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- 8951: The Ninja
- ... is built up. You see, the whole book is actually built up by sub-plots. As I said earlier the reader get to know all the characters very closely, and therefore get to know the world from their eyes. This is a very interesting way of writing that I have never encountered before, but it was really good and it impressed me a lot. The novel is set in present time ... down out of the charcoal sky, pattering against the small square roof of the garret, dripping from the diminutive eaves. The green leaves of the trees dipped and shivered under the downpour until, hissing, the world was obliterated as if by a solid wall of water. Leaning slightly over the side, the Colonel could not even make out the lower roof of So-Peng s house. Mist, heavily laden as smoke, drifted up to them. The world was now a grey-green pointillist painting from which only brief shadows emerged as if they were watching the visualization of still-forming thoughts within some godlike brain. Well, I thought the book was ...
- 8952: Homosexuality
- ... feel inside. 2. REASON: When we reflect on our experience and try to make sense of it, we are using our reason. Reason is the capacity to develop concepts, ideas, and theories that interpret the world around us and what happens to us and in us. Two standards of right reasoning are useful: An idea or concept must account for the evidence we gain from experience, and it must be logically ... we hold to be true. The interpretation of experience by our reason is fallible. We are prone to error. This means that we must remain open to new interpretations that make better sense of the world and our experience of it. At the same time we must stand firm for the convictions that are so strong in us that we cannot deny them. 3. SCRIPTURE: We have a body of beliefs ... on what we cannot deny as human beings living in the 20th century. On the basis of these two principles, for example, if we accept the modern scientific theory of the evolutionary origin of the world, then we will not find it necessary to take the first two chapters of Genesis literally. We will interpret the story of creation and of Adam and Eve in the garden as pre-scientific ...
- 8953: Heroin Legislation
- The Heroin War: Why We Must Change our Battle Plan If a single reason can be given to illustrate the urgent need for reform of the current Australian drug policy it is this; that the prohibition strategy is ... What we need to realise is that when a person turns to the use of drugs ‘addiction’ is not the decision they are making. They are choosing an escape from an increasingly desperate and complex world, overpowering addiction comes later. Drug usage is stigmatised within society. In order to move forward we must begin to treat addicts as victims rather than criminals. Controlled heroin trials would place addicts in contact with ...
- 8954: “Buddhist Economics”
- ... and economics. Our modern economy foolishly focuses on profit trying to get things produced fast and cheaply. In the end we all screw ourselves. One of my favorite excerpts from this article is, “As the world’s resources of non-renewable fuels - coal, oil and natural gas - are exceedingly unevenly distributed over the globe and undoubtedly limited in quantity, it is clear that their exploitation at an ever-increasing rate is ... our natural resources it was predicted that they will be completely gone in 75 years. I read that statement five years ago. We do not understand nor do anything to prevent ourselves from destroying this world. In this world of humans there is already so much violence. Just imagine how it will be when we are all fighting for the last bit of oil or natural gas. I am not anti-American, nor ...
- 8955: Homeless
- ... because it's not getting any better. People have not always had to suffer with homelessness. Too bad the problem has almost always existed, it had not reached a severe level until recently. With every war there has been a small trickle of homeless veterans to follow, but the Vietnam War and Korean War left a wave of many people without anywhere to go. This was just the start of the problem. Then the government decided to decriminalize drunkenness, loitering, and roaming on the streets. That means there ...
- 8956: Books And Technology Is The Future Of Printed Books In Jeopa
- ... in Jeopardy? Technology has impacted our lives in innumerable ways. It is so implemented into our daily lives, that not a thought crosses our minds about how easily we are living. Technology has changed our world significantly. But has the computer made life's activities too easy for us? Are we becoming a lazy nation, by sitting at home letting the computer think for us? I feel that this is the ... April 1996: 1. "Movable Type: Electronic Books and Online Libraries, For Free or For a Fee, are Changing the Face of Reading." Fortune. 16 November 1998: 270 + Seaman, Donna. "Literature for the Tech Age: The World of Books on Cassette and CD ROM." The Chicago Tribune. 2 February 1997: 1. Terrell, Kenneth. "E-Books Struggle to Replace Type on Paper." U.S. News and World Report. 31 January 2000: 58-59.
- 8957: Oedipus The King - Blindness
- ... of sight, he discards his outward gift of sight. Sight, therefore, seems to be like good and evil, a person may only choose one. Teiresias, prophet of Phoebus, was stricken with blindness to the physical world, but, as a result, gained the gift of sight into the spiritual world. This great gift allowed him to become a superior prophet, praised by the people as "god like" and as a person "in whom the truth lives." Therefore, it was no surprise that Oedipus asked the ... to blame for the judgement being poured out upon the country. The sin so hidden from Oedipus’ and the peoples’ eyes was quite visible to Teiresias. What Teiresias lacked in his ability to see the world, he made up for in being able to see a person’s heart - a skill that nearly cost him his life after a lengthy argument with Oedipus. Yet what distinguishes Teiresias from the others ...
- 8958: Eliminating The Capital Gains Tax
- ... capital into new ideas and new enterprises. Therefore capital raised from one person or a group of professional investors remains a crucial source of funding for these type of enterprises. In the type of economic world which is present today the opportunity for good returns on a person's money must be in abundance to allure investments in such ventures. Capital gains taxes significantly diminish these returns, therefore reducing the incentives ... budding entrepreneurs." Also, from a global perspective, the United States has one of the biggest capital gains tax rate. Depending on inflation, sometimes the United States has the largest capital gains tax rate in the world. In a competitive global economy a zero percent capital gains tax rate would make the United States a haven for capital, which in the long run will spark economic growth in the United States. Eliminating the capital gains tax altogether would not only promote a "boom" economy in the United States but will give the United States an edge that it needs to compete in the global world, not to mention create new jobs. The potential benefits for eliminating the capital gains tax are clear. Venture capital investment was on the rise as the U.S. capital gains tax declined up to ...
- 8959: Humans Are Curious By Nature
- ... have been happening around that time. For the Nubians, Scientists can look at the records of other civilizations to see what can be ruled out or needs to be pursued. There could have been a war, drought, flood, epidemic, or any other number of reasons in that region which would create un-survivable conditions for the Nubians, and like any other theory, at least these can be investigated through the writings ... success. We are pushed by our need to know regardless of if we ever could. So where does that leave us? Will we ever find out what happened to all these lost chapters of our world's diary? It depends on the archeologists and scholars armed with books and theories, spoons and toothbrushes to go and "dig up" the truth. Works Cited -Gould, Stephen J. "Sex, Drugs, Disasters, and the Extinction ...
- 8960: Hemp
- ... million acres. That is a tremendous decrease. If these rates stay the same, we’ve only got another fifty years to live, and that is not good seeing that over the next twenty years the world demand for paper products will double(2). But besides saving the world, hemp has many other benefits. The paper that it does produce is stronger and is able to be recycled more times than paper from trees, and fewer chemicals are needed to turn hemp into paper ... hemp is high and the price looks good, farmers will need to avoid going overboard and overplanting, it’s happened before. Now, more than ever, agriculture is a global business, and the parts of the world that never stopped growing hemp are certain to want to infiltrate our domestic market(4). Upscale automobile manufacturer BMW is incorporating hemp into car doors and dashboards, designer Giorgio Armani is weaving hemp into ...
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