Title: Trurl’s Machine Author: Stanislaw Lem As a boy Stanislaw Lem showed an early interest in science as well as in the imaginary worlds of fantasy and science fiction. The young Lem’s interest in tinkering mechanical devices of all sorts was put to use by secretly damaging the German vehicles during the Nazi occupation. Later on‚ he became a full time writer establishing himself as leading science fiction writer in Eastern Europe. This writer from Lvov Poland (now Ukraine) worked on serious
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In the month of August‚ 2013‚ Elon Musk introduced a new idea that could potentially revolutionize the future greatly. Elon Musk’s hyperloop idea would involve engineering a two-and-a-half ton pod that would be able run through a massive steel tube which would cover long distances. Once inside the tube‚ the pod would be able to reach incredible speeds of up to 760 mph. At these speeds‚ the hyperloop would be capable of traveling from Los Angeles to San Francisco in a little less than a half hour
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the athlete to reach their optimal performance and also aid recovery. There are different categories of sport that athletes fall into which help aid the planning of their diet plan. They are the following Multi-sprint or team sports. (football‚hurling‚rugby‚gaelic football) Strength sports. (sprinting) Endurance and ultra-endurance sports. (marathon running) Weight category sports. ( boxing) Aesthetic sports. (diving) Bernard Brogan plays Gaelic football so he falls into the team sports category
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As the years pass and people get older‚ they experience new things‚ their family gets bigger‚ maybe their job changes‚ but their love for sports will never change. Sports is where people of all ages‚ women and men get together to cheer for their team. Athletes build their strength‚ perseverance‚ determination‚ and work team‚ to do more than a person who doesn’t play in a team. Fans are always ready to enjoy the game‚ either at home or in a stadium. There is something different each year‚ that is
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viewers some background information as to why the war had actually began rather than starting nine years into the war like in the Iliad‚ “Rage—Goddess‚ sing the rage of Peleus’ son Achilles‚ murderous‚ doomed‚ that cost the Achaeans countless losses‚ hurling down to the House of Death so many sturdy souls‚ great fighters’ sols‚ but made their bodies carrion‚ feast for the dogs and birds‚ and the will of Zeus was moving toward is end. Begin‚ Muse‚ when the two first broke and clashes‚ Agamemnon lord of
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government to remove all British military presence in “their” country. Additionally‚ the statement indicated a merger between several republican sovereignty organizations by stating that “In recent years the establishment of a free and independent Ireland has suffered setbacks due to the failure among the leadership of Irish nationalism and fractures within republicanism.” The IRA had merged with other republican militant organizations into a new organization‚ a more structured and potentially dangerous
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disturbances in Ireland during the 20th century a result of the actions of militant Republican organisation? This essay will show the extent to which the actions of Republican organisation caused violent in Ireland during 19000 and 2000. There will be shown several factors of the causes such as Easter Rising in 1916 and Economic failures in Ireland. All the factors that would be discussed are related to the outbreak of the republican organisation. The ’Troubles’ broke out in Northern Ireland in 1969.
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IRELAND DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE The declaration of independence was a document in which Dail Eireann‚ the Revolutionary Parliament‚ proclaimed the Irish Republic. Through the declaration of independence‚ the intention of Dail was to confirm a clamation voice in the earlier "Easter Proclamation". In 1916 a document was read by Padraig Pearse (leader of a republican movement) in Ireland at Easter Rising. This document supposed to be a declaration of a "provisional government"
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STUDY Ireland had a major economic crisis happened started in 2008 until 2011 this is because this country are falling into recession for the first time since 1980’s. The government of Irish officially announced it was recession in September 2008. This announcement leads to sharp rise in unemployment in the following months. In January 2009 is the highest month that record number of people claiming unemployment benefit it rose to 326000 people. Before the crisis happen in Ireland‚ Ireland is the
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Cathleen Ni Houlihan: Irish Nationalism In the early 1900s Ireland was conflicted with war. During this time period Yeats and Gregory wrote Cathleen Ni Houlihan‚ to send a message to the Irish people about serving one’s country. In his play Cathleen Ni Houlihan‚ Michael understands through Cathleen‚ a symbol of Ireland‚ the importance of sacrificing worldly needs in order to protect the motherland‚ and rises to become a hero. Yeats also shows that only devout devotion to one’s country
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