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- 8871: Thomas Edison
- ... Thomas Edison made electricity a reality for the masses. And one of his greatest influences was from his Father a very positive man. A long with the great influence he had upon Americans and the world. He sparked the movement of today’s computer ran world. Thomas Edison was born February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio. He was the seventh and last child of Samuel Edison, Jr. and Nancy Elliot Edison. His parents had no special mechanical background. His mother was ... This was the first military research laboratory. For more than forty years, the laboratory created by Thomas Alva Edison in West Orange, NJ, had enormous impact on the lives of millions of people around the world. Edison's last patented invention was a way to make manmade rubber. The lab continued to invent things even after Edison died in 1931. So to create a rough summary of Thomas Alva Edison’ ...
- 8872: College Life
- ... more, I attempt to gain speed. Pain and aching fills my body, but that doesn’t stop me. The triumph in the end eases all of my discomfort. Ahead is the audience, and like the world, they wonder what will become of me. Will I strive to win or will I pull out before it is all over? The finish line is my goal; my determination keeps me moving. The line ... next for years in college will help me discover and determine how I plan the rest of my life. I don’t just plan on learning, but also expanding my sense of what the real world is like. I have the rest of my life to choose the right career, but I have these next four years to teach me how to survive in order to obtain complete and total success ... you have set for yourself. In the race of college years, I plan to take it slow, learn as much as possible and only take with me what I need to survive in the working world. Determination to finish will only get me so far, but realization helps me to see that I will always have and will be competing for continuous success in life.
- 8873: Importance Of Multicultural Education
- ... of making each culture feel accepted and important, starting at a young age. Learning about the other cultures of fellow classmates also builds the child’s education about many new countries and areas of the world. Multicultural education is on the rise in the world today. People are doing all they can to stop prejudice and unsafe living conditions for cultures. Although there are the few who believe multiculturalism teaches us to blindly accept what we are given, rather than question our assumptions, multiculturalism is effectively promoting unity and acceptance. As long as we can be open-minded and willing, this world is ready for it.
- 8874: "Violence in Schools"
- ... that parents are afraid to send their children to school? To "SCHOOL". Of all places to be afraid to go, school should not be one of them. Since we have all this violence in the world today, people are not safe in their own houses anymore. Schools are supposed to be an institution of higher learning not a killing field. Let's take this time to try and figure out why ... access to tons of reading's and internet material about anything they want to know, it is not that hard to accumulate enough information to destroy a whole city or even a state (or the world). They pick a certain topic of interest, gather up enough information and then go out on their days of "Destruction and Murder". I think most kids are pushed by peer pressure because maybe they are ... protecting the people. Isn't the motto "Protect and Serve", I don't see any protection. Also isn't this the land of the free and home of the brave, I and majority of the WORLD don't feel free as we are afraid to peek our heads out the window to see if it's sunny. My final thought is that's why our generation is so lazy, because ...
- 8875: Importance Of Fractal Geometry
- Importance Of Fractal Geometry The world of mathematics usually tends to be thought of as abstract. Complex and imaginary numbers, real numbers, logarithms, functions, some tangible and others imperceivable. But these abstract numbers, simply symbols that conjure an image, a quantity ... equations on a piece of paper to colorful, extraordinary images, and most of all, offer an explanation to things. The importance of fractal geometry is that it provides an answer, a comprehension, to nature, the world, and the universe. Fractals occur in swirls of scum on the surface of moving water, the jagged edges of mountains, ferns, tree trunks, and canyons. They can be used to model the growth of cities ... element in computer graphics, adding flare to simple text, andtexture to plain backgrounds. In 1987 a mathematician named Michael F. Barnsley created a computer program called the Fractal Transform, which detected fractal codes in real-world images, such as pictures which have been scanned and converted into a digital format. This spawned fractal image compression, which is used in a plethora of computer applications, especially in the areas of video, ...
