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The paper shows how the duration of imports and the overall current account deficit in the United States (US) affect the US economy in many ways relative to the current account deficit and the terms of trade that support the deficit. The paper discusses how some of these effects on the US economy are readily apparent such as dramatically lower prices on many consumer product goods (CPGs), while other effects are not so apparent.

From the Paper
"The duration of imports and the overall current account deficit in the United States (US) affect the US economy in many ways relative to the current account deficit and the terms of trade that support the deficit. Some of these effects on the US economy are readily apparent such as dramatically lower prices on many consumer product goods (CPGs) while other effects are not so apparent. This research examines several key aspects in which imports affect the US economy in not so apparent ways but influential nonetheless. The first aspect is related to trade theory and..."

Tags:current, account, deficits

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This paper analyzes Australia's persistent current account deficit that it has had since the 1950s. It questions why this deficit persists and how the current account deficit impacts on Australian foreign debt. The paper then discusses what measures have been undertaken by Australian governments in the past to reduce the current account deficit.

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"As Australia embraces a globalised world, funds flow across our border, often as payment for goods and services traded. Other movements of capital occur when Australia lends money abroad, or is forced to service its debts. These transactions, from the public and private sectors, are collected and recorded in a register known as the current account. For the past 50 years Australia has experienced a persistent current account deficit, resulting from Australia being a net importer, and because of interest payments on foreign loans/ investment. Therefore, the current account has been of major concern for successive Australian Governments, who have attempted to adjust the balance, with little success in the long run. However, while burdened by large foreign debt, the Australian economy has proved resilient, recording some of the strongest growth for OECD nations in the past 30 years, and has avoided the woes of its major trading partners, such as the Asian financial crisis, Japanese stagnation and the technology share crash in the USA. This has led to the significance of the current account deficit being questioned, because it is apparent that an economy, such as Australia, can perform so well, while experiencing the third highest deficit in the world."

Tags:foreign, globalisation, commodity, services, employment

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This paper discusses Zona's personal and informal account of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), further noting a few symptoms of fibromyalgia (FM). Then, the paper takes a closer look at CFS in detail, comparing Zona's account with the literature. The paper concludes that Zona lacks the energy to provide details, but the literature structures her experience into categories. This woman's condition is very far removed from the healthy person's idea of fatigue.

From the Paper
"Zona (2007) offers a personal and informal account of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), discusses just a few symptoms of fibromyalgia (FM). I will discuss CFS in detail and then compare Zona's account with the literature. It is clear that Zona (2007) lacks the energy to provide details, but the literature structures her experience into categories. This woman's condition is very far removed from the healthy person's idea of fatigue. Discussion of CFS Based on Zona's account, CFS means total exhaustion and complete lack of..."

Tags:cfs, fm, fatigue

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This six-page undergraduate paper is a comparison and contrast of the accounts of the fall of the Bastille by Taine and Michelet. One paragraph is a discussion of Godechot since he has the best account of the three.

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The paper asserts that as many philosophers and academicians would likely concede, the issue of toleration represents one of the most important political and philosophical discourses of the early 21st century. The paper argues that toleration as a philosophical subject, of course, is not a recent development; during the late seventeenth century, religious, if not full philosophical, toleration was powerfully affirmed and expanded and in some respects formalized (Locke, Spinoza and the Philosophical Debate 5). The paper posits that in terms of affirming toleration, perhaps no single philosopher has been more influential than Benedict de Spinoza. The paper assesses Israel's claim that, for Spinoza, toleration is about individual freedom primarily and only secondarily about freedom of religion. Following this assessment, the paper turns to a defense of Spinoza's account of toleration as rooted in freedom of thought, speech and expression.

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"As many philosophers and academicians would likely concede, the issue of toleration represents one of the most important political and philosophical discourses of the early 21st century. Toleration as a philosophical subject, of course, is not a recent development. In fact, during the late seventeenth century, religious, if not full philosophical, toleration was powerfully affirmed and expanded and in some respects formalized (Locke, Spinoza and the Philosophical Debate 5). In terms of..."

Tags:spinoza, toleration, tolerance

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The paper discusses that understanding what motivates people to accomplish organizational goals has been the focus of researchers for a number of years. The paper states that a number of psychological and management theories have been advanced over the years to explain why humans behave the way they do, and what motivates them in positive and negative ways. The paper states that one of the theories that emerged in the early 20th century to help account for positive and negative motivation in organizational settings, is classical behaviorism, which the paper discusses in detail.

