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- 1191: Ray Bradbury
- Ray Bradbury has written over more then five hundred published works and continues to keep writing. He is known as one of the best science fiction novelists and has won many awards and accommodations for it. After publishing his adult novel Fahrenheit 451, it was soon considered one of his best ... Bradbury and Esther Marie Moberg Bradbury. In the fall of 1926 Ray Bradbury's family moved from Waukegan, Illinois to Tucson, Arizona, only to return to Waukegan again in May 1927. By 1931 he began writing his own stories on butcher paper. His childhood was very important to him because it was a constant source of intense sensations, feelings, and images that generate great stories. As a child he was first ... magazine, contributing much of the published material himself. Bradbury's first paid publication was "Pendulum" in 1941 to"Super Science Stories." In 1942 Bradbury wrote "The Lake," the story in which he discovered his distinctive writing style. By 1943 he had given up his job selling newspapers and began writing full-time, contributing numerous short stories to magazines such as "Black Mask", "Amazing Stories" and "Weird Tales." In 1945 his ...
- 1192: Computers in Education
- ... or their contents are damaged, as when terrorists attack computer centres with explosives or gasoline, or when a "computer virus" a program capable of altering or erasing computer memory is introduced into a computer system. Personal Computer A personal computer is a computer that is based on a microprocessor, a small semiconductor chip that performs the operations of a c.p.u. Personal computers are single-user machines, whereas larger computers generally have multiple users. Personal computers have many uses such as: Word processing, communicating to other computers over a phone line using a modem,databases,leisure ...
- 1193: Money And Information
- ... be further from the truth. They are criminals, plain and simple." The 1960s saw the beginning triumph of computers, and in many Western countries it was realized that the collection, storage, transmission and connecting of personal data endangers the personality rights of citizens. Orwellian visions and the mistrust of the revolting youth of the late sixties inspired the discussion about the dangers of the "Big Brother". However, today the old paradigm of the computer as an exotic instrument in the hands of the powerful became at the latest obsolete with the massive spreading of personal computers. According to official statistics, data protection offences are only of limited importance today. The cases that became known show different degrees of endangerment: The misuse of "STASI" documents, i.e. the documents of the ... is a 1992 case: Young Germans penetrated into the speech computer of the Barclays Bank in Hamburg to which the clients of the bank reported the receipt of their credit cards including the corresponding secret personal identification numbers as well as announcements in case of loss or - by giving the respective secret number - when asking for an increase of their credit limits. Legislation and Prosecution Computer crime and criminal information ...
- 1194: Hee
- ... cinematically. I write down everything I see. What I see, it seems like a movie to me”(Beaham 17). During this year the biggest event that probably had the biggest impact on Stephen King’s writing style was the discovery of the author H. P. Lovecraft. King would later write of Lovecraft, “He struck with the most force, and I still think, for all his shortcomings, he is the best writer ... writer on their hands. From then until he graduated with a bachelors degree in English from University of Maine at Orono in the Spring of 1970, King concentrated on rounding off the edges of his writing technique. One short story that best shows the type and technique of Stephen King’s writing is “The Body.” “The Body”, which has been adapted into to a Hollywood movie, was first published in the collection of short stories called Different Seasons. The story is a tale of four twelve ...
- 1195: Privacy For Public Officials
- ... radio, print and television and all are competing for breaking news. The pressure to get the story, some argue, has led to the reporting of rumor and unverified information, as well as extensive coverage of personal information that violates the privacy of public figures. In the light of the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal some argue that the press is more concerned with selling papers than educating the public. They argue that important ... Kumar and Rourke support the view that the media can both create and destroy an administration depending on how they (the media) are treated by the administration. Several societal factors have contributed to the increasingly personal nature of political news. The first is the age-old influence of political differences. Attempts to influence the public encourage biased or exaggerated claims about oneself or one's political opponent, and can lead to ... is newsworthy and what is not. It can be especially difficult to determine which aspects of a celebrity or politician's life are relevant to the public, and which should be protected as private and personal. Because many people believe that political figures set an example for others in both their messages and their lifestyles, reporting on some segments of a politician's life outside the office has come to ...
