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- 8631: Ancient Egypt
- ... modern times. The ancient Egyptians lived colorful, active, and eventful lives. Many were creative artists, skilled craftsmen, and adventurous explorers. Bold Egyptian warriors won many battles, and their rulers governed wide areas of the known world. The ancient Egyptians loved nature and had a lively sense of humor. They were among the first people to try to find answers to questions concerning man, nature, and God. They also considered the relationship ... The people of ancient Egypt took great care in preparing for life after death. They denied that death ended the existence of a person who had led a good life. They believed that the next world would be like Egypt in its richest and most enjoyable form. They built stone tombs and filled them with clothing, food, furnishings, and jewelry for use in the next world. They embalmed their dead and wrapped the bodies in layers of cloth. Preserved bodies were called mummies. The Egyptians caved inscriptions on the walls of their tombs. They also wrote on the insides of ...
- 8632: Andy Worhal
- ... artist and illustrator for magazines and newspapers. Although extremely shy and clad in old jeans and sneakers, Warhol attempted to intermingle with anyone at all who might be able to assist him in the art world. His portfolio secure in a brown paper bag, Warhol introduced himself and showed his work to anyone that could help him out. Eventually, he got a job with Glamour magazine, doing illustrations for an article ... and disaster, with subjects ranging from the personal focus of individual suicide, the banality of everyday disaster, death by legal execution, to the historical death of political assassination, culminating with the most destructive instrument the world has ever known-the atom bomb. Together, these works are among the most shocking and disturbing works of art the world has ever known. In most of these works, Warhol displays death as an ever-present subject. His first silkscreened death and disaster paintings were of suicides and especially gruesome car crashes, such as in ‘ ...
- 8633: The Birth Of An American Super
- ... his only vulnerability was to Kryptonite. As Superman grew as a character, his popularity also grew. There are now toys, movies, novels, cartoons, and television series utilizing Superman s name. Superman s popularity is now world wide. He celebrated his fiftieth birthday on the cover of Time Magazine. In fact, a novel by Roger Stern recognizes that, On November 18,1992, the news of Superman s death stunned the world (Stern 1). The world mourned the death of their hero, and it wasn t just the comic book fans. Newspapers picked up on the story and printed stories about this tragic comic book event. Superman has since been ...
- 8634: The Writings of David Foster Wallace
- ... Foster Wallace, a 34 year old teacher at Illinois State University has been considered by many to be a “literary it-boy”. In his short stories he attempts to open up the reader to a world of reality. Through his writing he describes what the common writer refuses to write--the nature of topics and thoughts only spoken about indirectly. One of his favorite topics is addiction. Whether it be addiction ... contain any good ending/bad ending, as we are normally used to seeing. Others who have read his work are either fascinated or disgusted. I guess it depends on if you live in the real world or not. We do have to admit that many of us don’t. As many know, Wallace’s work deals a lot of the addictions we find everyday in our lives. Addiction is shown in ... talked about indirectly, especially heated topics. We never actually “come out with it”. Wallace turns that around and talks about it with a shocking directness, as if he didn’t have a care in the world. To be honest, he probably doesn’t have one care in that bandanna-wrapped head of his. I have enjoyed his style of writing, and his very open topics. Never have I seen a ...
- 8635: The Prospect Of Cold Fusion
- ... mechanism, such as electricity or even acoustic energy, is required to provoke the "cold fusion" effects. Both ordinary hydrogen and deuterium are abundant in ordinary water so the process would likely end many of the world's energy concerns, if it can be developed commercially. One of the biggest reasons that cold fusion is so difficult to replicate is that it is not easy to supersaturate a metal with hydrogen or ... scientifically, and "too good to be true" economically and socially. But the same could have been and was said about many other technological revolutions as they began to happen. Cold fusion would likely revolutionize the world in ways we can barely begin to imagine. Some believe that before the year 2010 there will be cold fusion powered automobiles, home heating systems, small electrical generating units, and aerospace applications. These technologies will revolutionize the world as they speed the end of the Fossil Fuel Age. The stakes have never been higher. We should remember the sentiment of the famous scientist, Michael Faraday, in the last century, to whom we ...
