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This paper relates that the success of both Chinese and Japanese emigrants symbolizes their efforts in constructing an industrialized and agricultural America. The author points out that, because of hardship and discrimination, both groups formed their own communities and labor unions in order to strive for labor rights for their contributions, which gradually developed strong alliances with their own cultural values and thus helped to create a multicultural America that resists notions of assimilation. The paper concludes that, if the history of these ethnic groups were eliminated, there would be blank pages in the history of America because this people built the wealth of America.

From the Paper
"In the 1800s, America was sought as a "New World" of opportunities and a better life for emigrants who were "pushed" out of their country by economic depression and "pulled" by hopes and dreams of fortune. Many Chinese migrants came to America to seek sanctuary from intense revolts and harsh economic conditions in China caused by the British Opium War (Takaki 192). The Japanese emigrated to America for similar reasons as the Chinese. 1868 was the year of the Japanese Meiji Reform and the government financed national defense by heavy taxing in order to establish a strong centralized society."

Tags:symbolize, economic, communities, construction, unions

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The paper discusses how in "The Odyssey", heroes Agamemnon and Achilles operate as typical Greek heroes do, while Odysseus shows more concern for his home, his wife, and his son than in living the hero's life and dying the hero's death. The paper illustrates how Odysseus is a different kind of hero, a hero who longs for home and family.

From the Paper
"Thanks to the pervasiveness of literature, the name Odysseus is associated with heroism in many cultures. Even Homer calls Odysseus an "ingenious hero" in the first line of The Odyssey. Not only has he "sacked the famous town of Troy," but he also managed to survive the long years he spent at sea, and all of the troubles that came upon him there (Homer 13). That Odysseus is a hero, then, cannot be disputed. He is mighty, warlike, makes generous offerings to the gods (Homer 15), and has proved his worth in battle. Thus, he is much like other Greek heroes, like Achilles and Agamemnon. Still, something sets him apart from these other giants of Greek epics. While Agamemnon and Achilles sit in Hades arguing and sorrowing over whether or not their deaths were heroic enough, Odysseus longs for home."

Tags:Agamemnon, Achilles, deaths, funerals, family, home, Telemachus, Penelope

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In the past, heterosexuality was seen as the normal sexual orientation for most people. All other types of sexuality, such as bisexuality, asexuality, and homosexuality were seen as deviant forms of sexual behavior. However, in recent years, these lifestyles have become more accepted by society. This paper illustrates the lifestyles and possible explanations for different sexual orientations for the purpose of comparing and contrasting them with heterosexuality.

From the Paper
"Bisexuality is defined as being the "sexual attraction to people of both sexes" (Macionis 2002:202). Kinsey believed that almost everyone, regardless of sexual orientation has had some sort of both heterosexual and homosexual experiences and that there were very few people who were exclusively heterosexual or homosexual. McWhirter (1990) suggests that a person is not attracted to two different sexes at the same time, but goes through phases in which he or she will be attracted to different sexes at different times, depending on what pleases their present mood or sexual desires. So, in theory, bisexualism is neither just homosexual nor heterosexual, but it is both types of sexual orientation, just apparent at different times (McWhirter 1990:255-256)."

Tags:genes, lesbians, Kinsey

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This paper elucidates a few modes of advertising in the ancient and modern worlds. It looks at how advertisements have become indispensable tools to the governments and the private organizations as well as the role of advertising agencies in reaching out to the common man.

From the Paper
"The fastest growing segment in the entire world is the telecom sectors specifically the cellular phones. It isn't surprising to say that there is more number of cellular phone users than computers today, in particular the developing countries. The biggest beneficiary of the telecom boom is the advertisement industry since it is blessed with one additional source to reach the public domain. With the costs of computers and last mile connectivity coming down, Internet penetration is improving in the developing countries."

