September 11th attacks on America’s homeland‚ citizens became aware that action must be taken to protect passengers and pilots from terrorists. Although strict security measures have been put in place at all American airports‚ the only way to be certain that another terrorist attack does not occur using commercial aircraft lies in arming pilots with handguns. Not only will arming pilots help act as a preventative measure‚ it will ensure safer air travel and restore faith in America’s main form of long
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I begin “nerds are more centered on academic and technical arts‚ I think the word you’re looking for is geek‚ as in: a person who is very interested in and knows a lot about a particular field or activity as Merriam Webster puts it.” “Pff‚ whatever *geek*.” he responds‚ chuckling to himself as he walks away. The definition of geek comes from old English geek or geck meaning “fool”‚ or “freak”‚ as well as the Dutch word gek‚ or “crazy”. Today‚ its definition is opaque and mutating‚ and it’s very
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Barry Hannah’s “Testimony of Pilot‚” takes place in Mississippi during the 1950’s‚ 60’s‚ and 70’s‚ a period of time where gender roles played a big part in the way people were expected to live their lives. Men were expected to be athletic‚ masculine breadwinners‚ while women were expected to conform to the societal norms of mothers and housewives. Women were not yet given the same rights as men‚ and were therefore deemed inferior to men. In his short story‚ Hannah accurately conveys the pressure
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Regarding to the new report Results Our results As using the same method with the main paper‚ we got the four similar tables there. Firstly‚ we got monthly returns of 200 stocks in ASX from data stream‚ and used them to calculated standard deviations. Moreover‚ the table 1 was made out below (in order to maintain a neat‚ all the data we retain all four decimal places.) In the first table‚ when we made eight stocks as a portfolio‚ the rate of portfolio standard deviation to standard deviation
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Jonathan Furdon Contemporary Literature MWF 9:05 11/15/09 The Allusive Geeks Throughout literary history‚ many books and novels have been written so perfectly‚ that it was almost impossible for it to go unnoticed. Many other authors will often use ideas or phrases from other literary works written before their time‚ creating a literary allusion. In the novel Geek Love‚ there are many allusions to speak of‚ from Shakespeare’s The Tempest to inspirations from the Jonestown Cults‚ to other
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The Geeks Who Leak Information is free. Privacy is sacred. Americans have a right to know what their government is surveying. Edward Joseph Snowden leaked sensitive information to Wikileaks.org in order to inform the American public what was going on in the war. Is this a good thing? The American public needs to know the REAL facts before they make a decision about the war. Snowden leaked‚ what is described as‚ the most "significant thefts of highly classified secrets in U.S. history." The
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In 1932 Tod Browning released‚ Freaks‚ a movie that is centered on telling the story of circus people and the challenges they face; it shows their everyday struggles among themselves along with their interactions with the “normal” people in the circus. I think it was in Browning’s interests not to make fun of these people‚ but to show the harm and hurt that “normal” people in society are capable of doing. The movie revolves around‚ Hans‚ a dwarf and his lust for the beautiful normal Cleopatra. Hans
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I think Gwen reacted the way she did when she found Freak in the basement with Max because she knew that Max was his father’s son. I assume Gwen was shocked and scared because in the text‚ it read‚ “ She catches sight of me coming up out of the down under and it’s like somebody shot her. Like she’s scared out of her mind. Additionally‚ the text also read‚ “ the Fair Gwen grabs Freak and puts him in the wagon and I swear‚ she almost runs home‚ like if she doesn’t get away quick something really bad
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of Freak The Mighty Freak The Mighty is a book by Rodman Philbrick. There is a movie based off of Freak The Mighty it is called‚ The Mighty produced by Miramax starring Kieran Culkin as Kevin and Elden Henson as Max. There are many differences in the movie compared to the book‚ like the ornithopter scene‚ Freak’s death‚ and Tony D saying/not saying sorry about Freaks death. At the beginning of the movie and book Freak is playing with his ornithopter. In the movie Max is watching Freak play
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Geek Squad There are many environmental factors that transpired to allow for Robert Stephens to create Geek Squad. Some of those factors include “Wireless broadband technology‚ high-definition televisions‚ Internet interfaces‚ trends toward computers‚ phones and entertainment systems.” Since many of these factors are somewhat complicated‚ not many consumers would be able to figure out how to properly work them having the ability for Geek Squad to provide a service to consumers that would help
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