...Michael Crichton’s The Great Train Robbery. Throughout The Great Train Robbery, Edward Pierce displays this run-of-the-mill attribute of greed which comes to light as his motive for his grand heist. Gluttony is exceedingly blatant in people who are “well-to-do” (Crichton 5). Edward Pierce belongs in this category as he classifies himself as “a highborn gentleman” (5). With such innumerable wealth, Pierce does not need to commit this robbery, but wants more. Pierce...
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...Edward Pierce from Michael Crichton’s The Great Train Robbery was a man shrouded in mystery and unknown motives. Although he claimed that the reason he committed the robbery was because he purely “wanted the money,” the audience can be led to believe otherwise, as Pierce was a well-respected man of wealth (Crichton 279). Pierce did not want the fortune, only the fame that came with orchestrating the greatest crime of the nineteenth century. During the novel, Pierce bragged many times about his great abilities and seemingly limitless talents. While talking to his screwsman Robert Agar, the intellectual revealed the fact that he “climbed with [A. E. Coolidge] in Switzerland” (Crichton 199). Coolidge was a famous mountaineer and the mastermind...
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...after centuries of pondering the same question, both psychologists and laymen would give the same vague handful of answers as to why crime exists: poverty, lack of education, and/or negative role models. In Michael Crichton’s The Great Train Robbery, the Victorian populace supposed crime a derivative of the above-stated sources, poverty being considered a sinful, fallen state, in which violence and filth fester. Edward Pierce, the enigmatically charming protagonist of Crichton’s historical novel, apparently suffers no such want, but is instead spurred towards his illicit actions by mere need for exhilaration....
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...Introduction The primary objective of every country in the world is to have a sustained economic growth and development, a society where opportunities for good health, nutrition and increase in wealth, national security and religious tolerant, adequate and improved infrastructure among others abound. However, it is disheartening to note that what are experienced today are increase in crime rates, political and religious uprising, corruption and other social vices. The situation is further worsened by the level youth unemployment in the country. Looking closely at the scenario, it is obvious that the ‘youths’ are the ones mostly involved. This group (youths), is supposed to be looked upon as the engine room of development in any country. Japan, China, India, USA, Great Britain and other advanced countries in the world made technological breakthrough because of the involvement of the youths. However, the Nigerian youths are yet to be recognized and their impact is yet to be felt. It is in view of this that this paper is structured to explain the need for reintegrating the youth as a panacea for the security challenges in Nigeria. Operational Definition of Terms In order to make this article explicit, the following definitions of terms are given as used in the text. Youths – These are part of the population who are active and their ages fall range between 18 – 45 years. Reintegration – A process of educating, rehabilitating, accepting and engaging the youths to be productive...
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...Insights into Organizational Change At the core of all business organizations is the relationship between the manager and his/her employees. For a manager to be successful they must be able to lead their employees and do so effectively. As we have been learning this semester a manager or leader ideally is one that has “the ability to influence others to voluntarily make day-to-day decisions that enhance the long-term viability of the organization, while at the same time maintaining its short-term financial stability.”2 They must put effort into developing a rapport with the team or division under his/her care. “Leading effectively is, in other words, less about mastering situations—or even mastering social skill sets—than about developing a genuine interest in and talent for fostering positive feelings in the people whose cooperation and support you need.”3 However, contrary to this ideal, most business leaders; when asked about their “basic image of ‘the leader’“reply that it is often that of a military commander and “military organizations are the purest example of an unimaginative application of simple reward and punishment” models of motivation.4 This style of leadership focuses more on the task and less on the development of the individual or the relationships in the organization. “What is the dominant philosophy of motivation in American management? Almost invariably, they quickly agree that it is the carrot-and-stick philosophy.”1 “Since early childhood, we...
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...say: “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs” (1 Timothy 6:10). Now this verse is often misquoted as saying, “Money is the root of all evil.” Notice how “money” is substituted for “love of money” and “the root of all evil” is substituted for “a root of all kinds of evil.” These changes, while subtle, have an enormous impact on the meaning of the verse. The misquoted version (“money is the root of all evil”) makes money and wealth the source (or root) of all evil in the world. This is clearly false. The Bible makes it quite clear that sin is the root of all evil in the world (Matthew 15:19;Romans 5:12;James 1:15). However, when we reflect upon the correct citation of this verse, we see that it is the love of money, not money itself, that is a source of all different kinds of trouble and evil. Wealth is morally neutral; there is nothing wrong with money, in and of itself, or the possession of money. However, when money begins to control us, that’s when trouble starts. With that said, let’s consider the question before us: Why is the love of money a root of all kinds of evil? To help us answer this, we must look at the...
