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The Scientific ApproachThe Scientific Approach is systematic observational process used to better explain and understand the natural world. By using our senses, the specific features of an object are gathered as evidence that allows a hypothesis to be formed. Through a hypothesis, predictions are made prior to the experimental process that is generally brought on by corresponding their observations to previous knowledge. Because of this, the experimental step is key in filtering previous knowledge with new knowledge brought on by new observation. This data is observed and measured objectively with the hypothesis. If new knowledge is found, a hypothesis is then modified to correspond to the new facts, which continue to be tested numerously until a level of consistency is obtained through strict |
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Overview of Teens and DepressionWhat is depression? What does it look like? Why is he, or she, depressed? How common is it? These are a few common questions asked by people who have or do not understand depression. Depression does not have a specific look. Someone could be suffering from it without knowing, let alone anyone else knowing. They look happy, they participate in activities, they have many friends; they have no reason to be depressed. Right? However, no one knows what is going on inside of their mind. There are two types of depression. There are endogenous and reactive. Endogenous literally means it was created from within. Reactive depression means you know the cause. No one knows what their lifestyle is like. Teenage depression is a common mental health condition, similar to adult depression, and should be taken seriously. Throughout life, many teens will meet the lovely face of depression. Teenage depression will cause major problems including alcoholism, substance abuse, social isolation, self-harming |
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The Interpretation of SonnetsThe assumption that a sonnet is in "the eye of the beholder" is both simplistically accurate and also questionably flawed. It is indisputable that as readers of any type of literary work, we will take our own individual meaning of a text which is likely to differ significantly from another's interpretation. In this sense, a sonnet will always be in the eye of the beholder as it lays with whom ever is reading and their viewpoint on the text. However, it is also questionable whether or not the reader has much room to take any individual meaning from a sonnet as they would be able to with other pieces of literature, as its strict contextual nature and rules that define its genre allow for limited variation across sonnet writing and therefore would appear to only present us with a single type of writing and style. In this way, what Don Paterson could be saying is that the sonnet is a product of a poet's meaning behind their individual observation of what a sonnet means to them. Traditiona |
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Case Study - Prosocial Behaviors and FriendshipCreating and maintaining friendships are a fundamental goal for all children as they develop into young adults. Friendship is described as one of the basic human needs for survival, and contributes significantly to ones development (Woodhead, Faulkner and Littleton, 1999). Understanding why and how children make their choices about friendships has become an area of focus for contemporary researchers and scholars. Through a range of studies, it is understood that developing friendships has been identified as one of the most influential elements in determining a child's ability to adjust at school and develop social relationships (Petriwskyj, Thorpe and Tayler, 2005). Therefore, children who are accepted by their peers are able to create healthier friendships and give reports of their enjoyment for school (Tomada, Schneider, Domini, Greenman and Fonzi, 2005). Those children who are unable to maintain healthy friendships are more likely to withdraw themselves from classroom activities and |
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Living Morally without ReligionThere are numerous views on the subject of morality being possible without religion. First off, morality is principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior. This topic immediately jumped off the page at me because of the simple fact that I was brought up with a strong value system with no religious influence. Most everyone in the world is born into either a religious family or one that does not believe or simply care about religion. Belief in a god or belonging to an organized religion is not necessary for knowing right from wrong; it is an individual's personality and upbringing, which will lead them to live an ethically and morally "correct" life. "Someone may say that there is one way to 'acquire' religion and that is being taught as a small child" (Murdoch 363). Although my mother tried to raise my sister and I with religious influence, my dad who is a non-believer made it very hard for her. He would say he doesn't b |
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Becoming a Great BowlerI am going to talk about something that means a lot to me, my passion, and that is bowling. I have bowled for the last 21 years of my life; I started bowling when I was just three years old. To be a great bowler you have to have confidence, a great mental game, and you have to be good at repetition. In this essay I will give you a little bit of an inside view of what the bowling community go through to get as good as we possibly can. The very first thing I was taught in this sport is confidence. Being confident comes from more than just your achievements - it comes from within; it has to be heartfelt too. You have to know that when the ball leaves your hand that you have taken all of the possible steps to make it the best shot you can. You have to have confidence in your game, your equipment of choice and in the physical aspect as well. You have to have confidence to win. To be the best you have to know you can beat the best. Confidence can make the difference between the guy that wins first and the first loser, you must be mentally |
