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- 771: Teenagers On After-school Jobs
- Almost every teenager wants a job, yet many people are against it. I believe teenagers should have after-school jobs for a number of reasons. First, having a son or a daughter that works can financially help the parents. Also, the experience the teenager will acquire from after-school jobs will help him or her on future jobs. Finally, teenagers should have after-school jobs because it will keep them away from trouble. Parents should realize that as long as their son or daughter wants an after-school job and it does not affect his or her performance ...
- 772: Fiberoptics
- ... considering the first uses of fiber optics were mainly for illumination of signs and for toys. Recently though, technology has started to catch up and the uses of fiber optics are numerous. Fortunately for the high-tech society of today, some scientists and technicians researched the avenues of fiber optics. Fiber optics can be seen in telephone systems, in the military, in cars, in medicine, and in many other fields of ... to be buggable or tappable. (Myring 32) These reasons explain the extensive use of fiber optics for the transmission of confidential and critical data and commands between the cockpit and all parts and systems of high-tech fighter aircraft. Fiber optic technology can be a matter of life and death. In the medical field, recent advances involve using fiber optics to explore the body from the mouth down through the stomach ... of blockage and lasers can be used to unclog arteries. (Myring 20). As fiber optic technology advances, fiber optics will be useful in everyday life situations, such as transporting information over the rapidly-growing Internet, high-definition television, and even the possibility of teaching classes in the home using monitors and signals from the teacher. Information can be spread quicker and at a lower cost than printing newspapers or magazines.. ...
- 773: ... November 21, 1694 in Paris. Voltaire's style, wit, intelligence and keen sense of justice made him one of France's greatest writers and philosophers. Young Francois Marie received an excellent education at a Jesuit school. He left school at 16 and soon formed friendships with a group of sophisticated Parisian aristocrats. Paris society sought his company for his cleverness, humor and remarkable ability to write verse. In 1717 he was arrested for writing ...
- 774: Should Top Executives Make The Money They Do?
- Should Top Executives Make The Money They Do? CONTENTS Abstract ........................................................... iii Introduction ....................................................... 1 High Pay Seems Small When Compared To Company Profits .............. 2 Top Executives Are Under A Lot Of Pressure ......................... 3 US Executives Paid Three Times More Than Other Countries For A Reason ..................................................... 4 Pay Should Reflect Performance ... 8 Bibliography ....................................................... 9 ABSTRACT This report explores the issue of the pay that top executives make, and the reasons why they do. It also suggests improvements that can be made to make the system better. High Pay Seems Small When Compared To Company Profits Many companies pull in profits that are extremely high. When an employee of such a companies salary is compared to the amount of profit that the company earns, it starts to seem reasonable. It only makes sense that if the employee is directly ...
- 775: Religion in Public Schools
- ... been made allowing or prohibiting prayer, many schools have gone ahead and recited verses from the bible and allowed prayer in class. Another area of controversy has been the presence of religious symbols on the school grounds. Schools such as the one in Livingston have gone to court over the wearing or carrying of objects such as the SikhÕs kirpans. All these examples point to the fact that there are severe ... didnÕt have many or probably any Muslims or Jews, but how does that differ from a small country town in Oklahoma where the population is completely of the Christian faith? Does this mean that the school cannot practice the religion in which the complete population is Christian? ArenÕt these students being denied their religious rights? These questions may be asked by many. Government has a lot to do with the debate ... schools in the past eighty years. The first one was in 1914 when the ÒGary PlanÓ was inaugurated in Gary,Indiana.The document stated that with the consent of parents, students would be released from school to attend places to worship. That was followed in 1940 when the Gary Plan was extended to Champaign, Illinois. It was struck down by the Court in "McCollum v. Board of Education" in 1948. ...
- 776: Nuclear Power
- ... equivalent to one ton of coal. The pellets are sealed in tubes that are made of a strong heat- and corrosion-resistant metal alloy. This metal alloy will protect people and the environment from the high levels of radiation that the uranium is giving off. The tubes are bundled together to make a fuel assembly. The assemblies are put inside the reactor to create heat that will boil the water. The ... every year, one third of the nuclear fuel in a reactor is replaced with fresh fuel. The used-up fuel is called spent fuel. Spent fuel is highly radioactive and is the primary form of high-level nuclear waste. (General Information) High-level radioactive waste is the by-product of commercial nuclear power plants generating electricity, and from nuclear materials production at defense facilities. This high-level waste must be isolated in a safe place for ...
- 777: Nuclear Power
- ... equivalent to one ton of coal. The pellets are sealed in tubes that are made of a strong heat- and corrosion- resistant metal alloy. This metal alloy will protect people and the environment from the high levels of radiation that the uranium is giving off. The tubes are bundled together to make a fuel assembly. The assemblies are put inside the reactor to create heat that will boil the water. The ... every year, one third of the nuclear fuel in a reactor is replaced with fresh fuel. The used-up fuel is called spent fuel. Spent fuel is highly radioactive and is the primary form of high-level nuclear waste. (General Information) High-level radioactive waste is the by-product of commercial nuclear power plants generating electricity, and from nuclear materials production at defense facilities. This high-level waste must be isolated in a safe place for ...
- 778: Isadora Duncan
- ... not bringing in enough money to keep living in the same house. The family began moving from one apartment to another, learning to leave each one a day before the bills came around. Isadora started school at the age of five. In the late nineteenth century, students were expected to sit still during school, memorizing and reciting their lessons. To Isadora this was "irritating and meaningless." She hated school. She said later in her autobiography that her real education came on the nights when Isadora and her siblings would dance to her mother's music and learn about what they were interested in -- ...
- 779: Isadora Duncan
- ... not bringing in enough money to keep living in the same house. The family began moving from one apartment to another, learning to leave each one a day before the bills came around. Isadora started school at the age of five. In the late nineteenth century, students were expected to sit still during school, memorizing and reciting their lessons. To Isadora this was "irritating and meaningless." She hated school. She said later in her autobiography that her real education came on the nights when Isadora and her siblings would dance to her mother's music and learn about what they were interested in -- ...
- 780: Diet and Disease
- ... that general health requires that the total intake of all fats, especially animal fats is reduced. Fatty deposits in the arteries and gallstones are to a large extent made up of cholesterol (19). When foods high in fat content are eaten, excessive amounts of cholesterol are made in the body. Individuals who have fat concentrated in the waist and abdomen instead of thighs and buttocks are prone to diseases that accompany ... which leads to a condition known as arteriosclerosis where the arteries get completely blocked(150). Forty percent of calories are derived from fats. It would be better if it were thirty percent or less. A high amount of fried food, butter or margarine on cooked vegetables is used along with butter thickly spread on bread habits like these need to change. Foods including pastry, cakes, cream, biscuits, chocolates, salami, meat, cheese ... cream and tinned fruit. Although sugar is not ‘needed’ there is no need to ago to the other extreme and use too much salt. Salt is the number one cause for hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, which results in heart disease and strokes. Medical evidence over the past thirty years has established a connection between salt and hypertension (high blood pressure). Most people over the age of forty ...
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