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- 5131: Cdr
- ... at a cost that is lower then any other removable, random-access medium. Although CDR only writes once onto a disk then closes it, it’s low media costs make this it feasible to create new copies when required. I found that cartridge drives like Iomega’s Zip and Jaz drives are priced comparably to writable CR-ROM drives, but CD-ROM disks typically cost from $3 to $10 each, while ... 98 Encyclopedia. © 1993-1997 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. 4"Digital AudioTape (DAT)," Microsoft® Encarta® 98 Encyclopedia. © 1993-1997 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. 6 "View Point," Bill Gates, Communiqué, April 99 page 64.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 ...
- 5132: Canadian And French Relations
- ... the United Kingdom. He said that their are three very different cultures residing in the United Kingdom, and that hasn't stopped them from prospering, or becoming one of the most powerful nations in the world.8 Cartier didn't seem to think that the differing cultures were that much of a problem. He believed that having multiculturalism within the nation would lead to each party involved contributing to the general wealth of the nation and that because of this, prosperity of the new nation would increase.9 Another one of Cartier's concerns for French Canada was if they didn't join the Canadian confederation, that they would be annexed into the United States and completely lose their ... s politicians weren't as optimistic about confederation as Cartier. Joseph Perrault a member of Quebec's Rouge party didn't share Cartier's view of a United prosperous Canada. Perrault thought that under the new confederate parliamentary system, French Canada would not have enough representation to hold up their views.12 Perrault felt that if confederation occurred, French Canada would have to be in constant defense of their own ...
- 5133: Clausewitz And The Nature Of W
- ... scientific in character and strategy as something of an art, but the conscious, rational exercise of "military strategy," a term much beloved of theorists and military historians, is a relatively rare occurrence in the real world. "It has become our general conviction," he said, "that ideas in war are generally so simple, and lie so near the surface, that the merit of their invention can seldom substantiate the talent of the ... readers because it reflects a romantic view of the state as something that transcends the collective interest of its citizens. It provides a philosophical basis for apocalyptic policies like Hitler's and Japan's in World War Two. Most modern readings of Clausewitz, including my own, tend to skate over such aspects of On War. They are simply too alien to the spirit of our age to have much meaning. So ... rational approach to human problems) to the age of Romanticism (which was ushered in by the disasters of the French Revolution and stressed the irrational, emotional aspects of man's make-up--including nationalism). His world view reflected elements of each. His vision of war thus falls also very much into the domain of the non-rational and even the irrational, "in which strictly logical reasoning often plays no part ...
- 5134: The United States and Immigration
- ... for about twenty percent of immigrants . The focus is too much on illegal immigration these days. In fact, it is the legal ones who make the most difference. This country is in need of a new policy that doesn’t allow just anyone to come here. We need to start an era of restrictions on the immigrants who come here. We can only begin to help the situation now, because it ... very multicultural. This could be one of our largest problems. We want people from other countries to come to our country to maintain its diversity. In the past, there were immigrants from all over the world that would keep America diverse. The majority of immigrants today are from Hispanic countries . If most of the immigrants are from the same background, then our country will not remain diverse over time. The original purpose of immigration is not being served. A lot of the time, new immigrants do not even know the English language. These people have the need to be with other people that share the same set back. This supports the forming of groups of immigrants who speak ...
- 5135: Frank Lloyd Wright
- ... roofs and extended lines that blend into the landscape. Between the year of 1903-1906, Wright began using more modern materials, such as concrete. In 1904, he designed the strong, practical Larkin building in Buffalo, New York. In 1905, Wright left the United States for the first time to travel to Japan for three months. In 1911, feeling too restricted by building primarily suburban structures, Wright began the construction of his new home and studio, located on his uncle’s Wisconsin farm, called Taliesin (Welsh for ‘shining brow’). "No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to ... disturbed; her accusations cause a lot of bad publicity for Wright, even leading to his brief arrest in 1926 on charges so violating the Mann Act. (The charges were related to his association with a new lover, Olgivanna Milanoff, who was threatened with deportation from the United States.) Another fire destroyed the Taliesin living quarters in 1925 (though without the loss of lives that had marked the earlier destruction in ...
