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- 3791: Computer Software Piracy and it's Impact on the International Economy
- ... and widely tolerated, in some countries, legal protection for software is non existent; in others laws are unclear, or not enforced with sufficient commitment. Significant piracy losses are suffered in virtually ever region of the world. In Some cases, like Indonesia, the rate of unauthorized copies is believed to be in excess of ninety-nine percent ("What is..." Internet). Copyright laws vary widely from country to country, as do interpretations of ... the laws and the degree to which they are enforced. The concept of protecting the intellectual property incorporated in software is not universally recognized. Asia is one of the most technologically advanced regions of the world. As the software market continues to grow and flourish so does the black market of software piracy ("The Impact..." Internet). The worst countries in this area are China and Russia. Named "one copy countries" two ... composed of ten to seventy members contributing in different ways. The members usually are anywhere from thirteen to thirty years of age. Some pirate groups are international, with members operating from different regions of the world. Their primary purpose is to obtain the latest software, remove any copy-protection from it and then distribute it to the pirate community. The methods the pirates use to obtain the software is only ...
- 3792: The Black Panther Party
- ... BPP widely disseminated socialist base programs to the African masses. Internationally, it provided Africans in the U.S. with a broader understanding of our relationship to the African continent, the emerging independent African nations, Third World nations, Socialist nations, and all the Liberation Movements associated with these nations. Overall the ideology provided Africans here with a more concrete way of looking at and analyzing the world. Heretofore much of Black analysis of the world, and the society in which We live, was based on making ourselves acceptable to White society, proving to Whites that We were human, proving to Whites that We were ready for equality, proving We ...
- 3793: The Raid of Dieppe
- ... along with gasoline dumps. These were a few of the many things that the raid on Dieppe was to accomplish. "But the raid had gone all wrong as far as the plan was concerned"-a war correspondent. The Raid of Dieppe was scheduled for July 1942. It was cancelled, and against the advice of some military planners rescheduled for August 19th, 1942. Six thousand men headed across the English Channel, during ... of forty-eight aircraft. Of the eighteen hundred and seventy-three Canadians taken prisoner in Dieppe five hundred and seventy were wounded. Most were imprisoned in Germany until their release at the end of the war. Of the twenty-two hundred and eleven Canadians who returned to England, almost half had not taken part in the raid. "The lessons learned at Dieppe paved the way for the successful invasion of 1944 ... wounded men to an aid post amid the hail of fire. He was a chaplain at Dieppe. He refused the opportunity to return to England. He remained on the beach and became a Prisoner Of War, so that he could be of service to the men who were captured. Lieutenant-Colonel Cecil Merritt also received the Victoria Cross. He led his men across a bridge swept with fire. "Dieppe was ...
- 3794: Mark Twain And Huckleberry Fin
- Mark Twain and Huckleberry Finn In 1884, Mark Twain wrote one of the most controversial and remembered novels in the world of literature, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain was the pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He was born in Florida, Missouri, Nov. 30, 1835. Due to the limited wealth of his family Twain often ... southern society with satire. “The men took their guns [to church] ... and kept them between their knees...” was just one example. In the time of Twain’s life that he wrote this novel, the Civil War had just ended. The war had tested society’s morals. The issue of slavery was important to Twain which was the reason morals were portrayed in this way. The freedom and peacefulness of the river soon gave way to ...
- 3795: Warm Feelings For Cold Blood
- ... sympathetic for him. He proves that you can even see some good in the worst of people. He does this by slowly developing Perry s character. He gave an in-depth view of Perry s world. He showed that Perry, although he had troubles in his life and sometimes had a total disregard for people s life he also respected the people. Perry felt bad for some of the people he ... to formal school when he was seventeen. He received a job at the New Yorker magazine. There he was just an errand boy but was noticed because of his mannerisms. During the early stages of World War II, Capote s interests still focused on his writing. (Norden p162) In June 1945, his short story Miraim brought him a lot of attention. It led to his first novel contract. Most of his ...
