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- 581: Contemporary Chicano Literatur
- ... not able to participate in what would've been his first play. After the occurrence of this incident, still at age six, Valdez knew that he was destined to be a playwright (videorecording). Valdez entered college with intentions of learning about math and physics (videorecording). The first play he ever wrote, The Theft, "written in 1959, satarized contemporary [values] and underscored the lack of Christian charity" (Hernandez 47). Valdez was blessed as a student at San Jose State College, where in 1964 his first play was produced, The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa (Valdez 7). In 1965, after graduating as a drama student from San Jose State College, he returned to the fields of California to become the founding father of El Teatro Campesino (The Farmworkers' Theatre). The Teatro was Valdez' "emotional response" to the strike led by the United Farmworkers Organization ...
- 582: Allen Ginsberg : Howl
- ... were: A. Lines proceeding from or around New York, including Columbia University and Madison Avenue, the Lower East Side, and Ginsberg's apartment. B. Lines relating to the "break of life between the womb of college days and the shock and alienation entering the world, making a crippled living outside of family and academic shelter--this motif accounting vocational failure or readjustment, leaving the city, or nervous breakdown, typical post-college crisis." (Schumacher 226) C. Lines "grouping together personal apocalypsis, estrangement, breakthrough to social solitude, disaster or triumph, mixed illumination and/or madness, travel, unthinkable dramas, comedies and tragedies of maturation--arrest, hospitalization, outcast status--degradation ... photographs and a recordlCD of his poetry-jazz album, The Lion for Real, appeared in 1989. He is a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and is a Distinguished Professor at Brooklyn College and a member of the Executive Board of PEN American Center. A practicing Buddhist, Alien cofounded Naropa Institute's Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics in Boulder, Colorado. In 1997 the Beat Generation lost ...
- 583: Anorexia
- ... young, old, or either sex although, its primary victims are young girls between the age of thirteen and nineteen. This disorder has become more and more common around the world today. It has populated many college campuses, and it is spreading. Recent studies show that almost 20% of college women suffer from anorexia or bulimia (bulimia is a eating disorder similar to anorexia), and the statistic increases to about 50% when so called "fad" bulimics and anorexics are included (Baker 9). This disease takes ... that there is help out there and they are wanted. With the continued investigation of anorexia, we will undoubtedly come up with better and better ways to treat it. Bibliography Baker, C. The Perfect Trap: College-age Women and Eating Disorders. Copyright Catherine Baker. Pirke, K.M., and Ploog,D. eds.(1984) The Psychobiology of Anorexia Nervosa. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York Tokyo.
- 584: Margaret Atwood
- ... began to write. By the age of six, Atwood was writing "poems, morality plays,comic books, and an unfinished novel about an ant" (qtd. in " Two years after this life-altering decision, Atwood entered Victoria College at the University of Toronto. She received her bachelor's degree from Victoria College in 1961, and then went on to receive her Master's degree from Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Atwood also received education from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, during1962-63 and 1965-67. The most positive comment Atwood received about her writing aspirations was from a friend of her ...
- 585: John Dalton
- ... Quaker school in Cumberland. Two years later he taught with his brother at a school in Kendal, where he stayed for 12 years. He then became a teacher of mathematics and natural philosophy at New College in Manchester, a college established by the Presbyterians to give a first-class education to both laymen and candidates for the ministry. The Universities of Cambridge and Oxford were only open at that time to members of the Church ... a common term for color blindness. A tireless investigator and researcher, Dalton had an unusual talent for formulating a theory from a variety of data. Even though he taught chemistry for six years at New College, he had no experience in chemical research. He proceeded on this study with the same insight, independence of mind, dedication, and genius for creating a theory from the available facts that he had demonstrated ...
- 586: Computer Programming
- ... help application programmers determine the source of problems that may occur with their programs. Many specialty areas exist within these two large groups, such as database and telecommunication programmers. Computer programmers can attend really any college or school because the employers needs vary. All programmers are college graduates and have taken special courses in the programming field. Most employers prefer experience in accounting, inventory control and other business skills. Employers look for people who can think logically and can have patience when doing analytical work(Information Finder). Then entrance salary of a new fresh out of college computer programmer ranges in the area of $30,000 in 1989(Occ. Outlook Handbook 115). The little more experienced programmers that have five to ten years experience earn about $40,000+ annually, but the ...
- 587: Requirements Needed in Certain Computer Related Fields
- ... varies occasionally, but in this case it is an important position, earning $60 000 - 70 000 annually. Systems Administrator Systems Administrator is responsible for administering overall system needs in a business (in this case, the College). Some requirements include: - A degree in computer science or technical college diploma in a related discipline. - 2 years or more experience in database design. - Two years experience in a Novell / DOS environment. - Knowledge of overall PC hardware The job offers a very competitive salary, ranging from ... introducing new technology and services. Some requirements are: - Experience in WAN and LAN networking - Experience in design and supporting of networks - A background in communications, Ethernet, Appletalk, bridges, routers, and multiplexors. - Graduation from a community college technologist's program or the equivalent is also required. The salary for a Network Specialist is approximately $30 000 - $40 000 annually. Sales Manager A Sales Manager will have a number of responsibilities including ...
- 588: Which Computer Is The Fastest
- ... when running scientific and engineering applications, and 102 percent faster when running graphics and publishing applications. You can understand why the education market is almost entirely apple based. Recent surveys confirm that from kindergarten through college, Apple has cornered the market in education, and remains number one in this U.S. market. Apple Macintosh computers account for 60% of the 5.9 million machines in U.S. schools for the 1995-96 school year. Only 29% of schools use the Microsoft/Intel platform, and DOS only accounts for a measly 11%. Also it was reported that 18.4% of 4 year college students own the Macintosh. 55% of college students own a computer, and Apple's in the lead for that market too! The reason Apple says for this continued success is the Mac's ease of use. There is no doubt that ...
- 589: Stand By Me: Loyal Friendships and Families
- ... he could, he thought he would be a petty thug just like his brother. But by the time the movie had ended, we had learned that he had overcome it all. Chris had taken the college courses with Gordie and become a lawyer. Gordie and Chris portray an ideal friendship, with loyalty most people have never experienced. Out of the four members of Chriss gang, Gordie and Chris are the ... more Chris as the father figure to Gordie other than vice-versa, but it still happens. Chris and Gordies friendship make up for both of their broken families. Chris convinces Gordie to take the college courses because he did not want him to be just another stupid kid taking the shop courses. Gordie did not want to go but eventually he was convinced to do so. But after that had happened, Gordie had convinced Chris of something even greater. Gordie had convinced Chris to take the college courses with him. This lead the way for Chris to become a lawyer.
- 590: Sir William Lawrence Bragg
- ... father, British physicist Sir William Henry Bragg, for their work in establishing X-ray crystallography, the study of crystal structures with X rays. Born in Adelaide, Australia, William Lawrence Bragg studied at Saint Peter's College in Adelaide and at the University of Adelaide, graduating in 1908. He enrolled at Trinity College, Cambridge, England, in 1909 to continue studying mathematics, but switched to physics at the suggestion of his father. Lawrence Bragg began research under the direction of British physicist Sir Joseph John Thomson in 1912. Bragg served in the British army during World War I, developing techniques to locate the enemy by the sound of their artillery fire. After the war, he held positions at Trinity College and then the University of Manchester. In 1937 Lawrence Bragg moved to the National Physical Laboratory as director, but soon accepted an invitation to Cambridge as the Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics. He stayed ...
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