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| An Environment that Encourages Worship of Jesus Christ | 572 |
| I enjoy life. I enjoy the potential that life has to offer. That is why I am pursuing entrance into < Name of the school>. Jesus Christ came to give life and give it more abundantly. I consider it an honor to serve and worship Him. In addition, combining my duty to attend school with an environment that encourages worship of Jesus Christ is the epitome of a dynamic education in my opinion.
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| The Horrors of Concentration Camps | 778 |
| Elie Wiesel's Night provides a very chilling account of the author's experiences in the death camps of the Nazis during World War II, related through the eyes of a young boy who witnessed the horrors of the concentration camps and the aftermath of the Nazi's attempts to eradicate Jews from the face of the earth. For the casual reader with no knowledge of the Holocaust, Night illuminates exactly what occurred in the concentration camps, events that have been denied even in today's enlightened world. What Wiesel wishes the reader to take away from his book is quite clear-he wants the reader to understand what he went through as a Jew in the concentration camps and wants to make it as obvious as possible that such a thing as the attempted extermination of a race of human beings never happens again. Through his eyewitness accounts as found in Night, the reader comes to see that what the Nazis perpetrated during World War II was akin to mass murder, based on their depraved and twisted desire to eliminate the Jews from Europe, a desire that at first succeeded on a massive scale with the deaths of over six million Jews, but when the camps were liberated b | |
| The Racial Laws of Nuremberg | 549 |
| 1.In September of 1935, the racial laws of Nuremberg came out. Essentially, these laws were mean to formalize the actions that had been taken against Jews living in Germany up to that year. Basically lip service, the Nazis pointed to the Nuremberg laws as evidence that Jews were being deprived of their rights in accordance with Nazi Party legislation. These laws did not actually make a definite division of who was a Jew in the legal sense. Because of this, an additional measure was added in November 1935 which made the definition of Jew, Aryan and Mischlinge Jews: People with at least three full Jewish grandparents Mischlinge of the first degree: basically a "half-Jew", a person with two Jewish grandparents who did not practice Judaism and was not married to a Jew. Mischlinge of the second degree: a "qu | |
| The Life on Mother's Womb | 2580 |
| Nature intends that an offspring should begin and develop in the mother's baby until it is mature enough to be delivered and live on its own. Those nine months of gestation in the mother's womb pose a long-standing controversy, which pits the rights of the unborn child against the rights of the mother. One side, called pro-life, holds that the embryo or fetus has full and distinct rights to life while in the womb as a separate entity from the mother and, that therefore, the termination of pregnancy through abortion as a birth control method violates its rights. The other side, called pro-choice, argues that pregnancy can be terminated as a method of birth control under certain conditions, that the fetus or embryo does not have the same full rights as the mother and that the mother has a right to her own body. Gleaning from these opposing views, abortion as a method of birth control is generally and fundamentally not morally permissible. Although a woman has a right to | |
| Managers Management Styles Toward the Workplace | 422 |
| Managers today are faced with new and changing challenges every moment. For this reason, managers must be able to adapt to their employees as well as adapting their management styles toward the workplace. Managers can be described as requiring the ability to play a certain number of roles; these roles can be called organizational behaviors. Henry Mintzberg (1973) identified in his works ten behaviors which are common to all managers. In Mintzberg's hierarchy, the ten behaviors were separated into three groups; the interpersonal, the informational and the decisional. In the first role we will discuss, the interpersonal | |
| The Health Care Demand | 505 |
| Carbaugh, Bob. "Health Care: Why costs are so high." [Online 2 Jan 2006] http://www.cwu.edu/~carbaugh/Health%20care%20costs.htm According to Bob Carbaugh's article "Health Care: Why Costs are so High," the supply and demand for health care operates upon different principles than other goods and services. Normally, when the price of a standard good such an orange goes up, people buy fewer oranges. A demand chart for oranges would look like this: Price of Orange: 20 cents-Consumer demand (d) 5 oranges Price of Orange: 40 cents-Consumer demand (d) 2 oranges Price of Orange: 50 cents-Consumer demand (d) 1orange When the price of oranges goes too high, a consumer could also always substitute goods such as apples or grapefruit, at a lower | |
| Learning to Live Within One | 1292 |
| Over the past three decades, major transformations have taken place in the family world. Traditional nuclear families - mother, father and two children - are no longer the 'norm' (Francis, 2001). Nearly half of all marriages now end in divorce, and remarriages for one or both partners have more than doubled since the 1970s. According to Parentline Plus, over 2.5 million children live in stepfamilies. Learning to live within a new stepfamily structure can change the living patterns, self-confidence and emotional well being of all family members. The stepfamily has become a common type of household all around the world (The Watchtower, 1999). Yet, stepfamilies have unique problems. When a first marriage breaks up, the cause is often the immaturity of one or more of the spouses. In a second marriage, dealing with the children has the greatest impact on the relationship. Studies show that forty percent of stepfamilies end in divorce within the first five years. Many parents fail to | |
