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- 10371: Loss of Freedom Through Apathy
- ... most just kind of government, where we the people hold supreme power. It is an institution that is a culmination of revolutions, wars, philosophies and heroes. It is the greatest and proudest government in the world. One reason for this is that Americans have a right citizens of Iraq and China and North Korea only dreamed they could have. It took one of the greatest military epics in history for our ... not interested." Others acted militantly to my calling, slamming the phone in disgust. It startled and in a way disheartened me, the way many of the people I polled seemed totally apathetic to the political world around us. To me, spending a minute answering questions about the future of politics did not seem like too much to ask at all. Yet it continued. "Hello I'm calling on behalf of your ... hopes. They will do whatever it takes to please this group, even if it means stepping all over another group to please them. In contrast the age bracket with the lowest voter turn-out are new voters between 20 and 29. This "X" generation of voters will have their rap music censored for being too explicit and their action films for being too violent. The Internet that this generation seems ...
- 10372: Copper Triangle
- ... is held every two years to celebrate the Cornish cultures that the Cornish have brought over with them from Cornwall. The celebrations can run for over a week in time and is acknowledged as the world's biggest festival of Cornish culture. Some of the traditional foods which we enjoy are the Cornish pasties, and their traditional beer, "swanky". They also have the traditional furry dances and the Scottish game of high jinks. (see appendix Six) In 1923 when the copper was exhausted, the towns of Moonta, Kadina and Wallaroo needed to find new ways to make money. They now earn a lot of money from farming wheat and barley, fishing in the near by bays, breeding sheep and cattle, exporting goods from the Wallaroo ports and the production of fertilisers. Tourism is also a large economic booster with many people from all around the world come to look at the small towns of Moonta, Kadina and Wallaroo who have earnt themselves the name of the "copper triangle" due to the large amounts of copper which were extracted during the ...
- 10373: Dell
- ... Sprint said “Dell was the only built-to-order manufacturer with solid, dependable, and interchangeable parts.” Competitors of Dell such as IBM, Compaq, and Hewlett-Packard mass-produce their computers so they don’t start new computers until their inventory has run out or because their inventory has grown to old. This means that they start losing profits for every week their inventory has not been sold and that they don ... manufacturer of computers allowing Dell to maximize profits. Dells stock has become more valuable to investors over the past five years because Dell in that time has become the fastest growing computer manufacturer in the world. Dell’s built-to-order strategy has made them successful in growth and development and stock valuation. Dell throughout their years has proven to be a valuable stock for investors. They have managed to become ... unproven methods. Dell has succeeded in overtaking these major computer manufacturers in market share and will most likely increase their market share over the next ten years to become the premier computer manufacturer in the world.
- 10374: Saving The Animals?
- By: charles Saving the Animals? In Buffalo New York on October 23rd of last year, Dr. Barnett Slepian was murdered. He wasn’t killed because of his financial status or because of a dispute he had with a patient. Someone who never really ... Luther King. The other assumption that eliminating a person from the pool will help lower animal deaths is wrong. The problem has to be eliminated at the roots, if at all. There will always be new people to replace the ones that are gone, if people still want the product that is offered. In conclusion, the intended result is not possible through the destruction of property. The demand will not decrease ... Doctor’s Slaying Left ‘Disturbing’ Packages”; November 6,1998; http://cnn.com/US/9811/06/ABORTION.WITNESS/index.html CNN-Newspaper, “Abortion Sniper’s Actions harden resolve in Canada”; November 23, 1998; http://cnn.com/WORLD/americas/ 9811/23/BC-CANADA-ABORTION.reut /index.html Word Count: 958
- 10375: The Merchant Of Venice-portia
- ... few can reach. Portia is one of Shakespeare's great heroines, whose beauty, lively intelligence, quick wit, and high moral seriousness have blossomed in a society of wealth and freedom. She is known throughout the world for her beauty and virtue, and she is able to handle any situation with her sharp wit. In many of Shakespeare's plays, he creates female characters that are presented to be clearly inferior to ... flaws, which is shown when Bassanio describes her to Antonio and says, "In Belmont is a lady richly left, / And she is fair and, fairer than that word, / Of wondrous virtues Nor is the wide world ignorant of her worth, / For the four winds blow in from every coast / Renowned suitors, and her sunny locks / Hang on her temples like a golden fleece, / Which makes her seat of Belmont Colchis' strond ... casket and proves that even though the other caskets appeared to be beautiful and trustworthy, the treasure was found in the casket of lead. Shakespeare foreshadows the theme of appearances when Portia says to her new husband, "You see me, Lord Bassanio, where I stand, / Such as I am But the full sum of me / Is an unlesson'd girl, unschool'd, unpractic'd, / Happy in this, she is not ...
