Abstract
This paper examines the figure of the "catalyst character" in Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" and in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World". The catalyst character can be seen as the instigator of the action in these stories, but they are also characters that do not contribute to the action itself.

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This paper discusses whether childhood intimacy problems can serve as a catalyst for creating a sexual predator later in life. The paper analyzes factors of intimacy along with profiles of sexual perpetrators and then relates the two issues. The paper also attempts to create an increased understanding of the reasoning a perpetrator utilizes and how s/he defends his/her actions. The paper then attempts to determine whether the perpetrator blames or relates his/her crimes and actions on the need for non-sexual intimacy. The paper includes a section of copied research material.

Table of Contents:
Abstract
I. Children Learn . . .
Normal?
Children Learn What They Live
1.1 Aims and Objectives
1.2 Background
II. Factors of Intimacy
Childhood Sexual Abuse
Sexual Abuse "Signs"
The Sensible Thing
Common, Yet Uncommon, Concerns
III: Sexual Perpetrators' Profiles
Sexual Offender or Predator?
Society's Dilemma
Identifying a Sexual Predator
Online Sexual Predators
Life Long Treatment
Real Reasons
IV. Ageless Truths
Facts
V: From Facts to Conclusions
Facts Reviewed
Aims and Objectives

From the Paper
"Bolen (2003) argues that abuse prevalence has not decreased through the course of implementing prevention programs. Prevention programs, instead, are deemed to be more effective ways to target potential offenders. Programs to promote healthy relationship patterns may be successful for the identical reason current prevention programs do not seem to succeed at reducing abuse. These programs target reducing offending behavior instead of reducing victimization. One of the primary causal factors for the current child sexual abuse epidemic and the prevalence of male offenders - the social definition of the male sex role are targeted. To begin to reduce child sexual abuse, targeting one of the vital causes of child sexual abuse; as well as, providing healthy behavioral alternatives are needed."

Tags:abuse, victimization, molestor

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The paper shows that that the freezing (or ?suspension?) of deceased individuals, to be later revived, is becoming more feasible to the established scientific community. However, religious conservatism akin to Luddism has hampered public acceptance. The paper shows that numerous church-backed politicians have stubbornly refused to tolerate any scientific advance in the field, branding it as heretical and immoral. Cryonics, therefore, must overcome its trials and tribulations in order to become the next social catalyst. The paper covers many issues on the subject of cryonics including its advantages and possibilities, a scientific explanation, the Church's opposition to Cryonics and a defensive argument in favor of this science, reasons cryonics won't cause starvation and, finally, many unanswered questions that cryonics raises.

From the Paper
"?Every man dies, not every man truly lives,? says William Wallace, the thirteenth century Scottish hero. His words echo in many self-proclaimed "thrill-seekers" who intend to enjoy everything that life has to offer. But what if there was no death, everyone lived to fulfill whatever dream they had, accomplish every desire, regardless of hindrances? This is the future offered by cryogenicists. A world where death is no longer feared; where crippled icons like Stephen Hawking and Christopher Reeves casually amble through gardens, strolling as any being would be expected to. Families are always complete and wars are obsolete. Many people desire this as a future; as well they should, because it describes the next step in social evolution. Cryonics will allow the dead to be resurrected; the helpless and enfeebled to live normal lives through science."

Tags:alcor, controversy, cryogenics, death, euthenasia, health, life

Abstract
The paper examines how manufacturing companies are relying on data warehousing for more effective new product development and introduction (NPDI) processes, workflows and strategies. The paper focuses on data warehousing's contributions to value chain performance and customer relationship management strategies. The paper clearly demonstrates how data warehousing is now a competitive weapon used at the strategic level of companies looking to gain greater efficiencies from every area of their value chains. The paper includes two diagrams.

