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- 491: Deep Ecology
- ... deep ecology likes to include that which can be classified as non-living such as bodies of water and landscapes. Essentially, "the presence of inherent value in a natural object is independent of any awareness, interest, or appreciation of it by a conscious being." (EE p.147) Another principle states that the diversity of life forms contributes to our appreciation of their value, but again, they also have values in and ... in human population would be beneficial for both human and nom-human life. Undoubtedly, the world s population is growing faster than at any time before due to such a large base despite declining growth rates. Governments need to make even greater efforts and more drastic goals for the future. One key point they argue is that most effort should go into lowering population growth in developed industrial societies. Obviously, these ...
- 492: Technology and the Future of Work
- ... the advances in medicine, health and hygiene technology with the availability and spread of this information. Governments are encouraging delayed retirement whereas businesses are seeking to reduce the size of their older workforce. The participation rates of older men has declined rapidly over the past forty years with the development of national retirement programmes. In many developed countries the number of men 65 and older who remain in the workforce has ... global economy is rapidly taking over from individual nations. The adoption of each new generation of technology is increasing and is rapidly becoming cheaper than its predecessor. Technologies developed in the 1960s have seen rapid rates of development, adoption and dissemination. Less developed countries can now acquire the new technologies due to the rapid decrease in cost, and the combination of their low wages and the latest technology make them formidable ... highest level since the great depression of the 1930s. More than 800 million people are now underemployed or are unemployed in the world, while the rich are becoming richer and the poor getting poorer. Unemployment rates among school leavers in South Australia is as high as twenty five per cent and nine per cent for the rest of the community, which leads one to question whether the traditional economic model ...
- 493: The Prohibition
- The Prohibition I have always taken an interest in the Roaring Twenties and that is why I decided to write my English term paper on an event that occured in the 1920s. What follows is my term paper which concentrates on prohibition and ... sacramental purposes. This act also set up guidelines for enforcement (Bowen, 154). Prohibition was meant to reduce the consumption of alcohol, seen by some as the devil’s advocate, and thereby reduce crime, poverty, death rates, and improve the economy and the quality of life. “National prohibition of alcohol -- the ‘noble experiment’ -- was undertaken to reduce crime and corruption, solve social problems, reduce the tax burden created by prisons and poorhouses ...
- 494: Depression The Sadness Disease
- ... alcohol and drugs as a means of escape. It is said that Baby Boomers may be a reaction to the emotional disruptions of growing up in 1950's and 60's America with its unprecedented rates of divorce and relocation, leading to losses of family, friends, and community. The Baby Boom generation also came of age during a time of record economic expansion, which created great expectations of wealth and success ... depressed. They look sad, their mouths are often turned down at the corners, their eyes may appear red and swollen from crying and they may lack a sense of humor. They will frequently show little interest or enjoyment for activities that normally enjoyable and may sometimes express fears of total loss of feeling (Strange, 1992, p. 259). (2) Anhedonia – this is the lack of pleasure. Nothing the depressed person does can ...
- 495: American Dream 3
- ... for food and lodging than they could earn in wages. Whereas a hundred years ago, poor Americans struggled to get free of the company store; today, they struggle to free themselves from their credit cards. Interest rates and taxes are putting a burdon on all trying to get ahead in life. Today the relative condition of rich and poor is unchanged, however mobility between the two conditions has increased dramatically. For instance ...
- 496: The Origin Of Basketball And I
- ... northeast. Between 1893 and 1895, basketball became popular and many United States colleges adopted it. In 1934 the fist college game was played at New York City s Madison Square Garden ("History"). College play heightened interest in basketball a great deal. By the 1950 s college basketball became a major college sport and created a growing interest as a profession. The first professional league was the National Basketball League, NBL, created in 1898. The main purpose of the league was to "protect the players from exploitation and to promote a less rough ... eleven (Vancil, 26). The turning point for the NBA was the 1966-67 season. The Celtics were dominating and Bill Russell, the center for Boston, made $100,000 for that year (Vancil, 13). The fan interest was at an all-time high. In 1951 the first All-Star Game was held. The east had five of the leagues top nine scorers and beat the west easily. Eight years later, the ...
- 497: Lee Iacocca
- ... vehicles. Lee Iacocca was able to save a failing company by establishing a competent management team, cutting production runs of vehicles without destinations and arranging guaranteed loans from the Federal Government during an uncertain time. Interest rates were very high and the customer base was low. He had an extensive amount of fore thought by staying with the firm. His guidance was able to save and American corporation. With the successful turn ...
- 498: Media Extended Essay Glen Hodd
- ... aimed at a social class from B - E it is a paper that is meant to give you scandal or create public opinion. The storeys might not all be true but they are there for interest. Stories on celebrities or events that would not make it into a ‘Classy’ broadsheet might get a four page spread in a tabloid. A tabloid paper will also have a much larger audience then the ... like the mirror. At one point it would have hailed Hoddle then it is trying to get him sacked. There might even be cartoon characters which like we saw with Graham ‘Turnip’ Taylor always cause interest. With a tabloid you will also get front and back page coverage of the football items as it is of interest to a large section of the papers target audience however it might be limited to the back pages of a tabloid. The narrative is a part of all media and in the Glen Hoddle ...
- 499: Hacking
- ... to 19,200 baud to another PAD, who then takes the data and hands it down to whatever computer or system it's connected to. Basically, the PAD allows two computers that have different baud rates or communication protocols to communicate with each other over a long distance. Sometimes you'll notice a time lag in the remote machines response. This is called PAD Delay, and is to be expected when ... with data length of 7 or 8, and 1 or 2 stop bits, go out and buy one. While having a good term program isn't absolutely necessary, it sure is helpful. 2) Change baud rates. Again, if your term program will let you choose odd baud rates such as 600 or 1100, you will occasionally be able to penetrate some very interesting systems, as most systems that depend on a strange baud rate seem to think that this is all the ...
- 500: Hobbes And Sovereignty
- ... supreme power, and still being in a state of nature, will be glory seeking and wanting to dominate everyone. This looks towards tyranny, which Hobbes states would not occur in a monarch system. The only interest that a sovereign would share with his people would be self-preservation. However, in order for a sovereign to protect himself he must send his subjects into battle against other sovereigns and punish by death any whom disagree with him. Therefore, although the interest may be the same, the method of fulfilling it would generate much conflict between subjects and sovereign. Hobbes belief that a monarch would receive better council than a group head of state is also not ... there is more choice for people, thus making more people content. This is very artificial however, as the end result is supposedly a unified party government, when in fact all that is created is smaller interest groups, each with their own leader. Since each group member, will be trying to dominate the rest, civil war will eventually break out between factions, resulting in a monarchy system with a single sovereign. ...
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