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- 1751: The Internet Its Effects And Its Future
- ... the boundaries of time and space. Even from an economic standpoint, the costs of establishing a brand new educational program for a few thousand students are far less than the cost of a building to house the same number of students. New social and intellectual connectivity is proliferating as educational institutions adopt computer-mediated communication for educational interactions. There are many school based networks that link learners to discuss, share and ... is like a library that many people access for the sake of ease. They do this rather than go to the library. Therefore, whoever needs to get this information does not have to leave the house. It starts with information, then goes to groceries, furniture, even real estate. Will it ever end? Will it get to the point where people will never have to leave their computers? And why not? If ... why not just pull a chair up to the computer that lays back into a bed and park it right in front of the bathroom? No one will ever have to leave his or her house. People will become socially inept. Is this the perfect future we are all heading towards? Questions similar to these have come up every time new sources of information have come around. However, at this ...
- 1752: Gender
- ... on them. And they would not allow their daughter to stay our late and be a little strict. Dads would expect their sons to help him in the garage or any other project around the house and moms expect their daughters to help them in kitchen. All of these characteristics are not unusual or our of ordinary, this has been the tradition for hundreds of ears and as far as I ... now and them. A society expect a boy to be the solid figure in a family. A man who can earn the bread for the family and women to take care of kids and the house. Jobs out in our society defines gender. Men are usually factory workers, electricians, mechanics, carpenters, farmers, or army men. The bottom line is, that a man is expected to have jobs that require more physical ... t see as many women wrestler as men, a women driving big motorcycles or women doing “Macho” activities. Their self conscious reminds them not to act like men do womanly jobs like take care of house and family. Most men and women know and think that if they don’t act or behave to their expectations they will looked down upon and possibly neglected by their family and society. To ...
- 1753: The Pigman
- ... only friend in the world, Bobo, an incredibly bad-tempered baboon. Mr. Pignati, as he shows them his pig collection that once belonged to his deceased wife, gives John and Lorraine the run of his house. Soon, Lorraine and John become close friends with the Pigman, who takes them to Beekman's, a large department store, where he buys them rollerskates and gourmet food. They play games together. They are like ... pet department at Beekman's, hugging each other to be loved, and all the while the cold, indifferent world goes about its business ignoring them. One day during a game of rollerskate tag in his house, Mr. Pignati has a heart attack while chasing John up the stairs. He is taken to the hospital, and in his absence John and Lorraine use the house to throw a wild party. Mr. Pignati returns unexpectedly at the height of the commotion. John and Lorraine are taken home by the police; the Pigman cries alone in his room. John and Lorraine ...
- 1754: Dune
- ... major houses want control of the spice on the planet of Arrakis which allows anyone who has it to fold space. Folding space means traveling anywhere in the universe without actually having to move. The House of Attreides gets destroyed by the House of Harkonnens in the fight over the spice. But on the planet of Arrakis, the local people of that world known as Fremen had had a prophecy that one day a savior would come and make peace where there was war on the planet of Arrakis. The duke's son of the House of Attreides escaped during the fight for the planet and crashed landed on the dunes where the Fremen lived. The duke's son, Paul, became their leader because of his great knowledge. He learned ...
- 1755: Maggie A Girl of the Streets and Pudd’nhead Wilson
- ... killed in the end. Pudd’nhead Wilson is about 2 boys switched at birth. One was a slave and grew up as a rich white boy, while the other who was the heir to the house grew up a slave. After a murder it was realized who was really who and the mistake was returned to normal. Roxy, the mother in Pudd’nhead Wilson was first seen as a hero in ... in the TCLC when Mr. Johnson tells Jimmie not to hit his sister on the street. The italics show it is not OK to hit his sister on the street but what about in the house? In TCLC it says Mrs. Johnson expresses moral sentiments when there is an audience around. This is true when it is realized that Maggie has left the Johnson home to go with Pete. Mrs. Johnson ... that pushes Mrs. Johnson to act as if she is perfect. Another example is when it is learned Maggie has died. The scene is in the same place as the one when Maggie left the house. With an audience Mrs. Johnson acts histerically when she learned that Maggie had died. The TCLC says she cries over the baby shoes of Maggie as the audience sympathizes with her. Mary Johnson is ...
