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Connections Essay - Female MutilationMen have always found ways to control women. In both "Female Circumcision: Rite of Passage or Violation of Rights? " (Althaus) and "Footbinding " (Fairbank) the authors explain two especially gruesome methods of female mutilation that have been and still are used to dominate women. Female circumcision and Footbinding are procedures that are ultimately used for control. The practices intentionally injure women so they will rely on men, they force women into feeling that this is tradition, and without the procedures the girls are not "proper women ". Female circumcision is an extremely dangerous procedure that is almost always performed under unsanitary conditions by an unskilled and unequipped elder village woman. If the girl survives, she is plagued by painful long-term medical complications that could eventually lead her back to death's door. Normal health problems that the girls endure are hemorrhage, infection, and shock. Althaus also explains that as the scar tissue heals, " an op |
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German Philosopher - Friedrich NietzscheFriedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was an influential German Philosopher famous for his writings on good and evil, the demise of religion in the modern society. He also wrote on the concept of Superman. Born in Rocken in German on October 15, 1844 he attended a private predatory school where he intended to train as a clergy. He excelled in his academic studies and joined the University of Bonn however transferred to University of Leipzig where he studied history, a combination of literature, philology and liguistics.Nietzsche started suffering from migraine headache which became a major complication in his whole adult life. This led to his early dismissal from the army in 1868. However thought to be a brilliant student he offered a job to chair classical philology at a tender age of 24.He was forced by his health to retire early from the job. Influenced by the writings of other famous philosophers he began his writing career. Nietzsche faced many adversities in life as a philosopher, the |
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When Whites Just Don't Get It by Nicholas KristofThe article "When Whites Just Don't Get It, Part 4 " by Nicholas Kristof is mainly about racial inequality in America. He first begins to talk about slavery and why white people are still being blamed for something that happened so long ago. He then adds how many white people are frustrated with being blamed and have acknowledged what has happened in the past but want to move forward, not behind. Kristof transitions to talking more about personal responsibility and begins to tell us how the black community is agreeing that young black men are not performing well enough in school. He then states how racial inequality is a major problem today and the possible reasons for them, one of which was having a slave labor years back. Elite plantation owners controlled these slave labors. Job and housing discrimination also prevented blacks from accumulating wealth. On average, black families only have about six percent as much wealth as white households. Kristof then begins to tell a personal story about one of his colleagues who is black a |
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The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiThe purpose of this research paper is to answer the question could have the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki been avoided? On Monday, August 6, 1945, at 8:15 a.m., the first Atomic Bomb had been codenamed "Little Boy" because it had an explosive force of some 12,500 tons of TNT. "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima by an American B-29 bomber aircraft. The first bomb instantly killed an estimated 80,000 people. The second atomic bomb the United States dropped was on Nagasaki on Thursday, August 9, 1945, at 11:02 a.m., an estimated 70,000 people were killed instantly by the impact of the second bomb codenamed "Fat Man". I believe that the atomic bombings that occurred in Hiroshima and Nagasaki was needed to end the Pacific war, but at what cost? Many lost lives and loved ones because these two countries could not find a peaceful solution. There are many different factors that played a part leading up to the bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. |
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Aspasia and Feminism in Ancient GreeceCheryl Glenn, a professor at Oregon State University explains, "for the past 2500 years in Western culture, the ideal women has been disciplined by cultural codes that require a closed mouth (silence), a closed body (chastity), and an enclosed life (domestic confinement)".1 In Athenian society women could easily fit into this described mold. Women were domesticated and kept at home to attend to household duties. They were silent supporters of their men and stayed on the sidelines while their male counterparts took part in politics and other public activities. Xanthippe, Socrates's wife, was one of the few women who didn't fit into this mold, and stood out as a "shrew" for often shouting at Socrates and berating him publicly.2 However, she was an expectation to the norm, alongside a group of foreign-born, well educated, courtesan woman, called hetaerae, that were paid to accompany men to places that other woman were not permitted to attend.3 Aspasia became the most f |
