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» Miscellaneous Essays and Papers
Public Education Vs. Home Scho
<view this essay>.... rather than creation, a highly debated topic among parents and politicians. This humanistic view may be due to the removal of God and prayer in public schools, upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1962. Since then, SAT scores have plummeted, while teen pregnancies, suicides, alcoholism, drug abuse, violence, and illiteracy rates have increased dramatically.
Many believe disciplinary problems begin before a child’s introduction to public school. In Washington, D.C., the principal of one elementary school banned regular recess due to drugs and violence. The children played outside only within an enclosed eight-foot concrete barrier. At times, play was a .....
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Leadership, Citizenship, Commu
<view this essay>.... aspect that a good leader should have and demonstrate is that of a good citizen. a leadership should portray the highest level of citizenship. Being a good citizen means obeying the laws of the community you live in and enforcing them to a certain degree as well. The use of drugs is illegal nation wide and so a leader is not setting the proper example or being a good citizen if he or she participates in the use, sale, or is associated with drugs. A leader should not order or tell his subordinates to do anything in which he can not do or does himself. If a leader explains the hazards of drug use and why not to use or be associated with them he should .....
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Hospital Care
<view this essay>.... by utilizing a resource allocation version of the Critical Path
Method (\"CPM\"). Getting the machine up and running is of great interest to the
hospital, as revenues generated by the CATSCAN are projected to be in the
range of $25,000 per monthAccording to the text, the project is slated to
have a duration of twelve months. The waiting time for the CATSCAN is five
months. This leaves the PM eight months to accomplish her goal. Given that the
equipment is arriving simultaneously with the onset of the construction
project, I would suggest a combination of a heuristic approach using an \"As
Late As Possible\" (\"ALAP\") prioritization with a fa .....
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Donnellan On Attribution And Reference Idiolects
<view this essay>.... the proposition x’ is identical with C’ is true.”1 In contrast, the entity x is the denotation of C, thus enabling the speaker to use an expression that denotes some forms of the entity. Second, the speaker uses “the definite description to refer to something, and call this use the referential use of a definite description.”2
Donnellan asserts that there are two uses of definite descriptions that he will call the attributive use and the referential use. A speaker exercising the attributive use of definite descriptions asserts something about “whoever or whatever is the so-and-so”, whereas a speaker using a definite description referentially enables his au .....
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Cranberry Glades
<view this essay>.... Appalachian hardwoods. Pure red spruce stands are common at the highest elevations.
Wildlife in the area includes black bear, white-tailed deer, wild turkey, grouse, snowshoe hare, cottontail rabbit, mink, bobcat, fox and a diversity of birds, snakes, and amphibians. Naturally acidic water conditions limit fish variety. Streams within the area are not stocked
Hunting and fishing (and trapping) are permitted subject to West Virginia State Hunting and Fishing Regulations. However, the area is totally within the Black Bear Sanctuary, which is closed to all bear hunting by regulations of the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources.
Over 50 miles of maintain .....
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COMPOSTING AND THE GROCERY INDUSTRY
<view this essay>.... component of an integrated solution for solid waste
management. To do this the industry supports the development of
composting systems for grocery manufacturers and retailers, and the
development of the supporting infrastructure. Composting can handle from
30 to 60 percent of all municipal solid waste, including food waste, yard
waste and paper and paperboard waste.
The grocery industry is committed to a high level of product stewardship.
This commitment includes the environmentally sound management of wastes
generated at the retail levl as well as wastes from grocery products after
they have been sold and used by consumers. Much of this waste is org .....
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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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Intellect
<view this essay>.... does not
always respect the intellect. Intellect is often thought to be "smartness".
An intellectual is thought to be, in some minds, an "academic genius".
But in fact the essence of intellect is common sense. In all everyone has
common sense but the intellect has a plethora of it. Common sense is
intellect. Common sense is logic, reason, and judgment. Intellect is logic,
reason, and judgment. The power of knowing is logic, reason and judgment.
Intellect is the power of knowing, intellect is common sense.
log·ic: the science of correct reasoning; science which deals with
the criteria of valid thought. Intellect is logic. The intellect will
always mak .....
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