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- 1891: Cloning
- ... we are, mere humans, and we are destroying the individuality God worked to create. In the beginning of human existance, God gave us all the things we would need to survive and flourish in the world. In the Bible, Genesis 2:7 states that: "The Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being ... not perfect and God created her individually just as he meant to do. Why would a person want to forget about what God blessed us for? If we can already reproduce then what in the world could possibly be the purpose behind cloning? There is no real valid purpose. The clone has to be considered in all of this. It would be in hurt and turmoil once it was old enough ... have any parents or family. How can we call ourselves civilized if we let such an atrocity happen, and for the inflating of some scientist's ego? We would be bringing a person into the world, a thinking, feeling, living being. Our achievement would be bringing the clone a life of pain, of being an "outsider". This is how they would likely feel because they would be surrounded by people ...
- 1892: Jane Eyre Self-awarness
- ... harsh reality of physical survival and gets a sense of her own worth. The journey to the school begins in cold and darkness before dawn in the first month of the year, which symbolized a new birth for her. She is about to physically change her life, but she will also discover much about herself, helping to mold her self-identification. At the school she also becomes more adventurous. Her discovery ... my head, and took a firm stand on the stool" (99). Jane is metaphorically "propped up" by the sympathetic glances of her fellow pupils. Here Jane learns another valuable lesson from Helen. "If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, whole your own conscience approved you, and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends" (101), says Helen. From this she learns that being dubbed a liar ... life lessons about herself that she did. She learned the art of kindness and sympathy from for example Helen. When Rochester tells Jane that he is to marry Blanch, Jane feels as if her whole world had crumbled. All her self-confidence she had gained and the new foundation she built for herself was torn down. But her self-awareness lessons through all her doubts away and gave her an ...
- 1893: Preservation of the Environment
- ... the past 40 years have forecast a dark future of pollution, extinction and growing health problems. But, as the 20th century comes to a close, some leading researchers and policy-makers see evidence that the world's environmental tide may be about to turn. If people continue destroying the environment , the world won't be as perfect as it may seem to be at the time. Ground-level ozone, which causes a range of respiratory ailments, remains a serious health risk in most American cities, and in ... industrial sources that create the bulk of ozone-forming pollution are in violation of the law. Or consider water. In early September over 1,000 people drank contaminated water at a county fair in upstate New York. Two died and 65 others were hospitalized. If you think this couldn't happen to you, think again. A recent federal audit found that nearly 90 percent of all violations of the Safe ...
- 1894: Foreshadowing Destiny(great Ga
- "Gaudy primary colors and hair shorn in strange new ways and shawls beyond the wildest dreams of Castille. . . The air is alive with chatter and laughter, and casual innuendo and introductions forgotten on the spot, and the enthusiastic meetings between women who never knew each other's names. . . The party has begun." The beauty and splendor of Gatsby's parties masked the innate corruption within the heart of the Roaring Twenties. Jazz-Age society was a bankrupt world, devoid of morality, and plagued by a crisis of character. Jay Gatsby is a misfit in this world. He tries, ironically, to fit into the picture: he fills his garage with status, his closet with fashion, his lawns with gaiety, his mannerisms with affectation. However, he would never be one of "them". ...
- 1895: Milestones In Communication Mi
- ... Queen Isabella to hear of Columbus' discovery, or that it took two weeks for Europe to learn of Lincoln's assassination? We take for granted immediate news of everything that is going on in the world, but it was not always so. Modern technology and future predictions are easier to comprehend when we view them in terms of our past. What follows next is a list of what we consider some ... Samuel F.B. Morse, an artist turned inventor, is credited with building the first commercially practical telegraph. Morse's first line opened in 1844; it stretched from Washington to Baltimore and was soon extended to New Jersey. Some enterprising individuals used the telegraph to communicate lottery results to New York, where hefty sums were won before people caught on to this new form of "instantaneous" communication. Less than 10 years later, the entire country east of the Mississippi was connected by over 18, ...
