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- 24121: Psilocybin Mushrooms as Hallucinogens
- ... are an example of a hallucinogen. They were originally used during religious ceremonies of ancient indian tribes. This was done to expand their minds. Today, you could say that mushrooms are used to expand people's minds, but definitely in a different way. There are many effects of using Psilocybin Mushrooms. Some are positive and some are negative. Also, the effects that psilocybin have on a person depends on how much ... and physical relaxation, slight pupil dilation, nervous feeling, and giddiness. Some of these effects are desired effects, but not a whole lot of them. How many people really love to get nauseated. I sure don't like to have that feeling. Some of these things are not such a big deal either. This is because it is such a small dose. However, it is still abusing your body, and your body's functions. Besides all that, there are also legal consequences. When someone takes Psilocybin Mushrooms in a medium size dose (1.25 grams - 4.0 grams), there are effects that are a little more serious ...
- 24122: What is Sexual Harassment?
- ... at work but hat is not the law. It only includes the unwanted sexual conduct that in no way is social at the work place. (Pertocelli & Repa ½) Some fear of people is that they can’t compliment of ask someone out on a date. The law says nothing about dating in the workplace if it is done in a reasonable and respectful manner with employee’s wishes. Dating in the workplace is not against the law if both people accept it. Something else that is misleading people think that all is welcome as long as there is no physical contact with ... just because you think is not offensive someone else may. And if you think or feel you are being sexually harassed look into it and g through the proper channels to get it handled. Don’t be afraid; fight for your rights to make it a better work environment for all.
- 24123: Emily Dickinson
- ... another so Emily had plenty of privacy for writing. During her childhood, Emily and her family attended The First Congregational Church on a regular basis. Emily did not like going to church because she didn't think of herself as being very religious. She refused to believe that Heaven was a better place than Earth and eventually rebelled from the church. Emily saw herself as a woman who had her own ... from whom she got a very good response and a strong friendship developed. He acted as her mentor but she never seemed to have taken any of his advice. It became evident that she didn't like the idea of having her works published, she made 40 packets of about twenty poems apiece from 814 poems. She placed these in a box along with 333 other poems. Emily died on May ... style in writing. She chose her words for her poems in a way that allows the reader to choose the meaning. In conclusion, she wrote nearly eighteen hundred poems, most ignoring rhyme and punctuation. Emily’s poems did not have titles because she never wanted them to be published. Many of her poems are dark and mysterious but all are true works of art.
- 24124: Changes From Technology
- Changes From Technology Joe the mailman will no longer be coming to your door. You won't have to go pick up your newspaper in the bushes at 6:00am anymore. Libraries will be a thing of the past. Why is this all happening? Welcome to the information age. "You've got ... them? Will they be out of a job? Will they be forced to operate computers that are foreign to them? How do we as a society adjust to technological change? The answer lies in society's ability to effectively measure the costs and benefits of technological change. The rapid growth of technology brings with it a massive amount of hope, but also despair. Kids are growing up with computers. They are ... we going to do about it? We need to educate everyone young and old, and make computer illiteracy a thing of the past. We need to maximize computer security to its fullest extent. Computers shouldn't replace jobs, but rather be a tool in them. Our generation is being handed great technology and we have to rid it of its flaws. This is what needs to be done to make ...
- 24125: Osi Model
- ... receiving incoming transmissions). The network layer does routing and forwarding. The data link layer (Layer 2), this layer provides error control and synchronization for the physical level and does bit-stuffing for strings of 1's in excess of 5. It makes transmission protocol knowledge and management. The physical layer (Layer 1), this layer moves the bit stream through the network at the electrical and mechanical level. It provides the hardware means of sending and receiving data on a carrier. This is basically what the OSI Model is and the descriptions of it’s layers. Without the OSI model today, large corporations would still rely on the paper and pen method of conveying information, and most importantly, there wouldn’t be a T1 line running at PHS for Internet.
