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TV Violence
Number of words: 1418 - Number of pages: 6.... causes children to be violent and the effects can be life-long. The information can't be ignored. Violent television viewing does affect
children.
The effects have been seen in a number of cases. In New York, a 16-year-old boy broke into a cellar. When the police caught him and asked him why he was
wearing gloves he replied that he had learned to do so to not leave fingerprints and that he discovered this on television (Howe 70). In California, a
seven-year-old boy sprinkled ground-up glass into the lamb stew the family was to eat for dinner. When asked why he did it he replied that he wan .....
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Taoism 2
Number of words: 742 - Number of pages: 3.... for Taoism is not monotheistic. The focus is not to worship one god, but instead on coming into harmony with Tao. Tao is the essence of everything that is right, and complications exist only because people choose to complicate their own lives. Desire, ambition, fame, and selfishness are seen as hindrances to a harmonious life. It is only when one rids himself of all desires can Tao be achieved. By shunning earthly distraction, the Taoist is able to concentrate on life itself. The longer the one’s life, the closer to Tao one is presumed to have become. The hope is to become immortal, .....
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Soccer
Number of words: 1322 - Number of pages: 5.... fun and a great recreational sport.
History of the Activity
Games similar to were played in China as early as 400 BC. In about 200 AD the Romans played a game in which two teams tried to score by advancing a ball across a line on the field. The Romans passed the ball to one another but they never kicked it. London children in about 1100 played a form of in the streets. During the 1800's the people of England played a game similar to . Many rules changed and each person interpreted the rules differently. In 1848 a group of school representatives met at Trinity College in Cambridge and drew .....
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Importance Of Higher Education
Number of words: 689 - Number of pages: 3.... education with getting a good job and increasing income. A survey conducted by the American Council on Education found that obtaining a job is by far the most important benefit that individuals associate with going to college.
In part, I too agree that job attainment and improved earnings are an attribute of higher education. The disparity in annual income as evidenced by the graph in exhibit 1 cannot be overlooked. However, while not always quantifiable, there are also many other benefits of higher education.
It is crucial that policymakers, individuals, politicians, and society in gener .....
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Marx And Mills
Number of words: 1194 - Number of pages: 5.... principle”. This principle states that ethical actions command the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number of people. Mill further explores the need for pleasure by noting “a being of higher faculties requires more to make him happy.” . He acknowledges that some pleasures are more alluring than others are. He adds to this by making known that when placing value in things to calculate pleasure, not only quantity important but quality as well. Mill’s criteria for happiness is easily understood, some statements that he gives are questionable. John Stuart Mill plainly laid o .....
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A Computer For All Students
Number of words: 432 - Number of pages: 2.... of mathematics with these new hand-held tools than with the traditional paper-and-pencil task.
The paper-and-pencil task and other traditional skills must still be acquired, but students should spend less time acquiring it. More emphasize must be put on computing tools. Students should take advantage of the computer technology to become powerful and thoughtful "problem solvers."
The process of changing from traditional methods to a more computer-oriented environment has to be met by the education and mathematics community. Educators should have textbooks that better represents the new techn .....
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Dirtbiking
Number of words: 606 - Number of pages: 3.... if
you are between the ages of 4 and 7 you would race the 50cc dirtbikes. If
you are between the ages of 8 and 11 you have a choice of racing a 65cc or
an 80cc dirtbike. If you are between the ages of 12 and 15 you could race
in the 80 cc or 125 cc class. If you are 16 years old or older you can race
125cc dirtbikes or larger.
Secondly, there are also a wide variety of dirtbikes. Some
dirtbikes are modified to fit giant motorcycle engines into them. Dirtbike
sizes vary from a weak 50cc engine, to the mighty, powerful 600cc engine.
There are also many different brands of dirtbikes. Som .....
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Becoming A Soldier
Number of words: 1408 - Number of pages: 6.... to the army. In other countries, when a person reaches eighteen he is usually going to college and "start his life". I on the other hand, was about to do one of the most demanding mission a man can do.
I postponed my recruiting day as long as I could in order to travel and enjoy as much as I could in that time. I knew that I was going to be a fighter and give up the convenience of being home everyday, eat home made food, go out with friends, sleep in my bed. Instead I would sleep in a tent or lie on the ground on a stake out, eat bad food, and get to know new people. All that was hard fo .....
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To Fly Has Been A Dream
Number of words: 846 - Number of pages: 4.... reserve parachute has been deployed. The third piece is your altimeter that is set and calibrated to altitude at ground level. Several optional pieces of equipment are a helmet, gloves and a skydiving suit. Some jumpers like to perform a pre-jump on the ground. It's most commonly called a dirt dive. They walk through the skydive on the ground while talking about what they will do on the jump and then what they will do if the jump doesn't go as planned.
The Jump Master is a highly skilled skydiver. The Jump Master has over 500 skydives and licensed by the United States Parachute Associ .....
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How Much Control Should The US
Number of words: 358 - Number of pages: 2.... the 1st of January, that work week will be further reduced.
Companies are fined if employees work more than 35 hours. This is causing a problem because the companies’ production is lower and so is the quality of the products. With reduced quality and quantity of the product, these companies could be forced out of business, leaving the government less to regulate.
Safety is another key issue that the government likes to regulate. Because of the reduced work week in France, it will be interesting to see if safety becomes a problem for overnment regulators or private businesses. In the Unite .....
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