self-Love. Not only is the phrase self-love used as synonymous with the desire of happiness, but it is often confounded with the word selfishness, which certainly, in strict propriety, denotes a very different disposition of mind." --Slewart. [Webs Continue Reading...
Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire According to historians, the key to the establishment, survival and fall of historical societies is their use of resources and surplus income (Perkin 2002). Except for the most primitive, no society "would be able t Continue Reading...
Promethean myth holds a very strong hold upon the literature of the romantic era, a collected era of the rekindling of the ideas and ideals of classical antiquity. Though within each evolving age there is the incorporation of propriety and modernity Continue Reading...
Human Rights and Culture Smehra Cultures should have complete autonomy over the practices occurring within them. We live in a world where the word 'culture' has come to mean one of two things. In the literal sense of the word, when we say that some Continue Reading...
William Graham Sumner was a sociologist during the 19th century who conducted extensive studies on the sociology of society and human interaction. In his study of the dynamics of society, Sumner focuses on the function of social norms for the society Continue Reading...
Progymasmata Cigarettes Should be Illegal In today's modern world, we have discovered many things about the workings of our bodies which were know known just a few decades ago. The human genome has been mapped, making it possible to engineer plants Continue Reading...
Robert Coover analyses hypertext in a philosophical, political, and aesthetical context. The printed word, according the author, is not so much in danger of extinction as it is being threatened by new media. Because of the flexibility inherent in hy Continue Reading...
Wild species, which includes that of animals, plants, and of other organisms, constitute the most part of the seafood of the world and of the timber. The Wild species provide a means of earning to the communities apart from providing them with food, Continue Reading...
Life Philosophers much older and wiser than I have wrestled with the thorny question of life's meaning, and risen from the mat covered with scratches and welts, but still without answers. The questions regarding life's meaning plague mankind at tim Continue Reading...
Terrorist Organizations and the Media Subsequent to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, the world did change. Prior to the attacks, the term 'terrorism' was not as frequently used by the media world over, the way w Continue Reading...
finance and financial entrepreneurship. The basis of the article is on a discussion that was held on this subject among four leading lights of financial entrepreneurship in the United States - Michael Milken, Lewis Ranieri, Richard Sandor and Myron Continue Reading...
Wound Care Chronic wounds represent a devastating health care problem with significant clinical, physical and social implications. Evidence suggests that consistent, meticulous and skilled care provides the primary means by which successful wound ca Continue Reading...
Humans on Ecology- Deforestation in Brazil Humans have been supposedly trying to protect the eco-system and environment for a long time. However without realizing, they themselves are causing the most destruction by their ill-planned moves and car Continue Reading...
Excessive Population Growth Threats Associated with Excessive Population Growth The world population has grown more in the past 50 years than it did during 4 million years of previous human existence. It continues to grow at a rapid pace, showing n Continue Reading...
Tracks by Louise Erdrich It is easy to forget within the pride of patriotism that the United States is a post-colonial culture. Through the devaluation and near extinction of the cultures that once thrived within the confines of what some now consid Continue Reading...
Religions and Development It is popularly believed that countries, where religion has major influence in governance, tend to develop slower than those where religious beliefs are not a main influence or consideration. This statement uses the cases o Continue Reading...
ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, is a common childhood problem affecting as much as 3-5% of the school-age population. The core symptoms of ADHD are inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. Children with ADHD exhibit functional i Continue Reading...
John Martin pulled the plug on Black Sparrow Press. The fact that one more small press bit the dust wouldn't be big news, but for those who believe in the power of symbols and metaphors, Black Sparrow Press going flat-line means the end of an era in Continue Reading...
Streambank Erosion and Restoration Streambank erosion is one of the important and often neglected environmental problems. If not properly maintained the river and the stream banks can be easily eroded by the sheer force of the flowing water during t Continue Reading...
oozing, itchy, misery-inducing rash that comes from touching a member of the poison oak family would have no doubts at all that eradicating the plant is a fine idea indeed. This paper examines various methods of poison-oak eradication as well as th Continue Reading...
evolution and creationism. Evolution is usually held responsible for inducing immorality among its followers. This paper discusses the impact of believing in evolution on the behavior of student by describing both the evolutionary theory and its var Continue Reading...
ocean pollution, and how it is affecting marine life. It will also look at what is being done to control pollution in the United States and around the world. OCEAN POLLUTION AND ITS EFFECTS There are numerous pollutants contaminating the world's o Continue Reading...
