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" As I entered the hall, I saw that it was of a religious air seeing the painted dishes and images of The Madonna. But want caught my eye was the painting by El Greco - Domenico Theotocopoulus entitled Christ Carrying The Cross 1580. Though the titles stated what it is, Christ carrying His cross, each and every intricate detailed seemed to give it more effect. I first looked at Christ's eyes that were looking up at something, was it heaven? Was it the sky? Or perhaps in is Father God. His eyes seemed to illuminate at the pupils and the back round of the dark sky showing gray and gloomy clouds signifying rain. Yet deep at the center of the gathering of rain clouds there was a hint of light peeking through as if some celestial spectator wished to look at him."

Tags:2000, art, carrying, christ, cross, domenico, el, greco, janet, jesus, mckenzie, met, northern, ny, people, renaissance, theotocopoulus

Abstract
This paper begins with an overview of the current state of the laws in the United States pertaining to carrying a concealed weapon and how these differ from state to state. It then looks at a history of these licensing laws. The writer then presents a personal view relating to handgun licensing and discusses the argument that concealing handguns deters crime. The writer then looks into at the state laws regarding gun licensing and presents some views opposing the carrying of a concealed weapon.

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"The right to carry concealed guns is an unresolved controversy in the United States. While 28 states, allow non-felons to carry licensed concealed handguns unconditionally, 14 states give limited licence to carry handguns on showing the need and about 7 states prohibits the citizens from carrying concealed handguns, whereas the state of Vermont permits its citizens to carry them even without licence. In 1987, when the State of Florida first issued the "concealed-carry" law for carrying handguns, its was a blow to the age-old belief that allowing public to carry concealed firearms would only heighten crimes in the society, and that a gun in a neighbor's hand meant fear of violence or even death. However, since 1987 many states have followed suit in granting law-abiding citizens the right to carry concealed handguns for self-defense, and much to the surprise of gun control proponents the crime rate were found to decrease in most of the states. Though the proponents of gun-ownership present statistically backed claim that increasing gun-ownership eventually reduces crime, this is countered by gun-control proponents saying that such a correlation between gun-ownership and crime rate is erratic."

Tags:weapon, gun, crime, license

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This paper gives both sides to the argument about pilots carrying guns in the cockpits. The writer discusses how while, on the one hand, the pilots would be able to protect themselves and their passengers if they carried guns, on the other hand, there are those pilots that have never had gun training and do not care to handle guns. When they became pilots they did not take into consideration that they might have to become 'soldiers of the air' as well.

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"The Airline Pilot's Association, which is the largest pilot's union, requested support from its members in helping to pass the bill that would allow guns in the cockpit. Many pilots feel that if the pilots are trained in the use of firearms and feel comfortable with using a gun, there is no reason why they should not be allowed to have a gun onboard."

Tags:airlines, cockpits, firearms, guns, pilots, terrorism, protection, airplane, flight, 911

Abstract
Weight is an important metaphor in "The Things they carried." This paper explains that at the outset of the short story, by Tim O'Brien, the reader is given an account of the burden each soldier is carrying. With this physical burden the themes of his story began to grow. It discusses how with this effective metaphor O' Brien is able to mold the reader's understanding of the mental burdens being carried by the men in his story, for it is the mental burden which far outweighs the physical to men on the battlefield.

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"The mental burden defines a soldier's experience, and the mental burden exacts the most exhausting suffering on all soldiers. Soldiers learn early in their careers that physical burdens and physical suffering can be endured no matter the weight carried or the pain felt. As a soldier serves, his tolerance for these types of burdens grows and eventually becomes a sensation rarely reflected upon. The physical burden of equipment can be put down and physical pain endured is weakness leaving. It is the burdens which can not be relinquished that ware a soldier down. It is the mental weight of their experiences that cannot be let easily go. It is the description of these burdens that are most profound in the theme of the story and reveal the psychological experience of war. Soldiers carry much more than their equipment into battle. "

Tags:mental, battle, experience, battlefield, war

Abstract
This paper discusses the themes that are explored in Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried." Particularly, the paper focuses on the most prevalent and important of those themes - those of identity and individualism. It also discusses the figurative and physical weight of carrying around one's identity. The paper discusses how these themes are expressed in the book.

