20 Century Genius Award Essays and Term Papers
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Pragmatic View of Watsons Theory
Goals Provide an overview of Dr. Jean Watson's caring theory to the nursing community. Facilitate the understanding of her work allowing nurses to readily apply this knowledge within their practice. Objectives Describe the general aspects of Watson's caring theory. Describe how Watson's caring theory can be applied to clinical practice. Describe the person through Watson's caring lens. Describe the person's health through Watson's caring lens. Describe nursing through Watson's caring lens. Key Words: Watson's caring
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Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
“The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” is one of the most famous tall tales written by an amazing author of the west, Mark Twain. His popularity has mainly arisen from his "Huckleberry Finn" stories, but the “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was one of his first stories and the one that brought him into notice to the public. When he was writing for newspapers, he was also traveling a great deal, for
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What’s Love Got to Do with It
What's Love Got To Do With It In the short story "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love," author Raymond Carver tells us a story of two couples having drinks at the dining table before heading out for dinner. The couples begin a conversation about love and before they know it they begin a heated debate of what real love is. Terri shows us that her idea of "real love" can hurt so
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Absolutism and Louis Xiv
An absolute monarch is a ruler by divine right who has control over every portion of his kingdom. The most famous absolute monarch, Louis XIV, had the longest reign of any of the French kings. Louis achieved this as a result of his reformed laws, foreign policy, a smart economic advisor, and his decision to deny power to the nobility. Although some of these ideas could be viewed as having a negative impacting on France,
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
I believe that the reason why Hitchcock chose to shoot Psycho in black and white was partly because it helped keep the film within the budget, and it was a way to mute the gore, but also, I think, to lull the audience into the comfort of watching a 1950s TV in order to help shock them. In the movie Leigh dies early, and that was shocking because in most movies the main character dies
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Effects of Sarbanes-Oxley Act
ABSTRACT This paper provides an in-depth evaluation of Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which is said to be promoted to produce change in the corporate environment, in general, by stressing issues of public accountability and disclosure in the financial operations of business. It explains how this is an Act that represents the government's and the Security and Exchange Commission's concern in promoting ethical standards in terms of financial disclosure in the corporate environment. This paper addresses the current
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Business Culture of Best Buy
Business Culture of Best Buy, Circuit City’s biggest competitor Best Buy’s vision is to make life fun and easy for consumers. Their business strategy is to treat customers as unique individuals, meeting their needs with end-to-end solutions, and engaging in energizing the employees to serve them, while maximizing overall profitability. As of March 2008, Best Buy operated 923 stores in 49 states. In the United States, Best Buy offers five revenue categories: 1. Consumer electronics
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Spiderweb Biography
Spiderweb is a Serbian heavy metal band, strictly guitar-oriented and the whole idea about this band is an attempt to hopefully shed some light on the nearly-extinct metal scene in these areas. Being influenced by numerous types of music, everything from classical, medieval and neo-classical to the 80' heavy and thrash metal, the band is not trying to run away from its influences (as many people are), but rather to merge them all in a
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Chocolat
Vianne wanders a lot with her daughter. She never lived in a place longer than 2 years. She has been in many different countries and speaks good French as well as English. This time they arrive in a very small town in France, between Toulouse and Bordeaux. They are not welcome in the village. The residents don’t like strangers. Especially the Priest. When Vianne opens a chocolaterie on Ash Wednesday, he is very mad and
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Media Regulation Policies
Introduction: The Media Development Authority’s current code of regulation sufficiently draws the boundaries as to what is permitted on television, however, the execution of these regulations are not completely adhered to by broadcasters and not enforced by MDA. Hence, we have chosen regulations pertaining to Singapore’s current situation, such as issues related to Singlish and gambling and will be highlighting possible areas for improvement. “Visual and audio media make an instant impression on the eye
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A Walk to Remember
A Walk to Remember by: Kara Marchant. About a girl named Jamie who has leukemia and falls in love with the most unexpected guy, Landon. She goes through a lot, trying to fight leukemia and her feelings for a “bad boy” all at once. The character Landon in the book is portrayed average with a little edge to him; where as in the movie he is more popular than he is average and he has
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What Were the Causes of the Russian Revolution
Before the war. Before the war, there were lots of problems which led up to the revolution and we call them the long term causes. The peasants working and living conditions were very bad but the government made it even worse by its own policies. Russia needed to develop its industries, so that it was a modern agricultural country instead of a backward one and also to remain in an important military power. To aid
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Seven More Years of Windows Xp
