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The U.S. Government Should Not Turn Away From Fossil Fuels 3059
Introduction: The U.S. Government should NOT turn away from fossil fuels Installing solar collectors on rooftops and insulating homes in America will not provide citizens and businesses with the energy needed to keep American strong. It is paramount that the U.S. continues to use fossil fuels. It"s a no-brainer, friends: if we shut down fossil fuel electrical generating plants, we shut down American industry; we also shut down computers, schools, hospitals, factories. And, according to the World Energy Council (http://www.worldenergy.org), "cleaner fossil fuel systems mitigate and even neutralize the adverse consequences of the use of fossil fuels... [and] the technology for these systems is advancing rapidly." Nuclear Power, wind power and hydro power are not the ultimate answer Nuclear power is extremely dangerous and nuclear plants can get out of control: The Chernobyl nuclear accident in Russia in 1986 caused an estimated 4,229 deaths in the Ukraine, and unknown number
Amanda's Motivation to Live in "The Glass Menagerie" 685
Tennessee Williams"s play The Glass Menagerie describes harsh realities faced by people in a modern world, those who live in the past (Amanda) and those who cannot keep up with the present (Laura), as well as those who wish to escape into the future (Tom). The Glass Menagerie also describes lost dreams of the Wingfield family, and their (and Amanda"s in particular) desperate struggle to escape reality. The symbols in this play reflect the characters" emotional states. For example, while Laura's fragile glass animals represent her fragile emotions and low self-esteem, Amanda's old yellow dress represents the faded, once glorious youth she wishes she could relive (and seeks in vain to relive through Laura). Laura, Tom"s slightly crippled sister, lives in the dreamlike state inside the family apartment. The apartment"s dreamlike, unreal atmosphere, chock full of symbols of the past, like pictures of Laura and Tom"s long absent father, provides Laura with a place where she can dream, and thereby contin
The Electronic Frontier Foundation 660
According to its leading statement upon its website, The Electronic Frontier Foundation is "a nonprofit group of passionate people - lawyers, technologists, volunteers, and visionaries - working to protect your digital rights." The organization"s mission statement unabashedly asserts the fascinating but controversial idea that "If America's Founding Fathers had anticipated the digital frontier, there would be a clause in the Constitution protecting your rights online, as well!" ("Mission Statement," EFF) Alas, Ben Franklin only experimented with electricity and invented bifocals! The stress upon the EFF"s rigorous belief in constitutionality protected free speech as an historic American right is reaffirmed by the organization"s icon, that of a minuteman holding a flag aloft with the organization"s initials, EFF, as the Patriot stands upon a computer. The implications of this mission statement are not simply constitutional. "Just as Patri
The Internet: An Aid for Educators 1445
The internet can be used by educators in many ways, and this technology may be the greatest asset to the classroom since the printing press. The Internet offers infinite opportunities for enhancing the classroom. From multimedia presentations to split-second academic research, no school should be without adequate computer access for teachers and students alike. Finding predesigned lesson plans online is easy to do with a simple Google search, but finding quality lesson plans can be more difficult. However, as long as a teacher understands that pre-made lesson plans are only a springboard for inspiring and adding to their own lesson plans, these lesson plan online resources can be a wonderful asset. Every teacher, group of students, and direction of learning is highly individualized and no pre-made materials can serve as a replacement for plans written by the individual teacher for his or her own class. However, the Internet may be the best tool available for researching and enha
The Juvenile Boot Camps 539
While there are many people that advocate the use of boot camps on troubled youths, there are many people who are against the idea of juvenile boot camps. Those who argue against boot camps believe that they are penal in nature and that their military-like structure ignores the emotional needs of the youth. Those who argue in support of boot camps do not deny that they have a military-structure, but believe that the military-like setting provides disorderly youth with the structure and discipline that they lack. There are merits to both arguments. The pros of boot camps are often immediately visible. While incarcerated, many of the youth experience an immediate change in behavior. Taken out of a situation where they can resist authority, many of these juveniles demonstrate a new respect fo
Death of a Father in "Hamlet" 1279
In the play Hamlet, three characters are confronted with the death of a father. Fortinbras, Laertes, and Hamlet all deal with the loss of their father. In addition, the three of them are confronted with men they consider enemies of their fathers. All three men seek revenge against those they believe have killed their fathers. However, the similarities between Fortinbras, Laertes, and Hamlet only serve to highlight the differences between the three men. Each of them approaches death and revenge in a decidedly different manner. Fortinbras treats the actions against his father as acts of war and seeks the return of those lands taken from his father. Laertes reacts immediately to the murder of his father, seeking his revenge against Hamlet immediately and rashly. In contrast, Hamlet delays seeking revenge for his father. These three different approaches to the death of a father and a son"s responsibility to avenge those deaths combine to form the unique tragedy that is Hamlet.
