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Level Of Incompetence Peter Principle Employee
600 words"The Peter Principle" was first introduced by Lawrence Peter in a book titled "The Peter Principle." This book describes the downfalls of bureaucratic organizations. The book states that in a hierarchically structured business, people tend to be promoted up to their level of incompetence. This principle is based on the fact that in bureaucratic organizations new employees usually start in the lower ranks, but when they prove to be competent in the job that they were assigned, they get promoted t...
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Sleep Deprivation Regular Basis
1,059 words... ing asleep at midnight, the young person dreads the next day when they must go through it all again. Many public figures have suggested a later school starting time at 9 or so. As this would definitely make a difference, the situation can never be completely mended because teenagers today are simply busy. And unfortunately, sleep does not fit into their schedule as they try to participate in everything possible and prepare for college or their career of choice. As they sleep five or six hour...
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G D Short Story
1,373 wordsAn Anthology of Short Stories by Jorge Borges In the following three short stories by Jorge Luis Borges, we see how the idea of real the and illusion influence one another as described by the author and in his work. In the first short story, Everything and Nothing, Borges explains how people hide behind the illusion of being an actor in order to be some one other than themselves. In this short story, From Something to No One, he demonstrates the idea that G-d is " nothing " in illusionary though...
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Confessing To Witch Craft Importance For One Proctor
1,457 wordsThomas Paine once wrote, These are the times that try men's souls. He of course was speaking of the difficulty the colonists faced during the Revolutionary war. However, we see that throughout history there have been numerous times when man has been faced with great dilemmas, the outcomes of which have had an effect on society as a whole. Those who lived in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, were faced with such similar struggles. Some of these battles were outwardly fought and others were the, some...
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Oedipus At Colonus Oedipus The King
1,559 wordsOedipus is first introduced as a savior. A priest, surrounded by a crowd of questioning children and peasants, has come to ask Oedipus what may be done to alleviate the terrible blights which afflict the city of Thebes. He comes to hear their story directly, instead of asking them to explain to a messenger: "I did not think it fit that I should hear / of this from messengers but came myself Indeed I'm willing to give all / that you may need; I would be very hard / should I not pity suppliants li...
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Branch Davidians Chemical Warfare
1,137 wordsNeither the Branch Davidians, nor the ATF, nor the FBI, were composed of or led by stupid persons. Yet at Waco, all of these groups made extremely bad decisions. One reason for the high-risk, low-quality decisions of the Branch Davidians, ATF, and FBI is that these groups of intelligent individuals could collectively make decisions much worse than the individuals might have made if they had decided alone. Many of the factors leading to groupthink were present, on all sides, at Waco. First, in gr...
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Dominant Submissive Relationship Open The Door
1,350 wordsThe Yellow Wallpaper - Journey into Insanity In "The Yellow Wallpaper", by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the dominant / submissive relationship between an oppressive husband and his submissive wife pushes her from depression into insanity. Flawed human nature seems to play a great role in her breakdown. Her husband, a noted physician, is unwilling to admit that there might really be something wrong with his wife. This same attitude is seen in her brother, who is also a physician. While this attitude...
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Part Of Life Utopian Society
1,044 words... simply for their own financial benefit, obviously you would never learn about these skills in a utopian society where everything is sharing, youre now tossed into a world youre completely unprepared for, and the possible consequences are unheard of. Getting back to the main theme, I suppose it is necessary that I admit that there have been numerous ideas of a potential Utopian Society that with the right direction, and the right mind set of everyone with-in the group. However, although I bel...
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Phones While Driving Traffic Accidents
571 wordsDriving can be a dangerous endeavor. If you add speeding, drinking and driving or talking on the cell phone, it can become deadly. Speeding is one of the most common causes of traffic accidents. Alcohol is also a leading cause of deadly accidents. And one of the most controversial distractions right now is the use of cell phones while driving. Even without distractions, you are operating a 2000 lb machine at speeds of 40 to 70 miles per hour. Speeding is one of the major concerns of driving. It ...
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Mademoiselle Reisz Adele Ratignolle
612 wordsThe society of Grand Isle places many expectations on its women to belong to men and be subordinate to their children. Edna Pontellier's society, therefore, abounds with "mother-women, " who "idolized their children, worshipped their husbands, and esteemed it to a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals." The characters of Adele Ratignolle and Mademoiselle Reisz represent what society views as the suitable and unsuitable woman figures. Mademoiselle Ratignolle as the ideal Grand Isle w...
