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- 2111: Communicating to Kids about Divorce
- ... the divorce before it happens (Divorce: Telling the Children. http://web.tusco.net/pfcs/prog%2033.htm). However, many parents fail to tell their children that a divorce is in the near future. For instance, John Lewis and his wife Phylis decided to get a divorce after several years of marriage. Their son Brian was 14 years of age at the time of this decision. Phylis one night packed her bags and left the house, without any explanation to her son about her leaving. The next morning, John sat Brian down and explained that they were getting a divorce. Although Brian was at a mature age, it still didn't make sense to him and he was very disappointed. Could this have been ...
- 2112: Race Relations
- ... African-American youths believe they are treated unfairly by enforcement officers, while one-third believe they are "at risk" (Farley, 1997; 88+) of receiving unfair treatment. Just one of five Caucasian youths feel the same. John Hope Franklin, head of President Clinton's race relations task force, claims genuine racial betterment will not arrive until "you have improvement in the home conditions of kids of all kinds" (Farley, 1997; 88+). An ... future of U.S. race relations// Perceptions are black and white. Star Tribune, pp. 04A. Delgado, Richard; Perea, Juan F. (1997, November). Racism goes beyond black and white. Rocky Mountain News, pp. 39A. Farley, Christopher John (1997, November). Society: Kids and race: A new poll shows teenagers, black and white, have moved beyond their parents' views of race. TIME, pp. 88+. Forna, Aminatta (1998, August). Bridge over troubled water. Independent on ...
- 2113: Trans-racial Adoption
- ... the child is able to develop an awareness of their heritage. Many of the children adopted by white couples are proud of their racial and ethnic backgrounds, both the biological and the cultural ones(St. John 152). In a study done by Mcroy and Zurcher, black children raised by white adoptive parents have the same high self esteem and good self concept as did a black child raised by black adoptive ... to this by saying that her parents made a conscious effort not only to point out people of color who made positive role models, but also to help her be open to all cultures(St. John 152). A study done by American University concluded after analyzing 240 white families who adopted black children that it does not emotionally hurt the child to be adopted by a white family. They found that ...
- 2114: Global Warming
- ... in the attempt to combat global warming (205). Environmentalists and scientists emphasize the fact that humans are primarily responsible for global warming and therefore it is up to us to slow or reverse the process. John Gribbin states, “We got ourselves, and the world, into this mess, and there is nobody else around to get us out of it” (254). Works Cited Broeker, Wallace S. “Greenhouse Surprises.” The Challeng of Global ... D.C.: Island Press, 1989. 196-209. Gay, Kathlyn. The Greenhouse Effect. New York: Franklin Watts, 1986. “Global Warming.” Compton’s Interactive Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. 1996. Great Decisions. New York: Foreign Policy Association, 1990. Gribbin, John. Hothouse Earth. New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1990. Hansen, James E. “The Greenhouse Effect: Impacts on Current Global Temperature and Regional Heat Waves.” The Challenge of Global Warming. Ed. Dean Edwin Abrahamson. Washington, D.C.: Island ...
- 2115: The Threat of Nuclear Energy
- ... issue of plutonium getting into the human body Nader and Abbotts write: Experiments with dogs show that the inhalation of as little as three millionths of a gram of Pu-239 can cause lung cancer. John Gofman has reported that plutonium and other alpha-emitters, such as curium and americium [other products of a nuclear reaction], when in a form that cannot readily be dissolved by body fluids, ‘represent an inhalation ... html. "Nuclear Waste: The Big Picture." 10 Nov. 1996. Available: http://www.sfo.com/~rherried/waste.html. Portzline, Scott D. "Nuclear Terrorism." 10 Nov. 1996. Available: http://www.nci.com/terrorism.html. Ralph Nader, and John Abbotts. The Menace of Atomic Energy. New York: W.W. Norton & Company Inc, 1977. Silver, L. Ray. Fallout From Chernobyl. Toronto: Deneau Publishers & Company LTD, 1987. "The Problem." 10 Nov. 1996. Available: http://www.wideopen ...
