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- 22041: Colours Of The Great Gatsby
- ... and distinction of colours can be often used to represent certain aspects about people. In the novel The Great Gatsby they are used to describe the personalities of Myrtle and Daisy as well as Gatsby's. With certain colours they wear they are able to express their identity, and it can also have an affect on their behaviour. Jay Gatsby exploits colours to show of his wealth. Through colours people are also distinguished to which social class they belong to. F. Scott. Fitzgerald uses colour to identify Myrtle's, Gatsby's, and Daisy's personality and persona as well as the social status to which they belong. Myrtle is the wife of Gorge Wilson who is an auto mechanic. She represents the lower class in ...
- 22042: The Life And Times Of Karl Mar
- Karl Marx was born on May 5, 1818, in a place called Trier in Prussia. His parents were of Jewish descent, however they did not practice Judaism. In 1824 Karl's father adopted protestantism. Marx attended the university of Bonn and later the university at Berlin, where he studied in law, while majoring in history and philosophy. Marx handed in his doctoral thesis of the philosophy of Epicurus, and concluded university in 1841. After his education, Marx associated himself with the "Left Hegelians," along with Bruno Bauer, which were a group who formed atheistic and revolutionary ideas from Hegel's philosophy. In 1842 Marx and Bruno Bauer were asked to contribute to the Rheinische Zeitung, an opposition paper, in Cologne. Marx in October of 1842, became editor-in-chief, and decided to move from Bonn ... If it had not been for the financial help from his good friend Engels, he would have not been able to continue his lifelong struggle. Marx re-involved himself in political activity in the 1850's and 1860's with the revival of democratic activities. Marx became the core of the International Working Men's Association, for whom he wrote the first address, and made many resolutions and manifestoes for. ...
- 22043: Gun Control: Simple Solution or Ticket to Trouble
- ... They included 18,450 homicides and legal intervention, 19,590 suicides, 1,740 accidents, and 460 unknown circumstances. (Kruschke, 1995) Self-defense is another area in which gun control would have an effect on. Survey’s done on the number of times victims of violent crimes used firearms were as follows. Around 62,200 victims used guns to defend themselves. Another 20,000 people used guns to protect property. A study ... for self-defense and that all types of firearms have roughly been used 2.5 million times per year for that same reason. (Pontonne, 1997) As you can see from the above-mentioned statistics, it’s not hard to understand why so many people want this changed. The pro side also feels that the 2nd Amendment only guarantees the right to bear arms collectively, not individually. This is what causes so ... assault weapons in 1989, yet its homicide rate today is 38% higher than the rest of the US. In 1975, South Carolina limited handgun sales to individuals to one per month. Since then, South Carolina’s violent crime rate has risen 100%. In 1976, the District of Columbia enacted a virtual ban on handguns. By 1991, D.C.’s homicide rate had tripled. New York City, Chicago, L.A., and ...
- 22044: Neve Campbell
- Neve Campbell Neve Campbell’s career was a success because she danced. Neve Campbell started to dance when she was 6, following a visit the made to go and see the performance “The Nutcracker”. When she was in dancing school ... from the audience. It was this part of her career that Neve found the love of acting, not only on a stage but to reach higher in her career and be a movie star. Neve’s career as a movie star was just the beginning of her debut on television. Neve Campbell appeared in the NBC movie “ I know my son is alive”. She also played Daisy in the television series “Catwalk”. But Neve Cambell’s television career is most well known for her performances in “Party of Five”, as Julia Slalinger. This show won an Emmy for “best show in 1995. Neve made appearances on “Kids in the hall”, “ ...
- 22045: Capital Punishment
- ... were considered less-than-capital offenses for whites, such as rape and burglary (Dieter 145). Furthermore, a large percentage of the blacks who were executed were juveniles, and the number of executions without having one’s conviction reviewed by a higher court was higher for blacks (NCADP). In recent years, there has been wide belief that racial discrimination is a thing of the past. However, since the renewal of capital punishment ... in Georgia, showed that those convicted of killing a white person were more likely to receive the death penalty in all indicted cases. Further evidence proved unfairness in capital cases as reported by the U.S. General Accounting Office. The GAO results of its review concluded that of the 28 studies there was a “pattern of evidence indicating racial disparities in the charging, sentencing, and imposition of the death penalty, and ... a lethal gas. as with electrocution, suffocation by inhalation of a lethal gas is not always a quick and clean way of death. in the case of the execution of Don Harding in Arizona, U.S Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said that it took Mr. Harding more than ten minutes to die. the latest mode of infliction of the death penalty is lethal injection. some believe that this ...
