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| The History of labor in the United States | 1542 |
| The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the book "Triangle: The Fire That Changed America" by David Von Drehle. Specifically it will contain a commentary on the book, and discuss the theme of the book that even though the city and the country mourned the victims, it took over 100 years for them all to be truly identified, and some victim's names were lost forever. This indicated just how indispensable and unimportant these women factory workers were, and shows that women workers of the time were not only overworked and underpaid, but enjoyed no dignity, no self-worth, and in some cases, not even an identity. "Triangle" is more than simply a book about a horrendous fire that did not have to take so many lives, it is a story of a basic lack of inhumanity and common decency, greed and corruption that led to death, and eventually led to reform. | |
| A Problem Impossible to Ignore | 3049 |
| One of the most basic questions of human existence is essentially "What am I?" Although humans have known in varying degrees throughout recorded history that they are biological beings, there has always been the question of internal identity. What is it that separates me from my brother? Am I different? Do I exist in any way apart from my body? If so, do I only exist temporarily as a kind of "projection" of my physical brain and its live activity, or am I something more than the sum of electrical and cellular functions? Although there are many theories concerning this topic, they all, somehow surprisingly, have one component in common, and that is faith. | |
| The United States (US) Federal Reserve | 807 |
| The United States (US) Federal Reserve is made up of a Board of Governors, appointed to fourteen year terms by the President of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. They may serve only one term. The Federal Reserve controls monetary policy by moving the federal funds rate using open market operations. Open market operations involve using currency to buy and sell financial assets, typically gold, foreign currency or government bonds, thereby affecting the liquidity of the national currency. The federal funds rate, also called the overnight rate, is the rate which banks charge each other. It is about three points lower than the prime rate, which is the rate that banks charge their best customers. Periodically the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, currently Alan Greenspan, is required to report to Congress concerning US monetary policy. In his most recent report to Congress on February 16, 2005, Alan Greenspan, characterized the US economy as steadily improving. Acknowl | |
| Definition for Good and Evil with Philosophies and Religions Basis | 1931 |
| The act of defining what shall be considered Good or Evil is a central part of many philosophies and religions. The subject is often approached with very little rationality and a great deal of rabid sentiment and heavy-handed authoritarianism, as sharp lines between Good and Evil are drawn in the metaphoric sand. It is no coincidence that in the East Good and Evil are shown divided sharply into the two sides of the ying-yang symbol, or that in the West these two have often been imagined as the manifestation of competing spiritual forces (of God and the Devil). Amidst all of this, Plotinus is a refreshing voice precisely because he does not attempt to delineate sharply between the Good and the ill, but rather takes a broad view of the inter-relationship of all things with the divine. To summarize quite brutally: Plotinus believes that the true Good is the universal One --infinite in time and space, unchanging, unthinking, and unmoving, yet manifesting foremost in the Intellect and | |
| How to Asses Mental Illness | 1903 |
| The ability for patients to access mental health services these days are more wide ranging than ever before. This is in part due to the fact that the realm of mental health, once simply governed by physicians, is now peopled by staff of all different types and disciplines. In addition, many mental health professionals are now multiply credentialed, so it is not impossible to see a mental health professional who is all at once a family and marital therapist, a chemical dependency practitioner and a social worker. All these elements only serve to improve the ability of patients/clients to receive quality mental health services, whether it be in a large institutional setting, a community mental health center or in a private clinical office. But what are the different types of mental health professionals who are trained in the identification and treatment of patients with mental health issues? There are many, but for the matter of clarity and brevity, we will focus on just three. | |
| The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | 1333 |
| The failure to directly address accounting practices as they relate to stock options and other corporate incentives in Sarbanes-Oxley indicates the flaw in Federal regulation of corporate practices. | |
| Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude" | 4384 |
| Gabriel Garcia Marquez"s novel titled "One Hundred Years of Solitude" is recognized as a modern classic with an insightful and relevant message. Yet, the message is not simple to understand and not easy to define. This is largely because it questions the nature of society and the people in society. It challenges people to look at themselves, human nature, and society in a new way. This is a difficult task, but one that Garcia Marquez succeeds at. This will now be investigated further by focusing on the events of the novel, the meaning of the novel, and the final message. One Hundred Years of Solitude cannot be understood by analyzing the plot. Its style and structure is not driven by plot like many novels. Instead, it takes a wider approach and focuses on the life of a family and a town. It can be considered as the story of the town Macondo. It can also be considered as the story of the people who founded the town, the BuendA-as. The novel begins with the formati | |