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...Hewlett-Packard [Year] CORRUPTION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA: Introduction Nigeria is rich in natural and human resources, with a population of over 150 million people; the most populous country in Africa. At the time of her political Independence, on 1st October 1960, Nigeria excelled in production of agricultural produce such as groundnut, palm oil, cocoa, cotton, beans, timber and hides and skins. Then, during the oil boom period of the seventies Nigeria made headlines with her oil wealth, as a country richly endowed with oil and natural gas resources capable of financing a number of important projects to meet basic consumption and development needs (Salisu, 200:2). With per capital income of around $1,100 during the late 1970’s Nigeria was regarded as the fastest growing country in Sub-Sahara Africa (Salisu, Ibid). Yet it remains predominantly underdeveloped due to the scourge of corruption that has corroded it. Corruption denies the ordinary citizen the basic means of livelihood, it worsen unemployment and erodes our image as a nation and as individual (Danjuma Goje 2010:1). It has undermined Nigeria’s economic growth and development potential, with a per capital income of $340, Nigeria now ranks amongst the least developed countries in the World Bank League table (Salusi, op.cit). Nigeria’s higher education system once regarded as the best in Sub-Sahara Africa is in deep crisis. Health services are woefully inadequate, graduate unemployment...
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...Financial Data and Projections 14-16 a. Past Sales Revenues b. Five-Year Projections 8. Organizational Structure 16-17 9. Implementation 17-18 10. Evaluation and Control 18 11. Bibliography ……………………………………………………………………………….…... 19 1. Executive Summary ~It is shown that in Oklahoma City is a hotspot for known criminal activity because of the dense population and wealth. One in every One hundred and eight people has the possibility of being a victim of a violent crime such as murder, rape, robbery and assault. Shockingly one on every seventeen citizens has a chance of falling victim to a residential crime and this poses a threat to our beloved children and women. With a crime rate of 69 per one thousand residents, Oklahoma City has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. Within Oklahoma, more than 100% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Oklahoma City. Statistics provided from http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ok/oklahoma-city/crime/. The best way to counteract these statistics is to train our...
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...Operant conditioning * The BA – we learn through the consequences of our actions * This is based on the principle of association. Classical conditioning * We learn through reinforcement and punishment * Pavlov showed through his research with dogs that if two stimuli are presented at the same time * Example food and sound of bell and this happens repeatedly then they become associated with each other * Reinforcement can be positive or negative. Positive reinforcement is where we receive a reward for our behaviour * Negative reinforcement is where we manage to avoid something unpleasant happening * Through this process, we can learn new responses to environmental stimuli as the behaviourist approach says all behaviour is learned The SLT would consider how children could learn aggression both directly and indirectly. * For example a child may be given attention for throwing a temper tantrum, and this is positively reinforcing for them as it act as a reward (learn aggression directly). SLT mainly would focus on how children would learn aggression from seeing others (indirect learning). * For example a child may observe their older sibling having a tantrum and receiving sweets from their mum to pacify them. Due to vicarious reinforcement, the younger child will think that if they behave like this too, they will also receive sweets. This is known as observational learning/modelling. Studies carried out...
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...Introduction: The economy of Bangladesh is characterized as poor and developing. In a developing country like Bangladesh, hartal, crime and corruption are some of the major impediments of economic growth. All type of people suffers from these problems. During hartal, schools, colleges and universities, business institutions, offices, transportation and others facilities remain closed. So students can not join in class or seat in exam, the business people and officials cannot go to their workplace. During harlal,the poor, mainly, suffer a lot because they deprive from their daily earnings. The poor suffer from corruption in many ways. Their access to services, such as public health and education, is reduced when drugs and textbooks are stolen from public facilities and sold privately and when doctors and teachers have high rates of absenteeism from their public jobs and sell their services privately. Corruption invariably channels public resources to the rich–the poor lack the funds to bribe or pay for the private provision of services that are supposed to be provided for free as public services. Almost everybody suffers from corruption, but the poor suffer more. Economic crises tend to have a series of impacts on society and security, depending on their severity and on people’s capacities to cope with and adapt to stresses on livelihoods and community relations. this leads people to engage in crimes which in tern, hinder the economic growth of the country. Hartal: Hartal...
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...Music Journal Table of Contents 1-4 1. Two Trains Running................................................................………...5 2. Almost Lost My Mind.............................................................................5 3. Do You Love Me....................................................................................6 4. One Fine Day ..............................................................................................6 5. Fingertips (Part 2)..........................................................................................7 6.Mona Lisa……………………...........................................................................7 7. Shop Around......................................................................................................8 8. Please Mr. Postman...........................................................................................8 9. Save the Last Dance for Me...............................................................................9 10. Hello Stranger.....................................................................................................9 11. I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Hunny Bunch)..............................................9,10 12. Stop! in the Name of Love..................................................................10 13. Love Don’t Love Nobody..................................................................................10,11 14. You Can't...