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America and Child LaborDuring the urbanization period of the United States the main industry and source of income for citizens was the meat packaging industry. This resulted in poor working conditions, mistreatment of workers, people struggling just to stay alive, and even child labor. Child labor became so widely popular because it was cheap and increased production. Children as young at 10 years old would be working in factories or mines in order to make a profit to go towards helping their family. These young children in such dangerous locations often resulted in accidents, injuries, and often times, death. The Child Labor in Southern Mills article stated that child labor was the "cheapest labor " and used the "anxiety of parents to make profitable use of children ". Child Labor a National Problem described the need for child labor as "the demand for cheap labor, which means infant labor, increases with the growth of competition for markets. " Demand for children working increased over time with the "inve |
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The Juvenile Justice SystemThis paper examines juvenile and criminal justice policies and practices with respect to young offenders who cross over from the juvenile to the criminal justice system. It focuses on the age period between mid-adolescence and early adulthood (roughly ages 15 to 29), with a particular focus on older juvenile delinquents ages 15-17 who are candidates for transitioning into the criminal justice system, and young adult offenders ages 18-24. The juvenile and criminal justice systems in the United States have experienced a tumultuous period over the past half century. Beginning in the 1960s, the national crime rate sharply increased, prompting some criminologists to join with political forces to reject the rehabilitative ideal in favor of a "justice model " that limited correctional officials' discretion with offenders and instituted determinate sentencing. A pessimistic 1974 review of program evaluations in juvenile and criminal justice systems buttressed the pendulum swing from treatment |
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Value-Chain Analysis and Customer NeedsUsing value-chain analysis to discover customers' strategic needs Here is a five-step method for discovering a customer's particular strategic needs based on a unique application of value-chain analysis.[1] Performing this analysis on important customers helps identify high-value new business opportunities. It also can strengthen relationships with customers by clarifying their strategic priorities, regardless of whether their needs are based on a differentiation or low-cost strategy or whether that strategy is implicit or explicit. Value-chain analysis is used for many purposes, but the process of examining customers' value chains is relatively new.[2] In our five-step process, Step 1 explains how internal and external value chains can be used separately and in related ways. Step 2 shows how to construct a customer's value chain. Step 3 shows how to identify the customer's business strategy by examining this value chain and using other kinds of information. Step 4 explains how to use |
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Sexism in A Jury of Her Peers by Susan GlaspellPeople tend to relate to one another when they share a subjective viewpoint or they share common experiences. In the short story "A Jury of Her Peers ", Mrs. Peters, Mrs. Hale, and Minnie all female subjectivity as farmers wives. All of these women live in the same town and live very similar lifestyles, which give them s sort of familiarity with each without actually know each other personally. Due to the fact that Mrs. Hale, Mrs. Peters, and Minnie have a shared understanding of each other's lives. This familiarity helps Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters recreate a mental picture of precisely what Minnie's life has been. In the short story the husband lack a sense of subjectivity which leave them unaware of the conditions of the crime. The men go in with an objec |
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Health and TechnologyIf technology in your daily life routine doesn't concern you, you should think twice about how it really affects the body's health. At least that is the one and only thing that caught my attention of many topics trending around the world. Technology affects us in every way, starting from a simple flu to cancer and to extreme cases being death. Let's not forget about the teens that are on their phones behind the wheel, that ether kill themselves of others near them. The smallest LED screen can cause loss of vision over time and can also cause headaches or migraines with continuous daily use. Not only the screen is a big problem, but the radiation itself brings severe damages to include tumors. Also, with studies the conclusion is that a person using a cellphone, changes that person's brain more than a non-cellphone user. A cellular phone increases the obesity rate and other obesity related issues by a lot in the United States. Social pages on a phone change a person's self-esteem and al |