| Criminals and Other Foreign Menaces | 1816 |
| Introduction The September 11 attacks have changed the ways Americans view the security and violence situation within their territory. Dramatic changes have been made in connection with security in the ports (land, sea and air); immigration laws; buying residency and citizenship, as well as visas. However, many experts assert that the security situation has worsened from where it had been before 9/11. Instead of reducing bureaucratic procedures and the loopholes associated with it and increasing the efficiency of the present workforce through accountability and checks and balances, the government has done exactly the opposite. This research paper is primarily focused on terrorism, and how we continue to allow it to happen to us. How the September 11 terrorists exploited U.S. immigration laws. How government officials sell residency & citizenship papers. How people from other countries are rushed through airport without proper screening because of corporate pressure. The paper also i | |
| A Comparative Essay on the Poems of Theodore Roethke | 1636 |
| In the American poet Theodore Roethke"s poems "My Papa"s Waltz," "Cuttings (Later)," and "Cuttings," ordinary aspects of the domestic environment, like a young child being taught to dance by his father or the routine pruning and cutting of plants, during springtime become life-lessons that I believe are not simply common to Roethke"s earliest formative childhood experiences, but to all people. The physical objects and actions of the poems take on great symbolic significance, when funneled through the words of the poetic voice of Roethke. Dancing and pruning become rites of passage and religious actions, rather than everyday occurrences. Through such poetic images, Roethke underlines the fact that all experiences, from dancing to gardening can be both frightening and exhilarating, terrifying and religious, and joyous and important in the life of the poetic speaker. In "My Papa"s Waltz," the normally cheerful act of dancing, especially in a kitc | |
| Threespine Stickleback Fish and Schistocephulus Solidus | 1477 |
| The threespine stickleback fish plays host to the tapeworm Schistocephulus solidus when the threespine stickleback is in a freshwater environment. These Schistocephulus solidus use their presence in the threespine stickleback fish in order to infect their desired prey: birds. In fact, infection with the Schistocephulus solidus causes the fish to behave in a different manner, which increases the chances that they will be eaten by the birds. In addition to behavioral changes, the Schistocephulus solidus causes the fish to lose melanin, making them more visible to the desired predators. Another physical change is that the Schistocephulus solidus appears to cause an increased rate of growth in infected fish. Ness and Foster investigated the relationship between infection with the Schistocephulus solidus and the threespine stickleback fish"s response to predators. Because the Schistocephulus solidus infects the fish in order to be transmitted to the birds that they target, they expe | |
| Pervasive Philosophies | 1610 |
| One of the pervasive philosophies behind many postmodern forms of art and literature is the idea that human identities are defined more by their social circumstances than by any universal truths. The human is not a self-sufficient entity, but is built through social conventions. This notion reveals itself in the transitional postmodern works by Samuel Beckett and Vladimir Nabokov-specifically, in Lolita and Waiting for Godot. Humbert Humbert is continually attempting to reconcile his life as a suave intellectual with his hidden life as a pedophilic rapist. One way in which he does this is to call himself a "therapist"; which is an acceptable label for one of his faces, but also identifies him more subtly as "the rapist." This duel nature reflects the social limitations imposed upon his freedom, and the consequences they have for both his identity and his actions. Vladimir and Estragon encounter a different aspect of this philosophy: they find that they are forced t | |
| The Healthcare Financing | 340 |
| What are the dynamics of patient accounts receivable? What are some of the factors affecting patients accounts receivable? Facing the challenge of how to address the hospital's unpaid accounts receivable can be one of the most emotionally draining issues for a patient accounts receivable department. In addition to people simply not paying their payments, the department must face patients who cannot pay, who did not understand that their insurance would not cover a procedure, or patients who simply ref | |
| Biography of Dorothy Dinnerstein | 1779 |
| The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the book "The Mermaid and The Minotaur: Sexual Arrangements and Human Malaise" by Dorothy Dinnerstein. Specifically it will discuss a major women's issue brought forth by the book. Dorothy Dinnerstein's book, 'The Mermaid and the Minotaur" rocked the feminist world when it was first published in 1976. Not only was the book controversial, it espoused some values that did not seem entirely feminist at all. In fact, the central thesis of Dinnerstein's book is that many of the gender difficulties and differences between men and women arise from the fact that a majority of children spend their early childhood under the influence and domination of women, and so, this affects our relationships throughout our lives. Many people, of course, took offense to this theory, and so, re-released in 1999, the book remains controversial and thought-provoking at the same time. | |
