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- 5091: Bernice Bobs Her Hair (F. Scot
- ... rehearsed in order to shock and amuse the audience. For conversational purposes, Marjorie suggests that Bernice use the topic of bobbing her hair. In 1920, when the story was written, short hair was a daring new fashion, adopted by only the most adventurous women, and it had the power to shock the average person. Jealous of Bernice's new popularity, Marjorie sets a trap for Bernice by calling her bluff on the hair bob. Although the new hair style was immensely unflattering to Bernice, and her popularity evaporated immediately, the bob unleashed a strong, independent side of her character . Bernice decided to leave her cousin's house and go home, but ...
- 5092: Existentialism
- Existentialism Existentialism is a concept that became popular during the second World War in France, and just after it. French playrights have often used the stage to express their views, and these views came to surface even during a Nazi occupation. Bernard Shaw got his play "Saint ... Sisyphus an "absurd" hero, with a pointless existance. Camus felt that it was necessary to wonder what the meaning of life was, and that the human being longed for some sense of clarity in the world, since "if the world were clear, art would not exist". "The Myth of Sisyphus" became a prototype for existentialism in the theatre, and eventually The Theatre of the Absurd. Right after the Second World War, Paris became the ...
- 5093: The 1920's
- ... favoring the consumption of wine, but it also opened on a threat to liberty and capital punishment for political syndicalism. In the spring of 1920, a typesetter and anarchist named Andrea Salsedo was arrested in New York City and held without counsel for eight weeks. This was a violation of the 5th Amendment. Salsedo was denied counsel during his incarceration without any charge. He was not allowed to contact his family ... time of the crime. Commonwealth v. Sacco and Vanzetti, 255 Mass. 369, 151 N.E. 839 (1926). However, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts held that the Superior Court had no jurisdiction to grant a new trial because the motion was not timely. Both defendants were electrocuted in August, 1927 Two years later, Black Friday, October 24, 1929 signaled the end of one era and the beginning of another. The Great Depression had begun with the precipitous decline of the Dow-Jones averages for 65 stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange which listed the stock of about 1,200 companies then. Excessive credit, not enough margin requirements, and the effects of high tariff protectionism had made their contribution to this financial débacle. ...
- 5094: Geography Of Indonesia And Aus
- ... located southeast of Asia, separated by the Timor Sea and the Java Trench. Both have undergone challenges in economy, government, and demography that are both similar and quite different from the other. Indonesia is “the world’s most expansive archipelagic (fragmented) state” (Blij 503) with multiple heritages and cultures. Australia has been slowly declining over the past century and continues to economically disintegrate. According to records kept on the economy, government ... distinct in their own right. DEMOGRAPHY AND LAND STRUCTURE The 275 million people of Indonesia are spread across the 13,000 islands it encompasses. It holds position as the fourth most populated nation in the world, containing a diversity of people including Javanese, Sudanese, Malays, and Balinese and other smaller groups which make up fifty-five percent of the population. Four of its largest islands are known as the Greater Sunda ... is in the west across from Malaysia, Kalimantan (which shares land space with Malaysia on Borneo), and Sulawesi, which is also called Celebes, the “wishbone – shaped” island of the east. The fifth largest island is New Guinea, which is not primarily a part of Indonesian cultural ties although half of its western side of the island is under Indonesian control. Australia is approximately 10 times the size of Texas, with ...
- 5095: Marco Polo
- Marco Polo is one of the most well-known heroic travelers and traders around the world. In my paper I will discuss with you Marco Polo's life, his travels, and his visit to China to see the great Khan. Marco Polo was born in c.1254 in Venice. He was ... enduring fame, very little was known about the personal life of Marco Polo. It is known that he was born into a leading Venetian family of merchants. He also lived during a propitious time in world history, when the height of Venice's influence as a city-state coincided with the greatest extent of Mongol conquest of Asia(Li Man Kin 9). Ruled by Kublai Khan, the Mongol Empire stretched all ... the only spiritual gift Europe was able to furnish the great Kublai Khan was oil from the lamp burning at Jesus Christ's supposed tomb in Jerusalem. Yet, in a sense, young Marco, the only new person in the Polos' party, was himself a fitting representative of the spirit of European civilization on the eve of the Renaissance, and the lack of one hundred learned Europeans guaranteed that he would ...
