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Whales in CaptivityThesis Orcas are being held in inhumane living conditions and you can help these animals by creating awareness about the topic and not supporting marine parks, such as SeaWorld. Introduction A. I remember experiencing what I call the "cringe factor"-when you know you're watching something creepy but it's not quite appalling enough to make you get up and leave. I'd sit there, uncomfortable, anesthetized by thumping music, bright colors and smiling faces. I'd watch a trainer stand on the face of a killer whale, surf its back, spin it in goofy circles, and I would instinctively feel I was beholding something demeaning. But then I'd look around the stadium and see hundreds of people smiling and wonder "how can something that makes so many people happy be such a bad thing?" This is a quote from Gabriela Cowperthwaite, the director of the documentary "Blackfish". B. Killer Whales or also known as Orcas, have been held captive in marine parks, like SeaWorld si |
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Punishment in Dante's InfernoIn Dante's Inferno, God punishes sinners in a unique way so that the crimes they commit on earth reflect the punishment they face while in Hell; which is a contrapasso. One example of a contrapasso is in canto thirteen, where sinners who commit suicide are in a form of a tree watching their bodies hang down from the branches. Another example is in Canto 20 where Dante and Virgil get to meet the diviners, who have their necks twisted and have to spend rest of their time in Hell looking backwards. The contrapasso in canto twenty is that in their life on earth the diviners look into the future for answers, so in Hell God is denying them to look forward and is making them look backwards. What these two canto's are trying to get at is that these people who commit suicide and these diviners are trying to defy God by doing things that only God has the power and decision to make. In Canto thirteen, God punishes sinners who commit violence against themselves, others and God and the location i |
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Five Stages of Constitutional DevelopmentAfter gaining independence, our founding fathers created an extremely unique, and revolutionary government in order to set up a social contract between America and its people. Purposefully not trying to be anything like their previously rulers the British, Americans created a new one from the ideas of republicanism. Under the Articles of Confederation, the power was given to the states as opposed to a centralized government. However, this made it difficult to raise revenue. Without the power to tax, congress could not pay back debts. Also, needing nine out thirteen votes from the states to pass a law made it almost nearly impossible to get anything done. Additionally, lacking an executive to carry out the laws of congress made those laws easily ignored by the states. The fathers set up the Constitution to be what is known as a living document, or a document that has the ability to change over time, just as society does. A couple years following the ratification of the Constitution, C |
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Embracing GlobalizationThe definition of globalization is the process of creating a broader outlook of an interconnected and interdependent world. Globalization is a phenomenon that is occurring all throughout our world today. Physically globalization is showing us as a society that we depend on each other even for our basic needs. In perspective I believe that globalization should be embraced to the extent where it is benefiting us as a society, but not to the point where we lose our cultural identity. The world has benefited in ways like technology and connection through trade. There are drawbacks that come along with advantages like in most cases such as cultural identity being vandalized and environmental impacts. The question is not of embracing or not embracing it is to what extent should we, as globalization i |
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Bravery and Courage - The Kite RunnerIn the novel, "The Kite Runner," the theme of bravery and courage is evident. The extent that the characters courage and bravery allows them to believe they are strong and can overcome anything. The results of the courage and bravery allows them to forget their past and what others have done to them and show how they can be brave by standing up to others and doing what they believe in. This paper will be discussing the extent of Amir's courage and bravery which enables him to forget his past and continue living the future, the extent of Hassan's courage and bravery which enables him to stay loyal, and the extent of Baba's courage and bravery which allows him live his life without thinking about the results of his actions. The extent of Amir's courage and bravery enables him to forget his past and continue living the future. Amir shows courage and bravery by standing up for Hassan when Assef is bullying him about being and Hazara, by going back to Afghanistan to see Rahim even thoug |
