Abstract
Argues that "Beavis and Butt-Head" is a show that has no moral concept. Shows how the two characters, Beavis and Butt-Head, live a life full of immoral behavior. It explores the symbolism throughout the show and lack of authoritative figures.

From the Paper
"Whether it is in the household or the classroom, kids will always have authoritative figures disciplining them. Kids need to have authority to teach them what's right and wrong. Can you remember when you where a kid? It would have been great not having someone telling you what to do, or not having to ask permission to do something. Kids are always rebellious against authority. It is, however, necessary for a kid to have these figures teaching them right from wrong. The media plays a different role teaching kids what's right and wrong. The television show that best represents this lack of authority in a kid's life is Beavis and Butt-Head. Beavis and Butt-Head do not have authoritative figures. "

Tags:parenting, education, role, model, authority, authoritative, figure, symbolism

Abstract
This paper discusses the notion that consumers can be victims, letting advertising set the agenda for children, communities, and ourselves or they can, instead, place new value on our own human depths. The paper explains that consumer response does not have to be dramatic. Instead of buying pre-packaged Halloween costumes, for instance, consumers can teach children to be creative enough to piece together a disguise at thrift shops. The paper further suggest that, perhaps, instead of worrying so much about our abs, arms, and butts, we can come up with a training regimen for our minds that makes us bigger than both the medium and the message.

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"This study on consumerism will evaluate the problems of mass markets and the global problem of consumer exploitation. To say advertising is everywhere is to say something all consumers can agree on. Sports events, movies, even the God-given right of ad-free cable television has been trampled over. So if you cannot escape spots pushing shakes that will make you slimmer and sugar-based cereals that will make your kids fatter, the appropriate (and most realistic) role of the consumer is being true to one's self by supporting companies for human and environmental standards as much as quality control."

Tags:consumer, role, legal

Abstract
This paper explains that DNA evidence exists in biological materials, such as blood, semen and even perspiration and can be found on a variety of items from cigarette butts to eyeglasses, even decades old evidence can contain DNA. The author points out that one of the biggest disadvantages of DNA testing is, if it is not performed correctly, the results are worthless. The paper relates that in the field, DNA fingerprinting is one of the investigator's forensic tools but its use requires full training in the process for collecting DNA evidence.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Overview of DNA Fingerprinting
Advantages of DNA Fingerprinting
Disadvantages of DNA Fingerprinting
What I Would do as an Investigator in this Field and Why I Would Choose DNA Fingerprinting

From the Paper
"Lastly, Smialek, Word, and Westveer note a primary disadvantage of DNA fingerprinting is the ease in which it's contaminated. Samples have to be collected and handled with gloves that have to be changed often. Disposable instruments, or those that are thoroughly cleansed can only be used. Even talking, sneezing or coughing over evidence can make it worthless. In addition, there is the backlog of DNA samples to be processed which lead to lengthy waits between collecting and interpretation."

Tags:biological, contaminated, forensic, training, enzyme

Abstract
The paper discusses how stereotyping is an interesting issue today because so much of it is reflexive or satiric. The paper describes how we often see actors of different ethnicities and persuasions projecting an idea of their own ethnicity, sexual persuasion, or gender, or, as is often the case in satiric television shows, the stereotypes of certain types of people are made to be the butt of vicious gags that make us laugh in spite of our lack of meanness. The paper explains that this means that little of the stereotyping is of the old-fashioned bigoted kind, as is more about exploring the ways we look at what constitutes a stereotype. Furthermore, the paper notes that in deconstructing a character for his or her stereotypical nature, part of the fun is sorting out what attributes can be ascribed to what stereotype.

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"Stereotyping is an interesting issue today because so much of it is reflexive or satiric. That is to say, we often see actors of different ethnicities and persuasions projecting an idea of their own ethnicity, sexual persuasion, or gender. Or, as is often the case in satiric television shows, the stereotypes of certain types of people are made to be the butt of vicious gags that make us laugh in spite of our lack of meanness. This means that little of the stereotyping is of the old-fashioned bigoted kind, as is more about exploring the ways we look at what constitutes a stereotype. Furthermore, in deconstructing a character for his or her stereotypical nature, part of the fun is sorting out what..."

Tags:media, stereotypes, mainstream

Abstract
The paper describes the immediate precursor to the CIA that was the OSS or Office of Statistical Services, established by President Franklin Roosevelt. The paper then looks at the CIA operations that began in 1947 and points out that while the greatest accomplishments of a spy agency go unheralded, the ones which failed haunt an agency for years. The paper discusses how in the 59 years of its existence, the CIA has been the butt of jokes and world ridicule for their more glaring excesses and spectacular failures. The paper asserts that the agency is needed without doubt, but it needs agents who speak Farsi and respect Islam as a force to be contained.

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"And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come ( Holy Bible Gen 42: 9). Man has spied on his fellow man since time immemorial. Children spy on each other without having a name for it. There is a natural curiosity in man, but what the CIA does is a bit more intrusive than idle curiosity. The nature of spying is such that the perfect spy agency would be totally unknown to history. The perfect spy would never be acknowledged. He would be a non-entity.
"We all know the famous words of Nathan Hale, and that he only regretted having but one life to lose for his country. This was quite patriotic and if the spy is caught then he might as well get himself a footnote in history. But to do the best job for one's country, the spy must not lose his life, and he needs must remain faceless and nameless."

