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All About AntimatterAntimatter is the opposite of matter, yet it is identical to ordinary matter in nearly every way. The only aspect that differs the two is charge. Antiparticles always have the opposite charge as their corresponding particle. Paul A. M. Dirac, a physicist, formulated a theory before antimatter was discovered. "For every particle in the universe there would have to exist an antiparticle." The first antiparticle was discovered by a physicist named Carl Anderson four years after this theory was proposed. Anderson discovered the anti-electron. He called the anti-electrons "positrons" because the electron he discovered had a positive charge. After the discovery of the first antiparticle, scientists have detected that for every type of particle, there always exists its corresponding antiparticle. This article explained how much energy antimatter can create. When an antiparticle encounters its corresponding particle, they are both instantly destroyed. When this happens, the destruction of the two particles releases energy |
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Concepts of Power and AuthorityAuthority: the sound of it brings back memories of the teacher that everyone had; this teacher constantly thought they were better than their students, since they had gone to college and the students obviously have not yet. In these experiments, authority figures took over and used their power for malicious purposes. The Stanford Experiment was an exercise to see how people would react if they were sent to prison. In the end, the prison guards took over, by harassing the prisoners to the point of depression. Another occasion where someone had overused their power was the Milgram Experiment. In this case, people overused their power and believed they hurt people. Lastly, and honestly the saddest one was the Blue Eye Brown Eye Experiment. Third graders were learning about racism and severely bullied each other because the teacher had said they were better than the other students. The novel, Unbroken, shows how Japanese World War II soldiers would take over the power and abuse the Prison |
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The Science and Issues of CloningIntroduction There are three different types of cloning reproductive, therapeutic, and DNA cloning. DNA cloning is referred to as cloning of the genes, therapeutic is cloning of a human embryo to create a stem cell, and finally reproductive is the cloning of the entire organism producing an identical offspring. Scientist have successfully cloned different kinds of animals but the animals that were cloned tend to have health issues and shorter life spans. Knowing this cloning is not the best idea when it is involving humans because cloning is already having its issues with animals. Having so many issues with cloning starts to raise questions about cloning and its problems it brings. Pros/Cons Cloning doesn't always have failure there are a few pros when you talk about cloning. (Reproductive cloning can help same sex couples have a kid without using a sperm or egg donor. You can clone endangered animals to save a certain type of species) (Quinonez). To clone an endangered species all |
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Tennessee Williams and A Streetcar Named DesireThe play "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams, focuses on a very vain woman named Blanche. Throughout the play it is evident that she is not the well put together, independent woman everyone perceives her as. Blanche states, "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers" (Williams 178). This meaning that she will take a lending hand when needed or not, she is not self sufficient by any means. When things with Belle Reve went sour she moved in with Stella and her husband Stanley who is basically the stranger lending his hand. When she became friendly with Mitch she depended on him to fulfill her needs to make her happy and feel loved. Blanche also was a big dependent on whiskey to keep herself sane. The play ends with her life in the hands of a doctor who is also stranger, and goes without a fight because she will always rely on the kindness of strangers. In the beginning of the play, Blanche is introduced as a well kept, innocent woman who shows up at he |
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My Experience as a WriterI don't consider myself a good writer. It is difficult for me to just come up with ideas for writing. I've seen myself that way for many years now; from elementary, to middle school and to this day. I was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. Both of my parents are from Mexico, never finishing high school. Growing up, my first language was Spanish and I went on to learn English watching cartoons and in pre-k. At the time, my parents spoke and understood English very poorly. What surprised me me at the time was how my parents did their best on helping me with school work as I got older. In 4th grade I remember my teacher, Ms. Delacruz, pushed me so hard on being able to understand a higher level of English Vocabulary. I had her as my teacher for 3rd and 4th grade. Ms. Delacruz was from the Philippines, and would always tell me "If I mastered English, then you can too". She was the first teacher I had that pushed me so hard on my vocabulary in order to become a strong reader and |