Tags:cellular, cinema, internet, magazines, media, mughal, newspaper, phone

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This paper is the personal account of a Chinese immigrant who migrated to the United States at the age of 16. The author recounts how life was before the migration and describes how the first few years in her new country were for her. The paper outlines the assimilation process of the author and how she overcame not only her own apprehension of a new culture, but also her parents' disapproval of her being too Americanized.

From the Paper
"After that assurance that I will always treasure my Chinese identity, my father was more open to seeing me go out with my friends, talking in English, and even suggesting that we go to the nearby McDonald's for Sunday lunch instead of the Chinese restaurant his friends owned. There are still times, however, when my parents would frown at me and worry out loud that I'm turning "too American" for their tastes, but they would shrug it off afterwards."

Tags:immigrant, chinese, assimilation

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This paper explains how stem cell research could be accomplished in at least two ways that should not raise the moral ire of politicians, religious groups, or the public in general. The writer states that the first is through the use of adult stem cells, avoiding the terrible risks of tissue rejection. The second potential direction for stem cell research involves extracting a few cells in the early stages of an embryo's development without destroying that embryo.

From the Paper
"Revolution is in the air. While the digital revolution is transforming our view of the universe, the biotech revolution has the potential to alter the universe itself. The parallel with the invention of the printing press and the Renaissance is clear. (Blake, 2001). "Gutenberg's and Caxton's inventions turned the world figuratively and intellectually upside down and heralded new patterns of human activity and organization that were inconceivable prior to the early 15th century". (Blake, 2001, pg. 9). One of the great achievements of that era was the quick adaptation of this communications revolution to every aspect of human life. Today, "we are at the beginning of a new Renaissance". (Blake, 2001, pg. 9). One of the more controversial elements of this new Renaissance is stem cell research. There is perhaps no field fraught with more possibility along with questions of morality and medical ethics. (Hickey, 2001)."

Tags:embryo, adult, tissue

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This paper examines the advantages and disadvantages of "broadbanding" and how this effects employees benefits packages. Broadbanding is a policy to have fewer hierarchical layers in a company and employees expand sideways and not upwards.

From the Paper
"Enter "broadbanding," the practice of structuring job classifications to have fewer "layers" than a traditional compensation system. For example, a company that starts out with eight layers compresses those layers to four broader ones, creating a new set of job classifications that grou p
similar skill sets and skilled personnel together. Overnight (or so it can seem), a company's entire compensation picture shifts, its grades change, and the "lay of the land" is a whole new territory. This new territory is both an individual challenge and a corporate one. Although the effect of a broadband can be, and sometimes is, a change in the salary range of a particular job, in reality its practical ramifications extend beyond individual job descriptions into a much wider picture. Examining that "bigger picture" in more detail reveals that broadbanding is a phenomenon with its own set of advantages and disadvantages."

Tags:employer, layer, management, organization, compression, policy, administration, cutbacks

Abstract
This paper looks at the story of Allerleirauh and compares it to the more common story of Cinderella. This paper will also detail German mythology and its role in German culture. Through the story of Allerleirauh, we also see a little bit of what Germany was like during the Nazi period.

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By studying sex and scandals in historical societies, this essay reveals how a "surface" culture can emerge that denies relations to sexuality, prostitution, and the oppression of women and lower classes by dominant social classes.

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This paper chronicles the journeys of self-discovery taken by the title books' protagonists and their different approaches to them. Touched-on, is whether the illumination gained is worth the price paid, and whether the ends of discovery justify the means taken to discover.

From the Paper
"Self-discovery is often an important theme in western literature. There is something about watching characters figure out the workings of their souls through a torturous story that appeals to readers who perhaps wish they knew their own inner needs as well as the characters they read about know theirs. African-American literature in particular deals with the issue of self-discovery or, more correctly, self-revelation. W.E.B. DuBoise spoke of the double-consciousness of the Negro, and all of the books read this semester have focused, in one way or another, on penetrating into the double-consciousness and releasing the caged portion of it, the portion that society never gets to see the portion that is the most human. "

Tags:african, american, bigger, black, caliban, different, drummer, kelley, native, son, thomas, tucker, wright