Air Pollution
Air pollution Introduction With the great concern surrounding the destruction of the earths atmosphere due to air pollution, the immediate and direct harm caused to the human body is often over shadowed. While many are aware that our careless use of hazardous chemicals and fossil fuels may leave t....

Air Pollution
Air pollution is nothing new. Ever since the discovery of fire, less-than-desirable substances have been vented into the air. One of the first air-pollution regulations dates back to the fourteenth century, when King Edward I banned the burning of sea coal in lime kilns. U.S. air-pollution regulatio....

Al Capone
The infamous Al Capone (a.k.a. Scarface) is one of the greatest known criminals of the twentieth century. His organized crime influenced an entire generation. The era known as the Roaring Twenties would not have been roaring without Al Capones mob, that provided an escape for the people cau....

Alaska, The Final Frontier
Alaska, The Final Frontier, The Land of The Midnight Sun, Home to Denali and Mount McKinley, the highest mountain on the continent. The name "Alaska" was used by the Russians to refer only to the peninsula. This name was used by the United States to refer, first to the entire territory, and t....

Alcohol Abuse in College Students
As stated by the Social and Behavioral Sciences Department of Boston University School of Public Health, based on the number and proportion of 18-24 year olds enrolled in college, data on alcohol involvement in injury deaths among 18-24 year olds and survey responses, we calculated the numbers of ....

Alcohol and Youths
It is surprising to believe that A normal student who has over consumed alcohol takes about a weeks time to get his cells back to normal. So, basically, if a student drinks every weekend, he would never be back to his senses. It is really a matter of concern among college students because the ....

Beastly Behavior; Considering the Unethical Nature of Zoos
Zoo elephants swaying from side to side, cheetahs pacing endlessly, and manic monkeys grooming themselves to baldness. This disturbed trance-like behavior is a result of the lack of stimulus afforded to animals in captivity. However, to combat the positive aspect of zoos, it is also important to co....

benefits and harms of using cell phones of Mariano Marcos State University students
I. INTRODUCTION This research paper is all about the benefits and harms of using cell phones of Mariano Marcos State University students. The mobile phone or simply cell phones (others even named it into only to it's Abbreviation - c.p.) could have is its portability, for you can vary and use ....

Breast augmentation
Breast augmentation has become a major concern, especially in the American Society. After all the roots of the first silicon prosthesis started in Las Vegas. The first use of silicone was immediately followed by World War II, when doctors in Japan and Las Vegas began injecting the substances to enl....

Business Regulation Simulation
Business Regulation Simulation University of Phoenix MBA/560 Enterprise Risk Workshop 3 Business Regulation Simulation Abstract The simulation presents a scenario, which a local citizen of Lake Dira in the state of Erehwon, Bates, alleges that Alumina,....

Can online multiplayer games be hazardous to your health?
Can online multiplayer be hazardous to your health? So hazardous that they can even cause death? Some people say yes, while others say no. Before you answer this question take a look at some fact I gathered from the article titled "Caught in the Web," by Jon Miller. More than 140,000 people play Ev....

Catcher in the Rye - Innocence Complex
In J.D. Salingers The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield finds innocence to be the most important thing one can protect. Innocence plays an important role of creating Holden into the character he is. Salinger uses many symbols and characters to reveal Holdens character and his desire to protec....

Causes and Effects of Smoking
One of the most common problems today that are killing people, all over the world, is smoking. Many people start this horrible habit because of stress, personal issues and peer pressure. Some begin from simply being curious. One cigarette can result in smoking others, which can lead to major addi....

Chernobyl nuclear power plant
The biggest accident in history took place on April 26, 1986, when an explosion destroyed Number Four Reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. It left an area the size of New York State unsafe for humans to occupy and the city of 42,000 people was abandoned for the next 500 years. The a....

