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| Present Confusion and Perplexity about Morality | 1414 |
| Introduction An old adage suggests that peoples' true characters are revealed when they are forced to make a moral decision when no one is watching them, and when the results of their actions will never be discovered. For example, if someone finds a wallet in a trash can with thousands of dollars in cash in it and the wallet still has the person's identification in it, should that person try to return the wallet or is it morally acceptable to keep the money? In these morally nebulous circumstances, people may do things that surprise themselves, either for the good or bad, but what they do under these circumstances is always dictated by their powerful inner morality compass that is comprised of two very specific components that are required for it to work properly. To better understand what processes take place during these moral encounters, this paper will provide an analysis of the literature to determine what motivation can be provided to persons to be moral when self-interest s | |
| Contemporary Artists and Their Paintings | 1396 |
| Chapter 1 Mark Rothko was an American Jewish painter and one of the founders of the New York School of Art. He was an abstract expressionist whose work concentrated primarily on basic human emotions. When he painted, he was not into using a lot of vivid or bright colors. In his paintings, he would use only a few colors that were intense. For most of his life, he was depressed and actually ended up committing suicide as a result of his depression. His paintings reflected his depressed emotions. Jason Pollock was another American painter who had emotional problems. Jason Pollock's depression led him into severe alcoholism. Because of his depressed state, his paintings also reflected a lot of emotion. His paintings were abstract expressions of unconscious imagery. Jason Pollock was famous for his drip painting where he would lay the canvas on the floor and then would pour or drip the paint onto the canvas. After dripping, he would use a knife, a stick or towels to manipulate the pain | |
| The Beer, Sex, and Gender | 681 |
| Beer is so popular with men, you could almost say it's a necessity for manhood-that is, manhood as part of his gender identity, not the biological kind. Gender is all the things society tells boys about how to be men. Gender is what a man's parents, especially his father, told him, or showed him by example, were part of being a real man-things like working hard, being the boss over his own home, liking cars, and being able to fix things. Gender includes the things men enjoy doing together like shooting pool at the bar, talking about sports, fixing cars, and drinking beer. Beer drinking is associated with masculinity. The labels on the beer cans and advertisements for beer are designed to be attractive to men. When beer is advertised on TV, the ads are always run during times when men will be watching-for sporting events, for example, like the Super Bowl. Beer ads often show men in social groups-sometimes with beautiful women, implying that if they drink a certain brand of beer, women will love them | |
| The De Tocqueville's and Arendt's Ideas Compared | 2197 |
| When Alexis de Tocqueville wrote Democracy in America in 1830, democracy was still a new phenomenon. In the introduction to his book, Tocqueville views democracy as an inevitable social tide that is sweeping the world, ordained by the will of God. He argues that in America religion and politics were uniquely combined in the approach of the early colonialists. The Puritans came here, he says, both to worship God in freedom and to be self-governing and states, "Puritanism...was almost as much a political theory as a religious doctrine" (23). The Puritans (or pilgrims) were almost entirely middle-class people who came with the idea of forming an orderly and moral society. In every law that they passed, the preamble was religious and had to do with obedience to the will of God. The pilgrims believed, he says, that "observance of divine laws...leads man to liberty" (Toqueville 30). This was a far cry from simply doing whatever one wanted. Tocqueville quotes from a speech by Gove | |
| Interpretation Job | 1004 |
| I deem the Graduate Trainee Program as one of the epitomes of Centrelink's thrust in showcasing the best and brightest Australia has to offer the international community. Being part of a vibrant, dedicated and diverse group of individuals entrusted to foster understanding and promote the country's foreign and trade relations is a challenge anyone who believes in Australia should be proud to be a part of. Having read Politics and Government in university and presently doing my post-graduate studies in International Relations give me the fundamental, if not advanced, skills as well as awareness of local and international socio-political and economic realities of today. Complementary to my academic skills are the English language teaching experiences I have locally and abroad, which contributed immensely to my understanding of different cultures and peoples of varying age group. Being trilingual (English, Korean and street Japanese) gives me the edge to appreciate not only the language of | |
