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- 6211: Economics in Colonial America
- ... to introduce mercantilism in America was Spain. The Spanish American colonies were not allowed to trade directly with Europe. Instead they had to funnel all of the sugar and tobacco, two common commodities of the new land, through Spain. When this was done, heavy custom duties were imposed and the central government gained. Spanish American colonies were forced into providing precious metals and raw materials to the mother country. These colonies ... central economy of Spain to grow at the expense of the colonies. During the duration of this period, the 1500's through the 1700's, mercantilism had a major effect on the economies in the New World. Englands policies and acts effected English speaking colonies. These policies and acts were means of controlling the economy of the colonies in America and strengthen the central government of England. In 1651 the ...
- 6212: Cn Tower
- ... were simply not high enough anymore.As office buildings were reaching higher and higher, the video reception and radio signaq got weaker and soon became alomst inpossible to recieve. Signals from Toronto and from Buffalo, New York were bouncing off the buildings. As a result viewers often saw a weaker station superimposed over another. So the were watching two shows at once. It became clear that they needed a antenna that ... Fourth Annual Readers Selection Awards Voted the "Best Place to Take Out-Of-Towners" by Eye Magazine American Society of Civil Engineers, who accredited us as being one of the 'Seven Wonders of the Modern World' Guinness Book of World Records changed our status to 'World's Tallest Building and Free Standing Structure' and highlighted us on the cover of their 1996 Edition NOW Magazine - Best Place to Impress Out-of-Town Visitors Toronto ...
- 6213: The Internet
- ... The Internet provides easy access to up-to-date news, sound waves, and current events. Most news stations have webpages that are updated daily. Some record companies have webpages too. They provide a list of new releases and a lot of samples for you to listen to easily(Perez 1). The Internet was made for everyone no matter what a person is interested in (Gay 1). It is possible for someone ... do homework. They would be able to look up information quickly and get plenty of sources for reports, easily (Perez 1). Laptops with wireless modems, that are connected with the Internet have, helped the business world incredibly. By using a laptop with a wireless modem, making business plans with other people via e-mail or ordering plane tickets can be done anywhere at any time, easily. Being able to connect to ... tool, a lot of bad thins come with it. One thing is that most websites are in English only and very few are in any other foreign languages. What is the purpose of it being World Wide if most other countries cannot understand it? Another bad thing is that it can be time consuming to get a computer fixed. If a business owner relies on the Internet for making appointments ...
- 6214: Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat"
- ... reject their own evidence. Yet, mad am I not--and very surely do I not dream. But tomorrow I die, and today I would unburden my soul. My immediate purpose is to place before the world...a series of mere household events....[T]hese events have terrified--have tortured-- have destroyed me....[P]erhaps...some intellect more calm, more logical, and far less excitable than my own... will perceive, in the ... the inner wall...." He then "...relaid the whole structure as it originally stood." Afterwards, he "...prepared a plaster which could not be distinguished from the old, and with this [he] very carefully went over the new brick-work....The wall did not present the slightest appearance of having been disturbed." The narrator cleaned up the mess with "the minutest care." His next step was to look for the cat. The man ... in "The Tell-Tale Heart," is caused by a warped sense of triumph and the conscience of the murderer. What makes this story different from "The Tell-Tale Heart" is that Poe has added a new element to aid in evoking the dark side of the narrator, and that is the supernatural. Now the story has an added twist as the narrator hopes that the reader, like himself, will be ...
- 6215: Publishers Clearing House Swee
- ... one of our latest $1,666,675.00 prizes!" Other examples include "confidential internal memos suggesting that the company big shots have already pegged you as a winner" and "would you like to stay in New York for a winners celebration?" The fact that the advertisements leave out that most people do not win or that "no purchase is necessary" is buried in fine print is an omission that misleads potential ... on poor human judgment by appealing to peoples emotions and personal interest, and by leaving out or burying important information in their advertisements. This is deceptive advertising and they should be stopped. Citation of Sources World Wide Web page: NBC News. "The lure of sweepstakes" MSNBC news online, March 3,1999. Address: www.msmbc.com/news/246352.asp World Wide Web page: State of Wisconsin Department of Justice. "Publishers Clearing House is fictitious; Doyle says the sweepstakes' deceptions are outrageous." Wisconsin's Department of Justice web-site, April 13, 1999. Address: www.doj. ...
