20 Century Genius Award Essays and Term Papers
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Wining the Swine
Wining the Swine The loss and recapture of “nostos” The Odyssey, as a work of literature, is an epic poetic journey possessing cyclical themes of hardships and triumphs. During his time on the isle of the goddess Circe, Odysseus and his crewmates follow a preexisting theme of The Odyssey in which they, as a group, confront a dire situation in order to find eventual salvation through a combination of elements. It is not as though
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Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright was born as Frank Lincoln Wright on June 8, 1867. He was born in Richland Center, which is in southern Wisconsin. His father, William Carey Wright, was a musician and a preacher. His mother, Anna Lloyd-Jones was a teacher. It is said that his mother placed pictures of great buildings in young Frank’s nursery as part of training him up from the earliest possible moment to be an architect. Wright spent some
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Research Term Paper - the Life of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
The Life of Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is a famous American author “known for works blending satire, black comedy, and science fiction” (Kurt Vonnegut). Although Kurt Vonnegut is most widely known as a science fiction writer, what if his readers knew that he didn’t consider himself that at all? He once said he “learned from the reviewer” that he was a science fiction writer. Regardless of what Kurt Vonnegut considers himself, he is
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Female Incarceration
Female Incarceration Is the incarceration rate of females in the United States rising? Drug War Facts: Women; http://www.drugwarfacts.org/women.htm The Drug War Facts website is a great statistical resource. The information presented on the site is complied from several criminal and federal justice statistic websites and organized in a concise format. I felt that the information was accurate and reliable as all statistics were cited from a credible, and in most cases, government web resource. New
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Medea
Medea While not everyone will immediately admit it, revenge is sweet. Something from within seems to deem the concept of getting even acceptable, maybe even necessary. While this holds true in many cases, sometimes revenge can be taken to an evil extreme. In Medea, a play written by Euripides, a tragic revenge story unfolds. Throughout this play, Medea, the main character, seeks vengeance on everyone she believes has wronged her. She holds back nothing to
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Supersized Nation
As Americans, it seems to be common nature to blame our problems on someone other then our selves. Obesity is a growing problem in this country. Some studies suggest that in the coming years, one out of three children will be obese. But, who’s to blame for us becoming the “Nation of the Fat“? Is it the fact that it’s too expensive to eat healthy or blame the fast food industry? Maybe they put
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From Yesterday to Today: A Look at Jimi Hendrix, George Clinton and Outkast
From Yesterday to Today: A Look at Jimi Hendrix, George Clinton and Outkast Professor Jones Nicole Jones MUH-1350 Flamboyant colors, loud belted lyrics and original style; all are the makings of a true American rock star. The 1960’s in America were an especially difficult, emotional, and experimental years for most. Vietnam, Civil Rights and freedom of expression and speech are all important factors in the nonconformity of music during this time. One of the key
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Economic Indicators Wal-Mart
Economic Indicators Wal-Mart Coffinberry, Crockett, Curtis, Mazotas, McGee University of Phoenix ECO 360 Janet Hunter June 22, 2004 Wal-Mart has become the world’s number one retailer. Diversification into grocery (Wal-Mart Supercenters and Neighborhood Markets), international operations and membership warehouse clubs (SAM’S Clubs), has created greater opportunities for growth. But unlike some corporations, whose financial growth does not translate into more jobs, Wal-Mart’s phenomenal growth has been an engine for making jobs. Wal-Mart has a history
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Tqm
Total Quality Management may be defined as a structured system designed for the purpose of satisfying internal and external customers and suppliers by the integration of the business environment, continuous improvement, and successes in breakthroughs with the development, the improvement and the maintenance cycles and in the process changing the culture of the organization. (TQM: Definition of Total Quality Management). Total Quality Management was the brainchild of Dr. W Edward Deming, who developed it in
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The Kite Runner
In my view The Kite Runner is an epic story with a personal history of what the people of Afghanistan had and have to endure in an ordinary every day life; a country that is divided between political powers and religiously idealistic views and beliefs which creates poverty, and violence within the people and their terrorist run country. The story line is more personal with the description of Afghanistan’s culture and traditions, along with the
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Multiple Container Systems
There are various individuals and groups who have a vested interest in this project. These individuals and groups are called stakeholders. A stakeholder may include anyone who will be positively or negatively affected by the out come of the product or the project. Stakeholders contribute unique skills and knowledge to a project and can be found inside and outside of the organization. Some the key stakeholders in this project are the design, production, purchasing, shipping,
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Management Functions
The Five Functions of Management Our Management Excel student: • A manager who happens to manage a farm or horticultural business. • A manager challenged to make efficient use of resources. • A manager challenged with getting things done through people. • A manager who has opportunity to use of all the tools of management that any other manager uses. • A manager who has a way of life like any other manager. Management Excel
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Now and Then
VISIT: Get Ringtones Get Concert Tickets Chuck Berry News Rating affects your music played in LAUNCHcast and Music Videos. Your Artist Rating: Why Rate? Johnnie B. Gone 04/13/2005 5:31 PM, E! Online Josh Grossberg To paraphrase the old Chuck Berry tune, bye-bye, Johnnie. Johnnie Johnson, the rhythm-and-blues piano wizard whose pioneering partnership with Berry produced such indelible tracks as "Roll over Beethoven" and "No Particular Place To Go" and helped to lay the foundations