- 8636: The Canadian Personality
- ... of money, while we tell of our failing economy. There could be the odd time where we think of our good contributions to this planet. Then we realize that our importance is going down in world affairs and start to sulk once again. Another trait that sets Canada apart from the other nations of the world is our great ethnic diversity. No other country in the world has inhabitants from so many different backgrounds, still practicing their cultural traits. Canada seems to encourage being different, while other nations, such as America, try to form all of the citizens into a mold, ...
- 8637: Chisholm Trail
- ... Cattle Boom" began. Southern Texas became a major ranching area with the raising of longhorn cattle from Mexico. Cattle was branded by the rawhides who guarded them on horseback on the ranges. Before the Civil War, small herds of Texas cattle were driven by the cowboys to New Orleans, some as far west as California, and some to the north over the Shawnee Trail. This trail passed through Dallas and near ... the fever. A few farmers were so angry, they armed themselves with shotguns to convince the cattle ranchers to find another trail north. There was a large increase icattle by the end of the Civil War. Over 1,000,000 cattle roamed the open range. At this time, people in the north had money to buy beef and cattle which was in great demand. A cow that cost 4 to5 dollars ... soon ceased to be used by 1890, but will be remembered in western stories and songs. This trail was very important to Texas. It helped the state recover from the economic blows of the Civil War. It also helped stock new ranches to the north and it met the nations demand for beef. It is responsible in part for the rise of Chicago and Kansas as packing centers. It also ...
- 8638: Leprosy 2
- ... conditions promote infection. For example, one may wish to investigate the following: 1) Mycobacterium leprae as yet to be cultured in laboratory media? Why? 2) Why is leprosy so prevalent in some parts of the world (i.e. India) but not in others? 3) How does leprosy become so widespread in a population? 4) Despite the discovery of drug treatments, why are over million people still infected? 5) Is there a ... arthropods could possibly play a role in the transmission, however, the evidence is seen as circumstantial (van Beers et al, 1996). The Distribution of Leprosy Leprosy has been prevalent in almost every part of the world. Currently, the disease is now mainly limited to tropical and sub-tropical regions, especially those regions that are impoverished. Generally, leprosy is more prevalent in rural areas that in urban centers. Registered cases of leprosy ... of all the worlds' leprosy patients (Bhattacharya & Sehgal, 1999), which makes it safe to assume that this disease is a severe problem in this country. Why India? There are several under-developed countries in the world? Why has this disease been such a major health concern in only one of these developing countries? According to Bhattacharya & Sehgal (1999), one of the reasons why is it so difficult to control leprosy ...
- 8639: Mexico
- ... 987,051 people of Mexico's total population of about 93,670,000, according to a 1990 census. Although most of Mexico's population is from Mexico City, which is the biggest city in the world, Mexico's other cities include Guadalajara, Monterrey, and Puebla. Most of Mexico's population lives in urban areas, about seventy-five percent, and the population density is about forty-eight people per square kilometer, or ... and aircraft. These products then go towards Mexico's major businesses, fifty-one percent services, twenty-one percent to industry, and twenty-eight percent towards agriculture, forestry, and feeding. Bibliography 1.) "Mexico" ; Rodric A. Camp ; World Book Encyclopedia ; vol. M Ó1989 ; pages 452-3, 455. 2.) "Mexico: Fact Box" ; Microsoft Encarta 97 Encyclopedia ; vol. Encarta 97 Deluxe ©1993-1996. 3.) "Mexico" ; ; World Book Encyclopedia ; vol. M ©1967 ; pages 372-83.
- 8640: Barbie
- ... was later given family and friends. Her boyfriend was Ken who was named after Ruth's son. She also had a little sister whose name was Skipper and her friends were from all over the world. Her group of friends keep growing. Barbie isn't only liked by kids. There are today thousands of adult collectors. They don't always play with them. They just collect them. But it isn't ... Barbie is going high tech too. There are programs and discs to buy to the computer where Barbie is the main character. It is also a way to guide the kids in the high tech world that they live in. So Barbie isn't just anyone she is the most famous doll of all times. Here is some useless information about Barbie: Barbies full name is Barbie Millicent Roberts. She is ... the totally hair Barbie which I have here. Barbie has more than one billion pairs of shoes and she has totally had 500 makeovers. Barbie is now sold in more than 140 countries around the world.
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