The history of philosophy begins in a point in time called the Axial Age, between the 6th century BC and 2nd century AD. Many people were beginning to question the current beliefs of that time and led to the philosophies we know today. Questions related to the meaning of life and reality were being asked; … Read more
Currently, one of the most talked about issues in health and nutrition is the obesity crisis in America, specifically the rapidly increasing rates of obesity. Is the obesity epidemic currently plaguing America being caused by Socioeconomic status (SES) and increasing poverty rates, or are parental/family influences to include lack of proper portioning/nutrition, sedentary lifestyle and … Read more
Death. A permanent cessation of all vital functions: the end of life (Dorland). What does death feel like? Nobody knows. At least, nobody wants to know. And of course, nobody wants to think about it. It must be painful, right? Well, maybe thinking about it is a good idea. Why should anyone have to go … Read more
Animals are sometimes housed in zoos for beneficial reasons such as educational purposes, providing habitat for animals unable to survive in the wild, and research purposes. A significant amount of research is conducted on factors that might be stressful to wildlife to improve the welfare and well-being of captive animals; however, an equal amount of … Read more
The definition of extradition is the transfer of an accused from one state or country that seeks to place the accused on trail. International extradition treaties often provide exceptions under which a nation can refuse to surrender a fugitive sought by another nation. It is the official process by which one nation or state requests … Read more
The Civil War was a war in the United States fought from 1861 to 1865 between the north and south. The north was fighting to outlaw slavery and the south was fighting to keep it. Although conditions were bad the north generally had better conditions during this war. Many people suffered because of the Civil … Read more
What do you think caused the death go millions of Native Americans? The answer is plague. The Smallpox plague was caused by the exploration and encounter of the Europeans in the the Americas. When said europeans first encountered the native americans they did not worry about the spread of disease and did not try to … Read more
The primary purpose of satire is to criticise the flaws of society by representing human nature’s questionable attitudes in humorous and ironic ways, in order to challenge the audience’s own perspective on themes of racism and religious hypocrisy. Exploring disturbing social causes malicious conditions in a society is an essential characteristic in most satirical texts. … Read more
The calculations for colligative properties do not depend on the identity of a substance that is being used because only the amount of the substance that is used plays a role. The types of calculations that are colligative properties are: freezing point of depression, boiling point elevation, vapor pressure lowering, and osmotic pressure.1 Colligative properties … Read more
With the intent of revisiting the tales of my childhood, I selected “Jack and the Bull” as the first tale for review. This tale has numerous variations on the initial circumstances which can indicate the origin or the story. In some versions, Jack is hired help on a rich man’s farm. In other accounts he … Read more
Crime occurs almost every day in the United States. Many crimes that occur have motives and there are countless types of crimes such as armed robbery, murder, and embezzlement. Crimes can be categorized as street crime or as white-collar crime. Street crime does more harm than white-collar crime. Street crime is more harmful than white-collar … Read more
Since the beginning of time, musical instruments have played a major role in society, especially the piano. Throughout its lifetime, the piano has grown and changed greatly as well as gained popularity extremely fast. “The pianoforte […] became, by the last quarter of the eighteenth century, a leading instrument of Western art music” (Powers, Wendy). … Read more
During our time in Cuba, we visited many excellent restaurants and paladars that each had unique foods and atmospheres which provided a different experience every day. One restaurant that stood out to us was Nazdarovie, a restaurant that celebrates the food of Russia, Ukraine, and other ex-republics of the Soviet Union. We found that their … Read more
Encounters with the two women suggest that physical desire and sex are essential aspects of the material world he must explore. When the first woman wordlessly invites Siddhartha to engage in a sexual act, Siddhartha refuses her, but his curiosity about sex remains. When he sees the beautiful courtesan Kamala, his lust finds a focal … Read more
Scrutiny he couldn’t perform his one task of occupying the executives. After a number of outings, similar to the basketball trip, Japes and Oh were accused of abusing the hotels trade policy. To start with, there was no trade policy and all the trades or exchanges that Japes and Oh had ever done were approved … Read more
The Board of Professional Counselors and Marital and Family Therapists is composed of five members appointed by the governor. The terms are five years. The boards responsibility is to regulate the practice of professional counseling and marital and family therapy. The boards responsibilities include: “Adopt and revise rules and regulations as may be necessary to … Read more