Accounting Conduct Leading to Enron Scandal 3994
Introduction Looking for the degeneration of business and accounting conduct that led to the Enron scandal in the climate of the 1990s-early 2000 might be too late. As early as 1980, according to Zeff (2003), there had been a visible deterioration of professional values in accounting, at least. He attributed this to the effects of astonishing growth in the profession and competitive pressures beginning to be felt in a formerly stodgy business arena. He noted that it had "created in some CPAs attitudes that are intensely commercial and nearly devoid of the high-principled conduct that we have come to expect of a true professional" (Zeff 2003, p. 267ff). He might have been writing those words in 2005, because despite Enron and WorldCom and Martha Stewart, the dot-com bust, the IPO whirlwind and the market crash of 2000, it is difficult to see any evidence that the "preoccupation with the bottom line" has returned to the civility, respect, courtesy, mutual res
Success and Failure of the Chinese Cultural Revolution 2198
In order to effectively argue the success or failure of the Chinese Cultural Revolution which began in the early 1960"s and endured until the death of Mao Tse-tung, one must travel into the past when the cultural arena of China altered drastically from its ancient agrarian system to one of modernity and acceptance by most of the other Westernized nations. However, the Chinese Cultural Revolution, at least in the eyes of the West, was a dismal failure, due to its adherence to communist principles and its inability to transcend the needs of the majority at the expense of the needs of the individual, meaning that the cultural revolution failed to grasp the ideals of freedom and democracy as they are practiced in the West where such ideals are held in very high esteem and serve as the basis for individuality and personal freedom. With a recorded history of nearly four thousand years, Chinese civilization is one of the oldest and until modern times its development had been highly indigenou
Categories of Intercalary Chapters in Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath 3073
John Steinbeck"s 1939 novel The Grapes of Wrath, starkly and vividly describes the mass westward immigration of tens of thousands of displaced American Midwestern migrant workers, and the symbolically representative Joad family in particular. Steinbeck"s editor Pascal Covici states: "John Ernst Steinbeck was born February 27, 1902, in Salinas California" (p. xxxvii). After graduating from Salinas High School, he attended Stanford University, but did not obtain a degree there. Determined by then to become a writer, Steinbeck moved to New York City, where he worked in construction to support himself while he honed his craft, and then as a reporter for the American. In 1926, he returned to California, where he worked at various odd jobs to support his writing. His first book, Cup of Gold, was published in 1929, and his second, The Pastures of Heaven, in 1932. Steinbeck"s better-known works Tortilla Flat and In Dubious Battle, were published in 1935 and 1936, respectively. The novel The Grapes of Wrath, considered his best, was published in 1939. Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962, with The Grapes of Wrath singled out for special mention by the Nobel Committee. John Steinbeck died on December 20, 1968. (Covici, pp. xxxix-xli).
The Definition of Hermeneutics 1870
STEP #1 – Prayerful Preparation -- In my prayer session, I felt the Lord really moving with me. I thought about how valuable the Fathership of the Father is, and how powerful it is to have family in the Lord's presence. I felt that I was going to be called to speak about family. STEP #2 – Selection of Text -- It had already been determined that I would be talking about John 5:5-42.. STEP#3 – Attentive Reading-- The image of the angel touching the waters is very powerful. I can imagine the anticipation of the sick people, waiting around the pool, just on edge as they waited to see the waters disturbed. I wonder what they saw – could they actually see the angel descending, or just the way the water rolled when he touched it with his feet. It seems so incredible to our modern sensitivities that there could be a pool of water in the center of a city that was actually touched by an angel and capable of healing. Yet it was real-- the Bible says
The Essence of Attribution Theory 1588
There are many reasons why an individual behaves in a particular way. Correspondingly, there are numerous guesses a person makes about the behaviors and characteristics of another. This is the essence of attribution theory. Since its development, attribution theory has been applied to an array of disciplines. This facet of cognition is not only of interest to social psychologists, but also to educators, sociologists, marketing professionals, management personnel, and those in the medical field. Attribution theory states that humans 'tend to give a causal explanation for someone's behavior, often by crediting either the situation or the person's disposition' (Myers, 644). As such, it requires three components: an actor, behavior, and observer. For example, if a driver swerves in front of another's car, what is the explanation the latter will provide for the former's action? The observer may conclude that there was an obstacle in the road or that the actor
1972 Title IX: An Enormous Boost for Women's Athletics 1507
"No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal financial assistance." – Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 Introduction to Title IX Title IX has had a profound impact on the American athletic culture since it was included in the Educational Amendments of 1972. In fact, according to the "Save Title IX" group (www.savetitleix.com/coalition), an alliance of sixty organizations spearheaded by the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education (NCWGE), in 1971 there were 32,000 women in varsity intercollegiate sports in U.S, colleges and universities; but by 1997, thanks to Title IX, there were 160,000 women participating in interscholastic athletics on university and college campuses. On high school campuses the rate of growth of girls playing sports was even more dramatic &ndash
The Brown vs Board of Education Case 694
This three page paper presents a detailed discussion about segregated schools. The writer takes two articles with opposite opinions and summarizes their content while injecting opinion about their main points. There were two sources used to complete this paper.