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The Secret Goldfish by David MeansThe short story "The Secret Goldfish,"" by David Means tells a story of the struggles of a failing relationship. Means clever use of a unique goldfish to represent the emotions that surface as a result of a marriage ending makes it easy for the reader to understand the inner struggles more vividly. Through his use symbolism, diction, imagery, and tone, Means makes it clear that no matter the struggle, it can be overcome, and life will go on. Means use of a goldfish brilliantly symbolizes the main characters struggles with such simplicity. The reader can easily understand the similarities between them both. The fish represents the confinement, neglect, and hope. The main character is a wife and mother, "she had given up her career for the relationship, for the family " to stay at home. (Means 217) With confinement comes sadness and this eventually led to the neglect. She felt the neglect from her husband leaving and throughout the story we see this emotion unfold not only for the hum |
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The Freemasons - America's Oldest Secret SocietyCrimes and wrongdoings have been what the secret society of Freemasons have been accused of over the years. Many facts about the Freemasons are those that are thought up by people that dislike the order. Though some considered it a religion or cult, others look at the order as the ones who helped build and shape our country into what it has become today. Looking at how Freemasonry has had its hand in the development of the United States is a great way to see how much power and knowledge this group of men has. Freemasonry has many deep secrets that cannot be revealed by any Mason to anyone who is not a Mason. Once a freemason takes the oath to his "brothers ", if he reveals any secrets of the order he will be punished by death (Handwerk 1). This penalty seems harsh, although a few secrets of Masonry have been discovered on the Internet, in books, and movies, to give us some insight on how this mysterious order operates (Jeffers 21).Although many scholars believe that the Freemasons are |
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The Beautiful Design of Apple ProductsIn all of Apple's product line, even to the details, everything is almost perfect and eye-catching from the design, to the packaging even on media advertisements. Apple has spent and will always spend a huge amount of time to make a stand out in front of the competitors and create the best advantages for the products themselves. Use the big picture instead of many words: Apple fully into a famous saying "a good picture is worth a thousand words". With a volume of information and content posted daily, the large pictures will impact on the visual of consumers and they will want to find out more information about our products and company. Just only simple messages: Apple has always had and will always have simple marketing messages, easy to understand, easy to remember and easy to share. However, simplicity does not make messages lack of the deep meaning. This evokes the desire to understand the nature of the message through the use of customer products. Normally, Apple's marketing messag |
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Behavioral FinanceThe modern finance theory began with the notion of "efficient markets " with the introduction of the Modern Portfolio Theory and the Capital Asset Pricing Model. However, as years and decades passed, researchers noticed irregularities in the mainstream efficient market theory. According to Byrne and Utkus from the Vanguard group, behavioral finance studies the psychology of decision-making. It attempts to explain this irregularities or anomalies in a way that not all investors act rationally. According to Charles P. Jones in Investments Analysis and Management, behavioral finance explains that investors' emotions and biases affect stock prices and the market. This type of study incorporates the cognitive psychology, which refers to how people think. The field of behavioral finance has evolved in a way that it attempts to better understand and explain how sentiments and cognitive mistakes influence investors in the decision-making process. There are many aspects that cause investors to |
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Reliable InstinctsWhere I lived was typical for a middle class family: small, close to school, and near a park. My neighborhood was full of families struggling financially, the same way we were. My father is big in stature; not in a fat way but more in a muscular toned up sort of way. His skin is naturally bronzed, the type of brown that people crave while they sit in the sun for hours or pay to sit in a box and become artificially tanned with a florid undertone. I have always marveled at my fathers knack for being so strong, both physically and psychologically. He always told me and Teia that in any crunch, rely on our instincts and we will find that good people tend to make good decisions. He has always been in our corner. Teia is three years younger than me. We have different mothers, but we do not make that obvious. She is six years old and such a pest. I had outgrown that adorable stage, becoming awkward and quirky rather than cute and captivating. While she was bathing in attention and getting aw |
