PG12 Park News Final 3/26/07 3:48 PM Page 12 Park News www.parkworld-online.com Ridercam for Port Aventura DVD ride system goes into operation Europe’s first DVD ride system is due to go into full service this coming season at Port Aventura‚ Salou‚ Spain. The popular Mediterranean park will install Ridercam cameras and equipment into two of its major rides – the wooden coaster Stampida and the as yet unnamed new wing launch coaster. The first to be operational will be on Stampida‚ a twin track
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When comparing the Monkey’s paw and the Simpsons Parody video there are many similarities but there are many differences. When comparing these two videos one of the similarities in both The Monkey’s Paw and in The Simpsons video is the way the protagonists are written‚ they are both greedy in the beginning. When Mr. White first receives the monkey’s paw he uses it for money when he says “I wish for two hundred pounds” (Jacobs‚ 172). When Homer receives the paw while he is in the living room with
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Things to Do in Birmingham Memorial Day Weekend Birmingham‚ Alabama is a fantastic place to visit for the residents of the region and other citizens in the USA during the Memorial Day Weekend. The place is peaceful‚ and the locals are welcoming. The Memorial Day is a holiday celebrated by the Americans every year during the last Monday of May. During this period‚ they honor the soldiers who have died serving the United States of America under the celebrated armed forces. The Memorial Day’s great
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Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918)‚ also widely known as the Red Baron‚ was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service (Luftstreitkräfte) during World War I. He is considered the top ace of that war‚ being officially credited with 80 air combat victories. Richthofen was born into a Prussian aristocratic family on May 2nd 1892. He was a ‘Freiherr’‚ a title of nobility that translates as ‘Free Lord’ but is usually translated as ‘Baron’ – hence
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The Gettysburg Address Abraham Lincoln was asked to speak during the dedication ceremony of the Gettysburg National Cemetery in Pennsylvania‚ on November 19‚ 1863. This was the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. Edward Everett was the featured speaker at the event and spoke for two hours. Abraham Lincoln was there to give closing comments. His speech was only 272 words long and he only spoke for about two minutes. Even though his speech was so short‚ the Gettysburg Address became
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the actual story behind the pet cemetery‚ how in the 1800’s‚ it use to be a burial ground for the Micmac’s‚ but then an evil Windago came and soured the land. Jud believes that it was a tall tail and that the Micmac’s practiced cannibalism and the pet cemetery is where they buried their “meals”. So‚ the story is‚ if you bury someone who has died within the pet cemetery; they will come back to life. Now being middle of the story you find out with the pet cemetery actually is‚ rather than a place
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Although many essays written about A Streetcar Named Desire concerns the "social attitude and psychological constitutions of its characters‚"(61) and the author‚ Tennessee Williams’‚ purpose in using of symbolism and imagery‚ Leonard Quirino instead intents to examine and emphasize the use of symbolism and how Tennessee Williams uses it in order to construct his marvelous play‚ A Streetcar Named Desire. Instead of focusing in terms of its theatrical presentation‚ Quirino sets out to reveal how two
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The Battle of Gettysburg was considered one of the most important confrontations of the Civil War because it was the bloodiest battle of the War. This specific war was important also because it lasted only three days. The Battle of Gettysburg began on July 1‚ 1863 and involved around 165‚000 men and ended on July 3‚ 1863 with over 50‚000 casualties. Of the casualties‚ around 23‚000 were Union soldiers and around 28‚000 were Confederates. This three day battle was the largest battle ever fought on
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poem and prose by saying poem is more “superior” (line 4) as it has more “windows” and “doors”—suggesting that poems are subject to more flexible interpretations. The second stanza talks of how this fairer house can be extended to nature such as “Cedars” (line 5) and “the Sky” (line 8). The final stanza reveals writing poems as the speaker’s “Occupation” (line 10). She opens the world of poetry by the “widening” of her “narrow hands”‚ which serves as a metaphor for the act of writing. “Wide” and
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Sumerian life were deforestation and flooding. After Enkidu and Gilgamesh meet and become friends‚ Gilgamesh proposes that they go to the cedar forest and cut down all the trees. Though Gilgamesh’s reasoning for cutting down all the trees isn’t very reasonable‚ he still persuades Enkidu to come along with him. “At dawn Gilgamesh raised his ax and struck at the great cedar. When Humbaba heard the sound of falling trees‚ he hurried down the path that they had seen but only he had traveled.” 1 Gilgamesh and
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