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- 13051: Computers in the Workplace: Are They Used Ethically?
- Computers in the Workplace: Are They Used Ethically? Today's offices look very different from those in the late 1970s. Then typewriters, filing cabinets, and correction fluid were the norm. Today these items have been replaced by microcomputers, database management systems, and word processing software ... and communications among different departments in a company-but what are some of the ethical issues that have arisen as a result of using computers in the workplace? Information technology is replacing energy as society's main resource. Many people are concerned that too much emphasis has been put on what the computer can do to streamline business and too little on how it may be affecting the quality of our ... people with disabilities, computers play a much greater role. Computers have the potential of equalizing the workplace by enabling people with mobility, vision, and hearing impairments to do the same work as someone who isn't handicapped. Some disabled workers have difficulty holding down more than two keys at once or using a mouse. Blind workers need special translator hardware so they can read text and numbers. Fortunately, many add- ...
- 13052: A Passage To India - Charachte
- ... the novel Dr. Aziz truly resents the British Raja in India. He feels that they can be conniving, malicious and deceptive. Dr. Aziz, along with his friends, meticulously discusses these details over dinner at Hammidulah's house. During this conversation Dr. Aziz states his estimation of how the British have become malicious stating, "I give any Englishman two years And I give any English woman six months." They also conferred on the likelihood of the British accepting bribes and mistreating their positions. Dr. Aziz's views about the British were not unfounded; he and his friends had various unfortunate experiences with the British. His boss, Major Callander, treated Dr. Aziz very shoddily calling him for appointments and then leaving before Dr. Aziz's arrival. One night after a similar occurrence, the Magistrate's wife even took his Tonga so that Dr. Aziz had no way home. Dr. Aziz's friend, Hammidullah, had an appalling experience as well, ...
- 13053: Courage, Intelligence and Strength in The Client, Dragon, and Beowulf
- ... by his ability to outrun a racing carriage down a deep hill. Different books use different characters to display heroism within their characters. Mark Sway of The Client is a story of a young boy's heroic battle against the Mafia and the FBI. The story of Dirk Pitt of Dragon is a story of how a older man of the ninetee -hundredths can overcome evil. Beowulf of the story Beowulf ... display signs of Courage. Mark Sway was a courageous boy at his age of 9 years old. Mark would never quit from continuing with an idea of his if it was for good: "`We can't let them take the body, Reggie. Think about it. If they get away with it, it'll never be found.'"1 What this phrase points out, is that Mark did not want to leave the ... used courage in order that he can continue perusing the enemies. Dirk never gives up exposing a plot of death and trickery of another person. Beowulf displays courage by fighting off the Troll, the Troll's mother, and the Dragon. Beowulf would not forfeit a fight with one of those people despite their gruesome reputations. Beowulf made a journey to the bottom of a pool to defeat the mother, showing ...
- 13054: Biographies: Jackson, Van Buren, and Harrison
- ... President, Andrew Jackson, in 1828 is said to be the first modern election of our time. It was the first election where the personalities of each candidate were the issues. Mr. Jackson attacked John Adam's as "not a man of democracy" and an aristocrat. Adams attacked Jackson calling him a drunkard and pointed out that Jackson lived with his wife two years before he married her. Despite this, Jackson was ... campaigning in high electorial voting states, Jackson won the election. Jackson also promised to improve expansion westward (which won him some votes, I'm sure)--and he did--beginning an expansion that would reach it's peak over the next two presidents also. There were two major reasons which made people expand the country during Jackson's presidency the silver & gold believed to be in the areas near Mexico, and also bankers accumulated so much money from material from the west that money became inflated--which encouraged people to move west ...
- 13055: Rap and Rock ‘n’ Roll
- ... Here is a quote about how new music created by black artists were treated. When rock ‘n’ roll was sang by black artists, our society did accept it as music. They saw it as devil’s music. When Elvis, king of rock, sang rock ‘n’ roll, the music black artists sang became blues not rock ‘n’ roll. Whites didn’t wanted to admit that they enjoyed listening to black’s music so they changed rock ‘n’ roll into blues when black artists sang it. “Invented, as many popular cultural historians agree, by Chuck Berry, who blended such black musical forms as gospel, the blues, ...
- 13056: Biography: Helen Keller (1880-1968)
- ... to communicate with her family. Using touch and smell, she explored the world. Her isolation often enraged her, making her kick and scream in frustration. Life with Anne Sullivan At the age of six, Helen's parents took her to see Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, who recommended Anne Mansfield Sullivan as a teacher, a post she assumed on March 3, 1887. That April, the miracle occurred in which Helen associated water with the letters "w-a-t-e-r" which her teacher had signed into her hand. Helen learned 30 words the first day and soon learned to sign the alphabet, write and eventually speak. Helen learned to read lips by pressing her fingertips to the speaker's lips and feeling the vibrations and movement. This method, called Tadoma, is extremely difficult; very few master it. Helen had mastered Braille, the manual alphabet and the typewriter by the age of 10. By ...
- 13057: Woodstock 1969
- Woodstock 1969 Many large concerts occurred throughout America in the summer of 1969, but none were as well known and symbolic as Woodstock. Its impact on America’s culture and society as well as its youth will not be forgotten for many years to come. Four men named Michael Lang, Artie Kornfield, John Roberts, and Joel Rosenman originally established Woodstock. The men’s initial idea for the festival was to promote the idea of a new recording studio in Bethel, New York, which is where the event actually took place. Because of the extensive amount of rain that ... result of a tractor running over a man. The entire concert was a time of peace and happiness. Many of the people attending Woodstock were given a ray of hope in a world that didn’t accept them. Through all the drugs and mud etched in their minds, the desire for love and acceptance made its way to the surface. The mood created by this is what made Woodstock so ...
- 13058: Enduring, Endearing Nonsense of Fairy Tales
- Enduring, Endearing Nonsense of Fairy Tales Did you read and enjoy Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland books as a child? Or better still, did you have someone read them to you? Perhaps you discovered them as an adult or, forbid the thought, maybe you haven't discovered them at all! Those who have journeyed Through the Looking Glass generally love (or shun) the tales for their unparalleled sense of nonsense. Public interest in the books--from the time they were published ... a host of other absurd and captivating creatures sprung from the mind of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a shy, stammering Oxford mathematics professor. Dodgson was a deacon in his church, an inventor, and a noted children's photographer. Wonderland, and thus the seeds of his unanticipated success as a writer, appeared quite casually one day as he spun an impromptu tale to amuse the daughters of a colleague during a picnic. ...
- 13059: Fahrenheit 451: Predictions
- Fahrenheit 451: Predictions When reading Ray Bradbury’s description of the future in Fahrenheit 451, it would be very easy for many people to laugh at his predictions. Being written in the early 1950’s it is very understandable that Bradbury’s vision of the future may have been very distorted. Fahrenheit 451 did prove to be a very influential book about social criticism and censorship. Of course the most obvious prediction that was incorrect , and ...
- 13060: The Verve Pipe: The Freshman - Analysis
- ... Verve Pipe: The Freshman - Analysis When I was young I knew everything and she a punk who rarely took advice now I'm guilt stricken, sobbing with my head on the floor stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice now I can't be held responsible cause she was touching her face I wont be held responsible she fell in love in the first place For the life of me I cannot remember what made up think that we were wise and we'd never compromise for the life of me I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins we were merely freshman My best friend took a week's vacation to forget her his girl took a week's worth of valium and slept now he's guilt stricken sobbing with his head on the floor thinks about her now and how he ...
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