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- 22811: Tale of Two Cities: The Wine Shop Chapter - Element of Secrecy
- ... The Wine Shop chapter suggests an element of secrecy. This is seen when three men in the tavern are named Jaque, the existence of a remote attic to hide Mr. Monette, and third, Mme. Defarge's behavior. The men all sharing the same name certainly appears odd. Because it is the era of the French Revolution, the sameness of the names suggests some secret activity is going on. The secret activity ... friend?"said Mr. Lorry, surprised. (Pg. 32). The very hiding place itself suggests the element of secrecy. The remote attic is at the top of the dangerous and rickety staircase. "Such a staircase, with it's accessories, in the older and more crowded parts of Paris, would be bad enough now, but at the time, it was vile enough."(pg. 31). To a sand, to Mr. Monette's hiding would discourage most people. The use of this particular hiding place appears affective. It is not likely that Mme. Defarge would attempt this limb. Mme. Defarge's behavior appears to be secretive. Because ...
- 22812: Internet Privacy
- ... much and what kind of info can be gathered about a person, even someone who is just visiting and not shopping or signing up for anything. Through the use of the "cookie" technology, a person's movement through the Web can be tracked to provide information. Using cookies a website assigns each individual a unique identifier (but not the actual identity), so that the he may be recognized in subsequent visits to the site. On each return visit, the site can call up user-specific information, which could include the consumer's preferences or interests, as indicated by documents the consumer accessed in prior visits or items the consumer clicked on while in the site. Websites can also collect information about consumers through hidden electronic navigational software ... censured the e-commerce industry for not adequately protecting private information, stating that "the vast majority of online businesses have yet to adopt even the most fundamental fair information practice...." It also criticized the industry's voluntary guidelines, stating that "with limited exception, contain none of the enforcement mechanisms needed for an effective self-regulatory regime."4 Only 924 of the 1,400 websites surveyed was found to have privacy ...
- 22813: Industrial Revolution
- By: Elijah Kim E-mail: nykillabzzz@aol.com American dream promises equal opportunity to pursuit one’s happiness, personal wellbeing, and reward for all those Americans and immigrants who endure, overcome, and ultimately prevail hardships. However during the era of American Industrialization, many people were exploited and forced to work or else ... class, in order to survive, Ms. Rosen was able to cut down wages of her workers and still keep many of them. Many workers believed that the way of socialism was favorable to the country’s common laborers. There was much use of court rulings to halt strikes. For example, when Eugene Debbs did not cooperate with the government to return his rail road workers, he was arrested and the workers were forced to work. In 1890, for example, Congress passed the Sherman Anti-trust Act. This law’s purpose was to punish big business corporations that merged to eliminate competition. “Survival of the fittest” ideal of the social Darwinists were destroying the small businesses. Yet more and more it was being used ...
- 22814: Leonardo Da Vinci (!)
- ... machines were perfected, Leonardo devised plans for prototypes of an airplane and a helicopter. His extensive studies of human anatomy were portrayed in drawing, which were among the most significant drawings in Renaissance science. Leonardo’s remarkable illustrations of the human body elevated the most significant drawings in Renaissance science. Leonardo’s remarkable illustrations of the human body elevated drawings in Renaissance science. Leonardo’s remarkable illustrations of the human body elevated drawings into a means of a scientific exposition. It also provided the basic principles for modern scientific illustrations. Leonardo was born in 1452 on is father’s ...
- 22815: Generation X
- Generation X My main objective in writing this essay was to articulate my feelings on a topic which should matter to those of us who don't want to be percieved in such a general manner. At the same time I tried to draw comparisons to misunderstood generations of the past. I drew the analogy about algebra because it provides a strong ... to say that we as a generation are considered impossible to classify, and like the letter X, we are an entire generation of variables. This is partially true, only because my peers and I don't have a specific issue which brings us together. We have no war to oppose, no music calling for us to unite, nothing cohesive which binds us as a generation. We are instead like the molecules ... in a way that makes us all seem like apathetic Beavis and Butt-Head followers, who play too many video games and spend too much time at the mall. When reading these articles, I can't help but think about Bob Dylan, 30 years ago, singing to the parents of his generation; "Don't criticize what you can't understand." These words of a song became the rallying cry for ...