| The African Slavery | 2654 |
| Slavery has existed since the beginning history, and references can be found throughout the Old Testament and other ancient writings from around the globe. Slaves were often the spoils of wars and battles for the victors, and usually were a different ethnicity, nationality, religion, or race from those who enslaved them (Slavery pp). In the majority of cases, intermarriage, granting of liberty, and the right to buy one"s own freedom have caused slave and slave-owning populations to merge throughout the world (Slavery pp). Slavery is almost always practiced for the purpose of securing labor and in the strictest sense, slaves have no rights (Slavery pp). The 1926 Slavery Convention described slavery as "the status or condition of a person over whom any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership are exercised," thus, a slave is someone who cannot leave an owner, master, overseer, controller, or employer without explicit permission and will be returned if they | |
| The Alicia Keys' Diary | 419 |
| On Wednesday, April 22 I was lucky enough to see the Alicia Key's Diary concert at Radio City Music Hall, and it was a great night of music. The first performer was a new up and coming artist from Germany named Sasha. She has a very pleasant singing voice and accompanies herself on the acoustic guitar and keyboards. I liked her style of singing, and the way she played the guitar, strumming softly and yet loud enough for the audience to hear and appreciate her. The opening act was John Legend. He plays a mean piano and while he was performing Kanye West came on stage and performed with him. What a surprise! That was | |
| The Inquisition Period in Spain and Portugal | 5074 |
| At a time when a new Pope, Benedict XVI, has just been elected and has chosen to carry on his predecessors search for rapprochement with two other major world religions-Judaism and Islam-it may be instructive to see just how greatly this Polish/German search for unity departs from traditional Catholicism, or, more particularly, from what was arguably the world"s most vicious brand of Catholicism, that practiced in Spain and Portugal up to, during and after the period known as the Inquisition. It has been widely believed that the virulent Catholicism of the Inquisition was extremely damaging to both Jews and Moors, of which Spain and Portugal had large populations. Much of what is popularly believed about the effect of Catholicism on Judaism and Islam in the Spain and Portugal of the Inquisition period is really more precisely about what happened in the 15th to 17th centuries, rather than what went before or came after. And yet, it is possible to posit the possibility that the In | |
| Analysis of Mr. Ramsay in Woolf's "To the Lighthouse" | 873 |
| Mr. Ramsay becomes a character that represents change in Virginia Woolf"s novel, To the Lighthouse. With the changes his character experiences, Woolf is able to express the movement away from traditional patriarchal ideals that were in place in Victorian England. In many respects, he is the antagonist in the novel. Through his character, Woolf probes how men and women approach life during a patriarchal society. For instance, Mr. Ramsay thinks in abstract, linear terms. His forte is philosophy, which allows him to consider life in terms of subjects and objects and how they affect reality. He is a rational creature depending upon his education for answers and the metaphor of the alphabet represents how he perceives the world. However, his is a rather fixed style of thinking and it does not leave room for growth. His journey to the lighthouse represents how is able to move away from his restrictive way of thinking and realize there is more to life. A close analysis of Mr. Ramsay i | |
| The Royalty of Fast Food | 492 |
| The United States has become royalty of the fast food industry and there have even been books and documentaries concerning the culture. Families today are on the move constantly, whether going to work, school, sports events, meetings, or social events. Driving through the "drive-through" has become a common routine and for many, a daily ritual. Society has become a "drive-through" society for everything from banking to prescriptions to dry-cleaning. People do not like to get out of their cars unless it is absolutely necessary. And driving up to a window to pick up food has become as much a way of life as the remote control for electronics. In the year 2000, people in the United States spent approxima | |
| The Treatments Success | 964 |
| Upon termination from the hospital ward, the patient smiled. Her demeanor was much calmer and more serene than when she was admitted, which was under severe stress. Therefore, I noticed many behavioral changes in both the patient and in me during the course of her stay. For example, when the woman first entered the hospital, she was completely tense. She had trouble sleeping and did not know how to communicate her needs to the nurses without becoming upset. She also had trouble eating during the initial phase of her treatment. However, during the course of treatment she grew to trust me and the doctors and she became more relaxed. Her memory remains severely impaired, but she seems more present and aware of her surroundings. Before her discharge the patient was eating regularly, sleeping better, and was more outgoing and talkative. The behavioral changes she exhibited were therefore positive all around. I also perceived some behavioral changes within myself as the result of working wi | |
