Abstract This paper explains that a "dirty nuke", a radiological dispersion device (RDD), is a combination of conventional explosives and radioactive material designed to scatter dangerous and sub-lethal amounts of radioactive material over a general area. The author points out that the consensus among experts is that that terrorists are more likely to use a "dirty nuke" rather than a conventional nuclear bomb because materials for this device are more accessible and it does not require as high a degree of technological knowledge to create as does a conventional nuclear bomb. The paper relates that, while not as destructive, a "dirty nuke" can create terror and destruction on a large scale.
From the Paper "As experts point out, there is a great fear in the public perception of radiation and if a "dirty nuke" is detonated in a city the danger of contamination would mean that the inhabitants would firstly have to be immediately evacuated. This leads to another important reason why the terrorists would use this type of bomb; namely, that large-scale evacuations are extremely costly. However, the greatest damage would be the psychological rather than the radioactive fallout."
This brief yet concise paper examines the 'dirty wars' that took over Latin America after military takeovers and economic ruin plagued countries like Argentina and Chile.
Abstract The writer of this paper discusses the dirty wars of Latin America that were enabled by the military forces, which were independent units that had no civilian political control in their own country. This paper looks at how various Latin American military conglomerates governed enormous military-industrial complexes which gave them an undue economic strength. This paper also contains relevant historical details and facts on this subject including how Costa Rica avoided a dirty war situation by abolishing its own army in 1948.
From the Paper "During the 1970s, the country entered a steep recession. Starting in the early 1960s, the gross domestic product expanded at a rate of 6 percent annually. This was a reflection of land reforms that were enacted in 1961, which aimed to legalize existing squatter holdings and prevent future squatting, thus giving more than 12,000 people legal rights to arable land. There was a consequent increase in export crops - bananas, coffee, sugarcane being major items - and by the mid-1970s, agriculture had become the dominant factor in the country's export income. In 1973, inflation rates skyrocketed to 15 percent and then to 31 percent in 1974."
Abstract This paper looks at the theme of the poem, "The Dirty Word", and the different literary techniques that can be seen throughout the poem. Examples of Shapiro's use of metaphor, analogy, and symbolism are provided and their meaning explained. The paper also draws a comparison between the power and significance of words within the poem and the significance placed on words in Jewish theological tradition.
From the Paper "Karl Shapiro's poem, "The Dirty Word" compares a young boy hearing a dirty word to a young boy keeping a vulture. The vulture acts as a metaphor, and the way it interacts with the boy offers examples of the way that hearing a dirty word might affect a young child's mind and how a young boy might both delight in the pleasure of a using a forbidden word and transgressing boundaries even as he is ultimately ashamed and repulsed by the dirty word's offensiveness. Equally important in the poem is the theme of death"not only is the dirty word compared to a carrion-eating vulture, but the boy's funeral is described, and the narrator also claims to have murdered the dirty word in his own mind. The poem then, reveals itself to be an elegy, but the exact kind of elegy is not clear until the poem's final lines. In the final lines of the poem, the speaker reveals that his story about the boy and the dirty word was in fact autobiography and that his poem is an elegy for himself"an elegy for the death of the innocent and youthful child that the speaker once was."
Abstract This report examines a very specific problem that developed at Ryerson University. The problem that is examined is the dirty women's washrooms around campus. The paper explains the methodology used for the report and then looks at the organization structure of the cleaning department. The writer attempts to analyze the extent of the problem based on the data received from a survey handed out to female students. The writer also offers possible solutions to this problem. A copy of the survey is attached to this report as Appendix 1 and a
copy of the results of the survey is attached as Appendix 2.
Outline:
Introduction
Methodology
Results
Organizational Structural Issues
Discussion of Results
Call to Action
From the Paper "Social life in most societies is organized along institutional lines. An institution is defined as, "A society or corporation especially of a public character" (Anonymous 272). Institutions include families, marriages, schools and churches. The fact that institutions are so common in our society means that we largely take them for granted. People often fail to realize that institutions are composed of people and that the activities of these people determine how an institution will operate. The way that an institution operates is often referred to as organization culture."
Abstract This paper examines the implications of the Dirty Harry's approach to policing relative to everyday community expectations for those who serve and protect. Specifically, the paper explores the moral dilemma that results when police officers employ rough or unseemly tactics to combat crime. The paper also notes the tightrope the police must walk between being seen as responsive to crime and being seen as overly aggressive and even threatening.