| "A Letter from Japan: The Photographs of John Swope" | 708 |
| "A Letter from Japan: The Photographs of John Swope" is on display at the Hammer Museum until June 4. All the photos are black-and-white images shot in 1945 after the occupation of Japan by American forces. The photographs are a moving look at Japan just days after World War II ended. They show what happened to the country during the course of the war, but more than that, they show the faces of a people ravaged by war. Each of these prints is a gelatin silver print, and each one shows the photographer's understanding and sympathy toward his subject. His photo of the bombed out ruins of Hamamatsu show the horror of war, but they also show a people ready to get on with their lives. The city lies in ruins around them, but they go about the business of living. One woman, in another photo, walks among the ruins with a parasol and her baby strapped upon her back. The symbolism here is quite clear. Although Japan surrendered, her people are strong and life will go on. All of the photos show unsmiling, war-torn faces. Swope's camera caught th | |
| The Stresses on Marriage | 1286 |
| This four page paper presents an examination of stresses that marriages face today. The writer explores military life, business partnerships, blended families and interfaith unions as elements that can create stress in today's marriages. There were six sources used to complete this paper. | |
| Issue on Same Sex Marriage | 1012 |
| The institution of marriage has changed throughout history. It was only after the civil war that African-Americans were allowed to marry in all areas of the United States and it was only after a Supreme Court decision in 1967 that mixed race couples could marry anywhere in this country. But, today, society remains resistant to embracing marriages by same-sex couples. Massachusetts is the only state that allows same-sex marriage and same-sex couples were able to obtain marriage licenses in San Francisco and in various towns in New Mexico and New York for short intervals of time during 2004, but were not able to register their marriages.1 Like earlier marriage prohibitions, opposition to same-sex marriages has been grounded in fear and prejudice and must be overcome. One of the most common reasons given against same-sex marriage today concerns what the meaning of marriage should be. Those against same-sex marriage define marriage as the union of two sexes, not the union of two peo | |
| Moral Dilemmas in "Celia, A Slave" | 1405 |
| In Mclaurin's book "Celia, A Slave," there are moral dilemmas that are inherent in slavery. Slaves were seen to be less than human, and therefore they did not get the same treatment that white people got. Celia, in the book, was accused of murdering her 'master,' and the way that she was treated at her trial (and before, as a slave in the Newsom household) indicates how much corruption is seen in humanity. Slavery is much more complex than many people realize. There are subtleties and issues that belong to it and that plagued both the slaves and their masters. One of these was the ways in which the masters controlled their slaves. Another was how the slaves chose to resist this control. This was a battle that began early on in slavery and did not end until all of the slaves were set free. Because of this, these things was very important to the issue of slavery, but many that are not familiar with the slavery issue do not realize that there are many facets to it, and that con | |
| North's Advantage in the Civil War | 4132 |
| Introduction This paper will first of all review the literature that points to generally accepted reasons why the North won the Civil War, which through doing so explains why the South lost the war. Secondly, it will also go into great detail about the Battle of Gettysburg; in particular, Pickett's Charge, the strategies employed in that charge, the aftermath of that charge, first-person, historic accounts, and why it should more rightfully be termed the "Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble Assault." The Civil War's Aftermath - Why did the South Lose? To begin with, going into the Civil War, it is clear through historical review that many of the odds were stacked against the South. In general terms, the North won the war, according to Civil War author David Potter, because the North was far better equipped in terms of industrial and agricultural resources, than the South was. Potter notes (115) that at the beginning of the war, the north produced (annually) "...17 times as much cotton and wo | |
