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- 1931: The Internet
- ... through the electronic mail. Second, there are discussion groups with a wide range of topics in which people can join. Finally, people are free to browse into vast collection of resources (or databases) of the World Wide Web. Electronic mail (e-mail) brings a unique perception into the way of communication. Although, it did not replace the traditional means of communication such as letters and telephone calls, it has created a new method of transmitting information in a more efficient way. E-mail saves time between the interval of sending and receiving a message. Sending an e-mail message halfway around the world can arrive at its destination within a minute or two. In comparison, a letter can take from a few days to a couple of weeks, according to the distance it travels. Furthermore, e-mail ...
- 1932: INTEL Knows Best? A Major Marketing Mistake
- INTEL Knows Best? A Major Marketing Mistake Problem Statement When Thomas Nicely, a mathematician at Lynchburg College in Virginia, first went public with the fact that Intel's new Pentium chip was defective Intel admitted to the fact that it had sold millions of defective chips, and had known about the defective chips for over four months. Intel said its reasoning for not going ... if a user possessed a defective chip and could convince Intel that his or her calculations were particularly vulnerable to the flaw in the defective chip then Intel it would supply those people with a new chip. This attitude of 'father knows best' fostered by Intel created an uproar among users and owners of the defective chips. Six weeks after Mr. Nicely went public, IBM, a major purchaser of Pentium chips ... you know you have got. . . unparalleled quality'. This provided immediate name recognition for the company and led the consumers to associate Intel with high quality computers. Then Intel went the extra mile in the marketing world and spent another $80m to promote its new Pentium chips. The basis for this extra $80m was to "speed the market's acceptance of the new chip". The marketing campaign was a success. Intel ...
- 1933: Grunge Literature
- ... literature"? And why do so many authors of books which fall into this genre object so strenuously to the label? Grunge is the literature and fiction of young people living in inner cities around the world, it is not a new genre as publishers would have us believe, but traces its roots back through the history of the novel. There is one common thread which runs throughout all grunge novels, and that is the parody of modern western society and the values which it endorses. Justine Ettler, 'Sydney's Empress of Grunge', is the author of Marilyn's Almost Terminal New York Adventure and The River Ophelia, which gave her the 'empress' title. Ettler is part of the Australian 'brat pack' of Dirty Realists, the grunge writers who reproduce the urban underside of life with ...
- 1934: Roland
- ... the most notable changes taking place at this time is within religion. Throughout his chapter, R.W. Southern shows how the religious thoughts of the time shifted dramatically. Christ and his mother, Mary, took on new roles in the high middle ages. Jesus was no longer the triumphant God, now he was the suffering human. As Southern states so eloquently, "it is a striking thing that the intellectual short-comings of ... Man's salvation [that found during Roland's time] only became clear at the moment when the heroic view of human life being lived between the mighty opposites of external powers was dissolving before a new romanticism, and when an intense commiseration for the sufferings of the Son of God was becoming a central fact in the religious experience of time." As people strive to understand the nature of Jesus' sufferings ... at this time created thoughts that found man on a personal pilgrimage. No longer were humans static in their role of redemption, but active in gaining knowledge and gaining love of God. To limit this new idea of seeking to the ecclesiastical writers alone is wrong. The notion of self-seeking found a home amongst the romantic writers as well. Take Ywain for instance, our noble knight is unable to ...
- 1935: Aids 2
- ... infection. Within the year, similar cases were reported from all over the country: apparently healthy adults who were suddenly getting sick with rare infections and malignancies that healthy people should not get. Most were from New York City, California, Florida and Texas, and not all were homosexual men. Men and women who used intravenous drugs were also getting sick, as were men with hemophilia, the male and female sexual partners of ... be tested to see if they were at risk for developing AIDS, and scientists could get some idea of the form the epidemic, if unchecked, might grow to take in the USA and around the world. The news was not good. The epidemic was shaped like an iceberg, with a small visible tip and a huge invisible base. For every person who was sick with AIDS, thousands of others were infected ... in the United States began to change dramatically. In 1996 the death rate from AIDS in the US was 23% less than in 1995, and in 1997 it fell again by more than 40%. The new drug combinations could also stop healthy people who were H.I.V. infected from getting sick with AIDS, and rates of new AIDS cases began to fall--by 6% in 1996, 15% in 1997, ...
