Current culture seems to imitate classical sources. A prime example of this is the “Jim the Psychic” episode of Taxi‚ which can be compared to Oedipus Rex. In this episode‚ Jim makes the claim that Alex Rieger is going to die on that upcoming Thursday night after having a dream‚ similar to how the Oracle of Delphi told Laius and Jocasta that their son‚ Oedipus‚ would grow up to kill his father and sleep with his mother. Alex dismissed Jim’s dream in the same manner as Jocasta’s disbelief in the prophets
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Imagine yourself walking in the middle of the night‚ and suddenly‚ a person approaches you with a gun and threatens to rob you of all your possessions. Take a moment to focus on the robber’s physical appearance‚ what does the robber look like? Regardless of what the robber looks like‚ the physical characteristics of him or her have no actual significance. The purpose of this scenario is to show how visualizing and defining a criminal based on physical features is a form of active participation within
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This case study examines a third-grade teacher‚ Jim Colbert‚ in a large inner-city school located in Northeast who has been teaching for 4 years. Colbert is expected to teach language arts using basal readers and a district required curriculum. Jim has been assigned to teach 3-A class for ‘bright’ students‚ which is an advanced class. Although‚ there is special concern about one student‚ Carlos‚ who seems to be lacking the ability to keep up with the advanced class. Carlos is from a Spanish-speaking
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Michelle Alexander’s book‚ “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness”‚ essentially analyzes the United States criminal justice system. The main thesis/argument of her analysis is that mass incarceration constitutes a new system of racial oppression that is similar to slavery and the original Jim Crow. Furthermore‚ she claims that mass incarceration has had a profound impact on how criminal justice issues are interpreted today. She also argues that individuals who have fallen
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Jim Bowie the heroic man who fought in the battle of Concepcion and the Alamo.He died at the battle of the Alamo.The Bowie Knife and Bowie State University were named after him. Jim Bowie started his life when he was born in Logan County‚Kentucky in April‚1796. Through his life he had lived in many different places. He was named after the scottish king‚ James VI‚ awarded his parents a house and a garden in Cowper to “Jerome Bowie”. He lived on a cotton plantation and sawing lumber some of his life
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Good to Great Book Review To transform a good company to great company is all manages’ dream‚ but only few of them make it. To find out the core factors which lead to a good company became a great company is very difficult‚ because in different era‚ different industry companies face different opportunities and threats. To begin the research for the Good-to-Great study‚ Jim Collins and his research team searched for companies that: performed at or below the general stock market for at least fifteen
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Presiana Tosheva Yorgakieva English Philology‚ 41774 May 10‚ 2010 Abortion – a Woman’s Choice Giving birth is maybe one of the greatest things in woman’s life and this feeling can only be described by those who had the chance to become mothers. As we all know‚ however‚ every action in the world has its counteraction. In this sense we can consider abortion as the counteraction of giving birth. The question about whether a woman should be allowed to make an abortion or not‚ still remains
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high-profile groups that champion either pro-choice or pro-life and this is well documented between Democrats and Republicans. Such organizations bring up a host of issues to further their agenda. In the United States‚ pro-life groups favour greater legal restrictions on abortion‚ or even the complete criminalization of it. Their argument is that a human foetus is a human being with a right to live‚ and so abortion is equal to murder. In contrast‚ pro-choice groups argue that a woman has certain reproductive
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premier acts of the late 1960s. The members were Jim Morrison‚ who was singing‚ on the guitar Robbie Krieger‚ the drummer John Dencemore and Manzarek playing the organ. At first they arose on birthday or weddings. Then came the day where they signed an contract with Columbia‚ which was dessolved after a short time. The Doors played for little money in pub called "London Fog"‚ where they devoloped their unmistakable music style. In the first time Jim Morrison sang with the back to the public‚ because
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was wanted.) And turning to mas as he moved away‚ he said: “Just set where you are‚ stranger‚ and rest easy – I ain’t going to be gone a second.” I did not for a moment contemplate that any of these strange tales were true. I wanted to hear of Jim Smiley anyways‚ not The Reverend Lenidas W. Smiley which‚ for all I knew‚ was a creation Wheeler’s imagination. Not wanting to appear rude‚ I sat and waited for his return. Having determined I would not wait too long‚ as I preparing to leave in came
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