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  • Drinking and Driving: The Leading Cause of Untimely Death in Adolescents

    Drinking and Driving: The Leading Cause of Untimely Death in Adolescents

    Drinking and Driving: The Leading Cause of Untimely Death in Adolescents The most horrifying event a parent can imagine is losing a child. Especially when it could have been avoided. According to David J. Hanson, "People aged sixteen to twenty-four were involved in twenty-eight percent of all alcohol related driving accidents, although they make up only fourteen percent of the population" (1). This statistic is shocking, but it should not be a surprise. A teenager

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    Submitted: April 14, 2010 By: regina
  • The Catcher in the Rye: Holden's Adolescent Mentality

    The Catcher in the Rye: Holden's Adolescent Mentality

    Holden Caulfield plays a timeless character in the sense that his way of life is common for the American teenager, in his time as well as now. Today parents dread the terrible and confusing adolescent years of their child’s life. In J.D. Salinger’s book, The Catcher in the Rye, Holden is in this terrible and confusing point of his life. At this point in his life, as well as in modern teenager’s lives, a transition

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    Submitted: April 15, 2010 By: Max
  • Adolescence

    Adolescence

    Adolescence According to the dictionary, the word “Adolescence” is the stage of youth; or maturity. And yet, if you really think about it, that definition merely touches the surface. Adolescence is that part of ones life that he or she will never forget because it plays a big role in the formation of who that person will become. It is quite normal for parents to think they know their children; REALLY know their children. In

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    Essay Length: 890 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 15, 2010 By: Top
  • A Jury of Her Peers

    A Jury of Her Peers

    The central theme in “A Jury of Her Peers” is the place of women in society and especially the isolation this results in. We see this through the character, Minnie Foster and her isolation from love, happiness, companionship and from society as a whole. Not only does the story describe this isolation but it allows the reader to feel the impact of this isolation and recognize the tragedy of the situation. The story is set

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    Submitted: April 15, 2010 By: Edward
  • Who Is at Risk for Developing Anorexia Nervosa?

    Who Is at Risk for Developing Anorexia Nervosa?

    Who is at risk for developing anorexia nervosa? People who become anorexic often were good children -- eager to please, conscientious, hard working, and good students. Typically they are people pleasers who seek approval and avoid conflict. They may take care of other people and strive for perfection, but underneath they feel defective and inadequate. They want to be special, to stand out from the mediocre masses. They try to achieve that goal by losing

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    Essay Length: 2,899 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: April 15, 2010 By: Monika
  • Personal

    Personal

    SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS Associate of Specialized Technology degree coupled with 23 years experience and extensive classroom and hands -on technical training provide by Motorola & Nikon Precision USA. Work with sheet metal layout and fabrication from blueprints. Performed arc, mig, tig and spot welding. Use pop riveter press brake, roll press and various sheet metal fabrication tools. Skilled at troubleshooting and repair of photolithogrophy equipment to ensure equipment operation meets production specification requirements. Operate and

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    Submitted: April 16, 2010 By: Bred
  • Group Development

    Group Development

    Groups’ development dimensions Purpose Although groups typically formed around a purpose or an objective, by time group members looses focus and tend to have personal objectives. Group primary and stated objective might not be the main reason for gathering by time. An example is a group founded to support a certain disease patients and then they socially gathered because of shared values. Workgroups who loses focus of the main objective are most likely less productive.

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    Submitted: April 16, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Why Is Personal Identity Important in Locke’s View?

    Why Is Personal Identity Important in Locke’s View?

    In his essay Of Identity and Diversity, Locke talks about the importance of personal identity. The title of his essay gives an idea of his view. Identity, according to Locke, is the memory and self consciousness, and diversity is the faculty to transfer memories across bodies and souls. In order to make his point more understandable, Locke defines man and person. Locke identifies a man as an animal of a certain form and a person

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    Submitted: April 16, 2010 By: Mike
  • Oprah Winfrey: A Personality Analysis Using the Cognitive-Experiential Domain

    Oprah Winfrey: A Personality Analysis Using the Cognitive-Experiential Domain

    Oprah Winfrey: Personality Analysis Using the Cognitive-Experiential Domain Oprah Winfrey was born January 29, 1954, and is the richest African American of the 20th century (Wikipedia, Oprah Winfrey, 2007). Oprah’s talk show is the highest rated talk show in television history with an astonishing 8.4 million viewers daily (Doyle, 2007). Numerous assessments rank Winfrey as the most influential and powerful woman in the world, with a net worth over half a billion dollars (Henley, 2007).

