French Monarchy and Parlements French royalty prior to French Revolution were a study in corruption and excess Doctrine of divine right maintained kings were selected by God and thus perpetually entitled -> resulted in absolute rule and provided commoners with no input into governance of France No universal law in France; rather, laws varied by…
Feudalism and Unfair Taxation No one factor was directly responsible for French Revolution Feudal oppression and fiscal mismanagement contributed to a France on verge of revolt Number of financial advisors reviewed weakened French treasury with same conclusion à France needed a radical change in tax system Charles de Calonne suggested that France begin taxing previously…
Thomas Malthus Biography Thomas Malthus was a political economist where he became well known around the world because of his economical views on population growth. Thomas Malthus was born on February 13, 1776 in Surrey, England. He was known as Thomas Malthus but throughout his lifetime he went by his middle name, which was Robert.…
Biography: Ted Thomas Dixon was born in 1956, British Columbia, in Victoria. He currently resides in a rural town outside of Toronto, Canada with his wife and son. Following his study at the University of Victoria, in the late 1970’s he moved to Ottawa. In 1980 Tad received a B.A. degree in Political Science from…
Biography: Samuel Huntington was born on April 18, 1927. He was a political scientist who was known for his analysis of the relationship between the military and the civil government. He graduated from Yale University and received a doctorate from Harvard where he taught. Huntington was 81 years old when he passed away in 2008…
Biography: Paul Ralph Ehrlich was born in Philadelphia on May 29, 1932. He is currently the professor of population studies in the department of biological sciences at Stanford University and president of the Centre of Conservation Biology. He is the researcher and author of the book “The Population Bomb” in 1968. He has a B.A,…
Biography Julian Lincoln Simon is a well known theorist who was born on February 12, 1932. He worked as a professor of business administration at the University of Maryland and a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute. Throughout his lifetime, he had written many books and articles mostly with economic topics. His most prominent topics…
John Maynard Keynes was a British economist. He was born in 1883 in Cambridge, England. His mother Florence Ada Keynes was the mayor of Cambridge and his father John Neville Keynes was an economist. At first, John did not realize that he wanted to become an economist like his father. Instead, he went through many…
Biography Alvin and Heidi Toffler Heidi helped Alvin write some of his books, but credited them as Alvin Toffler Influenced many leaders around the world Described by “Financial Times” as the “World’s most famous futurologist” Also mentioned in “People’s Daily” as one of the top 50 foreigners that shaped modern China “Toffler Associates”, the executive…
Biography Adam Smith was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, the date of his birth is unknown but, he was baptized on June 5, 1723. Smith was a Scottish philosopher and economist who became famous after writing his book, “The Wealth of Nations” in 1776. Theory Adam Smith’s wrote a book called The Wealth of Nations,…
STORING VALUES IN THE COMPUTER’S MEMORY A variable is a named storage place in memory. There are 2 kinds of memory: Temporary memory (RAM), holds the work your computer is currently processing. Permanent memory (disk memory), holds data after you switch off your computer. A variable is stored in temporary memory. Therefore, it only exists…
An array is used to store many similar types of data using a single variable name. The array should be pictured as a container with many compartments. The container has one name, but each of the compartments is numbered. In order to refer to the value stored in a single compartment, we must use the…
Counters There are a number of times in computer programming where the user needs to determine the number of times a certain event occurs. Examples: Counting the number of times a person enters a number (in order to find the average) Determining how many rolls of two dice were needed before a 6 was rolled…
The DO … LOOP is used to repeat a block of statements while a condition is true OR until a condition becomes true. This type of loop is required when you don’t know how many repetitions you will need before you start. When you know the number of repetitions, you use a FOR .. NEXT…
Summary Chapter 20 When Amir finally arrives in Kabul he doesn’t recognize it. All the buildings and shops he used to visit and remember were now piles of rubble. All trees cut down. Amir stares at the Taliban, Farid tells Amir he shouldn’t stare at the Taliban because they are looking for trouble, an old…
Chapter 17 Rahim Khan gives Amir an envelope. Inside are letters from Hassan which talk about Hassan hopes, his life and the changes in Kabul The letters are very warm – Hassan doesn’t hold any grudges against Amir. Rahim Khan delivers the bad news to Amir. Hassan and his wife were massacred and their Sohrab…
Summary Chapter 10 Baba and Amir escape Kabul and carry with them all they need, due to high security and the risk of possible conflict. Their destination is Pakistan. A soldier harasses a young woman that travels with them and Baba decides to intervene. The soldier now has Baba at gunpoint and Amir is worried…
Summary Chapter 6 The chapter starts when Amir talks about winter and how every kid in Kabul loved winter. He said that every school in Kabul were closed for the whole winter and how Ahmad would always get bullied by Assef because he wore a wool vest He then talks about how there was a…
Summary Currently in San Francisco (December 2001) Amir recalls events that happened in his past Amir (Pashtun)& Hassan (Hazara) are brothers/friends/ servant (inconsiderate relationship) Hazaras were segregated- called “mice-eating and flat nosed”(Hosseini,9) Pashtuns are Sunni muslims while Hazaras are Shi’a muslim Baba built an orphanage and tells his son there is only one sin which…
Power and Pride are both evident in Danforth’s exchange with Giles. He doesn’t like the way that Giles effectively argues the law so her changes things so he can arrest Giles. As a judge, Danforth should know better than to react emotionally (pride). Moral Pride is evident when Hale says to Danforth, “Your honour, I…