Comparative essay Arethusa & Death of a Naturalist
The poem Arethusa, from Ted Hughes's Tales From Ovid, is similar to Death of a Naturalist, written by Seamus Heaney in that they both explore a contrast between childhood and adulthood. The theme of rebirth or maturing is present in both of these texts. Puberty is a very important part of a human's....

corporal punishment
Corporal punishment is a very controversial topic that is being discussed amongst educators across the nation. Corporal punishment refers to any physical form of punishment, but in this case it refers to in schools. Currently there are many different terms used to label corporal punishment, for exam....

Criminal Responsibility
Contents Page 2 Contents Page 3 Introduction Pages 4-7 Mental illness and Criminal Responsibility paper Page 8 Conclusion Page 9 Bibliography Pages 10-11 Supplement ....

Demand Elasticity of Air Purifiers
When people think about air pollution, they usually think about smog, acid rain, and other forms of outdoor air pollution. Unfortunately, air pollution also can exist inside homes and other buildings and every year, the health of many people is affected by chemical substances present in the air with....

Dentistry
Dentistry I. Introduction Dentistry, practice of preventing and treating diseases of the teeth, gums, and tissues of the mouth. Unlike other human tissue, such as skin, that continuously grows and self-rejuvenates, dental structures generally cannot repair themselves and require regular car....

Diminishing our Ecological Footprint: Wind Energy
The Earth, our most precious resource, is suffering from severe negligence and abuse from its most advanced inhabitants: humans. Humans are continually reproducing at large and fast rates, thus putting strain on our vital environment. As our species grows there is naturally a higher demand for foo....

Discuss how pressure groups can influence the behaviour of tobacco firms
The purpose of this essay is to illustrate the way pressure groups affect the activities and policies of businesses by using the example of Philip Morris (PM), which is an international tobacco company. Moreover, recommendations on the actions Philip Morris should be setting in will be included as w....

Drug legalization
Should Drugs be Legalized In a country that lives on the basis of life, liberty and happiness and freedom of thought, its no surprise that people have opposing views on issues. They even disagree on something that I think is cut and dry: drug use. The first major banned substance in the United....

Earth, How Does It Compare?
Earth, how does it compare? I have heard it called many names, the Big Blue Marble, Third Rock from the Sun, and Earth. This planet is a very special planet. Let us take a closer look at Earth first and then compare it to the other planets. Earth is the only planet in the solar system known to ha....

Environmentalism
Environmentalism Conservation has always been an important tradition leading back from the Sixteenth Century, yet there has not been much heard or even learned of environmental conservation on the news or even in schools, but there is much heard of environmental issues and its about time to ta....

Ethical Academic Behavior in the 21st Century
Ethical Academic Behavior in the 21st Century: A Look at Technologys Influence on the Modern Day Student Ethics is a diverse and complicated subject that has long been researched and debated. There are several forms of ethics, reflecting different views and opinions. However, applied ethics....

Eva Luna, the Condemnation of Romanticism
"Sexuality n. the condition of being characterised or distinguished by sex." - Encarta World English Dictionary In traditional Romantic literature, the roles of male and female protagonists were highly stereotypical, depicting harsh divisions of power, status, control and influence. In refle....

Fad Diets vs. Healthful Eating
While it is faster to lose weight when on a fad diet, fad diets are dangerous to the body and a waste of time in weight loss. There is such a major emphasis placed on appearances in the United States, women are virtually obsessed with their bodies. Body image issues are increasing daily, with at lea....

From Combating the Poor to Curtailing Substance Abuse
Targeting the poor through Crime Reduction policies against substance abuse in the US must give way to Dynamic Harm Reduction, which addresses the issue at its core, if it truly wishes to alleviate the international ï¿½drug problem.ï¿½ In the early 1970s, the realization of the wide spread c....

