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» Miscellaneous Essays and Papers
Time Warner
<view this essay>.... accounts for a large proportion of
its income, while not far behind are its cable systems,
entertainment, films, video and television holdings. But,
the company has also centred its resources and invested in
the global media, producing programmes and channels for
countries around the world, which in turn has proven to be
a very lucrative area of growth. Time Warner in general
has become a “major force in virtually every medium and on
every continent”
So then, why should a company like Time Warner be a threat
to the public, and something which all of us citizens
around the World should be aware of ? Isn’t Time Warner .....
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Drug Abuse
<view this essay>.... it hurts our society, hurts us, and, most of all, hurts the user. Drug users are parasites, feeding off society's money, taxes and insurance. Every type of insurance goes up because of , including auto, health and homeowners. Worst of all, the crime rate will sky rocket if we let this behavior continue. Illegal drugs and their abusers are a plague to society for many different reasons.
Drugs have very harmful effects on the user and the people with whom the user interacts. The user is affected in many ways. The most popular drug in America, alcohol, is generally thought of as socially acceptable and relatively
harmless. But it can have devastating effect .....
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Ben & Jerrys
<view this essay>.... said "We think business should be an entity to provide service to the community." Unfortunately most business is only interested in making money and can careless about social issues, unless it in the long run will help make more money. Ben & Jerry's seem sincere to want to make a noticeable difference in the world.
The Ben & Jerry's foundation, established in 1985, receives 7.5 percent of the company's yearly pretax profits, which is donated to charities. Ben & Jerry's has two bottom lines: one is profit and, the other is "how much the company contributed to the quality of life." The Peace Pop and Ice Cream bar on a stick was packaged with a message s .....
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The Difference Between A Club
<view this essay>.... gangs out of fear and for the protection of their members whether they are the Bloods and Crips of Los Angeles or the Sharks and the Jets of "West Side Story." Gangs may not possess a set of formal written rules, but all of them have their own sets of customs or conditions. Gangs may or may not be facilitated in a branch of higher and lower members, mimicking a military model. Gangs often have a loosely defined set of goals, and are often involved in delinquent activities.
A socially approved form of a gang is a club. Americans generally view clubs as character building leadership opportunities; whereas, individuals typecast into gangs are persecuted as c .....
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M&M's Are Better Than Smarties
<view this essay>.... than they do.
A major difference between the both of them is the shell coating the chocolate. The shell of a smartie is quite hard and every hard to bite into, but the M & m shell is perfectly right, not too hard and not too soft. Another difference with the shell is that when you place the Smartie in your mouth and slowly absorb the colouring until u reach the shell, it tastes disgusting. Compared to the shell of an M & M your mouth begins to water when the shell is slowly crunched in between your teeth. The Smartie will never be able to have a tastier shell than M & M's. The chocolate within that scrumptious shell is magnificent. It just melts in yo .....
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Descartes' Meditation One
<view this essay>.... this is not enough to justify doubting all
things, so Descartes offers a different approach, the Dream Argument.
The Dream Argument is essential in because it allows one to logically
question not only the senses but their surroundings and actions as well.
Although one can doubt that what they see or hear is not really as is perceived;
a person can not deny that they are for instance, standing, thinking about how
their senses are deceiving them, with their feet planted on the ground, in their
bedroom, feeling a little tired and so on. Only if one was, as Descartes writes,
“..insane, whose brains are impaired by such an unrelenting vapor of black
bile..” that .....
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The Bald Eagle
<view this essay>.... and strong so it can tear apart
the fish that it wants to eat. The eagles feet have very sharp talons or
toenails. He has spicules that are scales on his toes that help him grip
the slippery fish. The eagle's wingspan 7.9 feet while in flight. The bald
eagle weighs about 6.6-13.9 pounds. The eagle is 30.4-36.4 inches long.
In Alaska during autumn when the old salmon swim upstream to lay
there eggs and die, the bald eagles gather and take their share of the
salmon to their favorite perch to eat. The eagle also eats seabirds,
waterfowl, mammals, and reptiles. Have you ever wondered exactly how the
eagle catches the fish? Well, the eagle looks over the .....
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Knowledge
<view this essay>.... there may be some people who care about beliefs, but if the beliefs are not justified true beliefs than the professional world will never recognize it.
is a term that goes as far back as the fourth and fifth centuries, B.C. To know what a justified true belief is it must be understood that p is to believe that p. If it is not understood and has no incline to accept p as true, than it is not known. To make a belief a justified true belief, it must be purely public and objective. Having those two qualities make it "truth". The truth also must be eternal. If it is true for me than it must be true for you. Last, S must believe that p. P is true. S is com .....
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