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- 4671: Changing World
- The world is changing rapidly. A single technological development can lead to an infinite number of consequential developments each of which having varying impacts on humanity. These impacts, or indicators, display the results of technological development. Climactic ... process that yields swift innovation of products and production techniques that offer short term buyer effectiveness, profits for the seller and potentially long term negative consequences to a portion of humanity, the environment or the world. Political procedures concerning technological developments must be gradual and deliberate so that the development's benefits can greatly outweigh the disadvantages. Conflicting leaders should explore developments so that each can consider the other's views ... might not be true representations of society. Some in this hirearchycould be more interested in profit than global well being. This hypothesis could consequentially have an affect on technoscientists psychologically. Those looking to better the world might become cautious and skeptical in releasing and promoting their views and ideas. There is also the possibility that the temptation of money would override the fundamental principal technoscientists have of improving the world. ...
- 4672: The Truth Is Out There, Do We
- ... be pleased, pleasantly enlightened, and will live better lives for it. In Heart of Darkness, it is shown that this is seldom true. Kurtz was destroyed by the truth he discovered about himself and the world he lived in. He had known and believed a "white" truth about the world he knew. His white truth was one of civilized, genteel ideas and actions. Living amongst the privileged few, the artists, musicians, orators, and other cultured people, he knew nothing of the dark depths of the ... repressed and let the darkness fill the cold void within him. Because he knew so much blackness, he was unable to live in society again. He crossed over and relinquished all ties to the civilized world, for he had lived the white truths to an extreme, so did he live the black truths. Kurtz showed what happens when the white truths and lies of society are taken away. Kurtz lived ...
- 4673: Drinking Hemlock and Other Nutritional Matters
- ... inquiry. Mr. Morowitz is strongly convinced that by incorporating the basics of epistemology (or the theory of knowledge) into our children’s schooling, they would be much better suited to survive in the harsh real world. His title alludes to the punishment of Socrates, the first propounder of the Theory of Knowledge. Morowitz begins his short piece with a tale of a commercial he witnesses. He starts off cynically by stating; “…after rising early I thought it appropriate to turn on the television and communicate, unidirectionally to be sure, with the outside world” (2). Here he hints at the fact that a television only spits out information. Whether the information is correct or not remains to be seen. He goes on to describe an old Hollywood idol denouncing ... to say that if the listener is so bold to ask, “How do you know that?”, that listener is greeted with the look that faced Columbus when he queried, “How do you know that the world is flat?” (2) This analogy works especially well because it reveals the ignorance of those in Columbus’s time who were convinced the world was flat because the ground they walked on was flat. ...
- 4674: Migration of the Bantu People
- ... cause of the Bantu migration is uncertain, but many anthropologists believe it was caused by an increase in population. The population was increased as a result of the development of agriculture and the introduction of new crops. Which allowed a more efficient source of food production than hunting and gathering did. Because of the enlarged population more food was required. So the earliest of the Bantu speakers planted more land, and ... started moving eastward and southward. With in only 1,500 years Bantu speakers had populated much of the southern half of Africa. They shared their skills and ideas with the people they met, and adapted new methods to adjust to the new environments. The Bantu followed the Congo River through the rain forests. There they farmed the riverbanks, which was the only place suitable to support agriculture. As the Bantu moved eastward into savannas, they learned ...
- 4675: American Pit Bull Terrier
- ... athletic, highly versatile, adaptive, gushingly affectionate, eager-to-please, all-around family dog. In courage, resolve, indefatigableness, indifference to pain, and stubborn perseverance in overcoming any challenge, the APBT has no equal in the canine world. Although the APBT was once the national symbol of courage and pride (Stahlkuppe p.7 ), the breed is largely misunderstood today. Even though the APBT has historically been bred to excel in combat with other ... sport of matching two dogs against one another in combat rose in popularity to fill the void. One point of contention about the history of APBT is whether these pit fighting dogs were essentially a new breed of dog specially created for this popular pastime (Stahlkuppe p.11 ). Some authors, notably Richard Stratton, have theorized that the APBT is essentially the same breed as the Renaissance bull-baiting dogs, largely unmixed ... excellent dog families with small children. Even if most of them couldn't identify the breed by name, kids of the Lil Rascals generation wanted a companion just like "Pete the Pup". During the First World War, there was an American propaganda poster that represented the rival European nations with their national dogs dressed in military uniforms; and in the center representing the United States was an APBT declaring in ...