Thoreau was a student of nature for virtually all of his adult life. During Thoreau's life, Cape Cod was a relatively unspoiled area rich with nature and people who worked closely in nature, such as farmers and fishermen. Those who lived on Cape Cod Continue Reading...
Telecommunications Act of 1996 was a high point in the history of telecommunications in the United States. It was coming twelve years after the breakup of AT&T; the Act endeavored to reposition all telecommunications markets in the direction of Continue Reading...
Gypsies, otherwise known as Roma, came to the Americas with the very earliest settlers. Throughout the course of the past 500 years, the Roma, their preferred name, have held on to their traditions and practices. Historical written record says that t Continue Reading...
symbolizes the sum total of qualitative and quantitative values on which the degree and extent of exploitability of the region for the purpose of tourism depends. It Is difficult to explain the 'potential' in numerical terms as it involves many fact Continue Reading...
Education of Abbasid Today, the majority of high school students hope to finish college one day. This is a realistic dream for many, as there is an established education system that gives students a choice of career paths and training. The modern wo Continue Reading...
First Peoples of the Americas and Their Times of Arrival According to Geologists and Meteorologists One of the earliest known inhabitants of the New World, or the Americas, which eventually became the United States of America, are said to be the In Continue Reading...
Conservative American Presidents The purpose of this paper is to introduce and discuss the return to conservatism in the American presidency after the 1980s. It will compare the similarities to earlier periods in the 19th and 20th century, and discu Continue Reading...
environmental ethics in "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn This paper looks at the book Ishmael by Daniel Quinn and how the environmental ethics as outlined by Quinn relate to the world and man today. How man by looking at the damage he has carried out in th Continue Reading...
Killing Shot to the Heart of the Rhetoric of the Pro-War Movement: The Man He Killed" by Thomas Hardy Often, 'poetry' is narrowly though popularly defined as the use of heightened or self-consciously poetic language to deal with a particular theme Continue Reading...
Economics of Forestry Timber is the major product currently harvested from forests. Timber is used in a variety of products ranging from houses to paper and paperboard products. Long ago it seemed as if the supply of wood from forests was abundant Continue Reading...
Affordable Housing and Smart Growth Smart Growth is an initiative started to increase the quality, distribution and supply of affordable housing for low-income earners. It is recognized that the growth of cities has been mainly influenced by the pu Continue Reading...
Powerful Stakeholder Policy to Prevent Industrial Environmental Impact Friedman's stakeholder theory emphasizes the critical function of stakeholders in determining company's goals and responsibilities. Responsibility in a corporation is stated as Continue Reading...
Striped Bass Morone saxatilis This seafood research paper will outline some basic facts about striped bass, one of the most succulent fish served in the United States. Basic information about striped bass, including market information, use in menus Continue Reading...
Earthy Odyssey: A Review If anyone would know about the state of our environment, it would be Mark Hertsgaard. As a respected journalist, he's traveled the world for over six years getting a first-hand view of the environmental destruction of our wo Continue Reading...
Languages The death of a language is caused by a number of different factors. The first is that increased transportation and communication will increase the need for people to be able to communicate with each other. In some cases, this gives rise to Continue Reading...
Biology Mammal: African Black Rhinoceros Reproductive Process: Females reproduce every 2-1/2 years Five Physical Characteristics: Warm blooded; Gray skin; Eats trees and bushes; solitary; night feeders Reason for Endangerment: Poaching (mainly to Continue Reading...
At a most simplistic level, the growth of the human population generates higher levels of consumerism. And the higher levels of consumption place supplementary strains on the already scarce natural resources. Additionally, the incremental levels of Continue Reading...
Adding to the confusion is the need for creating a more stable set of quality management, audit and compliance systems and processes that can scale with the company over time. This latter point is why the use of Six Sigma, lean manufacturing, the ad Continue Reading...
