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Lorenz's Work In The Chaos Field And Basic Chaos
<view this essay>.... on his computer, it seemed to give good
results. He ran this model many times with different starting variables in
each equation to see how it behaved and if it did follow the model of real
weather. One time, after he completed a particularly long weather sequence,
he decided to let it run longer and to start the program over again at the
previous sequence's mid-point. He entered the information and supposedly
went for coffee. When he returned, he was confused to find results of the
beginning of the new sequence not matching up with the results of the
middle of the last run. The numbers were not very close and growing farther
apart as the sequence progressed. .....
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Mark Twain: Early American Subversive?
<view this essay>.... speeches. Twain's impassioned involvement with Anti-Imperialism was one of his most significant and longest political affiliations. He was widely recognized during his lifetime for inspiring countless editorials and political cartoons. Sadly today, this part of Mark Twain's career rarely recognized.
How we remember Mark Twain often tells us more about ourselves and our society than about Mark Twain himself. In Hannibal Missouri for example every year Twain's "boyhood years" are celebrated during it's annual Tom Sawyer days. No mention is made that this was a slave holding community. Twain's early experiences here provided him with the material for his an .....
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Benjamin Franklin
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showed him to be a man who loved freedom and self-government. His views towards
Britain gradually changed from favor to disfavor until he finally became a
revolutionist at the age of 70. But more than just his political views help in
the formation of the United States. His common sense, his whit, and his ability
to negotiate behind the scenes, all lent a hand in the formation of the new
country across the sea. Franklin's good humor and gift for compromise often
helped prevent bitter disputes which could have stalled the formation of the new
government.
Interestingly, Ben Franklin, who was a chief participant in the battle
for independence, “had a .....
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Charlie Chaplin 3
<view this essay>.... Casey's Court Circus. Sydney, meanwhile, had joined the famous Fred Karno
Company and quickly became a leading player and writer therein. He
managed to get Charlie involved, and he too became a Karno star. For both
boys, Karno was almost a college of comedy for them, and the period had a
huge impact on Charlie especially.
In 1910 Charlie toured the U.S. with the Karno group and returned
for another in 1912. It was on this tour that he was head hunted by Mack
Sennett and his Keystone Film Company, and Charlie was thus introduced
into the medium of film. His first film, in 1914, was aptly titled Making A
Living, and it was directed by Henry Lehrman .....
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William Faulkner
<view this essay>.... about the south because that is the subject that has affected his life most.
Faulkner’s "Barn Burning" takes place in the late nineteenth century South. Primarily a story about the relationship between father and son, the story presents itself through the use of symbolism. The most vital sign being fire. The fire is much like the main character in the story, Abner. Both Abner and the fire are uncontrollable and destroy anything in its way, having respect for nothing. Sarty, Abner’s son, dislikes what his father does out of acts of hate and tries to stop it (Faulkner "Barn" 23). He attempts to put out the "fire" inside .....
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Wendell Phillips
<view this essay>.... right's, labor reform, and temperance. In 1865 he attacked the
Constitution. He attacked it because it supported slavery.
He had married Ann Terry Greene. Greene had been taught by William Lloyd
Garrison. Garrison and Phillips became friends.
As the Civil War approached he became more and more certain that
violence must be employed to abolish slavery. When the war came he was at the
head of the emancipation movement.
In the years after the war Wendell Phillips demanded that actions be
taken to protect blacks and loyal whites in the South. He also became
more involved in workers rights. His speeches and lectures soon became
published. On .....
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Anne Frank
<view this essay>.... and settled in Amsterdam. Her father foresaw that Hitler’s power boded disaster for the Jews. In May 1940, the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands took place, which cast a shadow on Anne’s happy childhood. The situation became worse with the restrictions placed on the Jews. One restriction was that Jewish children were only allowed at Jewish schools. Anne went to the Jewish school called The Jewish Lyceum.
In July 1942, Anne’s family went into hiding in the Prinsengracht building. Anne’s family called it the "Secret Annex". During these times people they knew like, Miep and Jan Gies and many others, brought the family’s food. You would have to be very .....
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The Work Of Poet And Philosoher Archibald Lampman
<view this essay>.... of it in his numerous works situated in cities.
A lover of nature, Lampmans poems often immediately assumed a tone of life,
mirth, and a feeling of pleasure and warmth; the others formed a picture of
death, hell, and hate all held together by the one problem that is always
present, Man.
With few close friends like Duncan Campell Scott, and other that were
poetically inclinded, Lampman formed a group through-out collage that met
frequently to write and discuss. Close friends like that influenced him to
write such popular pieces as "Heat" and "A sunset at Les Eboulements" and
yet in his darkest moments we get the main topic of this essay "The City .....
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