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The North, South and SlaveryThe South had fertile farmlands, perfect for growing cotton. It was picked by hand, then run through a cotton gin. Slavery grew as the cotton industry grew in the South, and the North benefited from it too, manufacturing clothing and other goods. Cotton made southerners rich and slavery was vital to their economy. But didn't it violate America's very own Constitution? The North believed that slavery needed to end, but it was too valuable to the South for that. And besides, everyone was profiting and benefiting from slavery, everyone besides the slaves. As America expanded, and new states joined the Union, the conflict grew.Territories in the North entered as free states, and territories in the South entered as slave states. The state's opposing views on slavery caused them to grow apart and divide, splitting the United States, North and South, causing secession and the Civil War. The North and South had opposing political views, and disagreed on the government's decisions on slavery. |
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Criminals and Mandatory Minimum SentencesIntroduction This research paper will be focusing on the controversial issue of mandatory minimum sentences in Canada. There has been much debate over the topic, as it has quickly become implemented for the sentencing of drug offenders, drug-related crimes and banned firearm offenses. I will argue that every case that comes through the Canadian criminal justice system is different and deserves a fair trial with a sentence that is not already determined for the accused. There have been many cases where the judge had no discretion in the sentence due to the mandatory minimum sentences, no matter what the mitigating factors ( first offense, provoked, mental disorder, age, etc.) were. Throughout this paper, I will discuss one of the cases that represent an unjust sentencing outcome due to the mandatory minimum sentencing laws. Robert Latimer is a highly controversial Canadian case about a father who killed his mentally disabled daughter out of compassion to end her severe suffering. I wil |
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Autism and Temple GrandinBest-selling author and autism activist, Temple Grandin, was diagnosed with autism as a young child. She shares in TED Talk how her mind works and how she might be able to notice more than the average brain. She makes the case that the world needs people on the autism spectrum, visual thinkers, pattern thinkers, and verbal thinkers. Grandin is up on the normal TED talk stage, in a nice country button up and some jeans, that explains her personality and how she really is. Since she sees things in pictures, she uses visuals to put us in the state of mind she is in constantly. I think that is absolutely genius because it makes you think a different way. She persuades her audience in a way that saying someone with autism can be the person to invent the next big thing. What makes this video work is how Temple Grandin gets you to see how she sees, and uses that to get you to be open minded about how minds work. Autism is a huge spectrum, it can be very severe and it can also be someone who is an engineer. Autism interests me so much because the range is so broad. As Temple Gran |
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The Declaration of Independence and FranceThe idea of natural rights, or the universal privileges given to all men, grew in popularity after the Enlightenment era. The philosopher, John Locke, argued that it is the government's soul duty role to protect its peoples' rights to Liberty, Life, and private property. The American and French governments both chose to follow Locke's teachings in their declarations; America in The Declaration of Independence and France with The Declaration of the Rights of Man. Although both declarations include the idea of natural rights, they were written to accomplish different goals. Both the French and American declarations portray the tyranny of their current government: one by the monarchy of the British King; the other, an |
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Reflections on My EducationIn this reflective log, I seek to analyse my current semester to determine my weaknesses and strengths and further determine the opportunities available for improvement in subsequent semesters. I will take into consideration a number of personal aspects, such as self-motivation, communication skills (both speaking and listening), time management, assertiveness, teamwork, and team leadership. This reflective log will help me work to the goals that I will set on the basis of my current weaknesses, strengths, and other personal aspects that require improvement with time. The fact that I have undertaken another degree program should make it easy for me to identify my strengths, weaknesses, and areas that require improvement. However, it is openly admissible that a large number of students |
