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- 19401: Modern Americans Vs. Puritans
- Are We or Are We Not? Are we or are we not? That is the question. Does the current generation of Americans have the same values and morals of the Puritans of the 1600’s? Some would say yes and others would say no. This paper will show both sides of the argument. It will discuss whether or not we share the values of self-reliance and honesty like the Puritans treasured. This essay will discuss the importance of the family and home to the Puritans and compare that to today’s standards. It will also discuss other issues not listed above. Honesty was an important value of the Puritans. They were a very religious people and it was a sin to lie. Honesty was stressed to children as they were growing up. In today’s society, that is not so true. Parents do not care that much about honesty. They would like their children to live an honest life but they do not stress it as much as the ...
- 19402: Taxes and Its Objectives
- ... taxation would be ended under the Armey-Shelby flat tax. Some of the critics have said that the problem with the flat tax is if you eliminate the home mortgage interest deduction, for example, that's going to have an impact on the housing industry, which would have an impact on the economy. If you eliminate the charitable deduction, it's going to reduce the amount of contributions. And if that happens, then federal government will probably have to pick up the slack. Critics of the flat tax have suggested that it would raise taxes on ... move in the direction of a flat tax but, for various reasons (usually political), do not satisfy all three core criteria. Some retain a "progressive" rate structure, penalizing those who contribute most to the economy's growth. Others retain some deductions, usually for fear of offending a powerful constituency. Still others would continue to double-tax savings and investment. Such proposals generally are an improvement over the status quo, but ...
- 19403: Misconceive’o By John Leo
- Misconceive’o by John Leo John Leo is a columnist and contributing editor that has been writing for U.S. News & World Report since 1988. Prior to that he worked for Time magazine and The New York Times covering topics such as social sciences and popular culture. The thesis of John Leo’s latest U.S. News & World Report article, “Fu Manchu on Naboo,” does not leave the reader any room to guess what his discussion is going to be about. He drives the point home from the beginning of ...
- 19404: Daniel Webster
- By: David Faulk Born January 18, 1782, in Salisbury, New Hampshire, Daniel Webster was a central figure in the nation's history. He successfully combined his political and legal career and played a role as lawyer, congressman, orator, secretary of state, leader of two parties, and a presidential candidate. His father, recognizing that his son was ... Webster eventually graduated from Dartmouth College in 1801. Webster opened a legal practice in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in1807. Rising quickly as a lawyer and Federalist party leader, Webster was elected in 1812 to the U.S. House of Representatives because of his opposition to the War of 1812, which had crippled New England's shipping trade. After two more terms in the House, Webster left Congress in 1816 and moved to Boston. Over the next six years, he won major constitutional cases before the Supreme Court most notably, ...
- 19405: Heart Of Darkness - Cruelty
- In Joseph Conrad's book Heart of Darkness the Europeans are cut off from civilization, overtaken by greed, exploitation, and material interests from his own kind. Conrad develops themes of personal power, individual responsibility, and social justice. His book ... Conrad while in the Belgian Congo. Conrad uses Marlow, the main character in the book, as a narrator so he himself can enter the story and tell it out of his own philosophical mind. Conrad's voyages to the Atlantic and Pacific, and the coasts of Seas of the East brought contrasts of novelty and exotic discovery. By the time Conrad took his harrowing journey into the Congo in 1890, reality had become unconditional. The African venture figured as his descent into hell. He returned ravaged by the illness and mental disruption which undermined his health for the remaining years of his life. Marlow's journey into the Congo, like Conrad's journey, was also meaningful. Marlow experienced the violent threat of nature, the insensibility of reality, and the moral darkness. We have noticed that important motives in Heart ...
- 19406: Alternative Medicine
- ... future of alternative medicine as a major medical force, is necessary. Alternatives, to me, provide an orientation toward self-care and self-cure that can really be an answer to the health care crisis. That's what's optimistic about this whole picture. I feel quite optimistic about our so-called health care crisis. It's not going to get solved in the way the so-called health care reformers have gone about it. It's not how we have to change how we're paying for what we're ...
- 19407: Individual Retirement Accounts: Why Bother?
- ... bank accounts barely beat this rate. In fact, at present, most savings accounts have an interest rate below four percent. Thus, regular savings accounts are not a practical method to save for retirement; however, IRA's offer deferred taxes on the interest earned until the money is withdrawn from the account. Therefore for a given amount of money, there is a considerable advantage when saving in an IRA. For example, according ... According to Spears: if a 15-year-old were to begin saving $2,000 a year in an IRA for ten years and earns 10% a year, the compounded annual return on the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index for the past 60 years. Barring early withdrawals, that $20,000 investment would be worth more that $1.5 million at age 65 (55). It is easy to see that the earlier ... the deceased, the spouse can begin withdrawing the money as a life-time allotment. The spouse also has the option of taking the money out over the next five years following the original IRA owner's death. Rowland states that the other alternative is for the spouse to convert the IRA to his or her own name. Under these terms all of the regular IRA rules will apply. The spouse ...
- 19408: Brennaghs Hamlet
- ... a movie is adapted from a play, there are several aspects which are adjusted or completely lost. This often depends on the directors point of view as well as the casting director. In Kenneth Branagh s movie Hamlet only a small number of aspects were lost from the movement of the play to the movie. The movie was word for word of the play with the exception of a few moved ... the spirit with Hamlet. The actual conversation between the two is very fast and flows very nicely. Once agin making the scene more intense. Throughout the scene the dramatic effects are heighten by the ghost s long lamented speeches to his son. The entire scene is one of climactic drama. In the movie, the ghost first appears to be a statue. He brings about no feelings of horror in the viewer ... expected which works well for the scene. As well, the deaths become more elaborate and more defined than in the play. Close ups are made on the Queen as she drinks the poisoned wine. Hamlet s conversation with her seems to be slower than that in the play. This is not the case. Branagh has done such a good job of building us up, ht suspense is so great that ...
- 19409: The Life Of Ludwig Van Beethov
- The rise of Ludwig van Beethoven into the ranks of history's greatest composers was parallelled by and in some ways a consequence of his own personal tragedy and despair. Beginning in the late 1790's, the increasing buzzing and humming in his ears sent Beethoven into a panic, searching for a cure from doctor to doctor. By October 1802 he had written the Heiligenstadt Testament confessing the certainty of his ... of the high-Classic style, his increasing deafness landed him in a major cycle of depression, from which was to emerge his heroic period as exemplified in Symphony No. 3, op. 55 ("Eroica"). In Beethoven's Heiligenstadt Testament of October 1802, he reveals his malaise that was sending him to the edge of despair. He speaks of suicide in the same breath as a reluctance to die, expressing his helplessness ...
- 19410: What Is Electricity
- What Is Electricity Today's scientific question is: What in the world is electricity? And where does it go after it leaves the toaster? Here is a simple experiment that will teach you an important electrical lesson: On a cool ... Electrical Pioneer, Benjamin Franklin, who flew a kite in a lightning storm and received a serious electrical shock. This proved that lightning was powered by the same force as carpets, but it also damaged Franklin's brain so severely that he started speaking only in incomprehensible maxims, such as, "A penny saved is a penny earned." Eventually he had to be given a job running the post office. After Franklin came ... conducted many important electrical experiments - - Among them, Galvani discovered (this is the truth) that when he attached two different kinds of metal to the leg of a frog, an electrical current developed and the frog's leg kicked, even though it was no longer attached to the frog, which was dead anyway. Galvani's discovery led to enormous advances in the field of amphibian medicine. Today, skilled veterinary surgeons can ...
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