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- 541: How Technology Effects Modern America
- ... in a technologically advanced world. Voting & Poisoned Political Process in The U.S. The advance of mass communication is natural in a technologically advanced society. In our country's short history, we have seen the development of the printing press, the radio, the television, and now the Internet; all of these, able to reach millions of people. Equally natural, is the ... method of persuasion by political figures, multinational corporate advertising, and the upper 2% of the elite, who have an interest in controlling public opinion. Newspapers and radio experienced this same history, but are now somewhat obsolete in the science of changing public opinion. Though I do not suspect television to become completely obsolete within the next 20 years, I do see the Internet being used by the same political figures, multinational corporations, and upper 2% elite, for the same purposes. At this time, in the Internet's young history, it is largely unregulated, and can be accessed and changed by any person with a computer and a modem; no license required, and no need for millions of dollars ...
- 542: The Role of Entertainers as Educators
- ... argument, then, that in addition to generally appealing to the masses, entertainers have regularly fulfilled the role of a teacher to typically unsuspecting audiences. Entertainers have served as educators throughout history, from the origins of oral narratives through the Middle Ages. The earliest forms of unwritten communication were essentially used to spread knowledge from one source to another. Religious disciplines were ... began with Chinese literature more than ",500 years ago, as the Chinese recorded tales on oracle bones (Mair '). The Greeks, however, were the first known civilization to translate their oral history into writing (Henderson '). While the earliest Greek literature was produced by the Indo-Europeans in ",000 B.C., the most essential works began in Ionia with the epics of Homer ... de Quevedo Y Villegas wrote moral works in which he explored the decadence of Spain (Gasset "). Social concerns inspired the writings of Italian reformer Pietro Verri, whose cynical interpretation of history established a new scientific discipline (Alvaro '). His peer Leon Battista Alberti published On the Family, which reflected the concerns Italians for social and ethical topics (Alvaro '). Still, other authors ...
- 543: The Influence of Thoreau on Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.
- ... Thoreau on Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. I have heard it said that the pen is mightier than the sword, but can mere written words change the course of history? Henry David Thoreau did nothing to directly change the course of history, but his words did influence others who did change the course of history; two notable names that the words of Thoreau influenced are Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.. Thoreau was also a great influence on other writers of the time, ...
- 544: Coca Cola
- ... beverage. Later on, the carbonated water was added to the syrup to make the beverage what we know today as Coca-Cola. King, Monroe, Originator of Coca-Cola, “ Pharmacy in History, vol. 29 (1987), no. 2, pp. 85-89 Coca-Cola was originally used as a never and brain tonic and a medical elixir. Coca-Cola was named by Frank Robinson ... 1985 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at the Lincoln Center. Some two hundred TV and newspaper reporters attended this very glitzy announcement. It included a question and answer session, a history of Coca-Cola, and many other elements. The debut was accompanied by an advertising campaign that revived the Coca-Cola theme song of the early 1970s; “I’d like to ... secured only on the value of the trademarks of "Coca-Cola" and "Coke," the number-one soft drink worldwide. Pendergrast, M. (1993). For God, Country and Coca-Cola The Unauthorized History of the Great American Soft Drink and the company that makes it. Coca-Cola’s process is the magic of turning syrup into a finished beverage is the role ...
- 545: American Revolution Vs. Americ
- As we study American history we see that the saying, History repeats itself reveals much truth. As we look closer to the American Revolution and the American Civil War, we can find many similarities between the two. Another saying that is made known is that We learn from our mistakes, but even the greatest men and women of our history did not follow. The main causes for both wars were the fight for liberty. If we are to analyze this issue in both wars, we see that the conclusion ...