- 2116: Creationism and Darwinism
- ... and the destruction of those which are injurious, I have called Natural Selection, or the Survival of the Fittest. The Scopes Monkey Trials The Scopes "Monkey Trial" makes headlines in July as Dayton, Tenn., schoolteacher John T. Scopes, 25, goes on trial for violating a March 13 law against teaching evolution in the state’s public schools. Backed by the American Civil Liberties Union, Scopes has tested the law by acquainting ... to join the battle in Dayton. Darrow was not the first choice of the ACLU, who was concerned that Darrow's zealous agnosticism might turn the trial into a broadside attack on religion. Scopes (skops), John Thomas 1900-1970 American teacher who violated a state law by teaching the theory of evolution in a Tennessee high school. His trial (July 1925) was a highly publicized confrontation between defense attorney Clarence Darrow ...
- 2117: Flooding
- ... in area and damage. Although Dr. Weinstein did not foresee answers coming out of the conference, he urged cooperation among the coastal stakeholders. After a welcome by George Whitman, Mayor of Toms River, Dover Township, John Bailey Lloyd, author of several books chronicling the past of Long Beach Island, recounted the history of the New Jersey shore back to colonial times, illustrated by a wealth of photos and maps. (The pictures ... to make room for further sea level rise. He also suggested adjusting water management criteria to reduce pulses of salinity and fresh water. In a panel on combating sea level rise by reducing CO2 emissions, John Topping, President of the Climate Institute, pointed out that urbanization of the third world has grown five times since 1950, and will triple again by 2050, a completely unsustainable rate. He urged concentration on the ...
- 2118: Animal Uses
- ... in animals eyes and giving them doses of radiation along with starvation to see how long they could live. Works Cited Curtis, Patricia. "The Argument Against Animal Experimentation." The Macmillan Reader. 4th Ed. Judith Nadell, John Langan, and Linda McMeniman. New York: Allyn. 1996. 645-649. Kline, Ron. "A Scientist: "I Am the Enemy." The Macmillan Reader. 4th Ed. Eds. Judith Nadell, John Langen, and Linda McMeniman. New York: Allyn. 1996. 638-643.
- 2119: A Study of B.F. Skinner and Behaviorism
- ... issues involving Skinner. The process of learning is the basis of Skinner's work. Through this he has been able to keep the enduring qualities of past psychologists and mentors, as Ivan P. Pavlov and John B. Watson, also known for reinforcement and behaviorism. In this paper the topics of reinforcement, punishments, rewards, and other aspects of behavioral psychology will be discussed to give a better understanding of B.F. Skinner ... learning process and his idealist view of having a planned society. He was born in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania in 1904. He graduated from Hamilton College in 1926. After becoming interested in the works and studies of John B. Watson and Ivan P. Pavlov, he studied with animal learning and functions of the nervous system. He received his Ph.D. in behavioral psychology at Harvard in 1931. In 1936, he then worked as ...
- 2120: The Physics Of Scuba Diving: Swimming with the Fish
- ... the underwater world, coupled with the marvelous almost-weightlessness of floating with neutral buoyancy is an indescribable experience. Bibliography/Further Reading Ascher, Scott M. Scuba Handbook for Humans. Iowa : Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company. 1975. Cramer, John L. Ph.D. Skin and Scuba Diving: Scientific Principles and Techniques. N.Y.: Bergwall Productions, Inc. 1975. Ketels, Henry & McDowell, Jack. Safe Skin and Scuba Diving, adventure in the underwater world. Canada : Little, Brown and Company (Canada) Ltd. 1975. Koelzer, William. Scuba Diving, How to get started. Pennsylvania :Chilton Book Company. 1976. Resneck, John Jr. Scuba, Safe and Simple. New Jersey : Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1975. Tillman, Albert A. Skin and Scuba Diving. Iowa : Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers. 1966.
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