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European Union, Ireland, and the Conflict Surrounding the VRT Vehicle Registration Tax ; The Conflict between Ireland and the EU

in Ireland all cars are imported due to a lack of manufacturing facilities in the country. Therefore, this is a clever tool it kee...

EDTA Chelation Therapy as an Alternative Treatment Approach

have taken years to develop. The most vocal proponent of the treatment, Elmer M. Cranton, M.D., maintains that the only effective...

The Language of Black America: African American Vernacular English (AAVE)

the verb to be, such as in he be hollering at us (Powell, 1997). Other aspects of this dialect is to drop the consonants at the en...

Reproductive Technology and Identity

to be inferior (Chesterton, 1922). The idea behind this premise was to protect the American "identity" which in many ways was stil...

Twenty First Century Gun Control

gun control is that the existence, or presence, of guns in a private citizens home leads to more violence. Statistics have often i...

Teaching Reading

explained the bottom up model: "the reader first identifies features of letters; links these features together to recognize letter...

Pyramide du Louvre by I.M. Pei

controversial as the actual building. (An adjective often preceding his name is "iconic.") For one thing, the idea that an America...

Roles of Tobacco Scientists

In his book, Question of Intent (which basically blows the lid sky-high off the shenanigans in the tobacco industry), author David...

Injury and Safety Impacts of Bicycle Helmet Laws

enter emergency departments as a result of bicycle accidents (Business Wire, 1997). Over sixty percent of those individuals who d...

Historical Overview of Voodooism

African for Spirit(Corbett). "Vodou is tolerant. It receives. It honors and respects us all as though we were gifts. It tells us t...

Elitism and The British Broadcasting Corporation from 1922 to 1939

was introduced within two weeks of the BBC forming, and would act as a barrier to radio ownership, as ten shillings was a great de...

College Sports and Gambling

of the athletes (Sports Wagering, 2003). The NCAA argues that sports wagering of any kind "demeans the competition and competitor...

Non Smoking Workplace Law in New York

believes the law has already affected his business. "I had many customers who liked to smoke," said Georgikopoulos. "Now, many o...

Mystery Sonata in G Minor by Bach

J.S. Bach, such as pulsating basses and galant-sounding melodic lines (Baxendale, 2001). This has caused one critic to assert that...

Competing Visions of Thomas Morton and William Bradford in 'The May Pole of Merry Mount' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

setting for Nathaniel Hawthornes 1835 short story, "The May-Pole of Merry Mount." Bradford took a rather dim view of the festivit...

An Overview of American Sign Language

In 1994, estimates suggest that upwards of 500,000 deaf Americans incorporated ASL into their daily communications, while many oth...

The Passion of the Christ Film by Mel Gibson

film Braveheart is noted for its bloody battle sequences (Brackman, 2004). While The Passion is based on the Gospel of John, Brac...

Elementary Education and Difficulties in Writing and Reading

education, sometimes leaving little room for choice. This is true as teachers wrestle with their own autonomy and the school board...

Stem Cell Research and Cloning Issues

puts it as three to five times more significant than pain felt at a later stage of development (Strickler). From twenty weeks on, ...

Conventional Theology and The Passion of the Christ Film by Mel Gibson

slapped him and said, "Prophesy to us, Christ, Who hit you?" All Gospel accounts agree that Jesus was brutalized at this point, bu...

Voting and Legal Immigrants

as recently as the 1920s" (Worth, 2004). And, interestingly enough, until the city of New York abolished its school boards, "all r...

The Safety of Air Bag Use

or she may in fact be killed by an air bag ("In the" 2). The agency explained that children under 13 should not ride in the front...

Mining Uranium in Kakadu National Park

effected by the Mining Management Act (ERA, 2002). These are the primary tool by which operations are controlled. At the t...

An Exploration of Horoscopes

or the time and place of any other significant event that is being explored. While their validity is still doubted by many, other...

The Challenges of Stay at Home Mothering

assurance of a parent around at all times, and parents need to make sure that their children are properly taken care of. There is ...

Marriage

social and political institution that essentially serves as a national foundation in many ways. It is seen as the backbone of soci...

Bush v. Gore and the Electoral College

the problems that cropped up during this time prompted people to re-examine the electoral college and its relevance in todays day ...

Marijuana Legalization Supporting Arguments

it made people violent and by the 1930s, the substance was illegal in all states (Kuhn, Swartzwelder & Wilson, 2003). In 1936, Po...

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

characterizations and an interesting and imaginative plot, and not simply the fantastical setting. These features are exemplifie...

Is Global Warming a Reality?

warming is valid. Indeed, articles appear almost daily in major publications around the world. The electronic media devotes its ...