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"When Lavender dies, Lt. Cross blames himself for being too wrapped up in Martha. When he burns the letters from her he is trying to get rid of the guilt he feels since the two are related (O'Brien 1122). But in this case, he cannot escape the guilt because it is something he carries that he cannot get rid of. He has gotten rid of the physical weight of the letters but not the mental weight of them. His only way of dealing with his burden is to "repack and shift the weight so it will be more bearable" (Piedmont-Marton, par. 9)."

Tags:material, figurative, representations

Abstract
The paper discusses the most critical aspects of poor inventory management that are the operational ones. The paper also discusses how ordering forms in bulk masks critical feedback for a manager on how well the staff is performing their duties.

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"The most significant carrying costs of inventory are the operational ones. While most difficult to measure, they have the largest affect on the overall operation of the business. Inventory padding makes it difficult to spot bottlenecks in production, hides the losses of low quality of obsolete parts and robs the manager of the feedback he or she needs to properly run an operational facility. Let us take, for example, a purchasing department. While internal, it is run by the same principals as a product production..."

Tags:internal, production, efficiency

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" This study will investigate the carrying capacity of the Earth for Homo sapiens. The study will define carrying capacity, will provide an informed estimate of the earth's carrying capacity for human beings, will defend this estimate on the grounds of available information, and will assess the significance of this estimate for my own life.
The carrying capacity of the earth for beings, as defined by Boughey, is the limit "to the biotic potential of a population imposed at a particular population size by environmental resistance under a given set of conditions . . . Commonly such a limit is imposed by exhaustion of either food supplies or space" (5).
In the most extreme circumstances, then, the earth could carry a great deal many more human beings than it could under (...)"

Abstract
This paper looks closely at the short story by Tim O'Brien, "The Things They Carried". The work selects as its thesis the items which were carried, and what they symbolize. The paper also comments upon what it means to not have items of value or to burn and give up the burdens which were first brought to war. It concludes that these items saved the soldiers and bring them humanity.

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"Tim O'Brien's powerful words in the short story "The Things They Carried", the title and first chapter in his collection of work concerning soldiers during the Vietnam War, connect to readers as they remind us of burdens being carried--physical, emotional and spiritual. As the soldiers gain personality via their possessions--both those they carry as well as those they leave behind--we come to envision these men as the `everyman,' those who go off to war and symbolize a country. As the images of these burdens gain a solid presence in the story, they represent the lives and hopes of each soldier, even as they are cast away by the principle character in the tale, Lieutenant Jimmy Cross. Near the first lines of the story, O'Brien introduces the readers to the theme of the `carried,' or burdens. Each soldier is made unique by..."

Tags:o'brien, burdens, carried

Abstract
In this article, the writer studies Tim O'Brien's 'The Things They Carried' and notes that this is a poignant memoir of the author's experiences in the Vietnam War. The writer explains that the title of the book references the figurative weight of war. The writer examines the burden and consequences on the men as portrayed in the book.

From the Paper
"Tim O'Brien's 'The Things They Carried' is a poignant memoir of the author's experiences in the Vietnam War. The title of the book references the figurative weight of war. While it would be foolish to narrow in on just one aspect of the travails undergone by the soldiers in Tim's company and deem it the most important thing the soldiers carried, it is worthwhile to examine one burden and its consequences on the men without making proclamations about the exclusivity of its importance to ..."

Tags:ambiguity, Vietnam, The Things They Carried

Abstract
This paper is an interesting look at Carrie's relationships with men in the novel "Sister Carrie" by Theodore Dreiser. The author details how the the male characters are actually Carrie's progress up the hierarchical ladder of society until she reaches a point where she can progress no further because her desires are limitless. The author concludes that the men in Carrie's life represent a means of attaining material comfort, wealth and a feeling of fulfillment for Carrie.

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"Carrie's first relationship is with Drouet. The novel begins with Carrie and Drouet flirting on a train approaching Chicago. Although he comes across as a seducer, he is in actuality, only a reflection of Carrie's own desires. Throughout their relationship Carrie manages to gain the experience and social skills requisite for pursuing higher aspirations. Drouet himself is a traveling salesman. At first he seems impressive and Carrie is attracted by his bearing, clothes and luggage. She is flattered that he has noticed her: "There was something satisfactory in the attention of this individual with his good clothes" (Dreiser, p.11)"

Tags:dreiser, literature