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Increasing Social Security BenefitsPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act on August 14, 1935 as part of the "2nd New Deal"" and the Townsend movement to protect older people. To most, aging is a somewhat scary prospect. 80 years later, Social Security remains a successful, popular and effective program. Workers can plan their retirement with the provided foundation of income. It provides social insurance for disabled workers and widows. The goals of Social Security are primarily to raise elderly, retired people out from poverty. While raising the retirement age seems like an easy way to relieve future debt, it is inconsistent with the goals of the program. These goals and the values are threatened by opponents who want to raise the retirement age. Opponents argue that Social Security limits liberty and choice by demanding a certain amount of income be invested into Social Security, when instead individuals could invest that money elsewhere at a higher risk for a higher return. However, that doe |
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Wall Street Owns the Country by Mary Elizabeth LeaseIn the early 1890's, a strong and intelligent young woman spoke words of truth in her speech entitled "Wall Street Owns the Country." This woman was Mary Elizabeth Lease, a writer, lecturer, and political activist. Her controversial statement sparked the interest of many, "this is a nation of inconsistencies." Slavery, the American Revolution, the Mexican-American war, and the oppression of women are all critical events in our history that all equally highlight the inconsistencies of our country. This proves that Mary Elizabeth Lease was justified in her statement about this nation. Chapter Two, of "A Peoples History of the United States," by Howard Zinn, begins with the arrival of a slave ship in North America. With the new colony struggling to keep up with all the daily labor, the colonist were looking for ways to get greater amounts of work done in a single day. This was the driving force behind the colony's desperate desire to own slaves. The slaves were Africans who ha |
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Educational Resilience - African American TeenagersResearchers have long been fascinated with the African American experience and how it affects a student's education. In a 2010, research was conducted and presented in an article by Michael Cunningham and Dena Swanson that examined educational resilience in African American teenagers/adolescents. The overall purpose of the article was "to examine factors within the school context that facilitates educational resilience among African American high school students" (Cunningham, 2010). They defined educational resilience based on the current academic achievements of the students and their future academic and general expectations. The aforementioned factors included: the occurrence of stressful life events, perceptions of social support within the school environment, academic self-esteem, and the extent to which parents are involved in or monitor the lives of the teenagers. The results, implications and processes of this research can aid |
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Mental Health Issues in North Korea- North Korea has one of the world's most primitive levels of mental disorder treatment - Mentally ill patients are called "Number 49 subject" - Not many people survive in mental hospitals - Psychiatry is the least popular concentration among medical students In South Korea, Seoul National Mental Institution's reconstruction and relocation plan has been an issue of contentious debate amongst the community residents since 1995. Last year, South Korea had hard time quelling resistance of the residents opposing the facility's relocation to their community. As observed in this case, South Korea has a negative perception of mental disorder and the treatment facilities. Do North Koreans share this antipathy towards mental disorder with their southern neighbors? Perception of mental disorder is extremely negative in North Korea. Mentally ill person is called "Number 49" or "Number 49 subject" and put into custody at "Number 49 Prevention Post" (Refere |
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Existentialism in Shakespeare's HamletLiterary scholars often claim that Shakespeare was a playwright with talent "well before his time." He thought things that had never before been thought. He was a scholar who the world will remember for centuries to come. He conveyed ideas that didn't even have a word to describe them at the time. The most modern idea that Shakespeare conveyed in his play "Hamlet" is existentialism. Existentialism as defined by Kohn "is a philosophy of balance: To exist is literally marvelous and not to be taken for granted, but that existence is shot through with finitude; our freedom to define ourselves is exhilarating but also a terrible burden; that God is dead -- an historical statement, not a theological one – allows us to "belong to a higher history than any history hitherto," but suggests utter abandonment, a loneliness of dreadful proportions" (1). Merrill agrees with "No definition, no specific contextual significance, but perhaps a vague allusion to being alive or not b |