- 24126: Creating a Fun Workplace Environment
- Creating a Fun Workplace Environment Employees are obviously the most important part of a manager’s responsibilities. Managers must be aware of any problems employees have, and learn to deal with them accordingly. Some of the worst problems managers have, deal with low morale among employees, but fortunately, there are ways to combat these problems. Providing employees with a fun atmosphere may sound unnecessary, but actually has many benefits. Creating a fun workplace means more than throwing parties and serving holiday treats. Today’s employees want to feel respected, feel that they matter, and to be kept informed. They want to be treated fairly and consistently among their co-workers and expect to be recognized for their contributes. Taking ... discrimination. Whenever possible, managers should try to challenge their employees. Employees who feel challenged are encouraged to learn more skills and apply the ones they already have. People liked to be challenged, but they don’t want to be surprised with other expectations than what they were told in the beginning. Employees should be paid for the work they are expected for and reward them with praise and positive feedback. ...
- 24127: To Fly Has Been a Dream
- ... that is set and calibrated to altitude at ground level. Several optional pieces of equipment are a helmet, gloves and a skydiving suit. Some jumpers like to perform a pre-jump on the ground. It's most commonly called a dirt dive. They walk through the skydive on the ground while talking about what they will do on the jump and then what they will do if the jump doesn't go as planned. The Jump Master is a highly skilled skydiver. The Jump Master has over 500 skydives and licensed by the United States Parachute Association. The Jump Master is in charge of the jumper ... Master signals to jump. You have been given the signal to jump. You may be jumping alone or as a group. For as many times that I have skydived. I prefer to jump alone, "It's like being on top of the world." As you exit the aircraft falling toward the earth, you're able to spin, twist, flip, turn, roll, surf, and perform an aerobatic display without the force ...
- 24128: The Catacombs and Christian Persecutions
- ... relics of Christians from all over the empire. In the first century the Christians of Rome did not have their own cemeteries. If they owned land then they buried their relatives there, if they didn't they resorted to common cemeteries, Pagans were also buried here. That is how Saint Peter came to be buried in the great public "necropolis" (city of the dead) on Vatican Hill, this was available to ... Pancratius. Over the course of time, landslides, rock movement, and vegetation obstructed and hid the entrances to the other catacombs. The very traces of their existence were lost. During the late Middle Ages they didn't even know where they were. The Christian religion developed rapidly in Rome and all over the world past the 1st century. This was because it was original and suitable for all mankind to believe in ... such as incest, infanticide and ritual cannibalism. Because of this they were held responsible for all natural disasters such as plagues, floods, famines, etc. The Christian religion was proclaimed strange and unlawful by most that's why it was outlawed and persecuted. It was considered the most dangerous enemy of Rome. The first three centuries constitute the age of Saints, which ended in 313 with the edict of Milan. At ...
- 24129: Man For All Seasons 2
- ... Sir Thomas More has been in the news a great deal recently. I m sure that most of you know that he had been convicted and put to death for treason. Many people probably don t know his conviction was based on the tainted testimony of Richard Rich, who wanted to be as successful as Thomas. I m certain Thomas would never have done anything of this nature. All of the ... constituted the right balance between the spiritual and the practical. The two were Catholics. Thomas was a representative of the older spirituality, wherein the Church was as a sacred institution and an instrument of God s will, and which ought to be outside politics. The King saw the church as a political institution, one that was to bend for him in certain political matters. That is basically the story. The question ... himself happy and not the people. In the end Thomas decided not to sign the Act of Supremacy and the Act of Succession. This showed us that he was his own person and he couldn t see why he should allow the king to have all the power. In a sense it is strange how Thomas died to preserve his morality. His friend the Duke of Norfolk gave in to ...
- 24130: My Antonia And Landsacpe
- ... autumn,that shaggy grass country had gripped me with a passion I have never been able to shake." -Willa Cather (Internet #1) Her life task became portraying how the pioneers tamed the wild land. Cather's visual, and disarmingly simple, descriptions of prairie life and events that slowly unveil truly complex characters such as the protagonist Antonia Shimerda. I believe, if Cather had been born in Nebraska, the land and its ... themselves. Why had the Spaniards come so far? What must this country have been like, then? Why had Coronado never gone back to Spain, to his riches and his castles and his king? I couldn't tell them. I only knew the schoolbooks said he ``died in the wilderness, of a broken heart.'' ``More than him has done that,'' said Antonia sadly ... (pg155) The connection of Coronado to Antonia's father is a natural one. Both men had much to live for in the Old World, but when faced with an unending landscape with no human connections to reaffirm their personal worth, both gave ...
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