- 10376: Baseball Strike
- ... on August 12, three quarters into one of the most intriguing seasons in a long time. A season on the verge of breaking many long standing records. As the strike began, the people of the world looked with sadness, as well as disgust towards players and owners. Officially, the strike is the players verses the owners, but at a closer look, it is much more complicated. Within the owners meetings, there ... income with the small market teams. The plan would only be set forth if players agreed to a salary cap, which is where they are now. The large market teams such as Los Angeles, both New York teams, and both Chicago teams, are disregarding the smaller teams problems. They do not believe revenue should be shared among teams. They say it's a business. Revenue sharing would break the business. The ... occurred on the afternoon of Sept. 14 when Small Market owner Bud Selig of Milwaukee Brewers announced the cancellation of the rest of the regular season along with the post season. After an 89 year world series run, we can only say two words to describe the fall classic: Game Over. While owners are arguing the future of baseball and players do not want to break a nail on their ...
- 10377: Dreams And Dreaming
- ... into the realm of dreams in order to placate or harry the malicious malignant spirits who are hostile to the subject Dreamtime of the Aboriginees is a primal state which embraces the creation of the world at the very dawn of our time. It is the realm of the mythical beings who fist breathed life onto the universe.. Their culture extends back over 40,000 years, the oldest spiritual culture of the world. The Shaman is known as the Karadji. To become a shaman you are killed in the dreamtime, he is then chosen by the spirits of the dreamtime who throw an invisible force which transfixes him through the neck and tongue, and another which peirces his head from ear to ear. His dram corpse is then given new internal organs and crystals are embeded into his wrists and the third eye, which will become the source of his magical power. He is reborn. He is taught by the Rai, or spirits through ...
- 10378: The Man Who Made Ireland
- ... s effort is focused on conveying Collins role in the formation of an Irish Free State and the violence that was continually linked with it. While the majority of Europe was in the trenches of World War I, the Irish were waging war on their own soil, against the British. The Anglo-Irish war which broke out in January of 1919, was typically called the "troubles" for it was more a ... was elected Priomh-Aire, the equivalent of being head of state and chief executive officer. Arthur Giffith, Michael Collins, Cathal Brugha, Con Markievicz, and William Cosgrave all took their seats in his administration. With this new administration established, the "gun" in Irish history began to take on a severe political identity. While Collins' official title was that of Minister of Finance, there was no doubt that Collins himself now had the ... or events surrounding Collins. It is no doubt that Coogan sees Collins as possibly the most influential man in Irish history and thus titles his chronicle The Man Who Made Ireland. The author is a world-renowned Irish historian who was the editor of the Irish Press for over 20 years. In addition to his work on Michael Collins, he has also produced definitive works on Irish history and the ...
- 10379: Anselm's Philosophy
- ... able to exist in reality. He then tries to prove that this supposition leads to a conclusion which cannot possibly be true. Then the original God would not actually be the greatest thinkable being, this new something else, that actually exists would be. This new God which actually exists would then be able to be seen, heard and touched by the individuals who believe he exists as the greatest thinkable being. Nevertheless, it is obviously impossible that the greatest being ... that thing to exist." (Anselm Chapter 2) A modern day example of Anselm's theory is that if I can really imagine a perfect girl for me. This girl would actually exist somewhere in the world. A girl with all of the best qualities that I can possibly imagine someone as having. She would be everything that I am looking for. According to Anselm's beliefs, she would most defiantly ...
- 10380: The Lord Of The Flies
- ... directly connected with another symbol, the fire. They are related by the fact that the glasses were used time and again to light fires, rescue or otherwise. The decaying state of the glasses, from near new to broken with one lens, seems to trace the state of social order of the island. The glasses also represent what they create, the fire, and take on its properties as well. The rescue fire ... the evil inside them. Unfortunately, before Simon could convey the solution to surviving on the island to the others, they killed him in a mob-like fashion:"The sticks fell and the mouth of the new circle crunched and screamed. The beast [Simon] was on its knees in the center, its arms folded over its face...The crowd leapt onto the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore."(152) His death reinforced the ... in the book. The boulder also crushed the conch, in effect evil won by crushing the means by which order was maintained. Throughout the Lord of the Flies William Golding's microcosm of the real world reinforces his idea of the descent of man from civilization into savagery and anarchy in the absence of structure. His use of symbols allows the reader to more easily distinguish between good and evil. ...
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