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The Virtues of Diversity in Science and SocietyThis paper discusses diversity and its virtues in society, as a whole, and in science, in particular. It discusses how diversity brings not just new people, but new ideas and talent to contribute to society. As a result this can create a more accurate, and broader understanding of the world as well as the opportunity for advancement in important matters like the economy and scientific research. Virtues and Diversity A virtue is a quality to be valued. It's a commendable quality, one that is worth praise, and it is something that people strive to have. It takes a great deal of practice, time and effort to truly become virtuous. Yet while the path to being virtuous is a long one, once it is achieved, the benefits outweigh the work put into it. Diversity has many virtues. There are obvious benefits to having it, but like anything of virtue, the process of properly achieving diversity is strenuous. Defining diversity depends on the context. It is most well known as the inclusion of differ |
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Case Analysis - A Manager's DilemmaCMT is a leading innovator in the telecommunications industry with a culture that emphasizes problem solving and meeting customer expectations. It has a new hardware product under development with associated software which entails development of a CD-ROM self-study course for the customers of the new product. Two managers of the company: Seamus, in-charge of technical publications department, and Jeremy, responsible for the software training department, are aggressively competing for the opportunity to tackle the new project. Each manager brings needed expertise to the project: Seamus and his department provide technical expertise and close working relationship with technical manuals development engineers while Jeremy and his unit offer experience in course development and presentation. The competition for the new project has led to open animosity between the two managers, setting hurdles to the possibility of a joint undertaking between the departments. To complicate the situation even more, the Director of Software Support, Henry Matthews, took a vacation and assigned Dave Peterson, Manager of Customer Software Support and peer to both Sheamus and Jeremy, to make the |
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Rhythm and Rhetoric - President Obama's First Inaugural AddressIn similar fashion to the Ancient Greeks, President Obama uses didactic poetry: persuading, convincing and easy-to-be-remembered rhythmic style when addressing to a wide audience of the Americans. Didactic poetry rests upon repetition and parallelism, which are the basic tools for creating an easily memorized message. Parallelism is employed in the speech, it is seen that personal pronouns play a significant role in creating a foregrounding effect. In an attempt to cover the most important values of the American people, Obama appeals to those which rest upon family and religion. He cites the Bible but quite carefully and, having pointed out the diversity of religions represented in the country, applies his words to universal, "transcendental truth." All these devices positively correlate with a rhetorical style, which the orator chose for the speech. Deictic expressions, known as deixis, can be interpreted only in the context in which they are used. The word deictic derives from the G |
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Out of the Woods by Amy RussellThe purpose of Amy Russell's article titled "Out of the Woods: A Case for Using Anatomical Diagrams in Forensic Interviews," is to explain the advantages that come from using anatomical diagrams when interviewing children who have been victims of physical or sexual abuse, or children who have witnessed violent crimes and how that may help create a legally defensive report for the child (Russell 1). The article also mentions how seventeen states use these diagrams as part of their interviewing protocol (Russell 4). These diagrams, body outlines, body maps, and touch surveys are beneficial when establishing a common ground with young children in regards to terminology and helps interviewers communicate about touch (Russell 1). Another benefit of using the anatomical drawings mentioned in the article is that diagrams help some children disclose sexual abuse and can make the interviewing process much easier and cause less harm. One interesting factor to consider when using anatomical diagr |
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Background and Concepts of Global MigrationI. Introduction: For the earliest days of man, people have been forced to flee their ancestral lands. They left with nothing, not knowing where they were being taken, and arriving in a place very far from home where circumstances and people were different from what they had always known and where resources were scarce. Individuals, families, tribes, and nations have been on the move for centuries where, political and economic factors, including wars; environmental challenges; and racism, xenophobia, and religious discrimination have at times uprooted people and at others lured them to new venues across continents. Today, migration is a critical international issue and a necessary option for millions of human beings. Some people seek to move voluntarily; others have no alternatives and are forced. Some of the factors that have contributed to an increase in the scale of international migration include growing disparities in living conditions, and violent conflicts both within and betw |
