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- 3041: Legalization Of Marijuana
- ... that faces a society. Now I want you to think about your society. Not society, but your specific and immediate society. What does it consist of? Whom does it consist of? Immediate answers might be school, neighborhood, church, work, town, and family. In other words, we can define it as your community. Your community is your society, now exclusive of your friends and others you consider to be in your peer ... the first initial and last name of each of the students in a random class, as well as their social security numbers and the grades that they have received over the course of the current school year, divide the class into three groups. Every group is to write an evaluation of the study habits, and general scholastic performance of every student. Using that information, design a system to improve the class. Next, put all of this information together and try and apply it to the rest of the school, and then apply it to the entire school system. Now this is a very simplistic exercise and I acknowledge the fact that the drug problem is more complex, but this serves as an example ...
- 3042: David Livingstone
- ... was put into the cotton-weaving mills factory as a piecer to aid in the earnings of the family. He purchased Rudiments of Latin, which he used to help himself study that language at evening school. His hours at the factory were long, from 6 a.m. till 6 or 8 p.m. He attended evening school from 8 to 10 p.m., then studied until midnight or later. Often he placed a book on a portion of the spinning jenny so he could catch a few sentences in passing. By age 17 he was advanced to cotton-spinner and the pay was such that he could put himself through medical school in Glasgow, entering in 1830. By the time he was 22 he had studied Greek, theology and medicine in college courses at Anderson's College and Glasgow University. During this time he was soundly ...
- 3043: Malibu Fires
- ... serious fire that would burn more of the deep undergrowth that showered the Malibu region. There were many complications that took place throughout the fire ravaged area. Along the eastern ridge of the fire, many high voltage power lines were burnt which eliminated power to homes in the surrounding communities and also presented complications with the fire department's electrically run hydrant system pumps. The fire companies resorted to using water ... the next time." There are many lessons to be learned from the Malibu Fires, especially concerning water supply, vegetation, brush clearance, and building/fire codes. An area that is troubled by low moisture levels and high temperatures, the hillsides of Malibu were perfect targets for wildfires. The fact that the fires occurred in mountainous terrain complicated matters because the water supply is broken down into several isolated systems, unlike the network ... uncontrollable, as it fed on its "fuel." A solution to this problem is to investigate plant species that are less flammable. For example, the eucalyptus tree, which is highly susceptible to fires due to its high concentration of oil, should be avoided in the design of landscapes. In addition, a balance between soil erosion protection and fire hazard reduction must be met through the choice of appropriate vegetation. Protecting the ...
- 3044: Jane Austen: Her Life and Work
- ... spent their whole life together, from birth till Austen's death, where Jane died "with her head pillowed on Cassandra's shoulder." (Wright, pg. 11) At age 7 , Cassandra and Jane "sent to a small school run by a relative. (Wright, pg.7) They didn't stay there long because Mrs. Cawley, the teacher and relative, moved away to Southampton. (Wright, pg. 11) Soon after Jane left Mrs. Cawleys school, she caught a horrible fever. It was called " putrid throat, a septic throat characteristic of typhus fever." (Howard, pg. 14) This fever almost killed Jane and Cassandra both. (Wright, pg. 7) This happened in 1792. (Wright, pg. 7) In 1797, Jane and Cassandra were sent to Mrs. Latournelle's Abbey School of Reading. They spent two years at this school to learn how to be "a lady". (Wright, pg. 7) After that, Jane went home and was "home taught" from there on out. (Howard, pg. ...
- 3045: Neve Cambell
- ... s career was a success because she danced. Neve Campbell started to dance when she was 6, following a visit the made to go and see the performance "The Nutcracker". When she was in dancing school (The National Ballet school of Canada) Neve had learned 5 different types of dancing. These types include jazz, flamenco, modern, hip-hop and classical. Neve reefers to the school as being "the best dance school in the world, but an extremely competitive one too". She also says that there is a lot of backstabbing mentally, with a lot of favoritism. While at her ...
- 3046: Hard Drive Evolution
- ... industry, hard drives were subject to the unavoidable law of miniaturization. By the mid-1980s, 5.25-inch form factor drives had shrunk considerably in terms of height. A standard drive measured about three inches high and weighed only a few pounds, while lower capacity "half-height" drives measured only 1.6 inches high. By 1987, 3.5-inch form factor hard drives began to appear. These compact units weigh as little as a pound and are about the size of a paperback book. They were first integrated into ... than 12 pounds. The 3.5-inch form factor drives quickly became the standard for desktop and portable systems requiring less than 500 MB capacity. Height also kept shrinking with the introduction of one-inch high, 'low-profile' drives. Even as 3.5-inch form factor drives were gaining acceptance, yet a smaller form factor of 2.5 inches appeared on the scene. This was in direct response to the ...
- 3047: Catcher In The Rye
- ... being phonies, and expresses his love for his sister through out the novel. So what is the book Catcher in the Rye really about? Superficially the story of a young man getting expelled from another school, the Catcher in the Rye is, in fact, a perceptive study of one individual’s understanding of his human condition. Holden Caulfield, a teenager growing up in 1950’s, New York, has been expelled from school for poor achievement once again. In an attempt to deal with this he leaves school a few days prior to the end of term, and goes to New York to take a vacation before returning to his parents’ inevitable irritation. Told as a monologue, the book describe Holden’s ...
- 3048: Marketing Research For Augusti
- ... units is known, the future development of this market has been constrained. Under this situation, the company may plan an early withdrawal from the market by employing the skimming price strategy. This involves setting a high price and engaging in only limited introductory advertising and promotion to maximize per unit profits and recover the productˇ¦s development costs as soon as possible. At the same time, the company also works to ... when competitors enter the market and margins fall, the company is ready to move into new segments of the market. In the short run, skimming pricing strategy could help the company gain funds quickly, but high price may also cause the company to get out of the market quickly. In this case, since the demand is known and substitutes are numerous, the company may fail to gain favorable market shares because of high price for both products. If Augustine Medical adopts the skimming pricing strategy, the company only needs to sell 37 units to reach the break-even point and sell 48 units to gain 30% ROI ( ...
- 3049: Personal Writing: My Life Line
- Personal Writing: My Life Line I had been doing the same thing for a long time. School ..... home ..... school ..... home. I felt I was about to scream with the monotony. In the morning I could almost drive to school in my sleep. Then one day my friend Hank came and got me out of the rut. Hank is one of the most interesting people I have ever meet. A person from India isn' ...
- 3050: Loyalty
- Loyalty Be Loyal is to be faithful to one's friends , principles , country , school , job , etc. Loyalty is a tenet that everybody have , animals have it too . Gorillas are a clear example of it . In Africa these great apes live in group . As many as thirty gorillas may live ... the nurture of other humans ,and nearly everything we do is affected by what responses we anticipate and receive . As we move from place to place , from relationships to relationships , from job to job (from school to school), often far away from home , we desperatey need some trusted friends . Our survival depends on finding ways to treat strangers and be treated by them with kindness , compassion , and benevolence - in short , as friends . ...
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