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- 9541: Diary Of Anne Frank
- The story Diary of Anne Frank was a very interesting book which showed the ways a group of Jewish people during the 1940's went about trying to conceal their identity and themselves. This story was a true story taken from a diary of a young girl during the incident. This was made into a play during 1955. This was praised as Frances Goodrich's and her husband Albert Hackett's most famous work as it was performed. The play was started in November of 1945. As Mr. Frank began to read the diary, it flashed back to July 1942 in an attic in Amsterdam ...
- 9542: Romeo And Juliet - Comparisson To West Side Story
- Shakespeare's is one of the most read writers ever and his writing was so successful that not just one group of people liked it. He did this by relating to his audience using universal truths. . Human ... has changed drastically, but the emotions and feelings in this play have withstood the test of time. This is why the movies, Romeo and Juliet (1996) and West Side Story (1961) were so successful. Shakespeare's play and the two movies modeled after it have many similarities and many differences, but one thing remains constant in all of them, They all use universal truths to relate to their audiences. Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a timeless play that concentrates on many different human emotions and reactions. Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story are alike in many ways, they were both very successful in ...
- 9543: Mp3 Argument
- ... the first digital audio format made readily available to the general public. Because of the CD, people were hearing music like they had never heard it before - exactly as it would sound in the artist’s recording studio. Among other things, we have digital audio technology to thank for that. But we have recently been presented with something new that some may give thanks for - Moving Picture Experts Group Technology, Layer ... arguments surrounding the issue. MP3 is a new way to save, copy, and play audio files on a computer. The audio files are near CD-quality and take up very little space on a computer’s hard drive. Previously, high-quality audio files were saved on a computer in WAV format, which takes up much more hard drive space than MP3. For example, a three-minute WAV file would use about ... hard drive space available on the computer (which benefits the computer user). Because MP3 files are typically less than five megabytes in size, they can be transferred very quickly and easily to and from anyone’s computer via the Internet. MP3 allows computer users to copy their favorite songs from CDs or other sources, onto their computer’s hard drive - ideal for playback when working at the computer. MP3 also ...
- 9544: The Pearl: Material Society, Material Thoughts
- ... and the doctor have all undergone a change due to money. They are all affected by their hunger for wealth and inturn are the base for their own destruction, and the destruction of society. Steinbeck's "The Pearl" is a study of man's self destruction through greed. Juana, the faithful wife of Kino, a paltry peasant man, had lived a spiritual life for what had seemed like as long as she could remember. When her son Coyito fell ill from the bite of a scorpion, she eagerly turned towards the spiritual aspects of life. Beginning to pray for her son's endangered life. The doctor who had resided in the upper-class section of the town, refused to assistant the child, turning them away when they arrived at the door. Lastly they turned to the ...
- 9545: Cuban Missile Crisis
- ... to make them seen and heard by Cuba. Smartly, Russia sends Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan, who held business contacts in the US, to the states as a guest of the Russian ambassador. Fidel hears of Mikoyan’s arrival in the US and invites him to visit Cuba. Although Mikoyan is traveling throughout the island, looking things over, Castro still has not identified himself as a Communist quite yet. In May of 1960, diplomatic relations between Russia and Cuba are established following Mikoyan’s visit to the island. One reason why Cuba has turned to Russia is because the US had cut off their oil supplies and imposed an economic embargo on the island because of the naturalization of ... opposing economic systems. Back in Cuba, Castro has begun to make enemies for himself. The many policies he has instilled angered many who fought beside him in the revolution to overthrow Batista and many didn’t approve of the socialist reforms he made such as the naturalization of businesses and his collectivization of agriculture. Castro felt he needed protection against the United States and because Cuban forces mainly used small ...