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Breaking the Cycle of Toxic RacismNelson Mandela once said, "no one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite" (Mandela). Racism is an ongoing issue that has occupied many years of American history. Even with great leaders, such as President Abraham Lincoln and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who established a push to end slavery and inspired an entire revolution to eliminate racial discrimination, it seems that a successful eradication of racism is not an option. Today, we still see hate crimes such as the Rodney King case of Los Angeles. Thus, while the Abolishment of Slavery of the late 1800's and the Civil Rights Movement of the fifties and sixties may have diminished the impact that racism could play out in the open, these efforts have ultimately failed, to a great extent, in actually driving racis |
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The Myth of Failing Single Parents"Survey dispels myth of failing single parents" is a text about the ups and downs of being a single parent. Penny Turner, a single mother, tells about the pros and cons of raising a child by yourself, and for her the pros are far bigger then the cons. She loves that she can make every decision herself, and that her child isn't caught in a conflict between to parents. She also takes the cons and turns them to pros. She is for example tired of the fact that they can't go on vacation as often as she like to. On the contrary she can teach her son that money doesn't grow on trees, and that he has to work for things in his life. Another woman tells about how when her boyfriend had taken her child to him, as it was his own, but left after nine months. She tells about how her daughter changed completely for the best when she got her mother undivided attention. Being a single parent can be really tough, and lonely at times, but as presented in the three texts, the positive sides are far bigger than the negative ones. Whe |
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Markets - Supply and DemandPrices for corn, wheat, and soybeans have dropped significantly according to the Agriculture Department. With price of corn per bushel expected to drop the most to the average price of $3.90, there will be reduced plantings. Wheat doesn't have a huge price drop, only dropping about 20 cents. Soybeans drop to $9.65 per bushel. Corn plantings are shown to be dropped by 1.5 million acres at that price, while soybeans plantings increase about 3 million acres. Author David Rogers speaks of how corn prices could even drop down to $3.65 which could cause an estimated 3.4 million acres drop. So at $3.90, it would drop from 93.5 million acres to 92 million, at $3.65 it would drop from 93.5 to 90.1 acres of corn being planted this year. The market being explained in this article is the Supply market. This article mainly focuses on corn, its shows that at lower prices, a smaller quantity will generally be supplied than at higher prices. Meaning that since the price of corn has dropped per bushe |
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Globalization in Across the WireImagine this, you awake to the loud roar of the local textile mill that has served as your alarm clock for your entire life. Following that you immediately realized that six or seven rabbit-sized rats have gnawed their way into your two-room shack and are now running around your room searching for any kind of food they can get their hands on, including your last piece of stolen bread you've been saving for days. That is a very small part of everyday life that our author Luis Alberto Urrea got a chance to witness in his time that he spent in the slums of Tijuana, Mexico. In his book, Urrea goes into tremendous detail about his life living in those slums and the images he saw growing up on the other side of "the wire." Across the Wire offers a compelling look at what life is like for those refugees living on the Mexican side of the border-a world that is only twenty miles from California, but a world that few have seen. Urrea gives us an intense account of his work as |
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Gooseberries by Anton ChekhovDreams are an important aspect of a person's life as they can provide motivation and a goal to work towards. However, if they become too much of a central focus in one's life, they can turn into an obsession. In the short story, "Gooseberries," Anton Chekhov relates the story of how a man's dreams took over his life. The man, whose name is Nicholai, lives in misery for years, and causes other people harm as he uses them to work towards his goals. His obsession even twists his view of the things that he is doing, so that he can find no fault with himself or his fixation with his dreams. "Gooseberries," demonstrates how obsessions become self-consuming and harmful for oneself and others, distorting one's conception of reality. One of the main reasons that obsessions are damaging is that they can consume an individual and take over his or her life. When a person's life begins to revolve around achieving one goal, it pushes other important parts of life out of the wa |