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Chivalry, Bravery and HonorChivalry is about being brave, honorable, and respecting the Christian faith. Chivalry provides values in which to strive for, but also one needs to stay conscious of his own weaknesses. In the poem of Sir Gawain and The Green Knight there were many examples of Chivalry. One example is when Sir Gawain showed his honor and bravery by accepting the game from the Green Knight. Sir Gawain's respect for his Christian faith was also challenged in the poem when he was presented with the opportunity to be with Lady B. In the end of this poem Sir Gawain showed signs of weakness when standing in front of the Green Knight and immediately proved himself to be brave and honorable. During the Christmas celebration at Camelot the Green Knight entered the castle and presented a challenge to King Arthur. Sir G |
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Planned Economy to Market Economy - China and the Soviet Union1. Introduction The collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991 sparked a wave of marketization in Russia Federation and Eastern Europe during which the term ˜transitional economy' was coined. Economic liberalisation in Russia was initiated by Boris Yeltsin who was given special power by the Russian parliament to carry out reforms by decree. The process of economic reforms had already been continuing for more than twenty years by then. Both China and Russia are or were massive socialist countries however, the differences in their social, political and economic features destined two very different paths of transition. The Russians opted for what is called neoliberal transition strategy1 whereas the Chinese adopted a more controversial and conservative state-lead transition strategy2. This essay firstly aims to explain and analyse the theoretical differences between the two strategies on a macro level and illustrate various achievements and reality with statistics. Moreover, I |
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Legalizing Human CloningThe possibility of cloning came from Scottish scientists at Roslin Institute when they cloned a sheep "Dolly " in 1997. "Dolly " was cloned from an adult sheep mammary gland. She was created using the technique of somatic cell nuclear transfer, where the cell nucleus from an adult cell is transferred into an unfertilized oocyte (developing egg cell) that has had its nucleus removed. This alarmed the Scotland public because of its scientific implications. The public was shocked upon the idea of cloning. Cloning is the duplication of biological material, such as animals, cells, organs, even humans. Human cloning is the artificial process of making a genetic twin of a person. While people see human cloning as immoral and dangerous, there are a lot of positive things that can come out of this. For every bad reason there is to ban human cloning, there is a good one. Especially with the rise of health risks that humans encounter, cloning can solve a high percentage of those problems. Human c |
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The Constant Fire: Beyond the Science and Religion DebateWhat is the constant fire? What does it represent? Why can it not be extinguished? The Constant Fire represents the steady debate between science and religion. The debate between science and religion will never fully be over, because there will never be a complete agreement on whether or not science or religion is responsible for something. Contrasting science and religion will make one question one's faith: even if their beliefs do not waiver in the end. Adam Frank was one of those firm believers in his faith, devoted; but what he believed in was not religion but the practice of science. Most of the world are disciples of God, but Adam was a disciple of the universe. He sees science as superior to religion. His deepened personal experiences with science is what motivated him to write his book. It all started when Adam Frank fell in love with astronomy at the age of five. Years later, this love for the narrow subject of astronomy turned into the passion for the broad realm of science. Adam knew that him delving into this subject would infuriate some people like it always did, but h |
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My Perception of HappinessI once wrote a list of things that makes me happy and I ended up filling more than one page. I then realized how there are endless things that can make a person happy--a lot of things that can make a person smile, a lot of things that can lighten up a person's day. What makes me be in the state of happiness? The simpler things make me the happiest. They are the most beautiful moments I have experienced. A simple smile from a stranger could make my day. If you would give me a bubble wrap, I would be honored to pop every bubble. I appreciate the wind tickling my skin. Every time I remember old lyrics of a song, I feel incredibly happy. It's like having found something that has been lost for too long. When I smell something that reminds me of good memory, I start t |
