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To Err And To Be Careful

... philosophical arguments behind the existence of an omnipotent, all- loving god who allows evil to exist by attacking not the actual idea of evil but by dissecting the reasons for error. In defense of God's pefection, however, Descartes maintains that God is perfect and thus would not create imperfect beings; hence man as well is perfect. To elucidate on this point the author states that perfection for mankind is perfect knowledge of the world; however mankind errs. Descartes attributes this error to the fault of mankind not fully grasping o ...

Number of words: 953 | Number of pages: 4

The Dress Code

... build class unity, increase our image in the community, and dress the students for business, not play. Magnolia Heights needs to continue this vital dress code and hair restrictions for the future. Having a school full of students wearing the same clothes and hairstyles helps build an attachment within the class. Students that wear many different styles of clothes all come together wearing similar pants, shirts, ties, and shoes. A required dress code and hair restrictions, helps everyone to be more comfortable by wearing similar clothes, oth ...

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The Working Class In Middletow

... earn a descent living, and fit into their own, middle of the road, social bracket. The third main group of classes is the lower class. The individuals in this class do not have the fortunate opportunities that the other classes share. These citizens have little or no education, make little money, and are often handicapped by a psychological or physiological disorder. In American history a class which doesn't fit this three system bracket has evolved. This class is called the working class. The working class is a rather complicated ...

Number of words: 2166 | Number of pages: 8

Heaven

... scared for a moment, but the warmth of the light comforted her. She could feel herself being pulled closer and closer to the light. The light became warmer as she grew nearer, and yet she still had no fear. Off in the distance, she could see sparkling gates; they looked as sparkling gold, so pure that they were transparent, like glass. As she looked through them she could see a man. Standing next to the gates she could see the man in full-detail. He was clothed with a long, white robe, and a golden sash across his chest. His head and h ...

Number of words: 560 | Number of pages: 3

Greed

... like Cornelius Vanderbilt and John D. Rockefeller were depicted as pure evil. Vanderbilt stole from the poor. Rockefeller was a snake. But the name-calling did not come from the consumers; it was the competing businesses that complained. The newspapers expanded on these comments, calling them "robber barons." These are inaccurate terms for these businessmen. They were not barons because they all started penniless and they were not robbers because they did not take it from anyone else. Vanderbilt got rich by making travel and shipping faste ...

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Sleepy Days Are Over...

... 6:30 in the morning. By the time I get to school, I am ready to go to sleep again. If you looked at my 1st period grade, you would come to the conclusion that there must be something wrong; and there is! That is why I think that if the start time of high schools were to be changed just half-an-hour later, it would benefit all the teachers, students, and parents in Washington State. Scientists have been researching and documenting the sleep patterns of high schoolers for years. The have found that there is a gland in our brain called ...

Number of words: 582 | Number of pages: 3

Computer Based Training

... students and teachers in learning a foreign language. Computers over the past five years have changed dramatically from the simple paperless typewriter with only a floppy disk to the multimedia system capable of playing back movies, music, and access to the Internet. There are several types of CBT instruction programs. Information that helps teach or encourages interaction can be presented on computers in the form of text or in multimedia formats, which include photographs, videos, animation, speech, and music. The guided drill is a computer ...

Number of words: 650 | Number of pages: 3

Turkish Free Zones

... accelerating the entry of foreign capital and technology, procuring the inputs of the economy in an economic and orderly fashion and increasing the utilization of external finance and trade possibilities, Free Zones Law numbered 3218 was issued in 1985. Since then, - Mersin (1987) - Antalya (1987) - Aegean (1990) - Ýstanbul Atatürk Airport (1990) - Trabzon (1992) - Ýstanbul-Leather (1995) - Eastern Anatolia (1995) - Mardin (1995) - ISE Ýstanbul International Stock Exchange (1997) - Ýzmir Menemen-Leather (1998) ...

Number of words: 1957 | Number of pages: 8

Transcendentalism

... and individualism. Self-reliance means that man is responsible for his own course in life, and he is responsible for whatever happens. Emerson states, “Nothing can bring [a man] peace but [himself]” (Emerson). This means that no matter how much man thinks he needs other things in his life to bring him peace, the only thing he really needs is himself. Individualism is the belief that states man should be his own individual, not what is popular, but what really matters to himself. Thoreau asserts that, “If a man does not keep pace wi ...

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Globalization

... benefits will depend on a greater emphasis on prevention such as managing the environment so that health risks do not occur. This is important because health risks are associated with environmental degradation. Environmental risks are borne disproportionately by the poor and disenfranchised; not just in developing countries but in affluent nations as well. Economic disparities are increasing both within and among countries. As a result of these disparities, the rich can often protect themselves from environmental threats to health while th ...

Number of words: 973 | Number of pages: 4

Establishing Information Polic

... Whereas organizational information in the past would typically follow a formal chain of command or an informal office communication network, it can now be passed around the world in milliseconds over the internet. Implementing and maintaining a set of checks and balances to ensure that e-mail and other means of electronic communication are used only in an acceptable manner can prove to be a difficult, time-consuming and costly endeavor. Therefore it is critical for any organization to establish policies and procedures for dealing wit ...

Number of words: 1173 | Number of pages: 5

How Media Influences Women

... is trying to look younger or wants to look younger. The things that we can associate with youth are obvious. We see the picture of youth and beauty everywhere. Look in any magazine, Watch TV, see billboards, everywhere you turn we see young, beautiful people. Youth is synonymous with beauty so little wonder why when you read this bumper sticker “few women admit their age, few men act it” a lot of women won’t divulge their age. To do so would be to admit they are perhaps older than they look or if we were to know their real age w ...

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