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This paper studies the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations. The paper describes the Committee's function to oversee expenditures and examines the degree to which the Committee wield real power over the national budget's purse strings. The paper focuses on the 105th Congress, detailing membership, leadership and issues faced by the Committee.

From the Paper
"Because of its large amount of work, the U.S. Senate divides its functions among committees. Each committee has its own guidelines and adopts its own rules. The chair of each committee and a majority of its members control the work of the committee and hire its..."

Tags:Senate, U.S., Committee, Appropriations, Senate, Membership, Leadership, Issues, Expenditures, Congress

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In their rush to grow up, many young children may inadvertently engage in sporting activities that may not be physiologically appropriate for their developing bodies, and accidents, injuries, or other adverse consequences, including death, may result. To this end, this paper provides a review of the relevant and scholarly literature to identify physiologically appropriate sports activities for children, followed by a summary of the research in the conclusion.

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"Children are at increased risk of heat injury because their compensatory mechanisms are much less efficient than those in adults. Children produce greater heat loads, are less efficient at transferring heat away from muscles, sweat less, and drink less. Heat injury appears in many forms. The mildest form is in reduced exercise tolerance; this can be manifest as just a feeling general feeling of being tired. Some of the more severe forms of heat injury are discussed below."

Tags:exercise, heat-stroke, exhaustion

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This paper discusses the reasons that Americans appropriated land from the Native Americans; poor Indian-white relations with Americans being supreme, the Doctrine of Discovery, and other reasons.

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"President Andrew Jackson believed that it was important to observe Native Americans and to "give [them] humane and considerate attention to their rights and their wants which is consistent with the habits of our Government and the feelings of our people" (Removing Native Americans). Yet, President Jackson forced Native Americans to move from their home land in what is recognized as the Trail of Tears where many Native Americans died (Removing Native Americans). Americans appropriated land from the Native Americans for three reasons: Poor Indian-white relations with Americans being supreme, the Doctrine of Discovery, and failure to..."

Tags:land, americans, native americans

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This paper discusses an issue relevant to today and yesterday as it relates to White musicians appropriating and getting credit for musical genres and styles originally created by African Americans. The writer's goal is to give recognition to African-American musicians, where credit due.

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"Almost two centuries ago, "The white cultivation of the black mystique began...blackface entertainers took on the job of satisfying white people's cravings for the unruly spirit of African-American music" (Gerard 87). This paper will discuss an issue relevant to today and yesterday as..."

Tags:music, discrimination, african

Abstract
This paper examines three types of functionalism--strategic, adaptive, and structural--in terms of their appropriateness for educational institutions and finds that none of them, nor functionalism in general, is appropriate.

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"The functionalist paradigm is a structural theory that assumes society tends toward order and structure and that objective scientific knowledge is possible. (Kuchinke) The structural aspect of functionalism pictures education as being similar to a physical body with the different components of education being comparable to different organs within the body and the body being a holistic organism that functions according to certain basic norms. This normative character to functionalism implies that it is a system of compromises in which..."

Tags:education, functionalist, functionalism, school, educational institution, appropriate, strategic functionalism, adaptive functionalism, structural functionalism

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This paper explains that money laundering is a crime in which the origin of money that came from unlawful activities, such as terrorism, drug abuse, organised crime and financial corruption, is concealed. Next, the author describes the effectiveness and appropriateness of the UK and USA money laundering policies. The paper concludes that these policies, which are similar in structure and in function, are highly effective and have brought down the levels of money laundering in these countries.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
United Kingdom Policies against Money Laundering
Money Laundering Policies in the United States of America
Comparison of the Appropriateness and the Effectiveness of the Money Laundering Policies in the UK and the US

From the Paper
"United Kingdom plays a very vital role in making decisions that promote anti money laundering finance practices mainly because London is one of the main financial centres. The UK has a sophisticated anti money laundering architecture that involves the regulatory, criminal and the civil law. The three main structures that are responsible for combating money laundering in the UK are the government, financial system authority and the joint money laundering steering group. The role of the government is to define the criminal offences and create regulations that combat money laundering."

