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- 14981: Who Is Raising The Chindren
- Who Is Raising the Children? Children are no longer being raised by effective positive influences. Most parents don t have sufficient time to spend with their kids because of economic realities. They are relying on other resources to be positive figures. As well as parents, educators also lack the time and resources to positively ... parent often has to work two jobs to support their family. Even when children are living with two parents, often both must work full time jobs. By simply trying to achieve minimal income, parents don t have enough time to dedicate strictly to their children. Parents are having to rely on other resources to develop their child s mind. All too often, television has become the new baby-sitter for today s youth. This generation of children is watching more hours per day than any generation before it. In order to achieve ...
- 14982: The Great Gatsby and The American Dream
- ... the bay (83)," and throws extravagant parties, hoping by chance she might show up at one of them. He, himself, does not attend his parties but watches them from a distance. When this dream doesn't happen, he asks around casually if anyone knows her. Soon he meets Nick Carraway, a cousin of Daisy, who agrees to set up a meeting, "He wants to know...if you'll invite Daisy to your house some afternoon and then let him come over (83)." Gatsby's personal dream symbolizes the larger American Dream where all have the opportunity to get what they want. Later, as we see in the Plaza Hotel, Jay still believes that Daisy loves him. He is convinced of this as is shown when he takes the blame for Myrtle's death. "Was Daisy driving?" "Yes...but of course I'll say I was." (151) He also watches and protects Daisy as she returns home. "How long are you going to wait?" "All night if ...
- 14983: Hamlets To Be Or Not To Be
- ... is eager to escape a life of calamity and disaster. He sees his life as a terrible burden, something he yearns to escape. The problem, however, is that death brings one into territory uncharted by t se still alive. It is not death that he fears for he perceives death as a release; the problem is death through suicide. Hamlet makes a philosophical approach to the question of whether or not it is nobler to endure life s hardships or overcome pain an agony. Despite the fact that life can be treacherous, Hamlet foregoes suicide because the afterlife may be worse if a person takes his own life. Hamlet also talks about life ... life to pass by. Hamlet feels as if he has resorted to this passive mode. He suffers guilt from standing by and allowing Claudius to live. Hamlet feels as if he is too gutless to t e the king s life until he has gathered all of the facts and the right opportunity arises. Hamlet is being extremely hard on himself . It is only human nature to feel nerveless when ...
- 14984: What Are Memes
- ... at Starbucks, flat tax...20th century things like the New York Yankees, World Wars, Gershwin , cyberspace and classic things like: the bible, folk dances,Y2K, recipes, respect for elders, nodding to say yes, French, Beethoven's Fifth symphony.... Dawkins believed that ideas, habits, behavioral norms etc undergo the same evolutionary struggle and adaptation that the genes in Darwin's Galapagos beasts underwent. A meme, therefore is a unit of cultural transmission, struggling to keep a place in an ever changing world. How do memes work ? Think of your mind as an environment. A new idea arrives: "make your own bread with a breadmaker." Your neighbor s mind environment may love Wonderbread, and be very hostile to breadmaking. However, he may fervently believe that OJ is innocent. You, on the other hand, may have a mind environment where breadmaking thrives, along ...
- 14985: Vegans
- ... other words, in order to practice veganism, it is not sufficient to simply avoid specific foods and products; it is necessary to actively participate in beneficial selfless action as well. Omitting animal products from one's life is a passive action; it does not necessitate asserting oneself, it merely involves avoidance. In order to actually implement and realize Ahimsa, we must engage the "dynamic" part of "dynamic harmlessness." Therefore, to fully ... vegan lifestyle, generally altering their diet first. It is a very complicated diet, one that must have successful supplementation of the nutrients the body usually acquires from the banned foods in the community. The vegan s next step deals with gradually replacing their clothing, cosmetics and incongruous habits with more serene, compassionate options. Some vegans eventually change jobs in order to align their vocation with their beliefs. Others become activists on ... work, adopt children, take in homeless animals, reduce their material consumption, or any number of other positive, beneficent acts. (Marcus par. 5) Being vegan is complex, challenging and rewarding because each element of a vegan's life is chosen with conscious awareness; all options are weighed in terms of achieving the highest good possible. This is not to say that vegans are "perfect" or that "perfection" is even attainable or ...
