... and mathematicians to solve problems. J.R. Tolken wrote “Lord of the Rings” by sitting in his backyard and imagining everything coming to life.^2 He thought about all the “what if” possibilities. But this method of storytelling can be used in much more subtle and/or sophisticated ways than in science fiction or fantasy novels. Through such works as the short story Dreams and the novel “Headhunter” by Timothy Findley, the film “the Matrix”, and the short story the Telltale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, one can see how a writer can use the concept of the imaginar ...

... what he/she is saying. Yes, if a student does not understand something they should ask, but often students are shy and embarrassed to ask for help. With this in mind, many schools are dividing the students into general and honor level courses. In my high school, we had three levels: general, college and honors. Students in the general coursed were often slower and needed more time. They would often explain to us how the grading was done differently. For example, if I received a C in an honors course, it would be an A in a general course. Researchers are often divided themselves on this issue. While some have fou ...

... to the negligent hiring dogma. Discrimination law, such as title VII of the civil rights act of 1964, as written and/or interpreted by the courts, proscribes many inquiries that have a negative employment-related impact on protected classes of people. Plaintiffs also are asking the courts to curb employer access to employee records and other personal information under the right to privacy arguement, a constitutional arguement employing fourth amendment illegal search and siezure guarantees. Human resources managers can be heard in corporate hallways mumbling about these apparent conflicts and incongriuties in co ...

... But some Greek gods are greedy over their beauty or power and does spectacular things which even includes killing their own preacias love. The Islamic mythology covers totally different myth, then Greek mythology. In Islamic mythology there is only one god and one god only. The one and only god is “Allah�. Muslims only pray to Allah, they only worship Allah and no one else. When there is a bad timing or when peoples are in trouble they pray to Allah to make everything better for them. Islamic mythology doesn't include how Allah came about. It says that Allah is the only creator of all planets, which incl ...

... to them?” Researchers and educators are beginning to observe that the age that children start to take notice of the opposite sex. As early as the pre-teen years children start “going out.” Many parents fear that their kids are being pushed into adulthood too quickly. Yet, they recognize that pre-teen relationships often resemble child’s play more than teenage romance. Pre-teens pair up to impress their friends. Within a group of pre-teens, they might constantly trade boyfriends and girlfriends because it doesn’t really matter as long as each other has someone. These couples traditio ...

... their work, family and personal responsibilities. Accordingly, some of the flexible work arrangements may enable employees to pursue educational or career development interest, or to devote time to other activities of their choosing. Importance of family-friendly workplace Family-friendly policies are the blending of family and work, which has increased significantly in the last 20 years. Corporations seeking to attract new employees and hold onto their existing work force are attempting to be creative with the promise of flexible schedules, job sharing, onsite day-care facilities, telecommuting, special deals on pa ...

... first plane that could be called STOL (Short take-off and landing). This feature enabled aircraft to operate out of small lakes and short, rough airfields. So impressive was the technology that, in 1987, the Beaver was cited as one of Canada's top ten engineering achievements of the last one hundred years. While the DHC-2 Beaver was incredibly successful, pilot requests to transport larger applications necessitated modifications to the original blueprint. Extensive study and redesigning resulted in the DH3-3 Otter, originally called the King Beaver. According to Max Ward, long-time user of DHC aircraft and fou ...

... for ce to continue as a monopoly. The first time there was talk of privatizing the Postal Service was in 1979 when the Postal Service was losing vast amounts of money in the long run. But since the Postal Service is a necessity for America, the government had to subsidize the service in order for it to continue in operation. In 1979 ce had a cash flow of $22.5 Billion and was additionally receiving $176 million from investing. Even with this added revenue the Postal Service was still greatly under funded on its own. During this time it was discussed to privatize the postal service and introduce competition be ...

... cultural groupings will now be highlighted to facilitate a better understanding of the difficulties involved in trapping three vastly dissimilar nations under the guise of one smoothly operating democratic state. Located in the Northern half of Nigeria are the Hausa with the core 30% actually more toward the Northwesternly quarter. Traditionally and historically, the Hausa are moslim and live under Sharia or Islamic Law. Hausaland can be split up into Islamic Emirates that originally comprised a series of centralized governements and their surrounding towns and villages. The Emirs were the spirirtual and p ...

... so Descartes offers a different approach, the Dream Argument. The Dream Argument is essential in because it allows one to logically question not only the senses but their surroundings and actions as well. Although one can doubt that what they see or hear is not really as is perceived; a person can not deny that they are for instance, standing, thinking about how their senses are deceiving them, with their feet planted on the ground, in their bedroom, feeling a little tired and so on. Only if one was, as Descartes writes, “..insane, whose brains are impaired by such an unrelenting vapor of black bile..� that t ...