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Cowboys
The Middle Ages found the mounted herdsman a frequent fixture of the semi-arid lands of Spain, but rare in countries like England and France. Strong intrepid horsemen were required to deal with the rugged geography of the Iberian Peninsula, and the wild ganado prieto, predecessor to the savage bull ring black cattle. So integral a part of the Spanish culture was horsemanship, that the world caballero (horseman) became, and still is, the equivalent of the
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The Constitution "understood"
The Jeffersonian-Republicans are characterized by their strict interpretation of the constitution, in stark contrast with the Federalists loose or broad interpretation. The Federalists believed that anything the constitution did not forbid it permitted, contrary to the Jeffersonian view that anything it did not permit it forbade. The Federalists advocated the “necessary” and “proper” clause, and their faith rested heavily in the virtue of implied powers. The Jeffersonian party believed that all powers not specifically granted
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Does Caffeine Affect the Heart Rate of Daphnia
Does caffeine affect the heart rate of Daphnia? Introduction In this experiment I aim to find out if caffeine has an affect on heart rate. Instead of using human subject, whom may already have a high tolerance to caffeine or could have ingested caffeine that day making the tests unfair, I will use Daphnia, a crustacean. They have on contact with caffeine making it fair. It will be easier to observe as it has a
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Working on Common Cross-Cultural Communication Challenges
We all have an internal list of those we still don't understand, let alone appreciate. We all have biases, even prejudices, toward specific groups. In our workshops we ask people to gather in pairs and think about their hopes and fears in relating to people of a group different from their own. Fears usually include being judged, miscommunication, and patronizing or hurting others unintentionally; hopes are usually the possibility of dialogue, learning something new, developing
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Individual Leadership Self-Assessment Project
Reframing My Leadership Performance Dr. Kenneth Allard’s Conceptual Foundations of Management course has improved my performance as a manager and future as a leader. I have learned the distinction between managers and leaders and what skills are required to fulfill each position. As a result of this course, I have made plans to continue my development as both a great manager and leader. The lectures and assignments in this course have already affected my management
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Process Reengineering
The past few decades have been witness to some incredible accounts of cruelty, violence and gross human rights violations all across the world. The conflicts in Bosnia, Rwanda, Sri Lanka bring back vivid memories of the helplessness of people that were affected. It is in this regard that the whole issue of International Intervention assumes and deserves heightened importance. While the reluctance of nations to get involved in pressing political, social and diplomatic issues in
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Product Placement
Product Placement’s In Movies. Does It Work? Product Placement is an amazing marketing tool that marketers have utilized for quite a long time. Even though some may ague that it is still an innovative and clever way to promote a product, then there are those who also argue that product placement due to its expensive price tag associated with it is not really effective; well at least not as effective as the marketers expected due
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8-Ball Chicks: A Year in the Violent World of Girl Gangsters
8-Ball Chicks: A Year in the Violent World of Girl Gangsters 8-Ball Chicks: A Year in the Violent World of Girl Gangsters is a compelling glimpse into the lives of females in gangs. The book highlights two things: these women do exist, and they are screaming for help. The book's author, Gini Sikes, is a New York-based journalist who spent two years chronicling the worlds of these girls and women in three cities--Los Angeles,
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Penicillin Serendipity
Penicillin There were many fascinating serendipitous scientific discoveries in the 20th century. One of them was the discovery of penicillin by Sir Alexander Fleming. The discovery and development of penicillin totally changed the direction of approaches to treating infectious diseases and saved millions of lives ever since (1). It was the first antibiotic to successfully treat bacterial infections. Therefore, Alexander Fleming, Ernst B. Chain, and Sir Howard Florey together were awarded the Nobel Prize in
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Atlantis
Francis Bacon was the founder of the modern scientific method. The focus on the new scientific method is on orderly experimentation. For Bacon, experiments that produce results are important. Bacon pointed out the need for clear and accurate thinking, showing that any mastery of the world in which man lives was dependent upon careful understanding. This understanding is based solely on the facts of this world and not as the ancients held it in ancient
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Criminal Identification Procedure in the 21st Century
Criminal Identification Procedure in the 21st Century CJA350 University of Phoenix Nicole Paddock Eash Abstract The current ways in which we gain the identification of criminals and suspects has drastically changed over the course of the 21st century. In this paper, we will discuss technological advances in criminal identification mainly biometric identification. The technological advance will be described, as well as, going over the advantages and disadvantages. This paper will also look at how
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How and Why Did China Lose Its Position as a World Leader During the 19th Century?
Before the 1800s, China was a super power before the time the Europeans came to their country. They comprehended further more about the world than the Europeans did, and had already started trading there. China had the largest known market in the world at the time, selling all sorts of exquisite products. This meant that China was home to one of the major economies on the planet. But it was even the smallest of things
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