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- 18551: Men And Women
- ... in a more visible (yet accessible) location. As a temporary fix to this problem, I simply sharpen about ten pencils all up front. A more expensive item is also being under utilized because it doesn't match the ambiance of the house. This item is the Dolby Surround Sound home theater system my dad bought a few years back. It is all setup fine except for a very critical part, the ... wires so that they can be moved to better positions when the occasion arises and later placed back to their original spots. This setup seems just fine to the women in the family who aren't impressed by the high quality sound as the men are. The Jones women tend to watch movies that don't depend on big explosions and car chases. In the movies they watch, sound is only necessary so that one can hear the leading man telling the leading lady how pretty she is. The women ...
- 18552: Theories of Knowledge and Psychological Applications
- ... the theories The neural network model attempts to explain that which is known about the retention and retrieval of knowledge. Neural network models have been examined for a number of years. In the mid 1940's and 1950's the first of the network models began to appear. These publications introduced the first models of neural networks as computing machines, the basic model of a self-organizing network (Arbib, 1995). In 1943 McCulloch and ... conditioning as opposed to cognition. Grossberg developed his neural network theory during the years of 1969, 1980, 1987, and 1988. Grossberg developed a powerful network theory of the mind but, like the Rashevsky model, Grossberg's theory was comprised of complex mathematical terms and was therefore extremely difficult to understand. His neural network models are only now being recognized as truly revolutionary (Martindale, 1991). Many new theorists would enter the ...
- 18553: The Siddhartha By Hermann Hess
- ... Brahmin, Siddhartha has been taught that Brahmin is the soul of "Atman" or the 'Only One'. It means that Brahmin is the highest position beside the Creator. However he does not think that his superior's 'Self' will give him salvation. Siddhartha thinks his 'Self' conquers him. He wants his 'Self" to die to find wisdom and spiritual knowledge. These thoughts lead him to go on a spiritual journey and he ... does so by leaving his home to join the Samanas. For a number of years, rather than searching for his soul, Siddhartha attempts to destroy it through suffering of Samanic asceticism. He sees that Samana's knowledge might lead him to his salvation. In the second chapter on page 11, Hermann Hesse writes: "Siddhartha had one single goal--to become empty, to become empty of thirst, desire, dreams, pleasure and sorrow ... being' is isolated by his knowledge. He realizes that he does not know his 'Self' which he has spent his life avoiding. He vows him self to explore the 'Self'. The second step of Siddhartha's journey is realizing that although he has knowledge, knowledge is not enough without experience. Experience can be gained through practicing knowledge. Also he realizes that thought and sense must be used together to find ...
- 18554: Leadership Principles
- Introduction Leadership is the process of motivating others to work to meet specific goals and objectives. "Leadership is deliberately causing people-driven actions in a planned fashion for the purpose of accomplishing the leader's agenda" (Crosby 2). A leader motivates others to action. Thus, it is the motivation of others and their actions that defines a successful leader. In other words, leadership is the art and science of getting others to perform and achieve a vision. Therefore, leadership is not only reflected in performance, no matter how good that performance is, but in accomplishment. As a leader one's focus should be on accomplishing that leadership goals, whether in a personal, community or charitable, business, political, or industrial forum. In the business world, managers have a great responsibility of leading employees working under them ... good listener, then he/she should learn how to really listen. In addition to listening and carefully understanding what a team member is saying, leader should also make sure that every team member gets leader's undivided attention (Normand, Jackson 111). Unfortunately, as a listener, leaders have their own problems to face with. Listeners frequently have too many sound and visual signals reaching them at the same time. It is ...
- 18555: The Atomic Bomb and the Manhattan Project
- ... Alamos, near Alamogordo, New Mexico. This is where the actual weapon would be designed. The head of this site was Julius Robert Oppenheimer; this caused a small uproar because of past involvement in pro communists activities. The second site for the Manhattan Project was in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. At this site, scientist and laborers were separating U-235 from U-238. Here the Hiroshima bomb was built in huge buildings ... was very unusual. It was spherical shape not the common cylindrical shape. This might not seem too much today but back then it would most likely be luck if you could accomplish this task. Thats why they hand picked those men for the 509th unit especially for this mission. On April 12, 1945 Roosevelt died and Harry S. Truman became the new president. He was briefed on the situation and the Manhattan Project. By April 26, 1945, the men of the 509th unit were ready to move over seas to Tinian Island, ...
