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- 6471: Videoconferencing
- ... communications network run through the telephone system is the most cost-effective approach. A T1 line (the equivalent of 24 standard voice-grade telephone circuits) or a portion of a T1 is required to run high-quality video and audio in two directions. The fiber optic cabling now being installed by telephone companies in many parts of the country has a very high capacity compared to more traditional copper wiring. Videoconferencing will eventually be as practical as placing a telephone call. Wiring used to connect personal computers in local area networks also can be used to conduct videoconferences ...
- 6472: Foucault and Truffaut: Power and Social Control in French Society
- ... control mechanisms. Truffault depicts the schooling, prison, and family systems as technologies that seeks to inculcate children, criminals, and subversives in the proper behavior of society. Trauffaut's film exposes how these mechanisms work. The school seeks to isolate punish and ostracize children into forming a pliant populace. The family seeks to enforce the discipline of societies larger moral codes on children. Notice how in the movie the mother in a seemingly kindly attempt to bond with her child is in fact teaching him the moral codes of society: running away from home is wrong, school is good, respect your elders, follow rules, and don't lie. The prison system in the movie seeks to isolate the deviant members of society classifying them as perverts, neurotic, madmen and in need of ...
- 6473: Gustave Flaubert and Madame Bovary: Comparisons
- ... would learn to appreciate (Kunitz 280). At that time Flaubert focused his attention on the study of History and the writings of numerous romantics as well (Kunitz 280). Flaubert was later sent to an intermediate school in Paris to further strengthen his academic standings (Kunitz 280). Upon completion of that, he enrolled into law school but found no interest in it (Thorlby 250). This allowed him to do some drifting, while taking the time to realize that literature would be his destiny (Kunitz 281). Although all of this schooling and ...
- 6474: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... also lacks the ability to stay alive during heated battle. Where s Himmelstoss? Quickly I jump back and find him lying pretending to be wounded. He is in panic (pg.131). Bäumer describes how even high ranking officers fear for their lives during bombardments. Ironically, Himmelstoss presents himself as a thick-skinned veteran when the fighting has ceased, but he can t keep his composure when the possibility arises that he may lose his life. If not even the high-ranking officers can stay strong no young, green soldier could be expected to exhibit bravery. The troops carry this fear with them even after the war ends, and society can not see why the men ...
- 6475: William Blake
- ... to be often strikingly original through other people's eyes. In 1767, he wanted to become an artist at the young age of 10. In pursuit of this dream, he attended the Henry Pars Engraving School in the Strand. By 1772, he was an apprentice to an engraver, James Basire, who taught him the secrets of the trade very well. Basire sent him to make drawings of the sculptures in Westminster Abbey, which sparked his interest in Gothic art. Blake's father was a hosier, and sent him to the Royal Academy in 1779 as an engraving student. While at school, Blake absorbed the religious symbolism and linear design characteristic of Gothic style. While studying there, he rebelled against the academic conventions of Sir Joshua Reynolds, president of the academy. Contrary to modern standards, he decided ...
- 6476: A Critical Analysis of Tension's In Memorial A. H. H.
- ... relationship with Arthur Hallam, a figure linking humanity's present condition to the superior race yet to come. In poem sixty-four, Tennyson speaks of Hallam, describing him with the words: “And moving up from high to higher, Becomes on Fortune's crowning slope The pillar of a people's hope, The center of a world's desire” (64.13-16). In subsequent sections, he speaks of the divinity present in ... come. Humanity must yet “Move upward, working out the beast, And let the ape and tiger die” (118.27-28). In other words, a nature now brutal and cold, careless of life, will someday become, “High nature amorous of the good” (109.10-11). These words suggest a slow process, not to be accomplished in the life of merely one man, no matter how great he may be. Tennyson seems comforted ...
- 6477: Darwinism 2
- ... successful businessman weeds out his unskilled competitors. This allows the entire system to progress and provides positive examples for future generations to follow. This justification through “scientific law” promoted acceptance because science was held in high regard at the time. When lectures, publications, and even private conversations tackled the controversial issue of business regulation, people cited the principles of Social Darwinism time and time again. By providing firm scientific principles that ... European thought. Darwinism as it applies to nature was successful and widespread simply because of its own merit. It was aided by the circumstances of the time in which reason and science were held in high regard, but the facts stood firm by themselves. Social Darwinism, however, became a definitive philosophy of the time because it was applicable to most areas of life. People manipulated the laws of nature to create ...
- 6478: Art Censorship
- ... took me my whole life to paint like a child". One should never limit the capability of the human imagination. I feel that there should be no censorship in the schools as long as the school pro-motes discussion about anything that offends people. On the other hand, in the park, if there are uncensored or offensive displays there may be no opportunity to promote learning and discussions. We can't ... ethnic group or religion should not be allowed for viewing in the park. In summary, nothing is black and white there are always exceptions to the rule. Appro-priate measures should be taken, by the school system, so that children are well informed of what surrounds them and to ensure exposure to both sides of an issue at an early age. Hopefully this will enable adults to make wise decisions when ...
- 6479: The Reflections Of Gore Vidal
- ... his love for death, pain, suffering, and torture. He also describes the fact that he loves to look at magazines with pictures of young women being tortured. This fascination began after a teacher in elementary school had destroyed his sculpture of a Roman warrior, which the teacher said was not suitable for class because the sculpture had short pants. She squashed the sculpture and this is the only memory the boy has of school other than where he picked up his love for torture (Vidal 35). The boy and his friend Oliver found a wounded robin and decided the bird was beyond helping and decided to stone it. After ...
- 6480: A Man For All Seasons
- ... in the dungeon of the tower. He is withdrawn from books to gain his approval of the King's new marriage. At the end of the play Sir Thomas was beheaded for committing crime of high treason against his King. This claim, contributed from Thomas Cromwell, was completely based on silence. More repented from speaking and in doing so, stopped Cromwell and King Henry VIII to obtain permission they so badly ... and creates his own church. This caused lots of problems because all of the people in England would be forced to join his church. If they refused to join then they would be convicted of high treason and sentenced to death. King Henry forced thousands of Englishmen to choose their country instead of their religion. Most people of England chose their country instead of their religion because of the crimes they ...
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