- 22816: One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich: Summary
- ... Ivan uses his intelligence to make his life easier so he can save up more energy to face the work load. He and the members of the 104th group manage to survive because of Ivan's personal attention to himself and his care about the others. More importantly, Ivan survives because his intelligence, his spirit, his deception and careful teamwork. Ivan has to be smarter than the guards in the camp ... and his pocket, and one guard also crushes the mitten that Ivan holds out which is the empty one. This was in the book as, He was about to pass him through when, for safety's sake, he crushed the mitten that Shukhov held out to him - the empty one. (Solzhenitsyn, Pg. 107) The smart move that he does is to place the empty mitten on top and take the risk ... to do, he thinks that they are chagelles. Ivan is careful about what he does in the camp, therefore he does what is appropriate to do in the camp. He does not take other person's left overs to eat even when he is extremely hungry. This reduce the chances of getting disease so he may live longer. When Ivan is sick, he goes to the sick bay and he ...
- 22817: Joe Louic
- ... with his mother. He was the first African American ever to achieve lasting fame and star status in the 20th Century. He did so with boxing, he would capture the hearts of millions of American's, both white and black. This was a time when blacks were being discriminated against, the military was segregated, blacks were not allowed to play Major League Baseball. When he started boxing early in the 1930's hero worship was not achievable in any professional sports, there were none that were able to command the attention away from whites, however that would all change. Joe Louis began his boxing career at the ... divided country made him a symbol of national unity and purpose. Twice he donated his winnings to the military relief funds. He advertised himself even more tot he American Public when he said the U.S. would win World War 2 " because we're on God's side". In front of 70,000 screaming fans at Yankee Stadium, Louis pulverized the Aryan figurehead, knocking him to the floor 3 times. ...
- 22818: The Problems of Mexico City
- The Problems of Mexico City The principal problems now facing Mexico City are its overcrowding and overpopulation, its dangerous environment, its dwindling water supply, and its terrible air pollution. One of Mexico City's problems is that it has an enormous population that continues to rapidly increase every day. There are many people that move to Mexico City and many people that are born there every year. These factors contribute even more to its overcrowding and overpopulation. Another problem is Mexico City's habitat. It is located in the Valley of Mexico, which is highly vulnerable to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. These natural disasters cause much destruction to Mexico City. Yet still another problem with Mexico City's habitat is the overall instability that is caused by the fact that much of the city is located on a weak, dry-lakebed surface. Mexico City's rapidly diminishing water supply creates another dangerous ...
- 22819: Irrationalism
- ... Irrationalism to the psychological and social irrationalism of individual psychology, manipulation of the masses has always gone hand in hand. During the infantile stages of its discovery to the full blown power seen in today's world, nothing alone has contributed more to the near total destruction or utopian existence in humankind's evolution than time itself. And with that I will briefly recite my perceptions of the latter. For the most part, the Age of Reasoning saw its rewards on a recovering Europe. The reverberating affects the ... the conventionalities the lower class population had become so dependant on were literally wiped from their lives, leaving huge voids in belief and purpose. This is notably pointed out in such observations as Friedrich Nietzsche's analogies of humanity's removal from tradition. With the church being secularized in most cases and feudalism crushed, the comfort found in the routine of their dominance was lost while, in general, a nationalist ...
- 22820: Drinking Hemlock and Other Nutritional Matters
- ... questions about how we know what we know and emphasizes the need for careful inquiry. Mr. Morowitz is strongly convinced that by incorporating the basics of epistemology (or the theory of knowledge) into our children’s schooling, they would be much better suited to survive in the harsh real world. His title alludes to the punishment of Socrates, the first propounder of the Theory of Knowledge. Morowitz begins his short piece ... in perpetuity for an “unnatural act”(2) As the “…veil of sleep had lifted and the uncertainty of reason replaced the assuredness of emotion,” Morowitz begins to question the validity of the past movie star’s accusations (2). After taking time to ponder her barrage against sugar that had him all fired up in emotion, Morowitz contemplates where this actress “had acquired such self-righteous certainty about biochemical and nutritional matters ... is not the shortest road to the truth at all, and we of the dirty white lab coat crowd are missing some mysterious pathway whereby true nutritional knowledge comes with blinding insight” (2). Harold Morowitz’s tale reveals the frequentness of ill-researched facts being set forth for all to see. He tells another story of a biomedical scientist’s nightmare involving a social gathering where someone begins an “oratorical ...
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