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...REPORT ON “EUROPE – CULTURE, HISTORY & ECONOMICS” “Based on Seminar delivered by Prof. Dr. De Meuter” Submitted To: Submitted By: PROF. DR. DE MEUTER GROUP 7 NIDHI SHARMA RICHARD SUMAN HIMANSHU SAHNI MAHESH DILIP REDDY European culture & history LESSONS OF HISTORY: * Historical truth & historical books doesn’t always actually say or what it meant in the books. * They books are changed from time to time according to the situations and conditions. Example of Christopher Columbus who discovered America has been discussed in the class, where the actual evil intentions of Columbus were discussed who started his journey in search of India and discovered America. Here the myth is said as a history but the factual reality is left behind. Perennial philosophy: The perennial philosophy says about the whole world’s religious traditions as sharing a single, universal truth on which the foundation of all religious knowledge and doctrine has grown. In the perennial philosophy the several representations of different countries such as kundalini of India where the seven chakras represents seven energies present around the spine, Greece and the Caduceus / Homer and the Odyssey, Egypt and the Uraeus-Cobra & vulture, South America’s the oroburos, Chinese Dragon and the European alchemy which representation has different meaning has been discussed. Europe and Christianity: ...
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...as the chapter depicts, life in Johnstown seems to start gaining a rapid pace. The nearly doubling of population from 15,000 to 30,000 within ten years time shows how people from all parts of the country were moving into this valley in search of opportunity and prosperity. The image of the town also shows a difference in class. There were wealthy people who lived on the high ground, while the poor workers were crowded in the lowlands. Johnstown then had five-story buildings on Main, up-to-date stores, opera house, a night school, a library, a remarkable number of churches, and several large, handsome houses, most of them owned by the high ranking men of the Iron Company. Life in the town was comparatively simple with few pleasures and a great deal of hard work. After a week of hard work, on Sundays, families wore their best clothes and went for a walk out in one of their neighboring boroughs wanting to be seen and to see others as well. There were saloons of all kinds for the rich and poor as well. After a...
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...Around the World in 80 Days By Jules Verne Download free eBooks of classic literature, books and novels at Planet eBook. Subscribe to our free eBooks blog and email newsletter. CHAPTER I IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG AND PASSEPARTOUT ACCEPT EACH OTHER, THE ONE AS MASTER, THE OTHER AS MAN M r. Phileas Fogg lived, in 1872, at No. 7, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens, the house in which Sheridan died in 1814. He was one of the most noticeable members of the Reform Club, though he seemed always to avoid attracting attention; an enigmatical personage, about whom little was known, except that he was a polished man of the world. People said that he resembled Byron—at least that his head was Byronic; but he was a bearded, tranquil Byron, who might live on a thousand years without growing old. Certainly an Englishman, it was more doubtful whether Phileas Fogg was a Londoner. He was never seen on ‘Change, nor at the Bank, nor in the counting-rooms of the Around the World in 80 Days ‘City”; no ships ever came into London docks of which he was the owner; he had no public employment; he had never been entered at any of the Inns of Court, either at the Temple, or Lincoln’s Inn, or Gray’s Inn; nor had his voice ever resounded in the Court of Chancery, or in the Exchequer, or the Queen’s Bench, or the Ecclesiastical Courts. He certainly was not a manufacturer; nor was he a merchant or a gentleman farmer. His name was strange to the scientific and learned societies...
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...The Psychology of Racism Introduction Throughout history the superiority of the winners has been connected to a denial of feelings - what, in the British empire, was called the stiff upper lip. The conquerers of nature and "natives" claimed their right to the world as their possession because they had first conquered themselves. Powerful people get others to do their bidding. It is the people that they subordinate who are forced to make adapt their lives to their masters bidding. The people with power can look aloof, calm and collected because they find it is easier to appear to be like this. They have the easier life, they are not being treated like beasts of burden, they are not being robbed and murdered. The ideology and culture of power often turns things upside down. Distress is the result of subordination and in human relationships the emotional display of distress then becomes the proof of inferiority. It proves that you need "protection". It becomes part of the power way of thinking, embedded in the culture, that the unemotional life style is evidence of superiority. The "Stiff upper lip" is the way you hold your face so as not to smile, snarl or cry. It is colonialism in facial expression when times, occaisionally, don't go so well. In contrast the emotional excitability of "the natives" proves their inferiority, it proves they have to be 'civilised'...
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