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The Jobses’ house and the others in their neighborhood were built by the real estate developerJoseph Eichler, whose company spawned more than eleven thousand homes in various California subdivisions between 1950 and 1974. Inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s vision of simple modern homes for the American “everyman,” Eichler built in expensive houses that featured floor-to-ceiling…

All the activities, displays and buildings in theme parks are based on a particular theme or idea. They attract people of different age, gender, tastes and interest. For the great majority of people theme parks are a good choice for spending great time and having fun with friends and family. There are theme parks in…

One is led to believe that if a person is an author, then that person would have the best education that is available to them. However, this is not the case for Jack London. He dropped out of school at the age of fourteen and explored San Francisco, stole oysters, worked for the government, went…

Explication Of Ulysses In this poem, Tennyson reworks the figure of Ulysses by drawing on the ancient hero of Homer’s Odyssey. Homer’s Ulysses learns from a prophecy that he will take a final sea voyage after killing the suitors of his wife Penelope. Ulysses finds himself restless in Ithaca and driven by “the longing I…

As you may or may not know, Steven Spielberg is a famous director. Some his best movies are E.T. The Extra Terrestrial The Poltergeist Close Encounters of a Third Kind Jaws and Raiders of the Lost Ark. Steven says that Movies are my life. Steven first discovered his love for the camera as a very…

Computers reproduce information at almost no cost. A push is well underway to invent devices that manufacture at almost no cost, by treating atoms discretely, like computers treat bits of information. This would allow automatic construction of consumer goods without traditional labor, like a Xerox machine produces unlimited copies without a human retyping the original…

Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, is perhaps the most distinguished author of American Literature. Next to William Shakespeare, Clemens is arguably the most prominent writer the world has ever seen. In 1818, Jane Lampton found interest in a serious young lawyer named John Clemens. With the Lampton family in heavy…

Interlingua is Doomed The dream of Interlingua-a common language that all the people of the world speak-has long existed in many peoples minds. They and their organizations have for many years tried to push this through, but the odds are still against them. The benefits of a common language on the planet are obvious, language…

Great Gatsby Defined by a book of current literary terms, a climax is “the arrangement of a series of ideas or expressions in ascending order of importance or emphasis; the last term of the arrangement; a culmination.” Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald during the roaring 20’s, The Great Gatsby provides a look into the upper…

Many humans use animals for testing each year. Animal testing is when the animals are put through something or injected to see how they react to what medical research they have been used for. Animals are used to find cures for diseases or to test drugs that have mild side effects. They are also used…