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    Brave New World is the story of a utopian society and the faults within it. The characters idolize absurd aspects of life. Loyalty is degraded under the belief that everyone belongs to everyone. The characters are trained to avoid feelings like anger and despair in situations such as death. Any problem can be fixed with the consumption of Soma‚ a drug with similar effects of alcohol. The morals of sleep-learning specialist Bernard Marx stray from the rest of society as he accepts loneliness and monogamy

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    A Primer on How to Create a Bullet-Proof Disaster Recovery Plan for the Entire Organization Elizabeth M. Ferrarini‚ She is a free-lance writer from Boston‚ Massachusetts. Reach her at iswive@aol.com Minutes after the first of two planes plunged into the World Trade Center ’s Twin Towers on September 11‚ 2001‚ Morgan Stanley Dean Witter‚ Inc.‚ the largest tenant in the World Trade Center‚ declared a disaster and rushed its disaster recovery plan into place with the help of SunGard Recovery

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    Newton Lab Report

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    I. Introduction: The purpose of this lab report is to differentiate between of Newton’s Third Law and Newton’s Second Law. Newton’s Third Law states that all forces come in pairs and that the two forces in a pair act on different objects and are equal in strength and opposite in direction. Newton’s Second Law states that the acceleration of an object is proportional to the net force and inversely proportional to the mass of the object being accelerated. Using calculation equations for acceleration

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    mobile phones. Used to recharge phones when out‚ without phone wires. The marketing mix combines strategies to be able to achieve objectives and satisfy a customer’s needs and wants. It is made up of the 4 P’s; Product‚ Place‚ Price and Promotion. Each P makes up a section to create a bold and strong marketing mix. Product The product is a wireless phone charger called WireCharge. Its main competitors are portable phone chargers that are sold every day; an example of one is the pebble smart stick

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    During the Scientific Revolution scientists such as Galileo‚ Copernicus‚ Descartes and Bacon wrestled with questions about God‚ human aptitude‚ and the possibilities of understanding the world. Eventually‚ the implications of the new scientific findings began to affect the way people thought and behaved throughout Europe. Society began to question the authority of traditional knowledge about the universe. This in turn‚ allowed them to question traditional views of the state and social order.

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    Michal Pogorzelski 5/25/10 Parallel Universe Theories The Theory of Parallel Universes The multiverse is a theory in which our universe is not the only one‚ but states that many universes exist parallel to each other. These distinct universes within the multiverse theory are called parallel universes. A variety of different theories lend themselves to a multiverse viewpoint. Not all physicists really believe that these universes exist. Even fewer believe that it would ever be possible

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    The Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution: Men of Ideas Creating Change Nicole Hill The eighteenth century is often referred to as the Enlightenment. The ideas of many individuals combined to create a movement that would not only sweep across Europe‚ but reach as far as the America’s. The idea of a world without caste‚ class or institutionalized crudity was what many were striving to achieve. Coinciding with the Enlightenment was the Scientific Revolution. Advancements in astronomy‚ technology

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    freedoms. This is shown in many ways throughout the Reconstruction Era‚ one way is Abram Colby’s story and what the Klansmen did to him‚ the Black Codes‚ and Klan violence in general. Abram Colby’s story was that the Klansmen broke into his house and beat him for hours and left him to die. They even offered him money to go with them‚ or to send someone else to take his place. They wanted to keep Colby out of politics. The Klansmen ran him off during the election and threatened to kill him if he stayed

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    Thoughts on Freud READING MANY OF FREUD’S THEORIES‚ I CANNOT HELP BUT HAVE AN INTUITIVE REACTION OR AT LEAST A SPONTANEOUS WILLINGNESS TO “SUSPEND DISBELIEF.” (FRANKLAND‚ 2000) FREUD‚ ESPECIALLY IN THE EARLY PERIOD OF HIS WORK DURING HIS DREAM INTERPRETATION PHASE; READING ABOUT FREUD COMBING THE UNCONSCIOUS FOR SIGNS IS A LITTLE LIKE READING ALICE IN WONDERLAND‚ IT MAKES NO SENSE‚ WHAT IS IT REALLY SUPPOSE TO MEAN? WHAT DOES FREUD REALLY WANT US TO BELIEVE? In contrast‚ my own personal

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    The scientific revolution caused a major impact on our history today. This revolution unfolded roughly between the years of 1500-1750‚ stating with Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543) to Isaac Newton9 (1642-1727). (http://users.clas.ufl.edu/ufhatch/pages/03-sci-rev/sci-rev-teaching/03sr-definition-concept.htm) This revolution drastically changes the viewpoints of society by changing concepts that were widely accepted since ancient times. Copernicus‚ Galileo‚ and Newton were all major figures hope

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