| Business Research Methods | 744 |
| Knowing the customer is one of the most critical aspects of any business. This is especially true when a second-tier or flagging company confronted with the problem of how to market a new good or service to gain market share from the primary market mover. (Bryman & Bell, 2001) A number of business research methods present themselves to any organization to involve potential customers in the design and construction of a new product, including questionnaires, focus groups, interviews, and interviews. (McNamara, 1999) The outcomes to these methods of customer outreach can result in either the outright rejection of a new proposed product, a reexamination of the product, or a reexamination of the presumed market segment or date of scheduled release of the product. However, for the research to be most effective to the organization, specificity is key. Thus the operational definition of the research problem should take the form of the question, not merely if product X will be successful but, "will product X be a successful product in the summer season, amongst the organization's usual consumer base?" (C | |
| The Benefits Seem to Outweigh the Moral Dangers | 3217 |
| Introduction Embryonic stem cell research could potentially help millions of Americans who have life-threatening diseases and conditions such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, and many others (Feinstein, 2004). However, limitations on the lines of stem cells available for federal funding has strictly limited researchers' ability to help treat these diseases and conditions (Feinstein, 2004). Since this policy was announced in 2001, the number of viable embryonic stem cell lines available to researchers who receive federal funding has been severely reduced. According to the Stem Cell Research Foundation (2005), stem cell research may be able to help up to half of all Americans, who suffer from some form of presently incurable disease, injury or birth defect. Some of those conditions include: One million children with juvenile diabetes 8.2 million people with cancer 58 million with heart disease Four million | |
| The Different Concepts of "Multicultural" | 539 |
| The concept "multicultural" is one that pertains to the mixture of cultures, ethnicities, and customs that is becoming more characteristic of contemporary American society. Multiculturalism embraces all ethnicities, races, cultures, and customs as valid and deserving of respect. According to Wardle (p. 12), "It has been well documented that racial identity and developing concepts about racial and ethnic diversity are developmental tasks that begin in early childhood." Because of this early development, the promotion of multiculturalism among preschool children cannot be underestimated for its value on growth. There is a difference between multicultural celebrations and multicultural holidays. Celebrations refer to parties, picnics, parades, festivals and other events during which multiple | |
| The Development of the Concept of Helicopters | 3906 |
| Introduction: The important point that one has to remember is that the development of the concept of helicopters was not started by Bell, or for that matter not even in America. The first attempts were in Europe and records say that the first attempt was made by Dr. Van Hecke who built a helicopter with 4 rotors in 1847 in Belgium. There are no records of many flights undertaken by it, and it is unlikely that it made any flights at all as the technology was undeveloped. The next important attempt was made in Italy 30 years later by Prof. Enrico Forlanini who demonstrated his model of a helicopter. This was a small machine weighing just 3.5 kilograms or 7.7 pounds and had coaxial rotors for developing power through a two cylinder steam engine. The takeoff was through the use of a spherical steam accumulator which built up pressures to the level of 10 atmospheres, or 10 times the pressure of air in the atmosphere. Then this was released and the craft rose to the level of 13 meters or 4 | |
| The Advantages and Disadvantages of Abortion | 623 |
| Should we be "for" or "against" abortion? This is a question in which most debates concerning abortion focus. If I were to be asked, I am a Pro-Choice to abortion because there are many reasons why I think abortion should be legalized while there is only one reason that I can think of and have observed why people are against abortion. To start of, let us discuss the one and only major reason where grounds for anti-abortion debates always lead. That is, the ground of morality. People are against abortion because they believe that it means killing a life. But this is not so. Abortion removes tissues, not a life. Following is a brief description of what abortion is, as extracted from Aetna InteliHealth Online. Abortion (also called elective abortion, induced abortion, termination of pregnancy and therapeutic abortion) is the removal of "pregnancy tissue," products of conception or the fetus and placenta (afterb | |
| The Goals to Enter the Fashion Industry | 634 |
| I grew up surrounded by style, because my mother cultivated a sense of fashion and imparted her appreciation and her taste to me. For my mom, fashion didn't just mean keeping up with the latest trends. In fact, she established her own look and encouraged me to do the same: to understand what works and what doesn't and have fun with it. Being well-dressed, my mother also attracted the attention of others, and as a result I realized early in my life that fashion played an important role in popular culture. Fashion is one of the primary means of self-expression in any society and in ours, fashion also means big business. My innate business sense also kicked in early, in relation to my interest in the world of fashion design. For example, shopping with my mother meant exposure to the world of retail and wholesale fashion and before long I started to imagine the career possibilities that lie ahead for me. I would wonder about things like why | |
