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- 9041: GIS and My Fields of Interest
- ... of confidential data that can't be released are records in the Internal Revenue Service, Census Bureau, and also the Mineral Management Service. Another holder of private information would be the Department of Defense, withholding war information and military technology. So far the primary legal uses of GIS are the access to information, product liabilities and breaching of contracts. But GIS is relatively new so there are definitely more uses of ... to herds of domesticated animals. Wolves are by far my favorite animals and anything to help them survive is a plus. So GIS is a useful tool in the conservation and the betterment of the world. I'll be honest with you, I enrolled in GIS to fulfill a requirement for my environmental science major but I am glad I did. I have had nothing but good things to say about ...
- 9042: Shakespeare and His Plays
- ... weak leadership. Shakespeare's comedies of the first period represent a wide range. The Comedy of Errors depends on its appeal on the mistakes in identity between two sets of twins involved in romance and war. The Taming of the Shrew, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, and Love's Labour's Lost are all comedies and satires. Next, Shakespeare's second period includes his most important plays about English history. The ... one woman. Hence, from a poor family, Shakespeare emerged as a great playwright. The odds were against him, but he rose to the occasion and wrote over 38 plays which made him famous throughout the world. He is still considered to be the best playwright that ever lived.
- 9043: John Dos Passos
- ... the first settings with Jimmy Herf and Congo are set aboard ocean liners entering the port of New York. We find Congo talking to one of his friends, I want to get somewhere in the world, that's what I mean. Europe's rotten and stinking. In America a fellow can get ahead. Birth don't matter, education don't matter. It's all getting ahead The book directs the readers ... shifts toward her direction and we are drawn into her life. "She grows up, becomes an actress, marries and divorces a homosexual actor, marries the observer-protagonist Jimmy Herf, becomes a successful editor, enters the world of the powerful, divorces Jimmy, and drifts toward another marriage." (DBLv9,44) She may have represent what Dos Passos believed the characteristics of his life, which were ruthless and unforgiving, could have been. Although the ... life in the twentieth century. More than any of his contemporaries, Dos Passos embraced the novel as a means to persuade - and to persuade in a political direction. When Dos Passos died in 1970, the world not only lost a great writer, but one ranked among the most important American writers of the century. " Dos Passos believed that his novels served as a catalyst that forced people to study their ...
- 9044: Cash Out (accounting)
- ... projections. When you tell people you re going to hit certain numbers, you d better hit them. Nobody wins if you come in too aggressively." This is a prime example of conservatism in the real world. Investors are looking for unique companies in every area "from the educational toy market to a company that manufactures products for industrial cleaning just as long as the family really believes in their company, and they feel passionately about it." This system, in my opinion, is an outstanding philosophy of the business world in America. When a company like Heritage Partners can come in and save a potential death of a company from any certain situation, it becomes a win-win position. Unlike the old days with the ... Many sole business owners are of the entrepreneurial background and may have even built their company from the ground up. These people have to be hard working people with the strength to go into the world and create something like a business and nurse it into success. When times go sour, weather it be financially or even emotionally, sometimes these owners can pull their company out of the dungeon and ...
- 9045: Charles Dickens
- ... doing it. This style of writing in a first novel, made his name know literally overnight, but created a new tradition of literature and was made one of the best know novel's of the world. After The Pickwick Papers were published in 1837, he put together another novel, Oliver Twist. Though his artistic talent is very much evident, he refrained from using the successful formula used in The Pickwick Papers ... with thee famous speech, "From these garish lights I vanish now for evermore...". Charles dickens died suddenly at Gad's Hill on June 9, 1870, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. People all over the world mourned the loss of "a friend" as well as a great entertainer and creative artist, and one of the acknowledged influences upon the spirit of the age. Charles Dickens is regarded as the greatest English ... than any other author before him or during his life time. His works appealed to everyone, a peasant, or the Queen of England. This, and the quality of his work enabled his fame to spread world wide. His popularity has never ceased, and he is as popular today, as he ever was. His compassion and intelligence enriched his novels and made him one of the great forces in 19th century ...