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    Submitted: April 17, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Knitwear Product Quality Analysis and Development of Spc Implementation Plan

    Knitwear Product Quality Analysis and Development of Spc Implementation Plan

    KNITWEAR PRODUCT QUALITY ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPC IMPLEMENTATION PLAN Tajammal Hussain Institute of Quality and Technology Management University of the Punjab, Lahore Phone:042-9230344 E-mail: mtqm32@yahoo.com And Muhammad Mohsin Department of Mathematical Sciences COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Defence Road, Off-Raiwind Road, Lahore. Phone: 042-5321090-ext-233 E-mail: mohsinshahid@yahoo.com Abstract Statistical process control (SPC) is a powerful technique which knitwear industry can use in its pursuit of continuous effort to achieve sustainable and compatible garments quality at

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    Submitted: April 17, 2010 By: Tommy
  • With the Development of Digital Technologies the Future of Television Lies with Satellite or Cable Broadcasting. the Era of Terrestrial Broadcasting Is Now Over.

    With the Development of Digital Technologies the Future of Television Lies with Satellite or Cable Broadcasting. the Era of Terrestrial Broadcasting Is Now Over.

    With the development of digital technologies the future of television lies with Satellite or Cable Broadcasting. The era of Terrestrial Broadcasting is now over. In my life, I have only witnessed first hand, the effects of media and its development since about 1995, as this is the earliest I can remember. However, my huge interest in the subject has lead me to broaden my knowledge over the way media had developed in the 1980’s and

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    Submitted: April 17, 2010 By: David
  • Personal Experience in Employment Law

    Personal Experience in Employment Law

    Of all the jobs I've had, the one that is most applicable and involves issues with conflict, grievance, and legal questions is my enlistment in the U.S. Navy. Besides having to follow U.S., state, and local law, being a part of the Armed Forces requires an additional body of law to follow and adhere to: the Uniform Code of Military Justice or the UCMJ. Things like not showing up for work, falling asleep at work,

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    Submitted: April 17, 2010 By: Victor
  • Macbeth Change in Personality

    Macbeth Change in Personality

    Macbeth is a very complex character. His personality changes drastically from the beginning of the play to the end of the play. Macbeth constantly declines in his level of morality until his death at the end of the play. His change of character from good to evil and Macbeth's attitude towards other characters, specifically Duncan, Banquo, Lady Macbeth is significantly affected. Macbeth interacts with Duncan only a minimal amount before Duncan's death; Macbeth's attitude towards

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    Submitted: April 17, 2010 By: Monika
  • Brand Personality Creation Through Advertising

    Brand Personality Creation Through Advertising

    In this paper I develop an understanding about how design in printed advertisements creates the personality of the brand. The research is based on the importance of advertising design in communicating the brand and its personality to the target market and to the understanding of the creative strategy that is used in advertisements, which help to communicate the brand effectively. The research includes information from interviews, questionnaires and focus groups which was provided by consumers

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    Submitted: April 17, 2010 By: Yan
  • Mainframes and Personal Computers

    Mainframes and Personal Computers

    Compare and Contrast Mainframes and Personal Computers Overview Mainframes and personal computers have evolved over the years but their core functions have stayed the same. The mainframe is used connect multiple users for large organizations while personal computers are generally used for a single users. The more drastic changes for mainframes and personal computers have been speed and size. Mainframes use to be the size of buildings. Now they are the size of a textbook.

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    Submitted: April 17, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Mood, Substance, and Personality Disorders

    Mood, Substance, and Personality Disorders

    Mood, Substance, and Personality Disorders Do you know a person that has sudden mood swings? Do you wonder why they act like they do? Their actions could be a result of a type of mood disorder. Mood disorders are part of the Axis One disorders that are found in the DSM IV. Axis One is all categories of disorders except for personality disorders. People who have mood disorders are diagnosed to have a pattern of

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    Submitted: April 18, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Relationship Between Adult Learning Theory and Professional Development Theory

