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- 2001: Return To Oneness
- ... blood ran cold ¡°. The murder identified himself with his victim:¡± I knew what the old man felt, and pitied him, although I chuckled at heart.¡± But what he did not know was that through his crime he was unconsciously seeking his death. The shuttered lantern in his hand chanced to symbolize the thing he hated, the pale blue eye of the old man, the eye with a film over it, and in this way the executioner and victim exchanged experiences. At the end of the story, the ever-louder heartbeats betrayed the narrator¡¯s crime. With the extinction of his adversary, the madman brought on his own death. A double entity collapses and Oneness prevails. Although Poe accepted that the motions of the universe are double, he himself seems more ...
- 2002: Plan and Purpose (Creation) or Time and Chance (Evolution)?
- ... just as the likelihood of the woodpecker supposedly “adapting to its environment” so ideally is zero. It is physically and scientifically unattainable. The features of the woodpecker can be compared to the parts of a computer or a bicycle. Each part separately would not allow the computer or bicycle to function, they must all be put together in their appropriate place and inter-linked in order to operate properly. In the same way, the symmetry, purpose, and mechanisms of the woodpecker all ...
- 2003: The Media’s Effect on Children
- ... the media's representation of aboriginal and racial minorities are as likely to inform and reveal as they are to misinform, conceal and evade. Reports on minorities usually show one-sidedness about such things as crime with drugs and guns. Minorities are presented usually with generalization about a certain racial group are label as characters such as high school dropouts, drug dealers or villains. “In a study, all children agreed that ... improvements in having a diverse representation of races. It is also important for parents to show their children that this is not how the world is, and that all minorities are not always linked to crime, rape and murder. Although we have made several efforts to improve the equality of all races in the world, the media seems to be a very powerful force in influencing children and how they see ...
- 2004: Dispute Over Computers and Knowledge to Operate Them
- ... Knowledge to Operate Them There is a dispute over computers and the knowledge which is requied to operate them. First of all, some people say that anyone who does not know how to use the computer is not preapered for the future. Second of all,without knowledge of computers anyone dont stand a chance on the job market. Because without education in this field there is no way to succed in ... them solve all of our problems for us. That is the only one of many reasons why so many people are divided about this topic on both sides. Although from my own experience with a computer all I can say is that THe computers are one of the most important things which were discover since pencilin. That is why I wiil have to agree with people who support computers and education ...
- 2005: Haig v. Agee: Power to Revoke Passports
- ... be defined as placing national security in jeopardy, such as the case of Agee. Agee's passport should not only have been taken, he should have been extradited and tried by a jury for the crime of treason. Agee also claims that since the power to revoke passports was not directly given to the Secretary of State or the President, then in order to show they have the power, they must ... This does not infringe on any of his rights granted in the Constitution. Revoking a passport also does not infringe upon the fifth amendment because illegal activities are involved. For example, if you commit a crime, the police do not wait until after you go before a judge and/or jury before they put you in jail; They immediately incarcerate you as a precautionary move. Revoking a passport on grounds of ...
- 2006: Making A Web Page
- Making a Web Page For my science project I chose to create a web (internet) page, dealing with science. This project consists of using a computer and a html editor to create a page that can be found on the internet. The next paragraph will explain how to make an internet page. The steps to making a web page to post ... how to do different things all at once, which I had never done before. Making web pages are fun for the people who are experienced with web page making, and for people who are very computer literate.
- 2007: The Chaos Theory
- ... of heart arrhythmias and brain functioning has been revolutionized by complexity research. There have been a number of other things developed from complexity research, such a the SimLife, SimAnt, etc. which are a series of computer programs. Fractal mathematics are critical to improved information compression and encryption schemes needed for computer networking and telecommunications. Genetic algorithms are being applied to economic research and stock predictions. Engineering applications range from factory scheduling to product design, with pioneering work being done at places like DuPont and Deere & Co ...
- 2008: Money Laundering--The Process
- ... I thought that I chose counterfeiting. Money laundering and counterfeiting is not the same. Money laundering is the process by which large amounts of illegally obtained money (from drug trafficking, terrorist activity or other serious crime) is given the appearance of having originated from a legitimate source. Money laundering is a complex operation that affects everyone. The purpose of this paper is to explain the money laundering process and how it ... ownership of the funds by creating complex layers of financial transactions designed to disguise the audit trail and provide anonymity. The purpose of layering is to disassociate the illegal moneys from the source of the crime by purposely creating a complex web of financial transactions aimed at concealing any audit trail as well as the source and ownership of the funds. The third step, integration, is the stage at which the ...
- 2009: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Is There Evil Inside All of Us
- ... was resented as a public injury; but Mr. Hyde had disappeared out of the ken of the police as though he had never existed. (Stevenson 22) Hyde was not the only one committing an evil crime. The spectators at the seen of the crime where Hyde hit the girl were just full of hateful feelings. "Well, sir, he was like the rest of us: every time he looked at my prisoner, I saw that Sawbones turned sick and white ...
- 2010: Reservoir Dogs
- ... the camera, we are introduced to each of the characters: Mr. White (Harvey Keitel), Mr. Blond (Michael Madsen), Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi), Mr. Orange (Tim Roth), Mr. Brown (Quentin Tarantino), Mr. Blue (Eddie Bunker), the crime boss, Joe Cabot (Lawrence Tierney) and his son, Nice Guy Eddie (Chris Penn). Decked out in matching black suits and thin black ties, they are a group of strangers assembled by Joe and Eddie, all ... the charmer with a straight razor in his boot and a total disregard for human existence. "Reservoir Dogs" takes old conventions and puts new spin on them. It falls into a long line of movie crime that is meant to be sensational, not realistic. In some way or another, every character is a cliche, but because Tarantino knows this from outset, he is able to work the cliches to fit his ...
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