Tags:bank regulations reporting corruption, disclosure regimes

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This paper discusses the importance of a therapeutic alliance for treatment. It explores the ability of clinical psychologists to improve the health of the therapeutic relationship between a therapist and patient. It then explores the appropriateness of the Helping Alliance Questionnaire-2 (HAQ-2) as an instrument for measuring psychologist ability to assess the therapeutic relationship.

Table of Contents:
Part 1: Therapeutic Relationship or Client-Therapist Attachment?
Understanding the Elements of the Therapeutic Relationship
Understanding Client-Therapist Attachment
Comparing and Contrasting the Therapeutic Relationship and Client-Therapist Attachment
Research Rationale
Part 2: Assessing Measurement Instruments
Relationship Measurement Instruments
The Helping Alliance Questionnaire (HAQ-2)
Reliability and Validity of the HAQ-2
Comparison with Other Instruments
Limitations of the HAQ-2
Appropriateness of the HAQ-2 for the Intended Study

From the Paper
"When one considers all of the variables associated with selection of the research instrument and the desired outcomes of the intended research, the HAQ-2 stands out as the most obvious choice. The HAQ-2 has many advantages over other research instruments for this study. One of the key considerations is ease of administration. It is short and only takes a few minutes to complete. This is a key reason for ruling out other research instruments, such as the BLRI. The WAI is another possibility, but it does not allow the potential for direct comparison of client and patient results for the same session."

Tags:therapist, client, treatment

Abstract
This paper examines Book XII of Virgil's "Aeneid" and its appropriateness to the rest of the work. While the first eleven books of Virgil's work seem to focus on Aeneas's pious nature, Book XII shows readers a different side to his character and appears to be completely contradictory to the earlier books. However, the thesis of this paper argues that Book XII is appropriate to the rest of the "Aeneid" and forces readers to understand that Virgil uses this last book of his work to dispel the belief that Aeneas relies only on the decrees of fate from the gods to make his decisions.

From the Paper
"Although I understand that Book XII of Virgil's Aeneid has been the subject of much scholarly debate throughout history, I believe that the ending of the poem is quite appropriate, especially when considering the events that unfold throughout the first eleven books. While some may argue that Book XII is simply a culmination of Aeneas" pious submission to the decrees of fate, I will attempt to demonstrate that, on the contrary, Aeneas" faith in his mission to found a new city for his people leads to a defining choice that demonstrates his leadership abilities to those whom he intends to rule."

Tags:greek, history, homeric, literature, poetry, roman

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This paper evaluates the webquest, "The American Revolution: Was it worth it?" by Judy Chang. The paper describes the aim of the webquest and its appropriateness for Grade 5 students and discusses the task that is required to be completed and the process that the students must go through. Finally, the paper looks at the grading evaluation guide for the webquest for students and teachers.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Task
Process
Evaluation
Conclusion

From the Paper
"The evaluative process, graded on a scale from 4-1 is clear and thoroughly described. It also allows students to be graded on a variety of competencies, including the sophistication of the student's position statement, the support the student provides for the position, and finally the literary or persuasive appeal and the sense of the audience. For teachers who must use an A-D grading scale, the grading evaluation guide could easily be transposed to a different format, thus it could be used by a variety of teachers, in a variety of school districts."

Tags:history, politics, teaching

Abstract
The paper studies an article about testing that is inappropriate for children of many cultures that are not exposed to much of the information that may have been considered American mainstream knowledge in the past. The paper explains how with an abundance of cultural differences in the modern age, each child attends school with a varied background. Therefore, the paper discusses how testing children about their knowledge on specific elements that may not relate to their cultural history can lead a child to fail standardized tests.

Tags:education, theories, questions