GLOBAL WARMING - A TRADGEDY OF THE COMMONS:
GLOBAL WARMING - A TRADGEDY OF THE COMMONS: AN ETHICAL PERSPECTIVE December 20th 2006 Greenhouse Gases Greenhouse gases are gaseous components of the atmosphere that contribute to the greenhouse effect. The major g....

globalization
Globalization Globalization is a buzzword which in modern times has come to be identified with a number of trends, many of which have developed since the Second World War. These trends include greater international movement of commodities, money, information, and people; and the development of tech....

Gun control
A problem that has developed recently in our society is the debate over gun control. Many questions arise concerning who should be able to own guns, and how those particular guns are obtained. One major debate is over our Constitutional right to own guns. I want to know when the government should dr....

Higher taxes should not be imposed on soft drinks and junk food to encourage healthy eating
There is nothing better than a 3XL Papa John's pepperoni and cheese pizza and a large "non-diet" coke. Let us be honest, America without its original burgers and French fries is like Cuba without its Salsa music. Every citizen has the right to choose whichever lifestyle is the best for him....

Hobbies and why there are important
A hobby can take you out of your life for a while. It can be invigorating, relaxing, educational, fun, or maybe, if you are lucky, a little of everything. Hobbies are more than just ways to creatively pass the time. They are also good for your health. Hobbies and other leisure activities can have ma....

Independent reading assignment
Independent reading assignment Title of book: Go Ask Alice Sept. 16Dec. 25 Go Ask Alice opens with issues that are as relevant to teenagers today as they were in the 1960s. Alice is a perceptive, sensitive, and insecu....

Influence of culture on the experience of psychopathology
Title: Describe the influence of culture on the experience of psychopathology. Why is it important for the clinician to acknowledge and appreciate the patients culture before determining a diagnosis? In the recent decades, numerous researches have shown the importance of culture as....

Legacies of Imperialism
Essay on the Legacies of Imperialism Tunisia and almost all of Africa were imperialized by France in the nineteenth century. This was an event with major implications in world history. In some ways, the impact can still be felt today or at least provide some foundation and understanding for....

Legalization of Drugs
Legalization of Drugs I. History The history of drug laws goes all the way back to 19th century. The first law outright prohibiting the use of a specific drug was a San Francisco, California ordinance which banned the smoking of opium in opium dens in 1875. This law was passed to prevent wome....

Medical Marijuana - A Legal Smoke?
A Legal Smoke? Modern research suggests that cannabis is a valuable aid in the treatment of a wide range of ailments. Marijuana's therapeutic uses are well-documented in modern scientific literature. The studies arrived at the conclusion that marijuana provides symptomatic relief for a number of....

methadone
The use of Methadone Maintenance to treat addiction to heroin and other opiates was developed in the mid-1960 and has become the most widely employed treatment of opiate dependence in the United States. Consistent with its origins as an intervention to curb heroin addiction, methadone maintenance....

Modern Health Hazards
Modern Health Hazards, dangers arising from man made circumstances that threaten the wellbeing of humans environment. These are normally taken as hazards arising from the mistakes human's have made over the past year's affecting the Healthy status of the entire planet completely. Different hazards t....

Morris jumel Mansion
Chapter One Introduction The subject of this thesis is the analysis, conservation, and stabilization of a lace lappet from the Morris-Jumel Mansion. The MorrisJumel Mansion is an historic house museum located in the Washington Heights section of northern Manhattan. The Mansion is the oldest r....

Mothers birth
My Mother's Second Birth I have always believed that the birth of a baby into this world is the most magical experience parents could ever have. The sight of their newborn child takes away all their heartaches and struggles endured in life and make them enter a blissful stat....

mountain top mining
Environmental Impact Of Mountaintop Mining Bonnie Caldwell Business Ethics 242S-401 Professor Carnahan September 17, 2006 Abstract After congress passed the clean air act in 1990, the industrial sector of the economy had to change its operations ....

Nuclear Energy
Energy consumption is a necessity in the current day and age. Without it we would not be able to develop and maintain new ways to prolong the average life span. However, there is a catch to modern methods of energy development. Pollution created by energy producing plants has become a major looke....

