TERM PAPER - HISTORY OF JAPANESE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Tokyo Teleport Town: between utopia and reality To what extent did the urban and scientific utopia of an ideal city become a reality? 14.02.2013 Simona Kalikova Tokyo Teleport Town: between utopia and reality Simona Kalikova Introduction: "Tokyo consciously strives to transform itself into a world city through the creation of a network centre for innovation‚ information and finance." 1 Since the end of the Second World War the Tokyo
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In the news article “Taking A Stab At Our Infatuation With Guns” by Molly Ivins she asserts the idea that in order to possess a gun‚ people should get a license to own one or to not own one at all. According to Irvin‚ the cliché that “guns do not kill‚ people do” helps her argument stand out. It helps asserts her idea‚ because she says that the guns main use is to kill. Ivins is certain that people who are crazy should not be allowed to own a gun‚ and that only those who want to be a part of “a well-regulated
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The main focus made be by Nicholas Carr in his work‚ What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains‚ is that technology has its downfalls. In more detail‚ Carr explains how technology is evolving and how it keeps getting worse. In the article‚ Carr goes into detail how technology specifically affects people when they read. The passage quotes‚ “Now my consideration starts to drift after a page or two. I get fidgety‚ lose thread‚ begin looking for something else to do” (Carr para. 2) Carr is referring to
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Set in Our Ways: Why Change Is So Hard In “Set in Our Ways: Why change is so hard” the author argues that people are most likely to change their lives before their twenties and less likely after their thirties. The author’s research concludes that openness declines in adulthood and that such fact appears around the world and in all cultures‚ thus forming a genetic basis. After reading the article‚ I began to think about my own life and if I want to change something‚ and what may be really needed
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We Look after our own starting essay outline Introduction: The short story ‘We Look After our Own’ by Kath Walker highlights the cause and effect of European settlement on Indigenous Australians. The writer manipulates the reader’s response to the main ideas in the text through the language and narrative conventions of point of view‚ tone‚ atmosphere‚ imagery‚ setting‚ characterisation and conflict. What to put in the introduction: Title‚ writer’s name‚ list the main ideas‚ identify the language
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people realize that gun violence is a big problem in America. We know that many gun crime happened in the USA in history and guns control became a hot spot nowadays. This question is serious because it relates to the public safety. In a 2014 article “ Our Blind Spot About Guns”‚ Nicholas Kristof argues that there is a need for sensible regulation of guns. He makes his idea credible by comparing the regulation of cars with the regulation of guns. In his opening paragraph‚ Nicholas Kristof draws his opinion
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Victor Rodriguez Ann Cornish 102-0578 13th May 2015 How Walt Disney ruined our lives Purpose/context 1. This articles topic was about Walt Disney movies and why they ruined peoples lives. 2. The purpose of this article was to explain why Disney princess/romantic movies ruined peoples perception of love and marriage and their lives leading to many divorces. 3. Thesis: The entire short second paragraph. 4. The author is Robert Eptein‚ PHD from Harvard‚ author of 15 books‚ research psychologist. I don’t
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high school graduation‚ our government came to a conclussion that the education system is failing. After examining the information out of the different articles‚ it is obvious that the U.S. educational system should adopt some Asian techniques in teaching‚ but there are some methods wich must not be changed because of cultural differences. The U.S. educational
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In W.E.B. DuBois’ reading‚ "Of Our Spiritual Strivings‚" the term "double-aimed struggle" is used to describe the hardship the black community was dealt with. Racism created disunity in America. DuBois’ called upon individuals to draw their “strength” to escape this diversity. African Americans struggled to assimilate to American society while trying to maintain their own unique traditions and cultures. DuBois’ wanted African Americans to have freedom and opportunity for education without losing
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Utopia can be defined as a place immune from inhumane treatment and absent of the hardships of society ‚ where the population is blindfolded from fear‚ anxiety‚ and general negative aspects of human nature. A utopia can be generalized as that perfect society. This is one type of a drastic society. There is another‚ more appalling type of society‚ that of a dystopia. A Dystopia is nor a fairyland or the promised-land like the utopia is‚ it looks at the chaos‚ anarchy‚ rebellion and disorder
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