| The Role Of Women In American Economy | 856 |
| The American workforce has been composed of men and women for many decades now. Despite history shows that the American workforce used to be made up of only the male gender, the women gender had shown that they have the power and capability to perform what men can do. However, although the female gender was able to prove themselves, gender discrimination and inequality that were found in the early years of labor force still exists these days. This can be proven by how the wages of the male and female gender differs and how occupations between them are distributed. "Women earn less than men." This is a fact that has been found by several statistics on the wage gap between men and women in the American workforce. Robert Longley indicates the following findings of the U.S. Census Bureau. Women make only 75.5 cents for every dollar that men earn. Before, the practice of paying men more than women for the same job and work that they"ve completed was considered by t | |
| The New Bankruptcy Law | 906 |
| When the next credit card representative comes to campus, trying to market the newest MasterCard or Visa-run away! Congress has made it more difficult for individuals to declare and extricate themselves from bankruptcy. Although the idea the new bankruptcy legislation is supposed to support, namely that consumers must become more fiscally responsible, may seem neutral on its surface and merely designed to reign in an overspent America where "the average credit card balance is $12,000. And 10 to 15 percent of households with credit card debt are barely able to pay it off," in fact this new piece of legislation advances a number of factional interests in Congress at the expense of other interests. (Willis, 2005) While the financial industry and credit card companies may be pleased by the 2005 legislation, consumer groups and legal action groups are not. The image of creating a more responsible and thrifty consumer may have been the 'selling point" of the new legislation | |
| How Greed Despoils Capitalism | 1234 |
| Thesis: Economists will defend capitalism and the free market system as democratic and beneficial to all people. However, competitive consumerism has a negative effect on society, and there may be alternatives to the way the system currently stands that would have more benefits for every person, not just the wealthy. | |
| A Remake of The Tempest by William Shakespeare | 1066 |
| A remake of "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare. Setting: The tropical island of Palau. Time Period: Today. Note to Director: "The Tempest" is just an ancient story of survival of the fittest and class lines. I see this reproduced on the big screen as a "Survivor" imitator, with the castaways on Prospero's island scheming behind each other's backs toward their own selfish means. Witness Caliban, who hopes to murder Prospero and take his island back into this own hands. The shipwreck survivors Trinculo and Stephano help egg Caliban on and make a pact with him, essentially creating a tribe of their own and setting themselves up against the other tribes forming up on the island. Setting this modern-day remake in the lush jungle landscape of Palau helps the audience understand the parallels between the two stories, and creates an exotic and lush atmosphere, similar to what the original castaways might have experienced. That is not as important as the opportunity for the mode | |
| A Moment for Relaxation | 1005 |
| When the world is spinning a little too fast, and I need to get away, I usually head to the small coffee shop that is only about two blocks away from my house. It is a no-name shop, not one of your cookie-cutter conglomerate shops which you can find on any corner in any city in any country of the world. My shop is small, run by two sisters who share the work part time. On the outside it is unimpressive – a regular storefront in a 1970s era strip mall. The windows are covered with sticky see through vinyl which lets some light in but keeps the world from peering in at the regulars who hold up inside. As I enter the shop, I am at first assaulted with the delicious aroma of fresh brewed coffee. While this shop offers the typical "double-tall-non-fat-half-decaf" specialty drinks we all know and love, the two sisters also keep several different types of regular drip brew around all the time, for the hard-core who like their coffee black and bitter. The smell is a | |
| The Glass Menagerie: Imagination and Fantasy | 880 |
| The role of the imagination and fantasy is critical in understanding each of the characters in Tennessee Williams" play, The Glass Menagerie. Each character relies on their fantasies and imaginations to escape from the reality of his or her own world. Amanda uses her imagination to go back in time to Blue Mountain, when things seemed better for her. Tom spends time on the fire escape in order to remove himself from the world that Amanda and Laura have in the apartment. He also goes to movies in order to enhance his imagination and fantasy world. Laura is completely lost in her world of small figurines, an act that prevents her from living in the real world. Jim"s role becomes important to the play because he illustrates how out of touch the Wingfelds are. Tom exercises his imagination when he steps out onto the fire escape. He also escapes the "slow and implacable fires of human desperation" (Williams 968). He can also escape the world that his mother and sister ha | |
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