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Emissions Trading and Energy Diversion1. Introduction and Background Several companies are now concentrating on the principles of sustainable development with a changing outlook of the global energy for ensuring the commercial viability and the regulatory agreement. It is vital for the large trans-national companies like Chevron that the present as well as future portfolio of both industrial and commercial procedures is considered against these principles. This report will come up with the available avenues of Chevron to investigate the purposes of the environmental sustainability whereas preserving financial security, and present a discussion describing in what way these options can be streamlined against current and future energy production procedures. 1.1 Global Oil Production and Chevron Along with excellent workforce and the ever increasing commercial and industrial portfolio, Chevron has a market value of about $230 billion, Chevron is the second largest oil company and the third second largest oil producer (see fi |
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GMOs, Technology and the EnvironmentGenetically modified organisms, or GMOs, are organisms whose genetic material has been altered using techniques in genetics known as recombinant DNA technology. People have been altering the genomes of plants and animals for many years using traditional breeding techniques, however, when GMOs were introduced in the 1980's, a controversy began. An article written by Michael Specter, in August of 2014 in The New Yorker, discussed some of the issues that the anti-GMO activist, Vandana Shiva, had. She had several theories that food containing GMOs are not safe to eat and they impact the environment in a negative way, but, are GMOs beneficial for humankind? With the advancement of science, creating genetically modified organisms has become easier and cheaper to produce. This fact could help solve one of the world's biggest problem. Today, about one-in-eight people across the world do not have enough food to eat (Gundersen, par. 1). Thinking of this problem of food insecurity today is a sca |
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Specific Aims of Education"The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think -rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with the thoughts of other men"( Dewey n.d.). Education is the holistic development of the individual. It involves the acquisition of knowledge, skills, attitudes and values necessary to shape the well rounded individual needed in contemporary societies. According to Peters (2010) education is human achievement that develops the mind through knowledge and understanding. For him this achievement does not occur overtime, instead one has to be engaged in a series of activities which results in a person being educated. In many instances the question arises, what should be aims of education in contemporary societies? To logically answer this question one must examine the definition of the term "aim". Hamm (2005) defines aims as actions or activities of beings that can think. He further explain |
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Animal Rights and Research"What is man without the beast? If the beast was gone, man would die from great loneliness of spirit. For whatever happens to the beast soon happens to the man" (Chief Seattle) Many things have been done to protect animals, but there are more significant things to be done to make sure they do not become extinct and give them their rights. Animals are just like humans in many ways. They have nerves so when they are being tested on they can feel the pain that is being inflicted on them. Many people consider their pet as their child, so what child would want that kind of pain inflicted on them? Finally, in different parts of the world, people still hunt animals. It is no longer a way to get food like it used to be. Now it is just for pure sport or fun. Should animals have to be hunted down and torn apart while still alive? Dogs, cattle, sheep, monkeys and other small animals are mainly the ones being experimented on. They are tested on numerous times throughout each year. Acut |
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The Great American Dust Bowl"The Worst Hard Time – The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl" by Timothy Eagan, is the story of the people of the Dust Bowl. "The Worst Hard Time" tells the story of the citizens of the area and their struggle to fight a very vicious mutated nature that man helped create and each person that lived in the region had to make an important and hard decision to either give up on the land and leave or to stay and deal with the vicious dust storms of the region. Each man and woman faced the challenge of a lifetime – challenges that they would have never imagined or taken on if their backs hadn't been against the wall. Much of the region of the High Plains that would one day be tagged with the pejorative, "The Dust Bowl" was grassland. The grass was very rich and fertile and the grass was the main source of food for the giant buffaloes that roamed the land. The grass was also short and dense which helped keep the earth in |
