Abstract
This paper describes Plato's presentation of the kind knowledge that is necessary for a philosopher king. This paper states that the Cave Analogy is used to compare the effect and the lack of knowledge on human nature and the responsibility, which accompanies education. The author feels that there is a distinct parallel between Plato's Cave Analogy and the modern world particularly the many individuals who live in poverty and ignorance and the subjugation of women in certain countries.

From the Paper
"Plato describes the cave as an underground dwelling with an entrance up at a distance. The men that live there are chained. They can only see in front of them. (They represent the uneducated). A fire that provides them light, but it is above and behind them. Between the light and them is a path that has a low wall alongside it. Men carry all sorts of things along the wall. But, the chained men only see the shadows cast by the fire and believe the shadows to be the real objects. (This is the world of shadows)."

Tags:king, knowledge, human, responsibility, modern, poverty, a, ignorance, subjugation, women

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This paper examines the positive benefits to be derived from a phone company switching from analog technology to digital technology - especially in its central offices. The paper reviews the financial gains to be made as well as the customer service benefits and suggests that companies not already on the digital bandwagon had best do so in the near future.

From the Paper
"The benefits of digital telephone technology versus analog telephone technology are not necessarily obvious, but they are present and they deserve exposition. The following paper will examine the benefits that would accrue to a telephone company if it were to switch from analog technology in its central offices to digital technology. More specifically, the paper will examine the financial benefits and the customer service benefits to be derived insofar as benefits in these areas are benefits that will most impact the future success and prosperity of any telephone company. Among other things, the following paper will look closely at the technological innovations of the new digital technology. "

Tags:analog, digital, phone

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This paper reports on experiments addressing the issue of developing synthetic analogs of erythropoietin, a protein hormone produced by the kidney that stimulates the production of red blood cells. The hormone is given to patients suffering from kidney failure when they develop anemia, which occurs primarily because their production of erythropoietin is abnormally low. The company has produced an analog that stimulates red blood cell production and so mimics the action of erythropoietin. The analog has been derived from bone marrow cells in culture. The product may be called Redgen. The current research is a test on Redgen to characterize its activity and signaling pathway.

Tags:scientific, lab, notebook

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This paper discusses the advantages and disadvantages of analog vs. digital recording formats from the standpoint of listening, accessing and storing music. The author evaluates the sound quality of each format. The paper concludes that digital is a better all-around format.

From the Paper
"Before digital-format music CDs came out in the seventies, music was often recorded in analog format on phonograph records or tape cassettes. Analog and digital solutions work quite differently though and yield different results even when they ..."

Tags:analg, digital, music, recording

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In this article, the writer describes the various ways that poets use figurative language and goes on to illustrate with four poems from the Romantic era. Figurative language is said to be in three forms - simile, analogy and personification. Each is defined and explained. A paragraph is then devoted to each category, in which four poems are scanned for their use of figurative language. The poems in question are "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by Wordsworth, "She Walks in Beauty" by Byron, "Ozymandias" by Shelley and "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer" by Keats.

From the Paper
"Three ways in which poets use figurative language is through simile, metaphor or personification. A simile is a direct comparison, most frequently using the words `like' or `as' to make the comparison. A metaphor is an indirect comparison, where a connective is not used, and where the comparison is only suggested. A personification is a form of metaphor, where an object or concept is made out to be a person, and described as such. The following are examples taken from 19th century Romantic poetry that illustrate the use of figurative language.
" The first two lines of Byron's poem ``She Walks in Beauty'' is a simile: ``She walks in beauty, like the night / Of cloudless climes and starry skies''. Here the gait of the young woman is being compared to the cloudless and brilliant night sky. At first the comparison seems odd, because the motion of the woman is being compared to something that is still. However, it is the beautiful aspect of both that is being linked."

Tags:simile, analogy, personification, imagery, poetic, device

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This paper aims to draw an analogy between the spirituality of religious sacrificial practices in Hinduism and Christianity, showing how both have developed to connote the same spiritual significance today. It looks at how 'Yajetwa' in Hinduism and 'Sacrifice' in Christianity are incorporated into a believers' life in diverse manners and how the Vedic 'Sesa-Sesi' relationship connects them both with a perfect spiritual bond.

Outline
Biblical Theology
Hindu Theology
Analogy
Conclusion

From the Paper
"The 'Ramanuja' theology took precedence after a slight change in the political-religious structure of the palace and temple and with Visnu and Siva rising as personal, loving and saving deities. "Puja" and "aradhana" were replaced to connote sacrifice, with a primary purpose of pleasing the supreme deity, by placing flowers and fruits in front of the image of the Lord at the temple. This reserves primary value to the Lord alone, with sacrifice being but a step towards glorifying the deity. Visnu embodies the whole action of the sacrifice and all its' elements as a whole. Thus, a subtle transition from "'dharma is the sacrifice' to 'Visnu is the sacrifice'" occurs. "
In Christianity, Jesus's crucification is the symbol of sacrifice, whereby God became incarnate in Jesus and sacrificed himself for wiping out the sins of his entire nation, replacing the unnecessary animal sacrifice of the Old covenant. Three days later, his bodily resurrection depicted the efficacy of this process in freeing human beings from death."

