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- 3681: Oedipus The King
- ... not kill; now all is clear" (Sophocles lines 1144). Oedipus's decision to pursue his questioning is wrong; his grandiosity blinded him and, therefore, his fate is not deserved, but it is far beyond his control. A prophecy is foretold to Laius, the father of Oedipus, that the destiny of Oedipus is a terrible one beyond his control. But when it is prophesized to Oedipus, he sets forth from the city of his foster parents in order to prevent this terrible fate from occurring. Oedipus's destiny is not deserved because he is ...
- 3682: The Executive Branches of Governments
- ... United States the personnel and functions of the executive branch are separated from the legislative and judicial branches by law. By doing this it creates no over powering of a branch who has too much control, so all branches has equal shares of what to do. Without these branches there will be no government. The executive branch helps control all the government jobs and area around were we live. We need the departments that the executive branch controls, everything is organized for us. In Great Britain, however, there is no such clear-cut separation ...
- 3683: Jimi Hendrix
- ... recorded at the 1969 New Year’s Eve party at the Fillmore East in New York City (Murray 54). Lorraine Alterman, a writer for Rolling Stone who attended the party, wrote: “Only one number, ‘Machine Gun,’ stands out as truly exciting. Hendrix dedicated it to all the soldiers in Detroit, New York, Chicago and, oh yes , Vietnam.” Of the other songs, she wrote: “The rest of the songs...tend to sound very much alike. Stylistically they aren’t far from ‘Purple Haze’ days” (Alterman 10). Through “Machine Gun,” the “towering, explicitly anti-war” song, one can begin to interpret Hendrix’ mentality as he planned that track. The title itself gives away the meaning of the song, and Hendrix had given up all hopes ...
- 3684: East Timor. Do They Have A Rig
- ... to do the same for others and then the country starts to disintegrate. If you believe the rest of the world then it was an aggressive attack on a small island in order to take control of large oil deposits of the coast of Timor. "In August 1975, in a famous cable that was leaked, he [Woolcott] advised that Australia must go along with the impending invasion because Australia could make ... place is for a resource that could have been had for probably similar price. Yet the greed and corruption of the Suharto government, found reason in killing 200,000 innocent people in order to get control of the oil deposits. And what's good for the energy companies, is always the national interest. That's true virtually by definition. The United Nations has never accepted the occupation of East Timor by ...
- 3685: E-corporation And Their Busine
- ... months to do the same off-line. One of the features about surfing on the net is that one normally surfs on the page he or she wants, therefore the consumer almost gathers the total control of what to buy, choose, compare with, or how much information to retrieve. This change brings the first difficulty for companies, the bargain of a product. Obviously one of the major new facilities for consumers ... is gathered of the net though then the actual purchase happens through the shop. The fact that Internet cuts through the geographical hurdle, it is a huge market, lets the consumer be in almost total control (e.g. through the actions in almost everything) and has no time restrictions it is always open , it increases the importance of this powerful tool day by day. This increases the market on the net ...
- 3686: Federalism's Role In Our Government
- ... for devolution, Rehnquist’s decisions enhanced the powers of the states. The case of United States v. Lopez in 1994 decided that the national government could not place a law on citizens carrying guns in gun free school zones. While at first this seems like a stupid decision by the Supreme Court, actually they are allowing the states to set their own regulations on the carrying of firearms in a gun free school zone. Another big case that granted more power to the states was Roe v. Wade. The decision in this case gave each state the right to regulate abortion. Even though each decision by ...
- 3687: Oedipus 2
- ... this happiness for any length of time were very slender. Civilized man has exchanged a portion of his possibilities of happiness for a portion of security. (Freud, 73) The concept that no civilized man has control over his own happiness upon birth was presented in much earlier times, as seen in Oedipus the King. In other words, a person s happiness is in the hands of others. Unfortunate Oedipus was born ... with his mother. Although he went out of his way to dodge this fate, and even lived a temporarily affluent life, the ultimate decree of the Gods could not be avoided. Oedipus unsuccessfully attempted to control the pitch of his life and his pursuit of happiness. What he did not realize was that his happiness was not in his authority. Freud explains the never-ending struggle between the instinct of life ...
- 3688: British Imperial Regulations D
- ... their mother country, England. The law restricted trade of such shippers as the Dutch, by stating all goods must be transported on English vessels to or from the colonies. This helped keep money within British control, but also increased both England s and the colonies merchant marine. Further laws were passed, but none that imposed strict regulations on the colonies. In fact the colonies received advantages from the mercantile system of ... prices in England left the colonists helpless as they could easily fall into deeper and deeper debt. Tension grew as the colonists were having to deal more with this unfair advantage. The colonists could not control conditions that would bring them the most profit. Some colonies exports were favored more than others. The southern colonies produced such crops as tobacco and rice which were not grown in England. They therefore would ...
- 3689: Economic Impact of Canadian Telecommunications Legislation
- ... to issue licenses to Canadian telecommunications companies and to set standards for equipment and facilities. In order to be eligible to hold a telecommunications license, the company ,must meet specific requirements respecting Canadian ownership and control. A main requirement is that 80 percent of the companies shares must be owned and controlled by Canadians (Angus, 1993, p17). The legislation, and related regulations, therefore promote Canadian control over the country's information infrastructure. As well as this, the new legislation ensures that telecommunications policy takes into account the interests of the regions and provinces. Given the fundamental role of communications in Canadian ...
- 3690: What Are The Decisive Events And Arguments That Produced The American Revolution?
- ... democratic government. However, it was the worst of times in the sense that the settlers in the America’s were taken advantage of my their mother country, England. The hatred of being under another’s control was one of the main reason’s that led to the American Revolution. In the 1600’s, England began to colonize America. King James I had urged those against the Church of England, such as ... the administration of the American Colonies while it fought France in a series of wars during the 1700’s. But after the French and Indian War ended, the British government sought to tighten it’s control over the colonies in fear that the colonies have gotten too powerful. The treaty of 1763 ending this war made England master of Canada and of the land between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi ...
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