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- 541: Dante
- ... those who were miserly on earth, and the prodigal were squanderers. Dante’s punishment for them is one of the avaricious sinners was to be paired with a prodigal sinner. Then, the two individuals would roll the weights around in a semi-circle until “they [the weights] struck each other; at that point, each turned around and, wheeling back those weights, [cried] out: ‘Why do you hoard? Why do you squander?’” These sinners are condemned to forever roll these weights back and forth and yell at each other every time the weights collide. These punishments involve no real physical torment other than pushing the weights; therefore, the punishment is designed primarily as a ...
- 542: What is A Robot
- ... a trunk, shoulder, upper arm, forearm, and wrist. All joints on the arm can rotate, creating six degrees of freedom. Three are the X, Y, and Z axes. The other three are pitch, yaw, and roll. Pitch is when you move your wrist up and down. Yaw is when you move your hand left and right. Rotate your entire forearm as if you are drilling a hole. Your arm would rotate around an axis that goes through the center of your wristbone. This motion is called roll. What a robot does is stated in its program. The program tells a microprocessor what to do. The microprocessor sends signals to joint boards, which in turn, send signals to a motor. Then the motor ...
- 543: Television Violence and Its Effect on Children
- ... and hearing about violence in in music affect a child's behavior?" Obviously these media have a big influence on childrens' behavior: we can see it in the way they attempt to emulate their favorite rock stars by dressing in a similar style and the way children play games, imitating their favorite cartoon personalities or super heroes. Studies have shown that extensive television viewing may be associated with, aggressive behavior, poor ... the shortcomings in television. Music is also a large part of children's lives today. A recent study showed that between the seventh to twelveth grade alone children listen to almost as many hours of rock music as they spend in school, for a full twelve years (Entertainment Monitor, 1995). As a teenager I can personally attest to the fact that most parents don't know what their children are listening ...
- 544: Defend or Refute the Statement: "Trapping Should be Illegal - Then and Now"
- ... trapping should have been illegal when Canada was first being settled in the 17th and 18th centuries. When the first explorers came to the new world, it was regarded as a huge slab of worthless rock standing between Europe and the riches of the Orient. The only reason these explorers even explored this continent was the hope of finding the North-West passage, a route to the Orient. Fortunately, while searching ... heard how pelts of all kinds could be obtained so easily and sold for so much, the idea of not settling in the new world was ridiculous. Suddenly settlers came to this "slab of worthless rock" and tried to set up permanent living there. Even after a few failed attempts the draw of the fur trade was responsible for the settlement we call New France. After the first steps toward a ...
- 545: Mass Media, Sex, and Pornography
- ... women as only being able to fill male sexual desires. To say that pictures featuring nudity, etc, are making objects out of women is foolish. One should consider females who pin-up posters of male rock stars or children who collect hockey or baseball cards. Society, however, does not say that objects are being made out of these rock stars and sports heroes; pictures of clothed people are no less objects than pictures of naked people. Many complaints are also made to the effect that pornography only offers a one-dimensional view to life ...
- 546: The Jovian Planets
- ... thirds of the planetary mass in the solar system. Jupiter’s surface, unlike earth, is gaseous and not a solid. It is about 90% hydrogen and 10% helium with traces of methane, ammonia, water and rock. Jupiter’s interior is very similar to the Sun’s interior but with a far lower temperature. However, it is still unknown but Jupiter is believed to have a core of liquid metallic hydrogen. This ... a diameter of 5150 kilometers it is 6 percent larger than Mercury. It is the second largest satellite in the solar system. It is been proposed that Titan is made up of equal parts of rock and ice. It has a very opaque atmosphere. It is a very thick "photochemical haze" that is about 50 kilometers thick. The atmospheric pressure is about 60 percent greater than earth’s and it is ...
- 547: The Tobacco Industry: Liable F
- ... something called subrogation, where the insurance company has the right to sue in place of their client, with the insurance company accepting all risks and costs involved. Also all the profits. The states had a rock hard case, and the tobacco industry folded. They opted to settle. The New York Times calculates the cost of the settlement to be $378.5 billion. The actual people who suffer from cigarette use receive not a cent, but they do have lower premiums. Why settle when you lose over 350 billion dollars? Must have been a pretty rock hard case, huh? It has been shown, in a 1995 investigation of the effects of nicotine in cigarettes, that the "tobacco manufacturers 'intend' that their products have addictive... effects". Seems that the tobacco companies deliberately ...
- 548: The Sociolect of Teenage Jocks
- ... The argument consisted of “ Get the f*ck out of here. Don’t mess with me!”, a red face as his anger level mounted and punches when he did not get his own way. The rock, by being seldom broken, can prove its precedence to the rest of the quarry. Diction of a jock is overridden with abbreviations, such as DL which means Down Low, slang words consisting of the common ... was not particularly amused. With this unique manner, a jock is able to express his anger or happiness. Ultimately his word choice is the key to his treasure chest of emotions. A jock is a rock, sturdy and yet powerful while exhibiting his feelings. Will this sociolect continue to exist throughout high schools? Most definitely. Although the manner and diction will evolve, the jock's socielect will continue, as long as ...
- 549: Ambushed Tradition
- ... was listening to the elders' stories and advice. She "needed someone that she could look up to and respect" (Abrahamson). The Indians on the reservation didn't know how to succeed because they were without roll-models, "...just like everybody else, Indians need heroes to help them survive. But what happens when our heroes don't even know how to pay their bills?"(Alexie, Lone 49). Similarly, from the transcript of ... at Woodstock:' "I know exactly what it sounds like when my parents are touching each other. It makes up for knowing what they sound like when they are fighting"(Alexie, Lone 30). The lack of roll-models of good, healthy relationships are one more viscous cycle the Indians have on the reservation. One portrayal of this is in "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven:" "she and I never tried ...
- 550: The Meaning Of Life
- ... unconditional love. In the book of Job, God essentially makes a gentleman's bet with Satan that Job's worship is genuine and not inspired by God's kindness. In other words, you throw a rock at my dog and I'll swing my arm so it looks I threw it, and we'll see if he still comes when I call him. In the end, Job is not simply the dog, because he questions God's throwing of the rock. God's response is consistent with his goal of inspiring awe. Even though the idea of a bet with Satan is well within Job's grasp, God claims that his purpose was inconceivable to Job ...
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