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- 16431: Why Do Convenient Stores Have Locks On Their Doors If They Are Always Open?
- ... pass the 7-11. You decide to stop in and treat yourself to a nice big slurpee. As you pull in the parking lot you notice that the sign says, "We're open 24 hr's, 7 days a week, 365 days a year." However, when you reach the door you notice that they have locks on the doors and you think to yourself, why do convenient stores have locks on ... key on their already big key chain that they really have no use for. Since they are open every second of the year, they never need to lock the doors between shifts. When one person's shift is over then the next person will come in and take over. It's not like most stores where at night when the store closes they lock the doors and go home. Then, in the morning whoever is going to be opening comes in and unlocks the store ...
- 16432: Thomas Jefferson
- ... among a group of the most brilliant Americans that resulted from the Enlightenment in Europe. Possibly one of the best writers during his time, Jefferson was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. Jeffersonˇ¦s status as a Virginia aristocrat gave him the two most important things to become an educated man, which was a difficult thing to become during that time. Those two things, time and the resources, allowed ... born on the thirteenth day of April of the year 1743 at Shadwell in Goochland (now in Albemarle) Co., Virginia, which was at the time considered a western outpost and was to remain as Jeffersonˇ¦s lifelong home. He was the son of Peter Jefferson and Jane Randolph Jefferson. His father, Peter, was a surveyor, a cartographer, and a plantation owner and he was also largely self-educated. His mother, Jane was from the prominent Rudolph family of colonial Virginia. Jeffersonˇ¦s intense interest in botany, geology, cartography, North American exploration, and love of Greek and Latin are due largely from his father and his surrounding environment out in the west where he also absorbed the ...
- 16433: Snow Crash
- In Snow Crash, a novel by Neal Stephenson, Stephenson examines how expanding technology affects a society. He introduces us to a world where a computer virus is altering people s minds, and where they have no control over themselves. He vividly describes how Hiro, the protagonist, must fight the virus to save the future of the world. Technology is expanding everyday. Our society has grown ... and has become extremely powerful because of new technologies. People are learning how to use computers in place of their tasks. The Internet is a prime example is of expanding technology. One can obtain yesterday s and today s news, listen to music, talk to a friend over seas, view pornography, and countless other things in the privacy of one s home via the Internet. There is no way to really regulate what ...
- 16434: Post World War I
- ... clothing, their fashion, and even cut their hair shorter. Once the women had the right to vote with the passing of the 19th Amendment, they did not just sit back. The women of the 1920’s strived for a position of equality for both men and women in society. Americans had a hunger for news in the Twenties. Every day they would flock to the newsstand for the latest information. They ... The cheerful, light, easy feeling accompanied with jazz music was just an extension of American feelings during the Twenties, joyous and free spirited. Additionally, Americans found many other ways to entertain themselves in the 1920’s. They flocked to the theaters to see such stars as Charlie Chaplain, Mary Pickford and Rudolph Valentino. Other Americans swarmed to baseball stadiums to watch such top athletes as home run slugger Babe Ruth and boxing champion Jack Dempsey. When the Twenties rolled around, Americans found themselves engulfed in a bolstering economy. In the 1920’s business was an obsession. Economic expansion created booming business profits, which in turn raised the standard of living for most Americans. Large businesses were expanding. Small business entrepreneurs took advantage of the good times ...
- 16435: Frogs
- Frogs I. Description of the frog Just about everyone knows what a frog is and what it looks like. There are some people out there who don't. This is why I am writing this report. Frogs are cold-blooded amphibians. This means that they don't feel the difference in hot and cold weather. The first thing you notice when you see a frog is its shape and color. Frogs have long hind legs that, when they sit still, are folded ... mothers back. One type of Australian frog lays its eggs in its stomach and coughs up the baby frogs after they have hatched. V. Special interest Scientists know that frogs are amphibians but they didn't always know that. They used to think that frogs could feel hot and cold and had to stay away from it. Scientists have gotten smarter since then and have found out that the wood ...
- 16436: Claudius: Leader, King, Man
- ... those effects for which I did the murder- / My crown, mine own ambition, and my queen." (III,iii,51-55) Example 2 He is so blinded by his ambition to remain King that he didn’t stop his wife, the Queen, from drinking from the poisoned cup because it would reveal his plan. "It is the poison’d cup. It is too late." (V,ii,296) MAN: He is a coward ... fight is something a man who is brave would never do. A man who is brave would confront another man and deal with it in a duel. Example 2 Claudius commits adultery to his brother’s wife, and then marries her a month after the death of his brother. "You are the Queen, your husband’s brother’s wife." (III,iv,14) Anyone who has honor would not be able to commit adultery to a brother’s wife, and especially marry her. Example 3 By plotting his nephew’s murder, ...
- 16437: Monkey
- ... those of the reader. In Monkey , the author carefully parallels the traits of Monkey to the lives of human beings. Then why does the author portray so much resemblance between Monkey and human? The author s approach in attracting the audience by using symbolism successfully accomplishes the intention in the novel. All humans feel a need, a hunger for the things that benefit their way of living. Monkey easily symbolizes many ordinary humans in this world. Monkey s life represents a journey that reflects the lives of most human beings. From the beginning of the novel,Monkey expresses hunger that is overpowered by greed. Similar to human beings,Monkey first seeks knowledge, then power, and finally enlightenment. Monkey s arrogance brought by greed is displayed when he proclaims, why do you not bow down to me as your king? . Monkey s desire to acquire more than the apparent limit is more understandable to ...
- 16438: The Advantages of Stupidity
- The Advantages of Stupidity Most people say being stupid will lead no where. They claim that it is the worst possible condition in which to spend one's life, and if possible, it should be completely avoided. They would even suggest if the symptoms of stupidity are caught in the early stages, it could easily be treated by a surgeon. The most effective method used to do this is the chainsaw technique, later described in volume two. Yet, perhaps if people took a closer look at some of the advantages stupidity had to offer, they wouldn't have such a negative attitude toward it. After reading this paper, one will understand the advantages of stupidity. Admittedly, stupidity has certain disadvantages. Life isn't a bowl of cherries. And being stupid doesn't make it any fruitier. Being stupid can annoy even the most sensitive people. If one acts stupid, and does it in the wrong crowd, like ...
- 16439: The Trojan War
- The Trojan War Homer was the god who wrote three famous poems, the Illiad, the Oddessy, and the Beowulf. The Illiad was the story of the Trojan war. Here's how the trojan war went. Helen, Clytemnestra's sister, was married to Menelaus. A while later, Menelaus went hunting, and Paris from Troy came and took Helen away. Agamemnon heard the news and was furious. So, he got together troops and set off to Troy to get Helen back. But, they couldn't sail out of the bay..the wind held them back. So they had to sacrafice a maiden. Agamemnon sacraficed Iphigenia, his daughter. Clytemnestra, Agamemnon's wife, was NOT happy, for Iphigenia was her favorite ...
- 16440: The Role Of Achilles In The Il
- In the epic poem, The Iliad, Homer describes a social occasion in which character s values, the values of that character s culture and the themes those values develop can be derived. The funeral games, held by Achilles in honor of his late friend Patroclus, is a perfect example of such an occasion. Achilles is the model ... does has to be establishing his power and thusly working toward getting great glory. In order for the Greek culture to live on, they must beat the Trojans and win the war, for the Achaean's to win they must have teamwork. Achilles takes control of the funeral games to prove his power that he can actually control the Greeks so they will be able to win the war and ...
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