According to Nicholas Carr in his book The Shallows‚ the Net is changing the way people view and live their everyday lives‚ and is the single most powerful mind-altering technology that has ever come into general use since the book. One can agree with Carr’s thesis because it is easily supported by observing the changing culture of humanity. Due to rapidly advancing and expanding technology‚ human beings are dealing with memory issues and diminishing human interaction. The Net is changing the way
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Emily Hubbard 4-3-12 9th English A SPARK NEGLECTED BURNS THE HOUSE “A Spark Neglected Burns the House” is about two feuding neighbors‚ Ivan and Gabriel. After almost a decade of quarrels and pure hatred for one another‚ Gabriel decides to burn down Ivan’s house. In this story‚ Leo Tolstoy teaches that hatred has horrible consequences‚ that humility is essential in forgiving‚ and that forgiveness saves one from a lot of trouble. One of the first lessons Tolstoy teaches is that hatred has horrible
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For those of you somehow unfamiliar with the tale‚ here are the Spark Notes: Dorothy is a small-town Kansas girl who dreamed of life somewhere over the rainbow. She gets swept up in a tornado and dropped into a strange yet wonderful land called Oz. How did the author come up with the name Oz anyway? Baum said it came to him one day when he was staring – probably asking that question Ian shared concerning the ending time of class – at a set of filing drawers labeled A-G‚ H-N and O-Z. As a result
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the scenario of Rescue 1 and its analysis of the permissibility according to Foot. I will also talk about the Rescue 2 case which has a twist to the analysis. The final analysis will be of Foot’s trolley case in which she explains “diverting” as a permissibility. Then the big test of my knowledge will come into play when I tackle the scenario of Jewish refugees whom escaped and whether its permissible to kill one to save them all from being captured. Let’s first start with Rescue 1 so I can fill
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The abdication of the Tsar Nicholas II brought light to ideologies that were present in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Sentiment towards that Tsar was negative as the USSR was ruled by a small nobility with a population that was composed of mainly peasants. The main groups trying to cause revolution in the USSR were the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks. Both groups had ideologies that were based on Marxism‚ and they were anti-Tsar with the Mensheviks having a longer-term plan and the
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The Rescue As he got out of bed‚ John‚ who has pale skin‚ dark hair‚ and blue eyes‚ rushes downstairs and eats his breakfast. Pondering where his parents could be‚ John gets dressed‚ ready for school. He sprints to his formal‚ spacious‚ neat private school‚ Wisconsin School of Arts‚ and walks to meet his best friend‚ Mike‚ who has dirty blonde hair with beaming brown eyes. John and Mike walk into their school‚ enter their untidy‚ dirty‚ unpleasant classroom‚ and find a seat. All of a sudden‚ Mrs
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The Animal Rescue League of Iowa has is influential in the lives of many animals and offers many ways for children and adults to educate themselves in animal care‚ as well as many volunteering opportunities. It is the largest nonprofit animal rescue center and shelter in the state of Iowa‚ fostering and caring for over 19‚000 animals each year. Educational opportunities provided by the Animal Rescue League of Iowa teach children and adults about proper animal care and adoption. As a non-profit
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“The Duty to Rescue: A Reexamination and Proposal” Jay Silver explains how easily a bystander could help save a life stating‚ “For example‚ a child drowning in shallow water could not wait for help to be summoned‚ but might be saved by the immediate efforts of a bystander.” In this scenario a bystander could help save a drowning child’s life by just providing basic personal assistance. Additionally‚ an article by Drive Safely named “Legislating Morality: Good Samaritan and Duty to Rescue Laws” depicts
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sufficient electrical voltage and to discharge a spark between electrodes of the spark plug. 2.) If a four-cycle engine runs at 3600 rpm‚ and the number of sparks per minute required at the spark plug would be ______per minute. A.) 1800 3.) Name the six main electrode components that make up the magneto ignition system. A.) Permanent magnets‚ High tension coil‚ Mechanical or electronic switching device‚ Condenser‚ High tension spark plug wire‚ Spark plug 4.) Regarding atoms _______.
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The statement says that Nicholas Carr thinks that technology’s power is alienation. His words are “the toll can be practically high with our intellectual technologies. The tools of the mind amplify and turn numb the most intimate‚ the most human‚ of our natural capacities – those for reasons‚ perception‚ memory‚ emotion. (Carr‚ 211) He says that by using tech so much we eventually go numb to everything around us‚ is that the truth? Well at this point in time all there was‚ was the ability to observe
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