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Fighting in the NHLRodney Dangerfield once said "I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out," and for a lot people that's what hockey is. An excuse to go watch grown men get into fist fights with each other. But for me, hockey isn't about the fighting, or how muscular and tall you are. It's about the skills you have to be able to get that puck down the ice, past the goalie, and into the net. It is said that some fans just go to the games to watch the fighting, but for some fans, it doesn't matter if there are guys picking a fight with each other on the opposite side of the ice. Not only does fighting make the game of hockey slower, it is also a major health risk to anyone in the NHL. There have been countless debates over whether or not fighting in the NHL should be banned. Many who support fighting say that fans would stop coming to the games, and that revenue would plummet. However, I don't think fighting should be in hockey and the dangers that it presents to the players is unnecessary. |
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Students, Sleep Patterns and Mental IllnessAbstract There has been much research done over the years on poor sleep patterns and mental health in academic settings. It is generally accepted that students attending school will expect to have higher stress levels and get less sleep than their non-academic counterparts. This is partially due to higher academic demands requiring longer study hours, as well as extra-curricular activities outside of school. Lower grade point averages and higher dropout rates due to the stressful academic environment is a critical issue for the future. Lack of sleep is one of the key barriers to a student's overall feeling of wellness that is still being reported in academic settings. This literature review will take a look at some of the key features of how poor sleep patterns correlate with depression and other incidences of mental health issues such as insomnia and whether there is a predictive value between poor sleep patterns and mental illness. A comparison of gender response to poor sleep patter |
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A Woman's Right for AbortionHow many times have we heard the story about a woman getting pregnant and not ready for a baby? We hear it all over media, social networking, and at health class in school. It makes sense that over half of the pregnancies in the U.S. are unintended, because we hear about girls not being able to care for a baby everywhere (Unintended Pregnancy in the United States). So what should a woman do if she gets unintentionally pregnant: should she have the baby, put it up for adoption, or abort it? No matter what she decides, it's ultimately her decision and we can't decide for her. Every human being has the right to do what they want with their own body. Pro-life people argue that abortion is murder but the definition of murder is "the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another". Abortion is legal in the U.S. and a fetus is not a human being, therefore abortion is not murder. A fetus only has the potential of becoming a human being. A fetus goes through stages of becoming a h |
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The Economics of Ricardo and MalthusSeveral key people such as Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Thomas Malthus, and Karl Marx influenced the field of economics. If the development of economics were put on a timeline, it started around 1730 with Adam Smith and the Physiocratic School of Economic Theory with the belief that a nation's wealth was correlated with the value of land agriculture. Then in the 1800s, Ricardo and Malthus took the lead in the scene of economics. Both of their theories changed the field of economics in their time and even coined the unfortunate nickname for economics as the "dismal science." Both Ricardo and Malthus went through experiences early in their lives that would lead them to economics, formed influential economic philosophies with similarities and differences, and impacted views today. David Ricardo was born in London on April 19, 1772, and was one of seventeen children. When he was only fourteen years old, he started to work under his father's tutelage in his business. Here in the L |
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Banker's Pay - Redesigning Compensation PayIntroduction The last decade has seen an immense amount of turmoil in the financial world. Especially the incentives and compensation packs of CEOs have been scrutinized and criticized. This essay sets out to explore possibilities of redesigning compensation pay that will increase efficiency and reduce imprudent risk taking. To justify and lay a theoretical foundation the essay will first discuss certain academics. Firstly the principal agent problem will be discussed then the distinction between the level and structure of pay will be examined. Thereafter a review and critique of the common compensation schemes before the main differences between the banking and manufacturing sector are outlined. The essay will conclude with a suggestion on how to improve the current proposals of compensation pay. The Principal-Agent Issue The principal agent theory outlines the issue of making both parties acting on behalf of each other's best interest, detriment the agents own. The issue arises as |
