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The Theme of Surveillance in Orwell's 1984

recorded today. With computer technology what it is today, it is difficult to escape the watchful eye of the government and the po...

Gauss and His Contribution to Number Theory

It was this that gave rise to the first conclusive proof of quadratic reciprocity and the quadratic residues. a is called quadrati...

IBM : SWOT And Five Forces Analyses

known, the company has always been a global player. Any product under the IBM name was accepted as a high quality product backed b...

America's Most Serious Social Problem

the direction in which America is headed. What has gone wrong? The top Americans arent getting richer by accident; government pol...

The Lasting Effects of Hurricane Katrina

well be lost" (Kalb, Murr and Raymond, 2005). AIDS patients couldnt always get their medication, some patients vanished completely...

Do American Catholics Accept Vatican Council II

(Broderick, 2003). Greeley (1998) explains some of the effects of Vatican Council II. Prior to that Council, decisions in the Chu...

The Pastoral Rule By Pope Gregory The Great

The virtues and qualities of Pastors as described by Gregory are applicable in any age. For instance, Pope Benedict XVI cited Pope...

The War in Iraq and The Iliad

deliberation," much like Nestor had cautioned "Agamemnon against hasty judgment" (Gore on War). In both cases, despite any heeding...

Liberals and Conservatives, Pro and Con

varies considerably from the twentieth century definition quoted above. Regulation, of course, is typically implemented by govern...

Life in the Roman Empire

It also suggests that people lived with the same lingering questions at the time as now. Some things never change, while other thi...

Prison and Cell Phones

or orchestrate the smuggling of more contraband" (16). In another state, the state of Arkansas, "Prison officials...see the spread...

Engineering or Evolution in Aldous Huxley and Charles Darwin

nothing)" (The origin of species, 2005). But this was countered by "James Huttons uniformitarian theory of 1785 [which] envisione...

Sound Recording's History and Evolution

by reversing the process. As it turned out Duhamel was on the right track to recording sound. Although he was unsuccessful...

Doing Business in Russia

even less access to any goods and services other than those of the traditional culture. A class dichotomy quickly developed...

Understanding the Cultural Aspect of the Obesity Epidemic Among Children in America

food, something that is very important and relevant in the United States. This author notes, "Technological change (e.g. industria...

Van Gogh's Self Portrait (1889)

to replace the superstitious and less credible beliefs of the day. New thinking would also come about in terms of liberty and free...

Medicalization

the degree to which homosexuality may be a medical condition. The medical profession has since moved on from this approach and the...

Transient - and Disappearing - Benefits

true, but it seems as though these same organizations are being rather myopic in planning for the future. The single constant fac...

Popular Culture: Forging a Distinctive Identity

Each of these distinctive elements of society sprang from the pressing need to forge a distinctive self identity. Each was fed by...

The Use of ICT in Corporations

One of the operations that we know gives a company a competitive advantage is a well-managed supply chain. Along the lines of corp...

Different Method to Control Mental Health Patients

Seclusion and constraints have been the traditional way to control mental health patients when they lose control. This has always ...

The Internet: Modern Necessity

have the income they do have. This is also the case for many independent or self employed people who use the internet to sell t...

So-called Primitive Sustainability as Compared to Our High Tech Version

Once the Plain's Indians forged their whole culture around the great buffalo herd. Today, modern culture forges ours around elect...

Families: Then and Now

author notes, importantly, that, "There is no medium more powerful than television in shaping the way people view family life" (Ja...

Women Renaissance Writers: The Tragedy of Mariam by Carey

fair I might have provd me wise:/ But I did think because I knew me chaste,/ One virtue for a woman might suffice./ That mind for ...

The U.S. in the Progressive Era

there was a genuine concern in America at the time over the abuses and injustices ordinary people suffered at the hands of the wea...

Impact Of Chronic Illness On The Elderly And Families

medications or they could be a sign of depression (Turner and Kelly, 2000). Turner and Kelly (2000) state strongly that it is e...

John Proctor and David Merrill: Tragic Heroes

is wildly jealous of Elizabeth (Miller, 2003). Abigail is also the leader of the towns young women, and she and her friends were...

Predictions: Vonnegut’s Player Piano

of secretarial work could be done-as could most lower echelon jobs-more quickly and efficiently and cheaply by machines" (Vonnegut...

Role Models

(2000) says that Mother Theresa is a good role model. Yet, there are many others who may be considered good role models. Mendelsoh...