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- 26381: Iowa - An American Portrait
- ... and family life of Iowa. One of the main topics of the film was the general view of Iowa- the Farm State. Iowa has more than two- hundred- thousand farms; ninety- eight percent of Iowa’s total land is used for production; with ninety percent of total land being used for the production of food. Reverence for the great land and rich soil of Iowa began with the Native Americans. Many ... The various institutions and businesses of the towns were flourishing. The children of Iowa were attending school regularly and doing well. The literacy rate of Iowa soon became the highest in the nation. Farms weren’t the only means of earning a living in Iowa. Saw and lumber mills were abundant along the upper Mississippi River, but the lumber supply being harvested was exhausted quickly, putting the mills out of business ...
- 26382: Gay Marriage
- ... denied the right to marry because of their sexual preference. The main argument brought up against same-sex marriage is that it is “strictly an institution between a man and a woman” (Hogan, 380). Webster’s Dictionary defines marriage as “the institution whereby men and women are joined in a special kind of social and legal dependence for the purpose of founding and maintaining a family.” This definition clearly states that ... for intimacy, privacy, and happiness as heterosexual couples do. Also, the United States is a free country. People are allowed to do as they please as long as they do not infringe upon other people’s rights. By allowing two consenting people of the same sex to marry each other, no one’s rights are infringed upon. However, by preventing two people from marrying each other, rights are taken away. Another strong argument is that the environment created by gay couples is not a good one in ...
- 26383: Is Tiger That Great?
- ... found that Tiger Woods was actually ranked in second place, one spot behind the scoring average leader, David Duval. However, there are currently somewhere in the neighborhood of 400 players playing the PGA Tour. It s not too bad to beat 398 of them! As a second to this incredible piece of information, came Woods biography and career statistics. Astounding considering his short professional career. All of these observations combined with ... appear whenever a player shows his true abilities. It has a make or break effect on the sports world today. We set out with the goal to find the truth behind the hype and the T-shirts, and to bring you the numbers. We hope you have found that non-biased approach yourselves, and we are certain we have presented the best possible answer to our question.
- 26384: The Rise and Down Fall of Major Beliefs
- ... The writing also gives detailed pictures on how God holds man by a thin piece of string and if man decides to turn away from God, the man will died in hell. They also don't believe that man can perfect himself. The people who believe in Deism trust in the logic and science. They put out all mysticism and mystery in their lives. One example of answering one of nature's mysteries is the event of an eclipse. With math and science, scientists calculated data and predict the cycle of the eclipse. They explain the unknown by saying that the technology is not high enough to ...
- 26385: Hooked on the Internet
- ... to many experts, it is becoming clear that millions cannot control the habit of spending endless hours in front of the computer screens, and that addiction to Internet can cause as much damage in people's lives as alcohol, drugs, and gambling. Why is this new epidemic so widespread? Computers are rather inexpensive: even one thousand dollars can buy a perfectly adequate one. Daniel Dern, a well-known author in many ... to safely express forbidden aspects of their personalities" (Young 34). Computer addicts can be people who are depressed, lonely, afraid to go out, in high family conflicts, and, generally, people in trouble because they can't leave their computers. They are students, professionals, housewives, the retired, everyone. They are men, women, and children. How can this problem be dealt with? Kimberly Young suggests several methods to those people that have a ...
- 26386: Dreaming
- ... that one is dreaming. Lucid dreams usually happen during REM sleep. Working at Stanford University, Dr. Stephen LaBerge proved this by eliciting deliberate eye movement signals given by lucid dreamers during their REM sleep. LaBerge's subjects slept in the laboratory, while the standard measures of sleep physiology (brain waves, muscle tone and eye movements) were recorded. As soon as they became lucid in a dream, they moved their eyes in ... after you fall asleep. If you nap for 90 minutes to 2 hours you will have plenty of dreams and a higher probability of becoming lucid than in dreams you have during a normal night's sleep. Focus on your intention to recognize that you are dreaming as you fall asleep within the nap. (LaBerge, 1985) External cues to help people attain lucidity in dreams have been the focus of Dr. Stephen LaBerge's research at the Lucidity Institute for several years. Using the results of laboratory studies, he has designed a portable device, called the DreamLight ($950), for this purpose. It monitors sleep and when it detects ...
- 26387: Bulemia
- ... anorectics and a large percentage of bulimics develop the disorders because of sexual repression in childhood. Dissatisfied with the magazines explanation, I decided to investigate the topic further. I went to Palmer College of Chiropractic's library hoping to consume as much information as possible to prove Parents' Magazine wrong. I found several medical journals, psychiatric journals, and books on the topic of eating disorders that could affirm my feelings. As I tried to rationalize my friend's behavior, I decided that social acceptability had to have played a large part in her illness. I also took into account that her mother had passed away about 7 years before she broke her news ... disorder of one type or another. They believe that this is due to the fact that, in the past 10 years, there has been a steady increase in diet-related articles and advertisements in women's magazines. Although a small percentage of American men also suffer from eating disorders, articles and advertisements that promote weight control are 10 times more prevalent in publications targeted toward women than in similar ones ...
- 26388: A Tale of Two Cities: Sydney Carton
- ... an immature action. Had he been more mature, he might have forgotten about Lucie when she was married and found someone else. Another perhaps less important but very noticeable example is his appearance. He didn't seem to care what people really thought about him or the way he was dressed, and remained very calm and relaxed, maybe even carefree, most of the time he was in court. This also gives ... to Lucie alone, he seems very sincere and noble with his comment about sacrificing himself for her. This is very different from his selfish attitude he had before. At the end of the novel, Sydney's act of sacrificing himself showed honor, courage, and a heart of love for Lucie, as well as for Charles. Sydney also shows very admirable characteristics when he helps the innocent woman at the guillotine. His ...
- 26389: Jackie Robinson 2
- ... in California and the University of California, Los Angeles. As an undergraduate, Robinson excelled in football, basketball, baseball, and track. He left college in 1941 in his junior year and shortly thereafter joined the U.S. Army. Discharged early in 1945 with the rank of first lieutenant, Robinson signed a contract to play professional baseball with the Monarchs, a Kansas City, Missouri, team of the Negro American League. Later in 1945 ... racial slurs from the crowds and other ball players, including his own teammates. In 1949, with a .342 average, he was named the most valuable player in the league. He was one of the game's best base runners, with a total of 197 stolen bases. The Dodgers won six National League pennants during Robinson's ten playing years. He retired from baseball in 1956 with a lifetime batting average of .311. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962, the first black player to be ...
- 26390: Creative Writing: Origin of the Big Dipper
- Creative Writing: Origin of the Big Dipper Once their was a old couple who lived in a village near the country-side. The village they lived in didn't have a lot of food. The couple had a chicken who had just had seven baby chicks. One day a monk came to the village to teach the people there because they had very poor ... The monk had not eaten all day and said that he was very hungry. The people in the village panicked because they were so poor and barely had enough food to support themselves. They didn't want to anger him because they knew if they did they would also anger the Gods. The only source of food was the chicken the old couple had. At first the couple didn't want to kill it, but then they thought of what might happen if they angered the monk. Once the mother of the seven chicks found out that she was going to die, she went ...
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