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Plants - Clean Air and Removing PollutantsIn offices, homes, and other indoor areas, poor air quality can both cause health problems and make existing health problems worse. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency currently ranks indoor air pollution as one of the top five threats to public health. Indoor air pollution results from the release of chemical vapors and the suspension in the air of particulates such as dust and microorganisms. In response to increasing energy costs and the need to conserve energy resources, buildings and homes have been designed to be more energy efficient. Thus, many offices and new homes have tighter construction, sealing the building from the outside air. This makes it easier for indoor air pollutants to accumulate to dangerous levels. With people spending up to 70–90 percent of their time indoors, long-term exposure to indoor air pollution can cause various health problems. Air pollution can build up in any confined space, but gases from synthetic materials used these days to construct |
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The Crucible and McCarthyismIn the play "The Crucible," by Arthur Miller, the language is used to intensify the struggle between individual morality and social law. Set in the puritanical 'black and white' society of Salem, Massachusetts during the witch trials in the1600s, there is the idea that there is a serious danger in handing over too much power to a society with a mob-mentality. Miller utilizes powerful color imagery to emphasize the struggle to conform to a society. The town portrays good and evil as a dichotomy, white or black. The color black is used traditionally to represent evil, taking the form of sin and the Devil in 'The Crucible.' Black can be interpreted as to represent the entire spectrum of corrupt behavior, where a character such as Abigail is often associated with darkness, threatening to attack the other girls "in the black of night," and the stain on her name and reputation. In direct contrast, the color white is associated particularly in this setting with moral a |
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The Flogging Controversy"Bring Back Flogging," by Jeff Jacoby was an interesting article that supports the use of corporal punishment to deal with offenders, especially those that commit less violent crimes. The argument presented was not persuasive enough for two reasons: (1) failure to acknowledge the impact corporal punishment will have on victims and their family. (2) Biased opinion about prison and judicial system. The author's thesis; corporal punishment should be reintroduced because the criminal justice system is not working. He started by supporting his arguments using the whipping of Richard Hopkins in 1632 for selling arms and gunpowder; conviction of Joseph Gatchell and whipping of Newell for committing adultery. He went further, by claiming corporal punishment was still in place in Delaware until 1972- but for all relevant purposes, it has been out of fashion for 150 years. Jeff's arguments for his thesis was compelling and intrigue, but the question to be asked was is this enough to convince t |
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Ideologies of the Westboro Baptist ChurchWhen the discriminative hate group, the Ku Klux Klan, publicly states that they believe the actions of another hate group in the United States are "obnoxious" and "too far", you know this group must be highly offensive. The hate group that the Ku Klux Klan is referring to in these remarks is the Westboro Baptist Church (KKK). The Westboro Baptist Church is an American unaffiliated church located in Topeka, Kansas, and is known for its extreme ideologies and hate-group-like actions. The leader of this church was Fred Phelps, before he passed in 2014, and the forty members affiliated with this church are Phelps' family members. The church's first public service was held on November 27th, 1955 and since then the members of this church have spread extreme hate nationwide against homosexuals, soldiers, and Jews (Westboro). The Westboro Baptist Church is able to deliver their message of hate and discrimination against various groups in the United States by attaching the |
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Cultural Issues in Patient CareWhen someone goes to the doctor, the least of their worries should be bringing up their health issues, to the doctor. Yet, when people go to the doctor, there tend to be a number of things preventing them from communicating clearly. Negotiating within a new culture, takes thought and understanding. A huge contributor to the lack of communication between doctor and patient is the cultural incompetence amongst doctors. It is quite apparent that culture plays a large role in shaping each individual's values, beliefs, and behaviors, with regards to their health. Though a part of their training, many doctors still have trouble working with many patients due to cultural differences. Cross-cultural issues that are not properly handled, can result in negative consequences for both the patient and doctor. Also, the exam room can turn into a uncomfortable setting which may lead to less honest responses. With better communication between doctor and patient, comes better care. As someone who has w |
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Performance Enhancing Drugs in BaseballIn the past 25 years, major league baseball has gone through a so-called steroid era. More and more popular names of the sport have been caught cheating by using performance enhancing drugs. Of these cheating players, the most popular have been: Alex Rodriguez, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, and Sammy Sosa. Many argue that these cheaters should not be recognized and inducted into the Hall of Fame, despite their outstanding career numbers. On the contrary, people like MLB Commissioner Bud Selig argue that the feats reached by players, with or without the use of performance-enhancing drugs, are remarkable and should be greatly appreciated. Has the Commissioner forgotten that when his athletes use performance enhancing drugs, young hopeful athletes will use these illicit drugs also? If the MLB really wants to expunge the use of performance enhancing drugs in baseball, they need to either install a stricter policy for those who fail, or simply let pass the use of performance enhancing drugs al |
