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Oklahoma City First Aid
1,046 words
Other than the sweltering heat in the summer time
in Oklahoma City, the only dilemma are tornadoes.
I grew up in the middle of this tornado alley and
eventually developed a sixth sense for detecting
tornado activity. Even in the 1980 s tornadoes
were known for their violent crime wave,
vandalizing neighborhoods and kidnapping children
and adults. Imagine a beautiful evening in Moore,
a suburb lying on the outskirts of Oklahoma City.
Mom is in the kitchen and the kids are playing in
the yard. In ...
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Approach To Moral Rights Approach To Moral Caring
570 words
1. Rights create obligations, type of moral
discourse & involve agents, being who act & are
acted upon. People are given obligations to
respect your rights. There is no right to obligate
other people rights. (Conventional rights: Created
by group of people as law or regulation in our
society. Ex: right to vote, to purchase weapon;
Moral rights: Discovered from generation to
generation, these are universal rights & they
exist because of the nature of things) 2. Bi level
approach to moral rights: ...
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Ministers Black Veil Nathaniel Hawthorne
856 words
Valuable Lessons Learned through the Works of
Nathaniel Hawthorne Throughout his works,
Nathaniel Hawthorne utilizes symbolism to present
a certain theme that pertains to human nature and
life. In his works, The Scarlet Letter and The
Ministers Black Veil, Hawthorne uses symbolism to
present a common theme pertaining to religion:
Though manifested sin will ostracize one from
society, un confessed sin will destroy the soul.
However, in his short story, The Birthmark, the
author uses symbolism to ...
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Cornett Cornett 1980 Capacity To Provide Bibliotherapy
422 words
Children's Literature as a Resource for Classroom
Guidance Bibliotherapy is defined as a process or
activity designed to help individuals solve
problems or better understand themselves through
their response to literature or media (Board,
1980). It consists of reading, viewing, or hearing
of material, followed by a discussion led by a
facilitator. The therapy takes place during this
dynamic interaction between the reader and
literature. During the last 20 years, researchers
and practitioners fro...
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Federal Reserve Bank Lot Of Things
1,079 words
The worst problem is not that the central banks
are mostly outside the control of any elected
representatives of the population, even though
that is certain cause for some suspicion and
alarm. In some areas, such as the U. S. , the
central bank is a completely privately owned
institution, owned by its member banks. The
central bank of central banks, the Bank of
International Settlements in Basel Switzerland, is
also not controlled or owned by any government,
but is a corporation with stocks. It ...
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Wrong To Kill Baby Girls
721 words
A child should not be burden to his family, but
thought as a gift of life. The most devastating
atrocity to man is the maltreatment of an innocent
child. The impact of a parental role is what molds
the childs habits and personality. In the first
article, When loving parents kill their children,
Kate Hilpern writes about the harsh crimes
committed die to a parents deranged thoughts of
how a child should be raised or treated. The
second article, Where They Kill Baby Girls, tells
the story of a com...
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Path To Enlightenment Immanuel Kant
1,281 words
Immanuel Kant simply stated the creed of the
enlightenment: Dare to know, (Kant 1). To thinkers
like Kant, to achieve enlightenment was to gain
release from self-incurred tutelage[the] inability
to make use of [ones] understanding without
direction from another, (Kant 1). Enlightenment
thinkers addressed this issue. They present to us
the question; why is it so hard to think for
oneself? They propose answers to this puzzle, as
well as provide solutions that will teach us how
to think for ourselv...
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Violent Conflict Sierra Leone
963 words
Conflict From Environmental Scarcity or Lust For
Wealth? In "Environmental Scarcities and Violent
Conflict, " Thomas F. Homer-Dixon writes about the
possible conflicts that are caused by
environmental scarcities, using three different
hypotheses's to do so. I found the first
hypothesis to be most compelling because I feel it
is the most prevalent in the world today. The
first hypothesis in "Environmental Scarcities and
Violent Conflict" states that environmental
scarcity causes simple-scarcity c...
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Lucid Dreaming Rem Sleep
795 words
The research of consciousness, or states of
awareness, has provided numerous interesting and
influential studies. Sleep, dreams, and hypnosis
are states of awareness that have intrigued
psychologists because they relate to the quality
of psychological interaction with the environment.
States of awareness change constantly, which
produces changes in behavior. Studies in this area
have made great contributions to the understanding
of psychology. Researchers pursuing answers about
states of awarene...
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Media Portrayal On Youth Women Minorities
885 words
Mankind has now reached the time where Television
and the Media has become one of the most
influential resources, which all people frequently
use in their everyday lives. With at least one
television present in each household in America,
families have incorporated all that television
brings to the public into the privacy of our
homes. Though the concept of Television is still
fairly new, Media has been in existence dating
back to biblical times. Aware of its indescribable
power, many have used t...