| Roots and Reasons of American Racism | 1269 |
| Racism in and of itself is not a mental illness, since it is a learned rather than inherent; compulsive, or uncontrollable behavior. However, racism clearly contributes greatly to the extremely unhealthy fracturing of the social fabric of American (and many other) society (ies), and to many racial and ethnic groups' suspicions of and paranoia about other groups. Roots of, and reasons for American (or any other) racism most likely springs from varied individual and other circumstances, including, for example, past familiarity (or the lack thereof) with a given racial group; from prejudicial influences of parents and/or other authority figures, and/or one's peers; or from bad experiences with members of a particular racial group, which then affect a person's feelings toward the whole group, e.g., being beat up by a gang of black kids; being convinced that an Asian applicant "stole" one's chance of being admitted to a prestigious university. Racism can also come from linge | |
| The Drugs and Sports | 2116 |
| One of the most exhilarating and yet shameful moments in modern-day sports occurred during the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, which encapsulates the 'highs and lows' of drug-use in sport. The showpiece event of Olympics' track and field, the 100-meter dash, was most eagerly awaited that year as Ben Johnson; the brash Canadian sprinter was to take on a legendary athlete-Carl Lewis of the US in the race. When the gun sounded for the start of the 100-meters final on September 24, 1988, 'Big' Ben shot out of the blocks like a human canon ball and completed the race in an astonishing world record of 9.79 seconds leaving Lewis almost a meter behind. The whole of Canada erupted in celebration; it was a moment to savor. Within the next 48 hours, however, the euphoria of a remarkable victory had dissolved into the ignominy of shame for Ben Johnson as he was stripped of his gold medal, having tested positive for using Stanozolol-a performance-enhancing steroid. This famous incident | |
| The Political Science Research | 1775 |
| QUESTION ONE (part 1): What was the reason behind World War I? Was it states seeking power? Was it states seeking security? Answer: According to Dr. Martin Levinson, in an article called "Mapping the Causes of World War I To Avoid Armageddon Today," World War I wasn't so much states seeking power, as it was a series of untimely and belligerent events in which various nations who had formed allegiances and alliances with other nations began, like bullies on the street taking sides, to line up in support of those alliances, and it erupted into a major world disaster. As Levinson put it in ETC: A Review of General Semantics, "What was intended to be a strictly limited war between accuser and accused, Austria-Hungary and Serbia," ballooned into a bloody international war. It was based on "alliance system that brought about a mindless mechanical reaction once hostilities began," Levinson writes. It actually began on June 28, 1914, when the "Black Hand," a Serbian group, assassinated Arch | |
| Faceless Crimes | 654 |
| Part I. Computer crimes or cybercrimes have been on the rise since the introduction of the Internet. More so with the onset of mobility and the launch of wireless networking, the increase in mischievous computer activities was exponentially high. Since cybercrimes are considered "faceless crimes" where a criminal hacker can do their misdeeds miles or continents away, or set-up a logic bomb a few hours later, it has been more difficult to trace these malicious acts. In determining specific categories or types of IT-related attacks, it is noteworthy to examine the lists prepared by Mandia et al. (2001) in the book "Incident Response: investigating Computer Crime: 1.Denial-of-service attacks are some of the easiest incidents to respond to, because they do not involve actual intrusions. 2.Unauthorized uses of resources are typically insiders using their computers in an inappropriate manner. These investigations are often more oriented around personnel rather than tech | |
| The History of Mara Salvatrucha | 7282 |
| Mara Salvatrucha, commonly known as MS-13, is a gang having its base in Los Angeles and also found to be functional in Central America, mostly consisting of Salvatruchas. The name in Spanish Language signifies 'street-tough Salvadorans'. The origin of this gang is traced to the year 1980s with the occurrence of violent civil war in Elsalvador. Its strength has increased to 50,000 members during 2005 in Central American and eight to ten thousand in United States. The No. 13 in the name signifies the gang number related to the Southern California and also stands for thirteen principles that the gang normally adheres to. At the time of Civil War in El Salvador in the 1980s, migration of many Savadorans to United States took place in order to avoid death. 1 Most of them were concentrated in Los Angeles and other parts of California and Washington DC. On arrival they found themselves in the poverty stricken neighborhoods, without employment and hated by some Hispanics, mostly Mexicans, the | |