- 5096: The Stoics and Socrates
- ... physics, and mental science were not as yet distinguished. In the "Timaeus" (p. 30), one of Plato's writings, we find an account derived from Pythagorean sources of the origin of the soul. First the world-soul is created according to the laws of mathematical symmetry and musical harmony. It is composed of two elements, one an element of "sameness", corresponding to the universal and intelligible order of truth, and the other an element of distinction or "otherness", corresponding to the world of sensible and particular existences. The individual human soul is constructed on the same plan. The Stoics taught that all existence is material, and described the soul as "a breath pervading the body". They also ... soul became dominant. It's individuality and its strict separation with the body. In dominant thought prior to the introduction of Socratic ideas, the human soul was naught but a small part of a great world-soul; a soul that included the souls of every creature and every object upon the earth and in the universe. In this scenario the actions of a human were of no consequence directly to ...
- 5097: Neural Networks
- ... also known as an artificial neural network provides a unique computing architecture whose potential has only begun to be tapped. They are used to address problems that are intractable or cumbersome with traditional methods. These new computing architectures are radically different from the computers that are widely used today. ANN's are massively parallel systems that rely on dense arrangements of interconnections and surprisingly simple processors (Cr95, Ga93). Artificial neural networks ... of the network. Furthermore, more than one syllable or pattern may be stored at the same time by the same network (Ze93). Neural networks have far-reaching potential as building blocks in tomorrow's computational world. Already, useful applications have been designed, built, and commercialized, and much research continues in hopes of extending this success (He95). Neural network applications emphasize areas where they appear to offer a more appropriate approach than ... control systems may use neural network components in the future. Simulation techniques, such as simulation languages, may be extended to include structures that allow us to simulate neural networks. Neural networks may also play a new role in the optimization of engineering designs and industrial resour ces (Za93). Many design choices are involved in developing a neural network application. The first option is in choosing the general area of application. ...
- 5098: Jim Henson
- ... a puppet maker name Don Sahlin and a puppeteer name Frank Oz. "From 1964 to 1969 Henson produced several experimental films." In the mid-60’s Jim was asked to create characters to populate a new children’s show, Sesame Street. It was here where he made some of his most famous characters such as Ernie and Bert, Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster, and Big Bird. On this show Jim produced ... Kermit the Frog, was introduced along with Miss Piggy, Rizzo the Rat, Rowlf the Dog, Fozzie Bear, and of course Gonzo the Whatever. The Muppet Show became the most widely viewed television program in the world. From this show many movies and spin-off television shows have been produced. Jim Henson died in 1990 from pneumonia right after his last project for Muppet Vision 3-D, an attraction for Disney World, and right before he was going to sell his company to Disney Studios. Today his son runs and owns the Henson Company. Jim Henson possessed many lovable qualities about him but his most important ...
- 5099: Profiles In American Enterpris
- ... the end of 1992 to the beginning of 1993 the volume in most businesses was at record levels obtaining a pre-tax net income for the whole industry of 9.1 billion dollars setting a new record for the second year in a row (Hoover s Company & Industry Database, 1993, p. 1 (Hoover, 1993,p.1)). This trend continued when in the beginning half of 1993 offerings (new business for the company) exceeded those of 1992 (Hoover,1993, p. 2). Examples of this are as follows; more than 700 billion dollars of debt was issued in 1992 and then in the first half ... the public (Hoover, 1993, p. 3). Mutual funds that are issued by banks are now the fastest growing part of the mutual fund industry, with 10.6 percent of total assets and 30 percent of new sales (Hoover, 1993, p. 3). There has just recently been a large amount of compe-tition from markets overseas and this competition continues to increase. There are a few theories as to what has ...
- 5100: Catcher In The Rye 5
- ... be never changing, the displays are forever set in stone, and preserved. Lastly, Holden presents his fear of facing reality though avoiding the truth. After failing out of Pencey, he decided to hide out in New York City, until his parents reached notice of his being kicked out of yet another school, because of his fear to face problems. Yet in reality the only way Holden could fix the problems he ... out that fake attitude, where they act as though they are better than everyone else. Lastly Holden dislikes actors and movies because their phoniness demoralizes children, and allows them to explore with the mature corrupted world. Society's phoniness causes the main reason for Holden's insecurity and isolation for the outer world. He becomes so fearful that he too will become part of the fraudulent society similar to everyone surrounding him. Holden has one concern throughout the novel, to protect the innocent, to keep children away ...
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