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- 5751: Bridging Technology And Academe
- ... community. Indeed, colleges and universities have demonstrated a fierce rush to amass technological tools, and are only now addressing the possibilities for adapting them to academic use. Ideally, new networked information technologies, such as the World Wide Web and E-mail will become fruitful pedagogical tools for faculty of all disciplines. As academic libraries are "virtualized" and classrooms are equipped for Internet, teleconferencing, and distance learning, faculty are left to rethink ... NITs) in the classroom. NITs include technologies that facilitate time and space-enabled information exchange, such as Internet functions, distance learning, and teleconferencing. The NITs discussed in this paper are those that are Internet related -- World Wide Web (Web); Web authoring and publishing; electronic mail (E-mail), Academic Discussion Lists (listservs) and Usenet Newsgroups. This paper draws from efforts at St. John's University to prepare faculty of various disciplines for ... is the fundamental underpinning of the science of structural re-engineering. It is the force that revolutionizes business, streamlines government and enables instant communications and the exchange of information among people and institutions around the world". Vice President Gore predicts that, "By the year 2000, sixty percent of the new jobs in America will require advanced technological skills" (White House, 1996). The Educational Technology Initiative (1996), of the Clinton/Gore ...
- 5752: Diamonds Are My Best Friend
- ... imagination with anecdotes of Cal Ripken Jr. s remarkable streak, Ozzie Smith s amazing back flips, Pedro Martinez s menacing fastball, and the magical summer of 1998 when Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire mystified the world with their long ball heroics. Only in recent years have I begun to truly appreciate the game for what it really is. While some go to the ballpark to see home runs, popular players, or ... That s all. Just like any other game. However, this one was special, and meant so much more. Everyone went crazy. My father and I were cheering, as were all the baseball fans around the world. It didn t matter whether you were old, young, male, female, die hard baseball fan, or just an occasional sports viewer; this was history. In the midst of all the commotion, I sat down and ... season trade and excite St. Louis with three game winning hits in his first week with the team. I have seen fresh-faced kids from the minor leagues come out and light up the baseball world, and likewise, I have seen the games greatest marquee players sit and stare at a scoreboard that reflects their mishaps. Randomness is underrated, and in the game of baseball it happens almost daily. When ...
- 5753: To Have Intellectual Freedom Or To Be Censored
- ... that the “thought” is the most dangerous weapon for the security of the statehood. They try to exploit the people’s sensibility in that way. They think that there is only one truth in the world and that truth is theirs. They can not tolarate even the idea of existance of other truths so they censor everything and everybody that interrogate their truth. These people can’t accept that “düþünce özgürlüðü ... in order to show their different ideas about the state and its supremacy. Of course there is no way to support such illegal actions but the PKK and their actions all over Turkey and the world show that the censorship of freedoms does not conclude the conflicts and the contradictions among different political groups. Instead of this the conflicts increase become more complicated and unresolved. As Mr. Deðer(1995:213) explains ... do if Turkey wants to get economical support from the international organizations. Because all these countries can not stand any freedoms, especially intellectual freedom, of the countries they lend money. So Turkey, as a third world country, which needs the economic support of the imperialistic countries, should be very sensitive to the wishes of these countries. If we, Turkish people, want investments in our country and credits from the foreign ...
- 5754: Essay On The Shining Houses By
- ... something which one longs to see realized, or in other words, any form of optimism, with a belief of a positive outcome. Hope in a piece of literature verifies a level of goodness in the world, which can be illustrated many different ways by an author. "The Shining Houses" by Alice Munro is an auspicious example of hope in a short story. Alice Munro effectively uses different techniques to present hope ... Mrs. Fullerton, but she also has great personal strength, because she defended her personal opinions. Mary's strength also creates a positive mood, which reassures the reader that there are truly good people in the world. Mary herself is also a symbol of hope, allowing the reader to realize that as long as there is one genuine person in the world, there is reason to hope. The third technique that Alice Munro uses to create hope in "The Shining Houses" is theme. The theme of "The Shining Houses" is that, even though there are many ...
