a blue-collar businessman. Hard-nosed and rugged his father believed that strength and athleticism were the traits that defined men. Inversely‚ Kafka was bookish and weak. His father constantly called him “over-clever” and “over-sensitive” slowly chipping away at his humanity. Kafka later wrote “Letter to my Father” where he begins by claiming‚ “Dearest father you once asked me why I maintain I am afraid of you” and later went into great detail discussing the way in which his father “robbed him of
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TITLE: “Don’t just poke around‚ be informed first!” TOPIC: Body piercing. GENERAL PURPOSE: To Inform. SPECIFIC PURPOSE: To inform the audience about body piercing. CORE STATEMENT: Before considering getting a body piercing one should know the types of piercings‚ reasons why one would want to have it done‚ and be fully aware of the complications that can follow. METHOD OF ORGANIZATION: Topical order. SPEECH TITLE: “Don’t just poke around‚ be informed.” INTRODUCTION:
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house. The house has a very old and dirty appearance. It looks like a house you would see in a movie. Such as "Halloween" or "Friday the 13th" type movies. Some of the windows are broken and others are boarded up. The shutters have pieces and paint chipping off. Not only that‚ I don’t think there is one shutter on the whole place that is straight up. They are all either crooked or missing. An incredibly tall fence surrounds the house. I attempt to lift the latch but it doesn’t budge. I try again
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An unknown artist created the statue Saint Margaret of Antioch ca. 1275-1325 A.D. using limestone‚ paint‚ and gilding. As the name suggests‚ the subject of the painting is Saint Margaret‚ depicted as young and innocent standing atop her emblem‚ a dragon. The statue is currently being displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as part of the Cloisters Collection though it was originally made in Burgos‚ Castile-Léon‚ Spain. While large‚ Saint Margaret of Antioch is not life size and stands at only
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closer to the netizens than any other time in the history. In Nicholas Carr’s article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”‚ more than acknowledging the great opportunities which Google has brought to him‚ Carr brings up his own concern that “the Net …is chipping away [his] capacity for concentration and contemplation.” He also points out the Net is reprogramming people’s brain circuits to change
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HISTORY: Since the yearly Fifties science fiction movies have depicted robots as very sophisticated machines built by humans to perform complex operations‚ to work with humans in safe critical missions‚ in hostile environments‚ or more often to pilot and control spaceships in galactic travels. At the same time‚ however‚ intelligent robots have also been depicted as dangerous machines‚ capable of working against man through wicked plans. In the Terminator the view of the future is even more catastrophic:
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420 PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE‚ VOL. 70‚ NO. 5‚ MAY 1982 Silicon as a Mechanical Material KURT E. PETERSEN‚ MEMBER‚ IEEE Abstract-Single-crystal silicon is being increasingly employed in a variety of new commercial products not because of its well-established electronic properties‚ but rather because of its excellent mechanical properties. In addition‚ recent trends in the engineering literature indicate a growing interest in the use of silicon as a mechanical material with the ultimate goal
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Linda McQuaig’s Shooting The Hippo: Causes and Results of Debt Linda McQuaig’s most recent book‚ "Shooting the Hippo" is about the causes and results of the debt. It is a look at both the factual causes and the arguments which are merely presented to us through the various elements of the media. McQuaig delivers an insightful overview of the extensive media coverage which has bombarded us over the past few years. "With the excitement of a mystery writer‚ McQuaig tells the real story behind the
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WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT PLASTIC POLLUTION Plastic bags and bottles‚ like all forms of plastic‚ create significant environmental and economic burdens. They consume growing amounts of energy and other natural resources‚ degrading the environment in numerous ways. In addition to using up fossil fuels and other resources‚ plastic products create litter‚ hurt marine life‚ and threaten the basis of life on earth. We are producing over 25 million tons of plastics per year in the United States‚ a trivial
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Introduction A habitat is a bird’s home‚ and many birds are choosy. Narrow down your list by keeping in mind where you are. Identifying birds quickly and correctly is all about probability. By knowing what’s likely to be seen you can get a head start on recognizing the birds you run into. And when you see a bird you weren’t expecting‚ you’ll know to take an extra look. Habitat is both the first and last question to ask yourself when identifying a bird. Ask it first‚ so you know what you’re likely
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