- 1896: Capital Punishment Should Be A
- ... be a necessary step to save innocent lives. After 17 years in prison, Illinois Death Row inmate Anthony Porter was released from jail after a judge threw out his murder conviction following the introduction of new evidence. This reversal of fortune came just two days before Porter was to be executed. As reported in USA Today, Porter's release was the result of investigative research as conducted by a Northwestern University professor and students. The evidence gathered suggested that Porter had been wrongly convicted. Were these new revelations and the subsequent release of Porter a lucky break or a freak occurrence? Not likely, reports DeWayne Wickham, also of USA Today. He points out that since the reinstatement of the death penalty in ... call for a moratorium on the death penalty is not the first time that state executions have been opposed. Throughout its history capital punishment has been opposed on many premises. In discussion forums across the world many individuals often cite deterrence of crime as a viable defense of capital punishment. However, comprehensive studies, including the 1994 FBI Uniform crime Report, indicate that capital punishment does not serve as a deterrent ...
- 1897: The Software Industry Report
- ... and its trends. b) The industry’s conduct in terms of advertising, pricing policies, branding, merger activity, with particular focus on the main player. c) The industry’s performance in terms of innovation due to new technology and the changing environment as well as profitability and efficiency. 2.0 I have taken information from various sources, these include extracts from the Independent, Economist, Computer Business Review and the MINTEL reports for ... However within this report only single purchases of software are taken into consideration and bundled software is considered to be part of the hardware package. 3.1 Software has become an International commodity with large world wide businesses, domestic and industrial markets for general purpose software and world markets are also open for specialised software. In 1985, the U.S.A’s Department of commerce put the world market for software at $40 billion and annual growth was estimated to be about ...
- 1898: Marketplace For System Analyst
- ... Association of America reveals 346,000 IT jobs are currently vacant in U.S. companies, leaving 1 in 10 jobs unfilled.9 The U.S. Commerce Department's Office of Technology Policy report, America's New Deficit: The Shortage of Information Technology Workers, indicates between 1996 and 2006, more than 1.3 million new systems analysts, computer scientists, engineers, and programmers will be required to meet industry's demands.3 The demand for "networking" to facilitate the sharing of information, the expansion of client/server environments, and the need ... problem solving capacity will be a major factor in the rising demand for systems analysts.2 Falling prices of computer hardware and software should continue to induce more businesses to expand computerized operations and integrate new technologies. In order to maintain a competitive edge and operate more cost effectively, firms will continue to demand computer professionals who are knowledgeable about the latest technologies and able to apply them to meet ...
- 1899: Jurassic Park
- ... and most importantly, to choose, we find ourselves with "the impulse to master and manipulate elemental force" (Pacey 86). We must fight, we must advance, and we must control all these elements of the natural world. But just how much of that world do we control? Surely people attempt and perceive control over nature, but do they succeed? The question of control, over nature in specific, is one of the prevalent themes that runs through Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park. This novel is set on a small island off the coast of Costa Rica called Isla Nubar. On this island, construction of a new, virtuostic, state of the art park is almost complete, when a gathered team of paleontologists, businessmen, and a mathematician arrive to approve of the park opening. All seems well until the "experts" lose control ...
- 1900: How the Women's Movement has Improved
- How the Women's Movement has Improved The status of women in the United States has significantly improved since World War II. Congress has passed many acts to improve the lives of women allowing them to reach equality. The abilities of women began to manifest themselves during and after the Second World War. “Their abilities included working hard and learning fast on the job while maintained their essentials of home life.” (Van Horn 141) The attitudes of many women and the attitudes towards women during the 1940 ... while others were indirectly forced into it because they had no male to support their family financially. During the 1940's sexual discrimination of female workers were temporarily put aside. “The massive production requirements of World War II created new demands for additional female workers. Suddenly it was patriotic and appropriate for women to work.” (Van Horn 140) “The expanding economy encouraged women to look for jobs.” (Van Horn 83) “ ...
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