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Organizational Leadership and ChangeLeadership in healthcare, as in business, is complex and is next to impossible to be defined in a single definition. During our class discussions and readings, 'leadership' was given descriptions ranging from behavior, to influence, to processes, to abilities, to articulating, just to mention a few. And even though the material feels more bias to business professions than healthcare administration, I feel that the complexity of the profession is in par with one another. It is no secret that people have spent years studying what they believe to be good leadership characteristics, and what the best definition for this term may be. Bennis and Thomas explain "leadership" as "an individual's ability to find meaning in negative events and to learn from even the most trying circumstances" (Crucibles of Leadership pg.62). However, in an attempt to better describe leadership in the healthcare system Nordal defines as "Leadership is not just about performing a job: |
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The WWI Propaganda MachineThe Bryce report was considered to be a piece of propaganda during the First World War. It was a document written by James Bryce on behalf of Britain and looked into the German invasion of neutral Belgium on August 1914. German armies killed approximately 6,500 civilians throughout France and Belgium during the summer of 1914, these were given the name 'German atrocities' and fast became one of the biggest propaganda arguments of World War One. Bryce's report was documented as "Report of the Committee on Alleged German Outrages". Although the Bryce Report is a primary source and the content was largely correct, there were many trust issues with the report as it was heavily exaggerated the cruelty shown to woman and children. Many Belgian refugees made allegations against the German troops, claiming they had seen them commit brutal attacks on civilians. However, James Bryce was well known and respected amongst the government at this time and his report was deemed credibl |
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Descriptive and Prescriptive Grammar in Modern CultureWhen analyzing the two modes of language, these are the main points of study in which meaning, sound and grouping is allocated. These are also prime when looking at the evolution of language as a whole, or when looking at the etymology of certain words or phrases. This can also be useful when studying how spoken and written language have become different over time and separated, in order to identify themselves as two very different modes of language. This is due to social changes and the evolution of spoken language as a result of the popular culture surrounding certain personalities of people. Whilst spoken language has evolved thus, written language has remained formal, but has evolved within its own range; making changes to spellings and sounds during the 'Great Vowel Shift' (Jespersen, 1987), as vowel sounds became more standard. This proves, that for written language, Standard English has remained a popular choice as opposed to growing ever closer to the spoken discourse. St |
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Transportation Problems in MumbaiMumbai has frequently been referred to as the economic powerhouse of India. It accounts for slightly more than 6% of India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and contributes the highest GDP of USD$209 billion annually. With such tremendous economic growth, Mumbai also experiences a host of challenges that it struggles to overcome, especially in areas such as transportation. One of the main transport problems faced in Mumbai is traffic congestion. Mumbai has 5% of India's population but 14% of India's registered vehicles, meaning that traffic is growing four times faster than the population. The lack of city planning is the main cause of this problem of traffic congestion in Mumbai. Mumbai's infrastructure is unable to support the increasing capacity of cars. There has been a 100 fold increase in the population of motorized vehicles, however, the road network has only seen an 8 fold increase in terms of length during the same period. Thus Mumbai's roads are unable to hold the sheer number |
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Fatherhood in The Kite RunnerThe struggle of being a successful father is constantly exhibited in Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner. In the poverty-stricken country of Afghanistan, fathering could not be more difficult. Being a positive role model is a crucial characteristic for fathers to have and it is prominent throughout the novel. With Afghani children being exposed to imminent threats of violence, it is necessary that they have a father that can provide and show a sense of compassion. Baba accurately exemplifies this constant struggle with his son Amir, which in times strengthens their relationship. The children of Afghanistan need good-willed fathers that can provide and guide them to becoming the best person they can be. In The Kite Runner, Afghanistan is portrayed as a poor country in the middle of a power struggle, after a Soviet invasion. A successful father is one that displays courage even in the darkest of times. Baba, being a powerful businessman who does not agree with the communist ideology, fears his life and flees the country with Amir. They arrive at a checkpoint manned by a drunken Russian soldier. The s |
