The taste of good wine
Essay - 7 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Italy, along with France, has been one of the world's largest producers of wine for centuries. Prior to this, the Romans and the Etruscans had been cultivating vine. The Romans covered a large part of Western Europe with regard to this activity. Wine is produced throughout the Italian...
Negotiations with Nepal
Essay - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
I present this report as a negotiation that I have undertaken during my trip to Nepal on a humanitarian mission with the Association Solidarité France Nepal. The association is aimed at making Nepali people take charge of their development. It includes building new schools in villages,...
The social responsibility of business: Why is it stigmatized?
Thesis - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Energy costs can represent 15-20% of total expenses or even the raise in the product's cost for some businesses. This is especially true for companies producing steel, cement, sugar, paper and fertilizer. Energy is used in the form of coal, oil, gas and water. A major concern for these...
Brazil - The crisis and forecasts
Thesis - 4 pages - Economy general
The two main issues which have dominated the EU and Brazil were "a new world governance" to collaborate between rich and poor countries and the rejection of protectionism. The summit meeting convened to develop an effective and strategic plan was attended by Mr. Sarkozy, the Brazilian...
Policies and analysis of the liberalization of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Thesis - 7 pages - International relations
The International Monetary Fund and World Bank were both formed at an international conference held in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire (USA) in June 1944. The conference participants were keen to establish a framework for cooperation and economic development that would lay the groundwork for a more...
The economic failure of German reunification in 1991 and its current situation
Thesis - 5 pages - Economy general
The progress of the new states in Germany appears impressive, especially when compared to their original status with respect to the development of infrastructure such as power grids, roads, transport, etc. After the unification of western and eastern Germany under the legal system of the...
Key economic concepts
Thesis - 7 pages - Economy general
Non-market production covers the goods and services household members produce for their own consumption by combining their unpaid labour and the goods and services they acquire on the market. The price evaluation of such products is difficult, because the value add at home is hard to assess....
Art of listening
Thesis - 1 pages - Social, moral & civic education
This piece was very dramatic with the chorus and orchestra working together to put together a beautiful overall piece. The soprano was hitting notes that I've only heard or seen in movies, notes that I truly didn't think were possible in real life. Her timbre was angelic and passionate. Her voice...
Upbringing of children
Essay - 1 pages - Social, moral & civic education
This study was designed to disprove all usual speculations that children growing up in wealthy households usually have the much easier lives than those of children growing up in middle-class and lower-class households. Just as the study stated that nobody has really paid much attention to...
The resiliency of the children of Kauai
Essay - 1 pages - Social, moral & civic education
This study on the resiliency of the children of Kauai really interested me in many ways. I was amazed at the extent in which those who conducted the study did in order to completely analyze these people's lives. I guess it's because I never heard of a longitudinal study; actually I didn't even...
Buck Williams and Ray
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Buck Williams-an inspired and driven news reporter; after finding out from the computer file left by Dirk that somebody plans to bankrupt the UN in order to control the world's food supply, he tries to warn the delegates. However after finding God, he realizes that Carpathea is the antichrist as...
Video game violence and its effects
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The object of my research proposal is to discover whether violent, realistic video games truly do influence those who play them to also participate in violent behavior. In the past, people have blamed violent video games such as the Grand Theft Auto series as a source of violent behavior. Grand...
Research essay on bioterrorism
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Many different types of warfare have been used over the past century. There is conventional warfare, which is conducted by using conventional military weapons and battlefield tactics between two or more states, and unconventional warfare which refers to raiding, guerilla, and insurgency....
Social responsibility
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
It has become a social norm in our society today, to be more concerned with personal wellbeing, then with that of someone else. This can be seen as a very selfish way to look at life, and it tends to be characteristic of many upper and middle class citizens in this country, and throughout the...
Sex and the media
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The average American child views about 4 hours of T.V. a day, and the average adolescent views about the same (Boyd & Bee, 284). It has been proven that the average American adolescent will view nearly 14,000 sexual references a year, and 66% of adolescents say they are influenced by television...
