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In Search of Planet Vulcan

planetary motion (Baum and Sheehan, 1997). Sometimes, science experienced great triumphs; at other times, it was ludicrously wrong...

Peter Dear: “Miracles, Experiments and the Ordinary Course of Nature”

the 17th century, a time when religion was a powerful force in society, and when going against church teaching was considered here...

The Contribution Of Motivation Theories To Understanding Work Place Behavior

the idea that man was motivated economically. The increased efficiency meant that Ford could produce in one day what had previousl...

Motivation at Starbucks

the lower order needs. Higher order needs are motivators such as the desire to belong, recognition, development and self actualiz...

Is America or Mexico a Better Example of a “Melting Pot”?

arrived there; there are hundreds of sources describing these groups. The study of American history is fascinating, since it revea...

Your Attitude is Showing

2002). Chapter 3: Hold On to Your Positive Attitude According to the authors, the transmission of attitudes is one of the three ...

Schools of Philosophy as Used in Nursing

(Allmark, 2003, p. 4). Poststructuralism: This perspective takes a deconstructive view of structuralism and "sees inquiry as ine...

Practices in Buddhism

wily, and often capitalize on the religions popularity. "For example, seats of power are often located near stupas (commemorative ...

Education, Arete or Virtue, and Plato

like knowledge itself, is secure. Indeed, according to Plato correct opinion is a guide to knowledge. To be correct, opinions th...

Eyewitness Testimony Admissibility

Time Estimates: eyewitnesses typically overestimate how long an event took to unfold; 4. Cross-race Bias: eyewitnesses are more ac...

Nursing Profession and Men

degree (CBS News). Where 4.1 percent of new female nurses leave the profession after four years, 7.5 percent of new male nurses lo...

Imperialism in Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Dafoe

and threatens the other into a role of servitude to him, clearly reflective of the imperial mind that believes all other cultures ...

Matrix Evaluation Point Justification

Further, the Executive Summary should provide cost information in enough detail to give decision-makers an accurate view of how mu...

Stem Cell Research: Argument Against

of medical advancement that purports to save lives, the necessary research requires the taking of other lives, which presents a di...

Behavioral and Cognitive Schools of Psychology

of mind" (Wilder Dom, 2003). Boeree (2000) reports the roots of the cognitive movement began in the mid-1900s: "the advent of th...

Is Global Warming a Reality?

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

Discourses and The Prince Compared

the day and time in which they were written. Of course, no true political analyst can be excused simply for that reason. Still, it...

Philosophy and Logos

persuasive arguments, Aristotle mentions three techniques: pathos, ethos and logos (What is logos?) "Pathos" (from which we get th...

Letters from an American Farmer and the Writings of J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur

Once the American Revolution ended, Cr?vecoeur was appointed French counsel at New York, where he remained for a long time. While...

Paulo Freire/Pedagogy of the Oppressed

pedagogical approach is his definition of what it means to be a "democratic" instructor, that is someone who encourages and facili...

Nursing & Spiritual Care

much broader in its application. It is this broadness that allows nurses to reach across religious lines and distinctions. In a su...

How Revolutionary was the American Revolution?

enough to overcome racial discrimination or the claims of the south that it needed slave labor to work the plantations (Coombs, 19...

The Development of Problem Solving Skills

we first need to look at the developmental model of Piaget and what developments are seen as taking place at the different stages ...

Reaction Essay/Pedophiles & Priests

abusers" (Jenkins 133). This use of language paints Church officials as innocent victims of social change, rather than being knowi...

A Look at Aristotle's View on the Educated Mind

weight, how to raise children properly and so forth. The majority of people are not much interested in deeper issues. One may rel...

Political Thinking: The Perennial Questions by Glenn Tinder

a student, or anyone else, this think, but can present some insights that students and teachers alike may find useful, he states ...

Emotion

of love, attention and guidance children received during infancy has a direct correlation with the emotional disturbance of unatta...

Romantic Poet: Wordsworth

blowing on my body, felt within/ A correspondent breeze, that gently moved/ With quickening virtue" (Wordsworth I: 33-36). In thi...

Balancing Management Control with a Positive Workplace

The good leader will nurture and encourage the team members, delegation will still take place, but the leader will still understan...

Colonial America: New England and the Chesapeake

the pressure put on them by the Puritans were generally members of the larger, autonomous tribes, such as the Narragansett, the Wa...