From the Paper "Few occupations are as stressful as police work. The long hours, the dangers involved and the enormous responsibilities all add up to a job that requires a willingness to shoulder burdens that most people would literally avoid at any cost. At the same time, police work is fraught with complications because police officers are often forced to make moral judgments that do not have an easy answer. For example, is it appropriate to pull over certain members of a specific group to combat terrorism even if to do so violates the civil liberties of some? That is a tough question to answer because, while terrorism is a very real threat, a democratic society is really only as strong as its fidelity to individual rights. "
From the Paper "Strom Thurmond is South Carolina, and South Carolina is Strom Thurmond. He began his public office-holding career in 1929 as county superintendent of education and, except for the period from 1950 to 1954, has continued to serve his state in one governmental function or another (Bass and Thompson 40). He is the Senate's oldest and longest serving member at the age of 98. He is currently serving his eighth, possibly last, consecutive term - more on this later (1, 338). Mark Goodin, Strom's campaign manager in 1996, says of Strom, "There's still nobody better at pressing the flesh" (338). He refers to the Senator's reputation as the king of all campaigners. Strom "took small county politics and applied it on a statewide basis" according to fellow Congressman Butler Derrick, who was raised in Strom's hometown of Edgefield, South Carolina."
Abstract In Raymond Carver's ?Cathedral,? there is a definite shift in word choice and tone in the main character throughout the story. This can partly be attributed to his use of illegal drugs and alcohol, but mainly the cause of his interactions with Robert, his guest. Ironically, though Robert is physically blind, it is the narrator who is truly blind to the world around him. This short essay discusses the changes that take place in the narrator's thinking.
From the Paper ?When they have finished drawing the cathedral, the blind man instructs Robert to open his eyes. Robert keeps his eyes closed; he now understands that he can see more without the use of his eyes. As the story ends, Robert is in awe of his new point of view. When prompted by the blind man to open his eyes and view his cathedral, Robert states that his eyes are still closed and that "I thought I"d keep them that way for a little longer (2208).? The sarcasm and the pessimistic attitude are gone. His tone and choice of words have been directly affected by his experience with the blind man.?
Abstract This paper looks at children's television and its negative influence on children today. The first section starts off the paper with a view into the positive side of children's television. Television isn"t entirely evil, so this section helps the reader understand that you aren"t completely against television. The second section describes how children are emotionally and mentally influenced by television shows. The third section relates how a child's increasing violent nature could be the result of the violence that they view every day in their shows. The fourth section discusses how the media is involved, primarily on a consumer basis. The fifth and final section refers to what the parent can do to in a world that is surrounded in television.
From the Paper "Televisions shows that are directed primarily towards a child audience are to a large degree responsible for the controversial decline in development that is visible in today's youth culture. Through this medium children are exposed to vast quantities of violence and negative themes. These shows contribute to the breakdown of family as well as the lessened emotional development of children. Not only has television proven detrimental on a child-to-child basis, but in addition has greatly influenced the overall standards of our consumer culture and quite possibly made us more so. While children's educational television shows are given high notoriety for making a positive contribution to a child's education and development, the problem lies in the fact that parents oftentimes neglect to research or take an active interest in their children's viewing. Due to the fact that they consider the programs directed mainly towards children to be either education or purely for the basis of entertainment parents do not seriously scrutinize them. In effect they fail to suspect these shows as being a major contributor to the upbringing and future of their children and the younger generation."
Abstract This paper addresses sexual harassment of women in the workplace. The author discusses the argument that women who use the court system as an outlet for their harassment diminish the progress of women in the workplace and arouses angry feelings from male co-workers. The paper also examines the frustration and anger that harassed women feel, but also how lawsuits filed by these women are getting out of control.
From the Paper:
"A sincere compliment, a reassuring hug, a pat on the back, discussing the latest sex scandal, a dirty joke, a sexual invitation, can a woman draw the line between a comfortable working environment and a hostile one? Since the 1991 trial when law professor Anita Hill filed sexual harassment charges against her former boss, Supreme Court Nominee, Judge Clarence Thomas, sexual harassment lawsuits filed in the United States have averaged 18,000 per year."
Tags: environment, harassment, lawsuit, sexual, women, work, anita, hill, wintors, john
Abstract This paper examines the checkered and violent life life of Marilyn Manson, the hard rocking singing star from his childhood, as an outcast and rebel to his development as a singer. It also examines how the events in his life, as discussed in the book, are reflected in his music.
From the paper:
"Marilyn Manson's book, The Long Hard Road out of Hell, tells the dramatic story of one man's metamorphoses from an innocent, sensitive child to a hardened, fame splattered rock star whose name was synonymous for millions of people with evil itself. If it were written differently, it might be a book to make one cry: the pathetic story of an outcast boy who can never quite seem to be good enough, and finally embraces an illusion of evil in order to make himself powerful. However, the pathos is rather directly thwarted by the immense humor and strength of the central character and narrator. Marilyn is not sitting about feeling sorry for himself, any more than the any winged insect which has gone through metamorphosis sits about bemoaning all its time spent writhing about in the dirt. He faces the dirty aspects of his childhood with a gentle mix of contempt and sympathy for the snot-nosed brat he was. One might also find pitiable the struggle of the grown man to overcome the coldness within him, yet at the same time there is a sense of Becomingness within that coldness, of a winter that is already naturally breaking itself into spring."
