It has been well-established that every individual personality is the sum total of her or his life experiences. Since a person's life experiences usually represent a mix of influences such as family upbringing and values, religious teachings, and social culture, it follows logically that each of these factors play a role in developing an individual's worldview: "Worldviews are ideas, assumptions, beliefsâ€that individuals hold. That they may be widely shared makes them no less psychological. Moreover, that some aspects of them are established in childhood but that philosophies of life are late-adolescent developments suggest that they have a complex development." (McLoughlin, 1991, p. 21) Of course, the degree to which each factor influences a person may vastly differ. In my case, however, my current worldview has been formed largely on the basis of my family upbringing followed by my own learning and critical thinking about life's issues in my adolescenc

The term "best" when selecting people who will join a workforce does not necessarily mean that the people to hire are those that excel or those that top among the rest. The term "best", in terms of human resource hiring, should mean "the most fit" or "the most suitable" for a particular job. As a human resource director, this meaning of the term is very important in the objective of placing the right employee that can provide the right services to a job. The term "best" covers a number of factors when selecting the right candidate who will fill a job. It may look into aspects of an individual's intelligence, c

Key Areas of Concern: The recently released 9/11 Commission Report outlined forty-one specific recommendations necessary to protect the United States from threats to the safety and welfare of American citizens in the twenty first century. President Bush responded by announcing plans to establish the National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) and a new position of National Intelligence Director (NID) to better coordinate and facilitate information sharing between various intelligence agencies. Critics point out that President Bush failed to grant sufficient authority to the proposed position and that the NCTC is nothing much more than a new name for the joint CIA-FBI Terrorist Threat Integration Center, established last year after glaring problems surfaced concerning the sharing of intelligence information channels and resources between domestic law enforcement authorities and intelligence agencies. Under the President's conceptu

INTRODUCTION Since the attacks on our country on September 11, 2001, more people have become aware of the need for our government to gather intelligence regarding what our enemies might be planning. This need has gotten even more attention in recent days as it has become apparent that those who attacked us before may well intend to attempt it again. Gathering such information has always been a function of virtually every country's government. Most Americans think the Central Intelligence Agency, or the CIA, is the agency the United States uses for intelligence-gathering. However, several other government agencies play roles as well. Some of them gather a broad range of types of information while others are more specialized. This wide range of agencies gathering information is one reason some think such agencies should have a central place where all the different kinds of information can be analyzed. In addition to the CIA, the National Security Agency (NS

My dad was so mad when I put a political bumper sticker on the back window of the car. I had just started to drive, and I felt I was entitled to make a political statement, but my Mom and Dad, who also drove that car, didn't agree. It said "Kthulu for President - why settle for the lesser of two evils'" The humor was lost on them, and I was told in no uncertain terms to get it OFF. So I went outside with at wet sponge and t

The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the play "Pygmalion" by George Bernard Shaw. Specifically, it will analyze the major theme of the work, including an analysis of the male/female relationships in the play, and what they say about manners and the class system in Victorian England. "Pygmalion" is a famous play by George Bernard Shaw, made into a musical film titled "My Fair Lady." While a theme of this play is also the struggle between classes in the British class system, the main theme is the manners of the working and ruling class, and how they, like class lines, can become distinctly blurred.

The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the novel "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens. Specifically, it will analyze the major theme of the work, including an analysis of the differences between a lowborn boy and a highborn lady. "Great Expectations" is a novel discussing the class system of Victorian England, and the two main characters, Pip, and Estella are the examples of this system at work. The major theme of the work is how the class system demoralizes and segments the population into groups, and how Pip, with his "great expectations," hopes to jump class lines and marry his love, the high-class and snobby Estella.

Introduction Cooperative instructional techniques have been around for some time and they have been used more widely in recent years as certain topics lend themselves to this type of learning more so than basic and traditional classroom instruction (Johnson, Maruyama, Johnson, Nelson, & Skon, 1981). Many studies have been done on this issue in order to determine whether cooperative instruction is better for all types of courses and learning or whether it only works well on some occasions (Johnson, Maruyama, Johnson, Nelson, & Skon, 1981). In one study, approximately one-quarter of class time was utilized for cooperative learning experiences (Johnson, Maruyama, Johnson, Nelson, & Skon, 1981). These were introduced into a section of a statistics course for beginners (Johnson, Maruyama, Johnson, Nelson, & Skon, 1981). These techniques were tracked carefully and then the comprehension of the students who dealt with these types of techniques was compared with