The Life and Achievements of Mariel Margaret Hamm 1127
Mia Hamm. Just about everyone knows her name, and millions of young women want to play soccer like the great Mia, and bring home the gold for their own country. Acknowledged as the finest female soccer player ever, Mia Hamm is an inspiration and a leader. But who is Mia Hamm, really? Mia Hamm was born on March 17, 1972 in Selma, Alabama. She grew up in a house with five brothers and sisters, and her parents would plan their vacations around her soccer schedule (Hruby C01) Her full name is Mariel Margaret Hamm, and she began playing and excelling at soccer at a young age. She played in high school for Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia, where she was an NSCAA All-American. She also played at Notre Dame High School in Wichita Falls, Texas. At the age of fifteen, she played on the U.S. National Team, and was the youngest player ever to play on the team. The U.S. team won two Women's World Cups in 1991 and 1999, and two Olympic gold medals in 1996 and 2004, while s
Norm of Christian Faith of Bible 1129
It is always curious how some Christians read the Bible, claim it as the foundation of their living and then become angry, judgmental people who insist that they have the only truth and that it is acceptable to try and force other people to live their way. On the other hand, it is equally curious that other Christians read exactly the same Bible and devote their lives to the loving and serving of human kind-and it is exactly the same 66, or in the case of a Bible with the Apocrypha, 82 books that these people are talking about. How can this be? How does it come about? Psychologists will tell us that each individual brings their own ideas, needs and goals to any task of interpretation, whether it be information in a tax form or the Bible. It is not the purpose of this paper to examine in any depth the mind workings of various groups of people, but generally it is supposed that the people who want the Bible to be hard, fast, eternal rules would be those who are not very secure
The Ancient Greek Iconoclast's Philosophy of Education 993
The basic philosophical foundation that supports the Socratic philosophy of education Socrates, in The Republic, begins his query by asking how is it best to live one"s life? He suggests the best life is lived in such a fashion that is conducive to creating a just society. Such a society is the one designed that is most conducive to justice, and therefore to happiness, as opposed to pleasure. Remember that happiness for the Greeks was not a matter of individual self-fulfillment. Rather, Socrates considered happiness as fulfilling one"s most fitting vocational role in society. Socrates defined a society that is best in autocratic terms-a cobbler should not rule, and a potential ruler or philosopher should not make shoes, because this is antithetical to their natural abilities and fitness. But although Socrates advocated oligarchy as the fittest system of governance, he did not advocate aristocracy. In one of his earlier dialogues, called the "Meno," Socrates is shown lea
Online Web Services 1267
Thesis and overview A web service is a software application on a network that has an interface through which other programs can gain access. Web services can be as simple as a mortgage calculator program or as complex as a Fortune 500 software application built from components from y all over the world. They are currently being used to help large and small businesses get the most from their Information Technology resources by allowing the integration of diverse software applications, from desktop programs to large enterprise-wide systems. Not only are web services useful for day-to-day operations of a company, but they are especially helpful for post- merger or post-acquisition system merger. (Geerts,Paretta & White, 2004). XML, the root markup language and key ingredient for creating web services, is gaining in popularity, according to IDC, which has seen the growth in XML-based servers go up by 160% over the last year. Forrester Research, Cambridge, Mass., notes that $500 mil
New Worlds of Dance 689
"But that"s not the way you"re 'supposed" to move!" "It"s not traditional to dance it that way!" "You"re doing it all wrong!" Although anyone who has ever seen someone else practice or even perform a dance has heard these words, it is important to remember, before one judges the dancer harshly, that just because a dance is danced differently, doesn"t necessarily mean the dancer is dancing 'wrong." The observer may simply come from another cultural tradition that dances differently, and perceives the dance"s meshing with other cultural traditions as 'wrong." America is a diverse, rather than a pure culture, and thus has produced a syncretism rather than a pure culture of dance. Dance is, first and foremost, in a performed medium. Thus, author Gerald Jonas stresses that no dance can truly be replicated. Every dance is different and new, even when the basic steps are the same, as dance is always in dialogue with the audience-and therefore, in a less immediate but no l
Budgeting Challenges for Hospitals 426
