Notes on Lyotard ’Jean-François Lyotard‚ Ph.D.‚ (b. 1924 in Versailles) became one of the world’s foremost philosophers‚ noted for his analysis of the impact of postmodernity on the human condition. A key figure in contemporary French philosophy‚ his interdisciplinary discourse covers a wide variety of topics including knowledge and communication; the human body; modernist and postmodern art‚ literature‚ and music; film; time and memory; space‚ the city‚ and landscape; the sublime; and the relation
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In "1984"‚ Orwell portrays a totalitarian dystopian world‚ where there is no freedom and citizens are constantly brainwashed. Without thought‚ the citizens just work for the party. In order to insure the citizen will always listen to the government‚ they make sure the citizen have no recollection of the past. The party also does a very good job with creating fear with propaganda‚ taking away freedom‚ in forcing strict rules and having everyone under surveillance at all times. In "1984"‚ false
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Emily Mullins Associate Professor Honeycutt English 1010 December 10‚ 2012 Gas Prices too high to pay Today gas prices have crept up to just over fifteen dollars a gallon. Due to rapidly depleted resources‚ the price of oil has gone to five hundred and thirty dollars; therefore the final price of gasoline had to increase. This has caused extreme violence to erupt all over the nation‚ especially at the gas stations themselves. People‚ in order just to fill up their gas tanks have had to sacrifice
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Fraud Examination Executive Summary: Miniscribe By Samantha Altieri‚ Zac Biesiada‚ Dan Cohen‚ and Tim Foley BACC 552 Miniscribe was a computer disk drive manufacturing company that was founded in 1981 by Terry Johnson. The company was initially run out of basement of Mr. Johnson’s home in Longmont‚ Colorado. Shortly after becoming a publicly traded company in 1983‚ Miniscribe began to experience financial losses. (United States v. Patrick J. Schleibaum) In 1985 the venture capital firm
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In mathematics‚ the Pythagorean Theorem — or Pythagoras’ theorem — is a relation in Euclidean geometry among the three sides of a right triangle (right-angled triangle). In terms of areas‚ it states: In any right-angled triangle‚ the area of the square whose side is the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum of the areas of the squares whose sides are the two legs (the two sides that meet at a right angle). The theorem can be written as an equation relating the lengths
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Erick Suazo English Essay 1984 by George Orwell The novel 1984 by George Orwell is considered to be one of the most famous novels of the negative Utopian‚ or dystopian genre. This novel was majorly written to warn the readers the dangers of totalitarian government in the West. There are three themes that fit the novel; danger of totalitarianism‚ technology‚ and psychological manipulation. These themes make the novel of 1984 more comprehensive. Each of this themes give an effect to society.
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a blend of behavioral and psychoanalytic techniques for treating borderline personality disorders and was founded by Marsha Linehan (Greene‚ Nevid‚ & Rathus‚ 2006). DBT was developed to help patients regulate their emotions and behaviors that are associated with depression. DBT helps patients accept their emotions while helping them change their emotional experiences (Corey‚ ). It teaches patients skills to cope with stress‚ regulate emotions and improve
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy There are a few forms of treatment for borderline personality disorder‚ one of which is dialectical behavior therapy. DBT is a comprehensive cognitive-behavioral treatment for mental disorders that are typically difficult to treat. It was originally developed to help chronically suicidal individuals‚ but it evolved into a treatment for multi-disordered individuals with BPD or other behavioral disorders (Dimeff & Linehan‚ 2001). DBT is designed to treat all levels of severity
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Andrew Marvell’s poem “To His Coy Mistress” is a prime example of dialectical argument. In a dialectical argument the author includes three main parts; the thesis‚ the antithesis‚ and the synthesis. The thesis states the preposition‚ no matter how obscure it seems. The thesis is the “If” statement. After the thesis the antithesis gives the “but” statement‚ the antithesis contradicts the thesis. When the author makes his two arguments he comes to the conclusion of his preposition‚ known as the synthesis
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Strategic Change of Campaign at Apple Inc. Dr Debajani Sahoo “Apple has a long history of exceptional advertising‚ starting with 1984”1. - Ross Rubin (Director of Analysis ‚ NPD Group‚ 14 Dec 2007) “Advertising a “core pillar” of Apple’s strategy:“It’s bringing in new people to Apple products.” Apple and its advertising agency take very different approaches to get that message across. Despite their differences‚Apple ads have in common at least one major advantage over many competitors’ commercials:
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