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- 6891: Hester Prynne Sanction
- ... a price on human life? And furthermore, who can you go after for retribution? The engineer who drew up the plans? The CEO who approved the change? Or even the Factory worker who placed the new tank in the car? None of them, according to the current laws, writes French. “ The idea that a corporation can pay a court fine or a set sum to the relatives of its' victim in ... off as business expenses. The corporations usually recover fines quickly by means of higher prices. This poses a major problem for society, because the fines imposed on corporations are not even regarded, “ in the corporate world as punishment comparable to human incarceration.” Therefore people want to gain control of the “most powerful institutions in our community” and more importantly gain the justice that they rightly deserve. This justice comes in the ... of punishment.. This shame would enlighten the media to the wrongdoing, who would in turn enlighten both the corporation of their mistakes, as well as the public of this “shameful behavior”. The advantage to this new system is that shame cannot be eliminated by a payment. “Paying a fine cannot restore the status quo disrupted by shameful actions. It cannot reestablish worth or trust. Regaining worth, reclaiming identity is not ...
- 6892: Samuel de Champlain
- ... father's vision… His dream… He knew that he had reached the place that he would die. We walked with him. As I lay him down he was saddened. He felt he had not been brave in his life. He felt that if he had only known that this was the day of his death, he would have been much braver. He felt he had been as greedy as the white man, but he was not. He was very brave and he made us all proud. "I do not wish to dream, father." "Without dreams - how do you see the way ahead? You must dream, my daughter! This world is a cruel place but it is the sunlight!" "Go, my daughter. The She-Manitou is waiting for you! Before you go - in my dream - the Blackrobe walks alone." We left my father to ...
- 6893: Catch 22: Satire on WWII
- ... and Good as Gold he satirizes almost all of America's respectful institutions. To truly understand these novels you must recognize that they are satires and why they are. Catch-22 is a satire on World War II. This novel takes place on the small island of Pianosa in the Mediterranean sea late in the war when Germany is no longer a threat. It is the struggle of one man, Yossarian ... of the 1960's and 1970's. If these novels are read as anything but satires they will not be appreciated nor understood totally. Works Cited Brustein, Robert. "The Logic of Survival in a Lunatic World." The Critic as Artist: Essay on Books 1920-1970 1972:47-54. Rpt. in "Heller, Joseph." Contemporary Literary Criticism. Eds. Carolyn Riley. Vol. 3. Detroit: Gale, 1975. 228. Bryant, Jerry H. The Open Decision: The ... Detroit: Gale, 1975. 229. Burgess, Anthony. The Novel: A Guide to Contemporary Fiction. 1967:53. Rpt. in "Heller, Joseph." Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Carolyn Riley. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 1973. 140. Heller, Joseph. Catch-22. New York: Dell, Aug 1963. Heller, Joseph. Good as Gold. New York: Simon,1979. Karl, Frederick R. Barron's Book Notes Joseph Heller's Catch-22 (1983). American Online. Merrill, Robert. Joseph Heller. Ed. Warren ...
- 6894: Albert Einstein
- ... of Israel when president Chain Weizmann died in 1952.He decided not to except,saying that he wasn't right for that position.Einstein was never concerned about money.Publishers from all parts of the world offered him huge amounts of money for an autobiography.He never accepted any of their offers.Einstein was married twice.He was seperated from his first wife after he arrived in Berlin.During World War I he married his first cousin,Elsa.She shared his life with him until she died in Princeton in 1936.He had two sons from his first marriage.He also had two stepdaughters from ... Germany took his property and deprived him of his positions and his citizenship.Even before this happened he had been asked to direct the school of mathematics in the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton,New Jersey.He accepted this position and he directed the school for the rest of his life.Einstein became an American citizen in 1940.After he took the job he moved into a two-story ...
- 6895: Effects of Media and Pornography
- ... of media were scribes and messengers on horses, bringing small villages important news. Then came radio, used for entertainment as well as news. Television evolved from radio, adding sight to sound. Now in the modern world, the internet has become a popular source for media purposes. Unfortunately, most of what is broadcast in the news today is with reference to the chaotic condition of our planet. The news on television id ... that pornography is largely a male interest, a noted increase in female interest would certainly cause an increase in the amount of pornographic material geared for women; this relates to the laws of the business world (Christensen). Having discussed the untruthfulness of the claims against pornography and showing that pornography is not “evil”, it is now possible to consider the violence issue. Are men who are exposed to pornography likely to ... three-week period over which time it was discovered that the males involved in the experiment began to lose interest, or become desensitized to the erotic media nearing the end of the experiment, even if new material was added. Other experiments conducted in the early 1980s by the Williams Committee in England, reported that as the availability and abundance of sexually explicit material increased, the number of violent sex crimes ...