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The Life of Twyla TharpTwyla Tharp was and still is today a very well-known dancer and choreographer. Twyla was born on July 1, 1941 in Portland, Indiana. Twyla was named after Twila Thornburg, "the reigning Pig Princess at the 89th Annual Muncie Fair, with the "i" changed to "y" because her mother always said it would look better on a marquee." (Tharp Facts) Twyla grew up in Indiana till she was 10 years old, when her and her family moved to Rialto, California to open up a drive-in movie theater on Route 66. After the family moved, Twyla started dance lessons at Vera Lynn School of Dance. Also, she "studied violin, piano, and drums, plus Flamenco, castanets, and cymbals" (Tharp Facts). At the age of 12 she began her Ballet training, which had been the focus later in her dance career. After graduating from Pacific High School, Twyla moved down to Las Angeles to attend Pomona College and study dance. Halfway through |
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A Biography of John F. KennedyThe thirty-fifth president of the United States of America, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, was a determined man pushing to make great changes for the nation. Coming from Massachusetts, he would have a long journey before he would even step into the White House. Although his father's original plan did not include presidency, the tragic death of his older brother led him to take up the legacy, and one day become one of the most well-known presidents in the history of the United States. Beginning with his time spent in the Navy, he would prove that one man can make a difference in the lives of others. Going on to face such trials as the Cuban Missile Crisis, he would have a life full of accomplishments and disappointments. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts on May 29, 1917. He was the son of Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy as well as the second oldest of nine other siblings. His siblings included Robert, Ted, Joe Jr., Rosemary, Kathleen, Eunice, Jea |
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Auden and Dickinson - On DeathPoems are recognized for using numerous types of elements to build a certain character or interpretation. The theme of death and a feeling of suspense is portrayed between "Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone" and "Because I could not stop for Death" due to the use of the authors tone, imagery, and personification throughout the poems. W.H. Auden and Emily Dickinson utilize a distinct tone that is noticeable by simply looking at the titles "Because I could not stop for Death" and "Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone." Auden is shaping a sorrowful tone by titling the poem "Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone" in a matter of letting the reader when someone passes away that silence is of the essence. On the contrary, Dickinson shapes a suspenseful atmosphere for the reader because death usually does not randomly stop for anyone; it is an immediate natural process. "Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, |
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Strategic Operations ManagementExecutive Summary This essay consists of analyzing a strategic operations issue or problem that needs to be addressed within an organization. In the world of business, there are many areas within the Strategic Operations Management scope that can be strategically managed and developed, whether it is within Supply Chain Management, Operations Strategy, Supply network, Quality Management or Marketing. This paper also highlights the potential improvements that can be made within the organization. Research has shown that Operations and process management can make or break a business. When operations and processes are well managed; cost, revenue, investment and capabilities can be impacted positively. All business produces products, services or both. The organization in focus throughout out this paper is named Global Image Productions (G.I.P), it is a video production company. This small developing company encountered a few problems along the way. The problems are identified, suggestions |
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Leadership Styles and ProductivityExecutive Summary This essay consists of a comparative study between two leaders. In analyzing the effectiveness of these two leaders, Steve Jobs: The co-founder and CEO of Apple Computer and Barack Obama: The 44th President of the United States of America, we begin by examining the effect of power and Influence as a contribution to leadership development. We will also indulge in evaluating the traits, history, personality, and values of each leader, to successfully prove which of the two leaders stated above is more effective and why. In this study it will become clear that there are numerous paths to effective leadership. The outcome reinforces the notion that leadership is not solely about position or power; it is about giving power and exercising the unselfish act of serving others. The ability to inspire or influence others toward particular goal/goals and get results are a few prerequisites for being an effective leader. It is of exceptional importance, to encourage effective |
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Canadian Social IssuesEach year, United Ways and Centraides raise upwards of $480 million, the majority of which is reinvested in local communities to support programs and services ("United Way"). According to the article, "United Way Mission", it explains how the United Way helps neighboring communities that need financial and emotional support. The article explains how the community's volunteer and financial resources are mobilized to meet urgent human needs and improve the social life of everyone. It goes on to explain that by more than 200,000 volunteers, United Ways and Centraides are improving the lives of individuals in their community. Next the article mentions that volunteers create resources by sitting on United Way-Centraide boards, local fundraising, and helping out in other abilities. Finally, each year the United Way works with the government and communities to fight against poverty, help homelessness, and families or individuals in crisis or need (United Way). In order to |
