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- 5521: On the Island: A Review
- ... surroundings. The trip to the island puts her in touch with a side of life that she had almost forgotten: Nature. When she sits down on the reef and begins singing, she leaves the chaotic world behind and enters a higher state of awareness. She sees that the sea is eternal, that our amazingly complicated society is dwarfed by the sheer simplicity of Nature. Our daily worries mean nothing; the waves ... we should guide them every step of the way. They have a lot more experience than we do, and it is only through a combination of new and old ideas that we can create a world where everyone has their place. Whether one likes it or not, progress is inevitable in all aspects of life. We cannot stop progress, but we can control its speed and direction. If properly handled, it ... a tool that will benefit us all in the end. One must be carefull not to underestimate the importance of the human factor. It does not matter that we have all the knowledge of the world at our fingertips, if we do not know how to use it for the common good. Our society is heading in a dangerous direction. We are destroying the very thing that guarentees our life ...
- 5522: Having a Servant’s Heart
- ... society have become wrapped up in the self-esteem game. We feel that we need to be the center of attention and get everything that we want. Although not true of every person in the world, human nature leads us to be focused on ourselves rather than others. Now we must identify the root of the problem. I believe that Romans 3:23 tells us plainly. It says, “For all have ... others will also strengthen our relationships with our friends, parents, teachers, and anyone else with whom we come in contact. Service is defined as, “the occupation or condition of a servant,” by Webster’s New World Dictionary. As we see in Philippians 2:7-8, a servant must be obedient to God no matter what, and dependent that God knows what He is doing in all circumstances. We often resist serving ... model for becoming a servant. Jesus Christ is the ultimate example of selfless humility. He can be our example because He is equal with God. He did not hold fast to the things of this world. Instead, He was willing to give up His life for the sake of the kingdom. Christ also set aside His privileges in several areas. He set aside His face to face relationship with God, ...
- 5523: Of Mice And Men 4
- ... Lennie are the perfect example of how opposites attract. The two of them have spent the majority of their adult lives together and know each other better than they know anybody else in the entire world. They share their hard times and the good, their victories and their defeats, but most importantly they share a common dream. That dream is of having a little house and a couple of acres an ... name Candy is an interesting one for this character though. When you think of candy you see children eating it while running around in the yard having a good time without a care in the world. This is the exact opposite of what the character in the novel is. The restless demon of age has caught up with him and he is not able to move as fast as he once ... Candy sees it is that he is not hurting anyone and that there is no reason to have to end his life prematurely. Even though Candy loves his dog more than anything else in the world he chooses to let someone shoot his dog in the back of the head. After all that they had been through and all the years of loyal service that his supposed best friend had ...
- 5524: U.S. Wage Trends
- ... competition, technology, deregulation, the decline of unions and defense cuts – technology is probably the most critical. It has favored the educated and the skilled,” says M. B. Zuckerman, editor-in-chief of U.S. News & World Report (7/31/95). Since 1973, wages adjusted for inflation have declined by about a quarter for high school dropouts, by a sixth for high school graduates, and by about 7% for those with some ... under the age of 18. This government policy was conducive to our economic markets, and allowed our country to prosper from 1950 through 1970. Now, our own prosperity has moved us into a highly technical world, that requires highly skilled labor. The natural answer to this problem, is that the U.S. Government's education policy must keep pace with the demands of the highly technical job market. If a middle ... a college diploma, as it was for the children of the 70's to get a high school diploma. This brings me to the issue of our country's political process, in a technologically advanced world. Voting & Poisoned Political Process in The U.S. The advance of mass communication is natural in a technologically advanced society. In our country's short history, we have seen the development of the printing ...
- 5525: Macbeth 3
- The world in 1999 has changed much from the way it was in 1900. Many would say that it has changed for the better. In the early 1900s, for example, women were denied the right to vote ... since the early 1900s. We have discovered vaccinations for many otherwise fatal diseases and the human life expectancy has extended. Civilization seems to be progressing even more as we move through the century. Since the World Wars, North America has remained relatively peaceful. The United Nations has sought to keep the peace throughout the world, with many successes and there are numerous charity groups and nonprofit organizations that are trying to make the world a better place. Society has also become more open to the lifestyles of others. Very ...