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Stereotypes in Romantic RelationshipsIncreasing focus on metaphors, as well as stereotypes, have been arising as means to understand and encapsulate society. As history progressed, major occurrences, namely the rise of the feminist thought cycle, has had heavy influence on this steady process of literary devices becoming conventional in our everyday discourse, in order to define those prevalent changes in the way that we perceive the differences in sexes. Still a prominent and ever-growing aspect of society, this sub-culture became a paradigm that a sizable conglomerate of people share across the globe, that has pushed a surging movement to break the negative stereotypes relating to females. However, although this is seen as a positive act, males are now trailing far behind, with the vast majority of society overlooking the stereotypes that discriminate and connote negatively towards males. "Blueprints and Recipes: Gendered Metaphors for Genetic Medicine," written by Celeste M. Condit and Deirdre M. Condit (2001 |
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The Stages of Pain TransmissionTo correctly identify, as well as accurately assess and manage pain correctly , it is essential to have a clear understanding of the physiological process and transmission that occurs within the body when an individual is experiencing pain. The following paper will explain the physiological process of pain transmission as well as identify the different types of pain, potential influences of pain perception and relate these to paediatric nursing. (Briggs, 2010:35) According to The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) pain can be described as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual and potential tissue damage." Pain can be of acute or chronic nature. Acute pain, also known as fast pain is a self-protective measure of the body can be defined as pain that subsides with the healing process and is usually only experienced for less than a three month period. (Crisp and Taylor, 2005:1187). Chronic pain can be defined as persistent a |
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Legalizing Medical MarijuanaMarijuana should be legalized for medical purposes. Cannabis a psychotropic drug, found in marijuana contains over 400 different chemicals. The main ingredient which affects the mind is THC. THC, tetrahydrocannibol, is a prescribed drug which treats or prevents nausea and vomiting caused by cancer medicines, when other medicines do not work. THC can benefit many people. Marijuana should be legalized for medical purposes because it's proven to have health benefits such as treating Glaucoma, controlling epileptic seizures, and stops cancer cells from spreading. The legalization of medical marijuana in the United States would benefit millions of people around the country for medical purposes. It can be used to treat Glaucoma, a condition of increased pressure within the eyeball, causing gradual loss of sight, but cannabis also known as marijuana, decreases the pressure within the eyeball. There are many options for the treatment of Glaucoma, but they could lose their effectiveness over time. Cannabis, is a more effecti |
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Robert Frost - The Road Not TakenIn his celebrated poem "The Road Not Taken," Robert Frost describes the decision one makes when reaching a fork in the road. Some interpret Frost as suggesting regret on the part of the traveler as to not choosing the path he forgoes, for in doing so he has lost something significant. Others believe he is grateful for the selection, as it has made him the man he is. The diverging roads are symbolic of the decisions society is faced with everyday of life.Choosing one path will lead the traveler in one direction, while the other most likely will only become more distant, as it leads towards a completely different journey. How might one tell which is the right path; is there a right path? The answer lies with each individual, upon reflecting on their personal choices during the course of life's unfolding, as well as the attitude one manifests towards the future. In the first stanza Frost writes: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one |
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Rebuilding China - Post World War IIAfter World War II, China was in a deep state of hardship, which certainly left space for improvement. Mao Zedong was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and the founding father of the People's Republic of China. The Chinese depression enabled Mao Zedong, along with the Communist Party to gain power, helping China to rebuild after WWII. Under Mao, China tried to bolster itself using an extremely restricted societal model for its citizens. However, due to poor leadership and questionable motives, Mao built a horrendous foundation for the post World War II China. Mao was an unfit leader because he restricted the freedoms of the people, his plans failed, and because he unfairly treated and killed many Chinese people. Due to the devastating battles in World War II, China was in desperate need for a leader that could lead them out of the depression. This was the perfect chance for Mao Zedong to come to power and be that leader. For example, most farms were destroyed, industrial work had alm |
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