Zheng He is a name of which many don’t hear a lot around, much less know who he is. Zheng He is, however, one of the greatest ocean explorers in the 15th century, and can be named side to side with Ferdinand Magellan and Christopher Columbus. Zheng He’s 7 voyages to the Indian Ocean strengthened … Read more
In individuals with profound sensorineural hearing loss, the hearing mechanism, specifically the cochlea, does not function properly and is incapable of transmitting sound signals to be processed in the brain. However, a relatively recent medical innovation involving cochlear implants allows these individuals, who would otherwise be deaf, to perceive sound. Cochlear implantation is a safe … Read more
Clostridium difficile also known as C-diff in the medical world or C. difficile in the science world is a bacterium that infects the colon of humans. C-diff belongs to the bacteria Domain. Bacteria are unicellular organisms that contain Peptidoglycan in their cell walls. C-diff is a member of the phylum Firmicutes which means it has … Read more
Hip-Hop was brought into the U. S by a gathering of Jamaican settlers in the 70’s. One of the Jamaicans, Clive Campbell, A. K. A Kool Herc started, making instrumentals out of two turntables. While another man from the Bronx, Theodore Livingstone, A. K. A Grand Wizard, incidentally found the scratching sound of the turntable. … Read more
What experiences define an immigrant? A few may be loss of country, separation from loved ones, and most importantly, assimilation into a new culture. All of this can cause immigrants to feel isolated and unable to communicate with others. No other group experiences this more than Indian immigrants. Jhumpa Lahiri writes about this inability to … Read more
You begin to lay down after a long day at work you close your eyes and doze off to sleep you sleep as normal but then you begin to wake up and you open your eyes and you are completely aware of what’s is going on but you are unable to move. you begin to … Read more
When it comes to drinking water, most people immediately desire a crystal clear, ice cold bottle of water. What they might not know is that bottled water is dangerous; not only is it stored in a carcinogen-releasing container, but it has over 38 other chemicals and pollutants in it. Tap water, on the other hand, … Read more
I think that in these instances open questions were a better choice to make because at times reflection seemed to cause the client to pause and loose his direction. Or he may have needed to think more about how to respond. I found it difficult at several points in the interview to stay on topic … Read more
The concept of high risk and population strategies for preventative health was first introduced by Geoffrey Rose in his 1985 paper “Sick Individuals and Sick Populations” (Rose 2001). High risk strategy involves the identification of individuals who are more likely to get a disease and then providing treatment or preventative measures, while population strategies target … Read more
Critically acclaimed and advanced stories use character transformation both as a way of advancing the plot of the story and as a way of revealing universal truths about the human condition. Death, disarray, and a disenfranchised middle class roam the streets of Paris, hungrily searching for anyone who resembles an aristocrat to guillotine. In Charles … Read more
Have you ever had a painting that really spoke to you? When I visited the David Owsley Art Museum there was one painting in particular that stuck out to me, it was: Right Bird Left by Lee Krasner. Tis painting made me feel happy and gave me a lot of energy during the time I … Read more
Guenther Rumrich was born to a secretary of the imperial Austrian Consulate General in June 1911 in Chicago. At the age of 2, his dad transferred to Germany, one year later moved to Budapest, and lived with his parents and sister in Italy and in Russia. Between 1919 and 1928 Guenther was educated in Czechoslovakia … Read more
In the most basic sense evidentialism focuses on the justifications, beliefs, conclusions, and the evidence for each of these for any given person. William Clifford’s work, The Ethics of Beliefs, presents his principle of evidentialism and how one must judge the beliefs and justifications rather than consequences. Given Clifford’s definition, counter arguments regarding the necessity … Read more
When you read, do you ever felt like there is a recording playing in your head, telling the story to you? Have you ever noticed that each writer has a “voice” that is completely their own? Why do all of the great authors have a “sound” exclusive to themselves? Using precise wording and distinctive phrases, … Read more
Oligarchy: A country that is controlled by a small group of people. The definition of democracy has been forgotten when it comes to the election process. Some people even sum up the election process as a way of oligarchy government would do it. This isn’t the way our government worked before and it shouldn’t work … Read more
The direct supervisor is the individual who oversees the service activities and provides frontline staff with constant direction, assistance, and feedback. Support from supervisors may build nurse commitment. As organizational representatives, supervisors who strive to create favorable job conditions are likely to experience a reciprocal concern for the organizational wellbeing from nurses. In this way, … Read more
The theatre has been an important part of my life starting from a young age. Growing up, my mother was always involved with community theatre, and I would attend her rehearsals and performances. The very first live theatre performance I went to see my mom in was A Grand Night For Singing, and from the … Read more