    Relationship Between Adult Learning Theory and Professional Development Theory

    Relationship between Adult Learning Theory and Professional Development Theory Professional development and adult learning are closely related. In adult learning, adults will commit to learning when the goals and objectives are considered realistic and important to them. Adults want to be the origin of their own learning and will resist learning activities that they believe are an attack on their competence. Professional development gives the people some control over the what, who, how, why, when,

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    Essay Length: 301 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 19, 2010 By: Monika
  • Nutrition During Adolescents

    Nutrition During Adolescents

    During adolescence there is a high susceptibility to nutritional deficiencies and poor eating habits. This may lead to problems later on in life such as osteoporosis, obesity, hyperlipedemia, sexual maturation delays, and final adult height. The development of eating disorders is also prominent during this time. Adolescents require extra nutrients due to a growth spurt, which girls experience during the ages of 10 or 11, reaches its peak at age 12 and is completed by

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    Submitted: April 19, 2010 By: Mike
  • System Development Life Cycle

    System Development Life Cycle

    System Development Life Cycle Introduction Achieving organizational objectives or improving on them is typically a combination of strategic planning, tactical planning and some form of change management (Starke & Sexty, 1992, p.97-99). Goals must be defined (strategic planning); courses of action adopted and implemented (tactical planning) and ultimately reinforced, introduced or replace an existing system within the work environment (change). Firms have conducted such planning in all core business units such as Marketing, Finance, Human

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    Submitted: April 19, 2010 By: Edward
  • Obesity and Overweight Among American Adolescents and Children

    Obesity and Overweight Among American Adolescents and Children

    The problem of rapid increase of obesity among children and adolescents in the United States has recently become one of the most discussed topics and is considered as a population threat. According to the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion about 9 million young people face possible type 2 diabetes, previously considered an adult disease, high cholesterol level and high blood pressure which are risk factors for heart disease. But who is

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    Submitted: April 19, 2010 By: Kevin
  • The only Thing a Deaf Person Can’t Do Is Hear

    The only Thing a Deaf Person Can’t Do Is Hear

    My research paper is on I. King Jordan, so upon visiting Gallaudet University and receiving the assignment to find out about a building on campus I decided to check out the office of Jordan. His office is located in a building that used to house male students. The dorm was unique in that some places the tile that was laid was from left over material from Capitol Hill. The secretaries area was large and had

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    Submitted: April 20, 2010 By: Victor
  • Adolescent Years

    Adolescent Years

    Adolescent Years Paper Adolescence is the developmental stage between childhood and adulthood; it generally refers to a period ranging from age 11 and 19. Adolescence has many psychological and social stages, as well as biological. The beginning of adolescence is usually marked with the beginning of puberty. Adolescence can be prolonged, brief, or practically nonexistent, depending on the type of culture in which it occurs. Adolescence is somewhere between childhood and adulthood. It is filled

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    Submitted: April 20, 2010 By: Edward
  • The Early Development of the Factory System

    The Early Development of the Factory System

    THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE FACTORY SYSTEM The early factory system started in Britain in about 10. A group of inventors invented a series of machines to make it possible to mass-produce textiles. These machines were about 10,000 times faster than human power. This gave way to the Industrial Revolution and to big advancements in transportation and communication. The factory system took a while to spread around. It took about a generation to reach Western

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    Submitted: April 20, 2010 By: Max
  • Piaget and Cognitive Development Theory

    Piaget and Cognitive Development Theory

    Evidence for Piaget and his cognitive-developmental stage theory Acquiring object permanence: AIM: Piaget wanted to find out at what age children acquire object permanence. METHOD: o Piaget hid a toy under a blanket whilst the child was watching, and observed whether or not the child searched for the hidden toy. o Searching for the hidden toy was evidence of object permanence. o Piaget assumed that that the child could only search for a hidden toy

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    Submitted: April 20, 2010 By: Jon
  • My Personal Strengths and Weaknesses

    My Personal Strengths and Weaknesses

    Running head: MY PERSONAL STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES My Personal Strengths and Weaknesses David Walker University of Georgia My Personal Strengths and Weaknesses I believe life itself is like a roller-coaster ride of learning experiences and within those experiences we all have strengths and weaknesses that define us. Familiarizing ourselves with our strong and weak points can help us become more well-rounded and self confident individuals. By writing this paper, I will undoubtedly identify each of

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    Submitted: April 20, 2010 By: Jack

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