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True Happines in a Utopian SocietyCoined by Sir Thomas More, the word, "utopia," literally means, "good place." In his book, "Utopia," More portrays utopia as a fictional ideal island society. Its meaning implies a society consisting of perfect qualities, but what does a perfect society really mean? Does it possess all the money in the world? Is it the most dominant force in the world? Does this, "perfect," society provide unlimited resources to its people? There is not a definite right answer to this question, because we all have our own meaning of the word, "perfect," and different visions of what a perfect society looks like. I am a firm believer in the idea that an ideal society is characterized by three elements: equality, happiness, and selflessness. Equality means that special privileges of all kinds should be eliminated. All barriers of wealth, gender, social class, birth, faith, and ethnicity should be removed, so that no one suffers from any kind of social disability. Equality involves absence of discriminat |
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Banning The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnSince its publication in 1885, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," by Mark Twain has been challenged for a variety of flaws. Many schools have experienced protests to the book being taught in the educational curriculum, and in their libraries. Challenging, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," from the curriculum, comes from the, "books frequent use of the 'n-word'-- 219 times by one count, 215 by another." To address the protests that the book has stirred up, the publisher New South Books followed with a new edition of Twain's classic, substituting, "nigger," with, "slave", as well as, "Indian," for, "injun." The idea to change the, "n-word," to, "slave," was proposed to the publisher by English professor, Alan Gribben. It came from his belief that, "the pervasive use of the n-word makes it difficult for the reader to understand or absorb the book." Since the new edition's release, controversy still lingers |
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Bank Errors and the Housing CrisisThe American economy is at its lowest right now. Countless people are losing their jobs and are unable to find work. As a result, many people are unable to keep up with their bills; including the mortgage payment. This has been causing the real estate market to fall to an all-time low. Although real estate sales have been decreasing throughout America, as a result, the number of foreclosed homes has been increasing rapidly. Many people end up getting into debt with their house payments. Unfortunately, the homes go into foreclosure and are sold in an auction; if they don't sell the home in the auction, the banks/lenders take ownership of it and try to sell it. Foreclosure is the legal process by which an owner's right to a property is terminated. This typically involves a forced sale of the property at public auction, with the proceeds being applied to the mortgage debt. The home is then the property of the bank again. What caused this huge epidemic of home foreclosures? Will it keep ge |
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Electronic Health RecordsThe digital collection of health records from a single patient is called an electronic health record. These are records that are maintained and updated in real time. Their information is easily passed out, and shared across various health care centres. This process is done with the help of enterprise wide information systems. Electronic Health Records (EHR) include data on medical history, allergies, medication, demographics, laboratory test results, and personal information. The EHR system is designed in such a way, that it tracks the patient's data a |
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Terrorism at the Boston MarathonIt has always been a tradition in my family to always to go to Marathon Monday this year was no different. We usually sit on top of heartbreak hill with all my family including my cousins. My aunt and uncle have always been apart of the marathon. This year only my uncle was running and a close neighbor of ours. This year my family, boyfriend, neighbors, and I all decided to go into Boston for the day and instead of going to our usual spot we decided to go a mile away from the finish line. It was my boyfriends first time ever going to Marathon Monday, so I was very excited to show him what it was all about. I look forward to this day all year long. We got up nice and early the morning of the marathon because both my parents took it off from work and I also missed school for the day, and we wanted to be able to spend the day in the city. It was a beautiful day and perfect day for the marathon. We had called my uncle that morning to wish him luck and that we would see him close to the |
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Drag Racing and Stock CarsDrag racing is a type of motor racing that involves automobiles and motorcycles. They compete, most of the time, two vehicles against each other. The course starts with both vehicles standing at a stop. It is a straight course which measures a common distance of ¼ of a mile. Electronic timing and speed sensing systems have been in place to record these races since the 1960's. Super gas and super stock cars are two common cars used in drag racing. Super gas vehicle entries run on a 9.90% index. These vehicles are primarily full bodied cars and street roadsters. No dragsters or altered cars are permitted in super gas racing. Competitors often use electric aids to run as close to the class standard without going under and to consistently hit the 9.90 index. Super stock entries look like ordinary everyday passenger vehicles, but in fact, they are highly modified racing cars. These vehicles are classified using their factory shipping weight and horsepower. In super stock races, the vehi |
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Neurons and the Central Nervous SystemThe working of the human body can be linked to human behavior through the combined studies of biology and psychology. The aim of this assignment is to provide a biological explanation of how neurons in the central nervous system communicate between the body, brain and mind and how psychologists are able to understand and link these transmissions with behavior exhibited by humans. The central nervous system is made up of the brain and the spinal cord and the peripheral nervous system consists of bundles of neurons known as nerves connecting the central nervous system to sense organs, muscles, and glands. The brain contains billions of neurons and glial cells which assist in controlling behavior, processing of information about the environment and regulating the physiological processes of the body. Neurons are the cells of the nervous system and are responsible for transmitting messages from one part of the body to another. There are three types of neurons, each having a different funct |
