which I was born and in which I passed my earliest years, I have raised myself to a state of affluence and some degree of celebrity in the world (1)," writes Franklin to his son. The text recording Franklin's life is more than simply anecdotal: "my posterity will perhaps be desirous of learning the means, which I employed, and which, thanks to ...
- 6930: Behind The Urals
- ... were. Thus the workers of Magnitogorsk held a very important position as they had the responsibility to help the Soviet Union take flight as a country that could compete with other powerful countries of the world, all while working under the most inhumane conditions. John Scott moved to the Soviet Union leaving the United States and in his eyes, its unsatisfactory capitalistic way of governing. Scott may have been aided in ... by the Soviet philosophy of governing. It tool Scott a tremendous amount of will and fortitude to leave behind everything he knew so well, to start a new life on the other side of the world. He showed his courage as he began his new life by starting a family, educating himself, and growing very successful. Scott knew exactly what he was doing, as after some reflection I could find no ... a particular skill, and kept it that way in their resistance to change the way of life in which they were comfortable. Magnitogorsk was a haven for the peoples of countries from all over the world, and in Khaibulin's situation, had people coming from an extremity in which the modern world was a foreign idea. Looking to the opposite end of the spectrum, there were people in Magnitogorsk who ...
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