Tags:aradhana, bhagavan, bhagavata, bible, christ, ramanuja, ritual, scriptures, siva, soma, submission, sutras, temple, transcendence, vedic, visnu, yajamana, yajeta

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This paper discusses the issue of abortion from the point of view of Judith Jarvis Thomson, found in her article "A Defense of Abortion." It discusses the issue by describing Thomson's hypothetical situation where a woman is essentially tethered to a famous violinist, who lives off the woman's organs. The paper argues against the logic used in Thomson's analogy, while still proposing that there may be circumstances where abortion should be legitimate.

From the Paper
"Perhaps we can all agree that no unborn baby ever reaches adult size and that, in many pregnancies, the baby's size does not become a significant obstruction until the very late stages of the pregnancy. In fact, at the six-month mark a typical fetus will only weigh about a pound and a half (Battle, 1982). And, certainly, pregnant women can be quite active. Many pregnant women exercise and even travel well into their pregnancies. The body has a natural mechanism for storing and carrying an unborn baby. And while we may all agree that carrying a nine-pound baby inside one's womb is not a simple task, we can also agree that the baby is not nine pounds for the vast majority of the pregnancy and that it is still a much easier task than having a grown adult plugged into one's kidneys. The situations, quite simply, are not analogous."

Tags:pregnancy, fetus, responsibility

Abstract
This paper discusses the issue of abortion from the point of view of Judith Jarvis Thomson, found in her article "A Defense of Abortion." It discusses the issue by describing Thomson's hypothetical situation where a woman is essentially tethered to a famous violinist, who lives off the woman's organs. The paper argues against the logic used in Thomson's analogy, while still proposing that there may be circumstances where abortion should be legitimate.

From the Paper
"Perhaps we can all agree that no unborn baby ever reaches adult size and that, in many pregnancies, the baby's size does not become a significant obstruction until the very late stages of the pregnancy. In fact, at the six-month mark a typical fetus will only weigh about a pound and a half (Battle, 1982). And, certainly, pregnant women can be quite active. Many pregnant women exercise and even travel well into their pregnancies. The body has a natural mechanism for storing and carrying an unborn baby. And while we may all agree that carrying a nine-pound baby inside one's womb is not a simple task, we can also agree that the baby is not nine pounds for the vast majority of the pregnancy and that it is still a much easier task than having a grown adult plugged into one's kidneys. The situations, quite simply, are not analogous."

Tags:pregnancy, fetus, responsibility

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This paper examines how segregation, which was established by the Jim Crow laws of the Civil War period and ended in the 1960s with the Civil Rights Act, saw the public separation of blacks and whites. It looks at how, nearly a century later, the Jim Crow laws of the late 19th century, along with the reversal of the Civil Rights Act of 1875, were re-examined for their constitutionality. In particular, it discusses how two important cases were Plessy vs. Ferguson, which established the legal mode of "separate but equal," and Brown vs. Board of Education, which ended racial segregation. It attempts to show how the historical analogy of these two events demonstrates that history helps to define our actions, allowing us to learn from past mistakes and generate new and better ideas for the future.

From the Paper
"The civil rights struggle focused on reversing legal decisions made in the late 1800s, which were also supported for the first half of the 1900s. The eventual provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ending racial segregation was the result of an accumulated effort to organize individuals and groups to resist the acceptance of "separate but equal." The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) organized in 1909 with the mission to renew the civil and political liberties of all disadvantaged people, like the blacks who suffered the most under discrimination. The NAACP launched numerous public protests advocating the improved treatment of blacks. As the court cases that led up to legalized segregation established white dominance, the likewise assertion by groups like the NAACP and other civil-minded individuals, whites included, brought new cases to the Supreme Court."

Tags:jim, crow, laws, civil, rights, plessy, ferguson, brown

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The three works analyzed are "The Evolution of the Gilgamesh Epic", by Jeffrey H. Tigay, "A "Telling" of the Ancient Indian Epic" by Larry Tominberg and stories from Genesis. The paper shows how all these works use the same imagery but in different ways.

From the Paper
"Throughout the history of man people have associated words that refer to 'light' with goodness, calmness and general peace while words that refer to 'darkness' are compared with evil, chaos and general havoc and tragedy. This can be seen in life and within the literary texts that we read. "Light" represents the prevailing order and peace in the world while "darkness" refers to the disorder and chaos related to death depicted through the situational use of words within texts."

Tags:light, good, dark, darkness, evil, disorder, calm, Tigay, Tominberg