- 9546: Hard Times And The Nineteenth Century
- ... and his novel Hard Times reflects a number of different themes. The novel focuses on educational and economic systems of Victorian England, the industrial revolution, which spawned how industrial relations were viewed during the 1850's, and utilitarianism. I have chosen the two major themes of industrial relations and educational system during this period. Although, you can not discuss labor relations without bringing focus upon the class society of Victorian England ... also reap"(Galatians 6:7). Book the Third, "Garnering," describes in a broad way the results of what industrialization did to Victorian England. The industrialization revolution brought many problems to Victorian England in the 1850's. Industrial towns such as Manchester and Preston sprung up in northern England. Prosperity came to those who owned the factories or mills, while despair came to the "hands," the factory workers. Coketown is one such ... was a footnote bringing to the attention of the readers "a gruesome report on accidents in factories, "Ground in the Mill."" There was also an exchange between Stephen and Rachel, his wife, recalling how Rachel's younger sister had suffered when a factory machine tore off her arm. Both the footnote and exchange were deleted from the final publication. The deplorable working conditions and the low wages were soon to ...
- 9547: The Prairie Dog: Friend Or Foe?
- ... by law to preserve our native prairie ecosystem. Tim Clark, a Yale University biologist and a veteran of years of observing prairie dogs and black-footed ferrets in the field, is quoted in National Geographic’s “The Vanishing Prairie Dog”: Prairie dogs figure prominently in the ecology of this continent. They are an umbrella species that offers prey, shelter, and habitat to other creatures, and the list is long: black-footed ... and habitat, are now functionally extinct, having been reduced to a couple of dozen captive animals. Other prairie companions, including mountain plovers, ferruginous hawks, and swift foxes, have been proposed as candidates under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Burrowing owls, along with various reptiles and insects, house themselves in prairie dog tunnels. The prairie dog is part of an ecosystem that supports at least 170 species of life on the ... actually good for the environment, even vital to a healthy prairie ecosystem. Con Slobodchikoff, a Berkeley-educated scientist who has researched prairie dogs for ten years, says in the July 17, 1997 Tucson Weekly, “Here’s an animal people think of as simplistic vermin, yet it has a complex cognitive brain that can form concepts and remember things for long periods. I think prairie dogs have a lot to teach ...
- 9548: Implementing Employee Assistance Programs
- ... those three areas are discussed, some of the statistics that make these EAPs necessary, or at the very least, helpful, will be looked at also. The Troubled Employee Many of us have seen Gus – he’s the one who believes that in order to ease the hang over from last nights party, he has to have a drink the next morning. But it may not stop there. He needs a sip ... 587). It is clear that an alcoholic employee is a troubled employee. Next on the list is Sharon. Sharon comes into the office every morning at least 10 minutes late and when she does, she’s pretty irritated. Around 9:30, she leaves for a coffee break and returns with a silly smile on her face, an odd smell on her clothing and a dire need for cupcakes. She generally "sneaks ... from their employers to help support their drug habits. They use more sick days, are more likely to file workers’ compensation claims and are 1/3 less productive than other workers (Cascio 588). In Sharon’s case, the cost can run higher simply because of the nature of her position. If Sharon transposed numbers on checks, forgot to write a check or forgot to log a check into the bookkeeping ...
- 9549: Briar Rose
- ... the historical tragedy of the Holocaust. To Rebecca, Sylvia and Shana, "Briar Rose" was simply a bed time story but in all reality the story they grew up with was an actual event in Gemma's life. Although Gemma always identified strongly with Briar Rose, the sleeping princess, no one had thought it anything but a bedtime story. But when a mysterious box of clippings and photos turns up after Gemma's death, hinting that the accepted version of Gemma's origins is untrue, Becca begins tracing the real story, which bears striking resemblance's to Gemma's fairy tale. Becca then sets off on a journey to Europe to discover her grandmother's true ...
- 9550: In Search of Excellence: Review
- ... Excellence: Review In Search of Excellence is a book dealing with many different principles of economics and what makes big business' excellent. The first idea that Peters discusses is his chart of the McKinsey 7-S Framework. The graph is very simple but the ideas are fairly complex. In their research, they found that their philosophies were too hard to explain and easily forgettable. They made this Framework to deal with strategy, structure, style, systems, staff (people), skills, and shared values (culture). This has 7 S's (easy to remember) and a graphical representation to visualize. This shows the businessman that the intractable, irrational, intuitive, and informal organization can be managed. For example, anyone assuming that a new manager of a ...
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