Occupational Stress in the Workplace
Stress in the workplace is an issue that affects many workers. Workplace stress became a concept decades ago, but research shows that this concept is only getting worse and plaguing workers to a much greater extent. Although there is a federal agency that strictly regulates this issue, it is still....

Ozone Depletion
Atmospheric ozone layer depletion is a serious problem currently facing the world. The ozone layer protects humans, animals, and plants from harmful ultraviolet rays. Money and time are being spent on ozone repair, but the problem still exists.The ozone layer is a region of the stratosphere containi....

Programming Minds: Television's harmful effects on society
Television has had a terrible effect on our society. What effect has television had on our society? How does it impact the intellectual, moral, and psychological development of our children? According to numerous Gallup polls over the years, this is an enduring - and growing - concern of many....

Racial Diversities
We live in a world of differences, of seemingly infinite diversity and variety. These differences are of all types, affecting both animate and inanimate matter, living and non-living things. Humanity is certainly no exception to this rule, but exhibits great -- sometimes even bewildering -- variatio....

racial hostility
What social issues do you think are most likely to engender hostility along racial and ethnic lines? Why? Even though that the racial hostility is commonly assumed to be irrational in its essence, this is far from being truth. One of the most important principles of logic states that there is alw....

Response to The Promised Land by Nicholas Lemann
Book Response: The Promised Land Nicholas Lemann gives an exhaustive and up-close account of the great black migration and the governments efforts to deal with it in this book. He shows how the chaotic Southern sharecropper life tended to translate itself in the Northern urban setting of Chica....

Romeo and Juliet VS. The Blood Wedding
Suffering is the ancient law of love; there is not quest without pain; there is no lover who is not also a martyr. This famous quote is said by Heinrich Suso, a German mystic. Suffering is a very common human emotion felt countless times throughout a persons life. It is also a common aspect of....

Sex Offenders
Sex offenders have been a serious problem for our legal system at all levels, not to mention those who have been their victims. There are 43,000 inmates in prison for sexual offenses while each year in this country over 510,000 children are sexually assaulted (Oakes 99). The latter statistic, ....

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson About the author The author of the book Silent Spring, Rachel Carson, was not only a writer but also a scientist and ecologist, who grew up plainly in the rural river town of Springdale, Pennsylvania. In 1929, Carson graduated from Pennsylvania College for Women p....

Skin Cancer
What causes melanoma? Scientists do not yet know exactly what causes melanoma skin cancer, but we do know that certain risk factors are linked to the disease. Some risk factors, like smoking, can be controlled. Others, like a person's age or family history, can't be changed. But having a risk factor....

Skinny or Smart
Would you rather be skinny or smart? This question hits young girls across America. Today many of our young Americans are losing weight to essentially be more beautiful. I use the word beautiful carefully because beautiful is not what is on the outside, but the inside is where it counts. Yes, so....

Solar System
Humans live on a small planet in a tiny part of a vast universe. This part of the universe is called the solar system, and is dominated by a single brilliant star-the sun. The solar system is the earth’s neighbourhood and the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and P....

Steriods in baseball
Abusers in Americas Past-time Major League Baseballs (MLB) commissioners are debating about the anabolic steroids situation that is occurring in professional baseball today. Too many professionals are getting accused of using the harmful drug. Professional baseball players are getting test....

Steroids
Steroids are mainly used to improve athletic performance and are sometimes used for medical purposes. Steroids are very addictive and can cause very serious physical and psychological side effects. There are laws and penalties against anabolic steroids because of the unfair advantage and dangerous....

The Dark Side of Tanning
The Dark Side of Tanning Why does humanity tan excessively? Many researchers claim that tanning is damaging to skin and can even cause skin cancer. There are three types of skin cancer; the symptoms, causes, prevention, and treatment are different for each. Due to the rapid growth of skin cance....

