Arkansas anti-evolution law violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution . Bibliography Craig, Maury. Scopes Monkey Trial: A Defining Event In American History. Amazon Kindle, 2013. Foote, Fred. The Complete Scopes Trial Transcript. Electronic Version. Amazon Kindle, 2012. Hannon, Michael. "Scopes Trial (1925)." University of Minnesota Law LIbrary. May 2010. http://www.darrow.law.umn.edu/trialpdfs/SCOPES_TRIAL.pdf [accessed March 4, 2017]. Linder,…
I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots. Are we beginning to depend too much on our computers, tablets, smartphones, and other technology? Not everyone uses technology, but more than half the United Stated depends on technology because it is used every day for multiple causes such as communication, education, work purposes, and entertainment. Therefore, we are beginning to depend too much on technology. The face of personal…
The company’s iBookstore is in competition with Amazon’s Kindle. Publishers are able to decide the price of e-content and can negotiate higher yields for their products with Amazon. Apple set a maximum price for e-content at the price it would cost to print the book, which limits the publisher’s potential to earn significant profits. The list of competitors that pose…
Bensalem a suburb of Philadelphia. Over the course of his career he has written several series of novels that include his most popular Silencer series, The CIA Ghost series, and The Cain series, most of which have gone on to become bestsellers on Amazon Kindle. Even as he writes high octane thriller fiction, he is a family man who lives with Liz his wife and four children. Ryan is a big animal rights crusader and animal lover, and has three Labradors and a puppy he rescued from the forest that…
George Orwell’s classic science fiction novel 1984 opens in April, 1984, in the dystopian, tyrannical nation of Oceania, the world’s new superpower post World War II (it is constantly combatting two other rival powers, Eurasia and Eastasia; when it is at war with one it is allied with the other for a temporary period of time). We are first introduced to the protagonist, Winston Smith, a somewhat sickly, frail, anxious, and gloomy man of 39, who is going back to his apartment, located in Airstrip…
On the other hand, resistance to this hybrid trend revolves around concerns regarding the issues of piracy, a lack of outside support and access to professional handling, and the legitimacy of being part of the "anyone can write a book" club. Effortlessness of publishing by electronic means is both an asset and flaw as it renders illegal reproduction just as easy (Rambo). In addition, the lack of professional support is why the market is flooded with poorly written, edited, and presented E-books…
There is a saying in one of the old sanskrit shlokas. विध्या ददाति विनयम् विनयाध्याति पात्रताम्। पात्रत्वात् धनमाप्नोति धनात्धर्मः ततस्सुखम्।। Meaning : Education / knowledge gives politeness, politeness gives character Character gives wealth/money and with money do dharma /righteousness and dharma gives happiness. Money can't give you happiness but with what you do with it might! We live in a material world and most of our lives depend on materials for happiness and comfort. All of these…
Critical thinking is a series of thinking processes to assess judgment, assumption, argument or claim in a thorough and rational manner. Critical thinking is the most fundamental skills that can be achieved by postgraduate students which applicable to other context as well, or termed as a transferable skill. Postgraduate students are primarily working on a research project which suits well with their own interest. On the daily basis, students are using scientific approach to figure out the…
Aziz Ansari had spoken something along the lines of how easy it is for our generation these days. We are the least lonely people, and if we literally want something right now, then boom Amazon prime it and Fedex is already on their way. My mind exploded because before, I was always somewhat aware but not as completely aware as I had just become. He was totally right; we live in the era of technology. It’s everywhere, some of you are probably…
3 Flow Theory and Its Implications for My Educational Practice Time flies when you’re having fun. This familiar saying, which may trace its roots back to the Latin phrase tempus fugit or “time flies,” was first written by the author Virgil (70-19 B.C.) (ESC, 2000). For those who have experienced this sensation, it is the period of time when a person becomes so wrapped up in an activity that they lose track of time. These moments of intense concentration and satisfaction are known as flow…