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- 471: Death, Rebirth
- ... consciously chose to continue in the circle. While the circle symbolized a type of endless living death in The Dead, in the Heart of Darkness the motif of death refers to the lack of self-control. In the story, the darkness represents the object which causes the loss of control, that in turn, leads to death. This lack of control is most prevalent with the character of Kurtz. Kurtz lived in the deepest part of the African Congo in unexplored territory and with unknown creatures. He endured the wild jungle and was consumed by ...
- 472: Terrorist Bombs In The U.S.
- ... domestic violence is said to be associated with the rise of anti-government sentiment and the proliferation of self-styled militia and paramilitary groups - some of which take extremist positions on race, religion, federal authority, gun control, or taxation (Fisher 1998). One of the most devastating and well known forms of terrorism are bombings. Most of the violence associated with anti-governmental attacks takes this form. According to a recent Bureau of ... The police are usually the first to arrive because they are the ones that are out on the street. Then it is the emergency medical and fire that arrives next. The police usually try to control the situation and make sure people are safe from danger. Medical and fire personnel take care of the human and non human damages. If it is a threat, they are there on standby to ...
- 473: Essay On Kierkegaard
- ... direct and prescriptive volitionalism. I am taking issue only with Pojman's characterization of Kierkegaard as a direct prescriptive volitionalist. Pojman defines volitionalism as the view that believing is an act that is under our control. Direct volitionalism is the position that one can acquire beliefs directly, simply by willing to believe certain propositions. Indirect volitionalism is the view some beliefs arise indirectly, from basic acts of the will. Pojman identifies ... achieve a state of suspenced judgement, by considering the opposite equally probable. But any reading of an issue of volitionalism, of any type, into these passages, is missing Kierkegaard's point. Kierkegaard is not discussing control of mental states. He is discussing the concept of necessity and our freedom to deny contingent facts. It might be said that the skeptic wills to doubt the reality of a state-of- affairs, or ... specific conclusion does not follow from evidence that is given. The skeptic doesn't have the power to believe or disbelieve whatever suits him (whether he fully understands himself or not.) But he does have control over his inferential reasoning. He can regard as insufficient, evidence that is generally accepted. This does not amount to possession of control over belief states. Rather, this control shows possession of an ability to ...
- 474: America And The Normandy Invasion
- ... crashed against the tops of the bluffs of Omaha, and sailed into the adjacent towns, but not did not successfully accomplish their goals of destroying targets on the beachhead such as enemy artillery and machine gun positions.4 Contrary to Omaha, Utah Beach was less strengthened against an attack. Erwin Rommel was the commander of the German forces in northern France and he predicted an Allied invasion in another part of ... many of the coastal defences awaiting the Americans. As American soldiers moved toward Utah Beach in their conveyances, the pounding the beachhead fortifications had taken from US naval artillery and rockets was clearly evident. Large gun stations, machine gun posts, and infantry positions were among many of the targets weakened or destroyed. The artillery not only aided the soon to be arriving troops in that many coastal threats had been eliminated, but in ...
- 475: The Vietnam War
- ... to accept Communism in return for what they had been fighting for over 2000 years: self rule. In 1950 the United States, owing a debt of gratitude towards France, sent several advisors to aid French control in Vietnam. Over the next decade and a half, the United States would send an entire Army and Navy to aid the French in maintaining control in South Vietnam, which had separated from the Communist North Vietnam by treaty in 1954. In early August of 1964 a small Vietcong (term used to identify South Vietnamese in favor of communism and unification ... to systematically murder every inhabitant in this small South Vietnamese hamlet for suspicion of the harboring of Vietcong Soldiers. In this village no signs of Vietcong inhabitants were found. Neither a single uniform nor a gun was found anywhere (Hersh, 11-44) . This leads one to wonder about the motives involved. Was the massacre necessarily, or was it simply an outlet for built up anger and frustration towards the very ...