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C. Wright Mills and Sociological ImaginationThe 20th century was marked by the brilliant works of C. Wright Mills who invented Sociological Imagination. In this paper, I will be addressing the need for Sociological Imagination and its importance in our daily lives. Secondly, I will be discussing how people can use it so that they don't feel trapped in their own lives. Furthermore, I will also be describing Mills work in shaping Sociological Imagination. Having a Sociological Imagination is like "thinking out of the box" (Isaksen, 2013). It allows an individual to not only look into and interpret their own lives but also get a greater sense of the lives of others. Doing this allows the person to get a better understanding of history and society as a whole (Witt & Hermiston, 2013). From this understanding a person is then able to analyze society and figure out how to go about fixing key issues (Mills, 1959). People often feel trapped in their own lives and circumstances, thinking that their troubles are not escapable t |
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Bilingualism in the United StatesThere are many arguments that have advocated for bilingualism to be encouraged in the United States. There is one faction that claims it makes foreigners feel accommodated and accommodated and also to facilitate the learning of thousands on non-English speaking students who go for studies. On the other hand there are those who claim it leads to a national disunity. The paper will look at these two sides of the debate and lastly take a stand on why the US should provide bilingual services to its immigrants mainly by basing its argument on reasons derived from the benefits gained on its educational, social and economic aspects. Bilingualism can be taken to mean fluent regular use of two languages in the day to day communication. Scientist have been able to show that being able to speak two language is even more fundamental than just being able to have a conversation with individuals of different backgrounds. They have proved that bilingualism makes one smarter. Bilingualism can have th |
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Narrative Essay - The EpicAs I walked carefully across the rigid bridge towards the gigantic cruise ship, The Epic, I allowed myself to let go of all the useless things that humans tend to worry about and take in all the beautiful foreign things around me. The hot Miami sun hugging my back made me feel comfortable and relaxed as I breathed in the moist air full of scents and tastes unknown and yet exciting. I could think of no other place I'd rather be at this moment. As I eagerly approached the vessel that I'd be spending my time on for the next ten days I could barely hear the vexatious sound of my little brothers close upon my heel. Understanding that this was a family vacation I allowed myself to except the fact that it would be much more relaxing without them. Despite their fighting, screaming and complaining that can often be overbearing, I was happy they were here to enjoy the experience with me. When all clothing and toiletries were unpacked from our suitcases in our small but comfortable rooms and my |
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The Great Disney MonopolyThe Mickey Mouse Monopoly documentary reveals the obscure social messages behind the animated films created by the Disney Company. Although we are conditioned to believe that these movies are pure forms of entertainment, further examination has proved that there are hidden messages concerning gender, race and class that Disney is instilling in the minds of children. The speakers in the documentary argue that Disney is extremely political and hides its ideas behind innocence, magic and fun. When masked by features that are appealing to a younger audience, it is difficult to realize these ideas without taking a closer look. One of the main controversies discussed in this video is the way that Disney portrays women in its productions. The way that females are shown is similar across all Disney films, even animal characters. They are shown having a seductive or entrancing way about them, large eyelashes, attractive bodies and large breasts. Doctor Carolyn Newberger, a psycholo |
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Crisis of Imagination and PowerCrises of Imagination, Crises of Power: Capitalism, Creativity and the Common written by Max Haiven is arguing that capitalism has populated how individuals visualize and express what they believe to be valuable. According to Haiven (2014), due to the public sphere drop, the commerce of teaching, the denationalization of originality, and the authority of investment capital in opposition to the supremacy of the mind, offers an influential dispute for making an anti-capitalist commons (p.22). Capitalism is definitely in a disaster because it is said to be the only key to survival (p. 23). That being said, I strongly think that this book is absolutely an important analysis for all the individuals who are curious about the burden of severity and expect for a fair-minded future. Max Haiven is not only an author, but he is also an instructor and planner. He is an assistant instructor who teaches the history of art and studies that are very critical at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Desi |