| Biography of Primo Levi | 3113 |
| Born in 1919 as the son of an electrical engineer and his wife, Primo Levi and his family enjoyed a pleasant middle-class life in Turin, Italy. Levi then entered the University of Turin as a chemistry student in 1937, a year before all Jews were segregated, persecuted and banned from public schools due to the Fascist "racial laws. Although he was able to complete his college degree in l941, his diploma included the exclusionary phrase "di razza ebraica" ("of the Jewish race"). Thus not even seven years later, Levi joined 6,400 other Italians who were being sent to concentration camps in Auschwitz, Birkenau and Mathausen. At the end of the war, he was one of only 23 of the 650 Auschwitz prisoners to survive. As described in his book Survival in Auschwitz, Levi witnessed and somehow lived through one of the most terrifying and brutal times in all of human history. He wrote this book to be a spokesperson for the millions of those who died without telling their story. More so, he wrote it | |
| The Great's Last Plans of Alexander | 2587 |
| Alexander the Great can be regarded as one of the best general and ruler the world has ever known. For the period in which Alexander lived achieving control over the whole world known to the Greeks at the time is a feat that has no parallel in human history. Conquering so many different countries with people of different races, religions and language gave Alexander a new outlook that can be regarded as a truly international. His remarks such as, "All mortals should live like one, united and peacefully working towards the common good. You should regard the whole world as your country, a country where the best govern, with common laws and no racial distinction. I do not separate people, as many narrow minded others do. I am not interested in the origin or race of citizens; I only distinguish them on the basis of their virtue. For my part, I consider all, whether they be white or black, equal [Lahanas, 2006]" make us admire the man even more as to rule over subjects belonging to diffe | |
| The Yankee Stadium's History | 2408 |
| Introduction Any discussion of the history of New York City without a history of the New York Yankees would be like describing Pavarotti without mentioning his voice. And any discussion of the Yankees without including Yankee Stadium would be farcical. And when you get right down to the nitty-gritty of historical realities encompassing the Yankees and Yankee Stadium you have to include Babe Ruth. The Babe, the "Bambino," the "Sultan of Swat," was the reason the Yankees built Yankee Stadium, and that is why they call it "The House That Ruth Built." The Yankees are beyond any reasonable doubt the premier team in Major League Baseball. They have been in the World Series 39 times since the American League was fashioned in 1900 - and they have won 26 of them. The teams tied for second most World Series Championships are the Cardinals and Athletics with 9. The Yankees have been in New York since 1903; previously they were in Baltimore known as the Baltimore Orioles. They started out in N | |
| The Amateur Potter | 641 |
| My Aunt Jeannine is an amateur potter. She has a potter's wheel, which she uses to "throw" vases, bowls, plates, and other everyday items. She's pretty good at it and is able to sell what she makes. One day I visited her to see how she did it. She threw a couple of new pieces, and then unwrapped a large platter she had thrown before. She said it was "leather hard" and ready to trim. From her many tools she pulled out a "shureform." This is a piece of metal with sharp teeth, sort of like a cheese grater, held by a handle. She used this on the leather hard platter to take partly-dry clay off the bottom of the platter efficiently. I asked her where she got such a wide variety of tools. She told me that many are available in art supply stores, but that she got the shureform from a hardware store about two years ago. Then she told me about going to buy it. She went into the hardware store and asked where she would find a shureform. The older man hel | |
| Fundamental Difficulty Coping With Everyday Life | 625 |