- 14986: Sonnet 130
- ... says "his mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun". then he says that her lips are not as red as coral, and that her skin is not as white as snow. of coarse she doesn’t have white skin no person has truly white skin. So to assume that he was stating that she was then dark and pail lipped would be wrong. One cannot claim, that since he says she ... says "his mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun". then he says that her lips are not as red as coral, and that her skin is not as white as snow. of coarse she doesn’t have white skin no person has truly white skin. So to assume that he was stating that she was then dark and pail lipped would be wrong. One cannot claim, that since he says she is not one thing, that he must be implying she is the opposite. He goes on to say that perfume smells better than her breath. never says that she has bad breath. In Shakespeare’s time people would cover themselves in perfume to mask their body odder. Most people didn’t brush their teeth. So it seams obvious that to them perfume smelled better that any part of a ...
- 14987: Divorce
- ... was a taboo that everyone avoided. Some couples chose to spend the rest of their lives with someone that they did not love anymore rather than deal with what society had to say. In today's society, however, it seems as if divorce is just a way of life: one in every two marriages ended up in divorce. The main reasons why couples file for divorce are adultery, lack of love ... common sense that due to human nature, people are never content with what they have. We always long for others even though we know that it is wrong and unfair. In the teenage drama, "Dawson's Creek", the main character's mother is caught having an affair with her co-worker. When asked why she cheated, she replies, "I had a perfect life" and admits that she longed for the feeling of needing something. In ...
- 14988: Firewalls
- ... 1990, in a paper by Bill Cheswick. A few of the industry pioneers tried to track down the origin of the word as described in this context. They found several references from the mid-80's that used the word to describe a damage-limiting device. The earliest use they found that seems to correspond to a security device was by Steve Bellovin, in some email to Phil Karn, in 1987. But the context suggests that Phil knew what Steve meant, yet Steve doesn't think he invented it. What is a network firewall? A firewall is a system or group of systems that enforces an access control policy between two networks. The actual means by which this is accomplished ... recognize about a firewall is that it implements an access control policy. The Internet, like any other society, is plagued with the kind of jerks who enjoy the electronic equivalent of writing on other people's walls with spray paint, tearing their mailboxes off, or just sitting in the street blowing their car horns. Some people try to get real work done over the Internet, and others have sensitive or ...
- 14989: Computer System Analysts
- ... film failed to win over movie audiences and one reason might be that most people in the movie going public are still unaware as to exactly what a computer systems analyst does. According to Webster's New World Dictionary (1359-1360), a computer systems analyst is someone who "designs an efficient computer system for a particular business, project, etc.", while the process of analyzing systems is defined as "an engineering technique that breaks down complex technical, social, etc. problems into basic elements whose interrelations are evaluated and programmed, with the aid of mathematics, into a compete and Integrated system." While it is true that today's high-technology world demands the competitive organization employs computer systems analysts in order to integrate their information, management, accounting, manufacturing and distribution sales systems. This analysis will describe the typical responsibilities of the computer systems ... computer programmers and 300,000 information systems managers" (Himmelberg 8G). The pay for this position and the high demand for it have ranked computer system analyst as the "best job in America, according to MONEY's latest ranking of 100 jobs...explosive anticipated growth of 37% helped propel systems analyst to the top of the chart from No. 31 in previous rankings" (Gilbert 70). The average salary for a systems ...
- 14990: Books And Technology Is The Future Of Printed Books In Jeopa
- ... innumerable ways. It is so implemented into our daily lives, that not a thought crosses our minds about how easily we are living. Technology has changed our world significantly. But has the computer made life's activities too easy for us? Are we becoming a lazy nation, by sitting at home letting the computer think for us? I feel that this is the case in some situations. Although one can see ... the Internet and gain information, they are not really processing it in their minds. An author states, "Inhabitants of digital culture watch text and graphics scrolling down and streaming across computer monitors. But they don't always call it reading. On PC's [personal computers], people search, surf, browse, log on, but seldom admit to reading" (Fortune 1). You can download any newspaper on the Web, but do you want to read your daily newspaper on your ...
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