... September 11, 2014 The Loss of Innocence in “Monkey Garden” In the chapter, “Monkey Garden,” from The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, the garden symbolizes the archetypal Garden of Eden from Genesis. Similar to Adam and Eve eating from the forbidden tree, Esperanza loses her innocence in this mystical backyard. As an under-privileged child on Mango Street, Esperanza witnessed adult problems that most children her age would never dream of, especially the maltreatment of women. In this fantastical children’s garden, the kids escaped their real-life problems in search of the lost treasures the garden holds. The rich imagery Esperanza weaves into her description shows the evasion of her problems: “There were sunflowers big as flowers on Mars and thick cockscombs bleeding the deep red fringe of theatre curtains.” The images of Mars and the theatre imply entering a fictional or distant world without everyday challenges. In addition, the kids on Mango fabricate rumors that align the Monkey Garden with the Garden of Eden, “Somebody started the lie that the monkey garden had been there before anything.” Through her escape into fantasy, Esperanza kept her innocence. Through it, she stayed a child until the next day. Despite the seemingly irrevocable purity of the Monkey Garden, Sally’s kissing game with the boys not only defiles the image of the Monkey Garden but also substantiates the gender inequalities suffered by the women of Mango...
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...Humans, up until less than one hundred years ago, have been restricted to life on Earth, as space seemed like a dream. It is only within the last hundred years that the emergence of manned flights and rocket ships that has made space attainable. In that time, the world has now sent people to the moon, rovers to Mars, and space probes into our solar system. Also, advanced telescopes that orbit Earth are exploring even the most remote edges of the universe and bringing more information about what is beyond Earth as we know it (Space Exploration). The technology and knowledge has come a long way as many countries have dedicated research to space, and have gained lots of ground in a short amount of time, now having the ability to commercially...
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...of prosimians are located at the midpoint between insectivores and monkeys. Once the line of the prosimians is set aside, the remaining genetic trunk (anthropoid) is integrated by three lineages: monkeys, apes and hominids. The origin of the monkeys goes back more than 50 million years. The first thing that happened was that the monkeys of the new world departed from the ancestral line of primates and the monkeys of the old world emerged later as a separate...
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...quality on the value of education. When he completed his bachelor and doctoral degrees at Stanford University, his advisor convinced Harry to change his surname from Israel to Harlow because of the concern of possible discrimination of his last name. In 1930, Harlow began work as a comparative psychologist at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and remained there for his entire career. Among many honors, Harlow was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, was elected president of the American Psychological Association, and received the National Medal of Science from President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967. Harlow is most famous for his work with rhesus monkeys. After studying how to decrease the spread of disease, especially tuberculosis, in animal colonies, Harlow observed the infant monkeys’ unusual behavior that had followed separation from their mothers. This sparked his exploration of affection. Harlow was one of the first researchers to study love scientifically. The misconception that children only needed necessities like food and cleanliness was at its peak in the 60’s. But Harlow was ready to disprove this notion. When separated from their mothers, infant rhesus monkeys exhibit behaviors including emotional discomfort and withdrawal as well as atypical sexual and social behaviors. However, these monkeys seemed to become attached to cloth covered blocks of wood or wire items that provided sustenance, like milk, in their cage. Contact comfort was a phrase first...
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...SANS Institute InfoSec Reading Room This paper is from the SANS Institute Reading Room site. Reposting is not permitted without express written permission. Analyzing Man-in-the-Browser (MITB) Attacks The Matrix is real and living inside your browser. How do you ask? In the form of malware that is targeting your financial institutions. Though, the machines creating this malware do not have to target the institution, rather your Internet browser. By changing what you see in the browser, the attackers now have the ability to steal any information that you enter and display whatever they choose. This has become known as the Man-in-the-Browser (MITB) attack. AD Copyright SANS Institute Author Retains Full Rights Analyzing Man in the Browser Attacks | 1 Analyzing Man-in-the-Browser (MITB) Attacks GIAC (GCFA) Gold Certification Author: Chris Cain, cicain08@gmail.com Advisor: Dominicus Adriyanto Accepted: December 22nd 2014 Abstract The Matrix is real and living inside your browser. How do you ask? In the form of malware that is targeting your financial institutions. Though, the machines creating this malware don’t have to target the institution, rather your Internet browser. By changing what you see in the browser, the attackers now have the ability to steal any information that you enter and display whatever they choose. This has become known as the Man-in-the-Browser (MITB) attack. No one is safe from a MITB once it is installed, which easily bypasses...