- 1196: Fahrenheit 451 - A Charred Exi
- ... to convey the themes involved in the novel resulted mainly from the social situation of the time. First of all, the novel was written shortly after World War II and increasing numbers of authors began writing about serious topics. Also, the invention of the atom bomb had aroused the Cold War and the use of technology as a form of destruction (Touponce 124). Seeing technology as a potential threat to the ... of literature (as well as peoples minds), Bradbury intended to teach us of the importance of books by showing us the misery involved in a world that lacks them. Another social consequence leading to the writing of Fahrenheit 451 was that, at the time, the country was going through what was called the era of McCarthyism. During this time, many Americans were accused of attempting to undermine the United States government (Touponce 124). It was a time of book-burning and close panic, which left Bradbury in disbelief that [we] would go all out and destroy ourselves in this fashion (Moore 103). The writing of this novel was also an opportunity for Bradbury to speak out against the censorship of written literature that was taking place by showing the consequences of it. Bradbury believed that the censorship of ...
- 1197: Samuel Clemens
- ... literary material. Shortly after the death of his father in 1847, he ended the brief period of his schooling to become a printer’s apprentice. Like many nineteenth century authors, he was preparing for his writing career later in life. Working as a Printer’s apprentice he got practice as a typesetter and miscellaneous reading. The first thing Samuel wrote as a used piece was a few skits for his brothers ... The first real book ever published by Mark Twain was Life on the Mississippi River. Between 1853 and 1857 Clemens worked a journeyman printer in seven different places. During this trip of making sketches and writing stories, he began eastward by boat. Twain started writing letters telling about his visits to New York and the Middle West in 1867. On his trip he seemed to have gotten him self in a lot a trouble such as disorderly conduct. After ...
- 1198: Taoism
- ... known as the Four Noble Truths based on his experience and inspiration about the nature of life. These truths are the basis for all schools of Buddhism. The fourth truth describes the way to overcome personal desire through the Eightfold Path. Buddha called his path the Middle Way, because it lies between a life of luxury and a life of poverty. Not everyone can reach the goal of Nirvana, but every ... right path or behavior is followed. The path to Tao and Nirvana are similar, yet different. Both believe there is an inner light which guides a person in the right direction to the ultimate goal. Personal desires must be forsaken to enable the inner light to guide a person to achieve eternal bliss. "The teaching 6 regarding the inner light is just as prominent in the Taoist schools as it is ... means way, but in the original and succeeding manuscripts no direct path is explored or expounded. Desire, ambition, fame, and selfishness are seen as complications. That idea is consistent with Buddhist teachings; it is the personal life of each individual that gives Taoism its special form" (Leek 188). Taoism and Buddhism perceive life, death and rebirth as a continuous cycle. This cycle has no beginning and no end. The soul ...
- 1199: How To Write An A Essay
- ... A” quality essay. All it takes is a well written introduction, body and conclusion. These steps are a lot easier than most people make them out to be. The first, and most important, step to writing an “A” essay is the introduction. The purpose of the introduction is to get the reader’s attention. The introduction should also let the reader know the contents of your essay. To get the reader ... specific topic in the essay without having to read the entire essay. This can be done by organizing the body paragraphs in the same order as the items in the thesis statement. Step two, in writing an “A” essay, is writing effective body paragraphs. In order for them to be effective, they must support the thesis sentence. The worst thing to do is to go off on subjects that have nothing to do with the ...
- 1200: Money And Information
- ... be further from the truth. They are criminals, plain and simple." The 1960s saw the beginning triumph of computers, and in many Western countries it was realized that the collection, storage, transmission and connecting of personal data endangers the personality rights of citizens. Orwellian visions and the mistrust of the revolting youth of the late sixties inspired the discussion about the dangers of the "Big Brother". However, today the old paradigm of the computer as an exotic instrument in the hands of the powerful became at the latest obsolete with the massive spreading of personal computers. According to official statistics, data protection offences are only of limited importance today. The cases that became known show different degrees of endangerment: The misuse of "STASI" documents, i.e. the documents of the ... is a 1992 case: Young Germans penetrated into the speech computer of the Barclays Bank in Hamburg to which the clients of the bank reported the receipt of their credit cards including the corresponding secret personal identification numbers as well as announcements in case of loss or - by giving the respective secret number - when asking for an increase of their credit limits. Legislation and Prosecution Computer crime and criminal information ...
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