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Why A Boy Is Not Happy According to Aristotle?In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle claims the highest good is happiness. According to Aristotle's argument about happiness; a boy is not happy because he is incapable of meeting both the important requirements of happines: a complete virtue and a complete life. Complete virtue is independent from age it is related with state of mind. Complete life is related with age and experience. As a result, a boy can have complete virtue, but he cannot have a complete life due to his youth. Complete virtue is the first requirement in order to be happy according to Aristotle; without it, an individual can not be happy. Aristotle means intending to do a kindness by "complete virtue." (15). Complete virtue is the fundamental of happiness in Aristotle's view..". But in his opinion, intent is not enough on its own. It should be disclosed by activity to attain happiness. For example, person who is isolated from his friends and family sleeps all day and do not go out from his house. He lives alone and do not communicate with external world. |
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History of the Cuban Missile CrisisThe Kennedy White House Administration played a tremendous role in the integration of The University of Mississippi and the Cuban Missile Crisis that happened between September 28, 1962 and October 28, 1962. In September 1962, James Meredith, an African American man, tried enrolling at the University of Mississippi. Mayhem immediately arose on the Ole Miss campus, with uprisings resulting in two people dead, hundreds of people injured and countless other people detained, when the Kennedy administration summoned 31,000 National Guardsmen and supplementary federal forces to impose command. As the most treacherous incident in the history of the Cold War, the Cuban missile crisis has inescapably enticed the observation of numerous diplomatic historians. With the dual superpowers wavering on the edge of nuclear war, the dispute of how to eliminate Russian arsenals from Cuba in October 1962, while conserving the harmony, epitomized the utmost trial of John F. Kennedy's presidency. The revol |
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Colonists and the Road to RevolutionDuring the American Revolution John Adams deliberated the reasons and worth of the fight. He once said "I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure it will cost us to maintain this declaration, and support and defend these states. Yet through all the gloom I see the rays of ravishing light and glory. I can see that the end is worth all the means. This is our day of deliverance."[Adams, www.us-history.com] Adams came to the conclusion that the fight was worth it but, did he decide if the British American colonists were sufficiently justified in fighting the American Revolution? To find the correct answer one must look at the laws set against the colonists, the rights of the citizens in Britain and in the colonies, and how the way of life in the colonies was changed. There were over 15 laws/policies put in place by the British government from 1763-1766 that angered the Colonial Americans. In the minds of the colonists the laws were unjust. One must first define what |
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History and Identity of the Zulu PeopleZulu history and identity has changed throughout the ages. Before the 1800's, the term Zulu referred to one clan that acknowledged "Zulu" as its founding ancestor. However, when King Shaka Zulu came into power in the early 1800's, the term Zulu was re-established to represent hundreds of African clans and tribes under King Shaka's Zulu monarchy. Shaka Zulu is credited for creating the formation of the Zulu kingdom. After his death in 1828, Shaka's brother Dingane Zulu took charge as the new ruler of Zululand. During Dingane's rule Afrikaners from all over encroached Zululand. Following 1840, Mpande Zulu came to be the new king and ruled under Afrikaner's surveillance. In 1872, King Cetshwayo Zulu took over the crown as Africa's new Zulu leader. He ruled during the Zulu war and was the last independent Zulu king. When he passed away in 1884, Dinuzulu Zulu took his place. While Dinuzulu Zulu was king Zululand was divided into 13 separate territories, each under appointed by chiefs, by |
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Beast in the Jungle by Henry JamesIn the human psyche, when waiting for the inevitable to happen, not knowing "when" is something that would surely plague us all. In the story, The Beast in The Jungle, written by Henry James, the main characters, John Marcher and May Bartram, meet one another after 10 years, with May still remembering his very odd secret. Marcher believes that whether good or bad, something prominent is bound to happen to him in his life. May buys a house in England which Marcher stays in with while they try and figure out both his problem and the complicating relationship they seem to have or not have. For this story the ongoing question is, Who or What is the beast in The Jungle? The beast in The Jungle is in fact May Bartram or what happens to her. In the story May Bartram is used as complementary figure to Marcher. With the story surrounding the thoughts and feelings of Marcher for the most part we find little about May and her background. Besides the fact that she is twenty years old and living in her dead mother |
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