Outline:
Introduction
Data Warehousing's Contributions to Value Chain Performance
Creating Competitive Advantage Using Data Warehousing in Customer Relationship Management Strategies
Conclusion

From the Paper
"The strategic framework of the value chain (Porter, 1986, 9) provides a frame of reference for illustrating how data warehousing is making strategic contributions across entire enterprises. The increased accuracy and velocity of information made possible through integrated data warehousing strategies has the potential to significantly redefine entire companies (Johnson, 2009, 9). As the value chain framework as defined by Porter (1986, 9) compares the functional areas of Inbound Logistics, Operations, Outbound Logistics, Marketing & Sales and Aftersales Service while also showing support activities, this framework illustrates just how critical interprocess and system integration is in any value chain strategy."

Tags:Continental, Airlines, Wal-Mart, Porter, value, chain

Abstract
This paper deals with the question of whether the oil crisis of 1973 alone adequately explains the world recession of the 1970s and 1980s. The paper clearly finds that while the OPEC oil crises contributed to the crisis it was not a major factor. The paper focuses on three important signs that were present before the oil crisis. These three signs: inflation, unemployment, and stagnation are discussed at length. Secondary elements such as the waning of the United State's power in the post-Vietnam war era are also discussed.

From the Paper
"The historian Eric Hobsbawm's assertion that `any historian who puts major change in the configuration of the world economy down to bad luck and avoidable accidents should think again' provides a useful theoretical objection to the contention that the economic crisis years of the late 1970s and early 1980s can be, at its core, wholly attributed to the OPEC oil crisis which occurred in 1973. However the inadequacy of this approach is not wholly theoretical but empirical too. The effects of the oil crisis alone are insufficient to fully account for the recession as it becomes evident that it occurred in conjunction with the decline of the so-called `Golden Age' of the mixed economy, which was accompanied by unemployment, inflation and stagnated investment. This essay thus does not need to challenge the entire significance of the oil crisis to prove that indeed the world economic recession did not `all come down to the oil crisis'."

Tags:unemployment recession OPEC, Golden Age

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The paper studies the events of October 1948, when a temperature inversion trapped the town of Donora, Pennsylvania in a cloud of smog from local zinc and steel smelting plants for several days, killing an estimated 20 people and leaving many seriously injured. The paper shows how after the incident public perceptions about industrial environmental pollution were indelibly changed and the subsequent increase in demand for risk information influenced many sectors of industrial and political operations--ultimately prompting the nation's first Clean Air Act.

From the Paper
"Donora, Pennsylvania: "It was once the home of the world's best steel mill, the world's biggest zinc mill and the world's worst air pollution" (Templeton, 1994, p. W1). Given these less than innocuous distinctions, it is perhaps not surprising to us today that the small mill town of Donora was the site of the first known American deaths from air pollution (Coates, 1998). However, in the earlier part of 1948--when the Great Depression was still a vivid and unwelcome memory in the minds of many people--billowing clouds of smog, like those that had hovered for years over the Monongahela River valley mill town of Donora, were seen as a sign of prosperity, not as a harbinger of death (Kiester, 1999). Air pollution concerns were unheard of in Donora in the early 1940s; smoke from the local zinc and steel mills was an accepted and welcomed part of life (Coates, 1998)."

Tags:mill, monongahela, river, EPA, U.S, Steel

Abstract
This paper studies the incident that took place on December 2, 1984 in Bhopal, India when a series of mechanical and human failures led to the worst industrial disaster known to mankind--a gas leak of 40 tons of methyl isocyanate from a Union Carbide chemical plant that killed an estimated 10,000 people. The effects of this tragic incident were global. Corporate environmental awareness was raised to new levels as industrial giants worldwide scrambled to preemptively reevaluate the safety of their own chemical processes, while lawmakers put together new environmental regulations in response to Bhopal. Public environmental awareness was also brought to the forefront as the "right-to-know" movement gained impetus. Ultimately, these three factors paved the way for environmental auditing and management systems--because these were the controls that gave the chemical industry the tools to prevent another Bhopal, while also meeting expected new government regulations and gathering information to satisfy the public's newly awakened interest in industrial processes.

