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Familiar Triangle Of Stars Raindrops From The Lime Trees Levin
420 wordsIt had grown quite dark and to the south, where he was looking, there were no longer any clouds. The clouds had passed over in the opposite direction. From there came flashes of lightning and the sound of distant thunder. Levin listened to the regular dripping of the raindrops from the lime trees in the garden and looked at the familiar triangle of stars and the Milky Way intersecting it in the middle with its branches. At each flash of lightning not only the Milky Way but also the bright stars ...
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Battle Of Vella Gulf
618 wordsOn the night of 6 August 1943 between the islands of Valle Vella and Kolombangara, six Navy destroyers the DUNLAP (DD 394), CRAVEN (DD 392), MAURY (DD 401), LANG (DD 399), STERTT (DD 407), and STACK (DD 406) changed the tactical role of destroyers forever. These ship, in the battle of Vella Gulf, were the first destroyers allowed to operate independent during a campaign. He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces, says Sun The (1). The victory at Vella Gulf proved this...
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Crime And Punishment Red Hair
1,074 words... her nose, a big bald man whose legs and tummy seemed to be spilling out of Mrs. Teradas tiny chair gave Jane a bored stare. He didnt even say good morning. Imagine that. Who are you? asked Jane, not bothering to say good morning herself. Wheres Mrs. Teradas? Mrs. Teradas cat choked on a hairball, the man said, chomping on a nine a. m. Tootsie Roll like a cow with its cud. She had to rush Tootsie to the vet. Eww the chocolate was stuck in his teeth. Im the sub today, Mr. Moore. Jane shrugged....
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Racial And Ethnic Half Lives
1,652 wordsThe appalling conditions of New York Citys immigrants were disclosed by Jacob Riis in How the Other Half Lives. Being an immigrant from Denmark himself, Riis, felt it was his duty to present others the disturbing life that many immigrants endured, including children. Riis, a photographer, was able to portray the slums as no other person had been able to do before. He brought to light the crime, disease, and hopelessness of the tenements. His book and photographs led to legislation throughout New...
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Photographer Must Adjust Outer Circle Photo
550 wordsTo optimize the quality of ones portrait photos, a photographer must combine a series of camera techniques. A photo is a piece of art used to capture a moment in time. For a photographer to beautify the appearance of the photos he takes, he must know how his camera works. The photographer must adjust his aperture to suit the type of film he has and know how to load the film. Stillness is a key factor in taking a quality photo. If the camera is shaken during the time that the shutter is opening a...
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Ice Cube Warning Labels
1,071 wordsThe beginnings of rap are believed to based on African rhythms which were used as a form of communication by the native peoples. The lyrical component of rap music is thought to have been greatly influenced by Cab Calloway with his repetitive chants and scats, along with his call-and-response technique with the audience. Rap evolved and gained in popularity in the 1960 's when a few revolutionary "DJ's, " including Kool DJ Herc, DJ Love bug Stars, and DJ Hollywood, began to work block parties in...
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Face To Face Sound Byte
810 wordsMultimedia technologies have, in recent years, become an essential part of our every day lives. Many aspects of life; business and home alike, have changed as a result of multimedia technologies, such as the ways in which we do business, and the ways in which we get entertained. Our lifestyles have become far more technologically orientated, and multimedia has become a way of communicating, entertaining, learning, doing business and even socializing. This essay will discuss some of the ways in w...
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Miles Per Hour Warm Air
1,621 wordsWeather is the condition of the air that surrounds the earth. Weather affects our lives in many ways; for example, the type of clothing that we wear any given day depends largely on the weather. If it is cold we put on slacks, if it is hot we slip on shorts. The United States has to deal with the wildest weather in the world. Other countries deal with weather, but the USA brings blizzards, + 100 F heat and - 35 F cold, desert dryness, hurricanes and the worlds deadliest tornados. The weather als...
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Solid State Lasers Beam Of Light
1,749 wordsL A S E R S Did you know that some laser beams are small enough and powerful enough to drill two hundred holes on a spot as tiny as the head of a pin? The first major advancement in laser development came in 1954. This was the year that Charles H. Townes, an American physicist, created a device that amplified microwaves. This device was actually called a maser at first, which was short for Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation Masers. It produced microwaves of just one freq...
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Jacques Cousteau Perpetual Dreamer Edgerton
377 wordsEdgerton enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a graduate student, but he remained there for approximately 60 years. At MIT, Doc Edgerton was a professor of electrical engineering. As a graduate student at MIT, Edgerton developed an electric strobe light with which he produced flashes of 1 / 500, 000 second. When the flash is used in a series, the progressive stages of an object in motion can be recorded on the same piece of film. An example of this would be Tennis by Edgerton...
