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- 18571: Men And Women
- ... in a more visible (yet accessible) location. As a temporary fix to this problem, I simply sharpen about ten pencils all up front. A more expensive item is also being under utilized because it doesn't match the ambiance of the house. This item is the Dolby Surround Sound home theater system my dad bought a few years back. It is all setup fine except for a very critical part, the ... wires so that they can be moved to better positions when the occasion arises and later placed back to their original spots. This setup seems just fine to the women in the family who aren't impressed by the high quality sound as the men are. The Jones women tend to watch movies that don't depend on big explosions and car chases. In the movies they watch, sound is only necessary so that one can hear the leading man telling the leading lady how pretty she is. The women ...
- 18572: Kosovo
- Kosovo Kosova, also know as Kosovo is the disputed region between Kosova's Albanian majority and Serbia. Once an independent federal unit of Yugoslavia, it has been stripped away of its autonomy by the Serbian government. Serbian authorities have dismissed Albanians from state-owned enterprises and have suspended Kosovo's legal parliament and government. Presently there is a systematic oppression of the Albanian population in Kosovo by the Serbian government, violation of the basic rights of Albanians occurs frequently. Kosovo is viewed by the Serbians as the birthplace of their history, culture and religion, but 90% of the province's 2 million people are ethnic Albanian, most of who demand independence. It is one thing to be Ethnic Albanian and a communist in Kosovo in old Yugoslavia, but when the Communist Party collapsed and ...
- 18573: Rise of Superpowers After WWII
- ... greatly, we must examine the causes of the war. The United States gained its strength in world affairs from its status as an economic power. In the years before the war, America was the world's largest producer. In the USSR at the same time, Stalin was implementing his 'five year plans' to modernise the Soviet economy. From these situations, similar foreign policies resulted from widely divergent origins. Roosevelt's isolationism emerged from the wide and prevalent domestic desire to remain neutral in any international conflicts. It commonly widely believed that Americans entered the first World War simply in order to save industry's capitalist investments in Europe. Whether this is the case or not, Roosevelt was forced to work with an inherently isolationist Congress, only expanding its horizons after the bombing of Pearl Harbour. He signed the ...
- 18574: Global Warming 2 -
- Global Warming I have chosen to speak about Global warming because it is a major scientific issue in the media. Problems facing the environment today are vast and diverse. Destruction of the world's rain forests, the depletion of the ozone layer, air pollution, water pollution, chemical pollution and global warming are just some of the problems that will reach dangerous proportions in the coming decades. The three aspects ... are we doing to reduce global warming? Global warming is a greenhouse effect on the Earth. Solar energy is transmitted to earth by the sun. Excess energy should reradiate back into space through the earth's atmosphere. But, because of increased carbon dioxide and methane in the earth because of emissions from polluters such as factories and cars, excess energy is trapped in the earth's atmosphere and causes a warming of the earth called "Global Warming." Starting in the mid-1700s, human activities began to alter the composition of the atmosphere. Vast supplies of charcoal, and later coal and ...
- 18575: Three Important Values In Nursing
- ... one is to be able to support and comfort families which are in the midst of tragedy. A multitude of different situations arise in this profession which can not be appropriately managed without employing one's own compassion as a fellow human being as a reference point. In order to provide an appropriate balance of emotional and physical care one must be able to 'put themselves in the patient's/family's/loved one's shoes'. In a recent "NurseWeek" article (see bibliography), Deepa Arora discussed the issue of instilling hope in patients with ALS or 'Lou Gehrig's Disease'. This disease, although it is fatal ...
- 18576: Geothermal Energy
- ... core, the mantel and the lithosphere and crust. The density of the layers gets greater the closer to the center of the earth that one gets. The inner core is approximately 16% of the planet's volume. It is made up of iron and nickel compounds. Nobody knows for sure but the outer core is thought to consist of sulfur, iron, phosphorus, carbon and nitrogen, and silicon. The mantel is said ... upward direction. Radiation is the transfer of energy out of a substance through the excitement of gas molecules surrounding a substance. Radiation is dependent upon two things the object emitting the heat and the surrounding's ability to absorb heat. Convective geothermal systems are characterized by the natural circulation of a working fluid or water. The heated water tends to rise and the cool to sink continually circulating water throughout the ... be placed very deep in the well where only the liquid phase is present. By keeping the liquid under pressure it is possible to keep the liquid at a much higher temperature than the liquid s normal boiling point. If the liquid is not kept under pressure, it will flash. Flashing is the process of vaporization. It requires 540 calories per gram of heat to vaporize water. The super heated ...
- 18577: Russia Crisis: Economical, Political, and Moral
- Russia Crisis: Economical, Political, and Moral Russia's crisis is not only economic and political, it is moral. The whole country can see that honesty, adherence to civic virtues brings no reward. If you are honest in Russia the chances are that your ... dishonest, on the other hand, thrive here. Many Russians wonder why the West still supports Boris Yeltsin President Clinton came here and was embraced in a great bear-hug by President Yeltsin. Beside Boris Yeltsin's, President Clinton's woes and his misdemeanours seem trifling. It is mystifying to many Russians that the West still supports Boris Yeltsin, seeing him as a brave and progressive liberal reformer, taking on the twin evils of ...
- 18578: Origin Of Surnames
- Origins of Surnames In today’s society we all want to know who we are and where our names originated from. Our names are what give each of us our own style and individuality, the importance of style and individuality can ... surnames have come from all areas of the world, each with specific meanings to our family. Surnames or last names have an important meaning to all of us, they give us identity through our family’s history. Looking back into history our names have changed drastically, keeping some people from knowing how their surnames really originated. Surnames originated early in history and did so for many reasons. The first knowledge of ... and social status also played a major role in surnames. Surnames like Byrd, Foxx, Winters and, Spring are names commonly found in nature. And surnames like Bachelor, Knight or, Squire are based on a person’s social standing. The changing of these original surnames, cause many problems for people in today’s society. Our current society is often unaware of their true original surnames. In the search for freedom our ...
- 18579: Cognitive Development in Children
- ... theory that has been contended by many others, including that of the information-processing approach to cognitive development. It will be shown where these theories compare and where they contrast, in conclusion explaining why Mary's children think differently. Introduction The cognitive abilities of children have long been an issue for developmental psychologists. The development of a child's mental processes, such as thinking, remembering, learning and using language, has been interpreted by many psychologists and explained in a number of theories. Of these theories Jean Piaget's cognitive developmental theory has been a major influential model since its origination in the 1920s (Beard, 1969 ). Piaget's theory has a biological perspective to cognitive development and focuses on broad, qualitative stages. Another ...
- 18580: People Vs. the Tobacco Industry
- People Vs. the Tobacco Industry Cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamines are three drugs among many that are recognized by society as dangerous to one’s health, as addicting, and not to mention illegal. Along with these drugs, there is another substance that is equally addicting and disruptive, but this substance is advertised in commercials, billboards, and magazines. The tobacco industries ... that smoking is for tough and outgoing ladies’ men. Models are used to illustrate that smoking will make women thinner and more glamorous. Slogans such as “You’ve come a long way, baby” interprets women’s entrance in the business world. Teens are especially being targeted because they make up 90% of all new smokers. Ads imply that smoking will make teens look mature. Companies such as Marlboro even give points ... complication smokers were affected with. Not only was smoking known to cause medical complications, it was the leading cause of death from lung cancer. “About 415,000 people die prematurely each year in the U.S. as a result of smoking-the equivalent of eighteen 747’s crashing every week with no survivors “(Harrison 33). Smokers are not the only ones being affected by the success of the tobacco industries. ...
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