1. The Future is Now? Pretty Soon‚ at Least After reading Chapters 1-3‚ review the videos Ray Kurzweil on How Technology Will Transform Us and Ray Kurzweil: A University for the Coming Singularity. (Interactive transcripts are also available on the TED web site.) Based on what you have learned‚ which of Kurzweil’s predictions do you agree with‚ and which do you doubt? Why? Please be specific. I agree with Kurzweil’s predictions about the communications revolution. Kurzweil states that‚ “The
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Katherine Anne Porter’s style in “Flowering Judas”‚ is a little different from the other authors in “Short Stories for Students.” Porter main focused in “Flowering Judas” was that she explained loneliness and depression well. Her intense taste of the present and remark and her operative crisis in the story sets a pattern for readers. Porter made the story “Flowering Judas” on a real-life-based story because of the experiences of her life. With her lifestyle‚ she invests her life into the protagonist
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Deena An Analysis of the Symbolism in Katherine Anne Porter’s “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” Symbols play a vital role in a story‚ which is used to deliver the underlying meaning in a particular way. By employing several symbols‚ Katherine Anne Porter expresses the special “jilting” ingeniously. The name “Weatherall” reveals the character of the heroine. The author concentrates the whole life of Weatherall on the substance “light”‚ which foreshadows the inescapable death. Running through
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Katherine Anne Porter’s The Jilting of Granny Weatherall "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" was written by Katherine Anne Porter and first published in 1930. The story is of a women named Granny Weatherall who is on her deathbed. As she is surrounded by friends and family she remembers the life she has lived. She describes being jilted many times in her life‚ first by her husband-to-be and finally by death. The story was eventually made into a movie directed by Randa Haines. A major theme
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“The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” In Katherine Anne Porter’s “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” an old woman’s light is slowly fading out and memories from her past are phasing in and out of her head as she lives out her final moments. The times she was “jilted” are poring out of her memories‚ releasing themselves and allowing her the peaceful death she so desires. She has good memories: memories of her children‚ memories of her husband‚ and memories of her silly father: “Her father had lived
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Telenursing…the Future Is Now Naomi Hurst Chamberlain College of Nursing NR361: Information Systems in Healthcare September 2014 Telenursing…the Future Is Now Telemedicine‚ the term initially used to describe the delivery of healthcare services from a distance through the use technology‚ began as early as the 1920’s when Doctors would utilize radio to diagnose patients and give recommendations. In the 1960’s‚ with the advancements into aerospace‚ the term “telemedicine” was vastly replaced
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The last paragraph of Katherine Anne Porter’s “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” presents an elderly woman’s journey to her moment of death. In what she hoped would be a time of tranquility‚ changed to a time of grief and anger. Being the impatient woman she is‚ Granny swore that she would never forgive God for dragging her along‚ and then she “blew out the light” (Porter 83). The short story‚ “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall‚” interprets the parting condition of Granny’s soul to be the consequence
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Historian Linda Porter in Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr‚ the Last Wife of Henry VIII describes Parr as “so naturally gracious and intelligent that it was not a difficult transition from being a minor noble woman to queen.” She is right; it was not hard for Parr to assume the role of queen. On top of the irreproachable reputation of her virtue and maidenhood given to her by her widowhood‚ Parr was also educated to the standards befitting an early modern woman; Parr was
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Running head: NURSING INFORMATICS Nursing Informatics Now and In the Future Becky Last‚ RN Herzing University June 16‚ 2013 INTRODUCTION: In this day and age nurses not only have to use the scientific knowledge they have obtained in school but they must be ready to embrace and learn computer knowledge as well. Nursing informatics (NI)‚ a product of the scientific synthesis of information in nursing‚ uses concepts from computer science‚ cognitive science‚ information science‚ and
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In “The Future is Now‚” Joel Achenbach exposes our inability to foresee the next big thing in science and technology. Achenbach refers to the internet as being an entity that was not foreseen. Within a relatively short period of time the internet has forever changed the way in which we live our lives. We buy‚ shop‚ learn‚ and enjoy entertainment differently since the inception of the internet. Achenbach uses the fact that the internet was not predicted to support his stance by explaining the origins
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