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Gambling: Pros And Cons
Number of Words: 770 / Number of Pages: 3
... because of the number of wagering opportunities. The problem with gambling is that the odds always favor the house. The more that someone gambles against these odds, the more certain it becomes that they will lose. Gambling can become addicting very quickly, and then, when pathological gambling occurs, it rarely affects just the person doing the gambling. It affects family savings, college education and retirement funds disappear, and under the stress of losing all of these things, there are many compulsive gamblers that will commit domestic violence. For example, since casinos came to the Missi ...
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Aristotle Defination Of Friend
Number of Words: 615 / Number of Pages: 3
... involved with each other for their own personal benefit. An example would be a working relationship with an individual. These are people who do not spend much time together, possibly because they do not like each other, and therefore feel no need to associate with one another unless they are mutually useful. They take pleasure from each other’s company just for their own sake. Aristotle uses the elderly and foreigners as examples of friendships based on utility.
The second type of friendship is a friendship based on pleasure. This friendship is made between two people that wish to gain pleasure f ...
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The Future Looks Bright For Ja
Number of Words: 2353 / Number of Pages: 9
... gas to be released in the Three Mile Island Nuclear power plant. Over 30,000 residents resided within five miles of the Three Mile Island. Fortunately all radiation was contained within the nuclear power plant and there were no environmental or health effects caused by the escape of hydrogen gas.
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The1986 accident in the Ukraine at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant opened everyone’s eyes to the extreme dangers and potentially catastrophic consequences of nuclear accidents. Years of destruction and suffering occurred from the nuclear fallout at Chernobyl. It is the worst nuclear ac ...
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Heroes-A Definitive Essay
Number of Words: 775 / Number of Pages: 3
... true heroes. Most parental units sacrifice time, money, love and everything else for their children. When times are tough good parents do all they can to make things better for their children. Mothers and fathers often work two jobs, late at night, or on weekends to provide for their kids. My mom is always there for me when I am sick, telling me she wishes she were the sick one. She also reassures me that she always has an extra kidney if I happen to need one. I personally view my parents as true heroes for all they do, have done, and will do.
A local hero emerged recently in Flint Police Of ...
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Why Our Grading System Is Impo
Number of Words: 390 / Number of Pages: 2
... that it would be more beneficial to an employer to have written reports regarding certain character traits of job seekers. This, he states, is more helpful to the employer than say, “a B-plus in college algebra.” This idea is altogether untrue. Working as a computer technician, I was informed by my employer that the most advantageous part of my application was my advanced level of high school classes and standardized math test scores. Letters of recommendation were disregarded in his statement. In short, any job that requires high levels of thought and logic can be matched with indivi ...
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Freudian Dream Analysis
Number of Words: 1093 / Number of Pages: 4
... how our minds are at work. To keep our minds active during sleep we must dream.
The first form of dream analysis can be seen by Joseph in the bible. A little later on, Greek philosophers further bettered dream analysis. The most famous of these Greek philosophers was Aristotle. He spoke of the illusion of 'sense-perception’; the malfunctioning of the senses which allows dreams to occur. Aristotle later suggested that dreams are formed by disturbances of the body. Not until mid 19th century did another philosopher as great as Aristotle come along. A man by the name of Sigmund Freud truly r ...
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Wells Social Imagination
Number of Words: 850 / Number of Pages: 4
... this situation of social injustice into the far future, the world of 802, 701 AD.
The machine itself is the vaguest of mechanical assumptions, a thing of ivory, quartz, nickel and brass that quite illogically carries its rider into an existing past or future. We accept the machine as a literary device to give an air of probability to the essential thing, the experience; and forget the means in the effect. The criterion of the prophecy in this case is influenced by the theory of "natural selection." Mr. Wells' vision of the "Sunset of Mankind" was of men so nearly adapted to their environment that th ...
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Dreams
Number of Words: 1230 / Number of Pages: 5
... REM is referred to as rapid eye movement ("How to Build...").
In order for people to dream, they must be in a period of rest which they lose awareness of their surroundings. This is more commonly known as sleep. Once a person has fallen asleep, they will enter into the first of five stages of sleep. Stages one through four are usually termed as non-REM sleep with stages three and four also being referred to as delta sleep, due to the evidence of low frequency brain waves. It is said that non-REM sleep makes up about 80% of sleep and REM sleep makes up the remaining 20%. Stage one lasts arou ...
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The Effect Of Media Images
Number of Words: 853 / Number of Pages: 4
... bulimia often experience fatigue and decreased energy, headaches, personality changes, and abdominal pain. If an eating disorder is left untreated, it can lead to serious health damage, even death. These eating disorders are usually brought on because a girl is unsatisfied with her own body image. Oftentimes she feels out of control, and restricting her intake of food is one way to regain control. The patient has a sense of power over food, and this makes her feel more secure about everything else going on in her life. Many times, girls with low self-esteem are the victims of eating disorders because ...
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Divorce
Number of Words: 493 / Number of Pages: 2
... at a less exaggerated and realistic level. Adultery always breaks the trust in a marriage and
often creates hatred toward the unfaithful spouse.
Love. Does it even exist? Can people truly love the same person the same way for the rest of their lives? The phrase "I don't love you anymore", is frequently used as a reason for . It does present itself as a justifiable reason. After all, a marriage is traditionally built on the love that a couple has for each other. Without love, there is no trust or happiness between the couple. Without this, the couple is sure to have a miserable life together. ...
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