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...attack on feminism. I concur ... This House of Grief, Helen Garner - Shop Online for Books ... www.fishpond.com.au › Books › Nonfiction › Crime › General Fishpond Australia, This House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial by Helen Garner. ... In this utterly compelling book, Helen Garner tells the story of a man and his ... Award for her 1993 article about the murder of two-year-old Daniel Valerio. Cops kill a man for violating the cigarette tax - Patheos www.patheos.com/blogs/.../cops-kill-a-man-for-violating-the-cigarette-ta... Dec 5, 2014 - From Peter Wehner, The Tragic, Unsettling Death of Eric Garner ... police officer Daniel Pantaleo for the death of Mr. Garner for selling ..... helen. If the black officer was in charge, she could/should have said, "Let up on him." Iphigenia in Forest Hills: Anatomy of a Murder Trial by Janet ... www.goodreads.com/book/show/9873257-iphigenia-in-forest-hills Rating: 3.6 - 311 votes Mar 29, 2011 - Like Helen Garner, she often writes about interesting real-life events. ... to kill her ex-husband, orthodontist Daniel Malakov, who had been ... True Crime books and reader reviews | Dymocks https://www.dymocks.com.au/books/non-fiction/true-crime/ Helen Garner ... For Bruce and Denise Morcombe - the parents of Daniel - and his brothers, Bradley and Dean, it was apparent within ... Murder In Mississippi. The Kinder Tragedy · Meanjin · Literacy in Australia ... meanjin.com.au/articles/post/the-kinder-tragedy/ For example, Daniel Hack...
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...The Emergence of Language 3 The Theories of Johann Gottfried Herder 4 Pre-Language 4 Sound and Language 5 Theory of Divine Inspiration 5 Criticism of Herder's Work 6 The Gestural Theory 6 Motor Activity and Language 7 The Mirror Neuron System Theory 7 Theory of Sound Symbolism 8 Synesthesia 8 Discontinuity Theories 9 Summary 9 Works Cited 10 Introduction The origin of human language is a mystery which has baffled scholars and scientists for thousands of years. It can only be speculated how language began and evolved; the lack of direct evidence suggesting that it is perhaps a riddle that cannot be solved (Deacon 7). Yet this has not stopped many various theories from emerging over the years, speculations ranging from wild guesses to educated, scientific deductions. According to prominent linguist Eric Heinz Lenneberg, theories surrounding the origin of language are categorized into two main groups: continuity theories and discontinuity theories (Hill 134). Continuity theories hold that language was formed through a long process of evolution. Discontinuity theories are based on the belief that language is too complex to have evolved out of natural systems and is the result of a significant evolutionary jump which took place relatively abruptly. On the side of continuity theories are the works of German philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder, whose famed Treatise on the Origin of Language covers many 18th century hypotheses on...
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...treatments and determine the safety of products or medications for human uses. The community must face the reality that the well being of animals must be sacrificed in order to successfully cure humanities’ diseases and prevent as many deaths as possible. Since there are many similarities within humans and animals, society was able to deepen understanding of the human body by continuously studying and experimenting on animals. For example, animal researchers have recently found a method to restore people’s visions using safe procedures after conducting several experiments on monkey and mice. However, people who are against the idea of animal experimentation argue that experimenting on them is inhumane and can be replaced animal experimentations by many other methods. Besides, those who opposes the idea would state that researchers are willing to allow animals to go through pain and suffering in order to protect humanity from the physical pain since the human race is selfish in general because society is only care focused on caring for the need and safely of themselves. Evidently, Aysha Akhtar is a neurologist and a public health specialist who brings up her experience at a neuroscience conference where a presenter shows a brief video clip of his animal experimentation, showing how gruesome the presenter was treating the animal. Therefore, animal experimentation should not be conducted in society because first, animal can experience many emotions that are similar to humans’, animal experimentation...
