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» Miscellaneous Essays and Papers
Recycling
<view this essay>.... up with were opening more landfills, incineration, shipping out of the country, and oh yeah . Three out of these four were very bad, both ecologically and ethically. But the fourth one on the other hand was very good, it reduced energy use to make knew products, saved the wilderness by not dumping trash on it, and best of all created basically new products without almost any waist.
Lots of people believe that it is not worth their time to recycle or that whatever they do is insignificant, but that's wrong it really takes no longer to throw a can in the bin than in the garbage. Anything that anybody recycles makes a difference, for instance one aluminu .....
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Step-parenting
<view this essay>.... parent’s love.
Many children assume that they are responsible for the absence of their parent. Many children believe that their misbehavior may have been the reason. The child’s subsequent lack of feeling worthy, can cause children to behave or misbehave, in different ways. They may withdraw from activities with friends and family, they may even think things like, "How can anyone love me, my own parent didn't even love me?" Children may misbehave because they are angry with themselves. One method of helping the child deal with his or her feeling of guilt is, for the adults (parents) to visit with the children right away. Discuss the changes and ho .....
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Supply And Demand 2
<view this essay>.... about 11 every day- while waiting for a chance to extend their life through organ donation (Yoakam 1). This figure, when looked at from an economic standpoint, exemplifies a case of supply and demand between organ donors and patients “with a diseased organ”. Just as there is a supply and demand in any given market, there are also complementary and substitute goods. Who decides who gets transplants and who doesn’t? This question implies that the organ market also needs to have various, effective allocation mechanisms. The organ market has complementary and substitute goods and can use various effective allocation mechanisms.
A person th .....
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Negative And Positive Attitudes And The Checkout Line
<view this essay>.... It is easiest to determine their "expected
etiquette" by classifying them according to specific categories. While it
is true that there are probably a multitude of approaches to classifying
these individuals, I found these five categories to be most significant in
that they are the most frequently observed. Shoppers seem to fall into
these categories: women with children, single males, single females, senior
citizens, and teenagers.
I would have to say that most of the disagreements in the checkout
line, whether verbal or nonverbal, occurred between teenagers and the rest
of the categories. Many of the teenagers, it seemed, had a supposedly
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Otto Van Bismarck And State So
<view this essay>.... and put the Reichstag in his “ultimate plan”. Because of his control on the media, and the way he took advantage of his situations, he was able to put off his masterful plans in the government, without being caught. He was walking a very thin line, and it is this trait that led him to his downfall.
Many times, Bismarck used foreign policy to insure German security. It is especially clear, when we read that history on the three emperors and the dual alliance. Because Germany was in the center of Europe, it had powerful neighbors along its borders. Germany did not want to fight against Russia and France at the same time, and fights two battlefr .....
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Community 2000
<view this essay>.... real communities.
Virtual communities are built upon common interests. When you go online you can find a chat room based upon your interest. There you meet other people and discuss that interest. Although you have never met these people you get along because you have the same interest.
Real communities are based upon interest as well, but unlike virtual communities, real communities can be assembled upon things other than interest. Rarely do you see a virtual community constructed on something other than interest. Real communities can be created upon shared experiences, common friends and family, and activities that are not possible to occur over the int .....
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Voice Recognition Software
<view this essay>.... can used by almost anyone. This program accepts speech of 160 words per minute at a high 90% range.
Training time for Dragon Software takes about twenty to forty minutes to train the system to your voice. After a couple of hours you're able to dicate 65 to 120 words per minute. As of right now Dragon NaturallySpeaking cost anywhere from $349-$199. System requirements include: 133 MHz Pentium Processor, IBM-compatible PC, Window 95, NT 3.51 or 4.0, SoundBlaster 16 sound card, 60 MB.
In later editions of Dragon software they plan to have a multiuser suport and better command and control. Another feature Dragon plans to come out with is differe .....
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Telecommuting
<view this essay>.... may actually be planned better at home as opposed to a busy work office or cubical. Professionals such as accountants, consultants, marketing professionals and other information-age workers can benefit from (people who work at home). This is not to say that all work would be completed at home. There will be times when actual face to face meetings will be necessary for such problems as office disputes and responding to co-workers needs. Working at home will allow for any task in which being alone is not a hindrance.
Throughout the United States there are over eleven million people working at home at least part-time. In cities such as New York, fede .....
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