- 8876: Werewolf Legends
- ... true identity. Upon further questioning she admitted to being the wolf with whom the hunter encountered, and by her confession, she marked herself for certain execution. There are many legends about werewolves all around the world. In Argentina Lobisón is the word that stands for Werewolf in north Argentina. The Lobisón is usually the seventh son in a family (whereas the seventh daughter is doomed to be a witch). When they ... In Mexico, the most widely spread version of the werewolf is the one called "nahual", which comes from the Nahuatl (the ancient language of the Aztecs, becoming thus, the universal language in the pre-Hispanic world)word "Nuahualli", meaning warlock. Since the Spaniards did not bring much on werewolves after colonizing Mexico, the ancient local legends on the subject became predominant. The nahual was a warlock who had the capability to ... and other chemical compounds. Chemically speaking, it is more likely that these people were werewolves rather than "tripping" on rye bread. This information is to enlighten and remind you that anything is possible in this world.
- 8877: Bilingual Education
- ... English and speak Spanish only, but to also help those children who speak English only and not Spanish. Students will need to speak, read and write in English and Spanish when they reach the business world (Anderson 1). In many metropolises, the top-rated television station broadcasts in Spanish, the top-ranked newspapers publish a separate Spanish edition, and many top civic leaders speak fluent Spanish (Anderson 1). According to a ... Hispanic inhabitants who know English and Spanish earn more than those who know only English do. It is said to be as much as $3000 more on average (Anderson 3). Although succeeding in the economic world is important, completing high school is the top priority. In general, Latino students are about half the population. Their graduation rate is less than fifty percent. If this rate persists, then twenty years down the ... know a certain language and cannot communicate. They must become one society. Our school is designed in the children’s best interest. With bilingualism they will have the opportunities to go out into the work world and to succeed much better than having the knowledge of just one language. Making more money will become and option for them. They will also have the advantage of a complete high school education. ...
- 8878: Christopher Columbus
- ... to go to the Asia by sailing west instead of est, to get the spices and the silk. In this journey, Columbus had to take risks for finding Asia. Back then, people thought that the world was flat and the only way you could there would be by sailing est, but Columbus was curious and wanted to sail west. Columbus had to wait a long time for Queen Isabella to make ... support him or not. The Queen thought that Columbus' price was too high. Columbus wanted three ships, but the Queen was only willing to give him one. Columbus had to wait. Columbus discovered the New World in 1492, and thought it was Asia. He and his men, unexpectedly, came across Natives and their culture, and realized this was not Asia. Columbus first landed on the island of Navidad, and ended up coming back to this New World 3 more times. He never landed on the main land of America, but he keeped on exploring the coasts of America, looking for an opening to get to Asia. Unfortunatly, he never found it ...
- 8879: Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson
- ... the appointment of a day of general fasting & prayer would be most likely to call up & alarm their attention. No example of such a solemnity had existed since the days of our distresses in the war of 55. since which a new generation had grown up. With the help therefore of Rushworth, whom we rummaged over for the revolutionary precedents & forms of the Puritans of that day, preserved by him, we ... their phrases, for appointing the 1st day of June, on which the Port bill was to commence, for a day of fasting, humiliation & prayer, to implore heaven to avert from us the evils of civil war, to inspire us with firmness in support of our rights, and to turn the hearts of the King & parliament to moderation & justice. To give greater emphasis to our proposition, we agreed to wait the next ... been bound to him by allegiance, but that this bond was now dissolved by his assent to the late act of parliament, by which he declares us out of his protection, and by his levying war on us, a fact which had long ago proved us out of his protection; it being a certain position in law that allegiance & protection are reciprocal, the one ceasing when the other is withdrawn: ...
- 8880: Can Sociology Be Value Free
- ... act s ' cannot speak f or themselves. Social facts do not exist in their own right; what count s as a social fact is greatly determined by '' the moral spectacles through which we view the world." ( Parkin 1986 pp. 30-31) If pure social reality. perceived by emptying the mind of all presupposition. is deemed incredible , how can sociology attain to value neutrality if its methods are biased by the observers ... themselves implicated by the events in society upon which they study. Total freedom from values would therefore be impossible without the total removal of the sociologist from society itself. After the conservatism of the post-war boom years and the decline of functionalism, sociology became increasingly fragmented. Society changes quickly and sociology can often be seen as self reflexive and the methods of understanding it need to change to keep up ...
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