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Psychological and Sociological Perspectives on Smoking

arms because of the no smoking signs which are appearing in office buildings, restaurants and other public areas around the nation...

Runway Clashes

flight 1736 collision on the runway at Tenerifes Los Rodeo Airport in the Canary Islands. The Flight KL4805/Pan Am 1736 d...

AM FM Radio Manufacturing

The first stage is to identify the different parts that are needed as these will be mostly outsourced and rough into the company. ...

Food Preferences and the Theories of B.F. Skinner

the way (Psychology.org, 2003). Another aspect of Skinners theory was that of "chaining," in other words, the fact that te...

A Study of Boredom

viewed as a feeling or sense of disinterest or of a lack of excitement. Boredom can exist as a response to specific stimuli, or i...

4 Questions on Criminal Justice

II. HOW EFFECTIVE IS PUNISHMENT IN CONTROLLING CRIME? WHY? Warehousing of prisoners is perhaps the most prevalent of all ap...

Cogito Argument of Rene Descartes

"by posing the question in terms of relation between thinking subject, deity, and external world, Descartes made a purely epistemo...

Skepticism and Descartes' Cogito

questions that are not answered by the phrase "I think. Therefore I am." What if one does not think? Does that prove that he or sh...

Child's Point of View in Susan Hill's I Am the King of the Castle

so that when he dies, it is all the more a shock to the reader. The point of view, though it is told by an omniscient narrator is ...

Michael Klare's Resource Wars and War Over Oil Reserves of the Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf, and South China Sea

The "Carter Doctrine" was later used to justify U.S. intervention in Kuwait under the first Bush Administration as well as Libya a...

Organ Donations and Ethical Complications

must be deemed brain dead in order for organs to be taken out. One author notes that, "Brain death and organ transplantation ar...

Cat's Perspectives on Either Hunting Birds are Watching TV

and be a potato with them. Dogs crave the attention and approval of their humans, while we cats could truly care less what people...

Symbolism in Dickinson's 'I Am Ashamed-I Hide'

be a Bride --/ So late a Dowerless Girl -" (Dickinson 2-3). This indicates that she has nothing to offer, that she is a poor woman...

Documentary History of the Contemporary World Jew

In five pages this paper discusses the contemporary era and the quest for Jewish Identity in an assessment of the text portrayals ...

The Importance of Ancestry in 3 Canadian Poets' Works

The Jewish Canadian heritage which figures prominently in the poetic works of A.M. Klein, Miriam Waddington and Irving Layton is t...

Communications Theory and TV Viewers' Habits

In twelve pages this research paper examines television viewing habits and why people watch what they do with various communicatio...

Examination of Charismatic Leadership

and the power of the government to act; it is the implementation of formal rules by the society. The second type of authority that...

Contemporary Families in Jonathan Kozol's Amazing Grace and Stephanie Coontz's The Way We Really Are

"The Woman Who Walked Into Walls" by Roddy Doyle. The Complexity of Families Today In Coontzs book many different families ar...

Why People Believe Weird Things; Pseudoscience, Superstition, And Other Confusions Of Our Time by Michael Shermer and Stephen Jay Gould

which has given fuel to his ability to see skepticism for its healthy aspects. In chapter one, the authors take great care in exp...

Arguing in Favor of Lifting the Cuba Embargo

that Cuba shares with the United States, many wonder why Cubans are flocking to Florida. The answer to that question may prove enl...

Second Meditation of Rene Descartes

In five pages Rene Descartes' Meditation II is examined in terms of the moral complexities of the philosopher's assertion 'I am, I...

Crash of Pan Am Flight 103 and its Implication on Aviation Regulations and Safety

In six pages this paper discusses aviation safety before and after the Lockerbie, Scotland crash of Pan Am Flight 103. Four sourc...

Work and its Significance

In eleven pages this paper discusses why work is necessary for people from psychological, economic, and spiritual perspectives. S...

Richard Matheson's and H.G. Wells' Use of Science Fiction to Portray Alienation

In a paper consisting of 5 pages alienation as a theme are explored in Matheon's I Am Legend and in Wells' The Time Machine and Th...

Refuting Rene Descartes' Argument 'I Think Therefore I Am'

off in the matter of modern political philosophies, it is still important to question what is meant by "think" or what defines the...

Health Care Alternatives

In five pages different alternative health care methods are discussed in terms of why people are exploring them and the benefits t...

Reasons for a Living Will

In five pages this paper discusses living wills in a consideration of why people compose them. Three sources are cited in the bib...

Persuasive Essay on Not Smoking

of heart and lung disease. For many, the reasons above are not "good" enough reasons for them to decide not to smoke....

Greek War God Ares

In seven pages Ares and his passion for war and brutality are examined as is the God of War's love affair with the married Aphrodi...

Why Mandatory Public Education is Necessary in the U.S.

In seven pages this paper discusses the reasons why public education should be mandatory for people of the United States. Five so...