- 6216: Laws Must Be Passed To Address The Increase In The Number And Types Of Computer Crimes
- ... because they range from young teens to elders, from black to white, from short to tall. Definitions of computer crime has changed over the years as the users and misusers of computers have expanded into new areas. "When computers were first introduced into businesses, computer crime was defined simply as a form of white-collar crime committed inside a computer system."(2600:Summer 92,p.13) Some new terms have been added to the computer criminal vocabulary. "Trojan Horse is a hidden code put into a computer program. Logic bombs are implanted so that the perpetrator doesn't have to physically present himself ... civil liberties, but also with how to educate the public and the media to the difference between on-line computer experimenters. They also point out that, while the computer networks and the results are a new kind of crime, they are protected by the same laws and freedom of any real world domain. "A 14-year old boy connects his home computer to a television line, and taps into the ...
- 6217: Media Control
- ... time our values and ideals. To complete it's mission, modern media must get and evaluate the information and provide the general people with a clear, full, and unbiased view of the changes in the world, upon which citizens can act. Unfortunately, all too often current-day media fall short. Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky have defined the reasons that media fall short in their mission to inform. The model they ... bleeds it leads". Violence has been on the decline in the United States in the last three years, yet coverage of violent crime has not declined. This type of journalism does not accurately portray the world around us, and has the potential to cause paranoia. These are problems caused by filter one. When a large company owns a paper or television station it creates a conflict of interest. Bill Kovatch, who ... newspapers that were handed down. This causes independent papers to be bought up more rapidly than before. When small papers are bought up the larger group that buys it almost always downsizes, and uses a new form of media coverage dubbed LCD. Lowest Common Denominator aims at an audience that is the lowest the paper will face. Lowering the standard of there news to the least intelligent person who will ...
- 6218: Television 2
- ... seen by many people as a cruel invention, a boob-tube mesmerizing and brainwashing its viewers. People have forgotten TV is an educational and entertaining tool used in the everyday lives of people around the world. Without TV and its many advantages where would the world be at this very moment, certainly not in the information age that it is in now. The average person watches on average ten to fifteen hours of television during a week. This seems like an ... and product information, is just one more of many reasons why television is so useful. The News! Enough said, well not really, but watching the news on the television keeps you up to date on world and local information. Television also gives you visuals with the information. A whole New World compared to listening to the news on a radio. With pictures the viewer can get a much better grasp ...
- 6219: A Developmental Study of Alex in Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange
- ... with first-degree murder and sentenced to 14 years in prison. While there, he befriends the resident minister and becomes a helper to his service. The minister, Alex soon discovers, is a part in a new form of treatment that is trying to be implemented prisons to help "cure" inmates from committing acts of violence. Through luck and discussion with the higher officials in the prison, Alex is chose to be ... Ultra-Violence. Alex was cured and ready to live again. Aspects of Psychology In A Clockwork Orange, Alex is portrayed as two different people living within the same body. As a mischievous child raping the world, he as seen as filth. His actions and blatant disrespect towards society are categorized under that of the common street bum. However, when he is away from his evening attire, he is that of suave ... an interesting bearing upon Alex. Alex's love is for his snake. Generally love is defined by an understanding, or a closeness between two items. The snake is represented by many things in the natural world today. Freud's analyzation for the male closeness to the snake is that the person involved is questioning his sexuality, or his love towards the female gender. Alex keeps coming back to his snake ...
- 6220: Anne Frank
- On June 12, 1929, at 7:30 A.M. a baby girl was born in Frankfurt, Germany. No one realized that this infant, who was Jewish, was destined to become one of the worlds most famous victims of World War II. Her name was Anne Frank, and her parents were Edith Frank Hollandar and Otto Frank. She had one sister, Margot, who was three years older than she was. Anne led a happy and normal childhood, and on her 13th birthday she received a diary from her parents. It became special to her as years went by. It is through this diary that much about World War II and Annes life has been learned. In 1933, her and her family left Frankfurt, a large Jewish community, and settled in Amsterdam. Her father foresaw that Hitlers power boded disaster ...
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