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Uncle Tom's Cabin and A Tale of Two CitiesDeath comes to everyone and when a person is near death, they can show their true emotions and be seen for who they really are. The greatest example of a person dying in a heroic manner is Jesus who laid down his life for us. In both Uncle Tom's Cabin and A Tale of Two Cities, one of the main characters dies, each in a different way, but both are Christ-like in that they lay down their lives for others. In Uncle Tom's Cabin, Tom dies from being beaten after refusing to tell his master where Cassy and Emmeline, two fellow slaves, had run. In A Tale of Two Cities, Sydney Carton dies for Charles Darnay as a final act to show that he really is a good person. In both of their scenarios, the characters were not afraid of death, and accepted it as the best path for them. Being willing and ready to die, as Carton and Tom were, makes one able to look beyond their immediate situation, help others they come into contact with, and influence those around them. Both Carton and Tom understood that t |
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Types and Symptoms of Postpartum DepressionThe year is 1965 in a place where most would consider paradise. A middle-aged woman drowns her five children one by one in the bathtub. This woman is Maggie Young who lived in Aiea, Hawaii at the time. While most people are quick to judge this woman, we need to take a step back and see what would cause this lady to commit such a heinous crime. No mother in her right mind would do such a thing without suffering from some kind of mental breakdown or illness. It is obvious that Mrs. Young was not in a stable state of mind. Our class textbook talks about how earlier in the year she had been hospitalized due to a mental breakdown (2012). The day was November 22, 1965 when Mrs. Young took her four daughters, Jessica, 8 months; Jeanette, 2; Judith, 3; and Janice, 5 and drowned them in the family home bathtub then laid them all in a twin bed. She then proceeded to go and get her son James Frank Jr., 8 out of school and take him home where she did the same to him. Mrs. Young's husband, James |
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Learning Disability - DyscalculiaPeople whom suffer from a learning disability appear as normal individuals that's why they are referred to as, "hidden disabilities." These types of disability's can challenge the individual's ability to process problems such as reading, writing, or math. Most people assume that a learning disability only impacts the individuals academically, but this is not true. They can also cause problems in life with building relationships, time management, organization, memory, and attention span. I will be taking a deeper glance into dyscalculia, which involves the person's ability to learn and understand numbers and math concepts. This essay will cover what dyscalculia entails, how the brain is involved and what some possible interventions there might be. Dyscalculia comes from the Greek and Latin words, "dys," and, "calculia," meaning to count badly. This is no |
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Properties of Animal LanguageAbstract This research paper discusses some of the distinct features of human language that has differentiated humans from animals. These features are reflexivity, replacement, arbitrariness, productivity, cultural transmission and duality which are the six unique properties of human communication. Therefore, this research provides valuable information on each of these properties as it will includes definitions, explanations, examples and also some experiments that support some specific features. Some human properties may be present in a very low limited capacity in animals. Researchers found the presence level of some of these properties in animals by experimenting with bees, chimpanzees and parrots and also. Properties of Human and Animal Languages Since the time when fiction stories started, many stories have been told about animals that are able to communicate in different ways as human by talking, gestures and signalling. These stories are not true because animals and humans can |
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Jonathan Swift - Humor, Satire and IronyHumor, irony and satire are technically distinct elements of literature. They have different origins. They are used in different ways with different purposes. The literary works have different modes. Each of them evokes different kind of fun and sense of pleasure. Satire is the general term, which often emphasizes the weakness more than the weak person, and usually implies moral judgment and corrective purpose Swift's satire of human pettiness and bestiality. Irony, sarcasm and satire indicate mockery of something or someone. This pattern of Swift's use of irony, satire, and humor will be presented in this essay. In "A Modest Proposal" and Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, satire, irony, and humor are the main literary devices. A way irony in which the author involves the audience is to make them see deeper, moral, and problems through his use of irony to create satire. When comparing of "Gulliver's Travels" and "A Modest Proposal" by Swift one m |
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Sustainability and a Better FutureSustainability is the key to a better future. Although keeping something sustainable requires great effort, the beneficial of the outcome is worth the hard work. I've learned a lot more about sustainability throughout the process of this course than when I first walked into the class. Things can be sustained physically or mentally. For example, you can make a sustainable community or create a sustainable relationship. The important part is how one manages his or her relationship and how a community is willing to cooperate to form the perfect town. However, the topic we usually discuss in class is environmental sustainability which is to meet the needs of the current generation without having to take away anything from the future generations. By working on the group project and the knowledge I've gained throughout this class, I believe that something small usually take less effort to keep sustained. For example, a small garden similar to my family garden in our back yard is more sustainable than huge agricultural land. This is because we use |
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Freedom Applied to Sociological TheorySummarize the various sociological perspectives studied this semester by taking one of the following social processes: Freedom, and examining it from at least two theoretical perspectives discussed in class this semester. Include in your answer the basic premises and assumptions of those theoretical schools that you included in your answer. Much of what we know about society and social behavior has emerged due various sociological theories. When looking at any sociological concept, we put emphasis on the society or interrelations within that society or culture. Symbolic interactionism views society as the humanly created organization of interrelated parts and relationships that connect individuals into a common culture. According to a functionalism perspective, each aspect of society is interdependent and contributes to the society's stability and function as a whole. In this essay I will examine and highlight the social process of freedom, through both a symbolic interactionism and fu |
