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Violence Against Women Domestic Violence
1,395 words
... miles who are prone to domestic violence, it
cannot be possible to rely solely on stresses as
an explanation of abuse. Most social-economic /
socio -demographically stressed men do not abuse
their partners. Another explanation of domestic
violence that has been much researched and
documented is that of learned behaviour which is
sometimes known as the cycle of violence. These
well-documented studies show that domestic
violence may occur when a child has been exposed
to, witnessed or experien...
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Fairy Tales Moral Codes
994 words
The Origins of Wonder Tales and the Reason for
Their Creation and Evolution Folk tales, fairy
tales, wise tales, and wonder tales are all a part
of virtually everyones lives from one point of
time to another. Whether your a child an adult or
a grandparent these stories play a significant
role in ones continuing development. Although they
have an effect on people of all ages children are
most susceptible to the primary goal of telling
and recording these stories. The purpose of this
form of inter...
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Case Scenario Office Space
1,101 words
Telecommuting is a very interesting and complex
subject. The pros and cons of this concept are
numerous and both sides have excellent arguments.
In the research I've done I feel I have to argue
both sides to maintain a sense of perspective. I
had mixed feelings about telecommuting before I
started this research and I find that this is
something many others have in common with me. The
reasons for and against telecommuting can be
complex or simple depending on which view point
you take. From a man...
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Role Playing Real Life
1,482 words
Before the internet, there was only the computer,
large ones that take up a whole room. The computer
then was seen only as a tool, and then a few years
later there was the personal computer which made
it more accessible and more interactive. The PC
was a kind of evolutionary step which enabled us
to have wider relationships. But these
relationships did not appear yet until PCs started
to become interconnected. This is where internet
comes in. At first it was only a military tool,
used by the Sta...
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Middle Ages Gay Gene
1,064 words
Homosexuality is behavior of choosing a partner of
the same sexual interaction. The term homosexual
is used to characterize individuals who prefer
romantic attachments and sexual interaction with
the same sex and typically are maximally aroused
by same sex erotic imagery. The word is used to
describe both males and females. There are many
terms that are used to describe homosexuals.
First, Homo is short for homosexual and the first
part of the word means same. The term queer is
used to denote so...
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Man And Superman Don Juan
1,187 words
... irving. It is the role of man to teach his
children the ways of the world and make that world
suitable for living. It is the men that make all
the decisions in life, and fight for freedoms they
cherish. In Shaw's case he wants nothing else but
the end of democracy and the start of socialism
where all new children can live together equally.
Shaw writes Jack Tanner as he would himself in
this play (Mayne 22). In a work of literature
there is always a character that embodies the
spirit of the a...
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Violent Crime Socially Constructed
627 words
The prevalence of violent crime in North America,
including Canada, can be attributed to a deadly
combination of cultural values, economic
conditions, and biological and environmental
factors. These factors are part of Bronfenbrenners
Ecological Systems Theory, which explains how the
interaction of different parts of an individuals
life can shape and form who they are and how they
act (text p 7). Violent crime, specifically
homicide, suicide and accidental death by a gun,
are more prevalent amon...
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Face To Face Secondary Sources
1,111 words
... ch The objective of marketing research is to
address a specific problem, decision or question
that necessitated the research. 2. Determine Data
Sources Data sources include secondary or
published sources and primary sources. (those
requiring original research such as surveys,
experiments and observation). Secondary sources
can provide inexpensive readily available
information so checking them first is a good idea.
If secondary sources cannot provide the needed
information then primary data n...
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Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams
777 words
A 26 year-old woman kneels on the floor,
childlike, playing with glass figurines upon a
living room table. Too plagued by her own
humility, Laura contemplates only one future for
herself; seclusion from the outside world where
bad encounters prevail the desire for good
experiences. A lack of positive growth for Laura,
along with the rest of her family, is the pitfall
for Tennessee Williams where he pressurizes
kindred desperation in The Glass Menagerie only to
produce hopelessness as the ultimat...
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Civil Engineer Indian Reservation
718 words
Modest one-room houses lay scattered across the
desert landscape. Their rooftops a seemingly
helpless shield against the intense heat generated
by the mid-July sun. The steel security bars that
guarded the windows and doors of every house
seemed to belie the large welcome sign at the
entrance to the ABC Indian Reservation. As a young
civil engineer employed by the U. S. Army Corps of
Engineers, I was far removed from my cubical in
downtown Los Angeles. However, I felt I was
well-prepared to cond...