- 4676: Bill of Rights
- ... boxes of paper and floppy disks. The target of the SS operation was to seize all copies of a game of fiction called GURPS Cyberpunk. The Cyberpunk game contains fictitious break-ins in a futuristic world, with no technical information of actual use with real computers, nor is it played on computers. The SS never filed any charges against SJG but still refused to return confiscated property. PEACEABLE ASSEMBLY: The right ... settlement. Two other men who tried to get their two thousand dollars back were denied by the Florida courts. RIGHT TO BE SECURE IN PERSONS, HOUSES, PAPERS AND EFFECTS AGAINST UNREASONABLE SEARCHES AND SEIZURES: A new law goes into effect in Oklahoma on January 1, 1991. All property, real and personal, is taxable, and citizens are required to list all their personal property for tax assessors, including household furniture, gold and ... is done not because the police know of any weapons and can particularly describe them, but because they allege people with drugs often have weapons. Both of the above apply to the warrant the Hudson, New Hampshire, police used when they broke down Bruce Lavoie's door at 5 a.m. with guns drawn and shot and killed him. The warrant claimed information from an anonymous informant, and it said, ...
- 4677: Objectivism in The Founterhead
- ... be. Then you’ve got them right where you want them” (261). Keating was so narrow-minded that he did not know that that secret was not a rare one at all. Much of the world knew and exercised this information everyday. Keating said that if you became what people wanted you to be then you would have them right where you want them. Keating must have wanted them playing with ... his supremacy, and so he constantly tried to decimate him. Toohey tried to destroy him all of his life, but he was always unsuccessful, showing that collectivism would never overcome objectivism. Objectivism is a relatively new philosophy, which has been accepted by many in a short period of time. It is described as a philosophy for living on earth. Objectivism is an integrated system of thought that defines the abstract principles ... by which man must think and act if he is to live the life proper to Mankind. There are four basic principles of objectivism: metaphysics, ethics, politics, and aesthetics. Metaphysics means that reality, the external world, exists independent of Man’s consciousness, independent of any observer’s knowledge, beliefs, feelings, desires, or fears. In this aspect the task of Man’s consciousness is to perceive reality and not create or ...
- 4678: Violence And Pornography
- ... immune and can’t expect it to get any better or to go away. Porn is here for good. Pornography is a multi-million dollar international industry, ultimately run by organized crime all over the world, and is produced by the respectable mainstream publishing business companies (Itzin 21). Although the publishing companies are thought to be ‘respectable’, people generally stereotype buyers and users of pornographic material as ‘dirty old men in ... the American household. Works Cited Allen, Mike. “Exposure to Pornography and Acceptance of Rape Myths.” Journal of Communication. Winter, 1995: 5-21. Bart, Pauline B., and Patricia H. O’Brien. Stopping Rape: Successful Survival Strategies. New York: Pergamon Press, 1985. Burt, M. “Cultural Myths and Supports for Rape.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 38 (1980): 217-230. Cameron, Deborah, and Elizabeth Frazer. The Lust to Kill. New York: New York UP, 1987. Carol, Avedon. “Free Speech and the Porn Wars.” National Forum. 75.2 (1985): 25-28. Clark, Charles S. “Sex, Violence, and the Media.” CQ Researcher. 17 Nov. 1995: 1019- ...
- 4679: The Rise And Fall Of Hitler Re
- ... death, SS officers immersed Hitler’s body in gasoline and burned it in the garden of the Chancellery. Soon after the suicide of Hitler, the German forces surrendered. The war was officially over; however, the world was only beginning to realize the extent of its horror. The rise and sudden fall of Hitler had a sensational effect on people and nations around the world. On Easter Sunday April 20, 1889, at an inn called the Gasth of Zum Pommer, the wife of an Austrian Customs official gave birth to a son, Adolf Hitler. He was the fourth child to ... postcards and peddled them on the streets. He drew several advertising posters for such things as soap, cigarettes, and deodorant. In 1913, Hitler moved to Munich. Life was not much better there until the First World War started in 1914. While many people were frightened and sad at the thought of a world war, Hitler was delighted. He held the rank of corporal, and in forty-seven battles he served ...
- 4680: William Faulkner
- ... Civil War. This is where most of his stories take place. He pondered the family history and his own personal history; and he used both in writing his stories. (American Writers; 54) Faulkner born in New Albany, Mississippi in 1897. In 1902 they moved to Oxford ("Jefferson"), the seat of the University of Mississippi. His father, Murray C. Falkner, (the u was added to the family name by the printer who ... Royal Flying Corps in Toronto, Canada, and a cadet. On December 22, 1918, the date of demobilization, he became an honorary second lieutenant. He was often preoccupied with both the events and the implications of World War I, like most other writers of his age. Many of his earlier books deal with this. (American Writers; 55f) As a veteran, he was allowed to enroll at the University of Mississippi. There he studied English, Spanish, and French, but he was only in residence for one full academic year. He took a job in a bookstore in New York City, but he soon returned to Oxford. He did odd jobs such as a carpenter of house painter for two years, then became postmaster at the university. He soon resigned, saying in his ...
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