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- 1231: Black History
- ... decade between 1984 and 1994 an additional 16 prisons were built. In other words, the 1994 "three strikes" law was a major leap in an existing trend toward longer sentences, tougher laws, and accelerated prison rates. While the prison population rose, the official crime statistics remained more or less steady. In fact, during 1993 and the first half of 1994, the rate of both violent and property crime actually fell. The ... Americans continues, the current starkly disparate incarceration rate for Blacks will substantially worsen." Four years after the passage of California's Three Strikes law we can see the real effect of the these laws--rising rates of incarceration, extremely long sentences for all kinds of offenses and massive injustice.
- 1232: Andy Warhol and Pop Art
- ... This was to give them a plastic look. He was quoted as saying that these resembled club life, "plastic clothes, plastic jewelry, plastic surgery, plastic emotions." (Kakulani, New York Times Magazine, 1996) The center of interest on a Warhol image is the image itself. The objects were not meant to be "storytellers", as did the more classic artworks. The Warhol image was intend to confront the audience with boredom as an issue itself by making the images superficial. Usually, the objects were surrounded with space rather than pattern, emphasizing this center of interest idea (Bondo, 1998). Warhol used a detached style, in which little emotional involvement or identification is created. By use of this method, a statement is made, but does not effect the audience on a personal ...
- 1233: Everyone in A Man For All Seasons is Pursuing Their Own Ends. What Makes More Different?
- ... their own ends to meet, and the only distinguishable feature between them is how they go about it. Some characters disregard all sense of morality as they plunge into a approach which primarily encompasses self-interest. In all, most of the characters in the play personify selfishness in one way or another. Of course there are some whose selfishness is more noticeable than others, however at some point they are all ... Perhaps this is why we are quick to sympathise with The Common Man and feel an affinity for him. However, under all the comedy, "Old Adam" is selfish, deceiving and has a philosophy of self interest. The selfish nature of The Common Man is best evidenced when in More's hour of need, his steward Matthew deserts him because he is not satisfied with taking a cut in his salary, regardless ...
- 1234: Emperor Hadrian of Rome
- ... to Roman culture, and he was also known as one of the greatest Roman emperors in history. Hadrian was born on January, 26 76 a.d. in Spain. In his youth, he developed a strong interest in Hellenic culture. This earned him his nickname "The Greekling." For example, "Hadrian was an admirer of Greek culture and under different circumstances, might well have devoted his full time to literature and philosophy rather ... sides also protected the wall. There were sixteen garrison forts strung out at intervals(Readers Digest)." As it was built, people began to migrate toward the wall. This created shops and taverns for the publics' interest. Moreover, "Hadrian's wall helped to spread Roman ways of life and the Latin tongue across their vast and diverse realm(Readers Digest)." Hadrian's wall was one of the greatest attempts of defense without ...
- 1235: Life of Charles Robert Darwin
- ... in the family. His father and grandfather were doctors, as well as his deceased uncle, for whom he was named. Charles was not interested in becoming a doctor. From an early age he had an interest in nature. He would go on long walks near his home, collecting beetles, insects, birds eggs, shells, rocks, coins, and flowers. He learned the names of the species he found, and recorded the differences in ... the idea of the Bible, which upset many people. Charles and Emma moved into a very large house. They called it Down House. Eventually they had ten children. Over the years Charles discovered a great interest in Barnacles. He studied them and often let his children help him with his experiments. In the year 1859, Charles published a book about the discoveries he had made while traveling around the world. It ...
- 1236: Publishers Clearing House Swee
- ... Clearing House is that they are making a lot of money off of stretching it. Emerson also said, "human judgment is a frail thing. It may err in being subject to emotion, prejudice or personal interest. It suffers from lack of information and insight, or inadequate thinking." I believe that Publishers Clearing House is preying on poor human judgment by appealing to peoples emotions and personal interest, and by leaving out or burying important information in their advertisements. This is deceptive advertising and they should be stopped. Citation of Sources World Wide Web page: NBC News. "The lure of sweepstakes" MSNBC news ...
- 1237: Sergei Grinkov And Ekaterina Gordeeva
- ... was determined to make it to the top. The much more mature Sergei enjoyed choreographing (the study of dance moves). He also appreciated weight-training and gymnastics. But Skating still proved to be his greatest interest. However, because of his high height at age 15, it was very difficult for him to perform high maneuvers, and twists. So in 1982 Sergei's coach and mother decided to pair him with Ekaterina ... Alexander and Elena Gordeeva. Ekaterina's mother Elena was a computer specialist and a swimmer, and her father, Alexander was a member of the military- dance theater ensemble. As a child Ekaterina showed the same interest in figure skating as Sergei had done. Since Ekaterina's father, Alexander, was a member of the dance ensemble, he often helped her with her dance positions and maneuvers. Ekaterina or Katya (nickname) was often ...
- 1238: The Role of Prejudice In The Merchant of Venice
- ... merchant, who is as generous as Shylock is greedy, particularly with his friend, Bassanio.The two have cemented a history of personal insults, and Shylock's loathing of Antonio intensifies when Antonio refuses to collect interest on loans.Bassanio wishes to borrow 3,000 ducats from Antonio so that he may journey to Belmont and ask the beautiful and wealthy Portia to marry him.Antonio borrows the money from Shylock, and ... suffered" (Auden, p. 227).Shylock regards Antonio as his number one nemesis because of the countless public humiliations he has subjected him to and because Antonio has purposely hindered his business by refusing to collect interest on loans.Would Shylock have demanded a pound of flesh from anyone else in the world but Antonio? Does this make him a bad person or just a human one?By herding the Jews like ...
- 1239: Knowledge Building And Corpora
- ... will continue to interact in new and different ways. Global competitive pressures and continuos innovations are forcing many organisation to rethink the manner in which they do business and re-engineer themselves, by taking an interest in Knowledge Management ie the management and use of their intellectual assets and corporate memory. They are looking at how to share information and eventually benefit from it. While technology is important for development of ... the interrelated and coordinating secondary tasks around cooperation. ? Sharing an information space ? adapting the technology to the organisation and vice versa ? information, which is not neutral, and individuals who use it are motivated by individual interest which can result in misrepresentation. Other Types of Groupware ? There are many ways in which people can interact with one another and pool resources together to derive benefit from it. Some of these are: ? Message ...
- 1240: Robert Schumann
- ... family (Slonimsky 902). Schumann was born in Zwickau, Germany (Stanley 147). His father sold books and was also a publisher and author (Sadie 831). Schumann’s father encouraged him but his mother disapproved of his interest in music (Stanley 147). Schumann had an unhappy life. His sister, Emily, took her own life when she was 19. His father died at the age of 53 (Slonimsky 902). Schumann was 16 years old ... its “drama, ecstasies and ultimate tragedy” (Slonimsky 903). He was a “central figure of musical Romanticism”. Schumann “represents the quintessential Romantic composer, with his emphasis on self-expression, his strong vein of lyricism, and his interest in extra-musical (particularly literary) associations” (Sadie 831). A fascinating aspect of Schumann’s music was his ability to “personify his friends and intimates through musical acronyms” (Slonimsky 903). Schumann’s music reflected the times ...
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