From the Paper
"One of the largest and most horrific industrial disasters of modern times took place in Bophal, India on the evening of December 2, 1984, when about 40 tons of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas leaked from an underground storage tank at a Union Carbide chemical plant into the environment, killing 2,000 to 3,400 people almost immediately and leaving about 8,000 others to die gradually from exposure to the killing fumes.1 The gas polluted an area of over 18 square kilometers and displaced over 500,000 people. There were at least 250,000 people injured as a result of this accident. The MIC gas caused severe respiratory distress, pulmonary edema, eye and lung diseases, gynecological problems, psychological crisis, and many other medical problems before it had run its course. The sheer magnitude of the accident drew over 12,000 relief operations personnel to the area in hopes of rendering aid, but for many of the victims, it was already too late (Bisarya & Puri, 2001; EPA, 2001; Nolan & Street, 2000)."

Tags:act, air, auditing, caer, carbide, care, chemical, clean, disaster, environmental, epcra, gas, india, mic, responsible, union

Abstract
This paper explains that, when Web 2.0 technologies are analyzed in the context of Peter Drucker's' seven opportunities of innovation, the process needs are the most dominant in terms of explaining the effects of social networking and the growth of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based software. The catalyst for these process innovations, the author points out, is the need for both individuals amongst themselves and in collaborating with organizations to have fewer constraints in communicating and accomplishing tasks. The paper demonstrates that the process need innovation of SaaS, which is build on the foundation of collaboration, is re-ordering the enterprise software landscape by changing significantly processes by which individuals and organizations interact with one another. Tables and figures are integrated into the text.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Process Need Innovation and Social Networking
Table: Web 2.0 Applications
Figure: Web 2.0 Explained
Collaboration and Social Networking
An Example of how Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Innovates Processes
Disruptive Innovation Factors by SaaS Approach
Table: Disruptive Innovation Factors by SaaS Approach
The Evolution of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS): A Timeline
Figure: Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Timeline
Innovation from Process Needs Improvement
Critical Success Factors for Process Innovation Success in SaaS
Conclusion
Appendix
Figure: The Structure of the SaaS Platform
Figure: SaaS Disruptive Technology Framework
Figure: Gartner Hype Cycle for SaaS, 2006

From the Paper
"The initially unforeseen collaborative and communicative benefits of SaaS which include being able to complete projects with team members located at widely divergent geographic areas, the development of new strategies and programs using insights from team members located on different continents, and the ability to share documents. Virtual teams have been made possible through the use of SaaS applications, sharing designs, drawings, and documents within secured interactive forums, all hosted on a SaaS platform."

Tags:collaboration remixable, social networking, microsoft evolution

Abstract
This paper examines the highly competitive European naval arms race, which acted as military catalyst for World War I. It explains that the significance of building large navies in Germany and in England played a large role in how and why the war was instigated between England and Germany. The paper looks at how by building a massive industrial complex to build a world caliber navy, Germany was essentially able to confront England as a growing super power and how the naval industrial complex also provided the means to build other secondary initiatives to enable a land war, such as guns and other projectiles for the army. The paper also shows that without a navy as a significant axis to fight a war, Germany would never have been able to withstand the might of the British Navy in a major global war.

From the Paper
"The power of the British before 1914 was at its peak due to the imperialist domination throughout the world that England now possessed. The large navy that the British had created was partially due to the isolation that Britain had from the rest of world, which in turn, forced them to seek natural resources overseas. In this economic height of power, England was in a position to help their allies in the important naval campaigns that were becoming more critical in days before the Kaiser ordered the invasion of Bosnia in retaliation to the murder of Archduke Ferdinand. The chain of political issues that are related to this incident reflect the growing sense of allied politics that were to become essential in the creation of total wars."

Tags:sea, allies, imperialist, navy, super, power, politics

Abstract
This paper deals with the causes of the Great Western Schism. The author focuses on the events leading up to it and tries to pin down the one event that served as the catalyst for the Schism to happen.The author discusses such events as the election of Urban VI, the politics before the election and the personality of Urban himself.

From the Paper
"During the middle and end of the 14th century, the Catholic Church went through a major division. A division within the church is called a "schism," and this particular division turned into what is now known as the Great Western Schism. The difference between most schisms and this one is that most schisms are generally divisions along religious views, while this one tended to be more political. "

Tags:catholicism, europe, pope, religion, renaissance, schism