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Windows Vistas Speech Recognition
1,633 words... Vistas super fetch is a tool that helps to squeeze the maximum memory from available RAM. Vistas Ready Boost makes it more responsive to increase the performance in the case of use of Usb's. Vistas Ready drive ensures to endure battery life, overall performance reliability and comes with integrated flash memory. 3. 5. 1 SLEEP: Vistas come with tools that help to minimize power consumption and data protection tools. This feature offers standby, data protection and economy of power consumption...
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Discovering Computers Registry Mechanic
456 wordsDiscovering Computers: Registry Mechanic Registry Mechanic designed for All of the following are widely used input devices except the printer and monitor. Answer: d. printer and monitor The mouse is a small handheld input device that controls the movement of a small symbol on the screen called the pointer. Answer: b. mouse 3. The average floppy disk can hold more than 80 billion characters. Answer: b. False 4. A scanner is an input device that converts printed material to a form the computer can...
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Future Cash Flows Research And Development
1,120 wordsRecommend for optimal sources for Intel to raise $ 675 million The Intel Corporation is considered to be one of the world leaders in silicon innovations, the largest chip maker and, most of all, it is a leading producer of computer, networking, and communications products. Thats why it has constantly to explore new ways to advance how people work and live. Intel believes in innovations. It is the main principle of its policy. But being involved in an industry that is characterized by constant un...
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Mind Won T
1,599 wordsMusic is an important part of every film. Even before there were? talking pictures? the filmmakers used music as background noise to help tell the story. With or without words music can be so powerful that it increases the intensity of the film immensely. Can you imagine Fantasia without all of its classical scores? There are many theories about music in film today. While some believe it adds a lot to film others think that music should never be secondary to images. I believe that the two go han...
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Viet Cong Machine Gun
3,574 wordsCreative Writing: Instant Ill always remember Instant. That was the nickname the men had tacked onto the muscled giant that wielded the M 60 in my unit. Instant was short for Instant Death. And Ill always remember the first time I saw Instant in action. I was a new Lieutenant assigned to Vietnam. Back then, the Army didnt try to develop any team spirit within the corps; men were rotated frequently before any friendships developed. Consequently, my men were a group of strangers united only by the...
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First Two Stanzas Shakespeare
1,397 words? Fear no more? By William Shakespeare William Shakespeare utilizes simplistic language to emphasize the themes in? Fear no more; ? however, he exercises complex metaphors to depict the struggles one undergoes during a lifetime and as a result urges the reader to overcome all melancholic sentiments that lead one to oppose a peaceful death. The diction applied in? Fear no more? efficiently creates emphasis on specific sections of the poem. In addition, the euphonic flow used by Shakespeare illust...
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Atomic Bomb Blast Survivors
466 wordsOn August 2, 1965, at exactly 8: 15 P. M. , the first ever atomic bomb dropped on a town detonated above Hiroshima, creating a noisy flash. Many of the people not killed by the initial blast may have wished they were because they suffered greatly. Many were blinded by the flash, which melted the eyes of some. Many others had their hair torn off by the bombs power. A few were fortunate enough to find shelter or, or have shelter find them as the blast forced burnings down on people. Many survivors...
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Stimulated Emission Nobel Prize
1,216 wordsThe Wonderful World of Lasers Laser stands for Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Lasers work by producing an intense beam of bright light that travels in one direction. The laser has the unique ability to produce one specific color or wavelength of light, which can be varied in its intensity and pulse duration. The newest laser systems have become remarkably precise and selective, allowing treatment results and safety levels not previously available. All lasers contain...
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Traumatic Stress Disorder Post Traumatic Stress
1,657 wordsPost Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a reaction in which people who are diagnosed with have no control of. It is an emotional reaction to a shocking or disturbing event that a person has experienced (Bully, 1). These are just some of the events that have caused PTSD: military combat, natural or human-caused disasters, accidents and any kind of personal assault. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder has also been known to be called shell shock or battle fatigue syndrome (Public, 1). Even though PTSD...
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Quot Quot Subliminal Advertising
1,735 wordsSubliminal advertising: A collective term for public announcements designed to promote the sale of specific commodities or services while being integrated below the threshold of perception or awareness. To sell products, merchants consciously use subliminal advertising as a basis for general consumerism. This seems like an unnecessary task, but when taken into consideration all the people, who have expressed their disbelief in its effectiveness, it is obvious to see how vital and necessary such ...
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