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Mummy Juanita - Peruvian Ice MummyThe Peruvian ice mummy also known as Mummy Juanita is an Inca ice mummy that has been frozen for over 500 years. The body of mummy Juanita had been undiscovered for hundreds of years until the surrounding snow and ice melted due to an erupting volcano nearby, and a couple of hikers stumbled upon her. She was found in Peru on mount Ampato, September 1995 by anthropologist, Johan Reinhard and his climbing partner Miguel Zarate. On a second expedition in October 1955, two other frozen mummies were found on the mountain. This together with the multiple items found with Juanita suggested a ritual sacrifice. Reinhard and Zarate were hiking up Mount Ampato when they came across an odd looking bundle. When they got closer and rolled the bundle over, Reinhard and Zarate realised it was a small human body. They later discovered the body was that of a young girl |
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Concussions and the National Football League (NFL)NFL Should Not Change Rules to Prevent Concussions "Everyone wants to be safe and no one wants to hurt each other, but then again, this is a violent game, If we were playing two-hand touch, no one would watch" (Haerens, par. 8). This is what St. Louis Rams player representative Adam Goldberg says when discussing whether or not the NFL should change rules in order to prevent concussions. The NFL should not change in order to prevent concussions. The NFL has been America's favorite sport for the majority of the last century. Making changes to the rules of the game is not the solution to preventing concussions and making the game safer. If rules are changed in attempt to prevent concussions, it will affect the popularity of the sport. As technology has advanced, concussions have become more of a topic of discussion because of the possibility of long term effects such as dementia. The NFL doesn't need to make changes to the rules of the game. There are better alternatives to rule |
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Vaudeville and American CultureAmerican vaudeville is known today as the once premier varietal stage program that comprised of various short unrelated acts such as chorus girls, acrobats, magicians, dancers, and movies. Across the nation were chains of theaters of every size and grandeur, which circuited these traveling performers or Vaudevillians that dazzled and entertained Americans of every age. Vaudeville was the nation's first form of wide spread mass entertainment in the United States and helped set the patterns that became the backbone for our contemporary mass entertainment such as television and radio. Stemming from the ever-evolving American lifestyle, vaudeville was a reflection of American culture and mass entertainment at the turn of the 20th century and had a considerable impact on the development and progression of motion pictures. Throughout history, variety acts such as storytelling, juggling, and dancing have entertained countless audiences around the world such as ancient Greece, England, and |
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China and the One Child PolicyA Brief History After a century of wars and epidemics that left serious damages; the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949. Crude birth rate had fallen from 37 to 20 per thousand and life expectancy had doubled drastically from approximately 35 years to 66 years. The communist leader Mao Zedong stated "Even if China's population multiplies many times, she is fully capable of finding a solution; the solution is production." He encouraged families to have as many children as they pleased, and as a result in the 1960's many services such as sanitation and medicine were improved. Such services prompted rapid population growth, which was initially seen as an economic boom. The government also restricted any form of birth control and banned imports of contraceptives. Then the average Chinese family had over four children. Not long after, the growing population was taking much of the nation's food supply. This greatly preoccupied the officials, who in 1955 launched a ca |
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Intertextuality in Ang Lee's Lust CautionTo consider whether the intertextual relationship between an adaptation and the original text is an interpretation or a dissemination of the original text, we have to look at the fidelity of the adaptation to the original text. According to Andrews definition of intertextuality as interpretation, it is the appropriation of a meaning from a prior text (29). Interpretation means that the adaptation is faithful to the original text and will only present the text without making big changes. For intertextuality as dissemination, Robert refers it to the impossibility of fidelity due to the automatic difference (55) between film and literature. He also adds Intertexual dialogism is through a subtle process of disseminatoin(64). In the film adaptation of Lust Caution, there is both intertextuality as interpretation and dissemination. Ang Lee keeps the basic plot of the novel. However, the adaptation is not totally faithful to the original text as there is an automatic difference in the medium, |
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