| 1. People who use the phrase "There's a fine line between being brilliant and being crazy" could be expressing a number of layperson sentiments. One very positive interpretation could be that the person accepts not only that there eccentric or "different" people in the world but also that the rest of us are enriched by their presence. However, they could also be saying just the opposite, that highly creative people are just too "different" than most people to be completely sane. In either case, the phrase ignores one of the most important features of any psychiatric diagnosis - that the person's condition should make significant problems for him or her. Most people don't think of those they describe as "brilliant" as functioning poorly in life. People love to laugh about the "absent-minded professor," whose head is so occupied with deep thoughts that he or she could miss the door and walk into the wall, but such phrases a | |
| The Importance of Staff Development in Nursing | 1423 |
| The purpose of this paper is to identify the educational need for and selection of an educational program. Specifically this paper will focus on defining the goals and outcomes for the educational program and describe the learning objectives as well as the design model and learner characteristics. The paper will also review the instructional methods to adopt for delivery and provide examples of resources to be used in the classroom. Lastly the paper will review methods for evaluating the learning of the audience. Educational Need and Selection Based on the evaluations conducted during weeks two and three, there is a clear need for an educational program that focuses on communication training and relationship building within the critical care nursing force. Communication and collaboration are among the most essential work skills necessary for success in the healthcare arena. Without adequate communication, errors are likely to result and inefficient delivery of health care servic | |
| The Benefits of Nurse Residency Programs | 1781 |
| Introduction There is an ongoing shortage in the field of nursing. In 2000, U.S. Board of Labor projected a 22% increase in the need for nurses from the period of 1998 to 2008. Despite this trend, the number of students enrolling in nursing school continues to decline. (Lindsey and Kleiner, 2005) Unless this changes, the shortage of nurses will not end in the near future. Yet, the problem doesn't stop there. A surprising number of newly-graduated nurses abandon the career in less than a year. Many new graduates cite the main reason as a lack of preparedness for the responsibilities they face on the job. This, plus conflicting roles on the job and stress from over work contribute heavily to turnover in the nursing field. High turnover also affects the morale of the staff nurses negatively, as they feel discouragement at training new nurses only to have them leave a short time later. The statistics available for the nursing profession in regards to retention are disc | |
| The Judaic Tradition | 1586 |
| Any person with a passing familiarity with the history of the world must be aware that a large part of that history has included Jewish persecution and anti-Semitism. The casual observer may wonder how, in the face of centuries of persecution, the Jewish people have managed to survive, and even thrive. In fact, the tremendous adversities that Jews have overcome have made it possible to describe the Judaic tradition as a history of survival. After all, there is little similarity in the lives of a Jewish enslaved in Egypt and those Jews held in concentration camps in Nazi Germany. "All that linked them across space and time was a faith, a Torah way of life." (Greenberg). It is because of the way of life that Jews have managed to survive adversity and thrive where other cultural traditions may have crumbled due to outside pressure. Therefore, in order to understand Jewish history, one must understand that the mere fact that Jews have managed to survive demonstrates that there is s | |
| The Political Climate of Europe in the Year 1095 CE | 2067 |
| Explain the Crusades, how they started, who participated, their success or failure, and their effect on European politics. (Note: This paper uses the MLA style for citations) | |
| The Greek Economy | 1189 |
| Chris Tsoumalis was born in Driofito, a small village of approximately 1200 people in Greece, in the year 1913. At that time the economy in Greece, at least in this small town, was essentially an agricultural economy. There was the beginning winds of a World War that would continue to affect the economy, but not as much as a war would affect other countries in these modern times. The economy in the United States was not an overriding factor in the Greek economy overall, and even less of a factor on a small village in Greece such as Driofito. In Driofito the wealthiest individual in town was the person who owned the most land. In this particular case, that person was my great grandfather Chris. Chris did not start out that way, when he was fifteen years of age he worked as a farmer and herder and continued in that vocation until the day he died. To become the wealthiest individual took more than just farming and herding. Chris was also a salesman. He traveled by foot wi | |
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