allies the Soviet Union have tested its first atomic bomb. Due to the atomic bomb trial Americans become frighten until the 1970s for the possibility of discharged missiles within the United States (learnnc.org). In the short story “Foster‚ You’re Dead”‚ Philip K. Dick resembles his fictional story to these times. Similar to the U.S. events‚ the small town that the boy Mike Foster lives in with his father Bob‚ mother Ruth‚ and surrounding residents who prepare their families like militants for potential
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phone 08119105342 Course code and title MM5001‚ BUSINESS ETHICS AND LAW Course time and place JANUARY 2011‚ JAKARTA Lecturer SURNA DJ. TJ. Due date 10 FEBRUARY 2011 Program BLEMBA 11 Assignment number 1 Assignment title/topic/case SUMMARY OF WALL STREET MOVIE Assignment type (choose one) ( ( ) Midterm Exam ) Final Exam ( X ) Individual Assignment ( ( ) Group Assignment ) Other Further information (e.g. state if extension was granted and attach evidence of approval‚ revised submission date)
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In the article “A Surveillance Society” by William E. Thompson and Joseph V. Hickey‚ the authors explain the growing rate of security cameras and ways of surveillance that are appearing in cities and communities. With time there has been an abundant increase of surveillance in societies all around. With that‚ there has been a controversial discussion as to how it is possibly an invasion of privacy for certain types of surveillance to be able to access private items without permission. Thompson pointed
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------------------------------------------------- State of matter From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia States of matter in physics are the distinct forms that different phases of matter take on. Four states of matter are observable in everyday life: solid‚ liquid‚ gas‚ and plasma. Further states are possible but do not naturally occur in our environment: Bose–Einstein condensates‚ neutron stars. Other states‚ such as quark-gluon plasmas‚ are believed to be possible. For a complete list of all
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In My Brother Sam is Dead by the Collier brothers a boy named Tim has had a normal life until war comes around the corner. When war hits Tims town‚ Tim and his family has to face challenges that sometimes makes them suffer. In the story the authors show me that war can divide and destroy individuals‚ families and communities. War can divide and destroy individuals. For example‚ when Mr. Heron wants Tim to deliver a letter. Tim jumps at the opportunity so he can earn some good telling points
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Auden: A Modern Poet To justify Auden as a great modern poet it can be said that Auden stands out among modern poets by his earnest effort to be great modern thinker. He was well versed in history‚ philosophy and theology and had a remarkable grip on contemporary currents of thought in political theory‚ science and psychology. Auden extraordinary style and diction make his poetry strikingly obscure. Sometimes the style makes his poem difficult to understand. This difficulty and obscurity arises
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Summary of Whose canon is it anyway? “Whose canon is it anyway?” is an article written by Bethan Marshall. In the article‚ Marshall analyzes a review by Tom Paulin of a book by Anthony Julius about the anti-Semitism and literary works of T. S. Elliot. Despite being a well-known anti-Semite‚ Elliot and his poetry were studied in schools around the world. Therefore‚ by questioning his beliefs‚ we also question our own culture because Elliot’s works are closely related to its foundation. So‚ Elliot
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In chapter one of the book “Society of the Spectacle"‚ Debord (1967) discussed a society of the spectacles where relationships are mediated by images‚ and reality has been replaced with the images of reality. He has negative and critical stances towards it by pointing them out in his arguments. Spectacles have three aspects to it: the spectacle society itself‚ being in parts of its society‚ and the means of unification. First of all‚ spectacles are everywhere and its main goal is to separate
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In the article “McDonaldization of Society” the author‚ George Ritzer‚ discusses Rationalization which is a concept which was coined by the German sociologist Max Webber in the 19th century. Rationalization has 5 distinct dimensions which are efficiency‚ control‚ dehumanization‚ quantity over quality‚ and predictability. Moreover‚ Ritzer claims that society has become so focused on being efficient which means finding the easiest and fastest way to achieve a goal‚ an example of that dimension provided
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In ‘Half-Lives: The Walking Dead: 400 Days‚ Sorcery!‚ and Depression Quest‚’ by Tevis Thompson‚ the connection between video game characters and players on a metacognitive level is described. Thompson explores this connection through several games of different genres‚ stories‚ and gameplay. He says that games‚ in order to really connect on an empathetic level with their players‚ need to force the players to live the lives of others and face the consequences of lasting choices the player must make
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