According to Computer World, it is possible for Windows XP to remain active for another seven (7) years without having to upgrade to Windows Vista. I, being an Afro-Latin male in today’s society, found this information proves helpful since Windows XP is one of the best operating systems Bill Gates has ever created. In this paper, I will explain the length of support that is being offered for XP operating systems, security improvements available for
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Marketing Audit Approach
Marketing Audit Approach A marketing audit is a comprehensive, systematic, independent, and periodic examination of a company's -- or business unit's -- marketing environment, objectives, strategies, and activities with a view to determining problem areas and opportunities and recommending a plan of action to improve the company's marketing performance. Executive Summary 1. The data I plan to use and review for the executive summary is 10K report, fiscal 2004 annual report and articles retrieved from
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Cross Currents
In the sculpture Cross Currents, by Albert Paley, the size, environment, and design of the sculpture help it to create a unique meaning describing the university. It is located in the courtyard on the Florida Gulf Coast University campus. It's a rather large sculpture which stands almost as tall as the two story buildings on either side of it. The size seems to represent that of college, and the open composition of the way the
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Everyday Use
Through contrasting the family members and views in “Everyday Use”, Alice Walker illustrates the importance of understanding African American traditions of their own culture. Using careful descriptions and attitudes, Walker demonstrates which factors contribute to the values of one’s heritage and culture; she illustrates that these are represented not by the possession of objects, but by one’s lifestyle and attitude. In this paper I will explain the theme of the story “Everyday Use In “Every
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My Autobiography
My dear mother never really knew what my name actually meant until I was 13 oblivious years old. According to my own research, ultimately propelled by utter dissatisfaction of falsely spoonfed information, the name Shatila is an alliteration to an 18th century genocide in a town which holds that very same name. The Gayle? Well. For a personalized, direly feminine effect, my dedicated mother so explained. So, rather literally, the name Shatila Gayle comes to
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Gene-Therapy: How Will It Change the Future of Genetic Disorders
Brad Miller Ms. Cheryl Weatherly English Composition and Research 2 July 2000 Gene-therapy: How will it Change the Future of Genetic Disorders Ten years ago researchers from the U.S., Britain, France, Germany, Japan and China sat down and began developing the most important map ever made. Instead of roads and landmarks, this was a map of letters. It was “a rough map of the 3 billion letters of genetic instructions that make us who [we]
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Database
Flat File Database / Spreadsheet Know that the term "flat file database" describes a very simple database model, where all the information is stored in plain text files, one database record per line. Each record is divided into fields using delimiters or at fixed column positions. The data is "flat", as in a sheet of paper, as compared to amore complex model such as a relational database. Flat file databases are very handy when every
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Drugs, Alcohol, Prohibition
Drugs, Alcohol, and Prohibition Although National Prohibition did not take effect in the 1920’s, there were a series of laws that attempted to restrict alcohol consumption. Such as the 18th amendment and the Volstead Act. In 1697, the first American alcohol law was passed in New York. The law stated that all saloons must be closed on Sunday, because Sunday was a day of worship. In 1735, the first statewide prohibition began in the
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Roosevelt’s New Deal
Roosevelt’s New Deal On July 2, 1932, at the Democratic National Convention, the crowd listened intently to the phrase,” I pledge you, I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people.” The New Deal name was soon applied to the program of reform and recovery instituted by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. During the early part of the Great Depression, the economy had ground to a halt as a result of the stock market crashing
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Natural Superiority Justifies Aristocracy
Natural Superiority Justifies Aristocracy After brainstorming for a couple of days as to what to write for this paper I found myself incapable of writing about anything regarding the ancient world. Every tempting topic was either not directly related to ancient history or the time frame. When the aristocratic system in Athens came into mind I proceeded to gather the necessary information to write an organized, coherent and informative essay. The research led me to
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Frisbees
In 1871, a company, The Frisbee Pie Company, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, sold pies in little circular pie tins. College students, who bought the pies, started throwing the tins to each other for hours of entertainment. A lot of colleges, after that, had claimed to be the college of “he who was first to fling” (Norton 72). The sensation known as the risbee was going to sweep the nation. In 1948, Walter Morrison, of the Pipco
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George Wells Beadle
George Wells Beadle was born at Wahoo, Nebraska, U.S.A., October 22, 1903, the son of Chauncey Elmer Beadle, a farmer, and his wife Hattie Albro. George was educated at the Wahoo High School and might himself have become a farmer if one of his teachers at school had not directed his mind towards science and persuaded him to go to the College of Agriculture at Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1926 he took his B.Sc. degree at
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A Dark Revenge
The story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe is about a narrator who tells us the about the revenge he did to “friend” of his. The story mainly takes place in the dark catacombs. The same place the story not only ends, but also the life of Fortunato. The setting of the story adds horror, and suspense to an already dark plan of revenge. The time and place the story starts is very
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