- 22046: Diversity Within English
- Diversity Within English In order to understand how language variation descriptors are used, we first must understand what language variation is. We can say that the U.S. is linguistically diverse because of the multitude of languages spoken here, but we can also find diversity within these languages. All languages have both dialectical variations and registral variations. These variations, or dialects, can differ ... vomit (vocabulary). There are three main types of reactions to these socially significant items. 1. Social indicators - the speaker, and often the listener, is not aware that these items are socially significant in revealing one's social status, so the speaker makes no attempt to avoid them when speaking in a more formal style. This would be someone who wants to take your picture, rather than your photograph. 2. Social markers ... loosing of sounds a la Joe Pesci that produce phrases such as doze tree guys. Closely related to these social class factors are education and occupation. While occupations often produce their own jargons, a person's occupation will also determine what style of speech is used. A lawyer and a laborer would not be likely to use the same dialect on the job. Likewise, a person with little education is ...
- 22047: Computer Simulations
- ... on thgis program. It covers almost all aspects and situations required for realistic, meticulous and a complete simulation. Information Technology has lead to the advancement of the tools required to build the simulator. Information Technolgy s guideleines and technolgy have reinforced this creative simulator General Description of Operational Capability. WARSIM 2000 will increase the effectiveness of commander and battle staff training by dramatically increasing the realism and the scope of the ... techniques, and validated algorithms and databases, it will allow units world-wide to train using their organizational equipment. A key feature of the system will be its use of technology to minimize the total Army's overhead associated with supporting training. The system will be designed to meet emerging Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) standards and protocols to facilitate linkages with DIS compliant simulators and live training events. b. The WARSIM 2000 ... responsive terrestrial/satellite communications gateways and media for transmitting voice, data, facsimile, and video between different elements at remote locations involved in supporting a training exercise. c. WARSIM 2000 will meet the Mission Need Statement's (MNS's) requirement for providing a training environment that will allow unit commanders and battle staffs to focus their warfighters and systems in countering threats across the operational continuum. WARSIM 2000 must provide an ...
- 22048: Environment Report: Tidal Power In The Bay of Fundy
- ... the front line, and advances anew in a tidal bore. Usually the ingredients occur during a new moon with 15 feet tides and the opposing force of the Shubenacadie river to display the true Bay's magnificence. This part of St. John is divided into 3 main areas: the main Harbor, Courtenay Bay and the Outer Harbor. These areas are influenced by the Bay of Fundy tides and the currents of ... the earth. These bulges tend to rotate around the globe along with the moon resetting in semi-diurnal tides with a period of half a lunar day (12.4 diurnal hours) even though the earth's rotation is a diurnal period of 24 hours. PROLOGUE The Bay of Fundy is an area of about 1.6(100000 Km2). The Bay of Fundy is a part of the Continental Shelf off eastern Canada and New England. It also serves as an extension that divides New Brunswick from Western Nova Scotia. At the Bay of Fundy's tidal river at the Southwestern tip of Nova Scotia, sea water overflows the other riverbank in spring to deposit loads of North Atlantic Salt twice daily. In the tidal river, fresh water and salt ...
- 22049: Advertisment
- ... emphasizes a concern about customers' ease of access. To place this ad on the Internet is a relatively expensive method compares to advertising this in the newspaper or even on the radio. However, web advertisement's advantages include a wider customer base, more extensive information can be placed, more detailed graphic, not to mention the display of the product can be more interactive with the potential customer. For instance, ˇ§Frame It ... and making an order. There is an ˇ§Orderˇ¨ option in which one can uses the computer to place an order, providing that one needs a credit card to do so. There are also the business's address and phone number provided for any further question or should a customer prefers a little more personal as well as more interactive type of service. The ad is overall effective. It uses typical marketing ... In terms of language, it uses a mixture of connotations and picturesque language to help potential customers imagine the products as well as understand the various options that they provide. The use of the ad's language is to be commented in that it does have a certain straightforward tone. This works to the ad's advantage in making it sounds more sincere and not simply like businesses that say ...
- 22050: Italian Revolutions
- ... recognized pioneers of humanism were Petrarch and Giovanni Boccaccio. Petrarch became known for his poetry, which can be described, like all humanistic writing, to be very realistic, critical, and more often than not satirical. Petrarach’s style is close to those of the classical authors he studied, expressing his view accurately through the use of characters. He once said of his writing, “ The style is the man.” His most famous contributions ... depictions of real life characters and situations. He described a group of men and women fleeing from a plague infested Florence to the countryside. In seclusion, they hold story telling sessions that tie into Boccacio’s own view of society. Another development in the field of humanism was the courtier system, which was influenced by the interaction between humanist philosophers and the signorial courts of the city-states. These humanists began ... out among the masses. Giotto is considered the first artist to portray nature realistically. He produced many frescoes with characters that showed real emotions and had realistic settings. All Renaissance painters would take after Giotto’s work. Brunelleschi was the first Renaissance architect to revive the Roman style of architecture. He incorporated arches, columns, and other elements of classic architecture in his famous designs. One of his best known buildings, ...
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