- 546: Disease In Africa
- ... falling victim to a mosquito that has the virus. Once the mosquito bites its prey, the disease spreads fairly quickly. Thus resulting in extremely fast death rates among humans. The history of malaria can be traced all the way to AD 500. It is a disease that still to this day devours humans. "Malaria affects about 250 million people per year ... and spread throughout Africa, natives began thinking of ways to combat the problems. One way that diseases were observed and cured was done through tropical medicine. Throughout Africa's disease history, tropical medicine has always been a means to offset many diseases and illnesses. Parasitology is the scientific study of parasites and the environment they live in. The pioneer of parasitology ... host. The parasites often hosted off animal and insects. It must be understood that before colonial expansion and influx of other people besides Africans, disease was kept to a minimum. History shows that before exploration, Africans had the genetic ability to offset deadly and harmful diseases. This was mainly the case, because Africans had many centuries to become immune to ...
- 547: Anti-Vietnam Movement in the U.S.
- Anti-Vietnam Movement in the U.S. The antiwar movement against Vietnam in the US from 1965-1971 was the most significant movement of its kind in the nation's history. The United States first became directly involved in Vietnam in 1950 when President Harry Truman started to underwrite the costs of France's war against the Viet Minh. Later, the ... was going on in Indochina. These bombings spawned the antiwar movement and sustained it, especially as the North Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh refused to listen to American demands (VN History and Politics). The antiwar movement would have emerged alone by the bombings, and the growing cost of American lives coming home in body bags only intensified public opposition to the ... US military authority was breaking apart. Not only was it the worst year for President Johnson's term, but also one of the most turbulent years in all of American history. The war in Southeast Asia and the war at home in the streets and the campuses dominated the headlines and the attention of the White House. To make matters ...
- 548: Hydroponic Gardening
- ... great way to have not only edibles out of season but provides a means of growing food for people who live in areas where it would not be normally possible. History of Hydroponics Hydroponics can be traced back in its origins as far as the ancient hanging gardens of Biblical Babylon. It is also believed that the Aztec had gardens which ... both the Chinese and some cultures living along the Nile River were known to have had gardens which floated on the water's surface. An interesting fact brought out in History of Hydroponics shows just how far back in time this method of gardening was utilized, "The earliest food production in greenhouses was possibly the growing of off- season cucumbers under ... awareness that we must control and decrease the amount of pollution caused by fertilizers and their run off into the Earth's water supplies. This point is brought home in History of Hydroponics, "This is especially true in regions where there are environmental concerns in controlling any pollution of groundwater with nutrient wastes or soil sterilants" (2). It is evident ...
- 549: Genetic Engineering: A Leap In To The Future Or A Leap Towards Destruction
- ... engine, to a calculator, to a computer. However, science, in the past, has always remained distant. It has allowed for advances in production, transportation, and even entertainment, but never in history has science be able to so deeply affect our lives as genetic engineering will undoubtedly do. With the birth of this new technology, scientific extremists and anti-technologists have risen ... the field of medicine. It will usher in a world where gene defects, bacterial disease, and even aging are a thing of the past. By understanding genetic engineering and its history, discovering its possibilities, and answering the moral and safety questions it brings forth, the blanket of fear covering this remarkable technical miracle can be lifted. The first step to understanding genetic engineering and embracing its possibilities for society is to obtain a rough knowledge base of its history and method. The basis for altering the evolutionary process is dependant on the understanding of how individuals pass on characteristics to their offspring. Genetics achieved its first foothold on ...
- 550: Technology Jobs
- ... the issue of our country's political process, in a technologically advanced world. The advance of mass communication is natural in a technologically advanced society. In our country's short history, we have seen the development of the printing press, the radio, the television, and now the Internet; all of these, able to reach millions of people. Equally natural, is the ... method of persuasion by political figures, multinational corporate advertising, and the upper 2% of the elite, who have an interest in controlling public opinion. Newspapers and radio experienced this same history, but are now somewhat obsolete in the science of changing public opinion. Though I do not suspect television to become completely obsolete within the next 20 years, I do see the Internet being used by the same political figures, multinational corporations, and upper 2% elite, for the same purposes. At this time, in the Internet's young history, it is largely unregulated, and can be accessed and changed by any person with a computer and a modem; no license required, and no need for millions of dollars ...
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