- 3796: Henry David Thoreau
- ... and a half (8). He returned to college in the fall of 1836 and graduated on August 16, 1837 (12). Thoreau's years at Harvard University gave him one great gift, an introduction to the world of books. Upon his return from college, Thoreau's family found him to be less likely to accept opinions as facts, more argumentative, and inordinately prone to shock people with his own independent and unconventional ... He didn't see why he should have to pay the tax, he had never voted, and he knew that such a purely political tax had to be affiliated with the funding of the Mexican War and the subsistence of slavery, both of which he strongly objected to (Derleth 66). The following morning Thoreau was released because someone, probably his Aunt Maria Thoreau, had paid his back taxes (68). This imprisonment ... off on excursions. Walden is a testament to the renewing power of nature, to the need of respect and preservation of the environment, and to the belief that: "in wildness is the salvation of the world" (Magill 1949). Walden is simply an experience recreated in words for the purpose of getting rid of the world and discovering the self ("Thoreau" 697). Henry David Thoreau strived for freedom and equality. He ...
- 3797: Aldous Huxley
- ... Huxley developed a condition of near blindness that plagued him until his death (Philosopher’s Corner Presents: Aldous Huxley). After receiving his Bachelor of Arts in English at Balliol College, Oxford, Huxley worked in the War Office in London and taught at Eton and Repton (Aldous (Leonard) Huxley). While at Oxford, Huxley was introduced to the literary world and became good friends with D.H. Lawrence (Aldous Huxley-Biography). In 1916, Huxley published his first book of poems, The Burning Wheel (Philosopher’s Corner Presents: Aldous Huxley). From 1920-1921, he was a ... and worked for Conde Nast Publications (Aldous (Leonard) Huxley). Huxley married Maria Nys in 1919. In 1920 they had a child named Matthew. The family split time between London and Italy and traveled around the world in 1925 and 1926 (Aldous Huxley-Biography). In 1955 Maria died of cancer, and a year later Huxley married Italian violinist and psychotherapist Laura Achera (Brooke 199). By 1920 Huxley had published two more ...
- 3798: Child Sex Tourism Bill in Australia
- ... LAWASIA is another group of individuals that devoted many hours of their time in assuring the new legislation was passed in Parliament. LAWASIA is a group of private attorneys that, in 1993 assembled the first World Congress on Family Law and Children's Rights. This convention expressed overwhelming support for the new legislation. Another first in the way of conventions was the first World Congress on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children. The convention was held in Stockholm and was attended by officials from 115 nations and also representatives from over 400 non-government organisations. This convention debated the ... organisation now estimates there to be more than 50, 000 commercial sex workers, with almost half of that figure under the age of 18. These alarming figures certainly help to alert the governments of the world that the Child Sex Tourism industry is booming and it must be stopped. Prior to the introduction of the amendment in the Crimes Act, regarding child sex tourism, many demands were made for the ...
- 3799: Communism
- ... CD-ROM). They thought that conflict between opposing forces rooted in the economic system and the ownership of property. So, they thought, if we abolish the need for property and wealth, we can bring about world peace. Their answer was the government known today as communism. Almost every modern form of communism is based on Marx's and Engles ideas and writings. So then I thought, why isn't communism an ... None of them found communism a government something they would like. Each of my interview-e's thought that communism was a good government in theory but, agreed it doesn't work in the real world. III. Presentation and Analysis of Data During my research, I interviewed a few people from my community. I interviewed a teacher and a parent. One, is called "Sudo" he is a history teacher from my current school. The parent is a person named "Anne." She is from my very neighborhood. She has lived though most of the cold war. I asked the people I interviewed what their opinion of communism was. Sudo said that his opinion was, " Not very good!"("Sudo," interview 1). Anne said that, "communism seems limited to me" ("Anne," interview ...
- 3800: The Dream of Oenghus
- ... and menŤ would even say that Venus herself could not equal this mortal." Out of jealousy, Venus commands Cupid to make Psyche fall in love with "the vilest and most despicable creature in the whole world." However, dispatched on his errand Cupid is astonished by her beauty and "as if he had shot one of his arrows into his own heart" falls completely in love with her. Cupid dumbfounded by the ... Cupid and Psyche are united only to be separated by her faithlessness. Oenghus has already seen Caer in a vision, and realized his infatuation with her, when he sets out to find her in the world. Therefore, they are, in essence, both tales are of how to obtain love. In the Celtic tale one obtains love by proving its divine inspiration—by recognizing the beloved in both human and animal form ... the Celtic myths, a relatively straightforward proposal. A lover, committed to his beloved, and willing to demonstrate that commitment, may encounter obstacles but ultimately, the gods do not interfere with his pursuit and the natural world sympathizes. In Roman mythology the course of love does not run as smoothly. Cupid and Psyche are in love with on another. Nevertheless, for that very reason, coupled with Psyche's extreme beauty, Venus ...
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