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Rousseau's and Hobbes' Natural State TheoriesThe state of nature is the reverse of society. When there is no civilization, the state of nature exists. The natural state of nature is one of the major focuses in philosophy related to politics and government. Philosophers like Jean-Jacques Rousseau examined the causes of man's misery, while Thomas Hobbes explored why man has established political societies. These incongruences in the theories are reason of debate, a reason for which political philosophy is a widely discussed issue. Rousseau considers that men were happier in their natural state, owing to their minimal needs to be satisfied. On the other hand, Hobbes believed that natural state for man is miserable, fearful and nasty. This laid the foundation for his need of self-preservation. Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Hobbes have theories on how the state of nature was before civilization emerged. They are theories that investigate the creation of social hierarchy, differing primarily on the morality of "natural" ma |
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Ethics of NeuroprostheticsWith the development of many disabilities that are physically and mentally debilitating, there has been an increase of research being done to help relieve the effects of these disabilities. One condition that has been looked into and researched is deafness or hearing loss. The technology of cochlear implants has been developing much over the past 50 years or so in order to augment the hearing of those who cannot or do not hear at normal function frequencies. The cochlear implant has been one of the most successful neural prosthesis developed (Wilson et al., 2011). Though it is one of the most successful implantations, there have been many successes and mistakes made during the development of such implants. This raises concern for other newly researched neuroprosthetics, such as retinal, memory and limb prosthetics. Social, technical and ethical issues have been brought up with the alteration of an individual's body, research and development of neuroprosthetics, and the use of neuroelec |
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Roman and Chinese WarfareWhen it comes to waging war and going into battle there are rules and preparation that must be adhered to. There are two great empires in history whose rules and preparation could not be more different. One of the only similarities of these Empires is the success they enjoyed in battle. Those Empires would be the Roman and the Chinese empires. With each victory and defeat comes a great amount of knowledge that each empire will pass down through the ages. Each empire will also have their own ideas on when is the correct timeframe to go to war. Although warfare appears to be very similar throughout time there will be noticeable differences in how these tow empires handled themselves in times of war. War can be looked at as a family game night. In most games there is luck, skill, or strategy involved. If you plan to play another night the most important aspect is the knowledge you can take with you that will make you a formidable opponent. For the Roman Empire this knowledge was not giv |
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Infant and Child DevelopmentYears of research and conducted experiments have yielded data to suggest that by the age of 5 or 6, young children possess the ability to solve arithmetical problems. Arithmetic is the branch of mathematics dealing with the properties and manipulation of numbers. While we know that young children possess the ability to complete nonverbal arithmetic tasks; the extent to which age and gender impact performances on these tasks still remains in question. To assess young children's abilities to perform nonverbal tasks, we conducted an experiment and observed 29 toddlers,13 males and 16 females, an average age of 37.7 months old from the Douglas daycare. Using a shoebox, paper mats, and toy dinosaurs, a game was played in which young children were instructed to demonstrate a series of matching and calculation tasks. The results of the study indicated that children at the age of 4 and older perform better on both the matching and calculation tasks than children younger than the age of 4. The |
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Montresor in The Cask of AmontilladoWhen someone who feels they have been so insulted, that there is no other recourse but revenge. In "The Cask of Amontillado" Montresor is going to get just that. In this story by Edgar Allen Poe he tells the tale of an individual obsessed with revenge and the irony of the man who was unable to see the doom that he was walking straight toward. Edgar Allen Poe's use of theme of revenge and irony including the language he uses help the reader understand the relationship of the two men. While Poe doesn't include all details of what has happened in the past he is able to create a fantastic story keeping readers holding on until the chilling end. In the first line we learn that Fortunato is the character that has tormented our narrator for some time. "The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge" (Poe 1) we know that this character has put up with countless acts from his tormentor, but Fortunato has crossed a line. You never do find out what it was that pushed Montresor over the edge. Not knowing exactly inspires the re |
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Personal Narrative - My Writing FoundationIt was the first day back from Christmas break as I sat there in my tenth grade English class hardly awake. The class was loud as friends were catching up with one another and sharing what they had received as Christmas presents. The clock struck eight o'clock as my teacher, Mrs. Bartlett, walked through the classroom door. I was anticipating on taking my ritual morning nap, but right when I was about to fall asleep, I heard Mrs. Bartlett utter the words that no high school student wants to hear, "I will be assigning a research paper today that will be due at the end of the month." I was suddenly wide awake and popped my head up as the whole class let out a collective groan of disapproval. Mrs. Bartlett informed the class that the paper was to be a minimum of ten pages in length. As a student who was apathetic toward writing, I felt as if I was not going to be able to complete the assignment. Little did I know that this assignment would change the way I viewed and approach |