The internet is analogous to a very large library where all the books are scattered on the floor. This is because it contains so much information, but there is no organizational system for sorting through the information. "Many people have expended a lot of time and effort over the years to try to put some order into this chaos but with varying degrees of success." (Wiseman 113). The eXtensible Markup Language, or XML, aims to take on the electronic clutter and organize it in a way that everyone can use. Although XML promises to bring drastic organizational changes to the internet, it is not a new concept. In fact, businesses have been using "a collection of standard message formats and element dictionaries to exchange data" for the past twenty-five years (Wiseman 114). This type of formatting for electronic commerce is called Electronic Data Interchangeâ€"EDIâ€"and has allows businesses to trade information necessary to their functioni

All one has to do these days to appreciate the extreme controversy surrounding the topic of "Genetically Modified" or "GM" foods is to pick up a random food item at any grocery storeâ€"it doesn't even have to be one of those hippie-dive health food outletsâ€"and note its proud declarationâ€""Does not contain genetically modified ingredients." Indeed, one would imagine upon reading such a statement that genetically modified foods are right up there with saccharin, nicotine or even fiber-rich asbestos for all the effort and expense employed in such labeling. However, although there are some criticisms of the technology, as well as stridently presented benefits, the fact remains that little is known about the possible good or bad repercussions of GM foods. In simple terms, genetic modification involves a technology designed to alter the genetic "code" or makeup of an organismâ€"be it an animal, a plant, or even a bacteria. The way this is done is by something called "

The upcoming presidential election has provided ample evidence of how politics affects powers in a variety of organizations, and not simply the organizations of the nation directly related to the business of governance. If political power solely determined what occurred behind the closed doors of governing institutions, than the leaders of world corporate organizations would care little whom was at the nation's helm. However, to take only one recent example, the power of the Food and Drug Administration to create

The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the book "A Painted House" by John Grisham. Specifically, it will analyze and review the book according to prescribed guidelines. "A Painted House" is a departure from Grisham's famous and usual legal fiction. The book is intensely readable, and pulls the reader into the world of 1950s agriculture and society in Arkansas, at a time when the country was on the brink of change, and the brink of the Cold War.

Given the fury with which many oppose the existence of a state governor who was once (perhaps still, depending on whom one talks to), more muscle than brains, one might imagine that it would be easy to blame the dreadful tardiness of California's budget on the buffoonery of the man at the top. Be that as it may, the record of the Legislature makes such a case a difficult one to prove. Yes, Governor Schwarzenegger does present a promising target for pundits and regular folks alikeâ€perhaps in some ways justifiedâ€"however as a fall guy for the state's budget

Management and marketing in particular, view children as target consumers and an important market for their products. Such a trend started gaining prominence when the media began to have its influence on children. It started with the television more than 50 years ago, and now the Internet is beginning to have a greater impact. In the United States, there are now more than one million children who have access to the World Wide Web and according to research done in the technology, the figure will soon become as high as 3.8 million and then higher. According to surveys done in 1994, 11 percent of families who have annual income of even less than $20,000 have a computer, and when the income level reaches $50,000, the proportion having computers reach 56 percent. That does not mean that modern facilities are available to all American children, and more than ten percent of American children live in homes which do not have a telephone. In the

In this paper, we shall analyze Kathy Peiss's 2002 article ' Educating the eye of the beholder--American cosmetics abroad'. This article deals with expansion of American cosmetics industry and supply and demand of US made cosmetics in foreign countries. The author explains that over the years American cosmetics have become an important part of every woman's makeup kit around the world but to reach this point, the industry had to adapt to local tastes and cultural preferences of foreign markets. In short, American cosmetics firm had to first educate the public in other countries about American idea of beauty before the sales could take off.

In Life of Pi, by Yann Martel, we are introduced to the young Indian boy named Pi Patel. The novel follows Pi as he goes from India to Canada, and the challenges he faces along the way. These challenges are more extreme than most. As the son of a zookeeper in Pondicherry, India, Pi and his family travel on a cargo ship along with the animals from his father's zoo. "Animals were sedated, cages were loaded and secured...the ship was worked out of the dock and piloted out to sea...I wildly waved goodbye to India...I was terribly excited." (chapter 35). When the ship sinks, Pi is forced onto a lifeboat with a hyena, an orangutan, a zebra and a Bengal tiger. Life of Pi tells the story of how the protagonist survives this ordeal and makes it to North America, against all odds. The story of Life of Pi takes places almost entirely on the lifeboat where Pi is stranded with Richard Parker, the Bengal tiger. Although this could seem far-fetched or become boring after