There are have issues regarding faculty in higher education, specifically aimed at the purpose of faculty members, and if their roles as faculty are over rated. In this paper I will talk about different information that I have researched about faculty and their truths, and myths. This paper will explain and give examples of the … Read more
Poems are read by many for their personal entertainment and often rhyme. As such, these poems may also have a deeper meaning that only fewer people bother to seek out. Along with this, there is also an inevitable theme that lies within each and every poem made by one author merging all of their ideas … Read more
The Kroger company, a leading grocery store in the United States, has difficulties when it comes to the supply of seafood mostly due to the fact that it is hard to predict the supply or demand pattern (Kaufman, 2002). At times there is a significant number of products on the shelves that are in excess … Read more
The issue of distributive justice is relevant in our society due to current thoughts on economic inequality in politics. The political philosophers John Rawls and Robert Nozick have differing views when it comes to the topic of distributive justice. This analyze the positions of John Rawls and Robert Nozick, finding that Nozick’s view of distribution … Read more
In the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare the central theme is the struggle of true love to develop and strengthen within the right characters. Hippolyta, the queen of the Amazon, is captured by Theseus, the Duke of Athens, in a war between their two kingdoms. Hippolyta is forced to marry to Theseus … Read more
How did it happen? I will always remember that day very well, as clear and as vivid as if it happened yesterday. It was very stressful and upsetting. It was the day that I lost my job. Welcome to the dark realm of my existence, otherwise known as my personal memoir. I was previously an … Read more
It was about noon. The sun was high and bright. The air was crisp, clean, and without a breeze. It was about 87 degrees with about 10 % humidity. The city was busy, infact really busy. A lot of people were out and about, taking advantage of the weather after a cold spring. The weather … Read more
Across the healthcare system there are universal themes that can be applied to several fields of medicine, such as ambition to make a difference, maintaining effective communication, and overcoming obstacles that one encounters throughout his/her career. Six University of West Florida students procured six individual healthcare providers and performed semi-structured interviews with the professionals in … Read more
I never had a problem with English. I cannot recall learning to read or write, but I remember that once I was able to, I was not able to stay away from reading everything I could get my hands on and scribbling sentences on sheets of paper. In Daniel H. Pink’s book Drive: The Surprising … Read more
In the nonfiction text, Chew on This: Everything You Don’t Want to Know About Fast Food, Eric Schlosser, the author, explains the effects of fast food restaurants on the small town of Martinsburg, West Virginia. Surprisingly, some effects were good, but others were not so good. The new fast food restaurants made Martinsburg turn from … Read more
How were children regarded, treated and educated within the liberal ideas from the 17th-18th Century? Were these children well cared for and did they experience an easy life? Were families able to provide emotional support and was education a priority viewed in this earlier lifetime? Children were important to families, but not in the same … Read more
Over the course of the semester I have learned and grown remarkably in my listening and leaderships skills. EDPS 315 has been an extremely beneficial course over the semester and one of the most important classes that I have taken thus far in my educational career. Going into the course I did not think that … Read more
Creon is the tragic hero because of his error in judgment and his tragic flaw. Antigone is the main character and Creon is Antigone’s uncle, they live in a place called Thebes and Antigone needs to bury her brother but Creon doesn’t want Antigone to do so because it would be disrespectful to leave him … Read more
In the novel “The Great Gatsby”, Daisy Buchanan was faced with two different suitors. The first was Tom, who already had a wife and children with Daisy’s best friend. The second was Jay Gatsby, who is considered to be Daisy’s true love by the end of the novel. The question remains; why did Daisy choose … Read more
A lottery is typically thought of as something good because it usually means someone has won a big prize. However, in The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, the lottery is anything but good. The story is full of irony, beginning with the title. The lottery is not a game that randomly picks people to win prizes; … Read more
Dramatic Irony is a literary term that defines a situation in the play where the reader or audience knows something that the character does not. This creates tension and suspense in the story as the reader wait for the character to realize their mistake. One of the most famous examples of Dramatic Irony is found … Read more
Odysseus, who is the main character of the book “The Odyssey” written by Homer, would fit the dictionary’s definition of a hero. Odysseus is a Greek warrior who is well known for his intelligence and strong character. However, Odysseus is not a hero in the traditional sense. Odysseus acted out of self-interest when he easily … Read more