| The Sacco-Vanzetti | 1091 |
| The Sacco-Vanzetti was a lawsuit that tried two Italians who were convicted of robbery and murder at the South Braintree, Massachusetts. Issues and controversies surrounded the Sacco-Vanzetti case, most of which supports the two Italians and accuses the political condition during that time. It was during the Post World War I that the Sacco-Vanzetti case happened and during that time crimes are not uncommon. However, it was also during the Post World War I when the political condition of America was unstable. Non-supporters of the government, such as the political critics and anarchists, were confronted by the law and were similarly jailed. It had been a controversy saying that Sacco and Vanzetti, being known as anarchists and were always involved in labor strikes and movements that expose social problems caused by the government at that time, were convicted of a crime that they did not commit due to political reasons. As indicated in an article written by Robert d'Attilio, | |
| Heroism and Culture in "Stories of Kings" | 1378 |
| Of Oedipus the King, Segal states, "The stories of kings are themselves exemplary of the extreme limits of human criminality and human grandeur; and this play shows a great and passionate king confronting unspeakable horrors," (p. 3). The same can be said for Okonkwo. Although Okonkwo is less known in the canon of world literature, he too represents absolute heroism in the classical Greek sense. Like Oedipus the King of Thebes, Okonkwo of the Umuofia confronts "unspeakable horrors," and like Oedipus he too, participates blindly in them. As warriors, both Oedipus and Okonkwo earn and maintain the respect of their people and both are generally deemed worthy as leaders. Pride gets the better of both men and causes calamity to their community, their loved ones and themselves, but in the end, Oedipus and Okonkwo both exemplify heroism. The stories of Oedipus and Okonkwo show that the concept of heroism is portrayed similarly in the literature of disparate cultures. On the one hand, Oedipus | |
| Understanding Satire | 3994 |
| Introduction: The first question that has to be dealt with is the exact of understanding of satire as a form of literature and the gradual changes that it has undergone through history terminating with the form of present usage. It is not that one agrees with all the modes of usage, by that is only a discussion without any meaning as individuals use it in different manners for their own benefits, and their outlook is not always the protection of the correct form of literature. After all, literature is also the source of income for many. Analysis: As a form of literature, satire treats the entire society as being part of fragmentation, with all the concerned ill effects not very far away. It sees chaos as looming, cities are wastelands, rooms in schools are full of jungles containing only blackboards, society is full of gangs and mobs, marriages either ceases altogether or remains as a matter of convenience, the binding material of civilized society gradually lose their effects | |
| The Holocaust: An Act of Violence | 900 |
| Martin Gilbert's book The Holocaust: A History of the Jews During the Second World War traces the legacy of anti-Semitism in Europe from medieval times to the death camps of Auschwitz. According to Gilbert, the Holocaust was a specifically German event. It was an act of violence perpetrated upon Jews with historically and culturally driven causes deep in German culture. Thus, Martin suggests that the lessons to be learned from the Holocaust are not simply that of humanity's potential inhumanity during times of peace and war, as existed before and after the Weimar Republic in Germany and after Hitler's National Socialists came to power. Rather, the lessons from the Holocaust are the need for Europe to acknowledge the powerful legacy of hatred that still seethes against the Jewish people in Europe even to this day. This is why there is a for a Jewish state in the form of Israel to provide a powerful political, physical, and emotional sanctuary for Jews all over the world who have suf | |
| Love: The Fulfillment of God's law on Earth | 1408 |
| Christian theology teachers that of all virtues, the greatest is love (1 Corinthians 13:13), and that love is the fulfillment of God's law on Earth (Romans 13:10). "We love, because He first loved us," the culminating verse in the fundamental I John passage reads (I John 4:19). The core of I John 4:7-19 is consummated in the Spirit of Truth, the Matthew Henry Bible Commentary purports, singling out love as the divine path to holy Christian love that not only unites together two individuals, but brings them together in the ethereal power of God. The entirety of the epistle correlates the believer and the Savior in the presence and action of love, building 'love' as the spiritual bridge of accessibility between the two entities. The Apostle begins his discussion of love within a discourse about the religious community. It is in crisis, he argues, and it is up to the true believers of the religious community to hold fast to their convictions and have the courage to actualize them i | |
| Cold-Blooded Killers | 2780 |
| The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the topic of criminal justice. Specifically it will identify how mothers who kill their children cases are handled, prevented, and prosecuted. Why do mothers kill their own children? This is one of the most difficult criminal justice questions to investigate and answer. A mother killing her children seems to go against all natural and maternal laws, and yet, many mothers do kill their children in America each year. Some of the most sensational trials in American history have revolved around mothers who have killed their children. These cases are handled and prosecuted like just about any other murder case, and yet, they are different, too, because they often involve intense media scrutiny, along with highly emotional feelings on all sides of the prosecution. Mothers who kill their children often use the defense of depression or insanity, but are all mothers who kill their children insane? No, and courts are beginni | |
