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- 11321: Sci-fi Gibberish Or A Glance A
- ... Wars is a genuine specimen of a modern myth. Let me quote George Lucas, the producer of this saga: "One of the reasons I started doing the film was I was interested in creating a new kind of myth and using space to do it, because that's the new frontier." So, mythology is still as exciting and attractive to developing personalities as ever, it only needs to be produced in a form appealing and understandable to young people, namely in form of science fiction. The myth has to be impregnated in a futuristic coating; it has to set new goals and frontiers, which are nothing else than the reincarnations of the same goals people used to set themselves in the days of the ancient Greece. A modern myth must create a picture of ...
- 11322: Cornel Wests Challenges For Th
- ... Youth "Diversity and American Democracy." What does this mean? On September 29th, Cornel West tried to answer that question in front of some very young and naοve Syracuse University freshman. As directed by West, the new Arts and Science students read a packet of information and essays that he provided, but which were extremely misleading. Going into the lecture with a negative and stubborn opinion, I was shocked by the intellect ... only tradition that they have known has been a corrupt one. The three challenges posed by Cornel West must be addressed by the youth of today in order to make a difference in tomorrow's world. Cornel West believes that it easy to say that the people of the United States can overcome wealth inequality, a lack of caring and nurturing, and a disregard for the democratic tradition, but if the ...
- 11323: Serial Killers --
- ... uncle and his family in Tacoma, Washington (Michaud and Ayensworth Hugh, p. 99). Bundy s mother later married John Culpepper Bundy and that s how Ted got his last name. Ted didn t like his new stepfather but to his mother John was the whole world. Ted did anything he could to upset his stepfather. For instance, Ted became friends with a black kid that lived down the street because his stepfather was prejudice (Michaud and Ayensworth Hugh, p. 99). When ...
- 11324: Cultural Synopsis: The Philipp
- ... population. Along with Pilipino, a language derived from Tagalog, English is one of the two official languages. The Philippines achieved full political independence in 1946, following four years of occupation by Japanese armed forces during World War II. The period since independence has been marked by repeated crises. The Philippines consists of 7,000 islands of only which 2,000 are inhabited. The two largest islands are Luzon and Mindanao and ... a unique mixed culture of foreign influences. Filipinos love to gamble. They exchange money frequently on basketball games and other sports. Improvisation is seen by the way the Filipinos converted the left over jeeps from World War 2 into taxis and other public transportation. Filipinos are strongly oriented to the outside world. Nevertheless, national pride is not to be underestimated.
- 11325: Cold Mountain Essay
- ... enlist, for this war was about rights and as Thomas Jefferson notes, "not to defend ones rights when called upon is treason." After the departure of the men, women had to deal with an entirely new threat. Without the masculine presence, Federal and Confederate troops regularly looted and wreaked these women's homes, taking food and any other good of value. Of course in Cold Mountain this is precisely what happen to Sara, left alone after her husband, John leaves to fight for the Confederacy she attempts to maintain their large garden/small farm to run and take care of a new born. A few days after Inman volunteers to help her out, a group of three Federals storm her humble home. After finding nothing of value they inquire about her "hidden money," but conclude the truth ... Civil War. As for the women, the lack of men changes their role in society. Just as WW 2, the women must take over the men's job to support themselves and their community. This new independence brings the views of women rights and similar ideas to Ruby's following statement, "War or peace, there's not a thing we can't do ourselves. You don't need him.4" ...
- 11326: Canada 2
- ... live for granted? If you were to take the time, you would discover how diverse are Canada's history, geography, climate, economy, cultures and government. Did you know it is the largest country in the world now that U.S.S.R broke up. Specifically, Canada is 9,922,330 square km. Did you know that Canada used to be named "Kanata"? Yes, Kanata is an Indian word meaning village. It ... first to set foot on Canadian soil. He marked his presence with a flag claiming it his land. Over the years, Canada has developed into the home of the largest free-standing structure in the world. Canada,(a great tourist attraction)is also home of the largest water fall in the world. Our farmland unlike a lot of others has a variety of climate. The warmer summer climate ranges from +10 - +30 and the cooler climate ranges from anywhere to -10 - -30. Despite the changes in ...
- 11327: Cryptographys Importance In Go
- ... fabricated to break, decipher, and read coded messages from the Soviet Union, all in complete secrecy (Radosh, 1995). They were to provide proof of the involvement of the Rosenbergs in a major espionage operation from World War II. From 1947-1952, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were leaders of a spy ring intended to steal plans from the United States atomic arsenal, through the Manhattan project. The KGB received messages from the New York Consulate, and sent encrypted messages there. Most of the messages intercepted contained gaps, incoherence, the authenticity was questionable, there were no sketches, diagrams, or any other proof of the device in question. Despite these ...
- 11328: Body Image
- ... on an individual s awareness of societal pressures, as well as one s acceptance, or internalization, of these societal standards (Cusumano & Thompson,1997). Every culture has standards of beauty. Through the ages and around the world,people have evaluated the appearance of themselves and others. A person s body image is his or her concept of their physical appearance. The mental representation which may be realistic or unrealistic, is constructed from ... appearance has often been associated with higher status, better opportunities to attract a mate and other positive qualities. We live in a society that thrives on first impressions. Many people interact with large numbers of new people everyday, especially in their work lives, and we often have little information about who these people are, but we do know how they look. We try to size them up based on how they ...
- 11329: Blooms Taxonomy
- ... it asks or you list, define, tell, describe, identify, show, label, collect, examine, tabulate, quote, name, who, when, where. The second step would be comprehension. Comprehension consist of understanding information, grasp meaning, translate knowledge into new context, interpret facts, compare, contrast, order, group, infer causes, predict consequences. Keywords to spot Comprehension would be: summarize, describe, interpret, contrast, predict, associate, distinguish, estimate, differentiate, discuss, and extend. Layer number three is Application. This is where it starts to get harder. Application involves using information, methods, concepts, and theories in new situations, solving problems using required skills or knowledge. Look out for these words to help you identify application: apply, demonstrate, calculate, complete, illustrate, show, solve, examine, modify, relate, change, classify, experiment, and discover. Step four ... the questions have to be answered for this, but the other steps should be done as well, to be able to fully understand. The elements that contribute to synthesis are: use old ideas to create new ones, generalize from given facts, relate knowledge from several areas, predict, and draw conclusions. Clue words include combine, integrate, modify, rearrange, substitute, plan, create, design, invent, what it?, compose, formulate, prepare, generalize, and rewrite. ...
- 11330: Binge Drinking 2
- ... sexually active Latinas aged 18-49 years old. The telephone survey employed a modified Mitofsky-Waksberg sampling technique to identify Latino households in nine states with concentrations of Latinos ranging from 5 to 39% in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, California, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. Latinos in these states represent 77% of all United States Latinos (Marνn, 1992, 1103). The screening procedure involved identifying the ethnicity, gender, and age of household members. Potential respondents were asked " ...
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