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» Miscellaneous Essays and Papers
The Chicago Bulls: Number 5???
<view this essay>.... goodbye Travis.
Now, as for the Lakers, they have recently signed star center Shaquille
O'Neal, the biggest force in the league. Now that they Shaq, Magic Johnson will
unretire (again), because he feels that with Shaq, Nick Van Exel, Cedric
Ceballos, Eddie Jones, and Kobie Bryant, they will finally be a contender for
the title. They have drafted Derek Fisher, he is a strong player and shows good
leadership, but he will mainly serve as Van Exels backup.
Finally, the Houston Rockets. They have Hakeem Olujuwon, Clyde Drexler, and
guess who? Charles, yes, Charles Barkley, the man from Phoenix, the round mound
of rebound. They have alsodrafted Othell .....
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Computers And The Military
<view this essay>.... of the main reasons that new inventions have been made, and the military was quick to see the destructive potential in computer technology and to try to exploit it to get ahead of the enemies.
Due to the development within technology, the military is now far more than just infantry whose task is to run around in the front line and fire their guns. Warfare is now totally dependent on sophisticated computer technology in numerous different areas. Examples are the navigation of a submarine and intelligent long-range missiles. What most people associates with computers and war may be various simulation and action games. This is big business for software developers .....
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Tongan Mothers In New Zealand,
<view this essay>.... services (MOH, 1998). The focus has been the use of Well Child Health book (WCH). Over the years, the WCH book have developed from growth monitoring using weight, height and age to a comprehensive booklet to cover growth monitoring, immunization, nutritional status, records of sickness episodes and other reasons for use of health services. The latter version has also included health promotion materials for mothers and health care workers.
The wide use of the WCH book has not been accompanied by stringent research to assess its efficacy. That is, the book has been widely used but to date no research have demonstrated that the health of children using the boo .....
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Cultural Relativism
<view this essay>.... cultural differences argument goes like this; 'Different cultures have different moral codes, thus there is no one correct set of moral claims, only those that conform to the major set of beliefs within the given culture'.
Firstly I am going to look at James Rachel's (in 'The Elements of Moral Philosophy', Ch.2) analysis of this argument, and secondly I would lie to give my assessment of the argument.
Rachel's argues that this argument is not logical, as the conclusion does not follow from the factual premise. The premise makes an assertion about differences in moral beliefs. The conclusion makes an assertion about the nature of moral facts or truths .....
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Y2k Vs. Stock Market Crash
<view this essay>.... be there the next day or whenever they need it. In an age of information this might not be a wise idea. People are buying information on margin. They buy easy interfaces like Turbo Tax and Windows 98 that come to a computer user with almost no skill. The data is invested by these “Computer Dummies”. It is the assumption that the data will be safe that will hurt computer users worldwide. It will happen sooner or later which is what people in 1929 knew about the stock-market crash.
Many believe the most logical date for this data crash is January 1st, 2000. Many know about it and the possible “infections” the Year 2000 bug could cau .....
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Ideas Of Automobiles
<view this essay>.... motor vehicle. This invention practically
started the whole automotive industry. During the next 30
years, many people tried to enter the industry, but only a
few were successful.
During the early years, every car was built entirely by
hand. This process was very slow and also very expensive.
This is the main reason so many early innovators went out
of business while the other ones were not profitable enough
to expand their business. Henry Ford changed that when he
introduced the assembly line. This both increased
production speed and decreased cost. This idea of mass
production revolutionized the automobile industry. Soon
all of t .....
Number of words: 1490 | Number of pages: 6 |
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Personal Writing: College
<view this essay>.... I wanted to be an engineer. Well
that was a choice I made, and it was not exactly a choice I thought about
adequately. As it turns out engineering just wasn't what I was meant to do.
Some people would say that I made a bad decision, but I would
rather say that I made an unwise decision. Computer engineering (the
major that I choose first semester) was a lot more than I expected. I
ended up failing Physics, Calculus and Chemistry! In addition to that, I
was subject to separation from < > college. Well, now a decision really
had to be made; it was time for me to make a choice.
My parents told me to think about other colleges and to think
about other thin .....
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Huck Finn Vs. 19th Cevtury Eth
<view this essay>.... beliefs in our modern world. Huck lives with the guilt that all his
choices could be considered immoral based on his society; yet, really his
beliefs could be just in comparison to man’s conscience. Three of the major
instances in the novel when Huck’s beliefs contrast those of the ninetieth
century are when he questions the outcome of Jim, when he tries to
comprehend the concept of the feud, and when he must decide whether to
save the men on the Sir Walter Scott.
Although Huck’s choices concerning Jim’s life can be thought to be
the moral and proper choices, Huck is pounded by his society’s teachings the
Black men are property. When Huck first escape .....
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