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Summary of The Jilting of Granny WeatherallCornelia is Granny daughter and at the time when Granny was sick Cornelia was annoying her because she was talking about her sickness right in front of her and also about other times that her mother spanked her. Cornelia had a big impact on granny life she was her care taker and she loved her mother and she was devastated from her death. At the beginning Granny was on so many medications she couldn't interrupt what was actually going on and everything she heard she mostly made up or did not see things clearly. Doctor Harry was the doctor who attends to her at her deathbed and she perceives him as being a disturbance and she felt like she did not even need a doctor because she was not even sick and she wanted the doctor to leave. It was about a whole day and granny did not even realize she was dying she thought to herself that her father lived till he was one hundred and two and she was not dying anytime soon. Granny life was not easy she was the husband and wife for her children. S |
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Sexual Assault and Prison RapeSexual behavior inside a prison is both forced and encouraged by prison subgroups. Prison homosexuality depends on substantial degrees on the innocence of younger inmates experiencing prison life for the first time. Often times older prisoners looking for homosexual relationships may at times grovel themselves by offering several things such as, food, money, drugs, protection, or cigarettes. At some point in the future those "loans" will be called in which demand sexual favors in return as a payoff. There is an inmate code that requires the repayment of favors, the inmate that tries to resist will or may find himself face to face very quickly with the brutal force of inmate society. Prison rape generally involves physical assault, which represents a special kind of sexual victimization behind bars. Sexual assaults that occur in prison are very likely to leave psychological scars on the victim long after the event is over, in the case of the heterosexual rape. The victims of |
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Homosexuality in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeThe relationship between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in Robert Louis Stevenson's famed novel "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," is an interesting one on several levels. Dr. Jekyll created Mr. Hyde so he could fulfill instinctual desires that were considered wrong in his society without criticism or blame. The question readers often have is why Dr. Jekyll felt so compelled to carry out these wrong doings in the first place. Many academics have written on the subject, providing a vast array of different arguments. The articles that I found most compelling were the ones that concluded Dr. Jekyll was gay. Two such articles were "Silent Homosexuality in Oscar Wilde's Teleny and The Picture of Dorian Gray and Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Antonio Sanna and "Freudian Commentary on the Parallels of the Male Homosexual Analysand to Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by James E. Phelan. The authors had similar arguments |
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The Liberation of MarijuanaRemember the last time you were able to go through an entire football game without having to see an alcohol commercial or tried not to gag at the cancerous smoke from a cigarette and never once questioned its health and social factor in society? But as soon as you smelled a whiff of the devil weed, a flood of stereotypes and negative thoughts swarmed to mind because that individual smoked pot? According to a 2013 survey from the Pew Research center, almost half of Americans have tried marijuana, and as of now with increasing acceptance, majority from both supporting and opposing sides approve of its legalization. With increasing social acceptance and incarceration rates, legalization of marijuana must occur to keep a market away from being regulated by criminals and in the possession of underage minors. While most pot laws across America are becoming more lenient to their policies than they were decades ago, citizens being arrested for marijuana account for half of drug arrests addin |
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The Life and Success of Bill GatesWilliam H. Gates III was born on October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington. Bill was the second of three children in an upper-middle class family. He delighted in playing diversions with the family and was exceptionally focused. Bill got to be exhausted in government funded school so his family sent him to Lakeside School, a non-public school, where he exceeded expectations in math and science and did well in drama and English. Entrepreneur Bill Gates established the world's biggest programming business, Microsoft, with Paul Allen. As originator of Microsoft in 1976, Bill Gates is a standout amongst the most powerful and wealthiest individual in the world. In 2012, his $61 billion dollars in resources made him the world's second wealthiest man as per Forbes Magazine. In 2006, Gates reported that he would curtail his contribution at Microsoft to invest more energy in magnanimity and his establishment. Gates is a prominent leader I have chosen because of his work through philanthropy an |
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Ethnic Identity in Postmodern Art1.3) Contextual Introduction Born in Dakar in the year 1945, Mbaye is an artist Senegalise contemporary painter, sculptor and art teacher. He goes by the nickname "Tita" and used to be an assistant and then a professor of plastic arts at the Academy of Arts of Dakar and a graduate of the Arts Education High School (Magnin, 1996:88). He completed an internship in cartooning and set design under the aegis of the French Community of Belgium. It is important to note that very little information is available on Mbaye because of his isolated location in Africa. It is known that he has a passion for historical theatre, he created small versions of theatres and plays in boxes and puts situations on stage that belong to Senegal and typically uses strong symbolism, found objects and geometric motifs which is an integral part African aesthetics and the rhythm that forms it. The work Coronation of Musaa Moolo Casamace, Southern Senegal consists of beadwork, found objects like cans shaped |
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