The Year 2000 is Coming!
Here we are close to the dawn of the millennium. An even 2000 years has passed since man has decided to start counting. That has to be significant, doesn't it? Conspiracy theorists, self- proclaimed prophets, and doomsayers can take this opportunity to spread rumors of world destruction or take ancient prophecies and interpret them to their liking.
Life must be getting boring or over stimulating for these folks. There are so many different groups spreading awareness in preparation for the millennium. One can obtain knowledge on this subject by contacting a group who call themselves TEOTWAWKI (an acronym for the end of the world as we know it), Armageddon, or on the countless Y2K websites.
There are many
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During tests already conducted, 88% of the computers have passed and the remaining must be working by March 31st according to official Ray Long. However, he also cautioned individual airports to test to be certain the baggage handling systems are compliant. Another concern of the Federal Aviation Administration is for the air control of other countries. Officials are said to be working on it during meetings with International Aviation Systems.
The United States has a committee for almost anything you can think of and probably has enough year 2000 committees to tackle the Y2K problem. What about other countries? If they have problems, we have problems. According to CNN sources, 200-300 representatives from top international organizations such as the World Bank and World Trade Organization are scheduled to meet in Singapore next month to discuss the year 2000’s impact around the globe. Our 2000 Commission chairman will be attending the discussions the impact on financial services, telecommunications, transport, energy, and small to medium
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I don’ t think the millennium will bring any major disaster with it. People have survived tragedies like the depression and the civil war. We can handle a few days without electricity or using our credit cards if worse comes to worse. The citizens of a rural Montana town actually welcome a breakdown. They will dust off their old adding machines and live like the old days for a while. “This Y2K thing might show people how they’ve been
Once the author made his view clear, he goes on to display possible scenarios of how human existence can change within the next millennium. He proposed four possible scenarios. The first scenario that Nash discusses, the “wasteland scenario” depicts
On the other hand, his well-defined upper body with broad shoulders, muscular chest, and burly biceps are exemplified with smooth and elegant carved lines symbolizing his youthfulness. However, these smooth and elegant lines do not weaken at all his powerfulness which is best illustrated with his straight hanging down arms while his fists are wrapped around some kind of circular solid rod. The viewer captures his youthfulness but still gets the notion of his strength through the indicated tension in his smooth naturalistic carved muscles in his underarms. It is the contrast of these two different usages of lines that gives the sculpture the balance between the strength of confidence and relaxed peace.
The sculpture is a captivating masterpiece and is different from the ideal; athletic young figured sculptures of that time. This, however, does not in any way mean that it does not represent the skill and beauty in work that other sculptures also possessed. Due to lack of history the artist of this great piece remains unknown but the details in the statue showcase true talent from that era.
Throughout the day we are constantly checking the time, preparing for the upcoming months, and keeping track of the year. Clocks tell us the time we use as a measurement. It’s how we keep track of those important months and events, such as holidays and birthdays. Although there are many investigations and research being done on the nature of time, many unresolved issues remain.
The curve of a line can convey energy; soft, shallow curves recall the curves of the human body and often have a pleasing, sensual quality, and a softening effect on the composition. Sharply curved or twisted lines can convey commotion, confusion, and even violence. In this sculpture, the lines of the contorting bodies help convey the intensity. Art sculpture is most fixed subjective connecting with the piece most often than not in profound personal matter, but personal reactions do not make anything better or anything worse. The joini...
The Glass Menagerie is a famous play that is both a popular and critical success, written by the award-winning playwright, Tennessee Williams. This play is considered to be one of William’s best-loved plays, even winning the Drama Critics Circle Award. The Glass Menagerie is considered to be “a portrayal of loneliness among characters who confuse fantasy and reality,” and is carefully developed through Aristotle’s elements of drama. These six elements really help to portray the true meaning of the play, and includes the principle of plot, moral disposition, intellect, diction, melody, and spectacle. The use of Aristotle’s elements of drama really help to compose and unite the play as a whole.
In a Long Count calendar date there are five numbers which are separated by four periods (for example, 13.0.0.0.0). 13.0.0.0.0 is thought to have been the Mayan’s theory as to the world’s creation date. The Mayans used hieroglyphs, such as those in the image,
Luis Jimenez is known for sculptures that were influenced by his Mexican heritage. They were large in size and bright in color. “Self-Portrait with Calavera” is an interesting piece because it is so different from his previous works. Unlike his previous work, the self-portrait is small
In Tennessee Williams' play, The Glass Menagerie, none of the characters are capable of living in the real world. Laura, Amanda, Tom and Jim use various methods to escape the brutalities of life. Laura retreats into a world of glass animals and old gramophone records. Amanda is obsessed with living in her past. Tom escapes into his world of poetry writing and movies. Jim also reverts to his past and remembers the days when he was a hero.
This art, like most, can be applied to the viewer in any way they wish. A person may look at one of the sculptures and see themselves. They may see a man who is going through challenges similar to their own; someone who is trying to free himself from these bounds. Such challenges may include an attempt to escape financial bounds or personal weaknesses. The interpretations are only limited to the comparisons a viewer
The Glass Menagerie, written by Tennessee Williams, is a complex work that encompasses many thematic ideas. The play details the life of a dysfunctional family living in St. Louis during the 1930s. The family has many problems and have created their own version of reality to cope with and avoid the truth of their situation. Illusion reigns supreme and prevents the family from moving forward. In The Glass Menagerie, Williams explores how one can create their own warped version of reality based on memories of the past, visions of the future, or a distorted perception of the present and how that can prevent one from moving forward in their life.
This breaks all of our tradition in sculpture. On the one hand the simplification and distortion of body and limb seem extremely daring departures from the tradition which few do; on the other hand, this is reminiscent of the earliest sculpture ever produced, which is far from a perfect balance. Thus he has created a new form; that of pure laziness.
“Not gonna let physical appearance stop you.” Laura hindered, finishing my sentence. “How’d you know?”
These are some of the many properties reasons and qualifications for us using sodium in our everyday lives. These are the reasons why sodium is used all around the world to this very day and is also why we use so much of it. Ammonia has an important role in the formation of salt crystallizations which is why it is mentioned in the above paragraph and which so will be used in the experiment that is going to take place to test the importance of ammonia in salt crystallization and to see exactly how the ammonia is going to affect the salt in the end result.
This century has been one of many changes and incredible inventions. If a person was to think about it, this century has taken us from horseback to fuel-injected horsepower, from gaslights to sodium-vapor streetlights, from crystal radios to digital television, from compasses to GPS navigation systems, from wood burning stoves to microwave ovens, from Victrolas to DVD players and of course from hot air balloons to jet propulsion aircraft.