Since the inception of the Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) three years ago, hospitals have been eligible to receive transitional corridor payments if their OPPS payments were less than the payments they would have received under the prior payment system. However, according to physician and member of Association of American Medical Colleges Thomas Scully, author of a 2003 article on the financial changes to this aspect of the Medicare Program, although the financial structure of the program may strive to thus reduce the gap between OPPS and prior payments, they do not eliminate the gap. Scully states that with
The Department's Management is Sound 299
Obviously, this kind of situation shows lack of strategies in the financial management area of the department. It may be possible that the department is able to provide themselves all the resources they need, thus allowing them to provide satisfactory service that their department is expected to provide. However, beyond the department"s activities of supplying themselves with sufficient resources, there may exist an inability to monitor and e
Opinions, Suggestions in our Environment 2695
Nature vs. nurture: many factors influence an individual"s development. On the side of nature, there are our genes. These determine our physical appearance, and perhaps, our physical abilities and talents. We might even be "hardwired" to some extent as far as our intellectual and emotional development is concerned. Yet "nurture" exerts its own powerful pull on the development of an individual. As human beings, each of us is a member of a multitude of different social groups. We are daughters and wives; Texans and Americans; Baptists and Buddhists. We may belong to many groups at the same time. We may be members of a given group for a long period of time or perhaps only for a few months, days, or even hours. These social groups mold our identities. They make us who we are in terms of which ideas are important to us, and what things we value. They even condition who we admire or revile. Indeed, certain facets of individual identity are wholly the result o
Yymptom of Testicular Cancer 1001
Testicular cancer is the most common cancer in men aged 15 through 35. Although it is the most common cancer in this age group, it accounts for only about 1 percent of all cancers in men. It is important to note that the incidence of testicular cancer is rising in the United States. A decade ago, testicular cancers were considered to be very difficult and dangerous. Many advances in treatment have resulted in earlier diagnosis and many men who are diagnosed at an early stage can expect to survive, which was not the case in the past. Testicular cancer is more common in Caucasian men. The germ cell tumor type is diagnosed in approximately 7,000 men per year, and is the most common type of testicular cancer. The earliest symptom of testicular cancer is pain, swelling or a hard lump in the testicle. There may also be a combination of these symptoms. Some men complain of heaviness in the scrotum, discomfort in the lower abdomen or groin or even just a vague change in the way a tes
"A Suburb All Grown Up and Paved Over" 317
David Plotz, in his article "A Suburb All Grown Up and Paved Over," asserts that residents of Fairfax County, Virginia should be allowed to convert their front yards into parking spaces by paving them over. According to the author, the number of immigrants in Fairfax jumped 86 percent in the 1990's, to nearly a quarter of the population. At a very superficial level, the reason Plotz gives for supporting the conversion is that parking availability hasn"t kept
National I.D. Cards For Combat Terrorism Purposes 404
To combat terrorism and crime, author Dershowitz makes it very clear that he supports a national identity (ID) card with a chip that can match the holder"s fingerprint. Civil rights activists cry out that the cards would infringe on a citizen"s right to remain anonymous. In response to this opposition, some such as Green contend that law-enforcement and intelligence agencies can easily achieve many of the same goals of an ID card by increasing the collection and sharing of information in databases among federal and state agencies, banks, transportation authorities, and credit-card companies. Howe
The Court Case of Alana Shoars v. Epson America, Inc. 537
In the case of Alana Shoars v. Epson America, Inc., an e-mail administrator in California, working for Epson, was fired after complaining to her employer that the e-mail of employees she trained was read and copied. She sued alleging wrongful termination in violation of the California statutes regarding ease dropping, wiretapping and slander. In court, Epson argued that the law makes no mention of e-mail privacy. The judge of the Superior Court of Los Angles County agreed and the case was dismissed. She appealed the entry of summary judgment to the California Court of Appeals and the ruling was affirmed. From a legal standpoint, the court"s decision was correct. California law on wiretapping and ease dropping could only be applied if it occurred during transmission. This is a situation
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