- 6896: Interview with Mr. Smallwood
- ... area, which offered a wide variety of applied math courses that set him on his lifetime course through mathematics. He considers himself a life long learner, and continues to study, read and enjoy the intricate world of mathematics. I am interested in the field of computer programming. I wondered how the advances in technology were going to impact this field in the future. Mr. Smallwood explained to me, first that I was certainly choosing a field that would have wonderful career potential. He explained that the many technical innovations in programming, advanced computing technologies and sophisticated new languages and programming tools have redefined the role of a programmer and elevated much of the programming work done today. Job titles are not as clearly defined, and there are many new areas of specialization. He felt my background in math was off to a great start, and encouraged me to continue in my studies of Calculus through high school and college. We took time to ...
- 6897: The Life of John F. Kennedy
- ... of John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy was born in Brookline Massachusetts on May 29, 1917. He attended Harvard University and graduated in 1940. From 1941-1945 he served in the United States Navy, during World War II. In 1946 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives. Then in 1952 he was elected to the United States Senate. On September 12, 1953 he was married to Jacqueline Lee ... served as the first chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and as United States Ambassador to Great Britain. During John's childhood, his family often moved. Some of these moves sent the family into New York. All of the Kennedy children developed a strong competitive spirit. The boys enjoyed playing touch football together. John Kennedy's education included elementary schools in Brookline and Riverdale. By the age of thirteen his father sent him to the Canterbury School in New Milford, Connecticut. He then transferred to Choate Academy in Wallingford, Connecticut, and graduated in 1935 at eight-teen years old. In 1936, after a summer in England, John entered Princeton University. After Christmas, of ...
- 6898: Which Computer Is The Fastest
- ... Because Apple makes both the hardware and the operating system, the two work together easily; when a change is made at the hardware level, the software automatically recognizes it and acts accordingly. In the PC world, Microsoft develops Windows 95 and many different manufacturers make the hardware systems. So, the software and hardware don't always work well together. Here are a few areas that the Macintosh is particularly strong in concerning compatability, floppy disks, memory management, monitor support, mouse support, adding peripherals, connecting to a network, and internet access and publishing. And the last example I'll show, is the ease of adding new resources. When you add capabilities to your Macintosh, it seems to anticipate what you're doing, and even try to help. For example, to add fonts or desk accessories to the Macintosh, all you have ... they need to go, automatically. Here are the steps for Windows 95: 1.Double-click on the C: drive in "My Computer." 2.Open the Windows folder. 3.Open the Fonts folder. 4.Click Install New Font in the File menu. 5.Click the drive and the folder that contain the font you want to add. 6.Double-click the name of the font you want to add. As anyone ...
- 6899: Frost's "Desert Places" and "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening"
- ... Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" Robert Frost takes our imaginations to a journey through wintertime with his two poems "Desert Places" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening". Frost comes from a New England background and these two poems reflect the beautiful scenery that is present in that part of the country. Even though these poems both have winter settings they contain very different tones. One has a ... do not need anyone else. "I have in me so much nearer home/ To scare myself with my own desert places". The speaker was starting to realize that he had shut himself off to the world. He recognized that this winter place was like his life. He had let depression and loneliness creep into his life and totally take over like the snow had crept up on the plain and silently ... can be positive or negative it just depends on the state of the mind. Loneliness can be very depressing or it can be a time to collect your thoughts without the pressures of the outside world crashing down. Winter is the perfect season to reflect upon when expressing solitude. Winter can make everything seem dead. It can be a very depressing time of year. Snow covers everything living and the ...
- 6900: Psychology
- ... more and more accessible and understandable to more people, I feel that it will begin to influence our lifestyles more. From a personal stand point, this has been a very difficult exercise. This is a new area for me, so I have been unable to write from a professional or work experience perspective only from a purely academic view. PSYCHOLOGY. 'Psychology' literally means 'study of the mind'. Psychology as a separate ... dated from 1879 when Wundt opened the first psychology laboratory, devoted to the analysis of conscious thought into its basic elements, structuralism. It is understood that 'structuralism' was founded by Wilhelm Wundt. What made this 'new' psychology different from philosophy was the emphasis on measurement and control. The application of some of the basic scientific method to the study of the mental process. For psychology to become a natural science, it ... serious medical problems, liver damage and irreversible brain damage in some cases. SENSORY PROCESSES. The term sensation refers to the process of receiving information in the form of energy (light, heat, sound etc.) from the world outside and sorting it out into the proper sense - vision, touch, hearing. Once that information has been received, we interpret it and arrive at an understanding of what it means, a process referred to ...
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