... what is appropriate for them to see or hear. What might offend one person may not offend another person, and it is unjust to prohibit someone from reading or seeing "inappropriate" material based on the opinion of someone else. Governments are developing a big brotherly attitude towards people, and it is becoming more prominent all around the world. In a world where most countries are free to do as they please, conesorship in the media is like the modern day "double speak" of the book 1984, limiting the thoughts of the people who are forced to conform with their society. 4Who is to deem what should and should ...

... average Americans wager $48 billion dollars on the gambling industry each year. Over eighty-five percent of this wagering took place in casinos that are now legal in twenty-seven states compared to twenty years ago when if a person wanted to gamble they had to go to Nevada. Proponents of the gambling industry feel that this growth is a good thing and that it is helping the national economy. Also, defenders of the gaming industry insist that gambling is good clean fun, and that since so many people are enjoying this form of entertainment it can not be wrong. Furthermore, proponents are quick to point out that fun ...

... it might mess up your clothes. If you leave an ink pen in a pocket, you will have ink on all of your clothes. Next, check the tags of the pile of clothes you want to wash. See if the clothes need to be washed in warm, hot, or cold water. Hot water will fade your clothes if they are supposed to be washed in cold water. Check if you need bleach or just regular washing powder. Do not wash colored clothes with bleach or else it will bleach your clothes. Check how much laundry you have for a load size. You don’t want to overload the washer, or it may damage it. Set all the settings where they are needed. Turn ...

... never entering each other’s world, yet were separated by only the thinnest barrier, the water’s surface. Now imagine that you are in a rainstorm next to the same pond. You notice that the pond’s surface was bombarded by thousands of tiny raindrops. The pond’s surface would eventually become turbulent, and the water lilies were being pushed in all different directions. To the fish the water lilies would be getting pushed around by themselves without anything pushing them. Since the water around them would appear invisible, much like the air and space around us, they would be baffled that the w ...

... and some type of skirt or dress for girls, baggy clothing would be eliminated which could hide weapons such as guns or knives. Fights also break out in schools because of the way students dress. Negative comments are often made at school by students about their classmates' clothing which provokes fighting. Obviously, some type of dress code would stop this. Studies show that a dress code reduces violence and makes students behave better because it makes everyone equal, bringing all of the students to the same level: "A dress code brings us together, like an athletic team. We're unified, we stand for the sa ...

... common practice in education to move " students from grade to grade because of chronological age" (Mitzel 468). Students should have an adequate education in order to be equipped for the twenty- first and twenty-second century. The injustice of social promotion should be ended and society must discover the best route to achieve genuine student success. "Students who are socially promoted have no skills for life. The number of social promotions each year nears two million" (American Federation Teachers, afta.com). Social Promotion shows children that no matter what grade they achieve they will be promoted. This cr ...

... cementing them in impressionable minds. The depiction of females in advertising perpetuates these stereotypes and robs other females of the chance to form original opinions. Using the ads presented here as examples, the portrayal of women can be broken down into several categories. First is the idea of beauty. The bulk of each ad is devoted to the beautification of women's hair, face, and body. Women are bombarded with airbrushed, perfectly lit, constantly happy pictures of gorgeous models that portray every ideal of our society. The main themes are the following: makeup, perfume, breasts and cleavage, and lots ...

... about the distribution of shyness scores. Graphical methods are better than numerical methods for identifying patterns in the data. Numerical approaches are more accurate and objective. Since the numerical and graphical approaches compliment each other, you should use both. Inferential Inferential are used to draw inferences about a population from a sample. An example is, if ten people who performed a task after twenty-four hours without sleep scored 12 points lower than ten people who performed after a normal night's sleep. Is the difference real or could it be due to chance? How much larger cou ...

... the nature and duration of her late husbands death, one should always tell the truth regarding the nature of her late husband's death" (M1) passes both parts of the Universal Law Formation of the Categorical Imperative. Consequently, according to Kant, M1 is a moral action. The initial stage of the Universal Law Formation of the Categorical Imperative requires that a maxim be universally applicable to all rational beings. M1 succeeds in passing the first stage. We can easily imagine a world in which paramedics always answer widows truthfully when queried. Therefore, this maxim is logical and everyone can abid ...

... ground. The equipment that you use is the most important part of a successful dive. The most important piece is the parachute itself. It must be packed so that there are no knots in the lines and so that the parachute will open properly. The reserve parachute is the second most important piece of equipment. It must be packed by a Federal Aviation Administration rigger every 120 days or after the reserve parachute has been deployed. The third piece is your altimeter that is set and calibrated to altitude at ground level. Several optional pieces of equipment are a helmet, gloves and a skydiving suit. ...