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- 2071: I Want To Believe
- ... overwhelmed by his alien abduction incident, that he was inspired to write the best selling book Communion, Which allegedly portrayed his abduction ordeal. Strieber continued to experience what he perceived to be alien abductions after writing communion, therefore he decided to seek a medical explanation for his strange encounters. "After undergoing a batch of psychological and IQ tests he was given a clean bill of health, he was then given a ... higher being or beings exist and their existence has an overall influence on their lives, a concept collectively known as religion. Therefore the aim of this study is to establish a sample group of peoples personal views of the paranormal and to then interpret the findings. This survey was conducted using opportunity samples with 32 people taking part, eighteen women (56%) and 14 (44%). Their ages ranged from 20 to 70 ...
- 2072: Internet Gambling
- ... opposing sides, then their technically not gambling. The companies would only take 2.5% of the action. They would act as a middle man of sorts. On the security side, one company has started making personal card readers that they send to your house and you hook it up to your computer. The only reason gambling laws exist are so politicians and government officials can make more money. It's all ... might come in too late and saturate the market with Internet gambling companies. It could become the same thing as what happened to Atlantic City. The companies that run the gambling can also cheat by writing in the programs to deal more 21's to the house. The governments biggest fear is that the technology has outgrown the regulations. Some of the other new ways that companies are going to try ...
- 2073: Intuition
- ... 1998}. In this case the youth plays a role in the recognition of a pattern in such images to feelings and then experience. The recognition does not have an origin in experience. It is not personal. Little in our lives is fundamentally original. I believe almost every situation we encounter is similar to an immense number of previous situations. These similarities are not limited to the human species. They go back ... order to understand such aspects of psychology there must be previous study of these topics or its as if you are looking at a blank page. These areas definitely have a strong correlation between intuition. Writing poetry including music lyrics is a good example of using intuitions to guide action. The goal is to find the words or phrases that "feel right". Some words flow forth easily, but others (for most ...
- 2074: Imagination And How It Relates
- ... things that relate directly with each of our lives. Everything he wrote he created from watching the society about him and put his imagination to good use. Each artist paints different pictures in a different personal style for each of them. In each painting, if you really look at it for long enough, you can see what feelings the artist put into it. In M.C. Escher's drawing of himself ... makes me want to cry. Especially when Hongo told of when he visited his uncle in the hospital after having a couple strokes. Hongo is a true artist to invoke so much feeling into his writing. Anyone who can write with so much passion about any subject truly has my respect. Kubotu is an artist as well, so experienced at fishing. From what I read it sounds like he could fish ...
- 2075: Graffiti
- ... yards exist. A yard is a popular place to create graffiti. A yard could be a parking deck, abandoned warehouse, freight train yard, or a basketball court. The graffiti community looks down upon and condemns writing on private property like a home, school, or store. This is more along the lines of vandalism, and it makes the entire graffiti community look bad. Tags differ from a piece much like a sketch ... interpret. However, if the piece is simple and easily read, the writer probably wanted the public to see his or her message. Many writers create graffiti not only as an art, but also to display personal, political, and social messages. Some writers just like a simpler look, while others prefer a more hectic and elaborate style. Many writers devote their entire lives to creating graffiti. Writers are just like any other ...
- 2076: Consumerism
- ... now possible to purchase prescription drugs though Internet companies, by placing the orders online. However, this practice is not sufficiently regulated, and consumers may be getting medicines that would ordinarily require close supervision by a personal physician, without having adequate medical supervision when they buy through the Internet. It is very easy to do an Internet search for Internet drug companies, some of which are located overseas (especially in Asia, Mexico ... a financial position to acquire such debt. In addition, companies exist that claim to be able to fix credit problems for a fee, and in fact, they do nothing that consumers cannot do themselves, by writing the credit bureaus, for example. Claims that a company or agency can miraculously clean up bad credit are simply false. The use of credit as a way to purchase goods and services has greatly altered ...
- 2077: Comparitive Essay Between Perc
- ... each person goes through as either a genuine experience driven by own desires, or one that is already preconceived by experts. Percy believes that people can only learn from experiences that are driven by pure personal desire, and not experiences already preconceived by experts. Percy describes the “loss of sovereignty” as preconceived notions of an experience with the help of experts. W.E.B Du Bois, on the other hand, wrote ... squats on a potsherd to read it is in a fairer way of getting at a sonnet than the Harvard sophomore taking English Poetry II” (Percy, 572). The student’s action was all motivated by personal desire, and thus, received the most from the experience. There was not any expert to tell the student that that was the correct thing to do. Though Percy would define Du Bois’s students as ... students into. Percy though, believes otherwise. It is difficult to clearly differentiate who is wrong and who is right in the two essays. Both Percy and Du Bois stand by their statements strongly, but through personal experiences, when education is forced upon the students such as myself, it is hard to absorb all the information being taught, therefore, my interest in learning is lost. Percy sees that as a “simple ...
- 2078: Convince Me There Is A God
- ... local church building on Sunday morning. At least I know the people there won’t be breaking into my house while I’m out shopping! This document is solely for the purpose of explaining my personal position on the theory of religion. As for the questions, please try to answer them without hatred and malice. A pleasant debate can be healthy. Enjoy! Before we begin, consider this, “Outlandish Claims require even ... I say, not as I do” Isn’t it worth considering the similarity between men’s actions throughout history and the methods god exhibits in his personality? Doesn’t it sound as if Man were writing about the God he only wished he could be? God is supposed to be “perfection”. Isn’t it strange how much a perfect god tends to have in common with the imperfect man? In this ...
- 2079: Computers In Society
- ... We are now approaching the last three days in the spread of computing and digital telecommunications. In the same fashion 35% of American and Canadian families, and 50%of American and Canadian teenagers have a personal computer at home; 30 million people are estimated to be on the Internet; 65 percent of new computers sold worldwide in 1994 were for the home; and 90 percent of those to be sold in ... of Internet users would exceed the population of the world by 2003 . Using a computer is not about computers anymore. It is about living. The giant central computer has almost universally been replaced by the personal computer. We have seen computers move out of giant air-conditioned rooms, to closets, then onto desktops, and now into our laps and pockets. But this is not the end. Early into the new millennium we could be communicating with devices smaller than a finger nail, and more powerful than a top-notch personal computer today. Your telephone will not ring indiscriminately; it will receive, sort, and perhaps auto-respond to calls. As we interconnect ourselves, many of the values of a nation-state will give way to ...
- 2080: Antigone
- ... unburied, his corpse carrion for the birds and dogs to tear, an obscenity for the citizens to behold! (229-31) Antigone was not about to simply obey Creon’s absurd decree. She felt that her personal responsibility was to the gods and her family rather than the king. She then asked Ismene, her sister, to assist her with the burial, but was denied any help. Ismene justified her decision by telling ... much of it (hubris) can lead to destruction. Admitting that you are wrong is not a bad thing. It can prevent a lot of heartache. Work Cited Sophocles, Antigone. Trans. Robert Fagles. Literature and the Writing Process. Elizabeth McMahan, Susan X Day, and Robert Funk. 5th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice, 1999. 644-679
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