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Past And Present Burning At The Stake
1,365 words
Theory of Knowledge Essay With so much uncertainty
about the future, most people long for certainty
about the past and present. Is it really possible,
though, to be sure about the past? When looking
for a lost set of keys, are you sure of the past
(where you put them) or the present (that you are
looking for them)? The reasons for the differences
in certainty are the different forms of knowledge
involved in learning and perceiving the past and
present. Bertrand Russell speaks of the existence
of...
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Virtual Reality Learning Environments
1,352 words
... accurate understanding of each other " is
perspectives, feelings of success and self-esteem,
and expectation of rewarding future interactions.
^i [Johnson 1983 ] 4. VR learning environments
allow entirely new capabilities and experiences.
This is a powerful context, in which you can
control time, scale, and physical laws.
Participants have unique capabilities, such as the
ability to fly through the virtual world, to
occupy any object as a virtual body, to observe
the environment from many pe...
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Literary Works Young Children
480 words
This article is part of a series drawn from work
in the Handbook of Reading Research: Volume III
(Kamil, Mosenthal, Pearson, & Barr, 2000). My
reasoning for choosing this article is simple; I
like to read to children and to tell them stories.
I think we can make reading much more interesting
if we get away from the Basal Readers and
introduce children to all forms of literary works.
Literature-Based Instruction: A Rationale
Definitions of literature-based instruction
emphasize the use of hig...
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Communist Manifesto Vending Machines
1,444 words
Communist Manifesto George Boyer argues that the
Communist Manifesto would have been a very
different document if it had not been written just
before the "hungry forties" in Manchester. In the
Manifesto, Marx and Engels give a critique of
capitalism that is completely understandable
considering the hardships of the time, but on the
same token really only applicable to that
particular time period in the nineteenth century.
This is because it was written by Marx, based on
Engels' practical experie...
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Plasma Membrane Alzheimer Disease
950 words
Lipid Rafts A lipid raft is a micro domain within
the membranes of cells that is cholesterol-rich.
It has been believed since 1972 that, in cell
membranes, membrane proteins and phospholipids are
constantly and widely distributed as following a
fluid mosaic model. Then in 1988, a scientist
named Kai Simmons, who worked at the European
Molecular Biology Laboratory located in Germany,
suggested the notion that there exist micro
domains, which are enriched with a lot of
different kinds of lipids, s...
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Mind And Body Method Of Doubt
851 words
Descartes applied illusion argument, dreaming
argument, and evil genius argument that is called
" method of doubt" to achieve his goals:
Mind and body are two different substances, the
complete separation of the mental world and the
physical world. Once, he claims that even awake or
asleep, two plus three is always five. Even evil
genius fakes us, we probably think two plus three
is four but in fact it always exist as five and it
is always true. Lets look at this example: If I
think th...
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Early Modern Anglican Church
883 words
Early Modern Conceit The Early Modern Period was
an era full of self concern. To say it was a
selfish period may be going too far, but the
people definitely were consumed with their causes.
It was during this time that Columbus sailed and
conquered the new world. The English were claiming
land everywhere. Henry VIII was Supreme Head on
Earth of the English church, (as if the English
church actually existed anywhere else on Earth),
the undisputed religious and political master.
Theater and the ar...
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Chat Rooms Home Schooling
830 words
Home Schooling s Net Effects Washington Post
(online) 07 / 16 / 00 The article found in the
Washington Post on July 16, 2000, addresses the
role of the Internet in aiding home schooling. The
Internet is revolutionizing the growing
home-schooling movement. The Internet makes
home-schooling a more popular option because of
its vast capabilities. It is a key tool in
education, serving as a teacher, textbook, and
even a library. The concept of home schooling is
not new, however, the ideas of cybersc...
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Nineteenth Century Characters Act
1,735 words
? At the time when Ghosts first appeared, it was
considered extremely dangerous and indecent. The
themes it contains of inherited illness (syphilis,
though this is never directly stated) and
hypocrisy were unacceptable to the later
nineteenth century audience, even to those who
considered themselves liberals and had championed
Ibsen's earlier plays. ? The story of the play is
that of a young man, who returns home from the
bohemian life of an artist because he is suffering
from a mysterious illne...
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Mind And Body Sequence Of Events
1,242 words
For Materialist Theory Materialist Theory For many
centuries, people have pondered upon the question
if there is a relation between what we think and
what we do physically. Our physical brain gives
way to a mind, full of thoughts and processes, but
what interaction do the two have? Materialism is a
way that people consider the relations between
mind and matter to be inseparable. We are physical
beings and our mental reactions are just
by-products of a material process. Materialism can
be summed ...
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