After reading‚ listening to and watching a variety of texts‚ I settled on a favourite Neil Hilborn poem of mine called ‘OCD’. I’ve chosen to focus on his reading of it‚ rather than the written version‚ as the pace Hilborn delivers the poem with adds emphasis. The poem deals with an emotional journey‚ more so than a physical one. Hilborn’s poem focuses on his struggles with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and how it affected his relationship with a girl he fell in love with. Hilborn immediately dives
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Have we turned our brains into a living computer‚ or are we so dependent on outside answers that we’ve ceased thinking for ourselves? In today’s society we’ve entered a state of ignorant bliss about how little knowledge and wisdom we truly hold. Neil Postman (1984)‚ the author of “Amusing Ourselves to Death” and an educator‚ tackled the now apparent fact that unlike George Orwell’s prediction that our rights to thinking would be ripped away‚ Aldous Huxley’s prediction that we will gladly hand them
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ways. The graphic novel‚ ‘Coraline’ by Neil Gaiman‚ is a story about a young girl who has a bizarre adventure through the unknown‚ undergoing many life lessons along the way. She displays the qualities of a hero and is an admirable role model for people in our society. Humans‚ as well as animals can be heroes as they can display heroic qualities too. Texts about heroes also communicate messages which we can learn from and this includes our class text by Neil Gaiman. ‘Coraline’ helps readers understand
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Critique of Neil Postman’s Technopoly and the distribution of technology Introduction: In Chapter 1 of Neil Postman’s Technoloply‚ Postman believes that technology alters our world because it is controlled by individuals who do not want the rest of the world to know how technology is controlled in an effort to keep the power centralized. Postman also discusses the negativity that technology has taken in our society; this negativity is determined because Postman feels that technology
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Anthony Perry NETW202‚ Robert Meadows Current Date 3-15-15 iLab #2‚ Introduction to Wireshark Lab Report Section I: Watch the video on the iLab page about Wireshark and answer the questions below. 1. Is Wireshark open source or proprietary? What does it mean to be open source versus proprietary in the first place? Give an example of something that is open source versus something that is proprietary in the field of networking and telecommunications. (1 point) Wireshark is Open Source. Open-source
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Your Inner Fish Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin‚ delves into the questions of why the human body looks the way it does. Looking at the earliest forms of vertebrate life on land and even to the earliest forms of life on Earth we can trace the evolution of the human body. The creatures‚ from millions of years ago‚ have left us with a genetic a imprint that reveals how similar we truly are to the other creatures on Earth. Shubin tells the story of evolution by tracing the skeletal features and organs
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The article “Rick Perry Meets His Alamo” Gail Collins argues that the running candidates are ironically appealing but the most laughable was Rick Perry. The article contains what Collins describes as a crushing blow for those of us who have taken the time to read “FED UP! Our Fight to Save America from Washington” in which Perry announced that “Americans were tired of being bossed around” and being told “how much salt we can put on our food‚ what windows we can buy for our house and what kind of
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On October 1‚ 1955 “The Honeymooners” began on the CBS network. Their run only lasted one season‚ and even though they were the number two show at one point‚ they could never overtake “The Perry Como Show.” Perry Como had a variety/music show that the country loved. Unfortunately for Gleason‚ no one could compete with Como’s show. “Como‚ an old friend of Gleasons who had shared nightclub stages with him at Jersey Shore resorts‚ was a huge success. Apparently‚ many viewers were unwilling to
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Fairytale and fantasy is a genre of literature that has been introduced to generations and generations of children from very young ages. The tales that never have an unhappy ending are regarded as stories for children in today’s society; however Neil Gaiman‚ the author of Stardust‚ argues that children were never really the targeted audience for these narratives that they were in fact intended to be delivered to adults. “Children listened to them and enjoyed them‚ but children were not the primary
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Trading for trust In first few years after indepe ndence‚ 60% of Pakist an’s total trade was with India‚ today it is less than 3%. By Farooq Tirmizi Published: September 23‚ 2012 In first few years after independence‚ 60% of Pakistan’s total trade was with India‚ today it is less than 3%. It is one of the most ridiculous sights in the world: at the Wagah border crossing that links Pakistan to India‚ several trucks stand on the Pakistani side‚ with labourers unloading 50-kilogramme sacks
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