- 5526: Myths
- ... from the human belief that reality is intelligible. Myths are invented and accepted by people because they just do not settle for the experiencing things but want to discover the sense of things. Around the world, people tell stories of how the world came about, where they came from, why there is evil and death, why there are laws, why they is a summer, even why are turtles so slow. Some stories are so simple as to be ... at the beginning of things in s dreamtime, one that emerges from that of the original time. The use of mythology in today's society is important in the determination of certain aspects of the world. Many theories have been advanced from myths. Theologians have tended to view myths as foreshadowings or corruptions of Scripture. The world ending in the year two thousand is what many people believe today. They ...
- 5527: The Economics of The Clean Air Act
- ... teammates and opposition, and the economic factors coming into play into this ever-more recognizable problem is a widespread and ever more controversial one. Like a long countdown to eventual disaster, the pollution effecting our world has no doubt made increasingly more impact on our daily lives, and has increased the intensity on Washington and other countries to solve the problem. The Clean Air act is a step in the right ... climate changes in the next century unless their buildup is slowed. Opponents of the new precautions believe that the new precautions could lead to the deindustrialization of the U.S. and unless stopped, the entire world. Shifting the world away from fossil fuels also provides enormous economic, political, and diplomatic challenges. Many developing nations such as China are dependent on coal-generated power to drive their economic growth over the next several decades. ...
- 5528: The Economic Impact of The New Telecommunications Legislation
- ... are more than 15 million telephone lines for a population of nearly 27 million(Dept. of Communications, 1992, p7). It is therefore not surprising that Canadians are among the biggest users of telecommunications in the world. For example, in 1990, Canadians made more than three billion long-distance calls (Dept. of Communications, 1992, p8). Innovations made possible through telecommunications have also contributed significantly to the phenomenal growth of the Canadian telecommunications ... billion) and Japan ($65 billion) (Blackwell, 1993, p26). These factors were a mounting source of pressure on the previous regulatory structure of the Canadian telecom system. As regulation was eased in other countries around the world, Canada was beginning to lose its competitiveness. The USA and Britain have made strategic decisions to increase competition in telecommunications services and to modernize their "information infrastructures". Other countries such as Japan, Australia, and New ... The European Community is considering legislation to unify the European telecommunications market next year (Blackwell, 1993, p22). In order to not be left behind, Canada updated its telecommunications legislation to bring it in line with world developments. For example, a key piece of legislation that regulated telecommunications, the Railway Act, dated back to 1908 (Beatty, 1990, p135). Clearly, with such "ancient" legislation, new policy was required that would allow a ...
- 5529: Sweetness And Power
- ... case with Sidney Mintz’s thesis in Sweetness and Power: The Place of Modern History. Mintz’s suggestions that industrial capitalism originated in the Caribbean sugar plantations may seem to contradict the European version of world history fed to most of the Western world, but is nevertheless supported by substantial evidence. In general, Western education has conditioned students to believe that everything productive originated in Europe. Mintz begins by explaining the process of obtaining granular sugar from the liquid ... their land and people. The long-term effects of this exploitation led to the underdevelopment of these Caribbean countries. These effects are still evident today as most of the Caribbean islands are labeled as “Third World Countries”. In addition, Mintz mentions the separation of the production from consumption. The Major consumers of sugar were not the hard workers on the plantation, but the far removed citizens of England. The plantation ...
- 5530: Advances in Technology and Economics
- ... competition, technology, deregulation, the decline of unions and defense cuts – technology is probably the most critical. It has favored the educated and the skilled,” says M. B. Zuckerman, editor-in-chief of U.S. News & World Report (7/31/95). Since 1973, wages adjusted for inflation have declined by about a quarter for high school dropouts, by a sixth for high school graduates, and by about 7% for those with some ... under the age of 18. This government policy was conducive to our economic markets, and allowed our country to prosper from 1950 through 1970. Now, our own prosperity has moved us into a highly technical world, that requires highly skilled labor. The natural answer to this problem, is that the U.S. Government's education policy must keep pace with the demands of the highly technical job market. If a middle ... a college diploma, as it was for the children of the 70's to get a high school diploma. This brings me to the issue of our country's political process, in a technologically advanced world. Voting & Poisoned Political Process in The U.S. The advance of mass communication is natural in a technologically advanced society. In our country's short history, we have seen the development of the printing ...
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