| The Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation | 360 |
| Intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation are both forms of motivation in business and in the world around us. However, they differ in where they originate and how they motivate others. Intrinsic motivation comes from within the person, and is often the motivator of passion. For example, many people develop hobbies due to intrinsic motivation, or use it to motivate themselves to accomplish something, such as lose weight. On the other hand, extrinsic motivation comes from external forces, and people motivated by outside forces | |
| "Gabriel's Angel" by Nora Robert | 2410 |
| Gabriel's Angel (1989), a Silhouette romance novel, is about a young woman, Laura, who is heavily pregnant and alone when, one icy Colorado night, she almost collides with a Jeep driven by the famed artist Gabriel Bradley. Gabriel (Gabe) rescues Laura by taking her back to his cabin in the mountains of Colorado that night. There, the two bond with one another and begin to fall in love. Both Laura and Gabe have come here escaping something: Laura has been running from the wealthy and heartless parents of her recently dead, abusive and philandering husband Tony, the father of her unborn child; and Gabe has come here to quietly grieve the untimely death of his younger brother, for which he feels secretly, tragically responsible, and to try to develop the will to paint again. In order to be able to love one another, both Gabe and Laura must find the courage to open up to one another about the sad secrets of their pasts, face their respective demons, and risk trusting one another. | |
| Principles of Leadership | 955 |
| Vision & Strategic Direction A company's vision is usually a short, succinct, yet inspiring statement of what the organization hopes to become over the course of its future development. One example of a vision statement is General Electric's "We bring good things to light." The strategic direction of a company is the specifics of what it will do to realize its mission statement in the near future, often in relation to its competitors. Its vision refers to intentions that are broad and future oriented. A strategic direction is necessary for a company leader when he or she is implementing specific ways of fulfilling that vision. A company must have a projected image of its goals before it sets out the plan for its growth and development but a vision alone is not enough in the competitive environment of commerce. (Kotelnikov, "Corporate Vision, Mission, Goals and Strategies, 2004) This is where good leadership becomes important. A good leader must define the company's aspirations f | |
| Theory of Human Evolution | 2025 |
| We are constantly reminded of the small amount of time it has taken for human beings to move from the Stone Age to modernity. In some ways a certain agnosticism seems preferable here to the gee whizzes of popular science. How long should it take an intelligent tool-making species to move from the wheel to the jet engine? Is it really so very amazing that while bacterial life started on earth more than three billion years ago, land plants apparently date from a mere 400 million years ago, shortly after the first fish and about the same time as the first amphibia? What, in any case, is the significance of talk of vast tracts of time in the absence of creatures that can plan, reflect on what they are doing, and come to an awareness of the passing of time, and hence of tasks accomplished fast or slowly? As a mater of fact, the theory helps justify the existence of human minds because what is more significant than the mere passage of time, whether this is long or short, are the transition | |
| The Pattern of Strengths and Weaknesses in Academic Performance | 607 |
| John is a seventh grader who shows a pattern of strengths and weaknesses that affect his school success. John's family life does not appear to contribute to his academic difficulties. He lives with both parents and two younger siblings. On all these tests, scores of 90 - 110 are considered average. Any difference of 15 points or more between tests or subtests is considered significant. John shows that difference of 15 points or more in several areas. A 15 point difference is called "1 standard deviation." A 30 point difference is 2 standard deviations, and indicates a very significant difference. John's test scores are remarkable because they show a pattern of strong strengths and weaknesses. While his full score IQ is 94, this is misleading because of the wide difference between verbal and nonverbal scores. John's verbal score of 111 would put him in the high average range, while his nonverba | |
| "In the Combat Zone" by Leslie Marmon Silko | 543 |
| Analysis and studies on violence against women exposed the fact that most women are killed and victimized by people known to them. Statistics have shown that violence against women are not commonly committed by strangers, but to individuals whom the female victim was familiar with. However, this incidence of violence against women does not indicate that women are free from the dangers of being victimized by a stranger. The factors of "suddenness and unpreparedness" make women victimization by strangers not only brutal, but tragic and threatening for women, especially who does not have male companions with them during the night (where most forms of victimization and violence occur). This is the context in which Leslie Silko discussed the issue of violence against women in the essay, "In the com | |
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