Elizabeth Bishop: Vision and voice
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In an interview with Elizabeth Bishop given by the Assistant Home Forum Editor of the Christian Science Monitor, Bishop explained that poems come “in many guises.” This remains true for most of Bishop's poetry, as well as for the voice that is created by her words. For example, in...
Harry Potter with mass media
Thesis - 10 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Since June of 1997 the words “Harry Potter” have become part of household vocabulary all over the world, and the bases for a seven book series. The story is of a wizard, Harry Potter, as he tries to pass and survive his seven years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Potter,...
Living on mars: The real and unaltered facts of a medicated teen
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Before I begin there are a few things that need to be sorted out. For one this book began when discussions arose regarding children and teenagers being medicated without any real bases, possibly at too young of an age, and therefore that psychiatrists were not doing a proper diagnosis. Second, is...
Weak versus woman
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
First appearances prove to be more often false or incorrect. It is the effort of going beyond the exterior appearance and discovering the real person underneath. Geoffrey Chaucer, author of the Canterbury Tales, demonstrated the relationship between natural appearance and the actual reality in...
Surpassing the untrained eye
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The nineteenth century was a time for growth across the world, with advancements in every aspect of life. The art of photography not only grew up during the century, but it also aided in the advancements in many aspects of society. With the constant improvements in technology, the abilities of...
Jazz's backseat
Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Jazz seems to have taken a backseat in the industry that it once ruled. It is no longer the most popular genre of music in America. Music has been the source of entertainment since the 1300's; it was known for being the art of the muse. For the next 600 years the music scene changed and developed...
The search leading to cool
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The word cool was developed into English slang following World War II to mean more than relating to temperature. By the 1950's and 60's cool represented a way of life, a relaxed indifference. This way of life was demonstrated and later followed by characters known as Beats. These Beats took...
Building the Republic
Thesis - 3 pages - Political science
In the Federalist paper, James Madison discusses the difference between state ran democracy and the federal republic. One of the most important articles written in the Federalist Papers is considered to be essay number 10. That document was written by James Madison and it discusses many important...
Baruch college voting behavior
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
So, what was the purpose of the survey? Well it is easy to understand based on the questions of the survey that it was a questionnaire specifically designed to understand, see and analyze political behavior of students in Baruch College. Now I do have a comparative advantage in doing the analysis...
Functions of unitary executive branch
Thesis - 3 pages - Political science
In the process of creating a centralized government one may as himself have the following questions: After all the procedures are done who will make the final decision? Who will settle the debate? Who is the person that will take the responsibility? If the government body is stuck in the debate,...
Developing the court systems
Thesis - 2 pages - Political science
One of the great barriers to the development of a Democratic government, which is just, serves and protects its people, is the development of independent and totally sufficient judicial system. If the Democraticy is ought to, truly serve people and be ruled by the people, then it will indeed have...
According to Madison, what relationship obtains among faction, liberty and property?
Thesis - 3 pages - Political science
There are again two methods of removing the causes of faction: the one by destroying the liberty which is essential to its existence; the other, by giving to every citizen the same opinions, the same passions, and the same interests. “It could never be more truly said than of the first...
D'Emilio, John. 1993. "Capitalism and Gay Identity" Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader. New York: Routledge
Essay - 1 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In his article “Capitalism and Gay Identity”, John D'Emilio shows how the changing economy has directly affected sexuality and sexual identity. He begins by discussing the colonial era in America, when families were “self-sufficient, independent, and patriarchal.” Sex was for...
Assigning sex: The ethics of performing surgery on inter-sex infants
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Hermaphrodites have throughout history been in the center of mythology, scandal, and the perverse fascination of the public eye. They have been misunderstood and persecuted for centuries by those who are confused by their ambiguous genitalia. Today, such people possessing to some degree both male...
Philological sciences
Tutorials/exercises - 40 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Philological sciences are amongst the oldest academic disciplines. Teaching philological sciences to students aged between 15 and 17 is a real challenge. It's hard for the teacher to motivate children during their middle adolescency. The difficulties come from the fact that the teachers often...