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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. EliotThe poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," by T.S. Eliot, is a depiction of sadness and a disillusioned narrator that seems to have given up hope. At the very beginning of the poem, Eliot uses a quote from Dante's "Inferno"," preparing the poem's reader to expect a vision of hell "If I thought that my reply would be to one who would ever return to the world, this flame would stay without further movement; but since none has ever returned alive from this depth, if what I hear is true, I answer you without fear of infamy" (Dante, Inferno 27.61-66). This seems to ask the reader to accept that what the narrator is about to tell them was not supposed to be revealed to the living world, just as Dante was exposed to horrors in the Inferno that were not supposed to be revealed to the living world. This comparison is both frightening and intriguing, and casts a shadow on the poem and its narrator before it has even begun. It also shows that the narrator, J. Alfred Prufrock, is an anxious |
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The Brilliant and Dramatic Evolution of CinemaThe development of motion picture complexity has been driven by a continuing technological evolution, ignited and manipulated by human initiative and inventiveness, which has afforded filmmakers the opportunity to practice a more complex craft to tell more complex stories. In concert with societal attitudes and proximity, this evolution has driven the development of distinct styles, movements, and methods that would have been impossible without increasingly advanced apparatus. However, while this technological progression has been linear, it has not necessarily coincided with a similar evolution of quality; the skill of a filmmaker should not be judged by the technological complexity of the production, but by the ability of the filmmaker to wield the technology of the time and of his or her choosing to effectively and clearly convey a narrative, evoke an emotion, or make an impression. Although the linear technological evolution of filmmaking has empowered filmmakers by offering a |
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Statues - Eros Sleeping and Old Market WomanI chose to compare the statue of Eros Sleeping and the statue of the Old Market Woman, because of the similarities they hold due to the age they were both created in. Eros Sleeping is a Greek sculpture made some time between third and second century B.C.E. This bronze statue is about three feet high with its base included and approximately thirty-three inches long. This statue is an example of how artists in the Hellenistic era accurately portrayed age and real life characterization, as opposed to the fake beauty seen in the classical era. It shows a great god as a vulnerable, little plump child that sleeps. The Old Market Woman is a Roman copy of a Hellenistic statue made somewhere between fourteen to sixty eight A.D by the artist Julio-Claudian.. It is a stone statue made from marble and Pentelic and stands at forty-nine and five eights inches high. The Old Market Woman is believed to represent an old but proud woman on her way to the festival of Dionysus. The statue of Eros Sleepi |
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Greed and Excess in The HobbitIn JRR Tolkien's "The Hobbit," Bilbo is taken from his home to travel on an unforgettable journey, challenging some of his greatest enemies; giant spiders, goblins, and the dragon, Smaug - just to find that the most powerful enemy of all is not of the physical, but the intangible: greed. "The Hobbit" is based around the search and seizure of treasure – the quest for the gold is filled with perils that many are willing to brave in order to reach their goal. Bilbo has nearly the slightest amount of greed compared to his fellow company: Smaug, the dwarves, and Gollum; each of these characters, throughout the novel, want to fulfill their greed, which is simply the root of corruption. Smaug is one of the main examples of greed within "The Hobbit." He is an evil, greedy dragon who hoarded all of his gold so no one could take it from him. When Smaug stole the treasure of Thor, the dwarves swore vengeance upon him in their quest to steal the gold back. Smaug later tries to destroy another town, which is |
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My Educational ExperiencesThe salty, musty stench of Play-Doh, water color paints, and sack lunches is one of the only lingering memories I have of my early childhood education. I was born December 22, 1992, and first began attending school three years later at St. Elizabeth School. St. Elizabeth is a Catholic grade-school, where most students go from age three to thirteen. Because of the extended amount of time spent with my fellow students, we became very close by our eighth grade year. I remember meeting many of my friends in Mrs. Ball's kindergarten class in the "lower" building of St. Elizabeth School. Most of our time in Mrs. Ball's class was spent learning the alphabet, coloring photos of dinosaurs, and practicing walking in a straight, single-file line. We were also taught to take nap time very seriously. I think Mrs. Ball enjoyed nap time more than any of the students did. It gave her an opportunity to rest and recuperate from the long morning, taking a break from the constant screams and st |