Outline:
Review and Discussion
Background and Overview
Employee Motivation and Reward
Conclusion

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" While behaviorism may appear to be a cold-blooded approach to understanding human behavior, there are some harsh realities that must be taken into account when trying to manage large groups of people and behaviorism recognizes these human frailties. In fact, it is reasonable to assume that because people are just people, they will try to get away with whatever they can for as long as they can absent any stimulus to persuade them otherwise. Managers who understand this will be using the tenets of behaviorism whether they know it or not to achieve improved performance from their employees."

Tags:employee, motivation, reward, behavior

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This paper looks at the subject of parapsychology and discusses the study of ESP, PK, and after-death (including out-of-body experiences) phenomena. The paper describes some of the theories used to explain PSI phenomena, with particular reference to the theory that radiation (usually described as electromagnetic radiation), is connected to psychic experiences such as telekinesis and telepathy. By concentrating on the most recent debates within the parapsychology community, the paper attempts to provide an up-to-date account of the physical experience of paranormal phenomena.

From the Paper
"Scientists have long attempted to uncover physical reasons behind PSI phenomena. Parapsychology, which studies these phenomena, categorizes PSI as Extra-sensory perception (or ESP) which includes telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition; Psychokinesis, (also known as PK), which involves mental interaction with objects or living organisms - an example would be mediums using objects touched by the dead person; and life-after-death phenomena, which includes near-death, apparitions, and past lives/reincarnation experiences. "Parapsychology is not the study of anything considered weird or bizarre. Nor is parapsychology concerned with astrology, UFOs, searching for Bigfoot, paganism, vampires, alchemy, or witchcraft" (Faeden, 2004, although the author does admit that others use the term parapsychology to include all of these subjects). Experiments are clearly limited to the study of those things which are not 'weird or bizarre', although a number of parapsychology sites do cater for UFOs, and other phenomena (the Mothman experiences in America, for example, have provided pararesearchers with a number of theories), although there do not appear to be many that consider astrology to be an important part of parapsychology; this is odd, considering that astrology has a wide audience, and a long recorded history across the globe. For the purposes of this essay, however, parapsychology, and psi phenomena, will be limited to the study of ESP, PK, and after-death (including out-of-body experiences) phenomena."

Tags:telepathy, astrology, explanations

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The paper attempts to show that Feuerbach's conception of religion amounts to an argument for atheism. It starts by explicating the metaphysics of Hegel, in which God is posited as the universal spirit contemplating itself and looks at how Feuerbach complains that Hegel's emphasis is on thought and abstraction. The paper goes on to show how Feuerbach's ideas help us to appreciate some crucial aspects of religion and theology and how applies the same abstract constructs on feeling as Hegel does on thought. The paper also argues that even though Feuerbach represents an improvement on Hegel, he does not explain away God, religion and theology as mere constructs of the human imagination.

From the Paper
"As a prelude to Feuerbach's analysis it is necessary to recap on Hegel's phenomenology of spirit. Hegel imagines an all encompassing universal spirit expressing itself through thought, and this progresses along the stages of objectification, alienation, and reconciliation (Taylor 202). In the first stage there is an objectification of the material world, which is synonymous to "creation". Pure thought necessarily creates objects for thought, and in the process gives rise to finitude, because material objects are necessarily finite. When pure thought is contemplating itself it describes infinity, which is the very nature of the universal spirit. Therefore, through objectification the pure spirit begets its negation. This is described as alienation. That which began as infinite and perfect has given rise to that which is finite and imperfect. There is an inherent tension between these two states, and this tension gives rise to the propensity for reconciliation. "

Tags:God, antithesis, Christianity, objectification, negation, reconciliation

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This paper briefly recounts the childhood years of Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice in U.S. history, and then proceeds to discuss his legal career in greater detail. The paper looks at Marshall's involvement in two landmark civil rights cases and his commitment to and active involvement in the civil rights movement.

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"To some of us, Thurgood Marshall is the first black man ever to become Supreme Court Justice but to most Americans, he is more than that. His name today symbolizes complete equality and freedom, not only for blacks but also for every individual regardless of his color or race. To associate Marshall with law alone and to discuss his accomplishments in this context might be unfair to a person who devoted his whole life to the creation of a moral society where every individual is accorded equal rights and where color doesn't determine or plague civil rights. Thus Marshall was the man who taught us to value freedom and equality over "heritage" or "history". He must therefore be remembered as a champion of civil rights and as someone who had the courage to reject rigid interpretations of law to create a better and more humane society for every individual."

Tags:racial, segregation, discrimination, separate, but, equal, brown, v., board, of, education

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"So today Michael is as happy as I've ever seen him. Perhaps happy is the wrong word. He's definitely more contented. A lot of the tension seems to have left now that he can tell us what's on his mind. I think he's been able to resolve some of what was bothering him, some of what he was carrying around."

Tags:autism, dsm, iv