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Lab Report - Movement of StentorsIntroduction The movements of stentors depend highly on the temperature of the surrounding environment. Stentors are single celled protozoan found in slow moving fresh water (Stentor, 2015). They belong to the class spirotrichea in the phylum Ciliophora (Hickman, 2013). Stentors move and feed by the locomotion caused by cilia (Hickman, 2013). They are ectothermic, which means that the environment temperature determines their body temperature (Stentor, 2015). Our objective for this lab was to study the rate of movement of stentor in contrast with different water temperatures. Therefore, stentor was tested in 5° C water and 20° C water in order to study the effects temperature has on their movement. We hypothesized that by increasing the temperature of the surrounding environment, the speed of stentor will increase as well because an increase in heat is directly re |
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Life Before and After the Industrial RevolutionThe Industrial Revolution is the period encompassing the social and economic changes resulting the transition from handmade production methods to steam-powered machinery and mass production methods. Beginning around 1760 in England and extending to the first half of the 19th century, the industrial revolution generally helped life but it also hindered it, resulting in both productive and dire consequences. The period before the industrial revolution was characterized as a period of very slow changes in technologies and commerce. People preferred to live in rural areas and were dependent on the cottage industry, where farmers worked their lands and produced goods for their own homes. However, the latter was not sufficient and therefore they sought out another source which was the domestic industry. Merchants brought raw materials to the farmers who cleaned and transformed the materials into cloth. Although the process was efficient, the costs were very high; the longer it took to produce, the higher the prices became, which meant that good were exclusively available f |
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The Spanish-American WarThe Spanish American War is considered one of the biggest turning points in United States foreign policy. Prior to the Spanish American war, the United States had kept to them and did not have a structure for dealing with foreign countries. This caused many problems for the United States making it callous for them to expand on their imports and exports; this limited the economic and geographical growth of The United States. In the past the United States was involved with other countries, however these events of involvement were not for economical or geographical gain but peaceful meetings. That is why the Spanish American War is one of the most important times for American Foreign policy. The Spanish–American War took place in 1898 between Spain and the United States, this resulted in America's intervention in the Cuban Wa |
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Advanced Directives and Living WillsThe inability to start a conversation about advanced directives in the United States is leaving countless people without control over their own life during medical emergencies. When everything goes black and your voice can no longer be heard, whom do you want in charge of your fate? The answer is simple: you. The only way this is possible is if you have an advanced directive to guide medical professionals and family in the proper direction to meet your wishes. The importance of being educated on advanced directives is brought to life with the case of Terri Schiavo, as superfluous procedures, the deterioration of a family, and ongoing legal woes arise without the guidance of a living will. In this paper I argue that becoming educated about advanced directives will not only protect a patient's wishes in time of need, but also provide guidance and clarity for family and medial professionals. To begin, in order to make an educated decision on advanced directives one must explore the true |
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The Real Holden Caulfield - The Catcher in the RyeIn "The Catcher in the Rye," by J.D Salinger, Holden Caulfield is never looked at as an athlete but as an outsider, someone who jumps from school to school. Although sports and games help him tremendously to get over the death of his brother Allie, they are never a dominant part of Holden's life. At first glance it may seem like the motif of sports and games primarily illustrates connecting to society. Upon closer inspection, readers see that it really elucidates Holden's need to fill the hole in his heart left by Allie's death. He does this by engaging with one person at a time for social success and being happy. To begin, Holden can only get into a deep relationship with someone once he has been involved with a sport with that on person. There are two factors necessary, the sport and there only being one other person. This is shown when Holden "played tennis together [with Jane] every morning, and golf almost every afternoon, [He] really got to know her quite intimately" |
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Legalizing and Regulating MarijuanaIs saying "no to drugs" truly the case to marijuana? I remember being told this throughout my life with the countless red ribbon weeks, seeing the mounts of posters on the walls, and the countless talks with my parents about drugs being bad for me, but what is so bad about a plant grown from the ground? Marijuana has been illegal in the United States since the 30s (when it was basically introduced to the world). While there has not been a day that goes by that someone dies because of a drunk driver or from tobacco abuse, alcohol and tobacco, two legal life threatening substances that have made me question why it is so hard to legalize marijuana. Mind you, that alcohol was formally deemed illegal; all for the same reason marijuana is illegal today, before many taxpayers and government officials revolted against prohibition. Yes I will agree that if any of these substances are abused, various negative effects can affect the user, but with marijuana (with the proper funding from |
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