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- 8161: Flowers For Algernon
- ... behind it? He fires Charlie because he has been missing work, but mostly because the other workers signed a petition demanding that Charlie be fired. They want him fired because they are afraid of his new intelligence. They feel threatened by his new powers. They ostracize him and alienate him because he is different. 22. How does Charlie do on the Rorschach test after the operation? What does this tell us? He starts to "see" things in the ... him, and he gets angry with the people in the restaurant, screaming at them. He now understands what it is like to be dumb and smart. 28. What does Charlie decide to do with his new abilities after this? To spend his life increasing the levels of intelligence for all people, for the good of humanity, and for fairness among people. 29. What does Algernon do to Charlie that tells ...
- 8162: The Involvement of Computers in Future Jobs
- ... will be lost in the future. You should learn what you can while you still have the chance, because things will develop to quickly for you and you will not be able to cope with new technological events. Computer consulting is a job, I have chosen long before the advances of technology. And now it has paid off. I now have a business of my own, working as a computer consultant ... very little manual labor, unfavorable conditions, and much knowledge, typing skills, and good communication skills in dealing with people. With computers and the computer industry being the most rapidly changing industry and product in the world, the job outlook for any job dealing with computers or the industry is almost completly unpredictable. However, with the computer industry only being around for a short period of time compared to the other industries of the world, we can still get a somewhat accurate idea of where the industry is heading based on the amount of change already inccured by the technology. Firstly, computers have, over the years, been taking control ...
- 8163: First Meditation
- ... proposes in the first meditation, it is the evil demon argument that is the most important. Both of Descartes other two arguments succeeded in their goal to establish doubt upon the existence of the outside world, which were the sensory illusion and dreaming arguments. However, people such as Descartes who believe in an omnipotent supremely good being, called God, could easily refute these arguments. Therefore, in order for Descartes to start ... when his mind is being deceived or being given false information it is not from God but from the evil demon. From this skeptical argument, one would come to doubt the existence of the external world. If an evil demon really existed there would be the possibility that the only part of our being that exists would be our minds, in whatever form that maybe, probably incorporeal. Therefore meaning that the world that we live in, the external world, is non-existent and merely a mirage placed into our minds by an evil demon. Obviously, to any sane person, this would sound irrational, but this is ...
- 8164: John F. Kennedy
- ... a delightful sense of humor, a strong family loyalty, a concern for the state of the nation, endless vitality and a constant air of confidence no matter how dire the situation (Kennedy, Sorensen, Harper & Row, New York 1965, Page 18). Growing up in a priviliged household and graduating with honors from Harvard. He served as an assistant to his father (1938), naval officer (1941-1945), journalist (1941 and 1945) and Congressman ... first term and start of his second term. To suddenly be cut off is not simply a loss, but a loss of what could have been. In less than three years he presided over a new era in American race relations, a new era in our a Latin-American relations, a new era in fiscal and economic policy and a new era in the exploration of space. His Presidency helped launch the longest and strongest period of ...
- 8165: Computers In Business
- Computers In Business In the business world today, computers and the software applications that run on them basically control a well organized business. Every major company is equipped with a computer, or network that connects through different branches throughout the firm. Computer ... as making sure your mainframe is upgradeable and contains at least 8 expansion slots, which should already be loaded with enhanced graphics cards, the necessary amount of serial ports etc.. Networks are everywhere in the world of business. A network is a series of computers throughout the company which rely on one or two fileservers. Or it can be used in long distance communication through modem. An example would be that ... with their OS/2 program which is the largest multi-tasking unit available. This program is compatible to any program on a system, and runs much quicker when you load up several programs. The business world will continuously advance as years go by, and many businesses will be upgrading more all the time. This chain will go on all the time as new programs are invented to suit a company' ...
- 8166: Families On The Fault Line
- ... their needs. Families have a limited life span, related to the cycle of growth and decline of individual family members. The family, unless it has property, will inevitably decline to be replaced or reborn in new formations down the generations. Wages earned allow families to survive and reproduce labor power, in the form of children. It is the children that will outlive the family and become the new labor power. The economy and household/family are separated easily in the modern era. As already stated above, the family of today is primarily a consumption unit, while the economic state is filled with units ... change government regulation. One aspect of the political sphere that the family continually challenges is gender equality. Starting with the latter part of the nineteenth century where waves of feminist protest began throughout the western world. Women organized in groups starting at the family level and gaining support from other womens groups. One of the first cases early feminists argued before the government was their collective right to vote. ...
- 8167: Thomas Paine
- ... mornings, and early to retire for the evenings. Their strategy on the battlefield was very formal and exact. The English would march in tight ranks, which was perfect for European battles, but senseless in the New World, where they would easily be taken out by Revolutionary sharpshooters. The bright red military uniforms that they wore looked great, but made them extra easy targets, in the misty New England days. While under General Washington's command, Paine started work on the first of his American Crisis papers, which were later published between the years of 1776 and 1783 In these papers he ...
- 8168: Genetic Engeneering
- ... issue genetic engineering has its good points and it s bad points. It is good for financial reasons, it would create more jobs, it could create better quality foods for lower prices and help solve world hunger but in the long run it could turn out a disaster, causing pollution, killing crops, animals or even us, is it such a good idea to play with gods creations? Only you could decide ... due to disease and weather damage, and we the consumers would get better quality foods for a smaller price. More food could be created with the use of genetically engineering therefore solving some of the world hunger problem. The world has a population of 5.8 billion today. A lot of those people are starving because there is either not enough food in the area as it is too hard to grow or because ...
- 8169: Woman of the Year: 1953-Queen Elizabeth II
- ... looked like something out of a child's adventure stories-paradise of echoing rooms, long passage and mysterious stairways. (Trease 1953, 231) Elizabeth enjoyed exploring the castle when she was young. She was 13 when World War II occurred. A year later bombs started falling on London. Elizabeth and her sister had to go to safety at the fortress of Windsor Castle. She returned to London on October 13, 1940. She then joined the woman's branch army and took training as an automobile driver and mechanic. Prince Philip was an officer in the Royal Navy during World War II. He met Elizabeth in the war. Later he dropped the title of prince to become a British citizen. He took his mother's family name, Mountbatten. On November 20, 1946, Philip and Elizabeth ... and Philip were on a tour in Kenya when her dad died on February 6, 1952, and she automatically became Queen Elizabeth II. She was not just Queen of England but Queen of Canada, Australia, New Zealand and more. They considered her a Queen but she did not have power over them (Trease 1953, 234). Queen Elizabeth the II had no political power. Some of her duties as a queen ...
- 8170: Evil - By Edgar Alan Poe
- ... awaits his execution the next day. The narrator is first described as a gentle, loving man who would never hurt a fly. He has a pet cat that he loves more than anything in the world. After some years, the narrator develops a drinking problem and starts to become irritable and violent, not only to people but also to his pets. Late one night after drinking excessively at the bar, the ... misses his cat very much. One night at the bar, he spots a cat that looks exactly like his old cat even down to the missing eye. The only difference between the cats' is the new one has a white patch of fur where Pluto had none. He takes the animal home with him that night. His wife is quickly enamored of the animal and completely falls in love with the cat. Over time, the missing eye of the new cat starts to drive the man crazy and he wishes to be rid of the animal. He does not want to remember what he did to Pluto nor does he want to remember the ...
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