Tags: Entertainment, biography, rock, singer, hard, rock, numerology, anti-Christ, Satanism
Abstract This paper looks at Machievelli's "The Prince," and the affect it's mass publication had on the world's impression of European society. The author examines why this work had such an affect, what actually happened, and also looks at the world's fascination with this particular work. The author presents some of the radical ideas presented, including that for the first time, instead of idealizing the prince and his position, Machiavelli looked for what made for effective governance.
From the Paper "To begin with, it would seem necessary that an attempt be made to present a basic definition of what 'idealizing'. The concept of an ideal is contestable to be sure, as there are various definitions of what constitutes an ideal determined depending upon whom the question is being asked. It is also possible though, that people may share the same or similar ideals. The ideal may refer to a maxim, an idea, or the qualities of a leader. When an ideal or idealization is mentioned therefore, it is in reference to the assigning of properties of merit or worth to one of the items mentioned above. In regards to Machiavelli, part of the argument of this paper is that what makes him unique as a political writer is that he does not idealize the role of 'prince' in society. With this very general idea of what an ideal or what idealization is, it is now possible to move on to an examination of what the 'ideal' of the prince was prior to Machiavelli's period."
Abstract The purpose of this essay is to analyze the phenomenon of wealthy communities that hire soldiers to fight its wars, one that is not so confined to the past, as we"d like to believe. Modern day companies offering similar services like Executive Outcomes which guards important economic and diamond mining interests in South Africa or the lure of U.S. Armed Forces" bonus money and paid education primarily targeting recruits on the lower steps of the American economic ladder reminds us that materially all wealthy societies ?not just the mercantile Italian cities - will eventually seek to outsource and pay someone else to do the dirty business of killing.
From the Paper "?The priests and other citizens of Italy being unused to military service,? laments Niccolo Machiavelli over the martial decline of his people in his famous treatise The Prince, "they started to hire outsiders as soldiers" (82). It was perhaps impossible for him and other Renaissance commentators to fully comprehend the social and economic reasons why the medieval Italians began to hire foreign mercenaries to fight."
Abstract The paper discusses the case of Jose Padilla, arrested on May 8, 2002 because it was believed that he was conspiring with Al Qaeda Terrorist to detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb" within the U.S. The paper shows that Padilla's arrest and subsequent imprisonment has been the subject of an on-going legal debate and at the present time Padilla is being held as an enemy combatant, which means that he is subject to Military Tribunal instead of the civil court system and can be held without being charged until the War On Terrorism is over. The essay discusses both sides of this legal debate and determines which viewpoint is the most constitutional and credible.
From the Paper "Many legal experts believe that the U.S. does not have grounds to hold him as an enemy combatant. They contend that his imprisonment is unconstitutional because he is being held even though he has not been charged with a crime. Padilla's lawyer believes that he is in custody based on information that is circumstantial and that he should be released. They also believe that his detainment is based on the idea that he may be able to provide investigators with important information about forthcoming terrorist attacks on the country."
Tags: Attorney, General, John, Ashcroft, Quirin, Posse, Comitatus, Act
From the Paper "The Godfather was the highest-grossing film of 1972, while Dirty Harry was a major success the year before. Both films can be defined loosely as being in the crime genre, but their generic differences are considerable. The Godfather is in the tradition of the gangster film, though it melds this with a traditional family drama, while Dirty Harry is a police drama that owes as much to television as to earlier movies for much of its structure and theme. The Godfather was directed by Francis Ford Coppola in his first major studio feature, while Dirty Harry was directed by Don Siegel, a veteran with many films to his credit by the time he directed this one. The way the two filmmakers approach their material is quite different, and yet in one respect they are similar--both filmmakers respond to the socio-historical forces of their time and embody some aspect of those forces in their.."
This paper discusses that our ancient counterparts used oracles, prophesies and curses as part of their religious beliefs and observances, which served more function than modern religion.
2,295 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 7 sources, 2002, $ 70.95
Abstract This paper provides an overview of some of the practices and belief among different ancient groups, focusing on the traditional cradle of civilization and the classical world. The author points that oracles are always associated with a particular place, prophecies might be generated anywhere and a curse is simply a way of getting the Gods to do one's dirty work for one. The author concludes that when we open the paper to read our horoscope, we behave in the same manner as the ancient people finding their way to the oracle at Delphi.
Table of Contents
A Brief Survey of Oracles in the Ancient World
A Brief Survey of Prophesies in the Ancient World
A Few Curses
Conclusion
From the Paper "A corollary to this fact is that oracles are in general associated with a single god or goddess, since deities tended to be tied to certain places or kinds of places, whereas a person might serve as a prophet, or receive prophecies from, a number of different gods or other divinities.
The fact that one had to travel to an oracle to receive wisdom from it rather than having the gods come to one to deliver prophetic information may have granted to oracles a greater sense of authority. This is related to basic economic arguments about scarcity: If prophesies could be had anywhere, but oracles were limited to a few places ? some requiring expensive sacrifices ? then oracles would often be privileged over prophesy."