- 1936: John Steinbeck
- ... men, all the time gathering material for his writings. He would even pay people to hear their stories. By 1925, Steinbeck had decided he had spent enough time in school. Steinbeck traveled by freighter to New York City,as all good writers did. Steinbeck worked as a brick layer in the construction of Madison Square Garden. John worked as a reporter for the New York American. He got fired because he couldn’t or wouldn’t report facts as he found them--only the poetry or pilosophy he saw in them. New York was a cold, frightening place to him and Steinbeck, deeply discouraged, returned to California. Steinbeck took a job as a caretaker at a vacation home near Lake Tahoe. He was alone most of ...
- 1937: The Color Purple
- ... generally work to maintain order, decorum, and stability. Within the novel the reality was that blacks had to work for whites on whatever terms were available. When using manners and customs to depict the real world of the novel, it is evident we are examining an external world based in a society where the white oppressor governs the oppressed black populace. The economic realities of white land ownership, near-monopoly of technical and business skills and control of financial institutions was in fact the accepted norm (Sowell 48). When presenting the term fact - we must account for the introduction of a second model, "historical and empirical data" in representing the real world of The Color Purple. As illustrated in the pages of American history books, it is evident that American Negro slavery had a peculiar combination of features. The key features of American slavery were that ...
- 1938: Shamanism
- ... of the dead, but a Shaman is much more. A Shaman is someone who has explored, and gained a great understanding of their inner being. They can tap into the force that flows throughout the world, and manipulate it. A Shaman can alter his conscience so that he may travel to other worlds filled with objects, and various kinds of spirits. In the spirit realm, a Shaman can gain knowledge in ... breaks down the will of that person. In the end, the destined assumes the role as Shaman, and his suffering diminishes. With the guidance of an elder Shaman, or sometimes just their spirit guild, the new shaman is initiated into their new existence. It is a existence between this earthy realm, and that of the dead. An initiate of Shamanism goes through an significant transformation. As a result of the suffering, and rigorous training, the initiate ...
- 1939: Ywain
- ... the most notable changes taking place at this time is within religion. Throughout his chapter, R.W. Southern shows how the religious thoughts of the time shifted dramatically. Christ and his mother, Mary, took on new roles in the high middle ages. Jesus was no longer the triumphant God, now he was the suffering human. As Southern states so eloquently, "it is a striking thing that the intellectual short-comings of ... Man's salvation [that found during Roland's time] only became clear at the moment when the heroic view of human life being lived between the mighty opposites of external powers was dissolving before a new romanticism, and when an intense commiseration for the sufferings of the Son of God was becoming a central fact in the religious experience of time." As people strive to understand the nature of Jesus' sufferings ... at this time created thoughts that found man on a personal pilgrimage. No longer were humans static in their role of redemption, but active in gaining knowledge and gaining love of God. To limit this new idea of seeking to the ecclesiastical writers alone is wrong. The notion of self-seeking found a home amongst the romantic writers as well. Take Ywain for instance, our noble knight is unable to ...
- 1940: Cao Daiism
- ... in Vietnam, if they have ever heard of it at all. In actuality, while Cao Daiists did play a part in these protests, Cao Dai is a primarily indigenous Vietnamese religion that encompasses many other world religions but is also extraordinarily unique in its belief system and practices. Cao Dai was officially founded through a medium session in 1926 by Ngo Van Chieu (a.k.a. Ngo Minh Chieu), an official ... who Cao Daiists believe were founded by men. In the past, God has sent His message via prophets and messengers. He sent His word to Muhammad through the angel Gabriel. Before that he gave the world his son Jesus Christ who had a direct communication with God. And after attaining "supreme enlightenment" Sidhartha Sakyamuni (today known as "the" Buddha) gave man the Dharma he could not conceive before (Do 15). However, as Cao Daiists believe, God saw the violence and hatred throughout the world that not only was not solved by religions founded by people he had sent a message to, but actually because of these religions. This did not sit well with God. So, while practicing a ...
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