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Virtue Based Ethical Systems
673 Words - 3 Pages.... lack a motivational component. Critics claim that action based ethics are uninspiring and boring, and that by creating a mentality of mindless conforming, they fail to motivate and inspire action. The second complaint is that the theological-legal system that action-based ethical systems are modeled after is no longer appropriate. In the days of old, the notions of right and wrong where drawn from cultural views on God. In modern days, ethics has been detached itself from it’s theological roots and has lost it’s original appeal, thus calling for a better system to reject this model and guide it’s followers onto a better path. Critics also dislike how ....
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The History Of Basketball
1399 Words - 6 Pages.... He makes a decision to involve a larger ball in play so
players will not have to "hit" or "strike" it in anyway which would reduce
the risk of injury. He affixes a peach basket onto a balcony and declares
the goal of the game is to get the ball into the basket. Finally the school
has their safe game. Then Dr. Naismith devises a set of rules to keep order
throughout his game. The sport was an instant success. The game of
basketball has changed from a rough sport into a game anyone can play due
to the alterations of the rules and new team and player styles that give
athletes of all shapes and sizes an equal opportunity to play and excel.
There were many early changes in the sp ....
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Condoms A Good Idea
1070 Words - 4 Pages.... of the movie, Rizzo is tormented by the fact that she might be pregnant. Although the movie takes place in the fifties, the premise is very modern.
In the late part of the twentieth century, America saw a sexual revolution, which brought about many more increasingly dangerous consequences for sex than simply becoming pregnant. Every year, thousands of teenagers become pregnant or contract an STD. The consequences of adolescent sexuality are of great concern to parents and health care professionals. Sexual conduct among American teens has been studied for the past several decades and analysis has shown that there is an increasing rate of sexual intercourse among youn ....
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In Search Of Excellence...
654 Words - 3 Pages.... and easily forgettable. They made this framework to deal with strategy, structure, style, systems, staff, skills, and shared values. This has 7 S's and a graphical representation to visualize. This shows the businessman that problems can be managed. For example, anyone assuming that a new manager of a Macdonald’s will perform exactly as the old manager did is ridiculous. The workers must adjust and adapt to the new manager's way of business.
The first principle is a bias for action. This is basically saying "Stop talking and do something about it." When Macdonald’s has a rush of customers and their supplies for making food are low, they (usually) don't say "Y ....
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Security 2
2495 Words - 10 Pages.... memory of
computer. So, people may ask a question: Can we make sure that
the information in the computer is safe and nobody can steal it
from the memory of the computer?
Physical hazard is one of the causes of destroying the data
in the computer. For example, send a flood of coffee toward a
personal computer. The hard disk of the computer could be
endangered by the flood of coffee. Besides, human caretaker of
computer system can cause as much as harm as any physical hazard.
For example, a cashier in a bank can transfer some money from one
of his customer's account to his own account. Nonetheless, the
most dangerous thief are not tho ....
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Beer
1961 Words - 8 Pages.... and eventually dried, the resulting barley would
be sweeter and would not be as perishable as the original state of the barley.
There is not any first hand knowledge on how beer was discovered, but we
can imagine the incident step by step. When the farmer discovered that his
barley crop was wet, in order for him to salvage the crop, he probably spread it
out to dry in the sun. Chances are that germination had already begun, and the
grain had therefore malted and developed a much sweeter taste. The sweet result
of what the farmer considered a disaster is now modern-day malted barley. This
malted barley gave a sweeter taste to breads, cakes, or anything which had
previ ....
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BAMN By All Means Necessary
1031 Words - 4 Pages.... unfairness of democratic government. The BAMN (By All Means Necessary) is the book that shows some of the events happened in the history of the United States of America. In this book, there were different ethnic or other groups protesting for their desire freedom and rights. The groups that will be discussed in this report are Yippies and "No More Miss America". The author of "No More Miss America" didn't want the Beauty Pageant, and that's okay because she gave ten points and after all it's her opinion. On the other hand, Yippies wants the freedom of doing nothing. That's a big difference. The difference is that the world could live without having beauty contests but ....
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Accidents In Hockey
2147 Words - 8 Pages.... hockey injuries.
MOST COMMON INJURIES
During the hockey season a person's body ends up getting bruised,
injured and banged around. A hockey injury report done by the International
Hockey Centre of Excellence has statistics on the most common hockey injuries
and how they occured. the most common injuries are to the shoulder, knee and
the head.
Injury to the shoulder is the most common hockey injury in the game
today because of the physcial contact. Of the injuries reported in the 1993-
1994 hockey season, 12% of those were shoulder related. Injury to the acromio-
clavicular joint was the most frequent because of the bodychecking. Every time
a player steps on th ....
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