The Economic Effects of Red Tide in the United States
Abstract This paper is an attempt to inform readers about the economic impacts that harmful algal blooms (HABs) have on the United States. I will cover the effects they have on the commercial fishing industry. I will also cover the economic impacts they have because of public health issues. We....

The Effects of Marijuana
Marijuana is a mood altering or psychoactive drug that has many nicknames, such as pot, weed, ganja, sensi, herb, and others. It is an ancient drug that dates back to hundreds of years to Asia. Many cultures have used it during meditation, religious worship, and for intoxication. Marijuana its....

the harmful effects of television
Television is an important aspect of the twentieth century. We are a technological society where television is the leading source of all our information. Society relies on it to get their news, watch their favorite programs, and listen to their favorite music. Television is changing the way we look,....

The Long Term Effects of Marijuana
Marijuana is a drug that divides people. Some people claim it as the wonder drug of the '90s, capable of relieving the symptoms of many serious illnesses. Others curse the day the cannabis plant was ever discovered. From pain relief to stimulating the appetites of patients on chemotherapy, marijuana....

The Source of Grief in Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet are young, and foolish. Romeo rushes into things and appears to be in search of love whereas Juliet is young and naïve and easily seduced by his charm. These two confused lovers played a major roll in the deaths of both Tybalt and Mercutio and the final grieving of the Montagues ....

three harmful effects of global warming
The most three harmful effects of global warming From the serious dangers that face Earth these days is global warming. To deal with it properly we must first know what is it or its definition which is indent "global warming is the observed and projected increases in the average temperature of ....

Turning a Blind eye
Time is running out The world around me is changing and not for the better. The streets are crowded and polluted, the world isnt meant to be treated this way. Trees are scarce, so is oxygen, every breath could be my last. Skyscrapers tower over them as they continue with their lives, not know....

TV Violence
Despite lawmakers' repeated calls to end prime time shootings, beatings and other make-believe mayhem, an FCC inquiry into the need for restrictions on TV violence is generating little enthusiasm from everyday citizens. Through last week, the FCC had received fewer than 170 requests from parents ....

Ulysses mimics Homer's Odyssey - James Joyce
It is no secret that James Joyce's novel Ulysses mimics Homer's Odyssey. Joyce planned for the novel to be a mock heroic epic; he created characters that resembled Homer's, included Homer's major themes like the quest for a father and the intervention of gods, there are some similar situations in bo....

Vehicular pollution
Vehicular Pollution: Causes & Prevention There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all. Such has been the extent of pollution that no one has been spared. The word pollution and the act itself have shaken the very foundation o....

vehicullar pollution and its causes
The large majority of today's cars and trucks travel by using internal combustion engines that burn gasoline or other fossil fuels. The process of burning gasoline to power cars and trucks contributes to air pollution by releasing a variety of emissions into the atmosphere. Emissions that are releas....

Whats for dinner - Genetic foods
Whats for dinner? You cant see, smell, or taste the difference. And you cant read about it on food labels or restaurant menus. But you and your family are now part of a vast culinary and biological experimentdining on an expanding menu of genetically engineered foods. Genetically engi....

WHITE NOISE (Don DeLillo) "Life is a Sumation"
Simulation, by definition, is an imitation; the assumption of false appearances. Simulation is evident throughout almost all of the events in the White Noise. It gives a melancholy view of how a typical middle-class American family, the Gladneys, along with the rest of society, shar....

Women in the Progressive Era
In the 1890s, American women emerged as a major force for social reform. Millions joined civic organizations and extended their roles from domestic duties to concerns about their communities and environments. In the years between 1890 and 1920, a time of social changes, that became known as the Prog....

Youth Drug Abuse
Introduction The use of drugs has become an epidemic all over the world. Its use is increasing at a very fast rate, risking the lives of millions of people from different races, cultures, and countries. The drug use has begun to reflect socially and culturally. Though more public money is spent on ....

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