- 18556: The Battle of 3rd Ypres (Passchendaele)
- ... gloomy about what would happen in the English Channel if the Belgium ports were not closed to the enemy. Pressure had consequently been put on Field Marshal Haig to make an attack in Flanders. Haig's plan was to strike out of Ypres to the North and East and, in conjunction with a seaborne landing on the coast of Belgium at Nieuport, he would capture the high ground at Passchendaele which ... relieve the pressure on the French, who needed time to recover from the bloody shambles of Verdun that had caused the French army to mutiny. Three main factors that should have been addressed prevented Haig's plans from being successful: these were the battlefield itself, the weather and the German defences. The Battlefield The Ypres salient occupied a lowlying, gently undulating pastureland, which had been reclaimed from marsh over the years ... assembling for the assault became a casualty! The assembling troops and artillery were under direct vision from the high ground of the Ridge and the German shellfire was used with great effect to disrupt Haig's preparations for battle; the effects of high explosive and gas bombardment forced Haig to make two delays from the original start date of the 19th. of July. These effects of the geography and the ...
- 18557: The Merchant Of Venice 2
- The Merchant of Venice The playgoers of Shakespeare s times, a successful drama was one that combined a variety of action, along with a mixture of verse and prose in the language used. This variety was achieved, and character and atmosphere was summarized. Modern playwrights tend to describe their characters in detail in the stage directions, leaving very little for the reader to discover. However, Shakespeare s describing of a character is scarce. Usually, when reading Shakespeare s work, the audience has to detect the personality of the character by the character s action in the play, relationship towards other characters in the play , and most of all the character s manner ...
- 18558: The Roles Of I-330 And O-90
- The Roles of I-330 and O-90 Zamyatin s We is a story set far into the future. There is only one country, OneState, and the government controls everything. The story is actually a diary written by the main character, D-503, that is to be sent aboard a space shuttle to other planets in order to describe the greatness of OneState. The diary details the changes that take place in D-503 s life and way of thinking. A woman who was known as I-330 brought about these changes. This anarchistic woman corrupts D-503, throughout the story and steals him away from the woman who loves him, O-90. These two women, and especially I-330, have major roles in the story that documents D-503 s gaining of a soul. In the beginning of We, D-503 is satisfied with the life he is living in OneState. As a mathematician, OneState is perfectly suited for him. All daily events are ...
- 18559: The Differences and Similarities of Pneumonia and Tuberculosis
- ... a fungus that causes pneumocystic carinii pneumonia (PCP) and is often "the first sign of illness in many persons with AIDS and
can be successfully treated in many cases" (American Lung Association, 1996). In Joan's case bacterial pneumonia was suspected because her immune system was weakened by her sore throat and her signs and symptoms correlated with pneumonia. Tuberculosis (TB) Tuberculosis was discovered 100 years ago but still kills three ... with someone who has active TB (Cook & Dresser, 1995). The tuberculosis bacteria enters the air when a TB patient coughs, sneezes or talks and is then inhaled. The infection can lie dormant in a person's system for years causing them no problems however when their immune system is weakened it gives the infection a chance to break free. Types of TB Treatments Types of treatment will depend on whether the ... this occurs the treatment is more intense. The disease is treated with at least two different types of antibiotics in order to cure the infection. Within a few weeks the antibiotics will build the body's resistance and slow the poisons of the TB germ to prevent the patient from being contagious. An example of treatment would be short- course chemotherapy, which is the use of isoniazid (INH), rifampin, and ...
- 18560: Intro To Business
- ... Each citizen can pursue his own best interest within the economy. Inturn, the society would benefit without government becoming involved. The French term laissez faire, meaning "let them do", is generally used to describe Smith's capitalistic system. Smiths ideas are usually broken down into four basic ideas. The first being that an individual should be responsible for his own prosperity. By doing so, he is likley to be more productive ... overall economy. The fourth and final idea is that the government should not be involved in the economy. Smith felt that the government should be limited to providing defense against foreign countries, while allowing it's citizens to control the economy. He did state that the government should make the rules, and decide if and when those rules are broken. Karl Marx could be considered completely opposite of Smith. Known as ... was built around the belief of a classless society where the citizens collectivly owned all resources. Workers would produce to the best of their ability and were paid upon their specific needs. In reality, today's communist societies contrast Marx's basic ideas and concepts. The government tends to place it's needs before the needs of it's citizens. As a result, shortages in consumer goods are common. The ...
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