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...different effects on our lives and the make-up of who we are and what we believe. Creation is a belief followed by many people and generally speaking the Holy Bible serves as a guideline and a set of instructions to show how the earth was formed and to guide us through life. Science backs up this Holy Book it is a very reliable source of the history of the world. There are many questions in life that man has always longed to find the answers to and the questions are: Who am I, why am I here, how did everything get here, and where will I go when I die? Well if you believe in evolution then you came from non-living material that all came together from the big bang. There is no purpose to life, you have no one to answer to, so if it feels good than do it and when you die then you will be recycled into a plant. We supposedly came here by chance through millions of years of evolving from a rock. In Creation, an all-powerful creator created you, life is a stepping-stone to get to heaven; there are consequences to what you do, rules to follow and someone to answer to. There is an afterlife for all people either heaven or hell. Could have much of the debate been avoided if it wasn’t for one man, Charles...
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...A couple of the main goals of every business are to have loyal customers and make a large profit. In order to reach success each business tries their best to stand out and gain the attention of potential buyers. Advertising helps lure people in to buying products by identifying the needs and wants of their costumers and convincing them that it is necessary to purchase those products. In the 1800s there were many people who still had a negative attitude towards the blacks after the civil war and considered being dirty, exhibiting the blackness, as very bad. Soap businesses used their advertising to target those seeking to become whiter. In the late 1800s, because of developments in technology, manufacturing soap became more popular. It was easier for people to purchase a bar of soap rather than to make it at home as it was done before. The N.K. Fairbank Company, purchased in 1875, was a well-known business that manufactured soap throughout the United States. It grew to be “the largest producers of soap products in the United States”(“The Largest in the world”) making “$5 million in annual sales” by 1880 (Wilson 1). Fairy Soap published illustrations in booklets that many customers found entertaining. The booklets would be given out to their loyal customers that helped increase their sales. The N.K. Fairbank Company became “famous for its distinctive advertising” which attracted most of their customers (Wilson 1). Suggestive ads helped grab the attention of those...
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...Hershey’s Kiss, and Reese’s. Hershey’s products are found in over 80 countries and Hershey’s strategically focused to increase international global market share. Currently, its business strategy is to focus on innovation of new products, core brands, and recent business acquisitions to maintain its stable revenue. Hershey’s 5-year compound growth rate is 6.8%, and the company experienced positive growth during the economic downturn. Overall, Hershey’s main competitors are Mars, Mondelez, and Nestle. RISKS As the economy continues to recover from the economic downturn, increased prices in the cost of sales will occur, especially as Hershey’s moves towards certified cocoa. Cocoa beans, sugar, and dairy show trends of increased prices; however, Hershey’s uses hedging instruments to minimize the impact of higher cost of sales. Therefore, the company is able to maintain the average cost of sale of 56%. Also, Hershey’s has lost international market share, but recent acquisitions Brookside and Shanghai Golden Monkey Food have recently shown improvement in international presence. Also, consumers demand for healthier chocolate candy is causing Hershey’s to invest in innovated candy. The company has kept up with customer feedback throughout the years. Figure 1 shows the net profit of Hershey’s compared to its major competitors and concludes its strategies are continuing to bring success, especially in year 2013 when Hershey’s surpassed its competitors. FUTURE OUTLOOK Hershey’s is heavily...