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Sirs Researcher Knight Ridder
1,953 words1999 SIRS Mandarin, Inc. -- SIRS Researcher Spring 1999 Title: Scientists: UFO Reports May Be Worth Evaluating Source: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA) Publication Date: June 28, 1998 Page Number (s): n. p. (c) 1998, Knight-Ridder Newspapers. Distributed by Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services. SCIENTISTS: UFO REPORTS MAY BE WORTH EVALUATING For more than 50 years, UFO investigators have scoured the skies for signs of alien life -- completely snubbed by the scientific community as cran...
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Goody Proctor Abigail Williams
566 wordsWhats the difference between Abigail Williams and Satin? Very little! Abigail turns life around for many innocent citizens of Salem. She took away their freedom and attacked their emotions. Abigail shows many similar qualities to Satin in The Crucible. She certainly rejects God and does what she wants to do regardless of whom it may hurt. Abigail Williams was a menace to society because she destroyed the calm community of Salem through her destructive, sinful acts. Abigail tries to steal Goody P...
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Domestic Violence Emotional Abuse
1,607 wordsThese days it is easy to find a piece of news which informs us about a death of a woman who has been killed by her husband or her boyfriend. Hundred of women are mistreated and then assassinated each year and these deaths are increasing. However, although this is the main problem in our society, there are other kinds of domestic violence that not many people knowest they have the same importance. In this essay I intent to give a definition of domestic violence and explain the main kinds of abuse...
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Make A Good Sci Fi
1,089 wordsSo, you just wrote your first science fiction novel. Your friend read it and told you that you were the next Ray Bradbury or Gene Roddenberry. Your fertile mind fantasizes your name up there on a Borders wall poster right next to images of Isaac Azimov and Jules Verne. Before going off the deep end and equating yourself with Hemingway and Steinbeck, give your ego a stiff reality check. Few of us mortals are literary Mozart's that can plop down in front of a computer screen and author a perfect m...
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Cognitive Abilities Language Skills
1,359 words... sy patients indicated a remarkable improvement in their social demeanor, work and sentence skills, and ability to take initiative. Another study of symbolic communication therapy in severely mentally retarded children reaped remarkable results: "Individuals for whom all traditional methods of speech and other language training had failed, had learned to communicate for the first time in their lives, using (a) computer-based keyboard lexi gram system" (Savage-Rumbaugh and Lewin 193). The use ...
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Breaks His Leg Genes Reluctance To Acknowledge Gene
1,024 words... to even believe Gene, and calls him a damn fool. Even prior to this, when Gene sees Finny in the school infirmary, Finny tells Gene about how he thought that there might have been some foul play up in the tree when he fell, then immediately apologizes to Gene for having that feeling without even waiting for Gene to check the legitimacy of this feeling. Afterwards, on the first day of the actual school year, Finny calls Gene to talk to him. When Gene claims that he was crazy and over the fall...
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Capital Punishment And Torture Unconstitutional Or
521 wordsCapital punishment and torture are often looked down on in todays societies because they are viewed as cruel and unconstitutional, but perhaps they would help in more ways then we would like to admit. They can be beneficial in many ways such as encouragement to be truthful, encouragement to live by the laws, and as a source of punishment. Capital punishment and torture are thought to be too painful, and the person doing the punishment is also committing a crime. Many people agree with capital pu...
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Sentenced To Death Group Of People
1,120 wordsSome of the best sources of information about Socrates philosophical views are the early dialogues of his student Plato, who tried to provide a faithful picture of the methods and teachings of the great master. The Apology is one of the many-recorded dialogues about Socrates. It is about how Socrates was arrested and charged with corrupting the youth, believing in no god (s) (Atheism) and for being a Sophist. He attended his trial and put up a good argument. I believe that Socrates was wrongfull...
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Baggy Pants Hip Hop
1,240 wordsA screeching yell ripped through the house that Wednesday evening, "Ahhhhh, we " re being invaded!" . My mother rushed into the living room. I pointed to the flickering television screen. "Look, " I whispered in disbelief. A few seconds of silence followed. There they were, the words I never thought would appear on our 29 inch Sony screen: "Sizzlin' Hot Country." The appearance of American country music on the Kenyan airwaves was the latest sign that American culture had penetrated the borders o...
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The History Of Polygraph Lie Detector Test
1,099 words... ment of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. The polygraph ists ask questions pertaining to religion, sexual practices, sexual preferences, political opinions, union, and racial matters. Polygraphists even ask existing employees questions like, are you relatively satisfied with this job now, do you intend to stay with this employer, and when you are working do you wish you were someplace else? Those questions are not relevant to the performance or practices of the organization and employee, a...
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