... to Christmas. But does the stable have many visitors? No, rather few. It looks like people no longer care about the reason for celebrating Christmas. The most important for them is to get a holiday, to buy a lot of presents to family and friends, and eat a lot of good food. Where is Jesus among all this? The time before Christmas is a very busy time, especially because all people have to buy gifts to each other. This is a rather new idea when we look at history, to give each other presents at Christmas. But it's nice. The question is if the gifts are taking over and dominating the whole celebration? The on ...

... was used in the making of wine as well as bread, not to mention new medical applications. Fermented products were brought to America along with the new settlers. With new government, though, America was put into a prohibition, which did not last long. Today, processes are carried out nearly perfectly, without too large of variations among the products. Although has been known of for at least 8,000 years, in 1865 Louis Pasteur was the scientist who really discovered the process of . At this time, Pastuer was the Dean and professor of chemistry at the Faculty of Sciences in Lille, France. He was originall ...

... factors such as brain structure and chemical imbalances. And others emphasize people’s emotions and motives. Some study the ways which individuals learn criminal behavior through association with people. Criminologists also study penology, which is the science of punishment and treatment of offenders. They try to make punishment more certain than ever, bringing people to trial quickly, imposing fair sentences, and providing adequate prisons. Criminologists use a wide variety of research techniques. Statistics are often used to study the crime rate and the characteristics of criminals. Criminologists find rela ...

... to crumble. It is estimated that two out of three marriages fail due to . This is a scary statistic considering that people believe a marriage can survive . This brings us to our first myth: Everyone has affairs. People tend to associate with others who share the same values and morals as they do. People who are unfaithful tend to assume that everyone is, while those who remain faithful tend to believe that extramarital affairs are unusual. Since takes on several different forms, it is appropriate to consider the fact that many people believe that this sort of behaviour would be considered acceptable. The fi ...

... the most part there is no escaping in some form or another. If one is involved in community life, marriage, or plainly has a family in general, will cross the path. Throughout our life we get into different kinds of relationships. Some relationships we cannot choose like family ties. These are relationships we are born in, and we cannot break them anymore than we can stop breathing. Even denying their existence does not change the fact that your mother and father, brother and sister, are who they are. Other relationships are not forced upon us but we do not have complete control over them, like who we fall in lo ...

... alone (Schools Skimping… 13). Sex education was introduced to help solve the problem of STDs and teen pregnancies by giving teenagers real facts and correct information about sex. Teenagers can therefore make wise and safe choices about sex. However, there are major flaws in sex education. While it is extremely important to educate teenagers about sex and sexuality, putting sex education in the American educational system in not the correct solution. Sex education is flawed in that it is ineffective when it comes to lowering teenage pregnancies and STDs because sex education programs leave out important in ...

... Coach Moad better. Quickly, Kraus became agitated and threw a hard chest pass that hit Jan in the arm. The next day Kraus wrote a letter of resignation for the rest of the year and will resume his duties in the fall of '97. Should Coach Kraus just get suspended for the rest of the year, or should he never be allowed to coach again? I think Coach Kraus should be fired without any hesitation. Many of the players and the parents wanted Kraus fired after the first incident, and they definitely want him fired now. In school systems today, many incidents similar to this happen often. Are athletic coaches t ...

... to start with a comfortable environment. The teacher also has to be knowledgeable and not believe in the myth that "teachers justifies their own existence through their students ignorance absolute."(Paule Friere) A perfect institution of education should be able to accommodate cultural change, diversity, have a strict curriculum with alternative teaching strategies, and promotes interaction among their peers. In 1998, a television program called “60 Minutes”, aired a special investigation of the United States when compared to the of China and Germany. The results of this investigation surprised many ...

... value in all but limited information-seeking scenarios. For the next few minutes I want to give you information about the evolution of free on the Net, and identify some of the major issues surrounding consumer use of the database, and address issues about its value.  What is ? provides in-depth indexing and abstracting of articles in 3800 biomedical journals. It is produced by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), at the National Library of Medicine, which is part of the National Institutes of Health. Its coverage includes the U.S. and 70 foreign countries, with a total of 8.6 million records ...

... the ocean and the boat runs out of gas, you could light a flare and reach some help on the marine radio. You should also keep an oar on the boat at all times. This would come in handy if your boat is stuck in mud, or if the boat breaks down in the small creeks near your dock. I also recommend that you have crabbing gloves and rubber overalls from Boater's World. The gloves have special rubber tips that help reduce the pain if a crab pinches you. The overalls will protect your clothes from getting drenched and muddy. The last thing that you should never leave the dock without is plenty of liquids to drink. I r ...