|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 50,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 27851 - 27860 of 30573 matching essays
- 27851: A Dependent Generation
- ... go to class, because they know the lecture notes will be on the class web page along with the practice midterms and finals. The fact that computers make these things easier reinforces the computer owner s dependence. Furthermore, students no longer have to do research outside of their room. Today, students can do all their research on the web, or through the online library system, which many universities offer. Students who ... time to refine. If a person spends the majority of their time on the computer, time is lost, time which could be used for social interaction. The result is most likely detrimental to the individual s social development. This generation is beginning to define itself as computer dependent. We have grown up in a society where computers are the trend. And, furthermore, we constantly reaffirm our dependence upon them, as a ...
- 27852: Drug Abuse
- ... drug dealers in this country, than there are dentists. Illegal drug abuse must be stopped; it hurts our society, hurts us, and, most of all, hurts the user. Drug users are parasites, feeding off society's money, taxes and insurance. Every type of insurance goes up because of drug abuse, including auto, health and homeowners. Worst of all, the crime rate will sky rocket if we let this behavior continue. Illegal ... murder. Drug use, itself, can be a crime. It makes innocent citizens scared to walk out of their own homes, in their own neighborhoods. Drug abuse is a plague to society. Drug abuse drains society's resources by requiring that taxes be spent on funding enforcement agencies, educational programs and treatment facilities and on prosecution of drug users and dealers. Drugs hurt future generations of citizens, because drug abuse, particularly of ...
- 27853: Changes Before The Revolution
- ... relationship with the mother country and developed an expanding capitalist system of their own. England would grant each colony a specific charter, granting them special privileges. To earn a charter, colonies had to follow Parliament’s order. After the colonial government removed controls on the production of tobacco, there was a major expansion in the economy. Plantations developed, for one owner and his servants. Indentured servants were brought over, at this ... EDWARDS by their common preaching effort. Together these men stressed the importance of “vital religious experience as the cornerstone of effective religious life.” When Jamestown was first settled, most colonists followed British parliament to it's fullest. But as years passed the colonists wanted change in different areas of their life. The most changes occurred in religion, economics, politics and social structures. These future Americans were in the process of having ...
- 27854: Celts VS Saxons
- ... level of chastity. The Celtic tribes of early Europe were very used to the fact that they had to be good fighters to survive. They were a oppressed group of people and come the 400's they had been pushed out of France, then from Spain and then to the British Isles. In the Celtic culture men were expected to go and fight in war. That was considered their job. Teachers ... fatty food and alcoholic beverages. They soon beheld the reputation of gluttons and drunks. An example of how people became used to a relaxed lifestyle and became known as gluttons and drunks are the foreigner's views of us Americans. They believe that we do not work hard and that we have too much time for fast food and Coors Lights. Saxons also had a very strong belief in chastity. The ...
- 27855: Global Stratification
- ... former Russia, and Eastern Europe. Low income groups, unfortunately are mostly farmers and account for about sixty nations globally. This group has no industrial technology and makes up close to one-half of the world’s population. Technology: Almost two-thirds of the population of the low income are farmers but the power of industrial technology is absent. These individuals are greatly limited to the complex machinery needed to produce sufficient crops. Population Growth: Countries with the least developed economies have the world’s highest birth rates. Populations of poor countries double every twenty-five years. Cultural patterns: Poor societies are typically traditional. Groups pass folkways from generation to generation. Social Stratification: unequally distributed wealth is often found in ...
- 27856: The First Generation of Computers
- ... have the power our present day desktop microcomputers. In 1950, the first real-time, interactive computer was completed by a design team at MIT. The "Whirlwind Computer," as it was called, was a revamped U.S. Navy project for developing an aircraft simulator. The Whirlwind used a cathode ray tube and a light gun to provide interactively. The Whirlwind was linked to a series of radars and could identify unfriendly aircraft and direct interceptor fighters to their projected locations. It was to be the prototype for a network of computers and radar sites (SAGE) acting as an important element of U.S. air defense for a quarter-century after 1958. In 1951, the first commercially-available computer was delivered to the Bureau of the Census by the Eckert Mauchly Computer Corporation. The UNIVAC (Universal Automatic Computer) was ...
- 27857: Homosexuality
- ... are chronically mentally ill, and about half are alcoholic or abuse drugs. During the 1950s, most homeless people were older, white, alcoholic men associated with the rundown sections of cities known as skid rows. Today's homeless, however, are mostly non-white; relatively young, with an average age in the middle 30s; and include a large number of women and children. About one-third of homeless men are veterans. In addition to the homeless population, even larger numbers are considered “marginally housed”; they are in danger of becoming homeless because of poverty or unavailable housing. About half the nation's poor households spend 70 percent or more of their monthly income on housing, which puts them at risk of becoming homeless if faced with an economic problem. Because the number of people living in poverty ...
- 27858: The Boston Massacre
- ... raise taxes, not just to channel trade through Britain. The Sugar Act was imposed on the colonists during a time of postwar depression.3 This made the Colonist even more worried and aware of Britain's impending power over them. The next act that Britain imposed over the Colonist was the Stamp Act. This act required stamp taxes to be put on most legal documents and printed material. Colonists had to ... and tried for the crimes. Why did the fire bells ring out without there bring a fire? Why did so many people commune at the Customs House? These questions were looked at during Captain Preston's trial and since to determine the actual guilt of these soldiers. Loyal Britons concluded that the fire bells rang as a signal to inform the towns' people to attack the guards. Captain Preston stated in ...
- 27859: Auditing Computer Security
- ... the action. What is the Audit Policy? You use the audit policy to select the types of security events that will be audited. When such an event occurs, an entry is added to the computer’s security log. The security log becomes you tool for tracking the events that you specify. On a domain controller, the audit policy determines the amount and type of security logging that window nt server performs ... audit events on any other computer in the domain, such as access to a file on a member server, you must set the audit policy on that computer. Events are recorded in the local computer’s security log, but they can be viewed from any computer by a user who has administrative privileges on the computer where the event occurred. Setting up auditing is a two-part process: Defining the audit ...
- 27860: Being A Dancer
- ... as well. Each and every practice we worked collaboratively, dedicated and devoted to our ambition. Our teacher would help us develop our abilities with elite leadership. Likewise, leadership is necessary to ensure that a team's accomplishments are not misguided, inadequate, or fruitless. I believe a dancer is someone who is generally admired. They are looked upon as people who strive for perfection. Anyone devoted to an athletic ambition works incredibly ... best that I could possibly give and that has made me realize how important criticism is. Remembering that your best is as good as you can do is very important. While performing on stage, it's all adrenaline. Everything is really intense however, I strive for excellence. To stand out on stage at the end of the performance, and to know you thrilled the audience is an incredible feeling. My dance ...
Search results 27851 - 27860 of 30573 matching essays
|
