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This paper addresses a research project to measure self-classification and conservative philosophy. What is provided here is a research justification for the research and a very brief description of the problem. The research review points out that it is important to allow people to self-classify, and then take aggregate numbers this as a measure of society's tolerance for change.

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"For several decades during the mid-Twentieth Century, an ongoing debate in the research literature revolved around the question: Is there a conservative philosophy? The roots of this question were found in the fact that conservatism is different from other possible models for social organization. The Marxist, no matter where he is found, ascribes to a certain set of beliefs that are determined by an intellectual and ideological identity. The same can be largely said for environmentalists, socialists, fascists, progressives, jihadists, and other adherents of other belief systems. The emphasis in each of these philosophies is in ..."

Tags:conservative, ideology, identification

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In this article, the writer presents an overview of the re-classifications that have occurred within the Kingdom Protista. The writer discusses how new technologies such as light and electron microscopy and molecular genetics contributed to the changing taxonomic relationships. The writer presents examples of the classification changes that have occurred in four types of protists.

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"Protists as a group seem to continually evade a concrete classification scheme. Lumped together as Kingdom Protista or Protoctistain because they did not appear to fit into the other kingdoms they have recently become the subject of new research and have been continually reclassified. The difficulty in classifying protists is due to their innate phylogenetic diversity yet apparent morphological similarities and small size. Because most protists are not visible to the ..."

Tags:protists, protista, taxonomy, phylogeny, classification, protozoa

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Through the act of classifying heroes based on the factors that motivate individuals to perform heroic acts, three distinct catagories emerge. These three classifications differ by the motivation to perform a heroic acts and include: justice, courage and artistic passion. These three classes of heroes all share certain characteristics as well, including: a significant contribute to society and a lack of concern of how their behavior will affect themselves.

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Classification of Heroes There are three different types of heroes that are considered to be heroic by: the contribution that they make to our society, the significant amount of positive change their acts have on people, and by the lack of concern they have for how their heroic acts will affect their own lives. These three types of heroes are differentiated by the type of heroic act they performed and by the motivation behind it, including: justice, courage or artistic passion. The first type of hero is characterized by their motivation for social justice. These are the heroes that perform acts of heroism is order to

Tags:classification, hero, motivation

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Joseph H. Greenberg played a significant role in language typological studies and the mass comparison of lexical items. Greenberg created mass comparisons and classifications for languages spoken on many continents in various countries including Africa, the Americas, and New Guinea (Bengtson & Ruhlen 292). He wrote, "The method of multilateral comparison is so powerful that it will give reliable results even with the poorest of materials. Incorrect material should have merely a randomizing effect (Greenberg 29; as cited by Ramat 1).

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Student's Name Name of Instructor Name of Course February 18, 2008 Greenberg's Method of Mass Comparison of Language Classification Joseph H. Greenberg played a significant role in language typological studies and the mass comparison of lexical items. Greenberg created mass comparisons and classifications for languages spoken on many continents in various countries including Africa, the Americas, and New Guinea (Bengtson & Ruhlen 292). He wrote, "The method of multilateral comparison is so

Tags:greenberg, mass comparison, language

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This paper explains that the process of classifying fingerprints is a very sophisticated task that has numerous practical applications in day-to-day activities. The paper further explains that advanced algorithms are used to filter data that contain information about specific anatomic landmarks and these data are matched to fingerprints of individuals saved in databases. The paper also explains that, while the accuracy of this technology is very high, there are up and coming future technologies that may out date fingerprinting as the gold-standard individual identification modality.

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"Fingerprint identification has numerous practical applications. Particular fingerprints may be matched to individuals because they are distinct and unchanging. The individuality of fingerprints is based on the ridge structure and minutiae. The recognition of these landmarks, including shape, number, and location is an automated process by which computer algorithms filter data and match a subset of individuals with a particular print. More complex analyses are then performed to identify the individual who matches the print from the subset of prospects. Overall, the accuracy of these technologies is extremely high and is considered the gold-standard for individual recognition. Future technologies such as DNA fingerprinting and iris scan algorithms appear promising and may replace fingerprinting in the future."

Tags:access, control, driver, license, registration, automatic, recognition, individual, characteristic, ridge, patterns

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This paper covers the APC system in Medicare and the changes and the effect it will have on the system.

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This paper discusses how those who practice Tae Kwon Do are classified or ranked based on the abilities that they have demonstrated through training and testing. Although it has not always been the case, Tae Kwon Do professionals use colored belts to indicate ranking. The paper reviews how General Choi Hong Hi first created the color bet system of classifying athletes.

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" General Choi Hong Hi determined that there should be 10 "geups" or degrees. These 10 "geups" are correlated to ten "dan" degrees, or phases of expertise ("Belt"). The first belt is the white belt. The white belt represents "innocence" on the part of the individual. This innocence means that the person has little to no experience with Tae Kwon Do, and earns the belt by beginning to attend classes ("Belt")."

Tags:taekwondo, martial, art

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This paper examines the evolving policy positions of America's two major political parties. The paper contends that over the past twenty years, and especially over the last four years, they have created a political environment in which traditional party labels don't mean as much as they used to. The paper explains that under such conditions, accurately identifying an individual citizen as a member of one of these ten basic groups is much more of a challenge than it used to be.

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"Upon completing the activities at the assigned political party selector website, I found that I was classified as a socially conservative Democrat. I don't consider this a completely valid assessment of my political views, for I believe that I also met most of the criteria of the moderate Republican group and some of the criteria of many of the other groups. As I examined the criteria this website used and the phrasing of the questions, it became evident that accurately defining someone's political affiliation is not an exact science. Essentially, this process is complicated by a variety of social, economic, political, religious and cultural factors which confuse political identification instead of clarifying it."

Tags:political, party, affiliation

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This paper discusses and summarizes Omi and Winant's book on racial differentiation and Somerville's book on sexual categorization. The paper explains that Michael Omi and Howard Winant's work defines racialization while Siobhan Somerville's work take this racial differentiation one step further into gender.

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"In order to differentiate the meaningful from the meaningless, human beings establish categories to limit the overwhelming amount of information with which we are constantly bombarded. While categories are necessary and useful, they also result in stereotyping and profiling. In Racial Formation in the United States: From the 1960s to the 1980s, Michael Omi and Howard Winant describe the process of racialization that provides categories of difference that have an enormous impact on our daily lives and on our society as a whole. Siobhan Somerville takes this racial differentiation to another level in Queering the Color Line and looks at the slotting of homosexuals in the pigeonhole of racialization or scientific racism."

Tags:construct, historical, social, changes, biological, fact, cultural, illusion, order, race, sexuality.

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In St. Augustine's fourth century text, "Confessions," his mother, Monica's devoted and exemplary relationships with the men in her life ironically deny her the status of a respected individual in society. This essay uses Monica to analyze the role of the early Christian woman in her society. Additionally, it uses the works of feminist anthropologist Sherry B. Ortner to provide a framework for the analysis. Specific examples from Augustine's "Confessions" are also used.

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"Additionally, Ortner believes that women's inferiority is partially due to their association with domestic tasks such as raising children, beings far removed from culture (77-8). Augustine has very little interaction with his father, especially in regards to the cultural construct of Christianity. His religious devotion is the realm of his mother, giving her significant influence over his future societal relations. This close interaction, following Ortner's theory, degrades Monica despite its cultural nature. Thus, ironically, Monica's relationship with Augustine devalues her in the eyes of men, an opinion that Augustine also adopts. Meanwhile, her efforts in raising him to become a Christian, a cultural classification, are overlooked."

Tags:conversion, Augustine, Patricius