- 5136: Moody Landscape
- ... and sees nothing. This can be seen in the lines: "There was nothing but land: not a country at all but the material out of which countries are made...I had the feeling that the world was left behind, that we had got over the edge of it, and were outside man's jurisdiction. I had never before looked up and at the sky when there was not a familiar mountain ... there is nothing he can hold onto so he will know where he is, no mountains or anything. The feelings of awe can also be read as loneliness. He is looking in wonder at this new land, but he feels so alone. He is in the middle of nowhere. He also believes that the spirits of his parents will not be there for him. I'm sure the fact that his ... burning!' Then she came laughing, waving her apron before her as if she was shooing chickens."(Pg. 14) You feel the darkness and sadness start to break. The sun is shining and it is a new day. Jim is getting a new start in his life and the reader is happy for him. The next morning, Jim descides to go outside and view his new home. He looks out and ...
- 5137: New Jersey Vs. T.L.O.
- New Jersey Vs. T.L.O. Decision : Reasonable standard held to be proper standard for determining legality of searches conducted by public school officials. On March 7, 1980, a teacher at Piscataway High School in Middlesex ... all in one dollar bills, and two letters that implies that she is a dealer. Mr. Choplick notified her mother and the police and told her mother to take her to the police headquarters. A New Jersey juvenile court admitted the evidence, saying that the search of the purse was reasonable under the standard of enforcing school policy and maintaining school discipline. The court found the student, T.L.O., to ... law/Demotion/tlo.html 1-32 Pages Http://www.tourolaw.edu/patch/NewJersey/ 1-12 Pages Http//www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/tlo.html 1-7 Pages Http://www.fidalgo.net/~thumper/new.htm 1-2 Pages
- 5138: The Dangerous Opportunity: Community Based, Crisis Intervention
- ... important and significant contribution that nurses can make to the wellness of an individual or his family. Prompt or skillful intervention may not only prevent the development of serious long term disability , but may allow new coping patterns to evolve. The opportunity then is not limited to prevention of serious illness or disability . Through crisis intervention an individual may benefit through growth in their usual manner of coping. Caplan (in Aguilera ... before. This creates an environment conducive to development of crisis. (Aguilera,1990) Historically Freud may be credited with the first crisis intervention in 1906, but was criticized for overlooking key issues of support. The second world war brought to light an identified need for supportive counseling to men emotionally traumatized in combat. These supportive techniques were then incorporated in civilian treatment of individuals experiencing crisis. Lindemann authored a classic study of ... for children and families, client’s families, family services, and a variety of community support groups and volunteer organizations. There does appear to be a paucity of qualitative studies of Crisis intervention programs in this new and exciting field that make this a difficult subject for research. Individual Crisis Intervention Normal responses to crisis may include tearfulness, shakiness, nightmares, insomnia, irritability, isolation, hypervigilence, panic, headaches, gastro intestinal upset, as well ...
- 5139: Crime And Punishment
- ... and extra-ordinary people, believing himself to be of the latter kind. He spends most of his time inside buildings in small rooms, thus avoiding to meet and talk to other people outside his petite world. Raskolnikov often evades looking through or at windows. However, often during conversations he instinctively walks towards windows while thinking about something else. This shows that his inside wants to be free and knows the truth ... while the conscious part of his mind is not able to comprehend that until the very end. His mind is like a “fly as it … [beats] against [a] windowpane” (pg. 332) longing to join the world out there, but not understanding this desire rationally yet. Marmeladov’s room is “suffocatingly hot, but [Katerina] [has] not opened the windows” and in Alyona’s apartment “all the windows … [are] closed, in spite of ... of his inner desires is neglected for a while. Therefore in moments like this his body follows its instincts and he moves to the window physically showing his need to join the rest of the world repeatedly like the fly does as it "[swoops] and [beats] against the windowpane" (pg. 332). Until the very end, the reader usually never finds out what Raskolnikov sees through the windows, probably due to ...
- 5140: Did Japan Exploit Or Modernize
- ... This is common with most nations in the industrialization period or the modernization period. Think about it, every treaty endorsed between nations leads to policy change. The lessons learned from previous agreements, aid in creating new policies. Korea, suggested by Cummings, was a buffer zone between China and Japan. China acted as the big brother or role model for Korea. Culture, language values and society itself developed by free choices made ... order to ensure the peasants survival. The Japanese introduced fixed prices. The prices were very high and if the peasant could not pay, they could not live on the land. The Japanese introduced several other new aids into Korea, such as heavy industry, which could not have occurred with out Electricity. The increase and modification of sea ports. Also the Japanese built the infrastructure by building better roads and allowed foreign ... foundation and framework. . Besides farming, economic, and tenant changes, the Japanese also changed the social order. The Japanese quickly seized power out of the Korean people’s hands and replaced it with Japanese personnel. The new social order is as shown above: This is a major change for many reasons. Primarily the elite class is no longer Korean. The Korean people have been relegated to a second class citizen. Another ...
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