- 9046: The Morning
- ... the boss I got my diagrams and slides prepared. After everything that had happened earlier in the morning I was still going to make it through the presentation, or was I? All of a sudden world war three began in my stomach. I guess some of the enchiladas were holding out on me, because this was the worst feeling I ever had. It was like I was giving birth, this piece of ...
- 9047: Concentration Camps
- Concentration Camps A concentration camp is where prisoners of war, enemy aliens, and political prisoners are detained and confined, typically under harsh conditions, or place or situation characterized by extremely harsh conditions. The first concentration camps were established in 1933 for confinement of opponents of ... the air. They are at Birkenau, the second part of the Auschwitz complex, called by some "the mother of all concentration camps. The manpower to build the camp came from 200,000 Russian prisoners of war who were forced to march from Russia to a camp at Lamsdord without any food. During these early days the Russians received more abuse than the Polish prisoners because they were more feared for their ... 1939--was agreed on as the method of choice. Zyclon was originally brought to Auschwitz as a disinfectant and vermin killer. On September 3, 1941, Fritzsch experimented with Zyclon B. on 600 Russian prisoners of war and 250 tubercular patients. He was amazed at the number of people who could be killed at once. On October 15, 1941, a plan for the future camp of Birkenau, designed by one of ...
- 9048: 27 Years Of Influential 60 Min
- Since 1968 America has been better enlightened than previously concerning current events and happenings around the world. A considerable factor for this occurrence is the television program 60 Minutes which debuted on the air in September of 1968. Many other television newsmagazines have been produced since its creation, however none have possessed ... to the show. Before 1968 the nightly news would simply broadcast headlines; comparable to reading a newspaper. But 60 Minutes became a television newsmagazine offering the reader revealing, on camera stories about happenings around the world. Viewers of the show became better informed as to actual business, political, and science practices. Howard Stringer, president of CBS Broadcast Group, says that "60 Minutes invented a new genre of television programming-the newsmagazine ... follow. Many newsmagazines have come and gone through the years proceeding 60 Minutes' inception, all of which borrowed something along the way. Today more than ever it is easy to see that people want real world stories, and the television newsmagazine provides this for the viewer complete with unbelievable video footage and ground-breaking stories. 60 Minutes invented this form of service for the public and they have received proper ...
- 9049: Symbolism in Fahrenheit 451
- ... when he met Clarisse McClellan. After Clarisse asked Montag if he was happy, Montag began to change. Clarisse\\'s actions, comments, and perspective on life made Montag think. Her views on society, life, and the world around her encouraged Montag to see and enjoy the simple things in life. Montag began to change even more after the old woman\\'s house burned down. When the woman refused to leave the house ... them. After seeing this, Montag wondered what made books so worthwhile to read. Faber also challenged Montag, much like Clarisse did. Faber discussed solutions to the issues of society and questioned the reality of the world around him. Through Faber, Montag got around the blocks that stood in the way of bringing books back to society. When Montag met Granger, his life was finally complete. He was welcomed into Granger\\'s group and was acknowledged for his thoughts and beliefs concerning books. The group\\'s goal was to recreate the world, to make it understanding and intelligent. Symbolism is a major part of Fahrenheit 451. Although it may not be apparent to a recreational reader, once analyzed, many examples can be found. Two of the ...
- 9050: Comparison: Dover Beach And Do
- ... for pain; And we are here as on a darkling plain... The quote explains how important it is that he, Matthew, and the mysterious woman be true to one another. This is important, for the world is a cold place, vacant of all that is good. Even the parody's word choices display Hecht's thought that Matthew's words lack the merit to be reiterated. For instance, lines 4-6 ... the end, but when he did, he responded with overwhelming emotion. These lines 29-31 also correspond to those cited earlier from the parody. Ah, love, let us be true To one another! for the world, which seems To lie before us like a land of dreams,... "Ah love," that is a phrase that cannot be found anywhere throughout the text of the parody. The word love is so strongly related ... own come up with the strange notion that the girl doesn't even care about what Matthew is saying, in fact by the way he addresses her one could surmise that he was explaining his world to her while she listened intently. However, with the help of Mr. Hecht the girl loses her innocence and metamorphoses into a shallow, self-centered floozy. There certainly is nothing comforting or romantic about ...
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