Tags:intelligence, agents, spies

Abstract
Objectivism is the philosophy of Ayn Rand. This philosophy has been the butt of criticism since its conception. This paper reviews and refutes the misconceptions of the philosophy widely held by most critics. It covers such issues as the morality of ethical egoism, criticisms of the media and criticisms of Ayn Rand's closest friends.

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"A major criticism of Objectivism is the idea that basing morality on self-interest is impractical (Bass). It is understandable that this concept receives criticism. It directly opposes all traditional philosophies, which are altruistic. However, the reasoning behind Rand's idea more than supports her views. The sole basis for Objectivism is that the individual's ultimate value is his life. This idea is perfectly logical. If an individual has nothing in life, he still has his life. If an individual does not have life, he is nothing. With this in mind, basing thought on self-interest is far more logical than self-sacrifice (altruism)."

Tags:altruism, altruistic, aristotle, ethics, kant, moral, morality

Abstract
This paper provides brief biographical information on the life of Flannery O'Connor, discusses the influence of her religious upbringing on her writing, and analyzes the themes, characters, and story lines of several of her stories.

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"A devout Catholic peering critically at Southern evangelical Protestant culture, Flannery O'Connor never separates faith and place from her writings. Her upbringing and her life story become inextricably intertwined with her fiction, especially in her short stories. O'Connor was born Mary Flannery O'Connor on March 25, 1925, the only daughter of Regina Cline and Edwin Francis. Having grown up in Savannah and living most of her life in Georgia, Flannery possessed a uniquely disturbing yet reverential perspective on Southern life and culture. Moreover, her Catholic belief and upbringing lent the overtly Biblical symbolism to her stories, many of which twist the sacred into the profane and vice-versa. Flannery, who dropped her first name when she attended the University of Iowa, wrote throughout her entire life, in spite having a debilitating disease called disseminated lupus, which caused her early death in 1964. However, even in her weakest physical conditions, O'Connor discovered the will to write her characteristically strange, poignant short stories. She also published two novels as well as various essays, but Flannery is best known for her short stories like "A Good Man is Hard to Find", and "Good Country People". Thematic threads run throughout her stories and her two novels, and in fact, readers can discover distinct similarities between characters in different tales. Among the most common elements found in almost all of O'Connor's fiction include religious hypocrisy, warped personalities, the dichotomies of Southern culture, and macabre, even violent situations, people, and relationships."

Tags:geranium, wise, blood, red, sammy, butts, a, good, man, is, hard, to, find, misfit, hulga

Abstract
This paper traces the history of copper mines in Montana in an attempt to discover the true nature of the ongoing conflict. The author concludes that the violence was likely attributed to the three Copper Kings who fought amongst themselves and became infamous in trying to become the biggest and most powerful, and because of fights between labor unions against the mine owners.

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" He then became enamored with the new statehood of Montana and began his quest to become a state senator thinking that that would give him all the power he needed. Montana became an official state, the 41st, on November 8th, 1889. He became a Helena hero by successfully lobbying to make Helena the state capital, instead of Anaconda as Daly wanted. He used his newspaper the Butte Miner as a trumpet for his election campaigns and to criticize Daly who kept growing in wealth and power himself, and had different ideas for Montana's future. Clark was the president of the Montana constitutional conventions of 1884 and 1889 but was defeated in the 1888 campaign to be territorial delegate to Congress (2, 4). Although Clark claimed election as one of Montana's first Senators, the Senate instead seated his Republican opponent (4). It was just the first of several election quests to be suspicious. In 1893 the state legislature was deadlocked and Montana was left with only one Senator, many attributed this to the ongoing conflict in the newspapers where truth became a rare commodity (1). After another deadlock in 1899, Clark was declared elected only to resign when confronted by a Senate investigation into the campaign and a pending resolution to void his election. In 1901 he was duly elected and this time served his term and retired but he went to the Senate amidst one of the worst vote-buying bribery schemes in American History (4). He and Marcus Daly had been amassing huge fortunes and feuding for control of the copper deposits and for political power for many years. In the 24 years of their violent completion they made Butte into the largest copper producer in the World (6). Clark tied the exploitation of copper to eastern capital, winning over such brilliant rivals as F. Augustus Heinze who joined forces with him against Anaconda in 1900(4). After his appointment to the Senate, Clark switched sides, dumping the loyalty of Heinze in favor of Anaconda and the copper mining interests of Montana. Clark was powerful in copper development in Arizona as well as in Montana. "

Tags:butte miner, copper kings, william clark, marcus daly, f. henize

Abstract
This paper discusses the Montana copper mines, which, at the turn of the 20th century, were a focus of desperate conflict very unique for any place and any time. The paper describes the backgrounds of the three Copper Kings - William Clark, Maracus Daly and F. Heinze , and the battle these men waged amongst themselves for control of the mines. The day to day life of the minors, the conditions they toiled under, and the legacy that the copper wars of Montana had on the labor practices we enjoy today are also discussed.

From the Paper
"Daly and his partners bought up as many adjoining properties as they could get their hands on and then imported laborers from around the world. He especially liked the Irish or course because he was born there. What Daly didn't know at the time was that they were sitting on the largest copper sulfide deposit in the Americas (7). He built a smelter at Anaconda which was 26 miles west of Butte and connected it by rail with Butte. In 1882, he decided to mine the copper ore and increase production (3). Daly's decision to mine the pure copper or glance coincided with two major industrial advances, the dawning of the electrical age and the invention of the telephone. In 1876, at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Alexander Graham Bell introduced the telephone. Then in 1880 Edison began to really develop his ideas for transporting electricity for city lights and both new inventions needed copper wire (7). "

Tags:ore, Butte