- 1756: Its A Jungle Out There
- ... trials and tribulations. The first big problem faced by the group is a marriage, which costs a great deal of money. The second ordeal is a very tragic death. After these one couple buys a house that is sold to them for three times its value. The parents and other groups then move into the house. One of the characters goes into the meat packing industry and this is where we find out all of the unsanitary details of the factory. Another character is a musician who is struggling to find ... the fact that it helped the character become the manager. Sinclair showed a lot about the strength of the human spirit. His character overcame so many obstacles. They overcame numerous financial difficulties such as the house, the wedding, and being out of work. The even overcame death which is one of the most difficult things to overcome. Sinclair himself overcame quite a lot. He came from a very poor family ...
- 1757: Beloved 2
- ... own mother sacrifices her existence in order to keep her out of slavery. As for Denver, she is indirectly affected by the horrors of slavery. She has to put up with living in a haunted house because her mother refuses to run away again. On page 15 Sethe says, I got a tree on my back and a haint in my house, and nothing in between but the daughter I am holding in my arms. No more running -- from nothing. I will never run from another thing on this earth. Sethe becomes a slave again when she ... to turn his tin box back into a red heart. While Denver finally ventures out of 124, she is not going to forget being shunned by the community and being held captive by her own house. As for Beloved, she is her own slave. Her constant dependency on Sethe makes her weak. Beloved needs to free herself from Sethe. Though it is hard, she needs to accept what has happened ...
- 1758: Jane Addams
- Jane Addams Jane Addams was a United States social worker, reformer, and peace advocate. During her active career of 46 years she made Hull House in Chicago world famous as a social settlement. An outspoken pacifist, Miss Addams shared the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize with President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University. Jane Addams was born in Cedarville, Illinois, and ... was an invalid. During several years of unhappy indecision she found her purpose when she visited Toynbee Hall, a social settlement in London. In 1889 Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr moved into the Hull House mansion, located in one of the worst slum communities of Chicago. The two women held classes for immigrates, tended the sick, cared for babies, and provided a community center, coffee shop, art gallery, theater, gymnasium ... helped the poor with problems and fought all forms of injustice and cruelty. Miss Addams solicited financial support, added new buildings to her social settlement, and recruited volunteer workers. Her book Twenty Years at Hull-House (1910) made her famous. The institution became the leading social settlement in the United States, and a training center for social workers. Jane Addams was active in Chicago in fighting civic vice and corruption. ...
- 1759: Brazil 2
- ... less than Indonesians. But in the real economy itself, a strong Brazilian currency made Brazilian exports expensive and beguiled the Brazilian government into complacency in the one area in which it needed to get its house in order quickly if the country was to sustain the new economic model over the long haul: its chronic inability to collect sufficient revenues to cover expenditures at the federal, state, and municipal levels, and ... political fixer, Sergio Motta, the communications minister (a key position in the government because of the megaprivatization of the telecommunications sector in 1998), and of Luiz Eduardo Magalhaes, the government's whip in the lower house of Congress, robbed Cardoso of his eyes and ears, as well as two very big sticks. Luiz Eduardo was the favorite son of the powerful president of the Senate, Antonio Carlos Magalhaes, and increasingly was ... be resolved by legislation, weighty matters of constitutional amendment, thereby placing very high barriers to governmental reform by requiring a cumbersome process of constitutional revision. This involved attaining two consecutive 60 percent votes in each house of Congress, virtually ensuring delays in the enactment of any measures for which timeliness was essential, and making any such measures extremely costly for the government in terms of the horse trading needed to ...
- 1760: Ben Franklin
- ... The experiment with the kite is taught in school to nearly every American child. It sparked the birth of lightning rods. The rods kept people's homes from getting hit by lightning and catching fire. House fires caused by lightning were one of the most dangerous problems colonists had to face. "Soon after the rods were invented, all of Philadelphia, Boston, London, and Paris began using them" (Fleming 17). Some of ... Men of Science and Invention. New York: American Heritage Publishing Co. Inc., 1960. Burlingame, Roger. Benjamin Franklin: Envoy Extraordinary. New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1967. Clark, Ronald W. A Biography: Benjamin Franklin. New York: Random House, 1983. Cohen, I. Bernard. Benjamin Franklin: Scientist and Statesman. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975. Dineen, Michael P. The Most Amazing American: Benjamin Franklin. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Country Beautiful, 1973. Donovan, Frank R. The Many ... The Lightning: A New Look At Benjamin Franklin. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1971. Fowler, Mary J. Great Americans. Grand Rapids, Michigan: The Fideler Company, 1960 Looby, Christopher. Benjamin Franklin. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1990. Meltzer, Milton. Benjamin Franklin: The New American. New York: Franklin Watts, 1988. Potter, Robert R. Benjamin Franklin. New Jersey: Silver Burdett Publishers, 1991. Seeger, Raymond J. Benjamin Franklin: New World Physicist. New ...
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