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Second Degree Murder Mercy Killing
875 words
On Sunday, October 24, 1993, Robert Latimer killed
his daughter, Tracy Latimer. Robert Latimer placed
Tracy in his truck and ran a hose from the exhaust
pipe into the cab of the truck. Tracy was killed
by carbon monoxide poisoning and Robert Latimer
confessed to the murder. What makes this case so
unique and debated is that Tracy Latimer had
cerebral palsy. Robert Latimer has been in court
several times and has only served minimal time in
jail. On November 16, 1994, he was first convicted
of sec...
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Paying Their Own Tuition Students Paying Their Own Tuition Time
1,033 words
I have a friend named Elizabeth Smith who went to
the University of Illinois - Chicago. She did not
have to work because her parents paid for her
school and all her expenses. All she had to worry
about was studying and doing her homework.
Nevertheless, instead of using the time wisely,
she would always procrastinate doing her
schoolwork by saying that there is enough time to
do it later. Moreover, almost every afternoon she
watched television and talked on the phone with
her friends. Still, she ...
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Macbeth King Lear And Much Ado About No
1,008 words
Shakespeare writes his plays to teach a moral
story, of behavior and love. The three plays, King
Lear, Much Ado About nothing, and Macbeth, the
parents are very stubborn and their views are very
narrow toward their children. The children know
that they are treated poorly but love their
parents although they have many faults in trust
and love. Each play ends with a loving
relationship because thoughts about one another is
cleared up and they live happily ever after. King
Lear, has many valuable p...
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Homosexual Couples Sexual Orientation
1,495 words
When people think of gay rights they think that
homosexual people want to have special rights,
rights that heterosexuals do not have, but this
idea is entirely wrong. Homosexuals just want to
have the same rights as heterosexuals, nothing
more, and nothing less. Homosexuals are a growing
minority with nearly a million gays and lesbians
identifying themselves as members of same-sex
couples in the 2000 census. But the total gay
population is much larger, since the census didnt
provide an opportuni...
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Social Consciousness American Express
437 words
Cause related marketing can be defined as "a
commercial activity by which a business and not
for profit organization form a partnership with
each other to market an image, product or service
for mutual benefit" (Research International). In
this mutual relationship both the not for profit
take something away from the table so to speak.
The corporation gains an image of social
consciousness, while the not for profit receives
valuable marketing publicity, and, in some cases,
money. While cause rela...
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Nonviolent Revolution Valuable Lessons Hero
557 words
When I think of a hero I immediately think of
someone who is strong, intelligent, handsome, and
daring. Upon closer examination, many different
qualities than these become apparent. Courage,
honesty, bravery, selflessness, and the will to
try are just a few of the overlooked qualities of
a hero. The definition of heroism changes with the
context and time. Heroes of the past are not
necessarily heroes of present time and vise versa.
A person can be a hero for saving the life of one
or of millions...
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Playing Games Teaches Us About
284 words
No one can deny the importance of playing games in
our life. Some people argue that playing games
teaches us many valuable things about life, while
others believe that playing games teaches us
nothing about life. I strongly support the idea
that playing games is beneficial in our life for
the following reasons. One reason behind making
playing games useful is that it teaches us
teamwork especially in team games. In team games,
the individual team members should not only play
for personal achieve...
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Sickle Cell Anemia Stem Cell Research
1,148 words
Embryonic stem cells... are in effect, a human
self-repair kit, (Christopher Reeve, activist
Larry King show). For the advancement of science,
stem cells are infinitely valuable, especially
when considering all the potential applications in
the field of medicine. Stem cells usage is a very
controversial topic, because most people think of
abortions, cloning, and other negative topics when
they here the term stem cells. However I think
those thoughts are because they dont understand
what a stem c...
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Gay Or Lesbian Armed Forces
1,721 words
A wide variety of groups that reflect on gay
rights and their popular opinions are truly
consequential from these many assemblage. The only
major nostalgia that homosexuals yearn for is to
have the same rights as heterosexuals, homosexuals
want nothing more or nothing less. Homosexuals are
a growing minority with nearly a million gays and
lesbians identifying themselves as members of
same-sex couples in the 2000 census. Exception of
that the gay population is much larger, since the
census didnt ...
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Back To Civilization Ivory Trade Kurtz
972 words
The nightmare of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness
is found in its stark portrayal of madness under
the influence of an environment filled with
desolation. Its protagonist, Mr. Kurtz, was raised
amongst civilized people, adapted virtues that
were regarded proper in society during the
Victorian era, yet when he travels into the Congo,
where these qualities are of no consequence, he
abandons them to become wild. To understand how
Kurtz fell to this emotional corruptness, a reader
must be aware of ...
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