Introduction The plight of the rainforests has not been "front page news" for several years now, due possibly to the media's incessant passion to cover events in the war against Iraq and terrorism. But the fact that rainforests are not headlines, as they were a few years ago, does not mean the problems facing these vital forests have gone away, or have been solved. Indeed, the rainforests are in dire straights, and must be protected, as the Dalai Lama states in the "Foreword" to Arnold Newman's book, Tropical Rainforest: "Resolving the present environmental crisis is not just a question of ethics but a question of our own survival. If we exploit it in extreme waysâ€in the long run we ourselves and future generations will suffer." There are ample reasons to be concerned about the health of Earth's rainforests, as this paper will report and analyze. But moreover, whereas the problem of global warming is affecting rainforests, on the other hand, the

Racism has existed in the United States for hundreds of years. While the issues of racism came to a head in the civil rights era of this country, the issue is still alive and well within many aspects of society. Research shows that Americans are still very influenced by ethnic origin, and that there are still enormous differences in the treatment of people in this country based on race. The President's Initiative on Race, a research organization, has also found that discrimination against groups based on their race still exists today, and still limits the opportunities available to them. This is seen in almost all areas, from the housing market, to employment and banking institutions (Diversity Digest, par. 1). While great improvements have occurred, there is still much racism to overcome. As early as the 1860's, the civil rights movement was beginning to slowly take form. With the end of the Civil War, and with the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, whi

Introduction Computers can be considered one of the most important of all modern inventions. One can go so far as to say that without the Computer there would not have been such dramatic technological advances over the years. What is this computer and how is it so important to us' The computer has found its way into almost every aspect of human life today. It is used in the home, in the office, to gather information about outer space even! It was in 1971 that the company Intel released the world's first microprocessor. (Computers, from the past to the present: The Altair) This was in reality an integrated circuit that was able to process small bits of data at a time. This system was so practically useful that the common man could now dream of actually owning a computer for his own use, rather than assuming that only the military and other such departments were permitted to own and use one. Body: The famou

Buddhism and Christianity are both religions that have a rich history and millions of devout followers throughout the world. In some ways, the two religions are similar, being based largely on the teachings of a single man; the Buddha in the case of Buddhism, and Christ in the case of Christianity. "How many people have provoked this question - not 'Who are you''...but 'What are you''...Only two: Jesus and Buddha." (Smith, p82). There are many differences however, in their interpretations of the world and the afterlife, that make each religion unique. Buddhism was founded upon the teachings of the Buddha, who was born (most likely) in the 5th century BCE, to a noble family in northern India. "The infant was born in the royal palace in Lummini, according to the tablet found by the archaeologists in 1896; and there he was named Siddhartha Gautama." (Gaer, p40). Being of high birth in a Hindu society with an established caste system, Gautama lived the first de

Dwight Eisenhower demonstrated the least amount of leadership when it came to civil rights. He did appoint Earl Warren as Chief Justice and did not support the decision and believed that changing the law could not change the hearts of men. (Davidson 1146) He is probably remembered most for his support of Orval Faubus in the Little Rock Central High crisis. Eisenhower was forced to call in the National Guard to control the angry mobs. John Kennedy appoint

The first year tenure of Carter's presidency bought some changes in the political arena with revision in the Administration of the Social Security system that in turned increased both the wage base and rate of taxation, in order to produce the revenue required to continue the program. On the contrary, he also sent a complete energy program to Congress, to get a prompt approval, which unfortunately became the subject of an ongoing congressional argument. However, before his second year was completed his important successes include a bill to deregulate natural gas. This was a part of his original energy package and to evaluate and facilitate him to sort out the Federal Civil Service. There was not much success on the economy side, even

First, the key to the beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement was the famous legal case, Brown Verses Board of Education. In 1954, a girl named Linda Brown, who lived in Topeka, Kansas, was not permitted to attend a local elementary school, and the reason given was that she was African- American. Her family hired a lawyer, and she filed suit against the school district. When, combined with a few other legal cases, her suit finally reached the U.S. Supreme Court, in Wa

Kennedy's number one incident of an abuse of power was probably the "Bay of Pigs" secret invasion into Cuba in April, 1961. The attempt to overthrow Cuban dictator Fidel Castro was a huge failure, and it was an embarrassment to both Kennedy and to the United States in the eyes of the world. Kennedy did not consult the U.S. Congress prior to launching the provocative attack, and hence, many felt it was an abuse of his power. Lyndon Johnson's biggest incidence of an abuse of power was most likely

The Viet Nam "War" was a long and disastrous event that went on for decades upon decades with numerous European countries, as well as America and the peoples of Viet Nam. France, for example, colonized Viet Nam at the end of the 19th century, but lost control during World War II and the German Invasion. After once again trying to gain a foothold, France called an end to its involvement with the Asian country in 1954. As a result, the Geneva Accords stated that Vietnam was to become an independent nation divided into the South and North. The U.S., however, paid the Accords lip service and continued the battle where the French left off. So