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Improving Medication Compliances for the Elderly CHF PatientAbstract This paper is a research proposal with an objective to identify interventions to help home health nurses to improve medication adherence of elderly home health patients with Congestive Heart Failure. The research proposal includes a problem statement, research question, literature review, hypothesis with a description of the proposed research design, methodology, sampling, instruments, and data collection and analysis. Improving Medication Compliance of the Elderly CHF Home Care Patient After being diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure (CHF), the median survival of a male patient with CHF is 2.3 years and 1.8 years for female CHF patients (Molloy, O'Carroll, Witham, & McMurdo, 2012). According to several research articles, medication management is an important aspect of treating the CHF patient; however, medication compliance has been identified as a problem among patients with CHF even though medication compliance is a primary way to improve the patient's physiological s |
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The United Nations Convention on the Law of the SeaQuestion How effective is the protection offered by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, in order to preserve the marine environment? Introduction The supreme domination of the oceans has always been a common concern. In order to establish a unanimous regime to organize the rights and responsibilities of each nation with respect to the oceans and their resources, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, commonly known as UNCLOS III, was opened for signature on December 10, 1982, in Montego Bay, Jamaica, and came into force on November 16, 1994. (Hollis 2013, paras 1-2, 10). This international convention set the guidelines to a diversity of issues, such as limits, navigation, archipelagic status, transit regimes, exclusive economic zones, deep seabed mining and protection of the marine environment, among others (Wikipedia 2013, para 9). Although the Convention on the Law of the Sea is not exclusively an environmental treaty, this essay focuses on the effec |
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural AddressFranklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States. During 1932, Roosevelt campaigned against Hoover. In 1933, when Franklin D. Roosevelt presented his first inaugural address, the financial devastation of the Great Depression had reached its peak. This was a time of hardship and struggle, and the inaugural address was presented with power. The message that Roosevelt was presenting, was directed towards the citizens of the United States.The purpose of the address was to inform American citizens of the problems the country faced and how he planned to solved them. He established his expertise and authority, appealed to the people of his country's emotions, and used arguments and evidence that make this address so significant, in such a critical time. Roosevelt's speech had such an impact, at such an important time for many reasons including addressing confidence, addressing fear, presenting himself as one of the people, and his uses of allusion, amplification, and ana |
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Film Documentary - Who Killed the Electric Car?"Who killed the electric car?"" is the question posed by the documentary by the same name. The documentary is set in the 1990's during the infancy of electric and hybrid car technology. At the center of the premise is the EV1, the first production electric vehicle produced by General Motors. The EV1, despite its advanced technology was cancelled, and certain government policies that had been put into place to control car emissions had been changed. The documentary sets out on a quest to discover the reason behind the demise of the electric car and some of the eco-friendly policy that helped encourage the car's creation. At the time the film was created it was a very poignant question to ask but now seems slightly dated with the release of the Nissan Leaf electric vehicle, Chevrolet Volt, and the popularity of the Toyota Prius. Despite the validity of the premise, the documentary makes a few very obvious missteps in arguing its case to the audience. The documentary filmmaker Chris Paine |
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Vaccines - A Source of Great ControversyVaccines against measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR), human papillomavirus (HPV), and influenza are three of the most controversial subjects in medicine. Over the last few years, there have been misconceptions among the media concerning these vaccines causing panic among parents and having them refuse to vaccinate their children. What parents are not realizing is that vaccines have the ability to protect their children from getting sick or potentially dying. There is nothing more heartbreaking to parents than the loss of a child to one of these diseases. Instead, parents continue to choose to believe all the false claims about vaccines and have started to show resistance and question the medical professionals about the validity and the effectiveness of the vaccines. Parents need to become proactive and educate to themselves about the benefits of vaccines. The myth about the MMR vaccine started in 1998 when a British gastroenterologist, Andrew Wakefield published a report stating that |
