Sammi Hintze Dr. Hawthorne October 20‚ 2012 Core 1 Reflective Paper #2 “I don’t know when they first had feeds. Like maybe‚ fifty or a hundred years ago. Before that‚ they had to use their hands and their eyes. Computers were all outside the body. They carried them around outside of them‚ in their hands‚ like if you carried your lungs in a briefcase and opened it to breathe” (47). Its crazy to think that to the characters in Feed think our life is so complex‚ when really we have more technology
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Julio Cortázar’s short story “Axolotl‚” the narrator is transfixed — “I stayed watching them for an hour and left‚ unable to think of anything else” — and experiences his own metamorphosis. New York Times‚ Oct. 31‚ 2012 There was a time when I thought a great deal about the axolotls. I went to see them in the aquarium at the Jardin des Plantes and stayed for hours watching them‚ observing their immobility‚ their faint movements. Now I am an axolotl. I got to them
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Geographic Factors of 2 Nations Geographic factors affect the development of a specific region or nation in a couple of ways: 1) Climate affects how habitable a region is‚ and as a result‚ very few nations may survive in harsh climates and few may thrive in less-than-ideal climatic conditions. If you notice‚ the power in the world lies in the Norther Hemisphere. This is not a coincidence‚ but a result of the poor land fertility‚ high water scarcity and high disease outspread in tropic areas present
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Introduction Geographic profiling is an investigative process rooted in Environmental Criminology (Brantingham & Brantingham 1981) and is a tool used by international police forces‚ whom use the crime scene locations of a linked series of offences to examine the likelihood of the geographical area the offender most likely works or lives in – known as their anchor point- (Rossmo‚ 2000a) in order to narrow down the area in which the police will focus their investigation to identify a suspect. This
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Self-presentation strategies are conscious efforts to shape someone’s perception or impression of you. What does this mean? I think all of us at one time or another has utilized this strategy of self-presentation‚ going on a job interview‚ a first date‚ your first day on a new job‚ or your first day in school. You want to make a good impression‚ so you’ll practice what you’ll say‚ or how you’ll act‚ or what you’ll wear. All of this ties into self-presentation strategies. There are two types
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The ability to make one’s decisions‚ to decide on one’s choices‚ and to complete one’s desires is called independent thought. Often in the modern world‚ this gift is taken for granted‚ with many people exercising it every moment of the day. However‚ for individuals living in the 1800’s‚ personal reflection did not exist for everyone‚ especially for women and children. Many authors attempted to tackle the lack of an independent society‚ with none being greater than Emily Dickinson‚ Henry James‚ and
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feels himself to be a failure‚ and then fail all the more completely because he drinks. It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language. It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish‚ but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts” (Orwell‚ par.1). Orwell is pointing out how language is losing its power over time. However‚ Language has a relationship with power. Freedom of Speech is powerful in many ways; it helps people communicate
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I Never Thought I Would Do It As any other high school kid‚ I had very uncertain thoughts about going to college and about what career path I wanted choose. There was really not one specific major that captured my attention. I always said I wanted to be a professional baseball player‚ but also had this curiosity of what it would be like to be in the military. I was very attracted by the way they conducted themselves with such professionalism‚ and how everyone granted them so much respect. Although
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National Geographic Cover Features Afghan Girl: In December 1984‚ Afghanistan was five years into a bloody civil war between the Soviet Union‚ which sought to maintain a Marxist government there‚ and anti-government Islamic rebels called mujahedeen. Millions of refugees were pouring over the borders into Pakistan to escape the fighting. National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry was in the region for a story on the refugee crisis. While touring a refugee camp on the Afghanistan-Pakistan
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Intellectual Freedom and Independent Thought. Two very important things‚ but yet‚ depending on the society‚ not so much. In Fahrenheit 451‚ the people in the society did not have much intellectual freedom. Independent thought is something that no one‚ no should ever be deprived of‚ and yet‚ in this society‚ they were. There were simple things that were taught and simple things that the society lived by. People could not think what they wanted to think‚ say what they wanted to say‚ read what they
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