- 476: Euthanasia: The Right to Die
- ... notable euthanasia case would be Sue Rodrigous. She had a disease known as Lou Gehrig's disease or ALS, which is a rare incurable disease of the nervous system. ALS gradually destroys the nerves that control the muscles. The results of which are weakness, paralysis, and eventually death. That is what Sue Rodrigous was suffering from for well over a year. Knowing that her condition was only going to get worse ... who is fond of things that are soft to touch is stroking Curly's wife's hair. He becomes carried away and breaks her neck and kills her. George, fearing Lennie's life, takes his gun and runs into the bushes with him. As the dogs and the men from the farm run after them George realizes that when they catch Lennie they would either torture him, or send him to a mental hospital. George knows that would just kill Lennie. So George takes his gun and kills Lennie with one shot to the head. "And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie's head. The hand ...
- 477: Computer System in the Context of Retail Business
- ... percent. Absolut Software provides a training mode for novices and a high-speed mode for the experienced. Features: * Complete mailing list management * Promotion tracking * Catalog and telemarketing * Importing sub-system * On-line order entry * Inventory control (multi-site, serialized, lot number, decimal quantities, and style-color-size) * Credit card billing * Computer-driven in-store POS with "Suspend and Hold;" availability displayed * Wildcard search * User-definable extended search * Unlimited text and binary ... L) sub-system * E.D.I. And the international network system which brought customers information, e-mail address, and contract forms of customers are interested. A retail computer system can do tasks such as: Stock control is the control and how much stock were around the business, and the price of the items. Eg: Such as the SMART System is a totally integrated and interactive retail business system that includes the following modules: ...
- 478: The Martian Chronicles: "Yours Will Be Mine Soon"
- ... is sent to Mars to try to colonize it. This plan is cut short when a Martian, who has telepathic abilities, senses the men coming. When the men land, they meet a martian with a gun and so ends the first expedition. Next, another group is sent to try to gain land on Mars. These men land and go knocking from one door to the next saying that they were from ... But all the destruction was not only occurring on the planet Mars, for Earth had it's share of destruction due to greed for land as well. The countries on Earth began to fight over control of land, and atomic bombs became the weapon of choose. As they tried to gain control over each other, they only led to their own demise. Earth was desolute...left to ruin, to die in the anger that man had been born into, to feel the pain that man had ...
- 479: Euthanasia: The Right to Die
- ... notable euthanasia case would be Sue Rodrigous. She had a disease known as Lou Gehrig's disease or ALS, which is a rare incurable disease of the nervous system. ALS gradually destroys the nerves that control the muscles. The results of which are weakness, paralysis, and eventually death. That is what Sue Rodrigous was suffering from for well over a year. Knowing that her condition was only going to get worse ... who is fond of things that are soft to touch is stroking Curly's wife's hair. He becomes carried away and breaks her neck and kills her. George, fearing Lennie's life, takes his gun and runs into the bushes with him. As the dogs and the men from the farm run after them George realizes that when they catch Lennie they would either torture him, or send him to a mental hospital. George knows that would just kill Lennie. So George takes his gun and kills Lennie with one shot to the head. "And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie's head. The hand ...
- 480: Alcoholism: Cunning, Baffling, Powerful, Patient And Deadly
- ... What is Alcoholism? Alcoholism is a primary, chronic disease with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. The disease is often progressive and fatal. It is characterized by continuous or periodic: impaired control over drinking, preoccupation with the drug alcohol, use of alcohol despite adverse consequences, and distortions in thinking, most notably denial. The rational for continued use of alcohol is centered on, Common addiction distortions. MENTAL FILTER ... AM CONTROLLED: You feel externally controlled, you see yourself as helpless and a victim of fate. E.g. - The alcohol makes my days tolerable, without it, I'll not be able to function. I MUST CONTROL: You feel that control is an all or nothing thing. Any ease on the reins will result in a fall so disastrous you will never regain control. E.g. - Without alcohol I may get depressed, and I will ...
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