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Cinderella - A Poem by Anne SextonAnne Sexton's poem "Cinderella" is based on the Grimm Brother's story of the same name. Though both are dark and cynical, Sexton brings a modern twist to the tale, infusing her poem with sarcasm regarding politics and generalities of today. Her use of symbolism and allusion may tend to seem contradictory at first, but the underlying irony and narrator interruption proves Sexton's hatred for the unrealistic "happily ever after" love story that society reads to find what they believe is true happiness. One of the largest controversies in "Cinderella" are the gender roles. America has passed many sexism barriers since 1812 when the Grimm Brother's first published their version of "Cinderella," but the fact that in this classic it is the Prince who always saves the Princess, and that it is worth self-mutilation to capture the heart of a man still does not sit well with many people (O'Neill). At this point in the poem Sexton follows the Grimm Brother's storyline |
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A Hunger Artist and A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings"If you are different from the rest of the flock, they bite you,"" said Vincent O'Sullivan. The mental or physical suffering of a person is often found to be very entertaining to an audience, especially when they find that person to be different or as some might put it unique. We tend to alienate these people and treat them as if they were animals. As soon as something else comes along we forget that person even existed. "A Hunger Artist," by Franz Kafka, and "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings," by Gabriel Garcia Marquez follows the same theme of alienation, neglect and dehumanization to those who are deemed different. In "A Hunger Artist," Kafka expresses the unique aspects of the hunger artist as well as the alienation he faces. The hunger artist is able to fast for long periods of time and is very passionate about his craft. He has an impresario who puts him in a cage in the center of town where people can come and see him. Many people gather to watch the hunger artist, but when |
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Recitatif by Toni MorrisonToni Morrison's "Recitatif,"" narrates the temporally isolated encounters of two women first brought together within the walls of St. Bonaventure, a state home for children. Despite the unfortunate event of being forced into the institution, the narrator quickly establishes a dislike for her new roommate because of their difference in skin color. "It was one thing to be taken out of your own bed early in the morning "it was something else to be stuck in a strange place with a girl from a whole other race"" (Morrison 243). The narrator further describes her roommate while recollecting an "important " statement from her absent, dancing" mother, "one of the things she said was that they never washed their hair and they smelled funny. Roberta sure did. Smell funny, I mean"" (Morrison 243). Immediately, we see this characteristic as a hint for racial distinction, but on what grounds exactly? The narrator's mother certainly intended her statement to be classify a certain race, but it m |
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The Demon Lover by Elizabeth BowenIn the short story "The Demon Lover," written by Elizabeth Bowen, she describes a story of a middle aged woman who had made a promise with her fiancé twenty-five years before. It begins by Mrs. Kathleen Drover coming back to her old bombed house in London to pick up a few things left behind. While she was there, Mrs. Drover finds a letter which makes her recall of her soldier fiancé twenty-five years ago and the promise that he made her make. After she had read the letter she goes to get a taxi and screams when she sees the driver's face. Bowen implies two possible hypotheses in this short story: one being that Mrs. Drover is mentally unstable and she is hallucinating things and events, or that there is something supernatural after Mrs. Drover. Moreover one way of understanding Kathleen's reaction towards the taxi leads to her possible hallucinations. Bowen writes that when Mrs. Dover goes to get a taxi there was "only one taxi [It] appeared already to be |
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Examples of Discourse CommunitiesA discourse community is a group of people who share a particular interest and use a certain register of language to communicate with each other. A register is another way in which how something is said or written and can be just as important as what is said or written for the meaning of the message (Sergeant, 2010, p. 50). We communicate with each other in many ways, either by email, telephone, text, face to face, social media or letters and the language we use allows us to get things done, however the language and communication method we chose to use will vary dependent on the discourse community. Linguist John Swales describes discourse communities to be people who share the same set of goals, use specialist vocabulary, and use appropriate language relating to a shared interest within a certain subject or activity they expertise in. Each discourse community includes its own individual terms of language, words relating to the community carry special meanings within the subject or act |
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