- 5755: The Government Of The United States
- The Government Of The United States The United States of America, the land of the free, the land of opportunity, the wealthiest country in the world, a country that half the modern world is modeled after. Our President in referred to as the "Leader of the free world". Thousands of people come to this country every year learning about our country in hopes of becoming a citizen. We have what some say the greatest form of government know to this world, a ...
- 5756: Harriet Tubman 3
- ... slaves from the South. Nineteen more attempts would be performed during the time she worked in the Underground Railroad of the 1850's. Her pursuit of abolitionism would continue with her efforts in the Civil War as a nurse and scout. Harriet's work in the Underground Railroad and as a scout for the North in the Civil War made her a hero against slavery. Araminta Ross was either born in 1820 or 1821 on a plantation in Dorchester County, Maryland. Records were not kept of slave births so her birthdate is a mystery ... trips and never lost a passenger on the way. For Tubman's safety, her friends took her to Canada (Sterling 25). Tubman returned to the U.S. from living in Canada in 1861. The Civil War had begun and was enlisting all men as soldiers and any women who wanted to join as cooks and nurses. Tubman enlisted into the Union army as a "contraband" nurse in a hospital in ...
- 5757: Emerson 3
- ... young Massachusetts neighbour, Henry David Thoreau. A schoolteacher by trade, Thoreau ended up as a boarder at Emerson s home, beginning a lasting, if not frustrating, friendship. This complex relationship introduced Thoreau to the literary world, as well as to the art of lecturing, as performed by Emerson. One such lecture, delivered by Emerson in 1837 to a Harvard audience, spoke about the past, present, and future of The American Scholar ... so distributed to multitudes, has been so minutely subdivided and peddled out, that it is spilled into drops, and cannot be gathered. Emerson viewed this dual role as paramount to the way we view the world: you must take the whole society to find the whole man. It is the duty of this whole man to contribute to the best of his ability, being rewarded for his efforts: he who has put forth his total strength in fit actions, has the richest return of wisdom. The vitality of man in Emerson s society was simple: The world is nothing, the man is all. Thoreau s approach to man and his relationship with his surroundings is similar, but with a slight difference. He also professes a need for less rigorous association between ...
- 5758: Abortion In America and Elsewhere
- Abortion In America and Elsewhere From an anthropological view, abortion in America is a very controversial issue. Our culture is one primarily governed by a highly structured society. As a world superpower we are at the forefront of world technology. The United States strives to provide an example as the nation with the most control over current issues. Abortion exists as one of the most highly debated topics of the present time. As we continue to lead the world into the 21st century, both ideology and technology have to be taken into account. Abortion is a growing debate that appears to have no clear-cut resolution in sight. It continues to be debated ...
- 5759: AIDS: Risk Factors / Modes of Transmission / W. Africa
- ... AIDS cases do not occur on the African continent in a uniform fashion but rather form an “AIDS Belt” in central, southern, and eastern Africa” (Bethel, 138). First, by mentioning the fact that the Third World contains three fourths of the Earth’s population, and combining that fact with that of those worlds having an overall lesser knowledge upon transmission, prevention, and AIDS in general, it is not surprising that these countries populations are greatly impacted by mortality. “Africa, with about 12% of the world’s population, is now reporting about 25% of the world’s AIDS cases. It is estimated to have over 65% of the total number of HIV-infected adults and 90% of the world’s HIV-infected children” (Stine, 364). An astonishing fact that further ...
- 5760: Just Say No! A Profile Of Cocaine and It's Effects On Two Lives
- ... of the lungs to work causing instant death. The use of cocaine is seriously addicting. Monkeys will keep giving themselves doses of cocaine until they die; most people will follow the same trend.3 The world of sports has many sad examples of people who made the poor choice to use drugs. Perhaps the saddest is that of Lenny Bias. Len Bias was a star on the basketball court. He was ... that using cocaine is like taking a chance on sudden death: "Cocaine's a loaded gun."5 Len Bias choose to be on the wrong end of the gun. Entertainers seem to live in a world exposed to many drugs. Sometimes they, too, make poor choices. An example of this is Kurt Cobain. Kurt Cobain was a famous rock singer for the group Nirvana. His music influenced millions of people, and led the world of rock into a completely different direction. While he didn't die of drugs, Kobain's use of cocaine and other drugs helped lead to his death. When he killed himself, the news spread ...
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