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...Spring 12 Mirror Neurons In Motor and Social Acts The authors who ushered in what might be considered the most critical finding of 21st century neuroscience to date—the discovery of mirror neurons (MNs)—contend that MNs underlie simulation theories of action understanding and mindreading (Gallese & Goldman, 1998); Gallese et al., (2004). The mechanism that allows mirroring of action is referred to as the ‘direct-matching hypothesis,’ (Rizzolatti et al., 2001), and the claim is based on the response properties of MNs in monkeys. The discovery of MNs is important in that if the implications of their function are properly understood, it lays a foundation for explanations of not only understanding of action and other minds (Gallese, 2003), but for other big questions, such as the evolution of language (Rizzolatti & Arbib, 1998). The concern of this paper is MN function as a feature at the core of the stronger claims. Alternative theorists challenge the characterization of the MN role as ‘mirroring’ action, as their findings show that mirroring cannot be direct and must rely on an interpretation of the observed action. They claim: a) MNs do not simulate with enough precision to be referred to as ‘mirroring,’ in which they are said to simulate an agent’s motor program onto the very same motor repertoire of an observer not performing the act; b) mirror neuron activation is predictive of action, not replicative; and c) the function of these neurons supports a model that is generative...
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...The most widely excepted theory of the moon’s formation is “The Great Impact Hypothesis” the theory that during the formation of the Solar System when Proto-Earth was being formed a proto-planet the size of Mars, named Theia (named after the Greek god Theia who was the mother of the goddess of the moon.) was on a collision course with the earth, which impacted and broke off a part of the top hemisphere of earth. The debris of the collision soon solidified into a flat disk around the earth and eventually all the debris formed into the Moon. During this time the moon was very young and hot. Volcanoes erupted forming the Lunar Mare and many craters were formed on the surface from impacts of celestial bodies. Another theory is “The Capture Theory”...
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...Frankfurt Am Main Most, if not all of us, have all heard of Manhattan, but what about ‘Mainhattan’? Mainhattan is the nickname affectionately given to the city of Frankfurt Am Main (meaning literally, Frankfurt on the river Main), Germany. The reason Frankfurt has earned this name is because of its status as an economic and cultural hub, just like the city Manhattan. In fact, the official Frankfurt website even states that it is “the most international city in Germany”. Since Frankfurt is vital to Germany and Europe as a whole, it is no wonder that the city as a whole is so diverse, with many things to see and places to visit. Frankfurt’s economic influence on Germany is no secret. Just like Manhattan in America, Frankfurt is home to the financial systems of Germany. These include the trading system XETRA and the Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse (Frankfurt stock exchange). The stock exchange is the largest in Germany and second largest in Europe, second only to the London Stock Exchange. In addition to stock exchanges, Frankfurt is also home to the largest banks in Germany. Banks headquartered in Frankfurt include: Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, DZ Bank, ING Diba, and many others. The presence of so many banks leads to Frankfurt sometimes being called ‘Bankhattan’. Not only does Frankfurt boast a large number of German banks, but it also is home to one of the most, if not the most, important financial system in Europe. The European Central Bank is the institution that’s purpose...
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...Allie Zahn Professor Haynes English 185 March 18, 2016 Word Count: 1218 Animals Have Feelings, Too Each year, more than 100 million animals, including mice, rats, frogs, dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, monkeys, fish, and birds are killed in the United States alone for biology lessons, medical training, curiosity-driven experimentation, and chemical, drug, food, and cosmetics testing (Peta). Before these innocent animals are killed, some are forced to inhale deadly chemicals, others are held down for hours while “scientists” burn their skin off or drill into their skull. Not only are these tests cruel, they are often inefficient and unpredictable. While many of these experiments often prove successful in animals like mice, they frequently do not work on humans. Testing on animals should be illegal because it is cruel to the animal and the studies done can cure an animal but not cure humans. Too many animals die each year after living an awful life as a test subject. Around one million animals, excluding rats, mice, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and agricultural animals used in agricultural experiments, are used in experiments every year in just the United Sates. Another one hundred million mice and rats are tested on, as well. In Canada, 3.2 million animals are used in experiments. In addition, around 80,000 animals are subjected to “severe pain near, at, or above the pain tolerance threshold of unanesthetized conscious animals” (Peta). It is heartbreaking to...
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